Dignan Wrote:Kev Smith writing a Star Wars television show? Hmmm. It just might work. Maybe.Gotta love that movie. And the debate about whether the independent contractors working on the second Death Star were innocent victims.....CLASSIC!
If nothing else, it could retain the episodic cliff-hanger feel of the science fiction serials( Flash Gordon and the like) which inspired the holy trilogy. And Smith is an ace writer.
"Empire had the better ending- Luke gets his hand cut off and finds out Vader is his father, Han gets frozen and taken away by Boba Fett. It ends on such a down note. That's what life is, a series of down endings... all Jedi had was a bunch of muppets."
The most merciful thing in the world, I think, is the inability of the human mind to correlate all its contents. ... The piecing together of dissociated knowledge will open up such terrifying vistas of reality, and of our frightful position therein, that we shall either go mad from the revelation or flee from the light into the peace and safety of a new dark age.
~ Howard Phillips Lovecraft
jimbow8 Wrote:Gotta love that movie. And the debate about whether the independent contractors working on the second Death Star were innocent victims.....CLASSIC!
Even better is that George Lucas makes reference to that in the Attack of the Clones commentary. He basically says the Geonosians are the "contractors" referred to in Clerks. Pretty funny.
Blake
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Blake Wrote:Even better is that George Lucas makes reference to that in the Attack of the Clones commentary. He basically says the Geonosians are the "contractors" referred to in Clerks. Pretty funny.I rarely listen to commentaries. Maybe I'll listen to that one some time.
Blake
The most merciful thing in the world, I think, is the inability of the human mind to correlate all its contents. ... The piecing together of dissociated knowledge will open up such terrifying vistas of reality, and of our frightful position therein, that we shall either go mad from the revelation or flee from the light into the peace and safety of a new dark age.
~ Howard Phillips Lovecraft
Officially, he kept tight control, but when it came time for him to make his prequels, he walked all over some of the concepts and history set forth in the Expanded Universe.
While Star Wars is his creation, and I can understand that, why bother to keep such tight control if you're going to "alter" said information later? Some of the things he decided to change are admittedly paltry things, but some are a bit more important. The most important one, I would guess, would be the actual creators of the Death Star; in the novels, they're shown to be a small think-tank of geniuses that that Tarkin kept in a confined location. They were treated well (with only the occasional disappearance
), and all thought the Empire was "good people". While that could be thought of as possible in context of AotC's revelation, the timeframes don't match up.
As I said--it's his world, and he can obviously do what he will with it. I suppose it's something, however, he should have included as "off limits" to those working in the EU. But some of the smaller things really just add up to contradictions and problems all around that could have been avoided had he, you know, paid attention.
While Star Wars is his creation, and I can understand that, why bother to keep such tight control if you're going to "alter" said information later? Some of the things he decided to change are admittedly paltry things, but some are a bit more important. The most important one, I would guess, would be the actual creators of the Death Star; in the novels, they're shown to be a small think-tank of geniuses that that Tarkin kept in a confined location. They were treated well (with only the occasional disappearance
), and all thought the Empire was "good people". While that could be thought of as possible in context of AotC's revelation, the timeframes don't match up.As I said--it's his world, and he can obviously do what he will with it. I suppose it's something, however, he should have included as "off limits" to those working in the EU. But some of the smaller things really just add up to contradictions and problems all around that could have been avoided had he, you know, paid attention.
Throughout our history there are those ghosts
Compelled to illustrate our dreams and hopes
Victors hang in pictures, losers from ropes.
Regardless they all swing in the same boat.
nijimeijer Wrote:Officially, he kept tight control, but when it came time for him to make his prequels, he walked all over some of the concepts and history set forth in the Expanded Universe.
As I said--it's his world, and he can obviously do what he will with it. I suppose it's something, however, he should have included as "off limits" to those working in the EU. But some of the smaller things really just add up to contradictions and problems all around that could have been avoided had he, you know, paid attention.
The history of Boba Fett was done well in one short story by Daniel Keyes Moran, but with AOTC, that story is pretty much scrap. It's still good, but doesn't fit any more.
Scott Hajek
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Scott Hajek Wrote:The history of Boba Fett was done well in one short story by Daniel Keyes Moran, but with AOTC, that story is pretty much scrap. It's still good, but doesn't fit any more.Tell me more.
The most merciful thing in the world, I think, is the inability of the human mind to correlate all its contents. ... The piecing together of dissociated knowledge will open up such terrifying vistas of reality, and of our frightful position therein, that we shall either go mad from the revelation or flee from the light into the peace and safety of a new dark age.
~ Howard Phillips Lovecraft
Mike Hanson Wrote:And the first stricture he put upon all the people involved, was that they could not write anything whatsoever that took place during the thirty years preceding Episode Four: A New Hope. As you've now surmised, this was so that he could conceive and create the prequel trilogy of The Phantom Menace, Attack of the Clones, and Revenge of the Sith.
Well, there are some books with stories that take place during that timeframe. For example, "Han Solo and the Lost Legacy" (a paperback I happen to have a first edition of). For others, check out this page: STAR WARS: The Novels - What Happened When?
That is a handy link. Thanks.
I have a series of (6?) comic books about the beginnings of the Sith and the first Dark Lords. I'd have to dig them out - I don't remember the exact names.
I have a series of (6?) comic books about the beginnings of the Sith and the first Dark Lords. I'd have to dig them out - I don't remember the exact names.
The most merciful thing in the world, I think, is the inability of the human mind to correlate all its contents. ... The piecing together of dissociated knowledge will open up such terrifying vistas of reality, and of our frightful position therein, that we shall either go mad from the revelation or flee from the light into the peace and safety of a new dark age.
~ Howard Phillips Lovecraft
dejo Wrote:Well, there are some books with stories that take place during that timeframe. For example, "Han Solo and the Lost Legacy" (a paperback I happen to have a first edition of). For others, check out this page: STAR WARS: The Novels - What Happened When?
Although it's not commonly known, the three Lando Calrisian books were written by L. Neil Smith. And they are the only ones I have ever read.
Ken V.