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Chill la Chill posted:
Shadows of the Empire was a "multimedia event", the idea being that the only way to get the "whole picture" was to buy/play/read everything cross various media. The only other comparable "event" thing I can think of was the Clone Wars stuff that came out between Ep2 and 3, and came out in roughly "real time" since the gap between the movies was 3 years and the Clone Wars spanned 3 years. It was a neat idea in concept, where a novel that came out 3 weeks after a given comic book was literally supposed to have occurred 3 weeks later, etc. I guess The Force Unleashed was a sorta similar "multimedia event", but nowhere near the scope of Shadows or Clone Wars.
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where was this? I played the n64 game and this was never part of the plot. You heard about Guri but lol sex robot?
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Is it available on Netflix/streaming anywhere?
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Sep 16, 2015 23:22
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spacemang_spliff posted:wasn't his name like Dash Render or something? It's been a really long time since I read Shadows of the Empire or played the videogame. The best part about the game is it laid the groundwork for the really great Rogue Squadron games. gohuskies posted:Dash Rendar was in the movies too, he was flying the snowspeeder on Hoth that flew in and blew up the AT-AT after Wedge tripped it with the tow cable.  Groovelord Neato posted:i just don't get the obsession nerds have with needing to know every bit of minutiae in the media they like. they comic booking of everything is mad poo poo. Finally one day I was looking at all of my Star Wars poo poo and realized that I didn't care about the vast majority of it, and everything else I was never going to read again and was just taking up space. So I sold off like all of the books except for the few I cared about and I knew I'd read again (the X-wing books, the short story anthologies), all of the video games except the ones I cared about (the X-wing/TIE Fighter series, Rogue Squadron series), all of the comics except the ones I gave a poo poo about (the Rogue Squadron ones - noticing a pattern? - and the Tales of the Jedi stuff) and freed up a ton of room in my house. And then Lucasfilm went and said everything was non-canon anyway lol But I don't care, I re-read the X-wing comics and books because they're fun to read and I like Star Wars starfighters dogfighting and blowing poo poo up, and I'm not really bothered if it's not "The True History Of The Star Wars Galaxy" anymore or whatever. My interest in Star Wars dwindled for a long while, even in the face of the new movie coming out and the hype train gaining speed, but I recently got hooked on the X-wing miniatures game (who would have guessed?) and having fun with that, and it's making me want to re-read the X-wing books/comics and see if I still enjoy them as much as I thought I did. and that's a lot of words about Star Wars Xenomrph fucked around with this message at 04:59 on Sep 17, 2015 |
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Sep 17, 2015 04:55
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Young Freud posted:Pretty much. It was solely a Lucasfilm Games project and wasn't canon to begin with, so the new owners have no reason to continue it.
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Sep 17, 2015 06:12
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Holy poo poo I'd totally forgotten about that
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Sep 17, 2015 06:39
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An X/T revival of any kind would be loving awesome, tbh
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Sep 17, 2015 16:45
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Sounds like the Selonians, one of the sentient races from in and around the Corellian system, so probably yeah Holy poo poo I can't believe I remember a lot of this poo poo
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Sep 19, 2015 01:23
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Mr.Pibbleton posted:I wonder how Disney will handle it's own star wars EU, maybe they'll have some quality control on the books? Although we'll see how well that holds up a few years down the line when some director wants to tell a cool movie story and the Lucasfilm Story Group steps in and says "hold on now, that would contradict Star Wars comic issue #37 (which the average moviegoing public neither read nor gives a poo poo about)" There's some old EU stuff I'd like to see "re-canonized", most of which wouldn't contradict anything if it were reintroduced. - Shadows of the Empire (all of it) - Much of the 3000 years BBY stuff (Tales of the Jedi comics, Knights of the Old Republic comics and games) - The Xwing/TIE Fighter/XvT/Xwing Alliance games, and the stuff from the Rogue Squadron games that take place pre- ROTJ - Mara Jade as a character (in a limited capacity - agent/assassin for the Empire, but don't bother with anything post-ROTJ where she interacts with Luke/Han/Leia). I just like Mara Jade as a character  - the bulk of the Boba Fett standalone comics where he's off being a cool dude and doing cool poo poo (namely the one where he kills Jodo Kast) - gently caress it, the bulk of the West End Games stuff that doesn't contradict the upcoming movie Xenomrph fucked around with this message at 17:12 on Sep 19, 2015 |
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Sep 19, 2015 17:08
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Fil5000 posted:And don't forget it's Jacen not Jason because STAR WARS I'm not saying it's not dumb when Star Wars does it, it's just a lot easier to overlook it in comparison
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Sep 19, 2015 19:57
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bunnyofdoom posted:Yub Yub Commander. I'm not entirely sure Rogue One will have anything to do with Rogue Squadron, making the title a colossal cocktease for Rogue Squadron/X-wing fans.
