DuracellEnergizer

I dislike both the NJO & Legacy eras. The latter more than the former, but not by much. Imagine how happy I was when I learned Disney was decanonizing them. Alas, they just replaced hot garbage with more of the same. . . .

The following originaltrilogy.com mods will not be held in contempt by me:

• SilverWook
• Tobar

That is all.

oojason said:

Huh, it seems I’m still a mod on here, afterall. And due to the change in circumstances and in slight alteration to my plan in my previous post… I’ll now be around the site as and when.

dahmage said:

Why did you come back and basically rage ban Handman???

Handman must have hit pretty close to the mark to get him all riled up like that, huh, kid?

Space Medievalist said:

PS: Will your sequels include The Vong? They are always sadly forgotten in sequel rewrites

Really not a fan of the Vong. Sorry.

Same.

oojason said:

it is nice I still have mod actions - and although I don’t know why… cool

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Space Medievalist said:

So your PT trilogy that sticks to what Lucas wanted,does it feature Vader as the main young protagonist? I assume so if Anakin is Obi Wan’s peer.

Yep. Anakin becomes the Dooku figure (who isn’t Palpatine’s apprentice).

Also what will you change about the OT besides the obvious (Leia being Lukes sister,the dumb Ewoks and Han living even though him dying would make more thematic sense etc). I remember you toying with the idea of getting rid of Owen and Beru and having Obi Wan raise Luke under the alias of Ben Lars which I thought made a lot of sense.

Right about Owen/Beru. Other major differences would be a single Death Star, ANH & TESB taking place nearly back-to-back, and Luke joining Vader at the end of TESB. I’m no longer sure if Han would die in my story. Neither Vader nor Luke get a happy ending in my version of ROTJ; adding Han’s death to the mix would push it too far into grimdark territory.

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• Beyond Lies the Wub: The Collected Stories of Philip K. Dick, Vol. 1 (published by Grafton Books)
• The Book of the Dead (E. A. Wallis Budge)
• The Colour Out of Space and Others (H. P. Lovecraft)
• The Foundation Trilogy (Isaac Asimov)
• Dracula (Bram Stoker)
• Judas: A Biography (Susan Gubar)
• The Last Temptation of Christ (Nikos Kazantzakis)
• Man and His Symbols (Carl Jung)
• The Magic Lantern (Ingmar Bergman)
• M. R. James: Collected Ghost Stories (published by Wordsworth Editions Limited)
• Simpsons Super Spectacular #2 (Ian Boothby & Batton Lash)
• The Simpsons’ Treehouse of Horror #16 (edited by Bill Morrison)
• The Simpsons’ Treehouse of Horror #17 (edited by Bill Morrison)
• Star Trek Log Five (Alan Dean Foster)
• Star Trek Log Six (Alan Dean Foster)
• Star Trek Log Seven (Alan Dean Foster)
• Star Trek Log Eight (Alan Dean Foster)

Teal would be my second choice. It’s my #2 favourite colour, after all.

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I’m glad to be rid of those ANOES DVDs, if only because I’ll never have to look at those vomitrocious covers ever again. Not that the cover art for the BD collection is much of an improvement. FFS, doesn’t the original film at least warrant a release with good cover art these days‽

Oh, before I forget — stumbled upon this today:

It was selling for $4, but I didn’t buy it; I don’t own a LaserDisc player nor expect to ever own one, and I’m not one of those hardcore videophiles with sprawling obsolete video format collections. Still, maybe I should’ve? For the novelty? Dunno. Regardless, I finally got to see a LaserDisc in the flesh, so it was a satisfying experience.

StarkillerAG said:

DuracellEnergizer said:

DuracellEnergizer said:

It’s been almost a year since I last considered my personal canon. In that time, I tried being a SW '77 purist, but that didn’t work out for me. I then tried smothering my vestigial love for all things Star Wars and any personal canon with it, but that didn’t work out, either. Since then, my love and hatred for Star Wars has reached equilibrium, and now I believe I’ve settled upon a definitive personal canon.

