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cptn_dr posted:Did anyone read "The Star Wars"? The one based on the original script for Star Wars. If so, was it any good? It's really wordy and nonsensical. I kinda gave up after the first issue, it's not actually as interesting as it sounds.
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Hakkesshu posted:It's really wordy and nonsensical. I kinda gave up after the first issue, it's not actually as interesting as it sounds. Could anyone sum up the general premise? I'd rather not waste my time if it isn't that great but I'm interested in hearing what it was actually about.
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Aug 21, 2015 09:24
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Vagon posted:Could anyone sum up the general premise? I'd rather not waste my time if it isn't that great but I'm interested in hearing what it was actually about. quote:The plot of The Star Wars bears similarities to the final 1977 product, but also differs sharply in a number of areas.
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Aug 21, 2015 09:30
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Yeah, it basically reads like a Star Wars Prequel script.
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Aug 21, 2015 15:31
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I like that in the middle of all those Lucas Names, there's the town of Gordon. E: Your party emerges from the Forest of Akalla, blinking their eyes at T'vash, the daystar's strengthening light. Your firbin-wood armor seems to lighten as a spring enters your step, the oppressiveness of the Akallawood and the ominous river M'gofosh almost forgotten. Ahead, you see the wondrous towers and blinking spires of a mighty city, and you know it to be the keep of Gentle Lord Thraddion, the city known across the lands as Jeff. Phy fucked around with this message at 16:57 on Aug 21, 2015 |
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Aug 21, 2015 16:53
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Knowing what we do now about the original trilogy, the prequel trilogy and etc, it reads like a bizarre Star Wars mad-lib.
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Aug 21, 2015 17:14
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Phy posted:Ahead, you see the wondrous towers and blinking spires of a mighty city, and you know it to be the keep of Gentle Lord Thraddion, the city known across the lands as Jeff. Give it a weird spelling, Jehf, fits right in. 
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Aug 21, 2015 17:16
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There was a comic strip that made a joke about the naming conventions. The main characters are two stormtroopers called Kjazhed-Uhl and Bob.
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Aug 21, 2015 17:20
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The only good thing I see in that script is the fighter squadron with only wookies
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Aug 27, 2015 14:35
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You guys reading Lando or what?
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Aug 27, 2015 17:33
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Just not a lot to say about it, the book has been all staging so far.
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Aug 27, 2015 20:25
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I'd say its pretty awesome myself. I'm enjoying the New Lobot, now with personality!
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Aug 27, 2015 20:40
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Galaga Galaxian posted:I'd say its pretty awesome myself. I'm enjoying the New Lobot, now with personality!  I'm surprised how much I like him already, given his previous non-character status.I'm liking the series a lot, between Maleev's art and Soule capturing Lando's charm pretty well. While it's mainly just been the setup thus far, I'm looking forward to what follows after that last page (plus it's about Lando, so of course I'll eat it up).
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Aug 27, 2015 20:51
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Anyone else notice the Emperor give the bounty hunter Darth Maul's ship from Episode I?
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Aug 28, 2015 04:55
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Yeah, neat to see Palpatine still had that thing laying around. He used it in the Maul comic too, didn't he?
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Aug 28, 2015 04:56
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How was the maul comic? Last I saw Savajj had deflated like a sad balloon and Maul was about to be the emperors bucket
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Aug 28, 2015 15:14
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Endless Mike posted:Which is all kind of funny since The Force Awakens shows updated X-Wings and TIE Fighters, so an inability to let go of the original movies is as canon as canon gets. I'm okay with the Xwings and Tie Fighters sticking around because they are really cool looking designs.
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Aug 28, 2015 18:47
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Just got my copy of the Star Wars Epic Collection: "Rise of the Sith, Vol. 1" through the post. Oh, man, so many great memories from these comics. There's some stuff that came later that's included that I've not read yet, but stuff like "Prelude To Rebellion", "Jedi Council: Acts of War", "Qui-Gon & Obi-Wan: Last Stand On Ord Mantell", these were some of my favourite comics when I was a kid. I'm really looking forward to reading them again. 
