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Tyrphanax said:

But how will we ever know if Vader or Boba are feeling emotions if they’re not having an anime-style meltdown!

Wait there’s tentacle porn in the new Marvel comics? No thank you!

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Tyrphanax said:

…adding that “No!” to Vader at the end of Jedi was a masturstroke, now we really know how he felt…

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Over the summer I’m going to be reading Star Wars novels. Here are a few small reviews of newer canon ones:

Lords of the Sith

Meh, not very well written and Vader’s characterization and dialogue didn’t suit him. The story was also pretty lame and the characters’ names were odd (ex: Pok, Cham) pretty disappointed in this one.

Smuggler’s Run

Really easy read, it’s not labeled as a kid’s book though. Not a very interesting story and was mainly used as a tease for TFA.

So far I’m pretty disappointed with the new canon. I’ll be checking out Aftermath soon which seems the most interesting and I hope it’s good. I’ll keep you guys posted.

Prequel Fan-Edit thread: http://originaltrilogy.com/topic/Yet-another-series-of-prequel-edits/id/17329

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Smithers said:
Lords of the Sith

Meh, not very well written and Vader’s characterization and dialogue didn’t suit him.

Some of the dialogue doesn’t suit him but remember this takes place like 5 years post ROTS so his character isn’t going to be exactly like the Vader we see in Rebels and in the OT.

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I’d love for the new canon to tell a story set in between ROTS and Tarkin/LOTS. I want to see ships that are in between V-Wings and TIE fighters, in between Venators and Imperial-class Destroyers, etc.

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Lord Haseo said:

Smithers said:
Lords of the Sith

Meh, not very well written and Vader’s characterization and dialogue didn’t suit him.

Some of the dialogue doesn’t suit him but remember this takes place like 5 years post ROTS so his character isn’t going to be exactly like the Vader we see in Rebels and in the OT.

I got that but it still feels wrong. He is referred to as “Vader” but nearly every line of dialogue is impossible to imagine with James Earl Jones’ voice. Instead, Christensen keeps coming to mind.

Prequel Fan-Edit thread: http://originaltrilogy.com/topic/Yet-another-series-of-prequel-edits/id/17329

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Smithers said:

So far I’m pretty disappointed with the new canon. I’ll be checking out Aftermath soon which seems the most interesting and I hope it’s good. I’ll keep you guys posted.

I didn’t care for aftermath. It felt a lot like bad fan fiction as opposed to a proper Star Wars novel. If you haven’t yet, I’d recommend reading Lost Stars if you want to restore your faith in the new canon.

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I haven’t touched the aftermath stuff, but I loved Bloodline (I listened to it as an Audiobook.) Casterfo is a great character, Leia’s disillusionment with the Republic is given plausible reasoning, the fact the First Order was able to grow to the size it is in the movies is given a decent explanation (Though I do not know how plausible the scheme is). That it helps set up what the OT characters were doing before everything went South is a nice plus.

I honestly believe this book should be read by everyone who wants to understand the direction the Sequel Trilogy might take, and why things are the way they are. Supposedly Rian Johnson helped set up the Centrist/Populist divide, so how it plays into Ep VIII remains to be seen.

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ZkinandBonez said:

I wasn’t really sure where to post this, but it is related to the new EU.

Pablo Hidalgo posted this on twitter.

I actually heard him say that on one of the panels on YouTube in Celebration Europe. It’s actually really cool. I like it.

Keep Circulating the Tapes.

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^ Bringing back an idea from the 1975 third draft maybe? In that version bonding with a Kiber Crystal was how Jedi first opened themselves to the Force IIRC.

“That Darth Vader, man. Sure does love eating Jedi.”

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ZkinandBonez said:

I wasn’t really sure where to post this, but it is related to the new EU.

Pablo Hidalgo posted this on twitter.

So if a wasp stings a Jedi on the ass as he’s constructing his lightsaber, the blade’ll turn out red? Of will it just be tinged purple/reddish green?

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I’m pretty sure it’s more connected to the “soul” of the Jedi rather than how they felt at the time.

Keep Circulating the Tapes.

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