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There's Tales from a Galaxy Far, Far Away book that came out shortly after TFA. It's marketed as a YA book, but it's the same general style of short stories from the old Tales books
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# ? Aug 21, 2016 19:46 |
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# ? Jun 5, 2024 04:35 |
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Yeah maybe I will check that out. The YA aspect was making me shy away, but then again I like the original Tales books but they aren't exactly high literature.
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# ? Aug 21, 2016 19:48 |
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Bulkiest Toaster posted:aren't exactly high literature. Star_Wars.txt
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# ? Aug 21, 2016 19:54 |
Bulkiest Toaster posted:Yeah maybe I will check that out. The YA aspect was making me shy away, but then again I like the original Tales books but they aren't exactly high literature. You mean the story where the racist bartender in Mos Eisley distills Greedo's corpse for whiskey flavoring isn't going to be seen as a timeless classic?
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# ? Aug 21, 2016 19:58 |
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I gotta admit, Lost Stars is up there as one of my favorite Star Wars books, along with thrawn trilogy and revenge of the sith novel. Even with the YA tag, I enjoyed it a hell of a lot more than either aftermath book.
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# ? Aug 21, 2016 20:05 |
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Lost Stars is 100% awesome
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# ? Aug 21, 2016 20:52 |
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Bulkiest Toaster posted:I would even settle for a Tales from Maz Kanata's bar set of short stories, or a Tales from Nima Outpost. I really liked the old Tales books. They kind of are doing these - off the top of my head, there are stories for Grummgar, the girl on Grummgar's lap, Maz's cooking staff, the red pirate and his first mate who Finn talk to, a couple of the more minor cantina aliens, the Jakku sheriff who got cut from the film, that Jakku animal vendor who was in the first ever set video for TFA, and Unkar Plutt. I've read a few, though the only one I really liked was the Crimson Corsair one, even if that sets up a few of his crew who aren't actually featured in the movie (or his level in Lego TFA). That's one of the things that differs from the Bantam-era Tales Of books, their backstories so far are all pretty inconsequential, don't even really relate to anything, and don't tie into the wider universe (such as it is) in any major way. Most of them aren't even clear as to whether they take place long before TFA, just before, during the movie events, or even if they'll be dated after. Actually in terms of those stories setting up stuff from TFA, the one with the female First Order spy from Maz's castle might be the closest as it hints that she is the person who recovers Vader's helmet for Kylo Ren, from an ex-stormtrooper who was at Endor. Apparently the audio version of this story backs up the implication by making the guy who hires her have Kylo Ren's voice.
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# ? Aug 21, 2016 22:12 |
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Bulkiest Toaster posted:I think the new canon is going to continue to be slightly disappointing because Disney does not want to tread on the new movies, which means we will probably continue to get inconsequential side stories. Definitely. Once the new trilogy of movies is done and all the characters from the original trilogy are dead or irrelevant we might get some more substantial stories set between the first and third trilogies.
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# ? Aug 22, 2016 00:13 |
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Chairman Capone posted:They kind of are doing these - off the top of my head, there are stories for Grummgar, the girl on Grummgar's lap, Maz's cooking staff, the red pirate and his first mate who Finn talk to, a couple of the more minor cantina aliens, the Jakku sheriff who got cut from the film, that Jakku animal vendor who was in the first ever set video for TFA, and Unkar Plutt. why doesnt Kylo Ren just get the head/helmet himself. why does he need some toadie/spy to get it. plus it would make for one of those cool comics where he walking to the spot while having flashbacks and questions himself, until he finds the fabled helmet and it gives him resolve. yeah i get its from some ex-stormi or some dumbshit. but still.
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# ? Aug 26, 2016 19:57 |
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Info on the Rogue One tie-in novel: http://makingstarwars.net/2016/09/star-wars-catalyst-a-rogue-one-story-synopsis/ I'm interested in it now.
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# ? Sep 1, 2016 19:26 |
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I hope the project isn't actually called The Death Star Project, because if it is, that would make Galen's hope for it's altruistic use about as silly as Qwi Xux's naivety towards the Sun Crusher. Unless the promise Krennic makes is to use the Death Star as a nuclear deterrent.
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# ? Sep 1, 2016 22:14 |
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The latest rumour I have heard concerns an Ahsoka Tano novel that's due to come out (I think) next year. This book is going to explore what she was doing between the end of Clone Wars and her appearance in Rebels. But there's apparently a bit of a rumour going around that it is going to reveal that Ahsoka is bisexual, which I thought was interesting. If it is true, I think it would be a pretty big deal. Sure, there have been some gay and bi characters in Star Wars before, but I think she would definitely be the biggest.