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Sep 19, 2015 20:16
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Groovelord Neato posted:man furries are gonna go wild if it's about stealing the death star plans.
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Sep 19, 2015 20:45
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Wicker Man posted:Kyle Katarn is the true dude to get the plans. Just waltzed into secure areas blasting poo poo
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Sep 19, 2015 21:01
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Trevor Hale posted:I love Rogue Squadron but Wedge is at his goddamn beat in the Wraith Squadron books. The Wraith books are way better than the Rogue books because the Wraith books are ensemble books with fun characters, while the Rogue books focus on Corran Horn, the biggest Mary Sue in the EU. Better pilot than Wedge, star investigator who unravels a massive Imperial plot that no one else could figure out, irresistible to every woman he encounters (and of course he marries the hot chick), oh and did I mention that he's Force sensitive and becomes a Jedi badass? poo poo, I can't even name any of the other Rogue pilots in the Stackpole books other than Wedge, Tycho, and Gavin. The Rogue Squadron comics are a lot better about being ensemble stories and giving the other pilots more to do. The Wraith books initially set up Kell Tainer to be Corran 2.0, and then totally subverts it and makes him take the back seat to the ensemble cast. And when he tries to hook up with the hot chick, she totally shoots him down for being a goony PUA douche and its loving hilarious. I actually only recently learned that Aaron Allston passed away last year. It's a shame because he seemed like a cool guy, on top of his books being tons of fun. Yub Yub, Commander. 
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Sep 20, 2015 04:00
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Timothy Zahn at least looks the part for Karrde. I was impressed with how well he visually pulled it off. If they'd had Zahn portraying, like, Thrawn, it would have been goofier. But yeah Stackpoke as Corran is the gooniest thing, especially given Corran's Mary Sue nature. I'll always be a fan of Shannon Baksa as Mara Jade, though. She completely nailed that. 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. I won't spoil it, but I was pretty satisfied with how he gets handled.
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Sep 20, 2015 19:11
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Groovelord Neato posted:is he the reason we know the manufacturer of every ship when that is completely worthless information. At least with the Xwing manufacturer (Incom) there's a mildly entertaining backstory to it. The Xwing fighter was originally going to be an Imperial fighter meant to increase the survivability of Imperial pilots (heavier hull, actual shields and ejection systems, 4 laser cannons, onboard secondary weapons), and when Incom finished the first batch of Xwings for the Imperial navy, the Empire went "hey Incom, we're not gonna pay you for these sweet new ships, thank you for your service to the Empire. Also please stand by as we nationalize your company." To which Incom replied, "huh that's weird, your shipment of fighters seems to have been lost in transit (since we just gave it to the Rebels). Also we're defecting to the Rebellion now, we really hope one of our Xwings doesn't blow up one of your big superweapons or something!"
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Sep 21, 2015 01:43
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Tom Brady posted:isnt jodo kast actually admiral thrawn Jodo Kast was entertaining if only for his backstory. West End Games wanted Boba Fett in their RPG but we're wary of resurrecting him, so they made up Jodo Kast, some guy who uses similar armor and gets off on claiming credit for Fett's exploits, but isn't actually him. And then Dark Empire resurrects Fett, and WEG is all "oh, poo poo". It did lead to "Boba Fett: Twin Engines of Destruction", an awesomely   comic where Boba Fett gets sick of Kast's poo poo and takes him out.
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Sep 24, 2015 22:03
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homullus posted:Wait, so Jodo Kast was also done in by his jetpack? Doesn't that make Boba Fett about the dumbest guy ever?
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Sep 24, 2015 22:52
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silvergoose posted:The prequel book about how Thrawn became a grand admiral was actually kinda fun, in a way. Better than the two sequels, for sure.
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Sep 24, 2015 23:14
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SaltLick posted:Why were there never any EU stories about yoda growing up? I remember reading some padawan story about obi wan and it was hilarious.
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Sep 30, 2015 16:43
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TARDISman posted:Yeah, nothing about Yoda or his species, don't kill R2 or 3PO, and after Chewie's nephew, no Wookiee Jedi. That last one seems like a weird, specific edict. Did he ever say why?