This isn’t a canon of compatible works all forming a single, cohesive universe. This is a canon of dissimilar, often incompatible stories which I happen to enjoy, pure and simple.

• Tales of the Jedi
• TCW: “Overlords”
• TCW: “Altar of Mortis”
• TCW: “Ghosts of Mortis”
• Star Wars (theatrical version)
• The Star Wars radio drama
• The Empire Strikes Back (theatrical version)
• The original Marvel SW comic (#1-80)
• The Archie Goodwin/Al Williamson SW comic strip
• The Alan Moore SW comics
• Dark Forces: Soldier for the Empire
• Dark Forces: Rebel Agent
• Dark Forces: Jedi Knight
• Mara Jade: By the Emperor’s Hand
• Heir to the Empire
• Dark Force Rising
• The Last Command
• Dark Empire
• I, Jedi
• Ambush at Corellia
• Assault at Selonia
• Showdown at Centerpoint
• Specter of the Past
• Vision of the Future

Updating to add “George R. Binks” and the Power Converters Robot Chicken skit.

Ah yes, the two most essential elements of the Star Wars saga.

Two classics revolving around lust, contempt, and despair. If that isn’t quintessential Star Wars, I don’t know what is.

Ok zoomer

OutboundFlight said:

I came onto the intern

WIWTOOC

If you’re anything like me, you’re bound to oscillate between apathy & antipathy for the next five years before settling left-of-Imperial-Center.

Red. It’s my #1 favourite colour, after all.

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Space Medievalist said:

Also you should post short summaries of all 12 of your movies here (i’m curious lol)

That’s the goal. Takes me forever to collate my ideas, unfortunately.

DuracellEnergizer said:

It’s been almost a year since I last considered my personal canon. In that time, I tried being a SW '77 purist, but that didn’t work out for me. I then tried smothering my vestigial love for all things Star Wars and any personal canon with it, but that didn’t work out, either. Since then, my love and hatred for Star Wars has reached equilibrium, and now I believe I’ve settled upon a definitive personal canon.

This isn’t a canon of compatible works all forming a single, cohesive universe. This is a canon of dissimilar, often incompatible stories which I happen to enjoy, pure and simple.

• Tales of the Jedi
• TCW: “Overlords”
• TCW: “Altar of Mortis”
• TCW: “Ghosts of Mortis”
• Star Wars (theatrical version)
• The Star Wars radio drama
• The Empire Strikes Back (theatrical version)
• The original Marvel SW comic (#1-80)
• The Archie Goodwin/Al Williamson SW comic strip
• The Alan Moore SW comics
• Dark Forces: Soldier for the Empire
• Dark Forces: Rebel Agent
• Dark Forces: Jedi Knight
• Mara Jade: By the Emperor’s Hand
• Heir to the Empire
• Dark Force Rising
• The Last Command
• Dark Empire
• I, Jedi
• Ambush at Corellia
• Assault at Selonia
• Showdown at Centerpoint
• Specter of the Past
• Vision of the Future

Updating to add “George R. Binks” and the Power Converters Robot Chicken skit.

NeverarGreat said:

DuracellEnergizer said:

OT, PT, & ST fanboys hold at least one trait in common — a penchant for excusing the flaws in their favoured trilogy.

More of an observation than an opinion, really.

The two blend together when you’ve been drinking.

OT, PT, & ST fanboys hold at least one trait in common — a penchant for excusing the flaws in their favoured trilogy.

Even as a kid, I was underwhelmed by Leia’s non-reaction to Alderaan’s annihilation. A simple reaction shot of silent horror would’ve been enough.

G&G-Fan said:

everyone would hate for this to be a gatekeeping, hivemind forum where everybody must conform, right?

Right?

Rodney-2187 said:

People watched a vague set of movies that were largely dependent on inference, but came away with a narrow view of ideas based on their own opinions. Star Wars is much more wide open. It would be very boring if everything followed a strict set of rules and nothing new or surprising happened.

I’m sure this is the wrong place for such an opinion.