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# ? Sep 2, 2016 16:32 |
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Wheat Loaf posted:The latest rumour I have heard concerns an Ahsoka Tano novel that's due to come out (I think) next year. This book is going to explore what she was doing between the end of Clone Wars and her appearance in Rebels. But there's apparently a bit of a rumour going around that it is going to reveal that Ahsoka is bisexual, which I thought was interesting. If it is true, I think it would be a pretty big deal. Sure, there have been some gay and bi characters in Star Wars before, but I think she would definitely be the biggest. I've seen the passage, and it's not nearly as explicit as everyone makes it sound. Basically, a character says, "I want to kiss you... sorry, I'm babbling because we're going to die," and Ahsoka's response is, "Stay calm, we're not going to die." While this could be read either way it's not the "they actually canonically confirmed 100% that Ahsoka likes girls!" the Tumblr crowd is taking it as, especially since there have already been several books where they did emphatically establish gay characters.
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# ? Sep 2, 2016 17:41 |
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Doesn't sound like a confirmation that she likes girls at all. More like she's re-assuring a friend who's in a near panic like you would expect a jedi to do.
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# ? Sep 3, 2016 03:44 |
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Canemacar posted:Doesn't sound like a confirmation that she likes girls at all. More like she's re-assuring a friend who's in a near panic like you would expect a jedi to do. You clearly aren't putting as much thought into this as tumblr.
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# ? Sep 3, 2016 04:17 |
Yeah, I'm not seeing that as a indicator of anything. Unless the lines are vastly different in the text to that summary.
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# ? Sep 3, 2016 04:37 |
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People are literally just extrapolating things from the fact that she doesn't take a moment, mid-combat, to say "no, do not kiss me, I am only sexually attracted to make gendered beings"
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# ? Sep 3, 2016 04:39 |
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I went back and found the actual image:
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# ? Sep 3, 2016 14:38 |
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Heh, that means almost nothing at all. I have been taken in by a second-hand source.
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# ? Sep 3, 2016 16:51 |
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Chairman Capone posted:I went back and found the actual image: it just reads like a weird weadon light hearted joke moment more then some deep bisexual romance. tumblr/click bait, read way to much into stuff.
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# ? Sep 3, 2016 18:36 |
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It's probably just an experimentation/phase Ashoka is going through. She will probably outgrow it.
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# ? Sep 6, 2016 16:07 |
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Was browsing the old Timeline website, came across some unpublished short stories. Have to admit, some are pretty decent for dumb pulpy stuff. http://www.starwarstimeline.net/AdventureJournal16/ServantoftheEmpire.htm
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# ? Sep 18, 2016 01:33 |
Shame Battlefront is kind of lame, because that DS1 themed DLC looks really nice. Also, I cannot be ever impressed by Bossk. I just think 'lizard victory dance' every time I see him. Or Boba Fett outsmarting him.
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# ? Sep 18, 2016 01:40 |
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Battlefront is actually pretty great right now. Between various patches and DLC it's become an awesome title. Pretty sure more people are playing it now than at any time after the initial release. I say give it a shot.
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# ? Sep 18, 2016 14:16 |
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From the Battlefront thread:Cardboard Box A posted:http://swbstats.com/
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# ? Sep 18, 2016 14:19 |
Lake Jucas posted:Battlefront is actually pretty great right now. Between various patches and DLC it's become an awesome title. Pretty sure more people are playing it now than at any time after the initial release. I say give it a shot. It's really not. PC Australia, Battlefront numbers are so small that if you play five nights a week you'll run into the same dozen or so players across the seemingly one game server that is running. I can't imagine buying Battlefront now.
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# ? Sep 18, 2016 14:48 |
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I'm in PS4, so I never have an issue. Your mileage may vary.
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# ? Sep 19, 2016 13:02 |
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Not to kick a hornet's nest, but does anyone know what Karen Traviss has been up to recently? The last thing I remember her being involved in was Halo with those "Man, humanity are loving assholes" Kilo Five books. I know this is the Star Wars thread, but Star Wars is also where she first became infamous. Call it a morbid curiosity on my part, being one of the people who finds her earlier work actually pretty good.
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# ? Sep 28, 2016 05:53 |
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Arcsquad12 posted:Not to kick a hornet's nest, but does anyone know what Karen Traviss has been up to recently? The last thing I remember her being involved in was Halo with those "Man, humanity are loving assholes" Kilo Five books. I know this is the Star Wars thread, but Star Wars is also where she first became infamous. Call it a morbid curiosity on my part, being one of the people who finds her earlier work actually pretty good. Apparently not much. Since she wrote those godawful Halo books she's only done two others; a GI Joe novel and an Arkham Asylum/City/Knight tie-in.
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# ? Sep 28, 2016 06:08 |
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Arcsquad12 posted:Not to kick a hornet's nest, but does anyone know what Karen Traviss has been up to recently? The last thing I remember her being involved in was Halo with those "Man, humanity are loving assholes" Kilo Five books. I know this is the Star Wars thread, but Star Wars is also where she first became infamous. Call it a morbid curiosity on my part, being one of the people who finds her earlier work actually pretty good. Makes me wonder how well off some of the more prolific EU authors are. Some of them have to be millionaires.
