Idiots and their brain bugs

Raptor 597 · Post by **Raptor 597** » 2002-11-02 02:11pm

All I can say is..oww my brain hurts. Wtf is this Irkit's propechy I haven't read Destiny's Wat, and little the little brat die.

Raptor 597 · Post by **Raptor 597** » 2002-11-02 02:12pm

1st little=let sorry

His Divine Shadow · Post by **His Divine Shadow** » 2002-11-02 02:17pm

Stravo wrote:NO, I haven't read EU books since the Thrawn trilogy because quite frankly they range from mostly awful to mediocre.

I'd beg to differ, the Thrawn duology is also good, most books after and beginning with Star by Star have so far been good, Aaron Allstons work is in general Zahn level class work, especiall his Enemy Lines duology, heck I'd say it's better than the Zahn triology in places.

HDS, your sad devotion to that awful EU has not allowed you to conjure up a greater series than the thrawn trilogy nor has it given you clairvoyance enough to foresee IF there will EVER be another good EU book coming down the pike (Preparing to be choked as HDS tells me he finds my lack of fiath disturbing)

My sad devotion to this sad piece has given me a richer universe, even *some* of the stories indvidually are bad they all contain good stuff that is added to SW as a whole, this alone is reason enough to like SW.

His Divine Shadow · Post by **His Divine Shadow** » 2002-11-02 02:19pm

Captain Lennox wrote:All I can say is..oww my brain hurts. Wtf is this Irkit's propechy I haven't read Destiny's Wat, and little the little brat die.

I have no fucking idea what they are talking about either and I have Destinys Way, this looks like some fanboy on drugs rambling on and on.

His Divine Shadow · Post by **His Divine Shadow** » 2002-11-02 02:21pm

Also, it's too bad I can't find the Dark Empire series, GL said they where his favorite EU books.

Illuminatus Primus · Post by **Illuminatus Primus** » 2002-11-02 02:43pm

Dark Empire the original was ok, 2nd one was pretty bad. Reissue cleaned up, and make a companion novel trilogy and games, like what was done with Shadows of the Empire.

What they should really do, is have a brief 2nd edition commenerative EU books with canon mistakes and unrealistic situations edited out (everywhere "eight kilometers" is present, replace with "about seventeen and a half kilometers" for example) on the 15 year anniversery since Zahn's trilogy. That, and clean-up and reissue Marvel in Trade Paperbacks.

Issue ICS for SW4, 5, and 6 independently as another comemerative. Issue ICS for notable SW series. ICS for Thrawn Trilogy, ICS for X-Wing Series, ICS for KJA's trilogy, ICS for awful Corellian Trilogy (just so we can have some of those ugly fighters and the Centerpoint Station in there), and one or two ICS for the NJO. Issue ICS for the Sith War comics era and Hyperspace War. Begin a new pre-Republic, pre-hyperdrive series where we see SW ancestors using Warp or something similar and Subspace technology

(issue ICS for that too). Issue all new and improved/revised Essential Guides as they've begun with the new characters guide. Make these accurate with regards to canon and calc. Publish the Technical Commentaries.

Master of Ossus · Post by **Master of Ossus** » 2002-11-02 02:56pm

Asst. Asst. Lt. Cmdr. Smi wrote:What book is that?

Anyway, such bad authors shouldn't be allowed to write EU material. Soon, they'll be putting Treknology into the novels, adding technobabble, and start calling the YV the "Pusan ", because the writer is always high.

I hope we can see a turn for the better in the near future.

Ikrit made his prophecy just prior to his death in Edge of Victory 1. Anakin Solo was killed in Star by Star, which also featured a kid looking exactly like Anakin Solo. He was also mentioned in the Rebel Stand & Rebel Dream books, but has since disappeared (kind of like a lot of things in the series).

Darth Yoshi · Post by **Darth Yoshi** » 2002-11-02 05:19pm

Master of Ossus, what was the prophecy? I haven't read Edge of Victory in a while.

Lord of the Farce · Post by **Lord of the Farce** » 2002-11-03 05:34am

Darth Yoshi wrote:Master of Ossus, what was the prophecy? I haven't read Edge of Victory in a while.

It's been a while since I've read it myself, but IIRC it's about Anakin and Tahiri having a special destiny together (or something)...

