Superweapon VII

ThatPixarGuy said:

Recasting Boba Fett and the Emperor for continuity’s sake is a good idea on paper, but both miss the mark completely in execution to the point where I prefer the originals.

It’s really galling when you learn that Temuera Morrison is fully capable of doing a Boba Fett voice closer to Jason Wingreen’s. I’ve heard that Lucas had Morrison record the lines over the phone when it was around 2 AM in New Zealand; I wouldn’t be up for a proper line-reading at that time, either.

Spartacus01 said:

Superweapon VII said:

Padme’s only tolerable when she’s in action mode and doesn’t speak.

I still don’t understand why you hate her. Lol.

And I don’t understand why you love her.

It’s a cilantro-type situation, I suppose.

of_Kaiburr_and_Whills said:

Absolutely NOT a fan of Zahn explaining away the cave on Dagobah.

I wasn’t bothered by the backstory, but I loathed Zahn making Luke’s vision a premonition of his duel with the Luuke clone. It’s one of those aspects that makes Zahn’s otherwise solid writing feel like cheap fanfic.

Padme’s only tolerable when she’s in action mode and doesn’t speak.

Ugh. Applying the single unalterable timeline theory to SW fills me with so much disgust. “Always in motion is the future”, remember? Another reason why I hate that goddamn Chosen One horseshit.

I recall seeing the cover art for the Faces set before I watched any of the films. So I wasn’t altogether surprised when it was revealed the alien whose big green face emblazoned the ROTJ tape was Yoda.

I’m jealous of those who got the proper theatrical viewing experience.

Superweapon VII said:

Kushite spam:

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Jesus, spambots are a nuisance around here, but this cretin really takes the biscuit. 121 posts in all but two subforums. I’m surprised they didn’t spam the announcements too.

Kushite spam:

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Why do the good always die young?

While I like the idea of a SW Multiverse, I hate the idea of crossovers between universes. I have little doubt Filoni and co. would sink that low.

Someone on this forum shared a pre-TESB Starlog article which speculated about Darth Vader and Sith moral codes. I wish I’d bookmarked it.

Kressh and a few of the other Sith Lords depicted in The Golden Age of the Sith Empire appear out of step with the Sith who showed up post-1999.

Can’t imagine the social Darwinist Sith of Lucas, Karpyshyn, Ostrander, etc. showing such compassion.

Maybe. I got the same impression from the lousy Legacy era. The Legacy of the Force novels = the PT, the Legacy comics = the OT. The rehash par excellence – at least prior to Jar Jar Abrams.

It left me cold. It’s better than ROTS, but that’s a low bar to clear. I don’t know who these characters are or what motives them because Flynn provides no context. He should’ve penned an entire PT treatment instead of providing this big nothing burger.

I think Curtis Saxton’s head would asplode if he were to read this. 😄

“Your eyes can deceive you; don’t trust them.”

Darth Vader was the Dark Lord of the Sith. Under him were six Knights of the Sith. Why only six? Palps probably put a cap on how many Sith Vader could train, just to fuck Vader over. His First Knight was Jerec from the Dark Forces books/games. After Vader kicked the bucket, Jerec became the new Dark Lord. What became of the Second-through-Sixth Knights, I can’t say. Maybe they all died/defected/didn’t get along with Jerec. Whatever the case, he was gonna continue the “Rule of Seven” with knights of his own choosing. Then Kyle Katarn kicked all their asses.

This pertains to the pre-1999 SW Universe, BTW.

honestabe said:

I will always “enjoy” how Rebels completely delegitimized the OT. In the OT, we are told the Jedi are long gone because Vader wiped them out. In Rebels, we have Jedi force users, and force using trees, whales, and wolves popping up on every street corner of the Star Wars galaxy.

I’m not opposed to the idea that Jedi aside from Ben and Yoda escaped the purge. But they should all be hiding/operating covertly. But Rebels is just a silly kids show, and you gotta dangle a lightsaber in the kids’ faces to keep them engaged, 'cause Star Wars, right?

Andor is what Rebels should’ve been. Grittier, more grounded, and with all the Jedi characters dead, turned to the dark side, or otherwise incapacitated by the end to properly explain their absence from the OT time period.

Ignoring the prequels+, I run with the idea that Force-sensitivity is much like immortality in the Highlander franchise; some people are just born different with no obvious rhyme or reason why. Force-sensitivity can be passed on matrilineally (in the case of species where females bear young; different terminology would apply to hermaphroditic/asexual species, obviously), but this is due to the fetus developing in the Force-rich aura of their parent, not genetics.

Filoni managed to polish the turd that was the Prequel Trilogy. Most anyone could’ve done that. I knew this new emperor had no more clothes than the last when Rebels aired for the first time, introducing such ingenious concepts as the spinning lightsaber which doubles as a one-person helicopter.

“Sheev” is a lame name. The various fan/rumoured names, from Dantius to Ethril to Frank, were all better. But I dunno, I find it amusing that that’s the name of a malevolent archmage who managed to conquer a galaxy.

darklordoftech said:

Superweapon VII said:

Darths before Bane. Whomever created Darth Rivan should be bludgeoned with a sturgeon, and so should Drew Karpyshyn and the others who perpetuated that nonsense.

Ironically, George Lucas likely meant for Bane to be first Darth. Statements from Lucas and the wording of the TPM novelization suggest that the pre-Bane Sith were short-lived and didn’t pose a serious threat to the Jedi. I believe that Lucas meant for the Sith Order started by Darth Bane to be the one that ruled the galaxy 1000 years before the movies.

Yeah, there’s always been a wide gulf dividing Lucas’ canon and official canon, even when there were tiers with Lucas’ ostensibly being the top one. Which makes it all the more absurd when obvious jokes like “Conan” being Motti’s first name and “Stewjon” being Obi-Wan’s homeworld were canonized just 'cause Lucas was the source.

of_Kaiburr_and_Whills said:

The art is mostly fine. It’s mostly in 90’s styles but it’s fair. There’s only one issue or so where I thought the art was poor. David Roach’s art in The Saga of Nomi Sunrider Part 2 and Chris Grosset’s work in the Redemption arc were my favorites. The aesthetics of the series was perfect.

Agree 100%. Roach’s art is outstanding and I wish he’d returned for future arcs. Alas, it wasn’t to be. I think Dario Carrasco’s linework was competent, but it was muddied by atrocious inking, making The Sith War/Golden Age of the Sith Empire/Fall of the Sith Empire my least favourite arcs to revisit.

I think KJA did an alright job on the series after Veitch left. It’s probably his best writing on SW, full stop. I dislike how condensed the events of the Great Hyperspace and Sith Wars are, though. I don’t know if this was a creative choice on his part or if there was a mandate from on-high forcing him to tell the whole story within a few finite miniseries, but it makes these wars feel smaller and less impactful than they should’ve been.