What do you LIKE about the EU? — Page 5

skyjedi2005 said:

What i like about the EU, other writers getting to write star wars, not just Lucas.

Who pretty much since Return of the Jedi has controlled the entire show, even though then he had input from Marquand or Kasden.

Then starting with episode 1 he decided to write and direct the rest by himself without any help except the art department, huge mistake in my opinion, other fans think it was a plus since he finally achieved his vision.

But if the prequels were the vision he intended for the oot then i would have never become a fan, and Lucas would not be a household name and a visionary to so many.

So what you like about the EU is that it isn't the prequels?

Shocking.

timdiggerm said:

TheBoost said:

One-eyed monster in the garbage room? Elaborate backstory.

How elaborate are we talking, here? I mean, a monster inside a space-station? I assumed that was not...normal?

 He's actually the exiled prince of his people, sworn for revenge on the Empire. It is he who removed the ray-shielding on the exhaust port, and he escapes with Tarkin's butler on a stolen TIE fighter.

not true, but would make a good EU novel.

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.

xhonzi said:

I have lost some respect for you, ken.

I have lost some respect for you, xhonzi. ;-)

You had respect for Ken!

;-)

Is it possible to have less than zero respect for someone?

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On second thought, nobody answer that.  Unless you have less than zero respect for the EU of course.

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Unless you're talking about the European Union, of course...

I liked Splinter of the Mind's Eye, The Zahn trilogy was OK, loved Shadows of the Empire on N64, Jedi Knight 2 on PC. Actually I even quite enjoyed the Phantom Menace game on PlayStation!

Despite being a Star Wars fan and an avid reader as a child (still a fan, not much of a reader anymore), I never felt that reading and Star Wars went together well. Star Wars began as an audio/visual universe and that is obviously how it works best.

I really liked Genndy's Clone Wars and the newer Clone Wars series is OK at times but I can take it or leave it.

And at the risk of getting flamed by at least one previous poster: I'm glad the EU re-appropriated Boba Fett and made him badass again after his lame inclusion and death in Jedi.

skyjedi2005 said:

Favorite things about the EU. That there is star wars beyond return of the jedi, my favorite characters from the oot films are represented, it moved the story beyond ROTJ and not backwards.

Until the Legacy era, anyway. For there on out it's just rehash, rehash, rehash.

For reference:

Literal actual LOL!

WTF? Ol' Momaw looks nothing like ET!