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Wheat Loaf posted:Just got my copy of the Star Wars Epic Collection: "Rise of the Sith, Vol. 1" through the post. Oh, man, so many great memories from these comics. There's some stuff that came later that's included that I've not read yet, but stuff like "Prelude To Rebellion", "Jedi Council: Acts of War", "Qui-Gon & Obi-Wan: Last Stand On Ord Mantell", these were some of my favourite comics when I was a kid. I'm really looking forward to reading them again. Are those just repackagings of the Dark Horse omnibuses? Because they put out a Rise of the Sith omnibus like 5 years ago that has the exact same stuff in it. All those comics have been collected for a while now.
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Sep 9, 2015 01:56
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Yeah, I know, but these are full-size books. The DH omnibuses were only wee things and I'm given to understand they weren't great quality-wise.
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Sep 9, 2015 09:22
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Shattered Empire 1 released today and I enjoyed it. The art is good and I liked the main character. I'm really interested to see where things go from here.
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Sep 9, 2015 16:41
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Am I racing to horrifically wrong conclusions or is Vader sending Aphra to Naboo to dig up Padme's remains??? In any event, loved the panel of him just chilling out sitting on his TIE Advanced chatting on the spacephone to someone.
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Sep 9, 2015 16:59
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Sentinel Red posted:Am I racing to horrifically wrong conclusions or is Vader sending Aphra to Naboo to dig up Padme's remains??? I don't think that's exactly what he's sending her to do. I think he wants her to confirm with the mortician that Padme wasn't pregnant when she died. Space Homs is pretty cool. I hope Vader doesn't kill him.
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Sep 9, 2015 17:12
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OhFunny posted:Shattered Empire 1 released today and I enjoyed it. The art is good and I liked the main character. I'm really interested to see where things go from here. It's some nice build up to explaining what's happened between RotJ and TFA. Obviously the main character is Oscar Isaac's mom, and loved Han's reaction to the dish getting knocked off the Falcon. He said not a scratch. 
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Sep 9, 2015 17:44
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Here's a rundown of what we know about the new post-ROTJ status quo in Star Wars. Interesting stuff. http://io9.com/everything-we-know-about-star-wars-post-return-of-the-j-1729549100 It seems that: -The war is over a lot faster in the new EU and the New Republic \ Empire peace treaty is signed only a couple years after Endor. -The Battle of Jakku is the last major battle of the war. -Chandrila is the seat of the New Republic government. -The New Republic and Empire are in a state of semi-Cold War. -The New Republic demilitarizes itself, which may be why the new movie follows a "Resistance" group. -The First Order seems to be a radical Dark Side group wishing to return the Empire to its former glory. -Luke starts a Jedi Academy.
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Sep 9, 2015 19:04
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Thanks for that. I always liked the idea of Palpatine being very interested in the outer fringes and beyond space of the SW galaxy. I wish they'd give it a name one day.
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redbackground posted:I wish they'd give it a name one day. Jar Jar's Object.
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Sep 9, 2015 19:29
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OhFunny posted:Shattered Empire 1 released today and I enjoyed it. The art is good and I liked the main character. I'm really interested to see where things go from here. It's the first Marvel SW comic I've picked up (i'm probably going to get the trades of the other stuff) but I did find it kind of disturbing that the rebels were shooting down people trying to evacuate the death star. Gammatron 64 posted:Here's a rundown of what we know about the new post-ROTJ status quo in Star Wars. Interesting stuff. It doesn't sound too bad. I doubt they'll have any classic EU characters in it, but there will no doubt be characters that analogs of them.
