Picked up a random EU book today at the library, Planet of Twilight (the only EU book there that wasn’t labeled on the cover as a sequel to another book).
It is actually a sequel of sorts. It’s the third book in the unofficial (and much derided) Callista trilogy and concludes the tepid love story between Luke and the eponymous Callista explored in the previous books.
¯\ _(ツ)_/¯ I like it so far.
I suppose it could easily go downhill when I meet this Callista, though.
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Eh, Callista’s barely in this book. Luke just ruminates on her a bit, then she shows up briefly at the end. She’s a pretty inconsequential character in the grand scheme of things and not even the worst aspect of the trilogy.
This has to be on of the most stupid things that they’ve added to the new EU; https://youtu.be/uNESK9uqJYg?t=34
I suppose it might be meant as a throw-away joke (I haven’t actually read the book), but actually making it canon seems pretty silly to me.
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Amazon link to my novel; Dawn of the Karabu.
Stupidity and the EU (old or nu) have become so synonymous to me that I barely twitch a muscle at any of the inane crap they decide to canonize anymore.
For example, this
Kyber crystals were inherently attuned to the light side of the Force, and would attempt to resist any effort by dark side practitioners to utilize them in lightsabers. To this end, the only way a Sith, or other darksider could make use of a kyber crystal was to use the Force to dominate the crystal, bending it to their will. This process would cause the crystal to “bleed”, as if it were a living organism, resulting in the distinctive crimson-bladed lightsabers synonymous with the Sith.
would’ve once made me react in this fashion:
But now, the angriest I’ll get is this:
Perhaps it’s just 'cause I was exposed to it first, but I’ve always preferred this design for the Noghri
over this one
Zahn said he wanted the Noghri faces to look like Vader’s helmet. Personally I wonder exactly how that was supposed to have worked.
“That Darth Vader, man. Sure does love eating Jedi.”
Perhaps they would’ve looked like alien versions of Lon Chaney’s Phantom.
Pushed-up nose, perpetually exposed teeth, etc.
^ Nice.
“That Darth Vader, man. Sure does love eating Jedi.”
Kind of like this?
Just a quick sketch, going for something canine/feline that looks alien but not downright evil.
You probably don’t recognize me because of the red arm.
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Yeah, that’s a pretty good representation.
Perhaps it’s just 'cause I was exposed to it first, but I’ve always preferred this design for the Noghri
over this one
Now I’m curious as to which Bothan version you prefer or were exposed to first. From what I’ve gathered, there were quite a few different takes on the Bothans back in the 90’s and early 2000’s; A TALE OF TWO BOTHANS.
(There was a few more variations than this, but these two seems to be the most common ones, that is until the people in charge of the EU settled on the one on the right.)
After having read the Thrawn trilogy I personally prefer the one on the left. The other one is a pretty interesting design, but Zahn only described them as having fur. I feel like a snout and over-all canine features would have warranted some description in the novels.
Star Wars is Surrealism, not Science Fiction (essay)
Original Trilogy Documentaries/Making-Ofs (YouTube, Vimeo, etc. finds)
Beyond the OT Documentaries/Making-Ofs (YouTube, Vimeo, etc. finds)
Amazon link to my novel; Dawn of the Karabu.
The dog-faced Bothans are the ones I’ve been exposed to the most, so that’s the look that comes immediately to mind when I think of Bothans. I don’t really prefer one design over the other, though.
Has anyone here played the game Rebellion (known as Supremacy in the UK)?
I’ve been playing it for the last couple of days and it’s basically the EU as a game.
I find this game to be a pretty appropriate companion to the old EU as it’s extremely dense with names and references, not to mention that the game itself is extremely complicated. Most of the really important 90’s EU character is in this game, such as Thrawn, Garm Bel Iblis, etc. but also several smaller characters that I hadn’t even heard of; like Pter Thanas and Bin Essada. Heck, even Terrinald Screed who appeared in the Droids cartoon is in the game. The game even has up to 200 planets if you play it on the large world setting, and all of them are supposed to be from from the then current canon.
The only decent YouTube review I could find of it;
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MQwzf1e3jhE
Star Wars is Surrealism, not Science Fiction (essay)
Original Trilogy Documentaries/Making-Ofs (YouTube, Vimeo, etc. finds)
Beyond the OT Documentaries/Making-Ofs (YouTube, Vimeo, etc. finds)
Amazon link to my novel; Dawn of the Karabu.
Has anyone here played the game Rebellion (known as Supremacy in the UK)?
I’ve been playing it for the last couple of days and it’s basically the EU as a game.
I played it when I was teenager. It is a really interesting game but I never won once. Probably would have played more if it wasn’t that hard… I’ve played Civilizations and Galactic Battlegrounds and back then enjoyed the strategic games but Rebellion was something else.
