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In Star Wars Canon, Luke and His gangs was met and fight Darth Vader 3 times before The Cloud City.
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Han Solo's force powers is he's just lucky having enemies who can't shoot.
Every thread that involves the expanded canon outside of the movies is always the same thing of dismissal and as if their childhood is ruined. It's the best example of
But it's a Star Wars thread on Era and it's the internet so no minds are going to be changed
But it's a Star Wars thread on Era and it's the internet so no minds are going to be changed
Every thread that involves the expanded canon outside of the movies is always the same thing of dismissal and as if their childhood is ruined. It's the best example of
But it's a Star Wars thread on Era and it's the internet so no minds are going to be changed
Not everyone hates the old EU.
I miss the old Dark Horse comics.
Really lot of the new Star Wars comics have been pushing it with silly shit that feels like a return to the crappy old EU
Love Luke accidentally taking out Boba Fett in the new comics before he officially even met him. Or the super elite super storm trooper squad with a trooper with lightsaber leading them.
Love Luke accidentally taking out Boba Fett in the new comics before he officially even met him. Or the super elite super storm trooper squad with a trooper with lightsaber leading them.
George didn't give two fucks what was canon or not, especially as the toy lines started running out of material to adapt.
That isn't how the old canon worked at all. The "levels" existed only to resolve discrepencies if they existed; i.e., if a book contradicted a movie, the movie was canon. But the old EU worked the same way the new one does -- everything was "equally" canon until a contradiction arose.
This is such an appropriate description of her. And she somehow is involved with every character in canon somehow.
Every thread that involves the expanded canon outside of the movies is always the same thing of dismissal and as if their childhood is ruined. It's the best example of
But it's a Star Wars thread on Era and it's the internet so no minds are going to be changed
Let's not lie to ourselves. Even as a 12 year old in the 90's I knew you the majority of EU stuff was crap equivalent to a Goosebumps book.
The levels of canon still exist, they're just implicit now. The old EU had a weird way of making explicit a principle that applies to all franchises ever (Doctor Who for example).
Most of the modern era novels and comics of the old EU were good. When people bring up stupid shit from the old EU it mostly came from the 90s Bantam books and older comics.
The burden on content makes for very dumb shit taking place from time to time. Revels, for me, is the one that veers closer to "oh god no" since its so closely tied to the actual movies and basically nullifies all Jedi being dead or extinct before the OT. There were Jedi all over the place doing crazy shit So it really waters down Luke and his crew.
The same comic had this in it
It's completely ridiculous.
It's kind of funny that they removed all the EU stuff and then instantly went wild again with the comics.
The show got rid of both Kanan and Ezra though which only leaves Ahsoka (and some Inquisitors I guess) alive for the OT period.
We only saw 3 in Rebels, right? What happened to the rest of them?
Nothing about a lightsaber prevents a normal person from fighting with it. Now they they were to say, start blocking and reflecting blaster shots, THAT would be ridiculous.
Dark Times is so good. I recommend people read it even if it's not canon anymore. I can only hope the new Canon does more stories like this.
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Is it possible to get the Vader series digitally? On an iPad, for example? How do I know which one I'm looking for?
Is it possible to get the Vader series digitally? On an iPad, for example? How do I know which one I'm looking for?
The ending of Rogue One is offensively bad, and the only thing that makes me feel conflicted about it as a movie on the whole.
You can tell it's a movie that got a frankensteined final cut, but it mostly works (excluding the awful R2/3PO and "I don't like you either" cameos), but the ending just makes ANH feel so much more stupid if you take the canon at face value.
Why the fuck was Leia even there with Tantive IV to begin with? It would've been so much better if they showed the plans being sent off-world, to Leia receiving them from the ship. Involving Vader and the ship just makes him and the empire seem like idiot chumps.
You can tell it's a movie that got a frankensteined final cut, but it mostly works (excluding the awful R2/3PO and "I don't like you either" cameos), but the ending just makes ANH feel so much more stupid if you take the canon at face value.
Why the fuck was Leia even there with Tantive IV to begin with? It would've been so much better if they showed the plans being sent off-world, to Leia receiving them from the ship. Involving Vader and the ship just makes him and the empire seem like idiot chumps.
I mean... lots of spoilers I rather not give out.... but yea it's safe to assume there are none by the time of the OT.
There is currently one unknown inquisitor, the 3rd sibling I think hasn't been revealed yet either.
I'm assuming you're referring to a comic? Which one? Any specific issues?
She's actively participating in the rebellion, and the entire rebel fleet was at Scariff, I don't find it odd that she's there.
