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Ventress (while afilliated with the Sith), Maul, and Darth Bane don't wear black in TCW.

If Plagueis somehow does appear, he better not be a Muun. Muuns are ugly Voldemort lookalikes.

Heero Yuy said: I sincerely believe they want the ST/Rebels to fail so they can turn about and yell, "Y'see? I told ya so? Miss Lucas yet?!" Just so they can feel better about themselves for being, "right," about Star Wars.

 The two situations in which I would want the ST/Rebels to fail are:

1. If Disney doesn't release the OOT.

2. If the ST/Rebels truly suck.

"The AOTC Banking Clan species is an intimidating species that everybody loves."

Hopefully they'll look to this McQuarrie art that Duracell will definitely love:

The Crystal Star and Planet of Twilight

Plagueis surviving into TPM, manipulating Palpatine, and creating and carrying out parts of the plan that put Palpatine into power. It was clear in TPM that Palpatine no longer has a master or never did have a master and it's clear in all six movies that Palpatine is the master manipulator and the root of evil.

.Mac. said:

JediZombie said:

Reegar said:

He has blue skin, red eyes, and wears a white Imperial uniform.

 If only dreams could come true.

Disney is a place "where dreams come true." ;)

They actually could take inspiration from any of the EU if they wanted (if so, hopefully only the good), such as Thrawn or a Thrawn-like character. I'm certainly open to that.

I like the military genius aspect of Thrawn, but I don't want to see the art analysis aspect. Studying art is cool, but it's not going to help you predict a battle.

Plagueis in episodes 7-9 would be The Fallen in Transformers 2. It's knocking down an existing character in order to prop up a new one.

I like Naga Sadow vs. Ludo Kressh, Exar Kun vs. Ulic Qel-Droma, and Exar Kun vs. Vodo-Siosk Baas.

Tyrphanax said:

DuracellEnergizer said:

Tyrphanax said:

I really think it's a shame on the level of a tragedy that DKM's Boba Fett stories have been so diminished thanks to the number of lame retcons and especially Lucas' butchering of the character in AOTC, because to me, it's one of the best pieces of Star Wars writing out there.

Indeed. Of course, PT fanboys'll just say that AOTC made Fett more "human" and "relatable". *rollseyes*

Which is hilarious to me because I feel that was about DKM's work.

Which raises the question of how "human" and "relatable" Boba should be. 

hairy_hen said:

What, you think Vader would feel like he had to tell all the peons that he was gonna be on the Death Star with the Emperor instead of hanging around on the Executor?  Why would he bother to do that?

Because it's extremely important. I'm sure Eisenhower would let everyone know if he couldn't make it to D-Day.

hairy_hen said:

What, you think Vader would feel like he had to tell all the peons that he was gonna be on the Death Star with the Emperor instead of hanging around on the Executor?  Why would he bother to do that?  Admiral Piett had the situation in hand as far as he was concerned.  I don't see any reason why the second in command of one unimportant Star Destroyer

Pellaeon was Captain of the Star Destroyer right below the Executor, and even if he wasn't, wouldn't he notice that Vader's not the one giving orders by hologram?

hairy_hen said:

would need to know there was a conversion to the dark side going on at the same time as the battle . . .

Only in the prequels was it established that Palpatine being a dark side user is a secret. The OT by itself never suggests that Palpatine isn't openly a dark side user.

Tobar said:

I thought that was an odd one as well. Here's their explanation for it.

I don't buy their explanation at all. A species being present in the galaxy is a species being present in the galaxy.

Another problem with SWTOR: What in the world are the Chiss doing in the known galaxy? The Chiss weren't discovered until after TPM!

I don't want any episode 7-9 villains to be revealed as the power behind Palpatine's or Mothma's throne. To do so would undermine those characters when there's absolutely no need to.

hairy_hen said:

Yes, but Pellaeon had no way of knowing that.

You really don't think word of who was who at Endor spread? Also, Pellaeon participated in the Battle of Endor, so he would definitely notice who was commanding.

I hate how the EU knocks down movie characters in order to prop up its own characters. For example, Pellaeon wonders if the Empire would have won the Battle of Endor if Thrawn commanded it instead of Vader.

(As a side note, Vader didn't command the Battle of Endor!)

Carthage said:

Anything associated with Revan is just as bad as the PT to me

Same to me.

DuracellEnergizer said:

I don't know ... I seem to recall reading some discussions somewhere years ago about the possibility that Plagueis was still alive. Or maybe it was about if Bane was still alive. I can't really remember. 

Bane more likely. There was a theory that Bane transferred his spirit into each Sith through Sidious.

I think this is a laugh:

Somebody said that when ROTS was first released, people left the theater wondering whether or not Plagueis is dead. Does that person realize that nobody knew about episode 7 until October 2012?

TheBoost said: The reason is plainly because Anakin refused his roll as Chosen One when he met the three ghost god things on planet Mortis and didn't bring balance to the Force somehow. 

The Vong books were published in 1999-2003. Mortis first appeared in The Clone Wars in an episode aired in 2011 and was tied to the post-ROTJ state of the galaxy in a book published in 2012. In short, the link between Mortis and the Vong is a retcon that was created 10 years after the fact.

The pre-1999 EU put so much effort into rebuilding the Republic and the Jedi, only for the Vong to destroy it all. Furthermore, Caedus then destroys it all again, and then Abeloth and the lost tribe destroy it all again, and then Krayt destroys it all again.

The Old Republic and Jedi lasted 25,000 years, so why can't the New Republic and Jedi last 30 years?

DuracellEnergizer said:

CO said:

I am looking forward to the 'multiple' Jedi Hunters compared to always 1 or 2 bad guys from the PT/OT.

If they're just going to stick to the boring KISS-reject-with-a-red-lightsaber look for these hypothetical Jedi hunters, then I'd rather see a bunch of rapping Gungan strippers as the villains. 

Which brings me to something that I love about TCW: that it reveals that Maul's KISS-reject look comes from him being a Nightbrother, not from him being a Sith.

DuracellEnergizer said:

Bringing up Karpyshyn reminds of of his overrated Bane Trilogy -- I've never understood the love for those books. Bane and Zannah are both flat, depthless characters, and the stupid "Bane runs off to find a lost Sith holocron" subplot -- which is rehased throughout all three books -- just goes to show what a lazy writer Karpyshyn really is.

This post should be broadcast on national tv.

Drew Karpyshan is the EU version of George Lucas.

ATMachine said:

DuracellEnergizer said:

It'd be nice to think that people don't take lightsaber colours into consideration because lightsaber colours don't really mean anything or indicate the wielder's affiliation, but I know that's not likely to be the case.

 Agreed, so much. I always liked that in the McQuarrie paintings Vader's saber was blue and Deak Starkiller's was yellow.

Also agreed so much. Are you the same ATMachine that replied to my lightsbaber color thread on TFN?

I hate the totalitarian control that EU fans try to place on talking about what you think of the EU. How does it affect them if I hate something that they like?