And in the time of greatest despair, there shall come a savior, and he shall be known as the Son of the Suns.
Did you know they made a board game this year based on it?
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I’ve played Rebellion, thanks to the GOG version. I would have played Supremacy, but it’s not on GOG, it doesn’t run on 64-bit systems and the sites hosting fanmade patches disappeared a few years ago.
“That Darth Vader, man. Sure does love eating Jedi.”
I’ve played Rebellion, thanks to the GOG version. I would have played Supremacy, but it’s not on GOG, it doesn’t run on 64-bit systems and the sites hosting fanmade patches disappeared a few years ago.
What are you talking about, Rebellion and Supremacy are the same game.
And in the time of greatest despair, there shall come a savior, and he shall be known as the Son of the Suns.
Has anyone here played the game Rebellion (known as Supremacy in the UK)?
I’ve been playing it for the last couple of days and it’s basically the EU as a game.I played it when I was teenager. It is a really interesting game but I never won once. Probably would have played more if it wasn’t that hard… I’ve played Civilizations and Galactic Battlegrounds and back then enjoyed the strategic games but Rebellion was something else.
I’ve already learned that it has a very steep learning curve. I’ve been playing a single same game for two days now and I still feel like I only understand a fraction of the game. I’m still finding it very interesting though as I get deeper and deeper into how the whole thing works. My brother is very good at it, and somehow he can finish a game in no more than a few of hours. Then again he has 18 years of experience with the game.
I’ve been playing Galactic Battlegrounds since I was a kid (it’s one of my favourites), but like you said that’s a very different kind of game. Much more casual in some ways, but also less immersive (or maybe it’s just that I’ve gotten bored of it after all these years).
Did you know they made a board game this year based on it?
I didn’t. It kept popping up as I was googling strategies for the PC game, but due to the generic name I just assumed it was unrelated. It actually looks quite interesting. It’s far too expensive for me though, so I’ll stick to the PC version for now. (I’m also assuming that the board game is very PT-influenced?)
I’ve played Rebellion, thanks to the GOG version. I would have played Supremacy, but it’s not on GOG, it doesn’t run on 64-bit systems and the sites hosting fanmade patches disappeared a few years ago.
Is there any difference between the two other than the name?
Star Wars is Surrealism, not Science Fiction (essay)
Original Trilogy Documentaries/Making-Ofs (YouTube, Vimeo, etc. finds)
Beyond the OT Documentaries/Making-Ofs (YouTube, Vimeo, etc. finds)
Amazon link to my novel; Dawn of the Karabu.
I’ve played Rebellion, thanks to the GOG version. I would have played Supremacy, but it’s not on GOG, it doesn’t run on 64-bit systems and the sites hosting fanmade patches disappeared a few years ago.
Is there any difference between the two other than the name?
Not that I know of. But like I said, I can’t tell, because GOG only has Rebellion and all the fansites with utilities that let you patch the game yourself for 64-bit systems are dead.
“That Darth Vader, man. Sure does love eating Jedi.”
Did you know they made a board game this year based on it?
I didn’t. It kept popping up as I was googling strategies for the PC game, but due to the generic name I just assumed it was unrelated. It actually looks quite interesting. It’s far too expensive for me though, so I’ll stick to the PC version for now. (I’m also assuming that the board game is very PT-influenced?)
Looks like Rebels vs Empire. Maybe some prequel planet names.
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What was the EU book that referenced Yoda telling Luke on Dagobah that it was forbidden for Jedi to love?
Not enough people read the EU.
I’d like to know that, too, so I can avoid reading it by accident.
I’ve been reading some of the old Marvel comics lately (got a big book of them for Christmas, just finished issue 12). Is it too much of a stretch to imagine that Crimson Jack got his ship from the Battle of Scarif in Rogue One?
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I’ve been reading some of the old Marvel comics lately (got a big book of them for Christmas, just finished issue 12). Is it too much of a stretch to imagine that Crimson Jack got his ship from the Battle of Scarif in Rogue One?
Well it does fit Jack’s description of how he got it, so why not. It’s a pity it’s no longer canon because Jack hijacking a star destroyer at Scarif could have made a pretty interesting story.
(Btw, which omnibus is is that you’re reading? Hopefully it’s not one of those that stop right in the middle of a plot-line. The Doomworld story-line is fun, but in my opinion it only gets better from then on. All of the Goodwin/Infantino stories released prior to ESB are pretty great.)
Star Wars is Surrealism, not Science Fiction (essay)
Original Trilogy Documentaries/Making-Ofs (YouTube, Vimeo, etc. finds)
Beyond the OT Documentaries/Making-Ofs (YouTube, Vimeo, etc. finds)
Amazon link to my novel; Dawn of the Karabu.