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OhFunny posted:Stuart Immonen will be taking over at issue #8. Immonen doing Star Wars sounds like one of those things that just makes sense. After being initially not too enamored with the main series I've turned a corner and really enjoy it. I haven't picked up Kanan (any opinions at all?), but Leia and Vader are great and those two new miniseries sound fantastic.
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Honestly, if the Ewok Adventure isn't canon, we may as well just throw out all of the movies.
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VirtualStranger posted:This is wrong. I went to check out the Amazon reviews of those novels to see if there's any fun toothgnashing at Disney ruining their EU, but it's mostly just people saying the novels aren't very good. No fun at all.
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May 10, 2015 14:41
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VirtualStranger posted:Darth Vader #5 is out today. Instead of just posting when a comic comes out, maybe tell us something about it or what you think about it or something.
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May 14, 2015 02:02
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I wonder if they're not also doing that to make them easier to read for new comic readers.
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May 29, 2015 13:55
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General Battuta posted:Nah, that was the Zahn books. In both SW #6 and DV #6: Vader learns who destroyed the Death Star and is naturally very angry that the Emperor lied to him about Padme's death
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Jun 4, 2015 19:52
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"Director's cut" comics are generally just the original comic followed by some uncolored pages and *maybe* some script pages. I've never seen one worth it unless you're really interested in the creative process.
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Jun 14, 2015 22:45
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SalTheBard posted:Red Letter Media says it best when talking about Ep 2. There is obviously a ton of history between Anakin and Obi Wan but you only get snippets of it so Anakins actions don't really make sense since you don't have the overall broader context of their relationship.
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Jun 25, 2015 16:37
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ShineDog posted:Any word on when we'll start seeing trades of these?
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Jul 4, 2015 00:38
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I don't think you needed to spoil that. It's only slightly more of a spoiler than "Lando is a comic starring Lando Calrissian."
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Jul 8, 2015 18:28
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Bloodly posted:TIE Fighters? Not Interceptors? Star Wars takes place very shortly after A New Hope. Interceptors aren't common at all yet as the Empire didn't really start spinning up production until after the Battle of Yavin. They only comprised around 20% of the Empire's forces by the Battle of Endor. 
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Aug 18, 2015 13:54
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Which is all kind of funny since The Force Awakens shows updated X-Wings and TIE Fighters, so an inability to let go of the original movies is as canon as canon gets.
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Aug 19, 2015 13:38
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Decius posted:Yeah, and it is one of the more disappointing things I've seen yet. Even if it does make sense, 40 year old designs aren't obsolete in the real world military automatically either. Although the TIE-Fighter was already poo poo at the time of the OT, being faced out for the TIE-Interceptor (far cooler design anyway). The Taint Reaper posted:I thought the new movie tie fighters had transforming wings that went from straight to curved? I just got Taint Reaped, didn't I?
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Aug 20, 2015 13:34
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B-Wings are so cool they got their own X-Wing expansion.
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Aug 20, 2015 14:58
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twistedmentat posted:That is pretty amazing. Lucasfilm had a person whose job was just that. I'd be very surprised if they fired him after the acquisition.
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Sep 11, 2015 03:48
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zoux posted:Yeah but they had Jan Duursema on art. Yeah but Marvel put Salvadore Larocca on art.
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Oct 8, 2015 18:49
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Chewbacca's a five issue miniseries, so it'll be mostly over by the time this debuts. Hell, if they give it the Lando release schedule, it'll have been over for awhile.
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Oct 14, 2015 00:12
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The next issue of Shattered Empire is the last one.
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Oct 14, 2015 21:18
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Nah, that's how it was, and it's weird, but whatever. They probably realized they want to get a trade out before the movie and give it time to sell so rushed it out.
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Oct 14, 2015 21:56
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Speaking of: there's a huge continuity problem in the newest Shattered Empire. When they get to the Naboo fighters, they all note that there's no astromech droids, but when they're actually in space fighting, all three have them. Whoops!
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Oct 15, 2015 01:07
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I suppose that's possible. It's a minor quibble either way.
