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Posted: Thu Mar 19, 2015 10:59 am
by Leisher
Connects the old movies to the new.
"Official" book that starts after Return of the Jedi.
Posted: Thu Mar 19, 2015 3:53 pm
by GORDON
SO, book books, not graphic novels? And this is now official canon? Why didn't they just make movies?
Posted: Thu Mar 19, 2015 4:10 pm
by Malcolm
GORDON wrote:SO, book books, not graphic novels? And this is now official canon? Why didn't they just make movies?
Because picking up immediately following the aftermath of the Imperial Empire getting toppled by a tribe of furries seems boring.
Posted: Thu Mar 19, 2015 4:22 pm
by TPRJones
Yeah, there will probably be a lot of fast-forwarding and tell-don't-show in that book.
I think I'll wait and just read someone's summary.
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Posted: Thu Mar 19, 2015 4:46 pm
by GORDON
And like I said, this becomes official canon, erasing the hundreds of other books that have addressed that period of time?
Posted: Thu Mar 19, 2015 6:00 pm
by Malcolm
GORDON wrote:And like I said, this becomes official canon, erasing the hundreds of other books that have addressed that period of time?
They were technically never in. They're glorified fanfic now.
Posted: Thu Mar 19, 2015 6:03 pm
by Malcolm
TPRJones wrote:Yeah, there will probably be a lot of fast-forwarding and tell-don't-show in that book.
I think I'll wait and just read someone's summary.
The evil daemon god of the star wars universe packed up his shit and left and sold his job to someone else, bringing everyone out of a decades long carbonite slumber. The new gods sprinkled some money around and thawed them out.
Posted: Thu Mar 19, 2015 6:06 pm
by Leisher
Malcolm wrote:GORDON wrote:And like I said, this becomes official canon, erasing the hundreds of other books that have addressed that period of time?
They were technically never in. They're glorified fanfic now.
That's not true. Lucas gave the Timothy Zahn trilogy "official canon" status, but apparently Disney has taken that away.
Too bad, they were the best.
Posted: Thu Mar 19, 2015 9:45 pm
by Malcolm
I could swear he just gave certain people and groups permission to publish shit without him suing the everloving hell out of them.
Posted: Fri Mar 20, 2015 2:31 am
by Troy
Star Wars without Thrawn is an inferior product.
Posted: Fri Mar 20, 2015 7:54 am
by GORDON
Wouldn't it be ironical if the Thrawn stuff is what Lucas pitched to Disney, that got turned down. He finally decides to do a good idea right before he sells out.
Posted: Fri Mar 20, 2015 9:20 am
by Leisher
Troy wrote:Star Wars without Thrawn is an inferior product.
Agreed. It's the one thing I hope Disney brings into their new movies.
Posted: Thu Sep 17, 2015 3:10 pm
by Leisher
Went to grab this on Amazon for my next trip and read the reviews. Ouch.
Not sure if I want it now or not.
Posted: Thu Sep 17, 2015 3:23 pm
by TPRJones
The reviews on Goodreads are not kind.
If this is how the canon is being handled now ... well, shit. My excitement about the new movie just immediately turned into Ep 1 style dread. Right at this moment in time I suddenly no longer want to see the movie in the theater, at least not until there are good reviews from people I trust.
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Posted: Fri Sep 18, 2015 1:38 pm
by Malcolm
Posted: Fri Sep 18, 2015 2:20 pm
by Leisher
Nah, that was aimed at the film, not this book.
Posted: Fri Sep 18, 2015 2:29 pm
by Malcolm
Leisher wrote:Nah, that was aimed at the film, not this book.
I took it to mean the Disney treatment in general.
Posted: Fri Sep 18, 2015 3:16 pm
by Leisher
I have hope the film will be good.
THIS film.
I do not hold the same hope for future films.
The reason Marvel films have kicked ass is because they all filter through Kevin Feige. (Whose handcuffs have just been taken off.) I hope Disney learned from that and has one voice in the Star Wars universe, but it doesn't seem like it.
Posted: Fri Sep 18, 2015 3:38 pm
by Malcolm
I have hope the film will be good.
I hope it will be good. I, however, do not have any hope it will.