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FuturePastNow posted:You can't make me feel bad for liking the Thrawn trilogy  (for the record I love this av a lot)
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Fojar38 posted:jesus christ To be fair, it looks like Zahn wrote that as a joke.
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I'm ok with Luuke because it was just a mindless clone a crazy jedi master made. He doesn't even talk except for wordless shrieks iirc. It's not like an "evil twin" or anything.
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Tender Bender posted:I'm ok with Luuke because it was just a mindless clone a crazy jedi They called the second Luke Luuke
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luuuuuke and joorruus cbath wwere the worst. friend used to argue how it should be pronounced but I just called him jorus c-bath.
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How is it supposed to be pronounced? Horace? Just started reading Heir to the empire and it's pretty terrible. Remember trying to read it when I was ten or twelve and didn't like it then either.
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I like the Thrawn trilogy. It's not a masterpiece, but it was entertaining and captured the spirit of the original trilogy pretty well. Thrawn was also a huge rear end in a top hat and did plenty of mistakes, unlike his Mary Sue persona in later stories.
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I never read the Thrawn books as a kid. I always wanted to and then got distracted with much edgier stuff like Warhammer and the Aliens novelisations. I did read the Jedi Academy books which I enjoyed and even on the re-read a few years ago I kinda liked the spice mines stuff even if the rest was fairly shite. I started reading the Thrawn books, having been assured that is was the high point of the E.U. last December and have just managed to start book 3 out of sheer indifference. I have no problem reading pulpy stuff. But jesus christ its dry like raw cream crackers. It's not bad by all means but I find it hard to engage with it. I fully endorse Xenomorph's bid for mod, even if he is being unbelievably brazen about it.
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Cyberball 2072 posted:and her hi-larious sadistic droid companions. Its got that hosed up thing where you know its real dumb but youre still entertained anyway. Oh drat I had totally forgotten that rear end in a top hat.  I might see the new SW movie if I hear it's fun, but I'd buy a ticket no questions asked if they made a wraith squad movie. They already have GotG as a template to prove audiences still eat that stuff up.
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Lonos Oboe posted:I never read the Thrawn books as a kid. I always wanted to and then got distracted with much edgier stuff like Warhammer and the Aliens novelisations. I did read the Jedi Academy books which I enjoyed and even on the re-read a few years ago I kinda liked the spice mines stuff even if the rest was fairly shite. I started reading the Thrawn books, having been assured that is was the high point of the E.U. last December and have just managed to start book 3 out of sheer indifference. I have no problem reading pulpy stuff. But jesus christ its dry like raw cream crackers. It's not bad by all means but I find it hard to engage with it. I tried reading the alien books. the first two based off the movie are alright but the rest are ehh. the comics are ok though. I like the warhammer books though.
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Dapper_Swindler posted:I tried reading the alien books. the first two based off the movie are alright but the rest are ehh. the comics are ok though. I like the warhammer books though. Warhammer books are just great because they are ridiculous. Just so very over the top.
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RFC2324 posted:Warhammer books are just great because they are ridiculous. Just so very over the top. I tried to read a warhammer book and it described some ship they were flying on for like, three paragraphs with a bunch of statistics about its engines and guns and i was like "NOPE"
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Dapper_Swindler posted:I tried reading the alien books. the first two based off the movie are alright but the rest are ehh. the comics are ok though. I like the warhammer books though. Yeah, Earth Hive and Nightmare Asylum stand up really well. They are very bleak and really build the world up very well. The character of General Spears was a fantastic mix of Patton, Schwarzkopf and those guys that trained dolphins to blow up submarines. Those two books really try to expand the universe in imaginative ways and maintain the best horror elements from the series. What bugs me the most about the Star Wars books is the blatant copying of the movies. There is a scene in the second Thrawn book where Leia says to Han. "See ya later, I love you." And he throws back the "I know" It's small stuff but it really bothered me because it's totally out of character for the kind of Han Solo who has settled down and married and has a position of authority. Let the characters grow up a little and not define their existence by the films. I always liked reading the fluff in the second edition codexes for Warhammer but the books never did it for me. The characters are generally not engaging or I can't relate to their weird extremist life where the concept of people living a normal life or having vices that are not flaws in character is unheard of. I would love to read a world war Z style Warhammer book that reports on a war with first hand accounts. That was always the best stuff in my opinion. Some dude travels around interviewing Orks or imprisoned Chaos Space Marines and ditches all the weird "praise the emperor" poo poo. War in Warhammer is oddly clinical. The soldiers are so poorly drawn that they are all cutouts. Have them playing cards, drinking and talking about fixing up their hover bikes when they get home so they can go for a drive and finger their girlfriends while smoking space weed and I would be on board. Lonos Oboe fucked around with this message at 02:45 on Oct 18, 2015 |
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Lonos Oboe posted:Yeah, Earth Hive and Nightmare Asylum stand up really well. They are very bleak and really build the world up very well. The character of General Spears was a fantastic mix of Patton, Schwarzkopf and those guys that trained dolphins to blow up submarines. Those two books really try to expand the universe in imaginative ways and maintain the best horror elements from the series. What bugs me the most about the Star Wars books is the blatant copying of the movies. There is a scene in the second Thrawn book where Leia says to Han. "See ya later, I love you." And he throws back the "I know" It's small stuff but it really bothered me because it's totally out of character for the kind of Han Solo who has settled down and married and has a position of authority. Let the characters grow up a little and not define their existence by the films. you should try reading the non space marine stuff or some of the horus heresy books. the commissar cain books are alright/good. they are darkly funny but they tend to hit the same notes. the eisenhorne trilogy and short stories are good, and if you are in the mood for fantasy try the gortrek and felix books.
