I am thinking that perhaps they are going a round about way to tell us where Luke's crystal came from for Return of the Jedi. But possibly for Episodes VIII and IX as well.
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I am thinking that perhaps they are going a round about way to tell us where Luke's crystal came from for Return of the Jedi. But possibly for Episodes VIII and IX as well.
Cool.
Me too, I was really looking forward to it, but the reaction here is definitely lowering my enthusiasm level.
I have heard a theory that the crystals in Anakin/Luke's saber may have been "calling" Rey in TFA (it's just a theory and may not hold up, since most of the adaptations describe her returning the saber to Luke at the end). I'm not so sure if they would show her building the saber, since the canonical construction process, as seen in TCW, is very hard to take seriously in animation, much less live action. (I can tolerate it and don't exactly hate it -- and the books Ahsoka and Catalyst have done some interesting stuff with the new premise -- but the more mystical stuff with ligthsaber construction honestly makes the process seem a little dumbed down from the original Legend's method.)
IMHO, Catalyst is one of the better canon books written so far and a big improvement on Lucino's part over Tarkin. So, I wouldn't write it off yet.
Life Debt was much better than Aftermath. I still think I would have enjoyed it more if Wendig had written in the more traditional past tense than the off-putting present tense, but overall this story just clicked with me better than the previous one did. It actually felt like relevant and important things were happening in this one, and there weren't as many random interludes disrupting the flow. I actually find myself kind of looking forward to Empire's End, basically the complete opposite of how I was feeling after finishing Aftermath.
Onward to Lost Stars. I'm pretty excited to read this one, hopefully it lives up to the hype.
Onward to Lost Stars. I'm pretty excited to read this one, hopefully it lives up to the hype.
Just finished 'Catalyst' an I thought it was OK. Nothing spectacular. Mostly it serves as a primmer on Jyn's early childhood, parents, their relationship with Krennic and some of the broad strokes of how the Death Star project developed.
Possibly the most interesting tid-bit is that the initial design didn't actually originate with the Geonosians, but was provided to them by Dooku, which means they probably came from Sidious. Could it actually be a recreation of an ancient Sith super-weapon? If not then who really came up with the concept?
There's also a little bit more kyber crystal lore. Mostly the idea that they're referred to as "living crystals". Something implied, though not make explicit in the Ahsoka novel. Also they're very clear on the point that synthesising them is impossible, since they grown in resonance with the living force.
Not exactly clear on the chronology. It seems to start a little after the second battle of Geonosis, with Jyn's birth ocurring about a year or so into the war and ending some years after the war, but when she was still very young. Four, maybe five at most? So not long after the events of 'Ahsoka' as it turns out.
Possibly the most interesting tid-bit is that the initial design didn't actually originate with the Geonosians, but was provided to them by Dooku, which means they probably came from Sidious. Could it actually be a recreation of an ancient Sith super-weapon? If not then who really came up with the concept?
There's also a little bit more kyber crystal lore. Mostly the idea that they're referred to as "living crystals". Something implied, though not make explicit in the Ahsoka novel. Also they're very clear on the point that synthesising them is impossible, since they grown in resonance with the living force.
Not exactly clear on the chronology. It seems to start a little after the second battle of Geonosis, with Jyn's birth ocurring about a year or so into the war and ending some years after the war, but when she was still very young. Four, maybe five at most? So not long after the events of 'Ahsoka' as it turns out.
Personally I was pleasantly surprised with 'Lost Stars', though some of that may have been due to low expectations. The way they advertised it as a YA romance novel put me off a bit and truth be told is very misleading. Yes the narrative follows the perspective of two people who do indeed become romantic, but that's not the sole focus of the narrative. It's more about how they change and grow over the years, both together and apart. The brushes with the familiar events of the movies are fairly well done and work organically within the story. Not cute or gimmicky like it very easily could have been.
I finished up Lost Stars at work yesterday. The tidbits about post-ROTJ universe were interesting. So was the end meant to be the
I really really enjoyed the book. This was definitely a character driven book, but it had a great cast so that worked. I really liked all of the major characters, both the two leads and the supporting characters around them, both in the Rebellion and the Empire. I thought the way the story weaved in and out of the events of the Original Trilogy had the a lot of potential to just be stupid, but it really worked here.
beginning of the First Order, or just a set up for a sequel?
How do y'all think the federation would react to the Fel Empire from Star Wars Legacy? It's not democratic but it's not uniformly bad like Palpatine's Empire.
Depends on how they come into contact with each other. The Federation will tend to leave a power alone as long as it doesn't conflict with the need for certain planets near their borders. I don't know what the Fel Empire's policies towards much smaller and in some ways probably technologically inferior space bound powers would be. While the Federation and Empire will be unequal in several technological areas, with the Feds superior in some areas (transporters) and behind in others (warp drives), I don't know what effect this will have on any meaningful contact between the two powers. Considering the Empire can easily just jump around the Federation and ignore it unless their warp driven ships go to Imperial planets, I don't think the Empire is going to care all that much about a collection of races that cover maybe 5% of the galaxy in a localized section of one or two spiral arms.
Some one should write a sweu steu fan fiction story maybe have a wormhole or something-interactions, conflicts, debates and so on. Could be epic!
I am aware of that one and it ain't very good-the author has a very limited knowledge of the sweu and it shows.
I would be curious to hear what is missing, given that the author reviews science fiction works and video games for a living.
ETA: Unless the fan fiction isn't touching on the topics that are being looked for specifically. Otherwise, the Unity Sage is 250 chapters of interaction of different SW and ST characters.
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Ah well guess I'll have to go without
I know Shattered Empire didn't get a great reaction, but I already read and enjoyed issue 1 and was planning on finishing eventually. It was cheaper to get the collected edition in the sale then to get the rest of the individual issues.
Flipping through it I was surprised how much individual Vader Down issues seemed to cross back and forth between the two casts. I was expecting it to be just Vader and his series' co-stars in the Vader issues, and just Han, Luke, Leia, ect in the regular SW issues.
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