Star Wars Discussion Thread contains spoilers (and may contain nuts)

[Syt]

I like the James Luceno books. Tarkin was already pretty good, and Catalyst added a lot of good character background and history to Kalen Erso and Orsen Krennic (and the construction of the Death Star, incidentally) and gave more information about the transformation from Republic to Empire (which Tarkin also deals with to some degree).

I have yet to read his old EU material, though (most prominently, Darth Plagueis).

[Ed Anger]

NERDS

[PDH]

NERDS

Says the guy who filled notebooks with lessons from the GOR novels...

[Ed Anger]

NERDS

Says the guy who filled notebooks with lessons from the GOR novels...

[CountDeMoney]

NERDS

Says the guy who filled notebooks with lessons from the GOR novels...

HEY NOW

Sometimes those covers were the closest thing to porn we could get.

[DontSayBanana]

I think I mentioned it before, but I generally didn't care for "what happened after Endor" stuff where you had the warlord of the month, Emperor clones and Alien not-Aztec invaders.

I did like stories that focused on side characters, or "filled gaps" between the movies. As that's what the new expanded universe is focused on I guess it's why I generally like the new material.

Agreed on pretty much all counts.  Making names sound "alien" by pretending vowels didn't exist and ysalimiri (the aforementioned anti-force lizards for those not up on former SW canon) were pretty much the low points of the EU.  And side-character driven stories were pretty much the high points (I was partial to the Rogue Squadron stuff in general), and my absolute favorite EU book was I, Jedi, a noir-styled first person narrative that took Corran Horn from a fighter pilot to a Jedi with an interesting twist (his Force powers were almost exclusively illusions- none of the Darth Maul-esque flippy saber fights for this guy).

[Syt]

The latest Star Wars Rebels episode was pretty good, with the final confrontation of Kenobi and Maul.

It was wonderfully understated, and a good end to a pretty broken person. There were complaints about the fight being too short, but it reminded me of the samurai duels of Akira Kurosawa, or some of Leone's best shoot outs - building up tension, both combatants getting ready, close ups, and then a quick explosive conclusion.

Maul had an interesting arc between Clone Wars and Rebels. From mad, feral half-cyborg to iron fisted ruler of Mandalore to a broken husk seeking revenge against Kenobi and (maybe) Palpatine.

[viper37]

yeah pretty good.  I thought the anti-climatic fight was very fitting, given the really tough fight of Episode I, and 40 years have passed since then, and Maul was seen as a super badass so far, it was very touching that it was so short.

[Eddie Teach]

You shouldn't know this much.

Everyone needs a hobby.

[viper37]

I don't know if I should post it here or in the movies megathread, but anyway, a nice long interview with a special effect guy from Star Wars and Aliens, by a well known Languishite:
http://factor-tech.com/feature/scrap-over-cgi-how-waste-made-star-wars/

[CountDeMoney]

Awesome!

[Syt]

The current canon timeline:

https://www.geek.com/culture/the-current-canonical-star-wars-timeline-1683840/

EDIT: It seems to miss Lost Stars, but it's hard to place since it runs from before A New Hope to after Endor.

[HVC]

https://youtu.be/NYD3QtyEGGM?list=PL8s6sSjUyaxUk3mCUqiNuJiMNxs9QdthO

Sgt. Peppers Lonely Heart's Club Band parodied with a  star wars theme

[CountDeMoney]

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[Syt]

Some people need to get out more. They take this stuff way too seriously.