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Dapper_Swindler posted:you should try reading the non space marine stuff or some of the horus heresy books. the commissar cain books are alright/good. they are darkly funny but they tend to hit the same notes. the eisenhorne trilogy and short stories are good, and if you are in the mood for fantasy try the gortrek and felix books. I was thinking Ravenor, but I haven't been able to find any of the eisenhorn stuff myself. A couple of the series(Ravenor, Cain, to a lesser degree Gaunts Ghosts) are written from the perspective of people who have severe doubts about the emperor and/or the system, but gently caress it, its work with it or die.
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Lonos Oboe posted:Yeah, Earth Hive and Nightmare Asylum stand up really well. They are very bleak and really build the world up very well. The character of General Spears was a fantastic mix of Patton, Schwarzkopf and those guys that trained dolphins to blow up submarines. Those two books really try to expand the universe in imaginative ways and maintain the best horror elements from the series. What bugs me the most about the Star Wars books is the blatant copying of the movies. There is a scene in the second Thrawn book where Leia says to Han. "See ya later, I love you." And he throws back the "I know" It's small stuff but it really bothered me because it's totally out of character for the kind of Han Solo who has settled down and married and has a position of authority. Let the characters grow up a little and not define their existence by the films. I'd recommend reviewing the Inperial Guardsmen's Uplifting Primer before the Comissar hears you.
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Fall of Malvolion is a pretty good short story about a tyranid invasion told from the point of view of just some regular guardsmen. Spoilers: everyone gets eaten.
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Otisburg posted:lockheed martins new 5th generation multirole robot elephant littoral combat ship II: still litterall corrosion
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Dapper_Swindler posted:you should try reading the non space marine stuff or some of the horus heresy books. the commissar cain books are alright/good. they are darkly funny but they tend to hit the same notes. the eisenhorne trilogy and short stories are good, and if you are in the mood for fantasy try the gortrek and felix books. I've seen people describe the Cain books as comfort food - you know exactly what you're getting, there won't be any surprises, but it's no less enjoyable for it.
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Breetai posted:http://darth.wikia.com/wiki/Unidentified_Rodian_with_jacket i wonder whether
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Kaboom Dragoon posted:I've seen people describe the Cain books as comfort food - you know exactly what you're getting, there won't be any surprises, but it's no less enjoyable for it. the cain books are pretty drat formulaic but the author's style (and ability to twist the formula into interesting directions) and the sheer joy it takes in being irreverent towards the source material makes them a joy to read. you know what you're getting and they deliver on it without going into outright stupidity or parody. in a way, they're like the best of BBC comedy (blackadder, red dwarf, and so on) but set in the 40k universe. they probably work because they're cain's memoirs and therefore, from the get go, you know that they're probably going to be biased and wholly personal. if they were more traditional novels, i think they'd fall flat on their face. and the digs at other BL authors with the sulla character who writes overwrought war accounts with all sorts of purple prose is amazing
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Improbable Lobster posted:I'd recommend reviewing the Inperial Guardsmen's Uplifting Primer before the Comissar hears you. That, right there, is without contest the best warhammer book ever. I mean, describing the Tau as of bovine descent, easily scared by loud noises and best shot during grassing, its amazing. It also contains the correct holy psalms required for dis/re-assembling any piece of machinery and teaches you how to survive being blown out of your space ship during a space battle. Hold breath and wait for help. The Emperor protects.
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Otisburg posted:a poster for the new starwar was released yesterday and people are real excited Except now the Death Star is a planet. We EU now.
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It would seem there's enough stars for everyone. Why all the wars?
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willus posted:if anyone doesnt want to bother going looking for the poster if only
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Found out thanks to wookiepedia that Luke's Ghost comes back to get one of his descendants off drugs 
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Calico Heart posted:Found out thanks to wookiepedia that Luke's Ghost comes back to get one of his descendants off drugs just say no to death sticks
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Calico Heart posted:Found out thanks to wookiepedia that Luke's Ghost comes back to get one of his descendants off drugs a very special situation
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Calico Heart posted:Found out thanks to wookiepedia that Luke's Ghost comes back to get one of his descendants off drugs There's a lot of moderately entertaining poo poo in the Legacy comics, like the story about the newbie recruit in the stormtrooper squad, but FutureSkywalker getting super stoned on death sticks and Luke and his wife both Force Ghost yelling at him wasn't one of them.
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The KotOR ongoing series was good to begin with as well, but about 2/3rds of the way through the run the main plot gets resolved and then it just sort of stops. So at least it's in keeping with the source material.
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Lonos Oboe posted:I fully endorse Xenomorph's bid for mod, even if he is being unbelievably brazen about it. Good idea to make a mod who goes rabid every time those dirty liberals eye his massive automatic weapons.
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Ilustforponydeath posted:Good idea to make a mod who goes rabid every time those dirty liberals eye his massive automatic weapons.  
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