DISNEY BUYS STAR WARS!!! EPISODE 7 IN 2015!!!

[Aoi Kurenai]

That has changed sorta. I mean, yeah, the main movie characters and their kids still get a bulk of the focus, but they aren't the only characters now that have their own books. There's Darth Bane, that's an Old Republic set book series, there's an actual Old Republic series, and it's a pretty awesome one at that, then you have stand alones like Knight Errant and the Darth Plagueis novel.

I've actually never been a fan of the movie characters in book form, so that's why I branched out and took the longest time to get into the books. (and why the only books in my collection that follow those guys are Fate of the Jedi and Legacy of the Force, well, and Death Troopers, that book's amazing) My first book was the original Darth Bane novel and I loved it because you're given this really cool look at a character that was only really mentioned elsewhere. What I really loved about the first Bane book is seeing the evolution of a dude go from someone who isn't really evil, just someone who has had a hard life, to being the man who created the modern Sith "rule of two".

I think you'll always have the Skywalker and Solo families as leads in a good chunk of the fiction, but more and more recently the books have started to explore these other areas.

 

[Khaiden]

B-but what about what happened afterwards?! The Truce at Bakura?! The revival of the emperor?! The uncovering of Natasi Daala? Thrawn? The events at Luke's Jedi Academy? The partial return of Exar Kun?! The events with Jerec and Kyle Katarn?! The events involving Jaden Korr and the Disciples of Ragnos?!

 

[Keith Justice]

I'm going to guess that those all still happened.... we just get to see all the final effects of what happened in those books. :thumbs:

 

[Vitor]

The prequels are fine. Beleive it or not, so are the reversionings.

The problem is you cannot let go of your childhood, and that you are not the target audience: Kids are

Oh yes, because children just adore films about wars over trade routes and the overthrowing of the goverment by a corrupt dictator

That is a poor poor fucking excuse to just instantly say that it's for children, you obviously have no clue what you're talking about

 

[Skyknight]

Oh yes, because children just adore films about wars over trade routes and the overthrowing of the goverment by a corrupt dictator

We all know the other episodes set things right. It's not like their parents are gonna stop at Episode III are they? Moron. Kids know their **** about Star Wars, and obviously there has to be rhyme and reason for the wars to exist, otherwise where's the investment? Sounds like YOU have no clue what you're talking about.

you obviously have no clue what you're talking about

:laugh:

Watch the classic trilogy again with an objective lens. It's for babies and you know it. Oh it has it's flare for the occasional dramatic moment and the effects are impressive, but it's a bloody kids franchise full of childish characters and moments that cater better to that specific demographic and it always will be more magical that way. The Expanded Universe shite is the only thing that caters to your age groups, and that rubbish is FINALLY going the way of the Dodo in favour of something a little easier-to-digest. Fans always made SW more than what it reallisticly is. It's time we all realized just what it ACTUALLY is and enjoy it that way. Overcomplication is so boring these days.

Yours is a typical butthurt rebuttal from an entitled virgin geek nerd/prisoner of his own memories type with no way of counteracting my superior brand of reasoning. I know my ****, and I know what kids enjoy. I've been around enough. Good luck being like every other negative little SHEEP out there. Ultimately, you don't matter:laugh::laugh:

I'm going to guess that those all still happened.... we just get to see all the final effects of what happened in those books. :thumbs:

None of it is going to be canon. Lucas himself said the novels don't do what he personally would have done, but he let them do their own thing because it made him a shitload of money. Now that Disney have come calling, he's mapping out stuff that WILL contradict what has come since then, which in turn will lead to a different brand of EU all it's own.

 

[Vitor]

It gets them thinking about things other than Jedi hocus pocus and cliched fairytale endings. Besides, the other episodes set things right, we all know that. It's not like their parents are gonna stop at Episode III are they? Moron.

Watch the classic trilogy again with an objective lens. It's for fucking babies and you know it. Oh it has it's flare for the occasional dramatic moment and the effects are impressive, but it's a bloody kids franchise full of things that cater better to that demographic and it always will be. The Expanded Universe shite (which roughly 90% of it is), is the only thing that caters to your age groups, and that rubbish is FINALLY going the way of the Dodo.#

Yours is a typical butthurt rebuttal from an entitled virgin geek nerd/prisoner of his own memories with no way of counteracting my superior brand of reasoning. I know my ****, and I know what kids enjoy. I've been around enough. Good luck being like every other negative little SHEEP out there. Ultimately, you don't matter:laugh::laugh:

Huh, what? Oh sorry, all I heard was:

 

[Khaiden]

I'm going to guess that those all still happened.... we just get to see all the final effects of what happened in those books. :thumbs:

Hopefully. Has it been said when this movie takes place exactly?

 

[Blue Saint]

Honestly I hope they avoid anything even remotely in the post-Battle of Endor era. They are either going go over things that have already been done or just make them totally void. Personally I think something along the lines of Legacy would be a great choice, which outside the first Clone Wars cartoon is the only Star Wars related that has interested me in quite a long time.

 

[Keith Justice]

None of it is going to be canon. Lucas himself said the novels don't do what he personally would have done, but he let them do their own thing because it made him a shitload of money. Now that Disney have come calling, he's mapping out stuff that WILL contradict what has come since then, which in turn will lead to a different brand of EU all it's own.

That's not true. He's had direct influence on things that happen in it like Chewie dying.

It might change, but it's acknowledge canon.

 

[KingRanger]

Chewie dying.

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Wait what? What??