DuracellEnergizer said:
Prior to the release of the PT, I had come to envision the Mandalorians as this formidable society of relentless warriors who were able to rival the Jedi even though they weren't primarily made up of Force-users. Unfortunately, the PT and the subsequent EU have spoiled that perception.
Indeed. That's how they've always been in my mind, and they really managed to hold onto that for a long time in the EU... until the Dark Times. Until Traviss.
Her books are so bad. Boba Fett is literally crying to his daughter about what a bad father he was while the clones and Mandos are out being god's gift to the galaxy saving the Jedi Order during Order 66 singlehandedly and later chilling with Luke and Han and Leia and giving Jaina Solo the training she needs to kill her brother. Ugh. It's disgusting. Never has someone taken a larger dump on Star Wars since Lucas himself.
It's a hipster thing, I know, but Mandalorians weren't really talked about much until Traviss came along and made them into intergalactic gods who never did anything wrong and if they did, it was someone else's fault or part of some larger plan that made them look even cooler and smarter in the end.
I loved the Open Seasons comic personally. I thought it was great. Probably the very last good Mandalorian content we've had in a long time. I can only hope that the new canon changes will wipe out every trace of Traviss on the universe. I also hope that the rumour is true that kills lame PT Boba and takes his name and armour; perhaps a Jouneyman-Protector from Concord Dawn named Jaster... just as long as we can get back to OT Boba (no gimmicky female/other twist stuff, either) and I can stop having AOTC flashbacks when I think of him.
That'll really piss off a lot of Prequel-Loving Lucas-Apologists because they love Mary Sue Mandos and Boba Friendly.