post JEDI..come on!!!

[RobertScorpio]

Okay, saw the Clone Wars animated movie last night at the movies. It was okay, and I have DVRd the knew cartoon on CN...but here is my question. I am not a 'star wars' expert, so I am not really into what books and ect have come out. But, come on, did anything happen AFTER Return of the Jedi...we've had, what, nearly 10 years of all this stuff from the past, why not a cartoon like this, but takes place AFTER Jedi...

I may get blasted because, for all I know, it ends when JEDI and is over. But if it didn't end there, and Lucas seems to have some kind of idea what comes next, can we stop with all this 'back in the day' stuff and tell something new. The problem with all this retro stuff is that we know that nothing can happen to the 'big' characters because we see them again in Episode 4 and onward from there...so there is no real drama unless you like to watch light-sabre battles and ship battles..

So, Star Wars fans out there on TREKBBS, is there a growing demand for something...new? As in post Return of the Jedi?

Rob

 

[Temis the Vorta]

So, Star Wars fans out there on TREKBBS, is there a growing demand for something...new? As in post Return of the Jedi?

Post-ROTJ Star Wars is what I mainly want to see. But not a cartoon and not dragged down by Lucas and his turgid writing.

 

[RobertScorpio]

So, Star Wars fans out there on TREKBBS, is there a growing demand for something...new? As in post Return of the Jedi?

Post-ROTJ Star Wars is what I mainly want to see. But not a cartoon and not dragged down by Lucas and his turgid writing.

Is there source material out there? Or, like Star Trek books, is there just a bunch of books with no 'real' continuity connecting them? I would think, if I were a Star Wars fan, I'd be saying "enough already, what happens to Han and Leia. Did they get married...did they have kids. Do they have the force."

The answer could be, yes..read the books. Well, phooy with books. I just don't have the time. So a well made animated cartoon, or better yet, a new movie post-Jedi would be interesting to see..

Rob

 

[Good Will Riker]

Eventhough I am a Star Wars fan who enjoyed all of the films, all the animtated series (except for "Ewoks"), and purchased media tie-ins such as videogames, posters, etc.

I could never quite put my finger on why I did not feel like watching the new "The Clone Wars" CGI TV series until now.

We want something new, Mr. Lucas! C'mon, man...the prequels have been mined to death! We are already fully aware of the outcome.

 

[captcalhoun]

there's somewhere near 60 books set post-Jedi. among them are:

Truce At Bakura (immediate post-Jedi) in which Imps and Rebels fight alien invaders at the ponymous planet.

the 7 of the 9 book X-Wing series starring Wedge Antilles and taking place 3-4 years after Jedi as the New Republic fights toward Coruscant and deals with the warlord Zsinj.

Courtship of Princess Leia which sees Han and Leia get together and Zsinj finally defeated.

the Thrawn trilogy - Heir to the Empire, Dark Force Rising and The Last Command - in which Han and Leia have twin kids and the Empire is resurgant under Grand Admiral Thrawn and a Dark Jedi clone.

the 8th X-Wing novel

the Jedi Academy trilogy in which Luke sets up the eponymous establishment and has to deal with a rogue apprentice

I, Jedi set at the same time, and partly dealing with the events from a different POV.

the Corellia trilogy in which Han goes home and has to deal with his xenophobic cousin's mad plot.

and the 19-book New Jedi Order series in which extra-galactic aliens invade

as well as the Dark Nest trilogy and the 9 book Legacy of the Force series.

 

[RobertScorpio]

there's somewhere near 60 books set post-Jedi. among them are:

Truce At Bakura (immediate post-Jedi) in which Imps and Rebels fight alien invaders at the ponymous planet.

the 7 of the 9 book X-Wing series starring Wedge Antilles and taking place 3-4 years after Jedi as the New Republic fights toward Coruscant and deals with the warlord Zsinj.

Courtship of Princess Leia which sees Han and Leia get together and Zsinj finally defeated.

the Thrawn trilogy - Heir to the Empire, Dark Force Rising and The Last Command - in which Han and Leia have twin kids and the Empire is resurgant under Grand Admiral Thrawn and a Dark Jedi clone.

the 8th X-Wing novel

the Jedi Academy trilogy in which Luke sets up the eponymous establishment and has to deal with a rogue apprentice

I, Jedi set at the same time, and partly dealing with the events from a different POV.

the Corellia trilogy in which Han goes home and has to deal with his xenophobic cousin's mad plot.

and the 19-book New Jedi Order series in which extra-galactic aliens invade

as well as the Dark Nest trilogy and the 9 book Legacy of the Force series.

