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I wonder how long it'll be before they have to revise their "canon" to accommodate more changes made to the mythos.
The OT Jedi were spiritual warrior monks who served as the guardians of peace and justice in the Old Republic for a thousand generations. The PT Jedi were aloof genetic supermen who served as the enforcers of a corrupt Republic for a thousand years.
I remember TESB Leia having her hair done up in buns the first time I watched the movie, and Luke having a blue lightsaber in ROTJ (I think the tint on the TV was skewed, though, so that accounts for that).
I bet it hasn't really took off like it has in the Netherlands, though.
Nyet.
Thanks. I don't know when I'll update though -- I'm literally making it up as I go along. And unlike with my Stargate or original TPM rewrite, I'm pretty much working without a template, so it'll be a lot harder to work all the kinks out and put a coherent story together.
Bingowings said:
By irrational I mean beyond reason, that doesn't necessarily mean something bad or barmy, just beyond the requirement of explanation based on evidence.
That's why I prefer to use the term "non-rational" in this context. It's doesn't carry the same prejorative connotations.
He's not ignoring me anymore, either. What sort of profane miracle is this?
We all know that the EU's going to get at least a partial reboot in the near future. So, with that in mind, what parts of the EU would you like to see remain -- or added, if you wish -- in the canon? It can be anything you want -- complete stories, individual people, places, or things -- anything.
Here's my list:
NOVELS
The Thrawn Trilogy
I, Jedi
The Corellian Trilogy
The Hand of Thrawn Duology
Dark Forces: Soldier for the Empire
Dark Forces: Rebel Agent
Dark Forces: Jedi Knight
COMICS
The pre-ROTJ Marvel Star Wars comics (this includes the main series along with the various one-shots and most of the UK stories, but none of the Ewoks or Droids stuff)
The Star Wars newspaper strip by Archie Goodwin and Al Williamson
Tales of the Jedi: Ulic Qel-Droma and the Beast Wars of Onderon
Tales of the Jedi: The Saga of Nomi Sunrider
Tales of the Jedi: The Freedon Nadd Uprising
Crimson Empire
Mara Jade: By the Emperor's Hand
Star Wars Republic #27: "Starcrash"
The Bounty Hunters: Aurra Sing
Star Wars Tales: "Extinction"
Star Wars Tales: "The Princess Leia Diaries"
Star Wars Tales: "First Impressions"
Star Wars Tales: "Storyteller"
Star Wars Tales: "George R. Binks"
A Valentine Story
SHORT STORIES (I really need to re-read a lot of the short stories, so don't consider this a comprehensive list)
"The Most Dangerous Foe"
"Dark Vendetta"
"A Tale from the Dark Side"
"Light and Shadow"
RicOlie_2 said:
EU has been considered canon ever since it began its miserable existence.
Eh, not quite. It's only the modern EU which began in the 90's which was (mis)identified as canon. As far as I know, there was no canon policy for the early stuff made in the 70's-80's, especially since no real effort was put into maintaining continuity between the different books and comics written by the different writers.
I suspect the ST will be average at best. Hollywood can rarely rise above that level these days.
Bingowings said:
The original which looks good in stills is pretty cheesy stuff (all those references to Hades shoehorned in) and where the Hell is it meant to be set Liverpool or that someplace in America where Perpugilliam 'the twin dilemma" Brown was born?
The accents are as weird as hell.
It's set in the British States of America =P
Jaitea said:
TV's Frink said:
That's not much of a story.
......oh alright....I just stuck that in there so I could reply to Ziggy
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Seeing as he hasn't logged in since September 11 and probably hasn't posted anything long before that ...
All the worst aspects of the 80's have been distilled into this video, but I can't help but love it, anyway.
Erikstormtrooper said:
I just had a weird thought (a tad off topic) while thinking about the parallels between Episode I and SW (Ep IV).
Amidala is the MacGuffin of Episode I. She is the Death Star plans.
Now I have these hilariously bizarre images of Natalie Portman being forcibly stuffed into Artoo and her flattened body being projected onto a screen in my head.
I have nothing to say, so I'll just post this picture.
Prior to the release of the PT, I had come to envision the Mandalorians as this formidable society of relentless warriors who were able to rival the Jedi even though they weren't primarily made up of Force-users. Unfortunately, the PT and the subsequent EU have spoiled that perception.
I wish I had had regular Internet access back when the "Palpatine is a clone of Sidious" thing was making the rounds; it would have be amusing to read what was bound to be blatant hoop-jumping rationalizations (being a fan of the PT at the time, though, I might have bought into it).
Yeah. I've never read it though (and don't want to, especially since most Evil Dead comics suck).
I'm glad Ash vs. Freddy vs. Jason was never made into a film. The Evil Dead trilogy has too much dignity to be watered down by association with the jokes that the Friday the 13th and A Nightmare on Elm Street franchises became.
Tobar said:
DuracellEnergizer said:
Tyrphanax said:
Bah. Give me a good guy who looks like Jason Voorhees, weilds a red lightsaber, but isn't a Force-user, and then I'll be interested.
Sounds like something George would have come up with for the Clone Wars.
George is incapable of creating ugly protagonists.
I feel like creating a thread devoted to making fun of OBI-WAN37's inability to make convincing arguments for the PT, but I'm afraid it'll only end up being locked.
I tend not to mind the smaller/less noticeable changes done in the SE '97. It's the larger, more blatant ones I have a problem with.
TV's Frink said:
OBI-WAN37 said:
lightspeed2112 said:
Obi-Wan37, if you're really looking for an in-depth look at what's wrong with the prequel trilogy, check out the reviews at Red Letter Media.
http://redlettermedia.com/plinkett/star-wars/star-wars-episode-1-the-phantom-menace/
These reviews articulated what I always felt about what was wrong with these moves, but couldn't put into words. They're quite lengthy, but well worth it.
Those reviews are far too dark, and besides, whenever reviewers like that criticize the prequels, they never note anything positive about the films, and when they do, it's always along the lines of "sure, this was okay, but this was awful", when in truth the thing that was "okay" was actually awesome and the thing that was awful was actually just a small flaw. For example a prequel-hater might say, "sure the action was okay, but the acting was awful", when in truth the action was fantastic and the acting wasn't bad enough to outweigh the other positive things, like the very well-done tragedy and the great amount of Jedi and a look at how things were before Palpatine took over.
Would you mind if I ask how old you are?
It's not the age, it's the mental capacity.
