That character you mentioned is a real character.. some pictures of the MF lego set got out with his mini figure included
Star Wars: Episode VII: The Nerd Rage Awakens
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That character you mentioned is a real character.. some pictures of the MF lego set got out with his mini figure included
Shocking!'Cuz Sith lightning and regular lightning are like totally different things.
In one of the official Lucasfilm-approved Visual Guides it mentions that Emperor Palpatine uses his cane during the Original Trilogy era not because he needs it to walk but to earn sympathy from his subjects for being elderly and frail. He clearly doesn't need the cane when he rises from his Throne to confront and attack Luke.
I don't know, because I haven't seen the film yet.
I think that New Republic stuff is from the novels that were the old EU or something, right? And they said they were ignoring those. Basicly, all the stuff that happened in comics and novels and games set after ROTJ, forget that.
So all new stuff for the movies, i see. Interesting.
New-canon tie-in material did say the "New Republic" fought at the Battle of Jakku shortly after ROTJ.
My personal theory: there is a Cold War detente between the NR and Empire. They fight proxy wars using unofficial forces known as the "Resistance" and the "First Order". They're trying to avoid an apocalyptic open war. Which of course will start in the movie when Kylo Ren does whatever he's doing.
My personal theory: there is a Cold War detente between the NR and Empire. They fight proxy wars using unofficial forces known as the "Resistance" and the "First Order". They're trying to avoid an apocalyptic open war. Which of course will start in the movie when Kylo Ren does whatever he's doing.
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Basically, what happened with the continuity, or rather 'canon', is that about a year ago Disney/Lucasfilm decided that the only 'canon' was the following:
-The six films and upcoming films.
-The CGI Clone Wars series
-The CGI Rebels series
-Marvel's ongoing "Star Wars" "Darth Vader" and "Kanan" comics, as well as the miniseries "Princess Leia" "Lando" "Shattered Empire" etc..
-The novels from "A New Dawn" onward, but nothing before that.
The existing EU is still available, but is being reprinted as "Legends" to distinquish it from the canon. Also the video games continuity is a bit unclear, Old Republic is still running and a new Battlefront game is coming out, but features some weird things such as Jedi Luke on Hoth fighting Vader.
So all the stuff about Grand Admiral Thrawn, Palleon, Yuzzhan Vong, Han and Leia getting married, Jacen, Jaina and Anakin Solo is pretty much no longer part of the canon story.
However certain elements of the older EU, such as those integrated into "Clone Wars" are still around in the new continuity, notably Quinlan Vos and Asajj Ventress. They even have a novel that deals with them. Also certain elements can make their way into the new continuity, such as the new Republic.
In this new continuity however, it doesn't look like the New Republic will last as long as it did in the novels, and perhaps is forced to scale back and become the resistance. There's some indication that this has something to do with Jakku, the desert planet with Imperial and rebel debris seen in many of the previews (Which is confirmed as not being Tatooine).
-The six films and upcoming films.
-The CGI Clone Wars series
-The CGI Rebels series
-Marvel's ongoing "Star Wars" "Darth Vader" and "Kanan" comics, as well as the miniseries "Princess Leia" "Lando" "Shattered Empire" etc..
-The novels from "A New Dawn" onward, but nothing before that.
The existing EU is still available, but is being reprinted as "Legends" to distinquish it from the canon. Also the video games continuity is a bit unclear, Old Republic is still running and a new Battlefront game is coming out, but features some weird things such as Jedi Luke on Hoth fighting Vader.
So all the stuff about Grand Admiral Thrawn, Palleon, Yuzzhan Vong, Han and Leia getting married, Jacen, Jaina and Anakin Solo is pretty much no longer part of the canon story.
However certain elements of the older EU, such as those integrated into "Clone Wars" are still around in the new continuity, notably Quinlan Vos and Asajj Ventress. They even have a novel that deals with them. Also certain elements can make their way into the new continuity, such as the new Republic.
In this new continuity however, it doesn't look like the New Republic will last as long as it did in the novels, and perhaps is forced to scale back and become the resistance. There's some indication that this has something to do with Jakku, the desert planet with Imperial and rebel debris seen in many of the previews (Which is confirmed as not being Tatooine).
I like that theory. It allows for both a New Republic and a rump Galactic Empire to exist in the new films but also lets there be an official Resistance organization and a First Order that operate somewhat autonomously and engage in proxy fighting on behalf of the larger and more powerful political entities. I very much doubt that's what the new film will reveal, but it's a good concept.
That's kind of what I've always assumed. Usually when we saw characters getting hit with Force Lighting it was a smaller less focus blast, while Palpatine's was a big blast focused right onto his face by Mace's lightsaber.I just can't get behind the idea that the force lightning altered an otherwise normal face. (And voice, somehow.) He keeps the lightning going for so long and it has no negative impact on Mace but it's melting his own face? Yeah, that just makes him seem stupid.
To be fair it seemed Paloatine was getting it at closer range than Windu.
As for him letting himself get fried, once Anakin showed up I figured he was just let it go in order to force Anakin to save him.
I doubt it since they didn't appear to be using any deaging makeup on Carrie in the BTS footage.
The political situation in the galaxy is one of the big unanswered questions about TFA right now. There's a chance the Journey to The Force Awakens stuff, like the Aftermath novel, and Shattered Empire comic book miniseries might give us some answers though. That stuff all starts coming out in September should we hopefully should start to get at least a few clues around then. We'll also due another trailer sometime in the fall.
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I'm not familiar with Wendig as an author, so I didn't know what to expect, but I didn't really enjoy the prose in that extract.
I thought it was fine - but I really don't think I'm going to dive into this 'official' EU. I feel like I've done this already with dozens of books. There are so many other things to read.
JD: Thanks for the reminder. I intend to get Shattered Empire.
I'm still on the fence about reading many of the new novels, except to the extent that they're filling in needed backstory to the new movie and detailing some of the important events in galactic history after the Battle of Endor.
The two new SW books I've read so far (Lords of the Sith and Tarkin) were both pretty good. Not mind blowing, but if they were in the old EU I'd say Tarkin was above average and LotS was an enjoyable type of average.
Then again, I've read over 100 Star Wars books and probably enjoyed 90% of them, so I'm far from unbiased.
Then again, I've read over 100 Star Wars books and probably enjoyed 90% of them, so I'm far from unbiased.
Oh, it's absolutely inessential, as far as I'm concerned. I'm springing for Shattered Empire just because I like comic books.
Just as a general principle, if you make a movie that depends upon tie-in material to get even 1% of the experience, then you've failed as a movie maker, even though you might have succeeded as a salesman.
This is, indeed and IMO, one of the principle failings of the PT. It had so much ambiguity, especially as it pertained to Palpatine, that there's hardly anything like a coherent narrative on screen at all. I don't want to mention any specifics, because I don't want to fire up the Debate Cannons™ tonight, but use your imagination and you should be able to get an idea what I'm talking about.
