Lit A/V The Force Awakens and the EU [TAGGED spoilers.]

You are never allowed to speak again out of the fear that someone with power may read your post and think that's a fabulous idea.

 

Yeah, I tend to not get very worked up over continuity issues anymore, but I am sure as hell NOT down with Filoni doing his take on the post-RotJ era.

 

You want a frankenstein's monster out of the EU again like TCW and you expect a story to be better for it?

 

for those hoping for an X-Wing series or such... I would not get my hopes up. It most likely will be a Big Three series if post-ROTJ indeed.. I know that Fiiloni unleashed from Lucas could bring some better continuity, but I certainly doubt it will be that optimal.

If anything, I hope they'd do a series from the Imperial point of view so that they a) have less continuity to contradict b) can lead up to the good Empire of the Fels and c) will thus reference but not destroy or outright depict post-ROTJ EU sources while still showing them to Moviefans so they are up to speed for the Sequels.

so.. bring on TIE-FIGHTER ANIMATED: RISE OF THE FELPIRE ... with Thrawn, Pelly, Daala, Soontir and more showcasing post-ROTJ from a new perspective while keeping it canon AND adding to it. Like I, Jedi did to the Jedi Academy books

sure.. wishful thinking there I know.. but that'd be better than X-wing or Big Three redone

Edit: PS: Season 1 has Soontir Fel as a pilot of the 181st including is shorttime break with Rogue Squadron and the REENLISTMENT OF BARON FEL animated, Season 2 bypasses Dark Empire with Fel in the Unknown Regions already as the torch passes to his kids we never knew but their name and deaths.. how they worked undercover for the Empire of the Hand in the UR and in the GFFA under Pelly, Daala etc. as Agents of the Hand. We can see how the Imperials overcame being lead by powerhungry mad darksiders and how it restructured till becoming a heroic savior of the Rim in the Vonginvasion.. etc.

 

indeed... the definition of what is good varies a lot among fans alone.. let alone authors, editors, critiques and financial advisors to Disney...

 

Nah, Tycho hasn't got enough drama potential... Filoni would kill that Ackbar guy off, he was a big face in ROTJ, so needs the chop quick and easy to explain his absence in the ST.

 

Interestingly, this old Lucasarts employee believes that it was Star Wars games that killed Lucasarts.

 

That is very interesting! I could see Star Wars games being the "death" of LucasArts, due to I think the success making them somewhat lazy. Although in the 90s they certainly were making excellent Star Wars games...

 

Eh, I'm not that impressed. I see the point that it's good to have outlets outside Star Wars, to let the company do more than just that, but when somebody who's been outside the business for years says that LucasArts failed because "it’s harder to be outrageously creative within someone else’s universe" I'm not buying it. It's not hard to be creative inside the Star Wars universe, and nothing about making Star Wars games forced LA to stop making original titles. It was just bad management.

 

I could get used to being you, Jello

 

Especially since we got a ton of SW games that were insanely creative within the setting.

 

While I am by no means a Dave Fioni fanboy, I do feel it is unfair for him to receive the lions share of the criticism for TCW. I place a good chunk of the blame on Uncle George, who apparently was much more involved in the series than we were first led to believe. There are a handful of good quotes from Fioni where he either implies or damn near outright states that George was always putting his fingers in the pot. Frankly, and with respect to the man who gave us Star Wars in the first place, the Sequel Trilogy will be much better without him. Period.

I am not sure that Dave Fioni would be put in charge of the new animated series. I think that Disney is more likely to bring in someone fresh, potentially someone working in tandem with the folks developing the Sequel Trilogy so that the new continuity is tied together nicely. If done correctly and with the right mix of people, an animated series set post-ROTJ could build a great backstory for Episode VII and hopefully provide an initial springboard for new books, games, toys, etc.

For what it is worth, I am not sure we will see Ackbar in the Sequel Trilogy. If it is 30-40 years after ROTJ, he would presumably be dead or have retired. To be honest, I would much rather have the Sequel Trilogy show that Wedge Antilles eventually becomes Supreme Commander of the military. The symbolism of the young pilot who survived the Original Trilogy going on to become the Rebels top military officer would make me very happy.

--Adm. Nick[/quote]

 

Search your feelings you know it to be true

 

It was all those Battles of Hoths that did it.

(seriously -- cool article! I didn't know they weren't allowed to create Star Wars games all those years.)

 

Cool!

 

As far as TFU goes, NONE of it should be allowed in the new canon.

 

I understand the reasoning, though - at a certain point, Lucasarts decided to just basically do Lucasfilm adaptations and abandoned everything else. Lucasarts' best Star Wars games were made in the culture that produced Grim Fandango, Monkey Island and Sam & Max - they were great because of the game design, not the IP. And yes, that was a management issue which caused an exodus of talent to places like Telltale.

 

Disney is now officially making me mad, they cancelled everything LucasArts was doing, 1313, First Assault, and Version Two (which appears to be the latest attempt at Battlefront III), because it was too "violent" according to the Kotaku article on LucasArts.

 

It's Disney, what do you expect? They're a "family" entertainment business. Do you see Disney putting out first person shooters or a risqué/dark/edgy game like 1313?

I wonder how Disney policies will affect the content of books and comics?

 

Disney infamously had the "Pirates of the Carribean" kids MMO where they are given guns... that can't be used to shoot people, only monsters (you're told it's not the "pirate code" to use a gun on a person). Not that it stops NPC guards from shooting you. I guess that it is part of the "guard code"?

 

What did Disney think they were buying, The Last Starfighter?