Cal Wright · Post by **Cal Wright** » 2002-11-03 03:43pm

I've only read Conquest once and I remember Ikrit mentioning some prophecy but what it was I can't remember. Tarc is the little boy. He's a few years younger than Anakin though and he was all throughout the Enemy Lines Duology (believe it or not, I'm reading this duology for the second time, because I WANT to. Damn, something good from the EU?). There's only two books since. One is Traitor which was almost entirely the Jacen Solo version of Dark Journey. Then there is Destiny's Way. Tarc went goes off with Wolam and Tam at the end of Rebel Stand, and Destiny's Way is pretty much about Jaina and Jacen and the revival of the New Republic. So there hasn't been enough time to really get into the Tarc thing. Then again whatever the fan ramblings are, if they do bring Anakin back, then he'll first appear on Courscant or Yuzhan Tar and pick up his lightsabre. He'll contain Vongness in him and be able to actually feel the Force in them. Mainly because the heads of the NJO order can't just simply have the Jedi fucking sense them in the Force. Not like it's some god damned impossible task to write them actually gaining an ablitiy to sense them. Not to mention that it's been just some cop out to using the Force and being able to do a KJA and throw the Star Wars universe back into Lucas's face. So last but not least, I hope Episode III sits down and shits all over the EU once and for all. buwhahahahahaha

Pcm979 · Post by **Pcm979** » 2002-11-04 06:02am

I sense a certain anti-EU air on this thread...

Which I fully agree with, of course.

Illuminatus Primus · Post by **Illuminatus Primus** » 2002-11-04 09:50pm

I'm a canon completist, and fully support the EU but I'd like there to be some key reforms. But I support EU.

Master of Ossus · Post by **Master of Ossus** » 2002-11-04 09:57pm

Illuminatus Primus wrote:I'm a canon completist, and fully support the EU but I'd like there to be some key reforms. But I support EU.

I can't really figure what they're doing wrong. They needed to stretch themselves to make the Jedi vulnerable, sure, but the series should not be as weak as it currently is. They're getting some of the right authors (or, at least, the reputedly good authors), but something isn't clicking properly. Maybe it's just the transitions between writers that they have to have after every few books, but something isn't going properly.

Illuminatus Primus · Post by **Illuminatus Primus** » 2002-11-04 10:34pm

The switch of publishers couldn't have helped the already disorganized mess.

Peregrin Toker · Post by **Peregrin Toker** » 2002-11-05 10:59am

Pcm979 wrote:I sense a certain anti-EU air on this thread...

Which I fully agree with, of course.

Not to be impolite, but to me, this sounds ironic as it comes from a forum member who has fighter from the EU as his avatar...

HemlockGrey · Post by **HemlockGrey** » 2002-11-05 11:10am

Oh, God, please tell me that the storyline for 'Rebel Assault' I and II isn't official, at all, ever.

Post by **Vympel** » 2002-11-05 11:51am

Oh but it is ... God help us. Everything except infinities is, IIRC.

At least we have cloaking TIE Fighters

Post by **Sea Skimmer** » 2002-11-05 02:37pm

Cyril wrote:Oh, God, please tell me that the storyline for 'Rebel Assault' I and II isn't official, at all, ever.

Imdaar Alpha was cool

Illuminatus Primus · Post by **Illuminatus Primus** » 2002-11-05 05:56pm

It's official, and part of continuity. Sorry.

Pcm979 · Post by **Pcm979** » 2002-11-05 07:31pm

Simon H.Johansen wrote:
Pcm979 wrote:I sense a certain anti-EU air on this thread...

Which I fully agree with, of course.
Not to be impolite, but to me, this sounds ironic as it comes from a forum member who has fighter from the EU as his avatar...

Silent exclusion of all TIE fighters from that implication, because they're just plain cool.

Darth Yoshi · Post by **Darth Yoshi** » 2002-11-05 10:57pm

Bah. You can't have your cake and eat it too. Although the Phantom TIE does look cool.

Pcm979 · Post by **Pcm979** » 2002-11-06 07:56pm

Can't I? *Cuts cake in half* *Munch munch*

Post by **Sea Skimmer** » 2002-11-06 08:11pm

Pcm979 wrote:Can't I? *Cuts cake in half* *Munch munch*

You now have half a cake, not a cake.

Pcm979 · Post by **Pcm979** » 2002-11-06 08:21pm

Half a cake is better than none!
P.S. By I should've said NJO and anything by KJA, but I couldn't be bothered.