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Oct 15, 2015 02:01
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Nothing has been announced or solicited as of yet. They seem to be keeping these things close to the vest until they *have* to announce, and I'd bet they'll wait until at least a little while into its theatrical run (with a trade coming between the end of the theatrical run and home release).
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Oct 15, 2015 14:41
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I'm merely speculating. It's also entirely possible they'll release a trade or something right around release, but December solicitations are out and there's nothing on it.
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Oct 16, 2015 00:05
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4 is the last one.
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Oct 22, 2015 14:31
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Force sensitives never went away. They just weren't being found and trained.
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Oct 23, 2015 00:37
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I like Chewbacca being a fairly small story, but he also seems totally incidental to the plot, as a result. It's like Duggan had an unused script sitting around and just plugged Chewbacca into it. Not a complaint, per se, but it feels a bit weird.
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Oct 29, 2015 13:21
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Reminder to pick up Star Wars: Vader Down tomorrow since it's part one of the Vader Down crossover between Star Wars and Darth Vader. (But read it after Star Wars #12, I assume.) Vader.
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Nov 17, 2015 14:53
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Darth Vader is the better of the two, in my opinion. Not by a lot, but still.
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Nov 19, 2015 02:40
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I haven't read a whole lot of EU stuff, thankfully, but I did read the Tales of the Bounty Hunters anthology book, where we learn that IG-88 was actually multiple droids and they eventually uploaded their consciousness into the second Death Star intending to take over the galaxy. Good thing there's no way the Rebellion could blow another one up!
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Dec 18, 2015 07:39
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This difference now is that LucasFilm has a person to review every proposed story idea. He probably doesn't know exactly what's coming up, but I bet he has ideas of the broad strokes.
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Dec 22, 2015 00:47
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Wheat Loaf posted:They had that before - it's actually the same person (Leland Chee) and their team. Not when Marvel was publishing comics between episodes IV and V.
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Dec 22, 2015 02:21
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There's not that many, and none are particularly good, I understand. (Because they are Star Wars books.)
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Dec 24, 2015 15:35
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zoux posted:I wonder if that evil cyborg Mon Calamari's lightsaber is purple for a reason.
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Dec 25, 2015 04:54
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There's no reason they can't have GREATEST PILOT EVER Poe Dameron flying missions and blowing things up though. (Am I the only one who got a bit annoyed by how often the movie had to tell us Poe is the greatest pilot in the Resistance?)
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Dec 26, 2015 07:48
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I liked Poe, but it still felt a bit much.
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Dec 26, 2015 19:53
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Comfortador posted:What would you say Finn's age was? 20 something? Hasn't it been 20 years since the destruction of the 2nd Death Star? I would think that would be too soon for the First Order to just snap into existence the moment the Death Star was destroyed. Maybe the Empire was doing that as well based looking at how the time lines up. (unless my understanding of the time line is wrong, or I'm just looking too deep into a simple message of 'Empire = USSR' 'First Order = ISIS/Terrorism') 30ish years since Return of the Jedi. Finn is probably 20-something, yes. The First Order came out of the remaining Empire forces pretty quickly after the dissolution of the Empire.
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Dec 31, 2015 16:53
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Has anyone read the Obi-Wan and Anakin book yet? One issue and it's already done more to establish Anakin's fall than the prequels.
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There's a number of novels that have come out spanning the time between Jedi and TFA where that could come from. I haven't read them so I can't really verify it but it makes sense. Post-Disney novels probably hold greater canon than old EU stuff did when they were being written.
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Jan 3, 2016 00:14
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It's ongoing. Volume 2 just came out. For some added info: Star Wars, Darth Vader, and Kanan are ongoing, though Kanan has been canceled. Princess Leia, Shattered Empire, Lando, Chewbacca, and Obi-Wan and Anakin are minis.
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Issue 12 will be the last one. It's selling like 1/3-1/2 of what the other two ongoings are doing and speculation is that Marvel/Disney want Star Wars ongoing to be doing really well, so they'll probably slot some more minis into its publishing spot.
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