It doesn't, Tales from Jabba's Palace is part of the old EU that was decanonized, and turned into "Legends", back when Disney bought Lucasfilm. Everything published before the Rebels prequel novel, A New Dawn, is part of no longer part of the canon.
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When I was a little kid, in the 80's or very early 90s, I remember reading a book series with the Rebellion after ROTJ on Yavin or a Yavin like planet and it turned out the planet was hollow and in it was another group of humans and Luke took one of them under his wing, I think it was their prince. It was an illustrated book.
I think it also brought back the emperor, saying the one who died was a clone. And Han owned a house on cloud city.
Weird how that stays in my memory
Anyone have any clue what it was?
Edit:. So, the arm shrugging default emojii on my keyboard becomes the male symbol when used here on the BBS. I need to remember that for the future.
I think it also brought back the emperor, saying the one who died was a clone. And Han owned a house on cloud city.
Weird how that stays in my memory
Anyone have any clue what it was?
Edit:. So, the arm shrugging default emojii on my keyboard becomes the male symbol when used here on the BBS. I need to remember that for the future.
https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Jedi_PrinceWhen I was a little kid, in the 80's or very early 90s, I remember reading a book series with the Rebellion after ROTJ on Yavin or a Yavin like planet and it turned out the planet was hollow and in it was another group of humans and Luke took one of them under his wing, I think it was their prince. It was an illustrated book.
I think it also brought back the emperor, saying the one who died was a clone. And Han owned a house on cloud city.
Weird how that stays in my memory
Anyone have any clue what it was?
Edit:. So, the arm shrugging default emojii on my keyboard becomes the male symbol when used here on the BBS. I need to remember that for the future.
It was a really not-great series written for kids that was pretty much retconned out of existence even before the Disney purchase.
Wow. I'm impressed.
Though the only possible thing that could redeem The Rise of Skywalker is the revelation that Rey’s father had an eye in the back of his head and designed the Death-Star-Destroyers by talking in his sleep. There’s no making it good, so we need to go the other way, driving straight off the cliff into the most stupid thing possible, in the hopes of getting to so-bad-its-good, and the only way to do that is to turn it into a loose adaptation of the Jedi Prince books.
I learnt a long time ago that if you're going to get mad at people for liking a thing for different reasons than you do, then you're doing it wrong.
Not mad so much as forever confused by the concept of cool.
True from a certain point of view, given the Clone Trooper armor is influenced partly by Jango Fett's Mandalorian armor.
How is that confusing? A cool thing looks cool. A cool looking thing is cool. It's not an objective value judgement, it's a subjective appreciation of aesthetics married to an abstract concept.
Well thanks to the Siege of Mandalore arc, soldiers wearing that kind of armor DID indeed fight in the Clone Wars, and they were indeed "defeated by the Jedi"...kinda?
The part where he got out of the sarlacc pit fits. The part where he kept his armor doesn't. Most everything else in that story is flashbacks.
The timescale probably doesn't work either as Cobb was run out of town the day the Death Star II exploded, which can't be more than a few days after the sail barge exploded, and the jawas already had salvaged the armor (presumably stripped from Fett's unconscious body.) So I'm guessing he was only down the a matter of hours; half a day, tops.
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And...???
I'm aware it's subjective and always will be. I just don't like the whole cool thing and find it confusing in how overemphasized it becomes. Now, to be fair, I rarely regard things as cool like others do (and have since I was 8. Likely not going to change any time soon). But, to me, there is an overemphasis on stuff "looking cool" and less it making sense.
Cool is confusing. I feel like Hobbes:
^ "And?" indeed...
Anyway...something about the episode (specifically Fett's double wrist blasters) got me wondering, so I went back to RotJ and AotC because I was curious if there was any consistency with what doodad on the wrist gauntlets does what.
First off: the big blocky thing on the side of the left gauntlet is described in the prototype screen test as a flame thrower, and in AotC it indeed does just that. So while I'm not complaining, nor do I need a justification as to why a heavily modified piece of equipment can change function over the course of decades (because: duh) I do find it interesting that they went with the double blaster for that bit. On the other hand I'm surprised that the flame thrower was ever on the left gauntlet at all when the right one has the visible hose/cable connections, which I always assumed was for effect rigging for fuel and electronics if the flame thrower actually got used.
A few other things I noticed include: -
ETA: A quick look at the storyboards for the sarlacc sequence does indeed show they'd envisioned a few somewhat different versions of the fight (note the different artists.)
One where Luke straight up cuts his arm off, then slashes his jetpack.
And another that's closer to what we got; Luke disarms him, Boba catches him in a grapple, Luke cuts through the line THEN slashes his pack before jumping to the other skiff, Boba take aim, then Han smashes the pack and sends him flying.
Anyway...something about the episode (specifically Fett's double wrist blasters) got me wondering, so I went back to RotJ and AotC because I was curious if there was any consistency with what doodad on the wrist gauntlets does what.
First off: the big blocky thing on the side of the left gauntlet is described in the prototype screen test as a flame thrower, and in AotC it indeed does just that. So while I'm not complaining, nor do I need a justification as to why a heavily modified piece of equipment can change function over the course of decades (because: duh) I do find it interesting that they went with the double blaster for that bit. On the other hand I'm surprised that the flame thrower was ever on the left gauntlet at all when the right one has the visible hose/cable connections, which I always assumed was for effect rigging for fuel and electronics if the flame thrower actually got used.
