Star Wars "Official" Canon Content Thread — Page 4

People seem to think Mara Jade has some kind of secret following among the common folk that won’t require any kind of explanation about who she is, just adding her will make an instant hit. Meanwhile in the Doctor Who thread, people were telling stories about educating people who Spock is, who actually has a cultural impact.

doubleofive said:

People seem to think Mara Jade has some kind of secret following among the common folk that won’t require any kind of explanation about who she is, just adding her will make an instant hit. Meanwhile in the Doctor Who thread, people were telling stories about educating people who Spock is, who actually has a cultural impact.

I’m fully aware most people have no idea who she is, but adding her in wouldn’t require that much explanation, especially if she’s missing/dead by the ST days and it doesn’t matter who she is.

suspiciouscoffee said:

doubleofive said:

People seem to think Mara Jade has some kind of secret following among the common folk that won’t require any kind of explanation about who she is, just adding her will make an instant hit. Meanwhile in the Doctor Who thread, people were telling stories about educating people who Spock is, who actually has a cultural impact.

I’m fully aware most people have no idea who she is, but adding her in wouldn’t require that much explanation, especially if she’s missing/dead by the ST days and it doesn’t matter who she is.

“Mara Jade is your mother!”

“Who?”

“You know, Emperor’s Hand, she helped do Palpatine’s dirty work.”

“An Inquisitor?”

“No…”

“A Dark Jedi?”

“Not quite.”

“Well, how’d she get together with you?”

“After she tried to kill me for years and turned out OK and I gave her this lightsaber, I feel in love with a computer–”

“I thought Jedi weren’t allowed to love.”

“Look, kid, who’s the teacher here?”

But what you really want is a throwaway line where it doesn’t matter. Which means the whole “who are Rey’s parents?” plot might end up being “Luke and a random lady” for 95% of the audience.

doubleofive said:

But what you really want is a throwaway line where it doesn’t matter. Which means the whole “who are Rey’s parents?” plot might end up being “Luke and a random lady” for 95% of the audience.

What I really want is “not Luke,” but if Luke is the father, who else would be the mother other than a random lady? Unless there’s a woman on the island we don’t know about who’s been living with Luke all these years.

I’ve got it: Rey was conceived by the Force, like Anakin, but this time there was no mother.

doubleofive said:

I’ve got it: Rey was conceived by the Force, like Anakin, but this time there was no mother.

How did you find my fanfiction?

suspiciouscoffee said:

doubleofive said:

I’ve got it: Rey was conceived by the Force, like Anakin, but this time there was no mother.

How did you find my fanfiction?

It’s hard to miss with this cover image.

doubleofive said:

suspiciouscoffee said:

doubleofive said:

I’ve got it: Rey was conceived by the Force, like Anakin, but this time there was no mother.

How did you find my fanfiction?

It’s hard to miss with this cover image.

That’s the wrong picture, but I can see why you’d get confused. Clearly my impeccable graphic design skills are on professional poster making level:

The title is covering up Luke’s thumb, which is a dead giveaway.

suspiciouscoffee said:

doubleofive said:

But what you really want is a throwaway line where it doesn’t matter. Which means the whole “who are Rey’s parents?” plot might end up being “Luke and a random lady” for 95% of the audience.

What I really want is “not Luke,” but if Luke is the father, who else would be the mother other than a random lady? Unless there’s a woman on the island we don’t know about who’s been living with Luke all these years.

Leia, of course.

puts on shades

ATMachine said:

suspiciouscoffee said:

doubleofive said:

But what you really want is a throwaway line where it doesn’t matter. Which means the whole “who are Rey’s parents?” plot might end up being “Luke and a random lady” for 95% of the audience.

What I really want is “not Luke,” but if Luke is the father, who else would be the mother other than a random lady? Unless there’s a woman on the island we don’t know about who’s been living with Luke all these years.

Leia, of course.

puts on shades

Game of Thrones has got a lot of milage off incest.

I just ordered Claudia Gray’s Leia: Princess of Alderaan. I really liked Bloodline and having another Leia-centric novel by her is cool. I might pick up Phasma depending on the reviews.

joefavs said:

I picked up both yesterday but I’m not sure which I’m going to read first. I’m leaning toward Phasma right now just because Claudia Gray is a known quantity at this point and I’m curious as to how Delilah Dawson does Star Wars. Also, she said on Twitter the other day that she wanted to please people who “own 4 different versions of Episode IV”, and the fact that an insider was willing to acknowledge that there even are multiple cuts filled me with good will.

Force Friday II releases aside, I’ve been wondering lately if we’ll ever see another large-scale adventure with established characters in a book once the ST is finished. I get that they’re holding off on that kind of thing now because the movies are filling that role, but I really hope we eventually get some one-offs like Luke Skywalker and the Shadows of Mindor again instead of everything either being on a very small scale or exclusively featuring original characters.

Let me know what you think of it.

I’m betting we see something with Luke after The Last Jedi or 9. I would love an Adventures of Luke Skywalker animated series with Mark Hamill doing the voice. But I see what you mean, the stories in the books are a bit small scale, relying more on personal relationships than big battles except for the Final Aftermath book. Maybe there will be a gap between Last Jedi and 9 where we can get a good Leia farewell novel or show the war between the First Order and the Resistance.