Well, there is no way I will read all of that. If you had to pick three of them to turn into animated versions, which would they be? Or is it impossible. Or, heck, would you require any new STAR WARS material to follow the canon of the book?

Rob

 

[Skywalker]

Since it's all one unified canon, yes, any post-ROTJ animated series would have to conform to what's been established in the post-ROTJ novels.

Personally, I think there's more potential in a Rebellion animated series, set between ANH and TESB (and between TESB and ROTJ).

 

[CommodoreKong]

I've read some of the EU books and while a few weren't too bad they took a turn for the worst after a few trilogies.

What I would like to see is someone produce a high quality cartoon set in the post Jedi time frame. Make it like the DCAU, original but with some storylines based on the novels. Make it accessible to kids but written for adults just like DCAU. And most of all don't let Lucas anywhere near it.

A well made cartoon like this would be a hit among kids and Star Wars fans, yet we'll most likely never see anything like it happen.

 

[Herkimer Jitty]

Well, there is no way I will read all of that. If you had to pick three of them to turn into animated versions, which would they be? Or is it impossible. Or, heck, would you require any new STAR WARS material to follow the canon of the book?

Rob

The Thrawn Trilogy. Best of the lot, hands down. Didn't even require knowledge of the other novels (First Star Wars novels I read).

 

[Jono]

Well, there is no way I will read all of that. If you had to pick three of them to turn into animated versions, which would they be? Or is it impossible. Or, heck, would you require any new STAR WARS material to follow the canon of the book?

Rob

The Thrawn Trilogy. Best of the lot, hands down. Didn't even require knowledge of the other novels (First Star Wars novels I read).

The Thrawn Trilogy are far from the best of the lot in my opinion.

If they were to make a post-RotJ show I'd prefer for it to follow what has been set out by the EU but I won't want it to be just TV versions of the novels or comics.

 

[captcalhoun]

it's hardly surprising you can read the Thrawn trilogy without having read anything else: they were written first.

i'd actually say the Zsinj trilogy of the X-Wing series are some of the best: great villain, great heroes, great stories and a great evil scheme.

those and I, Jedi.

 

[Lindley]

A lot of the more recent books have tended to take the "and then what?" approach to continuity. What's needed, IMO, is another defining trilogy, like the Thrawn Trilogy was when it came out. Something to shape all the future stories that occur around it.

Unfortunately that doesn't seem really possible, what with the Legacy comics locking in events 100 years post-Jedi.

Or, I suppose you could say that *is* itself another definer. I wouldn't know, haven't read it.

I would like to see a New Jedi Order TV series.....but the difficulty is that you can't really do it justice without an R rating, and that ain't gonna happen.

 

[Chris227]

The Thrawn Trilogy has been adapted into three comic series, BTW.

The TT were the first books published from Bantam, and the first Star Wars stories outside of the last few Marvel comics that were set after JEDI. Future novels bridge the gap between ROTJ and the TT, but you can enjoy the books having only seen the OT.

A lot of fans have also wanted to see "Shadows of the Empire" animated-"Shadows" being the 1996 Star Wars crossover between the books, comics and games which basically told the story of what happened between ESB and ROTJ.


EU such as the NJO/Legacy does require an extensive knowledge of the post-ROTJ universe, though.

 

[T'Baio]

We want something new, Mr. Lucas! C'mon, man...the prequels have been mined to death! We are already fully aware of the outcome.

I want to see something focusing on the Neimoidians.

 

[Unicron]

There's also the Dark Empire comic trilogy, which takes place one year after the Thrawn trilogy.

 

[Lindley]

IMO Dark Empire is responsible for most of the excesses people complained about the early EU.....

 

[davejames]

I have to say, as much as I'm sick and tired of the prequel era, I've never had much interest in the post-Jedi era either.

In fact I'd like to get away from Luke, Han and Leia entirely (as much as I love them, their story has been explored to death by now) and focus on another band of rebels fighting the Empire, or maybe ignore the Empire altogether. It's not like there aren't dozens of other threats out there for people to deal with besides Vader.

 

[nx1701g]

^ I think that is the latest comics - though it still involves a Skywalker.

 

[FalTorPan]

Nearly every creature that was even glimpsed in a SW film seems to have been given a backstory in some novel, short story, animated cartoon, comic book or video game. How about something not directly tied to any film?

 

[Ryan Thomas Riddle]

There's also the Dark Empire comic trilogy, which takes place one year after the Thrawn trilogy.

Is that the comic trilogy where Luke goes and joins the Dark Side?