A few other things I noticed include: -
- The greebley on the right gauntlet that the screen test presents as a laser of some sort is actually used as the grappling line launcher in both RotJ and AotC.
- Boba actually gets a shot off at Luke with the whistling birds (I've never noticed this before!)....and misses wildly. interestingly if you go frame by frame the cell animation makes is clear this is intended to be a cluster of projectiles, not a normal blaster bolt.
- The jetpack is clearly already damaged when Han knocks into it (and a little googling showed they already took that into account for it's appearance in 'The Marshal'.) That might just be a "realities of filming practical effects" thing since it's rigged to with pyrotechnics, but if you look at the fight as a whole, I think the intent was supposed to be that he took some stray heavy blaster fire to the jetpack and that's what actually caused the damage, but they way it was filmed the angles are all weird and it looks like Boba just falls flat for no reason. Which supports the reports that the shoot was chaotic and they never got the coverage they really needed, so what we see is a "if we cut fast enough they won't notice" compromise with what they had.
- To me, this suddenly makes the whole fight make way more sense and implicitly makes Boba's fall into the pit seem a lot less dumb. The pack didn't just randomly go off because Han touched it, not did the staff do THAT much damage; it had already taken a heavy blaster bolt, and when Han jammed the staff into the breach, it shorted out the ignition controls. Indeed one might also suppose that the damage also shorted out his targeting system, which is why his shot at Luke went so wild. If one were so inclined, Han's lucky hit could also be taken as more evidence for the "Han unknowingly has the force" theory.
ETA: A quick look at the storyboards for the sarlacc sequence does indeed show they'd envisioned a few somewhat different versions of the fight (note the different artists.)
One where Luke straight up cuts his arm off, then slashes his jetpack.
And another that's closer to what we got; Luke disarms him, Boba catches him in a grapple, Luke cuts through the line THEN slashes his pack before jumping to the other skiff, Boba take aim, then Han smashes the pack and sends him flying.
The script also makes things a little clearer: -
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Just saw the episode - what a great way to bring in Boba Fett. For the first time, I actually have some interest in that character.
As I watched the episode, something about the planet seemed really familiar. Then it finally hit me - that’s Stoney Point Park in Chatsworth, CA! I grew up there and used to go there the time. Figures that Filoni would use a location that countless westerns filmed at in the 50’s and 60’s. They did some really good framing and digital repainting to hide the 118 freeway and Topanga Canyon Blvd.
https://www.laparks.org/park/stoney-point
As I watched the episode, something about the planet seemed really familiar. Then it finally hit me - that’s Stoney Point Park in Chatsworth, CA! I grew up there and used to go there the time. Figures that Filoni would use a location that countless westerns filmed at in the 50’s and 60’s. They did some really good framing and digital repainting to hide the 118 freeway and Topanga Canyon Blvd.
https://www.laparks.org/park/stoney-point
I was thinking the other day if the series should've held off longer on the face reveal for Mando. I think it could have had a larger impact if they had held off until later and it seems like it should be first with Grogu.
Pretty sure the first season was written and shot on the assumption that it could be the only season. Indeed, I don't think they got greenlit for season 2 until they were well into post production.
^ interesting, it seems such a sure thing in retrospect I hadn't considered that
So Fett's armor is Beskar. Was speculation for years that Fett's armor was Durasteel.
Seeing Slave I landing looked like trouble was arriving, especially since the last time we saw Slave I lots of bad stuff happened. Not only that but Fett has been known to work for the Empire, so him only wanting his armor was a bit of a relief.
I bet the Empire wishes they were able to do what they did to the Razor Crest to the Falcon years ago.
Surprised the Imperial cruiser let the Slave I get so close for an inspection without firing off a few shots. Unless (my theory) Slave I has powerful jammers or something that makes it hard to pick up on sensors.
Really enjoyed seeing Boba Fett in action. Pretty much how I have wanted Fett to be ever since I was a kid in the '80s.
Boba Fett, Dark Troopers, Dark Saber etc. this show does serious fan service, but it does it extremely well.
Seeing Slave I landing looked like trouble was arriving, especially since the last time we saw Slave I lots of bad stuff happened. Not only that but Fett has been known to work for the Empire, so him only wanting his armor was a bit of a relief.
I bet the Empire wishes they were able to do what they did to the Razor Crest to the Falcon years ago.
Surprised the Imperial cruiser let the Slave I get so close for an inspection without firing off a few shots. Unless (my theory) Slave I has powerful jammers or something that makes it hard to pick up on sensors.
Really enjoyed seeing Boba Fett in action. Pretty much how I have wanted Fett to be ever since I was a kid in the '80s.
Boba Fett, Dark Troopers, Dark Saber etc. this show does serious fan service, but it does it extremely well.
And, it feels like cool things are used because cool. it feels like using the word to define the word. It's nonsensical to my brain.
Same here.
Honestly, I don't. That is a trope that just pains me, and put me off on the Mandalorian all season 1.
