What do you LIKE about the EU? — Page 30

xhonzi said:

Aint nothin' near Dove Creek.  :)

 

Clearly there's a reference that went over my head.

Frink peeled potatoes in my kitchen.

True story.

"You ain't got no chili!!!" 

xhonzi said:

Aint nothin' near Dove Creek.  :)

 

Clearly there's a reference that went over my head.

Frink peeled potatoes in my kitchen.

True story.

I can confirm the veracity of this story.

And I've never heard of Dove Creek, which makes sense given that there aint nothin' near it.

I listened to the ROTJ radio drama last evening and early this morning. I hesitated for the longest time because I knew it was half the length of the previous two and follows the film's story closely.

I almost abandoned it midway through CD 2. It added little up to that point.

But then I decided to keep listening, and glad I did.

The Ewoks become almost background after the village scene. They arrive to distract Imperial forces as they did in the film and that's pretty much it.

Luke and Leia's conversation on the bridge is easier listening.

The encounter between the Emperor, Vader, and Luke was an improvement over the film, even though those are some of the more classic scenes.

Vader's "No" in the blu-ray re-release of ROTJ was among the most meaningless and cringe-worthy changes. The drama does add lines to that scene, but the intensity and emotion of the actors won me over. It's superior.

EDIT: If someone would like to hear the final confrontation, I can upload a sample onto YouTube.

Anchorhead never did get around to writing a review on Scoundrels...

I'm surprised that the Old Republic series wasn't mentioned in this thread, considering its popularity. I though Deceived and Revan were pretty good, but the clichéd superweapon was used in Fatal Alliance which detracted from the overall quality of the book. I didn't enjoy Annihilation as much as the first two, but it was still quite good.

RicOlie_2 said:

I'm surprised that the Old Republic series wasn't mentioned in this thread, considering its popularity. I though Deceived and Revan were pretty good, but the clichéd superweapon was used in Fatal Alliance which detracted from the overall quality of the book. I didn't enjoy Annihilation as much as the first two, but it was still quite good.

To clarify, I am referring to the books, not the video games on which they are based as I have never played them and they have been mentioned in this thread.

imperialscum said: I must say though that I am not a big fan of 1000 years old immortal Emperor.

Same here. The "Sith Emperor" is a rip-off of Palpatine who totally undermines Palpatine's uniqueness, accomplishments, and importance.

Yeah, I thought he made Sidious seem way less awesome. The force shouldn't be practically unlimited in its power. This also shows that the dark side of the force is more powerful than the light side, since light side users must practice moderation in order to avoid becoming proud and falling to the dark side, which it shouldn't be.

RicOlie_2 said:

This also shows that the dark side of the force is more powerful than the light side, since light side users must practice moderation in order to avoid becoming proud and falling to the dark side, which it shouldn't be.

This too. The whole point of the Sith is that their ways don't work at the end of the day.

One thing the EU does wrong is that everybody who disagrees with the prequel trilogy Jedi in any little way becomes a Sith. That's like anybody who disagrees with the pope in any little way becoming a Nazi.

Exactly. Or everybody who disagrees with the president becoming a terrorist.

RicOlie_2 said:

Or everybody who disagrees with the president becoming a terrorist.

This

You have a point there. imperialscum, but I think it was overdone a little with the immortal emperor thing. I think the analogy you're pointing out exists anyway, without the power of the bad guys being blown out of proportion. I think the power of Sidious vs. Yoda is a good example of what you mean. Yoda is a powerful Jedi, but Sidious has greater destructive power and uses it to defeat powerful Jedi like Yoda, but he is defeated in the end. The "immortal emperor" was just stepping too far.

Is it possible that Palpatine is possessed by the "Sith Emperor"?

That would be an interesting idea. Or perhaps Darth Plagueis (sp?) was, since he also supposedly discovered how to control life and prevent people from dying (and according to the "Plagueis-created-Anakin" hypothesis; create it).

imperialscum said:

RicOlie_2 said:

You have a point there. imperialscum, but I think it was overdone a little with the immortal emperor thing. I think the analogy you're pointing out exists anyway, without the power of the bad guys being blown out of proportion. I think the power of Sidious vs. Yoda is a good example of what you mean. Yoda is a powerful Jedi, but Sidious has greater destructive power and uses it to defeat powerful Jedi like Yoda, but he is defeated in the end. The "immortal emperor" was just stepping too far.

Well yes, of course. My analogy wasn't meant for the immortal Emperor. I already said I don't like that at all. I was talking about light/side power in general. Sorry for misunderstanding.

Oh, sorry :P

There are Doctor Who novels?!