In the Dark Horse EU comics Leia was delivering medical supplies to "refugees" in Imperial occupied war zones, in reality, it was military grade medical supplies. One planet she was on, an insurgent delivered the death star plans to her, in which Vader tracked her from there onto ANH.
I feel like the Star wars universe is large enough that it doesn't actually matter if the movies ever reference these other sources. There are just a ton of stories in this universe and whether or not certain things reference them or not doesn't really matter, the stories are what they are.
I don't understand what's wrong with it
Vader know who Luke is in ESB. He's chasing HIM. He's luring HIM. It implies Vader knows him for a little bit more than "the guy that destroyed the death star"
Vader know who Luke is in ESB. He's chasing HIM. He's luring HIM. It implies Vader knows him for a little bit more than "the guy that destroyed the death star"
I much prefer the whole "there havent been Jedi for 20 years narrative" Not, you know, 20 minutes
The comics do a lot of dumb, silly stuff, but most of it is fun to just see unfold. Things like Vader returning to Geonosis and remembering his time with Padme add stuff to the character in a good way that I sometimes think about when watching the movies, but I've never watched Empire and been like "ugh this scene is ruined because of those three times they met before this."
If you're gonna read the comics I think the best approach is to treat the stuff you like as a positive, and just have fun with the silly stuff or forget the stuff you don't like (because there's a 99% chance it won't ever be referenced outside of the comics anyway)
If you're gonna read the comics I think the best approach is to treat the stuff you like as a positive, and just have fun with the silly stuff or forget the stuff you don't like (because there's a 99% chance it won't ever be referenced outside of the comics anyway)
Are the Rogue Squadron books still worth a read? Always enjoyed the games even if sometimes played loose with the lore. Even so I always felt they slipped in the games between movies quite well. Stuff like Kasaan Moor and learning more of the characters within the Rogue Squadron and stuff like attacking empire installations and prisoner breakouts seemed more uh grounded and interesting than the gang gets lightsabers and some cringey Vader lines that are supposed to be bassass but make him sound like a teenage edgelord.
Was always worried the SW supplementary media was total wank and this thread and really reaffirmed that for old and new. Some of these examples holy fucking shit.
Was always worried the SW supplementary media was total wank and this thread and really reaffirmed that for old and new. Some of these examples holy fucking shit.
The same comic had this in it
It's completely ridiculous.
Bojack the X-wing pilot died for this.
How long did it take the old EU to have Jedi who weren't in the movies running around being not dead?
This is literally in the first volume of the reboot too lol
Also shit like this was pretty hilarious
Oh yeah no idea, Il sure they fucked it up as well. No value judgments on that end just stating personal preference.
For me the gap between prequels and RotJ is a specific time where you should explore how dire it is for regular people to try and defeat a Sith Lord because there are no Jedi to save them
And considering that Luke didn't realize until four years and multiple kisses after the meeting that Leia was his sister, it's not like you look at someone in this universe and instantly realize that you're related.
I mean, with the jedi reduced to such low numbers, that is still a factor, they can't be everywhere at once. They have no authority. And exposing themselves tends to = death and the jedi who were able to do anything contributed in very small ways compared to Luke.
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Indeed the Emperor was meant to be an ineffectual figurehead, with military governors like Tarkin being the real power in the Empire, which is why he's able to boss Vader around in ANH. Vader was meant to be more like Maul later was, merely an attack dog and not the second in command of the whole show.
Goes to show that canon's always been shifting and people should just roll with it instead of drawing lines in the sand.
Then again I think it makes sense that some Jedi slipped through the cracks, especially Padawans (Kanan, Ahsoka, Cal etc.).
Right, there were thousands of them and not all would have been deployed at the front lines. That's why Vader put in the emergency retreat signal at the Jedi Temple that Obi-Wan and Yoda deactivated, because not all of them would have been in reach of the clone troops.
This is literally in the first volume of the reboot too lol
Also shit like this was pretty hilarious
Imagine Vader dying to this dude, lol
She never came off as a foot-soldier that would end up in war zones based on ANH. She used her status to be an influential diplomat and spy. I never saw the rebels as wanting to put her in active war zones due to how valuable she was.
Isn't Vader convinced (in both ESB and RotJ) that Luke received all of his training from Obi Wan? Because no one knows Yoda is alive? Wouldn't he be quite shocked by Luke's improvement between that first panel and ESB, even if he still wasn't a threat?
The majority of the EU comics on the Jedi who survived the purge were stories between the prequels and the OT. Their stories are usually involve them hiding and trying to survive. A few tried to fight the Empire and Vader and almost all of them were killed by Vader.
Maybe he gleaned that Obi-Wan was able to reach him as a force ghost. Or just assumed Luke was self-teaching.