DominicCobb said:
Any of the Old Republic stuff worth checking out? And what's the deal with the New Jedi Order books? There seems to be like a thousand of them, are any good?
The Tales of the Jedi comics are a very important part of the lore of the Star Wars Legends universe. The New Jedi Order books are extremely dark and have villains who are immune to The Force. I think that it's spread across too many books.
Along with the comic buy I just did, also just bought this book. Heard a lot about it but never got a chance to own or read it.
https://bookshout.com/ebooks/splinter-of-the-mind-s-eye-star-wars
DominicCobb said:
I've heard some mixed things about the Courtship of Princess Leia though, maybe even from this site?
Truce at Bakura no good... or maybe it is? Care to elaborate?
I don't think anyone who likes how the Leia/Han romance unfolded in the OT can read The Courtship of Princess Leia and come away without feeling at least mildly annoyed with how this story cheapens Leia's feelings for Han. I suggest you skip over it.
As for Truce at Bakura, again, like I said earlier, I found it an enjoyable read at the time. It's been a couple years since I read it, though, so my memories of the book aren't fresh; it could be weaker than I remember it being.
One thing I like about The Truce at Bakura is that it describes Anakin Skywalker's Force ghost as being a mature dark-haired man (i.e., the Sebastian Shaw version).
That's just a function of when the novel was published, of course. But it's still nice to have a record of that bit of the OOT enshrined in words on a printed page.
“That Darth Vader, man. Sure does love eating Jedi.”
Ah, now I'm recalling that time a few years back when a poster on TFN was suggesting Anakin's description in Truce -- along with his depictions in the old Marvel comics and the comic adaptation of one of the Thrawn books -- be altered to look like Hayden.
God, those were good times. Really makes me miss the days when I frequented TFN on a regular basis and read the erudite comments posted by all the intelligent SW fans there. *rollseyes*
Enjoying Darth Plagueis so far. Learning Palpatine's backstory isn't sitting quite right with me (especially because what I always suspected to be his history is not what is depicted in the book) but I guess that's what I was asking for.
Darth Maul: Shadow Hunter was pretty good. Though it never could get over the fact that anyone reading it obviously knew the outcome due to TPM.
VADER!? WHERE THE HELL IS MY MOCHA LATTE? -Palpy on a very bad day.
“George didn’t think there was any future in dead Han toys.”-Harrison Ford
YT channel:
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Is there way to make Midichlorian manipulation more mystical?
Well, I have brought up my own pet theory on midi-chlorians before:
http://originaltrilogy.com/forum/topic.cfm/Do-the-Star-Wars-movies-contain-evidence-that-Lucas-makes-it-up-as-he-goes/post/739465/#TopicPost739465
In this scenario, midi-chlorians can be genetically modified so that they can be repurposed as microscopic Force-wielders, put to whatever purpose the modifier wants them for. You want them to suck a person dry of the Force, eventually killing them? It's done. You want to do the complete opposite and restore a sick person to full health? No sweat. You want to induce asexual reproduction in a human woman? It's a snap.
Of course, depending on how much you want to hold to TCW, I don't know how this theory can be applied. The way midi-chlorians were depicted in the final episodes of the show strongly suggest they can't be reduced to simple Force-parasites.
Star Wars Poster Monthly gives some interesting insight into the pre-ESB Star Wars universe.
Harrold Andraste said:
I've read the first two issues of Tales of the Jedi (the introductory mini-series is called Golden Age of the Sith).
Pretty good so far. I know Anderson gets a lot of flack, but I'm no sure why yet. Here's rooting for Jori and Gav!
KJA gets a lot of flack for his stuff that's set during the movies and/or after ROTJ, but his ancient galactic history stuff is a different story. He created a lot of the history of the Republic, Jedi, Sith, Mandalorians, etc. Let me know when you're introduced to the Sith in the comics you're reading.
Moraband in TCW is truer to Korriban in TOTJ than the majority of depictions of Korriban. In TOTJ, Korriban is a dangerous place full of traps, monsters, and spirits, but in KOTOR and SWTOR Korriban is just a barren rock. If you ask me, this is far more important than whether it's called Moraband or Korriban.
darklordoftech said:
Harrold Andraste said:
I've read the first two issues of Tales of the Jedi (the introductory mini-series is called Golden Age of the Sith).
Pretty good so far. I know Anderson gets a lot of flack, but I'm no sure why yet. Here's rooting for Jori and Gav!
KJA gets a lot of flack for his stuff that's set during the movies and/or after ROTJ, but his ancient galactic history stuff is a different story. He created a lot of the history of the Republic, Jedi, Sith, Mandalorians, etc. Let me know when you're introduced to the Sith in the comics you're reading.
Oh, I get it now. Thanks for explaining.
Here ya go! I'm done with GAoTS and The Fall of the Sith Empire.
The drama between Ludo Kressh and Naga Sadow was Sith-like in the usual sense (struggles for dominance through treachery and political coups), while handled more intelligently than I would've predicted.
