mrbenja0618 said:
TheBoost said:
Rogue Leader said:
Anything he writes is freaking SW gold and I'm so glad he bitched slapped Kevin J Anderson in the Hand of Thrawn duology about Mara Jade and Luke (since KJA's Lando romance angle was total crap)... Totally worth reading Silvery Key, along with the Thrawn Trilogy (genius and totally engaging), Hand of Thrawn Duology (if you wanna know what happens to the Empire at it's finale and how Luke and Mara Jade finally get together, these are the books!), and Outbound Flight (bridges elegantly the PT and the future EU nicely... Sets the stage for future occurrences within the SW timeline) .Do not get me started on the "Mandalore" in the CWS. First off they are the "Death Watch" they are a splinter group of the Mandalore and the armor is suppose to be very different and thus THEY ARE NOT MANDALORE... That "darksaber" thing was a joke as well. Then... the actual Mandalorians from Mandalore being "pacifist"??? Way to ruin the Mandalorian Super Commandos GL... This is a race of warriors, born to fight and die for their code of conduct and honor who offer their services to the highest bidder and never break their word as such. They respect strength and the will to use it to fight for their vode (brothers/sisters), their goals, and their kote (glory).
If you're gonna have them go "pacifist" or whatever for another convoluted plot line then congrats LFL, you have just neutered one of the greatest warrior groups in sci-fi history... . I really do wish GL would turn over SW to someone who actually does care and KNOWS the universe. He just doesn't care. Everything now is all about setting up product pipelines and getting $ from them... Sick of it.
I don't hate Zahn's books, but I like my SW more about the movie characters, not just having them around to observe and comment Dr. Watson style about how awesome Zahn's new characters are. (Luke: "Gee Mara, thanks for killing C'Boath and clone-Luuuke for me. I sure hope someone takes care of Thrawn for us!")
As for the Mandalorians... I found those books dull as dirt, and as background characters in the KOTOR games the Mandalorians were adequate, but hardly memorable.
"We're a race of badass warriors. Our culture is war! But honorable... don't forget that. k'blah!" is hardly groundbreaking sci-fi. I didn't mind a different take on them on the "Clone Wars" show. I don't mind if it was faithful to the extensive linguistics Karen Traviss made up or not.
Remember, every single thing about the Mandalorians is because a dude in ESB had a cool costume. They're a tangential back-story to a background character. The entire "Mandalorian" concept reaches back... 7 years out of the 33 year history of the franchise?
I think it's an interesting POV to say LUCAS is the one all about money, when Zahn, Stackpole, Anderson, Traviss, and what not all became best-sellers writing in another creators toybox.
"K'blah!?|"
Ok, dude. If you're gonna bash, do it right. "K'blah" is clearly Klingnon. Sheeesh. =)
Suuure if you've got a cold ;-)
its spelled k'plah! (with emphasis on the spit!)