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There's already a bunch of whiners on Facebook complaining that Thrawn is gonna be "dumbed down" and "watered down" and "why should EU fans be happy that they're trotting out Thrawn when it completely goes against everything Thrawn's creator did with the character" etc.
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jivjov posted:There's already a bunch of whiners on Facebook complaining that Thrawn is gonna be "dumbed down" and "watered down" and "why should EU fans be happy that they're trotting out Thrawn when it completely goes against everything Thrawn's creator did with the character" etc. Thrawn being about to deduce winning military strategies from the art of an entire species is planet-as-biome dumbed-down already. I don't think they have much to worry about.
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Jul 16, 2016 19:26
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I don't know poo poo about Thrawn or the EU really, but that line about learning their culture made him seem pretty cool compared with most SW villains already. I like the look of him personally. Also we only saw like, 10 seconds of him.
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Jul 16, 2016 19:32
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Thrawn was the only only good thing about the expanded universe. The only good thing. Bigsteve fucked around with this message at 20:57 on Jul 16, 2016 |
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Jul 16, 2016 20:05
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homullus posted:Thrawn being about to deduce winning military strategies from the art of an entire species is planet-as-biome dumbed-down already. I don't think they have much to worry about. TBF, the Rebels trailer made it sound more like he was using more than just looking at paintings. It will be hilarious to seem him defeated by someone like Sabine.
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Jul 16, 2016 20:10
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Bigsteve posted:Thrown was the only only good thing about the expanded universe. I was going to sweep in with a smug "What about ****?" post but I'm coming up empty. Mara Jade, maybe? Bit of a Mary-Sue, I suppose. Dash Rendar and early Kyle Katarn are p. cool, but that's just because they're both rebranded Han Solo. I still get a laugh out of people being pissed that Disney decided not to be bound by the dumpster fire that was the old EU.
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Jul 16, 2016 20:17
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TerminalSaint posted:I still get a laugh out of people being pissed that Disney decided not to be bound by the dumpster fire that was the old EU. Same, but I suspect the latest Thrawn news is evidence that Disney will foolishly rebind themselves after escaping. So I'm laughing at that, too.
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Jul 16, 2016 20:29
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The Rebels guys are doing good so if they wanna throw Thrawn in there I say go ahead, the villains so far haven't been at all one dimensional or boring.
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Jul 16, 2016 20:35
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What is Darth Maul may never die
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Jul 16, 2016 21:00
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I'm not going to lie, the child in my soul is rejoicing to see Thrawn. Art and all.
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Jul 16, 2016 21:44
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Thrawn's going to end up in a coma or gently caress back off to the edge of the galaxy or something sometime before Rebels ends to explain his absence during the OT and then come back and be a big bad for the New Republic era series that comes after Rebels.
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Jul 16, 2016 21:54
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In non-Thrawn-related news, Rogue One may not have an opening crawl, according to Kathleen Kennedy. Doesn't really bother me much considering that some enterprising fans will likely edit one in after the home release is out.
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Jul 16, 2016 22:26
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Thrawn is canon but apart of a children's cartoon with god awful animation
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Jul 16, 2016 22:28
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hhhat posted:I hardly think that's 'possible' Wedge. I think Wedge was one of the few guys in Rogue Squadron who wasn't a former Imperial pilot. TerminalSaint posted:I was going to sweep in with a smug "What about ****?" post but I'm coming up empty. Rogue Squadron was cool 
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Jul 16, 2016 22:28
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Phi230 posted:Thrawn is canon but apart of a children's cartoon with god awful animation And a new book by Timothy Zahn coming out next year. I don't know if this helps or hurts your feelings on this.
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Jul 16, 2016 22:38
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With an attitude like that you are limiting yourself on some good quality Star Wars story. Your loss I guess.
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Cross-Section posted:In non-Thrawn-related news, Rogue One may not have an opening crawl, according to Kathleen Kennedy. I would kinda hope that Rogue One wouldn't have an opening crawl. Do something similar but unique; like the news reels from Clone Wars
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Jul 17, 2016 01:40
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Sabine has some extra-great hair this time around.