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Sep 30, 2015 17:45
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Improbable Lobster posted:Yeah, though apparently some of the new novels have already started reinserting stupid garbage for idiots from the old eu
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Oct 4, 2015 04:02
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I do, hit me up if you want to trade cards and poo poo. Username is Xenomrph. I only recently started messing with it so I only have a few hundred cards, but I've been checking it daily so I grab a few packs a day with the free daily credits.
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Oct 5, 2015 18:25
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The vast majority of the EU is garbage, but there's some things that are legitimately fun and cool (the Wraith Squadron books, a bunch of the video games) that you shouldn't deprive yourself of just because "ugh, Star Wars EU".
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Oct 14, 2015 17:37
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You mean like Star Wars costuming guys? I'm pretty okay with it, but I'm mildly biased. A friend recruited me to dress up as a TIE Fighter pilot for a Halloween festival in Queen Creek a few years back, there were like 30 of us dressed up as random Star Wars storm troopers and pilots and scout troopers and poo poo. Having small children run up to you and shout "STAR WARS!!!!" and hug your leg while you can barely see out of the helmet is hilarious and adorable. 
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Oct 14, 2015 19:23
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Yeah I've got several friends who are 501st costuming group members, and a lot of them are crazy talented creatively and mechanically. They do charity events, visit sick children in the hospital, etc. All in all I think they're good people.
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Oct 14, 2015 21:04
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Chill la Chill posted:I've met a few who were into the "Wehrmacht"/southern pride/rebel flag poo poo and it seemed p cowardly of them to not just go whole hog with it I mean I'm sure there's some shitheads in the 501st, but in my experience they're largely stand-up people. 655321 posted:True, I have actually wanted to pick those up recently, and I probably will. I've played quite a few of the video games and have enjoyed them, I just had never considered that they were EU. It happens less often, but some of more mainstream EU (novels, comics) reference stuff from the games.
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Oct 14, 2015 21:23
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Cyberball 2072 posted:Someone is campaigning hard for mod/admin I see
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Oct 15, 2015 02:27
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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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Oct 19, 2015 19:03
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I know in the old EU there was the Imperial propaganda line about the Death Star 1 was an Imperial mining space station that the Rebel terrorists destroyed (killing thousands of innocent Imperial civilians onboard in the process) or something, but what was the propaganda handwave for Alderaan getting fragged?
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Oct 19, 2015 20:40
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Chomp8645 posted:Mining accident. 
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Oct 19, 2015 21:52
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I'm just waiting for him to see the light of reason and re-canonize the good stuff (super Old Republic stuff, Rogue Squadron games, X-wing/TIE Fighter games, Wraith Squadron, anything Kyle Katarn, Shadows of the Empire)
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Oct 22, 2015 07:53
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Was that the one with Waru, the giant sentient meat cube or whatever the gently caress?
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Oct 22, 2015 20:17
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We're going to have to agree to disagree I guess, especially on the Xwing/TIE games.
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Oct 22, 2015 22:32
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Peebla posted:So why is he telling this to the wookiee perv leering at him in the first panel?
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Oct 22, 2015 22:53
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Groovelord Neato posted:that comic misunderstands the one thing Lucas was right about. the balance isn't 2v2 it's the elimination of the sith (the dark side is a perversion the "light side" is the natural state) Who is controlling the galaxy (and whether they're good or bad) isn't part of the prophecy -you could argue that Palpatine or someone like him could have formed the Empire without the use of the Force, seeing as how the Empire itself does a fine job of subjugating the Galaxy and making insane super weapons without the use of the Force.
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Oct 23, 2015 00:00
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RFC2324 posted:^^^ I thought Luke was actually the Chosen one, they were wrong about it being Anakin(Luke brought balance by destroying the Sith after all the Jedi were gone)
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Oct 23, 2015 00:14
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drunk asian neighbor posted:Also first EU re-canonization confirmed and I can live with it damnit 
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Oct 24, 2015 10:07
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Chill la Chill posted:I really hope they don't resurrect boba Fett in these movies. He's dead and people should get over it.  But gently caress all the Karen Traviss poo poo Xenomrph fucked around with this message at 17:50 on Oct 24, 2015 |
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Oct 24, 2015 17:47
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Improbable Lobster posted:Vader gives him Han and then he goes out like a chump. I will cut youuuuuuu Also who do you think tracked them to cloud city
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Pook Good Mook posted:I too owned Tales of the Bounty Hunters. But as it is no longer canon I have since burned it. Must stay pure to the source material.
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