Yeah, ive seen the entire "VII is just a cash grab" attitude several times
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Yeah, ive seen the entire "VII is just a cash grab" attitude several times
Okay, this is my new favorite piece of EU ridiculousnessRemember the skull that Luke tosses at the control panel in the rancor pit in Return of the Jedi?
Did you know that the skull has a rich backstory? Did you know it once shared a rivalry with Han Solo?
Bidlo Kwerve
CloudyTuba
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Remember the skull that Luke tosses at the control panel in the rancor pit in Return of the Jedi?
Did you know that the skull has a rich backstory? Did you know it once shared a rivalry with Han Solo?
Bidlo Kwerve
Wow. I knew everything from a broken droid to the ice cream man had backstories, but I did not suspect...the skull. It really is amazing how details the Star Wars universe...was.
Whimsical Phil
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He was the rancor's first victim, but his skull led to the rancor's death.
It's like poetry...it's sorta--they rhyme.
FO-totality
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Remember the skull that Luke tosses at the control panel in the rancor pit in Return of the Jedi?
Did you know that the skull has a rich backstory? Did you know it once shared a rivalry with Han Solo?
Bidlo Kwerve
Okay
you win
Alas, poor Bidlo! I knew him, Phil, a fellow of infinite
jest, of most excellent fancy. He hath bore me on his back a
thousand times, and now how abhorr'd in my imagination it is!
My gorge rises at it.
Atraveller
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Jango Unbrained
Arkos
Nose how to spell and rede to
8bitsuperhero
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It got a prequel called Red Harvest. Which if I recall correctly involved some Sith trying to use zombie Jedi to take over. It was pretty dang silly.
super-famicom
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Remember the skull that Luke tosses at the control panel in the rancor pit in Return of the Jedi?
Did you know that the skull has a rich backstory? Did you know it once shared a rivalry with Han Solo?
Bidlo Kwerve
Hahaha wow
Lol, what?
That's pretty much the gist of it but it was more about a sith guy trying to be immortal by doing some stuff with a plant.
Remember the skull that Luke tosses at the control panel in the rancor pit in Return of the Jedi?
Did you know that the skull has a rich backstory? Did you know it once shared a rivalry with Han Solo?
Bidlo Kwerve
Bidlo Kwerve
Bidlo Kwerve
Bidlo Kwerve !!!
a secret-boss
Banned
wait I just read that this background characters are going to have stories now in EU
it's happening again
it's happening again
BKatastrophe
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Just go watch Power Rangers In Space instead.
Background characters having a history is fine to me. Why not, they could be cool/interesting characters...
The problem is, that all of them seem to have had a connection to the original Star Wars Cast. That is just ridiculous. The SW universe is so much bigger than that and should provide many stories and characters that are independent from everyone that mattered in I-VI.
It made sense for a few storylines and the likes of new characters like Kyle Katarn, Thrawn and Mara Jade... but why try to retcon everyone to be an old friend or adversary to Han, Luke or someone else from the past?
Are there books out there that have the quality of the Thrawn trilogy and capture the essence of Star Wars, but have nothing to do with any of the old characters?
The problem is, that all of them seem to have had a connection to the original Star Wars Cast. That is just ridiculous. The SW universe is so much bigger than that and should provide many stories and characters that are independent from everyone that mattered in I-VI.
It made sense for a few storylines and the likes of new characters like Kyle Katarn, Thrawn and Mara Jade... but why try to retcon everyone to be an old friend or adversary to Han, Luke or someone else from the past?
Are there books out there that have the quality of the Thrawn trilogy and capture the essence of Star Wars, but have nothing to do with any of the old characters?
Just to major things like deaths of important characters.
Lucas made it pretty clear he never considered any of the EU nonsense canonical.
AbsolutBro
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Who the fuck put the mouth on the front of the ITHORIAN (hammerhead dude on the left for you non-SW nerds)? Supposed to be one on each side of the neck and that shit is canon!wait I just read that this background characters are going to have stories now in EU
it's happening again
It is ithorian-esque looking but based on the head shape alone it doesn't look to be an full on ithorian.
Affeinvasion
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The x-wing books tend to diverge. Wedge is really the connection to the movies. Corran Horn is great and the wraith squadron books are fun wingcommander esque romps.
DiipuSurotu
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wait I just read that this background characters are going to have stories now in EU
it's happening again
Is that Boba Fett behind the red guy?
BKatastrophe
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So it's Star Wars Treasure Island?
Muskieratboi
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Han Solo fighting giant otters notwithstanding..
NOBODY FUCKS WITH JAXXON.
HE WILL WRECK YOUR SHIT.
(Also, Coachellians are Canon, there was one in Clone Wars)
NOBODY FUCKS WITH JAXXON.
HE WILL WRECK YOUR SHIT.
(Also, Coachellians are Canon, there was one in Clone Wars)
God Dayumm
Banned
What about the dog? I'm getting Tim Burton vibes from it
Bobby Roberts
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Actually, this isn't as true as people assumed. He put the kibosh on Joruus C'Baoth being Obi-Wan Kenobi early on in the EU's existence, but after that, he really seemed to not give a shit. The story about him having a list of characters it was cool to kill off is actually bunk: A recent episode of Full of Sith included a story from the guys who killed Chewie in Vector Prime. Turns out when they went to Lucas to see if there were any restrictions on who they could kill in the books, Lucas told them "I don't care. Kill whoever you want."
So nah. Lucas didn't really give a shit about the EU.
Cross-Section
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Palpatine isn't an EU character
The name Sheev isnt part of the movies either.
Bobby Roberts
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This doesn't follow.
edit: your clarification still doesn't make any sense. It's probably that someone asked him "wait, what's this dudes' first name" and and he was like "lol Sheev. Go with that. Fuck it."
I mean, there's audio of two men responsible for killing Chewbacca in the old EU going on record in front of microphones saying that Lucas gave no fucks about who they killed in their books. "Kill whoever you want." So that directly contradicts the idea that he cared about important character deaths. He didn't.
Cross-Section
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But it's part of the Canon!
Debuted the same year, I think.
Remember the skull that Luke tosses at the control panel in the rancor pit in Return of the Jedi?
Did you know that the skull has a rich backstory? Did you know it once shared a rivalry with Han Solo?
Bidlo Kwerve
This can't possibly be topped.
WOW.
Not exactly. If there's some EU material or characters Lucas likes, he would add it to the main SW canon, for example, the name Coruscant (from Timothy Zahn), the double bladed lightsaber are some examples.
IISANDERII
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"The uncouth Corellian did get his revenge, posthumously, when Luke Skywalker used his skull to kill the rancor"Remember the skull that Luke tosses at the control panel in the rancor pit in Return of the Jedi?
Did you know that the skull has a rich backstory? Did you know it once shared a rivalry with Han Solo?
Bidlo Kwerve
That's pretty good.
I've always considered the obsession with new lightsaber types and variations very stupid, that include the claymore one and the spinning thing. The double-bladed saber and other hilt variations should've been it, really.
I mean, lightwhip?
I mean, lightwhip?
He also included several cameos from the EU in the movies, and the two multimedia projects had his approval (Shadows of the Empire, Force Unleashed).
UnforgivenTwin
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Who's that?
Who?
Bib Fortuna is Jabba's Twi'lek guy from Jedi. I don't know when he was named though.
super-famicom
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I actually had Ryan Browne (God Hates Astronauts) do a comission for me the other day:
https://instagram.com/p/8qph-bg5rs/
Lol
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