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Corran, as further evidence of being a vessel for Stackpole's wish fulfilment, also had a special lightsaber that could be expanded into a longer blade. Didn't know consensus on Aftermath was so negative. Should have brought back Kevin J Anderson! He'd slide right in given TFA was all about a new system destroying superweapon...
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# ¿ Dec 18, 2020 02:01 |
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# ¿ May 9, 2024 19:47 |
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the Bounty Hunter Trilogy is what you seek, you tough barve
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# ¿ Jul 10, 2021 11:03 |
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Chairman Capone posted:Also have to give Denning credit
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# ¿ Jul 20, 2021 21:41 |
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Lord Hydronium posted:One in particular ended up leaving because he was really into Mandalorians and got mad when Traviss made some of them gay. Lmao
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# ¿ Sep 4, 2021 06:18 |
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Arc Hammer posted:A 30 year old woman grabbing a 14 year old boy's penis while he's strapped down to a torture rack absolutely is rape. Robot Style posted:I don't know about hyper-religious, but one of the TFN weirdoes I knew from back then suddenly dropped off the face of the earth one day, only to reappear 7 years later after spending time in jail for crossing state lines and sneaking into a 14 year old girl's house to gently caress her. I'm tired of these Star Wars
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# ¿ Sep 4, 2021 09:10 |
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Jaina is a rad name on it's own, normal sounding yet unique to anybody who isn't a huge dork who read too much star wars in the 90s. And those people would just get it, I think. She's a badass throughout the books.
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# ¿ Sep 8, 2021 14:25 |
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The idea of giving a clone a megalomaniacal personality but then also making multiple copies of them also seems like an opportunity for comedy. Palpatine keeps sending new Snokes to meet with the one running the first order. "I'm the supreme commander!" "No, I'm the supreme commander!" ... "You're both wrong, I'm-"
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# ¿ Sep 27, 2021 03:46 |
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Jazerus posted:definitely read I, Jedi right after Jedi Academy This lmao
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# ¿ Dec 2, 2021 02:55 |
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Some glorious poster either in this thread or its last incarnation summarised the Bounty Hunter trilogy along the lines of "never before has my brain so aggressively rejected information. I know I've read those books but no details remain in my memory" and I think about that just as much as I do that chart. That poster, whoever they were, must have been one though barve.
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# ¿ Dec 7, 2021 16:02 |
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Rochallor posted:
Cocking brows never gets old.
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# ¿ Dec 27, 2021 03:43 |
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Doctor Spaceman posted:Anderson's stuff is really dumb but there's a stupid goofiness to it that makes it far harder to hate than the worst bits of the EU. I read Darksaber exactly once, in downtime between races at state champtionship rowing regatta at 14 years old, so I was exhausted and distracted. And I just... remember it all somehow. Maybe because it was so dumb.
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# ¿ Dec 27, 2021 12:06 |
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Starfighters of Adumar is the perfect little Star Wars side story. I reread it every couple of years and it holds up so well. The character's, the banter, the swashbuckling, the stakes being high for the characters but not galaxy changing... it's even got kind of a meta commentary going on about how far the EU is going, being about a primary EU character in Wedge dealing with his history and wondering what future he could possibly have- there's no challenges left and things are just getting absurd for him. Also, "if you keep mapping the unknown regions, you'll have to change the name." Plus it's just effortlessly funny. "Tell me you're not putting us in womens clothing." "Very well. I'm not putting us in womens clothing." *Chapter break* "You lied to me."
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# ¿ Jan 10, 2022 04:12 |
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Chairman Capone posted:we got a specific reference to Courtship of Princess Leia. I noticed this too and geeked out for a moment. But apparently Dathomir was also in Clone Wars (I half remember this) and the game Fallen Order (never played it.) Still the mention of witches riding rancors was cool. Warlord Zsinj when
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# ¿ Jan 12, 2022 16:41 |
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https://twitter.com/the_ironsheik/status/1489771188637376512
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# ¿ Feb 5, 2022 04:56 |
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VaultAggie posted:My girlfriend picked me up a copy of The Secret History of Star Wars , after years of wanting it. I think someone, Thrawn maybe, recommended it years and years ago, and I’ve been meaning to pick it up. Very excited to check it out! I've read parts of it presented as free articles on the author's website and while interesting, they've really got a bone to pick.
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# ¿ Mar 30, 2022 01:20 |
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Tekopo posted:Reading through Rogue Squadron from the X-Wing series and it’s quite fun, but the male-gazey writing is a bit off putting: every time a woman character is introduced its “slender leg” this and “alluring brown eyes” that. Guess I was in the target demographic when I originally read it 20+ years ago though. Do the other books get better about this? every lady is extremely attractive and horney for Corran Horn(ey) It doesn't really get better until Aalston takes over IIRC
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# ¿ Apr 7, 2022 10:32 |
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The Shame Boy posted:I had forgotten they were doing a Rogue Squadron movie! Do we even know she. It’s suppose to take place? A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away...
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# ¿ Apr 24, 2022 07:59 |
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Is the new Disney timeline anything like the Legends one when it comes to Rogue Squadron? Legends had it formed by Luke and Wedge after Yavin then had Wedge reforming it a few years after Endor.
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# ¿ Apr 25, 2022 03:36 |
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Jazerus posted:the rogue squadron movie should be an adaptation of starfighters of adumar Yes
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# ¿ Apr 25, 2022 11:12 |
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Chairman Capone posted:Senate, you say? I just cracked up imagining the book being that Bounty Hunter trilogy betrayal chart
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# ¿ Jun 15, 2022 11:36 |
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legend
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# ¿ Jun 15, 2022 22:27 |
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Robot Style posted:Does Finn even have any romantic tension with Jannah? She was originally conceived as his long-lost sister, so I don't think a romance was necessarily what they had in mind for them. Finn's still clearly super hung up on Rey during the movie, at least. Actually I think you'll find he just wanted to tell her he was force sensitive
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# ¿ Jul 16, 2022 03:58 |
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Cross-Section posted:KOTOR remake has been 'indefinitely delayed' according to reports They should bring in Hardsuit Labs to fix it
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# ¿ Jul 27, 2022 08:19 |
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Doctor Spaceman posted:Found some more of my old Star Wars books at my old place. Really happy to have this one More feet pics pls
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# ¿ Jan 10, 2023 11:32 |
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The first X-wing book is a pretty good read. Wedges Gamble and Krytos Trap were both just regular pet-character 90s EU and probably why Stackpole's books are less fondly remembered. The Bacta War is just a series of cool battles and payoffs from those books though, resolving everything really well (from memory). Of course then Isard's Revenge happened so... Also I think if Aalston hadn't also used Wedge as a main character the comparisons wouldn't be as strong. Aalston's Wedge is one of the highlights of the EU - especially in Solo Command and Starfighters of Adumar.
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# ¿ Jun 12, 2023 00:15 |
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It's still amazing to me they got the main cast back then didn't have them interact or even refer to each other in any meaningful way.
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# ¿ Aug 1, 2023 22:35 |
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fartknocker posted:Also more Wedge pls just make a Wedge solo movie. Please make Starfighters of Adumar...
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# ¿ Aug 5, 2023 03:25 |
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# ¿ May 9, 2024 19:47 |
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Radio! posted:Starfighters of Adumar but only if they stick exactly to the costumes described in the book because I desperately want to see Wes Janson with his stupid LED cape showing pictures of his own face Oh I long for an exact replica of the text. Janson taking off a coat of his own replicas doing dancing kicks then slapping a sexist into submission? Yes please.
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# ¿ Aug 5, 2023 04:06 |