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twistedmentat posted:I did find it kind of disturbing that the rebels were shooting down people trying to evacuate the death star. They're valid targets. Military targets. As Tarkin would say. Unless the enemy has surrendered or both sides agreed to a cease fire you don't stop shooting in the middle of a battle just because the enemy is running away. Besides, for all they knew Palpatine, the ruling council, or Vader could be on any evacuating shuttle.
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twistedmentat posted:It's the first Marvel SW comic I've picked up (i'm probably going to get the trades of the other stuff) but I did find it kind of disturbing that the rebels were shooting down people trying to evacuate the death star. Yeah, it seems to make sense albeit the war ends a little fast. I had to tell my inner sperglord to shut up but deep down inside my head, my brain was screaming that Tycho Celchu wasn't flying through the Death Star in an A-Wing. I thought he was an extra in the actual movie but I might be mis-remembering. I'm about 2 hours into the Aftermath audiobook. It's okay if a little disjointed.
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Sentinel Red posted:Am I racing to horrifically wrong conclusions or is Vader sending Aphra to Naboo to dig up Padme's remains??? He was sitting side saddle...
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Gammatron 64 posted:I'm about 2 hours into the Aftermath audiobook. It's okay if a little disjointed. One thing I have heard about it is that the interlude chapters (which I believe might well have been mandated by the story group) don't exactly help with the flow of the main plot.
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I enjoyed the last little cling to Bobba Fett the article tries to make apparently some scavengers find his half digested armor spit out by the sarlac, "but maybe he took it off! Bobba Fett lives!"
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Sep 10, 2015 00:25
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zoux posted:He was sitting side saddle... And? A brother's gotta go with what's comfortable, buddy. 
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Sep 10, 2015 01:04
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So dainty. Shattered Empire was really cool, how many issues is it slated for?
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Sep 10, 2015 01:10
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Hello Star Wars fans. I'd like to ask a question. I'm not a very big Star Wars fan, I've seen and enjoyed all the movies but that's about the extent of my relationship with the franchise. I tried to watch a couple of the cartoons and it never grabbed me. I do however see a new comic out today from Greg Rucka, who I love, and Marco Checchetto who I also love and believe is one of the most underrated and under appreciated artists in comics. First question of course, is it good? Second, is it easily accessible to someone very only a basic knowledge of the movies?
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X-O posted:Hello Star Wars fans. I'd like to ask a question. I'm not a very big Star Wars fan, I've seen and enjoyed all the movies but that's about the extent of my relationship with the franchise. I tried to watch a couple of the cartoons and it never grabbed me. I do however see a new comic out today from Greg Rucka, who I love, and Marco Checchetto who I also love and believe is one of the most underrated and under appreciated artists in comics. First question of course, is it good? Second, is it easily accessible to someone very only a basic knowledge of the movies? It is extremely accessible and relies wholly on movie canon. It occurs to me that one series is based on the Rebels cartoon but I haven't read it. All the other new Marvel SW books follow main characters in and around the (all most entirely) the original trilogy. zoux fucked around with this message at 01:22 on Sep 10, 2015 |
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Sep 10, 2015 01:17
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I thought Shattered Empire was pretty flat. It didn't really get me interested in seeing what'll happening next.
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Sep 10, 2015 01:47
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The trade for Shattered Empire comes out in November. It also includes Princess Leia #1, and Star Wars #1 (70's version) to pad it out to standard trade length.
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Galaga Galaxian posted:They're valid targets. Military targets. As Tarkin would say. I know in the real world, if you were to blow up lifeboats of a sinking battleship, it would be considered a war crime, its on the level of purposefully shooting medics. Though I mean, yea, the Empire would not give such consideration. Gammatron 64 posted:Yeah, it seems to make sense albeit the war ends a little fast. Yea, it's going to be weird to see that Luke didn't marry Mara, and there was no Jacen or Jaina solo, no Thrawn or Pellereon, no Fells, no Corran Horn or Tallon Card. I mean, it also means no Fett-Sempai Mandalorian stuff. I actually prefer the Clone Wars take on them.
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