Both had good points. Ludo wanted to keep the Sith Empire pretty much as it was. Why not? It had worked so well for so long. They had plenty of planets, wealth, slaves, a functioning caste system. Naga thought maybe that could lead to societal stagnation and eventual collapse of the Empire... but he made the mistake of over-reaching when he assaulted the Republic.
On a meta level, their culture is heavily informed by Ancient Egypt. That's fitting, because of the Sith views on superiority, magic, and the afterlife.
Harrold Andraste said:
darklordoftech said:
Harrold Andraste said:
I've read the first two issues of Tales of the Jedi (the introductory mini-series is called Golden Age of the Sith).
Pretty good so far. I know Anderson gets a lot of flack, but I'm no sure why yet. Here's rooting for Jori and Gav!
KJA gets a lot of flack for his stuff that's set during the movies and/or after ROTJ, but his ancient galactic history stuff is a different story. He created a lot of the history of the Republic, Jedi, Sith, Mandalorians, etc. Let me know when you're introduced to the Sith in the comics you're reading.
Oh, I get it now. Thanks for explaining.
Here ya go! I'm done with GAoTS and The Fall of the Sith Empire.
The drama between Ludo Kressh and Naga Sadow was Sith-like in the usual sense (struggles for dominance through treachery and political coups), while handled more intelligently than I would've predicted.
Both had good points. Ludo wanted to keep the Sith Empire pretty much as it was. Why not? It had worked so well for so long. They had plenty of planets, wealth, slaves, a functioning caste system. Naga thought maybe that could lead to societal stagnation and eventual collapse of the Empire... but he made the mistake of over-reaching when he assaulted the Republic.
On a meta level, their culture is heavily informed by Ancient Egypt. That's fitting, because of the Sith views on superiority, magic, and the afterlife.
I felt like here the Sith and the Republic are both legitimate civilizations, even if the Sith are more barbaric and dishonest. Both have citizens, a culture, etc. In other stories, the Sith are often just a group of people who feel like being evil for no reason.
The Sith Empire does indeed bring ancient Egypt to mind, with the Dark Lords of the Sith being Pharoahs and Korriban being Giza. We see more of this in the Dark Lords of the Sith portion of Tales of the Jedi.
Definitely, Dark Lord.
Mission accomplished. I can appreciate the KotOR games all the more after having read this series.
This is a thought I’ve had in the back of my mind for some years now, but only now did it really come to the fore.
The big thing that distinguishes the Yuuzhan Vong (aside from their poorly-explained absence in the Force and organic technology) is their whole schtick as a race of devout masochists. Yet this aspect of their culture has never really been conveyed through any of the visual depictions of them.
Look at the image above. Do they really appear like they ritually disfigure themselves? Sure, they got tattoos, but that’s nothin’. They just look like stereotypically ugly humanoid aliens.
The Yuuzhan Vong really should’ve looked closer to this:
Star Wars already voted to leave the EU. I call it SWexit.
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Kevin J. Anderson confirmed in his facebook group that he designed the Sith species to physically resemble Vader’s mask and helmet.
That’s interesting, because Tim Zahn did the exact same thing with the Noghri, whom he wanted to call the Sith! Funny how interpretations of what “resembles” the same object can differ.
“That Darth Vader, man. Sure does love eating Jedi.”
Star Wars already voted to leave the EU. I call it SWexit.
Reads too much like “sex-it” with a lisp.
This is a thought I’ve had in the back of my mind for some years now, but only now did it really come to the fore.
The big thing that distinguishes the Yuuzhan Vong (aside from their poorly-explained absence in the Force and organic technology) is their whole schtick as a race of devout masochists. Yet this aspect of their culture has never really been conveyed through any of the visual depictions of them.
Look at the image above. Do they really appear like they ritually disfigure themselves? Sure, they got tattoos, but that’s nothin’. They just look like stereotypically ugly humanoid aliens.
I don’t know. The guy in the front at least looks like he cut up his nose pretty badly compared to the others behind him. Otherwise, I see what you mean.
I am finding that the Legends stuff is a lot more interesting and since the canon stories have been accumulating. I don’t mean that in a “Legends seems better because the new stuff is so bad” way at all, I just find I’m getting a kick out of comparing and contrasting between the two continuities that was never there before. I recently decided to give the NJO another go, and I’m finding it a lot more enjoyable and engaging than I did when it was the only game in town, so to speak.
Listened to the audiobook of the new Ahsoka novel in full today at work. The A-plot was nothing special, but there was some good stuff about Bail Organa and the earliest days of the Rebellion.
Came across this article. Figured y’all might find it moderately interesting.
The Secrets of Writing Good Star Wars, According to West End Games
Picked up a random EU book today at the library, Planet of Twilight (the only EU book there that wasn’t labeled on the cover as a sequel to another book). I read chapter 1 and thought it was good, though there are a few characters introduced and hardly described, so it’s hard to make a mental image of them.
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