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Wraith Squadron was good? KotOr 2? Humm, drat, I used to be super into the old EU, I'm sure I can think of something I like in it. I liked all the Zahn books, with all their bunch of characters like Talon Karrde and Mara Jade. Sure, Mary Sue or whatever, this is Star Wars. Over the top hyper competent characters is the norm. I liked Borsk Fey'lya and the Bothans in general, space assholes that they were. I liked Nom Anor, only good Yuuzhan Vong character. poo poo, I've got some good memories of that whole clusterfuck, like the book Han goes on an adventure with a space gypsy and end up thwarting an enemy conspiracy or Traitor by the guy who did the great Episode III novel or... poo poo, I think that's it. New Jedi Order got really really bad, although nowhere near as terrible as what followed it (if you can believe that). Not because the Yuuzhan Vong are an inherently bad idea, mind. Having a completely new enemy with different abilities and goals could work well. It's the execution/writing that was really bad. They should have been done way pulpier instead of going full 90s comic edgy. I also got some affection for the old Droids cartoon, for what it tried to do and it's weird catchy theme song. And the Glove of Dark Vader series is so amazingly bad I love it. Anyway, I'm rambling. Old memories.
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Jul 17, 2016 04:00
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jivjov posted:There's already a bunch of whiners on Facebook complaining that Thrawn is gonna be "dumbed down" and "watered down" and "why should EU fans be happy that they're trotting out Thrawn when it completely goes against everything Thrawn's creator did with the character" etc. He's been dumbed down because they gave him pupils. If he doesn't have the glowing red eyes that I thought were the coolest thing in the world when I was 12, what's the point?
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Jul 17, 2016 04:48
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Letting Thrawn live in the Star Wars cannon is a cool thing and I think everyone, even the whiners, will appreciate him existing. I mean, outside of KOTOR 2, maybe, Star Wars isn't exactly high-brow drama. You can't expect much.
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Jul 17, 2016 08:00
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I wish Han had said, "your..mother wanted to see.......one last time" beffore he died.
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Jul 17, 2016 08:42
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who knows if Han is really dead though.
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smell this posted:who knows if Han is really dead though.
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Jul 17, 2016 08:49
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People often survive falling down deep holes in Star Wars, but nobody has ever survived being on an exploding planet.
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Jul 17, 2016 08:55
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It was clearly a Changeling posing as Han due to some sort of Founders plot. Kylo Ren will be revealed as a Dominion leader in the war against the Resistance. Worf will break his neck in Episode VIII.
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Jul 17, 2016 08:58
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He fell for a really long time and was reborn as Han Blanco.
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everyone shits on the old EU but is the new EU really much better? and The Force Awakens literally ripped off the worst ideas from the old EU (Han's Son going Sith and repeating what Vader did and the sun crusher which they somehow made even goofier than the original version).
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Jul 17, 2016 12:10
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Alucard Nacirema posted:everyone shits on the old EU but is the new EU really much better? Nope. Pretty clearly just as bad.
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If comparing two piles of poo poo, the smaller one is probably "less bad" but it still stinks. The old EU has just had 20+ years to accumulate.
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Gnome de plume posted:He fell for a really long time and was reborn as Han Blanco. His face was mangled in the process and the character of Han Blanco will be played by someone who costs much less money
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Jul 17, 2016 13:41
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It's not the EU. It's just the U.
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Jul 17, 2016 13:53
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Rogue One will be the Star Wars prequel we all really wanted but never got.
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dialhforhero posted:Rogue One will be the Star Wars prequel we all really wanted but never got. Now you've done it
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Bongo Bill posted:People often survive falling down deep holes in Star Wars, but nobody has ever survived being on an exploding planet. Not sure I really believe this.
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MrBigglesworth posted:With an attitude like that you are limiting yourself on some good quality Star Wars story. Your loss I guess. Tbh nothing in star wars matters outside the movies.
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Phi230 posted:Tbh nothing in star wars matters outside the movies. This may have been true under the "tiered" system of the old Expanded Universe...but under the Story Group all of the books and comics and whatnot "matter" to the universe just as much as the films do.
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jivjov posted:This may have been true under the "tiered" system of the old Expanded Universe...but under the Story Group all of the books and comics and whatnot "matter" to the universe just as much as the films do. Until the films contradict them, which they inevitably will.
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computer parts posted:Until the films contradict them, which they inevitably will. Well, with the Story Group being directly involved with the plotting of the films, books, comics, etc...that hopefully won't happen
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jivjov posted:Well, with the Story Group being directly involved with the plotting of the films, books, comics, etc...that hopefully won't happen I cannot think of a single group that maintains perfect consistency over the time period the Star Wars films are likely to span (especially when getting to Episode 9 and beyond).
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