The EUphiles Have Their Own Petition

Check it out.

http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/starwars2000/

All I can says is "too little, too late".

Too long can't read.  Can someone give me the gist of this gobbledygook?

Darth Id said:

Too long can't read.  Can someone give me the gist of this gobbledygook?

 "The new EU (specifically The Clone Wars) doesn't seem to mesh to well with older EU continuity. We'll continue to lap up the product, but would like if you'd try a little harder on that count. Thanks."

TheBoost said:

 "The new EU (specifically The Clone Wars) doesn't seem to mesh to well with older EU continuity. We'll continue to lap up the product, but would like if you'd try a little harder on that count. Thanks."

Thanks, and wow.  That's one vague-ass petition demand.  That cartoon must have malfunctioned more than a few fanboy rationalizer processors.

Darth Bizarro said:

"A fictional universe where different stories controvert one another is not one that can long survive, as has been demonstrated over the years by various franchises which—taking little measure to ensure congruity—plummeted."

I don't know, DC comics has done a pretty decent job staying afloat.

Yeah, but DC has always used reboots to bring some measure of sanity to their chaos. The EU hasn't done anything like that yet; they just keep churning shit out, stamping it all with a CANON mark, coming up with contrived retcons whenever something new contradicts earlier material in a vain attempt to make it all work.

I read the EU and enjoy it but I am a moderate EU fan To this day my favortie EU Story's are Heir To The Empire , Dark Empire 1 and 2 , Empires End and the comic book adaptation's of the original trilogy episode 4-6. To me the 6 star Wars movies and the clone wars tv series are canon. The EU is good but it's not the main course. And this whole petition of the 2000 to ask the GL to limit the way he tell his story's of star wars I do not agree with no one bit.

DuracellEnergizer said:

Darth Bizarro said:

 

I don't know, DC comics has done a pretty decent job staying afloat.

Yeah, but DC has always used reboots to bring some measure of sanity to their chaos. The EU hasn't done anything like that yet;

 I disagree. DC reboots have occasionally been useful when it comes to individual stories (I liked the mid-80s Superman reboot) but when it comes to their fictional universe making any sense, they don't help at all. I'd say reboots are the problem.

Look how convuluted Hawkman or Aquaman's backstories are? Or the wierd hoops DC has to jump through over the years with various "continuity altering" events (Zero Hour, Hypertime, Infinite Crisis) that mainly try to fix the mashups from the last event.

I hope "Star Wars" stays away from such things.

xhonzi said:

kenkraly2007 said:

I read the EU and enjoy it but I am a moderate EU fan To this day my favortie EU Story's are Heir To The Empire , Dark Empire 1 and 2 , Empires End and the comic book adaptation's of the original trilogy episode 4-6. To me the 6 star Wars movies and the clone wars tv series are canon. The EU is good but it's not the main course. And this whole petition of the 2000 to ask the GL to limit the way he tell his story's of star wars I do not agree with no one bit.

 Empire's End?

I just lost some respect for you, ken.  Again.

See my post in the other thread.

TheBoost said:

I disagree. DC reboots have occasionally been useful when it comes to individual stories (I liked the mid-80s Superman reboot) but when it comes to their fictional universe making any sense, they don't help at all. I'd say reboots are the problem.

Like I said, "some", not a lot. It would've been a helluva lot worse if they had decided to make all these changes without any reboots, and come out with countless stupid retcons to try to explain away all the blatant discrepancies.

Truth is, though, I liked the original DC method of rectifying discontinuity in their comics: just say there are multiple universes with their own seperate histories. No reboots, no retcons, just different worlds. I wish the EU writers would get their heads on straight for once and adopt a similar multiversal framework.

DuracellEnergizer said:

TheBoost said:

I disagree. ... I'd say reboots are the problem.

Truth is, though, I liked the original DC method of rectifying discontinuity in their comics: just say there are multiple universes with their own seperate histories. No reboots, no retcons, just different worlds. I wish the EU writers would get their heads on straight for once and adopt a similar multiversal framework.

But superheroes had a history of stories about popping in and out of alternate universes.

If Star Wars introduced a multiverse, I would once and for all quit the EU totally.

TheBoost said:

DuracellEnergizer said:

TheBoost said:

I disagree. ... I'd say reboots are the problem.

Truth is, though, I liked the original DC method of rectifying discontinuity in their comics: just say there are multiple universes with their own seperate histories. No reboots, no retcons, just different worlds. I wish the EU writers would get their heads on straight for once and adopt a similar multiversal framework.

But superheroes had a history of stories about popping in and out of alternate universes.

If Star Wars introduced a multiverse, I would once and for all quit the EU totally.

I'm proposing a multiverse as a means of resolving continuity issues. Interuniversal travel doesn't have to go with it.

SilverWook said:

Do the Infinities comics count as multiverse? ;)

Not anymore. The Anti-monitor destroyed them to rid the cosmos of their suckitude.