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The Book Of Boba Fett

I think "The Force" is a phenomenon that is unique to the galaxy in which Star Wars is set. Obi-Wan said that it "binds the galaxy together," not the whole universe. But in TLJ, Luke did say "the universe." Maybe he was just making an assumption there, or just talking metaphorically or something.

It would be interesting if some Jedi went on an extra-galactic expedition, and they found that their Force sensitivity and abilities diminished more and more, as they got further away from the galaxy and lost their connection with that "energy field."

Kor
 
Kor said:
I think "The Force" is a phenomenon that is unique to the galaxy in which Star Wars is set. Obi-Wan said that it "binds the galaxy together," not the whole universe. But in TLJ, Luke did say "the universe." Maybe he was just making an assumption there, or just talking metaphorically or something.
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Considering that the rest of the universe seems to be completely unexplored, I doubt Obi-Wan meant the "binds the galaxy together" statement in a way to actively exclude the rest of the universe. Plus the idea that it's only in the main galaxy conflicts with the idea that the Force flows through all living beings.

It would be interesting if some Jedi went on an extra-galactic expedition, and they found that their Force sensitivity and abilities diminished more and more, as they got further away from the galaxy and lost their connection with that "energy field."
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That would indeed be interesting. IIRC in the new canon Kamino is actually in a satellite galaxy near the main one, but that's probably close enough for the Force to still be felt.

Also, probably worth bringing up, in Legends the Yuuzhan Vong apparently were intentionally cut off from the Force, implying that extra-galactic being generally are connected to it.
 
This is one of those "it's a space fantasy fairy tail, try not to over think it" things.
The galaxy is just like "the world" in any given fairytale, and in say "Cinderella" or "Gulliver's Travels" one isn't expected to ponder the implications of other civilizations in outer space, or hell, most of the time literally any other land/kingdom not directly featured in the plot. Is Narnia in a parallel universe? Is Wonderland a projection of Alice's mental illness via an imperfect holographic simulation generated for her by friendly aliens who rescued her moments before the earth was destroyed? Doesn't matter, it's just a story.

On a similar note; "A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far Far Away..." isn't actually meant to be interpreted as say; "4,003,021 years ago, on the far side of the virgo galactic supercluster..."
It's a storytelling conceit that just sets a broad context of a parable, and you're not meant to draw a direct line from said story to actual history any more than you are with 'Rapunzel'.
 
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Jinn said:
I'd imagine what helps is that both Conan and Godzilla are generally set on Earth (or during its history), whereas Star Wars's only connection to Earth is the "a long time ago in a galaxy for away" opening, which sort of implies that it exists in the same universe as Earth. So you either have to get into weird alternate universe travel stuff, that is quite normal in the Marvel Universe, but would feel really weird and out of place (like time travel) in the Star Wars universe. Or you have to go with the EU "Earth exists in the Star Wars galaxy and Indiana Jones lives there" route, which, eh no? If you have both in the same universe that opens up tons of continuity questions, along the lines of "why is no one in the MU force sensitive", "why are SW ships confined to hyperspace travel, whereas MU ships often travel to different galaxies" and of course "If Vader force chokes Galactus, what happens?". The only way I could see it work is if they explicitly make it non-canon to both the MU and the Star Wars universe.
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This is all true, but I've seen companies do even more improbably crossovers. If IDW can find a way to make My Little Pony and Transformers work together, I'm pretty sure Marvel could make the MU and Star Wars work together.
 
Disney seems to be very protective of brand integrity, so I think if they were going to do franchise crossovers it'd be (as it already has been so far) on the Lego side of things, where it makes sense.
 
JD said:
This is all true, but I've seen companies do even more improbably crossovers. If IDW can find a way to make My Little Pony and Transformers work together, I'm pretty sure Marvel could make the MU and Star Wars work together.
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You know, I'm not a fan of either MLP or Transformers, but this crossover looks so ridiculous, I am seriously considering buying it :D
 
Kor said:
It would be interesting if some Jedi went on an extra-galactic expedition, and they found that their Force sensitivity and abilities diminished more and more, as they got further away from the galaxy and lost their connection with that "energy field."

Kor
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What with Spore drive as Trek's midichclorians, those two seem more and more alike, trek and wars...
 
Reverend said:
Disney seems to be very protective of brand integrity, so I think if they were going to do franchise crossovers it'd be (as it already has been so far) on the Lego side of things, where it makes sense.
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I hadn't thought about it, but that could actually be a lot more fun than a serious comic or something like that. With a LEGO version they could really just go bonkers with it.
 
JD said:
I hadn't thought about it, but that could actually be a lot more fun than a serious comic or something like that. With a LEGO version they could really just go bonkers with it.
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Yeah, I mean IMO with very very few exceptions there really isn't a "serious" way to do a franchise crossover like that. It's either going to be dull, uninspired and awkward as the tonal clash, contrived scenarios and cynical corporate motives bounce off each other...or it's going to be utterly bonkers with zero fucks to give. On balance, best go with the latter and embrace the goofiness of the concept. ;)
 
So more news out of whole Slave One thing.

A marketing blurb for upcoming variant covers for a comic series called Boba’s ship just ‘Firespray’.

Which to be fair is the class of the ship, however all the other bounty Hunter ships listed used their given names, not ship class.

Again, the ship is still called Slave 1 on the official website. I don't think they're changing the name in universe, just on marketing.
 
It was destroyed in the EU anyway.
He should be tooling around in a *Skipray*Blastboat.

THAT would be my ride were I employed as a bounty hunter…retired or no.
 
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