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Star Wars use to be so cool with everything being Cannon, but this Legends bs is so disappointing. So many great story lines have disappeared. Thrawn was way cooler than he currently being portrayed in the Rebels show.
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I hear his books are good. Anyway, just think of all the oceans of hot trash that got thrown out with the rare gem. Lightsaber knees!
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Oct 29, 2017 02:59
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BraveJoe posted:Star Wars use to be so cool with everything being Cannon, but this Legends bs is so disappointing. So many great story lines have disappeared. Thrawn was way cooler than he currently being portrayed in the Rebels show. Dark Greetings from the mofference, the conference of moffs. Now, excuse me as I rant about how we need to save the whales.
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BraveJoe posted:Star Wars use to be so cool with everything being Cannon, but this Legends bs is so disappointing. So many great story lines have disappeared. Thrawn was way cooler than he currently being portrayed in the Rebels show. On the other hand, a whooooooooooole lot of garbage got canned.
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Oct 29, 2017 16:27
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And it's not like you can't go back and still enjoy Legends books and comics.
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Oct 29, 2017 16:33
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Canonicity doesn't make or break the value of a good story
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Oct 29, 2017 17:33
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BraveJoe posted:Star Wars use to be so cool with everything being Cannon, but this Legends bs is so disappointing. So many great story lines have disappeared. You're right, Star Wars was only cool when the Sun Crusher existed, IG-88 took over the Death Star II and hosed with the Emperor by changing the thermostat settings, Leia's kids gave her a piece of Alderaan as a mother's day present, Zombie Stormtroopers were a thing, and then the loving Yuuzan Vong. And Wedge loving a bird person who later got amnesia. And telescoping lightsabers. And a Wookiee that speaks English because he has a speak impediment. Also, Kevin J. Anderson. enigmahfc fucked around with this message at 14:34 on Oct 30, 2017 |
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Oct 30, 2017 14:29
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enigmahfc posted:You're right, Star Wars was only cool when the Sun Crusher existed, IG-88 took over the Death Star II and hosed with the Emperor by changing the thermostat settings,
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Oct 30, 2017 14:59
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enigmahfc posted:You're right, Star Wars was only cool when the Sun Crusher existed, IG-88 took over the Death Star II and hosed with the Emperor by changing the thermostat settings, Leia's kids gave her a piece of Alderaan as a mother's day present, Zombie Stormtroopers were a thing, and then the loving Yuuzan Vong. You forgot how the Emperor had clone bodies that his spirit would inhabit once he died in one, and how he had a son with three eyes and made weapons in his sleep, and how there was a moff with blaster earrings. 
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oh yes oh god yes form the head FORM THE HEAD unghhhh...
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IronSaber posted:You forgot how the Emperor had clone bodies that his spirit would inhabit once he died in one, and how he had a son with three eyes and made weapons in his sleep, and how there was a moff with blaster earrings. Who attended the mofference, the conference of moffs. There they'd introduce each other with "Dark Greetings" and would talk about their need to steal the Glove of Darth Vader as that was the source of his powers and would make Triclops, the Emperor's 3-eyed Son, the true heir. Triclops had to force lighting someone to make a point at that meeting. Then they went and hurt the whales, and the rebels felt bad. But, Triclops is not actually the Emperor's son and can't actually Force Lighting, he's just a weirdo who fit the description of the Emperor's SECRET son and had implants that let him force lighting. He also really wanted to marry Leia and kidnapped her, but they duped her with a droid that shot lasers at him with her eyes.
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Oct 30, 2017 17:30
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On the other hand, Wraith Squadron was pretty good.
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Zoro posted:But, Triclops is not actually the Emperor's son and can't actually Force Lighting, he's just a weirdo who fit the description of the Emperor's SECRET son and had implants that let him force lighting. He also really wanted to marry Leia and kidnapped her, but they duped her with a droid that shot lasers at him with her eyes. The Emperor's real three-eyed son was called Trioculus, who was imprisoned on an Imperial mental asylum planet because he was a pacifist and the Emperor thought pacifism was a mental illness. Trioculus also had a son, who didn't have three eyes, so he called him Ken.
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wiegieman posted:On the other hand, Wraith Squadron was pretty good. I kinda dig all the X-Wing books. The Wraiths were absolutely the best part of them, though.
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Jedi posted:I kinda dig all the X-Wing books. The Wraiths were absolutely the best part of them, though. Wraiths ruled, but Starfighters of Adumar was the best (and funniest) book in the series.
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enigmahfc posted:You're right, Star Wars was only cool when the Sun Crusher existed, IG-88 took over the Death Star II and hosed with the Emperor by changing the thermostat settings, Leia's kids gave her a piece of Alderaan as a mother's day present, Zombie Stormtroopers were a thing, and then the loving Yuuzan Vong. I....kinda want to read this. Preferably while being really really high. It sounds like the guy from "The Room" was doing fanfic yet this was canon until recently. I'm assuming this isn't from one book etc, rather multiple sources in the EU..? sticksy fucked around with this message at 02:34 on Oct 31, 2017 |
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Oct 31, 2017 02:25
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Wheat Loaf posted:The Emperor's real three-eyed son was called Trioculus, who was imprisoned on an Imperial mental asylum planet because he was a pacifist and the Emperor thought pacifism was a mental illness. And Ken's mom was a Jedi Princess named Kendalina.