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# ? Sep 28, 2016 06:13 |
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Casimir Radon posted:Thread has been pretty dead lately so I'm happy to talk about anything. Apparently she is or was writing GI Joe comics. I don't read them so no clue there. Her Twitter account is mostly retweets and snotty comments about the Labour Party. She probably has plenty of money and can afford to not work all the time. Well, R.A Salvatore, whatever you think of his writing, is very well off. And I imagine that some people have a steady stream of income simply due to the sheer volume of material they receive money off of. Guys like KJA probably wouldn't need to write another thing after the metric ton of books he wrote in the 90s. As for Traviss, the last thing of hers I enjoyed was Gears of War 3. Now, some game writers jumped to novels, and met with terrible results. See: Drew Karpyshin and the embarrassment that is the Revan and Darth Bane novels. However, I actually think that Traviss being the lead writer for GOW3 was a good move, because it restricts her worse tendencies and focuses on her strengths. She writes good group dynamics, you can't deny that. Sure, a lot of the time her dynamics are between like minded individuals who share her political views, but in Gears 3 it works really well, and lends some more depth to a series that reveled in ultraviolence. Her Gears novels go into that nonsense with the wannabe Maori guerillas who are so much better than Marcus and Dom because tribal warrior code of honour bullshit, but they aren't in Gears 3. I really like how she moved Cole and Baird from one note supporting characters to developed individuals. How well do some of the comics writers do transitioning to novels? Is A New Dawn by JJM any good?
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# ? Sep 28, 2016 07:05 |
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Arcsquad12 posted:How well do some of the comics writers do transitioning to novels? Is A New Dawn by JJM any good? I really like Kenobi, it's one of the best Star Wars books to come out in the last 10 years. He did a really good job witha mandate that didn't seem like it had much room. You've got to remember that it came out around the same time that FOTJ was finishing up so good books were few and far between. I also liked Overdraft which was some stand-alone novel he wrote.
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# ? Sep 28, 2016 07:27 |
Arcsquad12 posted:Well, R.A Salvatore, whatever you think of his writing, is very well off. And I imagine that some people have a steady stream of income simply due to the sheer volume of material they receive money off of. Guys like KJA probably wouldn't need to write another thing after the metric ton of books he wrote in the 90s. I thought Traviss' short story about Cortana and the Gravemind was really good. She seems to be great at adding depth if you keep her restricted but, given free reign... Peter Watts - of Blindsight fame - did a Crysis novel that I'd like to check out because he seems so unsuited to doing a video game tie in. Apparently the forthcoming Mass Effect novel will be done by a Hugo-award winning author, too.
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# ? Sep 28, 2016 07:39 |
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Also, as of yet Ahsoka doesn't have an audiobook listed. Only hardcover and Kindle. But the rumor is that they will release one narrated by Ashley Eckstein.
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# ? Sep 28, 2016 07:54 |
Casimir Radon posted:Also, as of yet Ahsoka doesn't have an audiobook listed. Only hardcover and Kindle. But the rumor is that they will release one narrated by Ashley Eckstein. Day one purchase, if true.
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# ? Sep 28, 2016 14:37 |
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Arcsquad12 posted:Not to kick a hornet's nest, but does anyone know what Karen Traviss has been up to recently? The last thing I remember her being involved in was Halo with those "Man, humanity are loving assholes" Kilo Five books. I know this is the Star Wars thread, but Star Wars is also where she first became infamous. Call it a morbid curiosity on my part, being one of the people who finds her earlier work actually pretty good. Her GI Joe comic was from September 2014 to May 2015 I think, then it was cancelled. She did a Wonder Woman (!) one-shot comic September last year. As far as I can tell, she hasn't done anything since then. Actually, does anyone know what her thoughts on TFA were? I assume she hated it because there weren't any Mandalorians but would still be up for seeing anything amusing she spouted off.
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# ? Sep 28, 2016 15:09 |
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She probably didn't even watch it.
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# ? Sep 28, 2016 16:38 |
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It's kind of impressive to think of how huge a splash she made in 2004, a decade later she's pretty much burned all her bridges. EDIT: In terms of comics-to-books authors I'll add that Kenobi by JJM was really good. Chairman Capone fucked around with this message at 00:14 on Sep 29, 2016 |
# ? Sep 29, 2016 00:12 |
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Casimir Radon posted:Thread has been pretty dead lately so I'm happy to talk about anything. Apparently she is or was writing GI Joe comics. I don't read them so no clue there. Her Twitter account is mostly retweets and snotty comments about the Labour Party. She probably has plenty of money and can afford to not work all the time. I got the impression the pay was okay but not spectacular for most of them. Remember it's the Star Wars name that does most of the selling. Maybe Zahn is an exception but only if his post Thrawn trilogy stuff got more reader loyalty.
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# ? Sep 29, 2016 00:56 |
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yronic heroism posted:I got the impression the pay was okay but not spectacular for most of them. Remember it's the Star Wars name that does most of the selling. Maybe Zahn is an exception but only if his post Thrawn trilogy stuff got more reader loyalty. This is how it work for me. I am a 34 and love Sci-fi. I bought every Star Wars book until New Jedi Order becuse of "it's a Star Wars book. " only years later did I look up what any of them might have wrote that was a non Star Wars book. I like Greg Bear and Zahn. 15 years clean. No Star wars books, feels good man.
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