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And then there is the version from one of the Robocop trailers.

I want to know why the "cave" has flat walls...

Darth Garden Gnome wrote:
Rommel's Legacy
The treads used on the Jawa Sandcrawler came from German Panzer tanks.

I wanna se that panzer. No one used treads looking like those on the crawler.

Illuminatus Primus wrote:We know little to nothing about Palpatine's youth.

We don't know his first name. Or if there is one.

Cos Palpatine. Must check my sources though... But it could be EU, so it doesnt have to be true anyway

The term "bible" seems utterly apropriate, concerning both canon and contradictions...

His Divine Shadow wrote:Noo, it follows that if something is contradictory it is ignored, or rationalized, anything that isn't, is valid, even if it's the same book or right next to each other.

And that is one of the reasons i dont like it.

IG-88E wrote: You're trying to paint it as an "all or nothing" principal, which is not how the EU operates. Think of it as steps on a ladder. The EU is one rung, the movies are a higher rung.

The books I've read didn't come with any such instructions or disclaimers.

IG-88E wrote:How is the EU evaluation of source matter? The novels are books written from a SUBjective viewpoint for entertainment, not OBjective essays analyzing the movie material. That's what ICSs are for.

I interpreted HDS comment as relating to my previous comment, not the EU.

His Divine Shadow wrote:
Nothing really, subjective viewpoints aren't viable arguments.

No, but evaluation of source matter is.

IG-88E wrote:Which is that they are worthless? No. They're canon except where the movies overrule them.

That exactly, is the problem. How can they, with any hint of crediblity, have something to add if they can't get the basics straight?

For a second it appeared as if you were about to get my point.

If they contradict the movies in one breath and say stuff that is not in the movies in the next, what does that tell you about the stuff that is not in the movies? They fall BELOW the movies, so if they contradict them, they're automatically overruled. Yes? Almost there... Come on now, you can do it!

Which means they are wortless if the stray ever so far from continuity. I have yet to see much, if any, EU material to achiev full contiuity. A breaking of continuity means a contradiction with the movies or other quasi-canon material. And usually there are rationalizations that sort them out. They...

Which means they are wortless if the stray ever so far from continuity. I have yet to see much, if any, EU material to achiev full contiuity.

His Divine Shadow wrote: Quasi-canon, end of story.

Could not have said it better myself. I still don't hold the SW:EU at the same level as the movies.

Too bad you feel that way.

Your SOTME qoute doesnt contradict that SW:EU is nothing but fantasy in a SW environment.

I don't support it. Its just fantasy in a Star Wars environment. It's kind of like a guy in drag; it might look good, 'til you get a closer look.

Darth Garden Gnome wrote:Certaintly the URL is

http://www.hyperjump.net/swguides/sdguide/sdguide2.html

As I said before, excellent site.

Not very impressive. Dosen't even have the ship sizes straight.