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sticksy posted:I....kinda want to read this. Preferably while being really really high. It sounds like the guy from "The Room" was doing fan fix yet this was canon until recently.
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Endless Mike posted:Yeah there's a bunch of different things in there. The Sun Crusher, alone, was featured in (at least) a trilogy of books that also featured a robot Jedi. Ah, cool, good to know. Is there similar batshit/ terrible comics treatments of these or other recommendations? I've been slowly reading through some of DH's like the Thrawn trilogy but crazy stuff like this is a nice palate cleanser. Also, on a related note: https://io9.gizmodo.com/artist-imagines-a-shadows-of-the-empire-movie-with-the-1819922814 
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Oct 31, 2017 02:42
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On the whole, the comics EU was less intensely stupid. But you'll want to check out Dark Empire - clone Palpatine, Bruce Willis lookalike Jedi, p-Spliffy, and a giant space submarine.
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cptn_dr posted:I've been introducing my friends to the fun that is Spliffy-P, Dank Lord of the Sith.
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sticksy posted:Ah, cool, good to know. Is there similar batshit/ terrible comics treatments of these or other recommendations? Why is Dash Rendar Nicholas Cage?
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Zoro posted:Why is Dash Rendar Nicholas Cage? Because when you can get Nic Cage you say yes
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Endless Mike posted:Yeah there's a bunch of different things in there. The Sun Crusher, alone, was featured in (at least) a trilogy of books that also featured a robot Jedi. Sun Crusher was the Jedi Academy Trilogy, which doesn't have a robot Jedi, but does have other strange stuff. There was another loosely-connected trilogy (Children of the Jedi, Darksaber and Planet of Twilight) and the first of the three featured said robot Jedi. It also featured Luke falling in love with the disembodied consciousness of an Old Republic Jedi trapped in the computer core of a lost Imperial superweapon, who then swaps bodies with one of his young apprentices (her fiancé was the robot Jedi) and they go off to start a relationship, which is much stranger than anyone involved probably meant for it to be.
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Zoro posted:Why is Dash Rendar Nicholas Cage? I also recognize Helen Hunt which dates when that was made. Is that Ed Norton as Xizor?
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Endless Mike posted:Because when you can get Nic Cage you say yes And when Nic Cage is offered work he says "yes".
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Wheat Loaf posted:Sun Crusher was the Jedi Academy Trilogy, which doesn't have a robot Jedi, but does have other strange stuff. Wait it wasn't a robot it was a dude from a clone race that was "imperfect" or something? There was some weird Jedi in there, for sure. I read them probably within a couple years of them coming out, so 20 or so years ago!
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Pictured: Nic Cage turning to the dark side: Endless Mike posted:Wait it wasn't a robot it was a dude from a clone race that was "imperfect" or something? There was some weird Jedi in there, for sure. I read them probably within a couple years of them coming out, so 20 or so years ago! Oh, yeah, Dorsk-81 was the clone Jedi. But there was also the robot Jedi I mentioned; his backstory was that he was infected by this deadly plague so his fiancée (another Jedi who was also a scientist) tried to transfer his essence or what-have-you into a robot body, but all she was able to do was programme a droid with a copy of his thoughts and memories. It related to an earlier book, where the villains were a species of dinosaur people whose technology was powered by sucking out the souls of their slaves and uploading them into computers.
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Alright, new arc of Darth Vader looks like everything I wanted. Looking forward to more Inquisitor stuff, Grand Inquisitor in particular. And Jocasta Nu as a major character is something I never knew I wanted.
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Gillen's run started strong, but god, yeah, Larocca is not good at all. It's particularly jarring when it's obvious he's tracing a real face versus someone who isn't in the movies.
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Larocca's art feels like it's getting worse and worse.
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The faces aren't even in the same style or texture as the rest of the art. It's awful and people have been complaining for years with no change.
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UltimoDragonQuest posted:The faces aren't even in the same style or texture as the rest of the art. It's awful and people have been complaining for years with no change. This looks like something from a photoshop thread, like I'm supposed to recognize that as a celebrity and laugh at the reference.
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UltimoDragonQuest posted:The faces aren't even in the same style or texture as the rest of the art. It's awful and people have been complaining for years with no change. Like, out of context, I couldn't even tell you who that is supposed to be. It looks fan made, and it's loving Star Wars. The hell
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Nov 10, 2017 02:37
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Nov 10, 2017 04:34
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Jesus H. Christ he literally GIS'd "asian woman eating spaghetti." How does this guy still have work?
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wiegieman posted:Jesus H. Christ he literally GIS'd "asian woman eating spaghetti." How does this guy still have work? Hell, Greg Land has made a pretty lucrative career out of it.
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