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Lit STAR TOURS canon, retcons official Blog entry!

Discussion in 'Literature' started by CeiranHarmony, Aug 22, 2013.

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  1. Iron_lord

    Iron_lord Chosen One star 10

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    Actually it was phrased the other way round:

    "Too bad a Victory-class Destroyer could fight her to a standstill"

    but that was the point I was thinking of- that the two are close in power- it's not a massive mismatch.
     
  2. Gorefiend

    Gorefiend Chosen One star 5

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    Though in the end it will boil down to skills, tactics and little luck anyway.
     
  3. Tzizvvt78

    Tzizvvt78 Jedi Grand Master star 5

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    Ugh. I'd rather have another battle station. Needn't blow up planets or anything, just some cool, scaled-down version.

    I think I saw a reference to Lucas actually saying this battle could have occured earlier in the war than the one in ESB. Funny how people quoted him on "fun, doesn't have to follow canon" but not THAT quote. ;)
     
  4. JoinTheSchwarz

    JoinTheSchwarz Former Head Admin star 9 VIP - Former Mod/RSA

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    I guess the "DS3" could always be some random Torpedo Sphere. I always hated them but hey, this time they could be narratively useful.
     
  5. Gorefiend

    Gorefiend Chosen One star 5

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    They always are :p
     
  6. JoinTheSchwarz

    JoinTheSchwarz Former Head Admin star 9 VIP - Former Mod/RSA

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    Pfft. The only use they had was letting you reuse the Death Star Technical Companion. :p
     
  7. Gorefiend

    Gorefiend Chosen One star 5

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    Or crashing a giant Freighter into one. :D
     
  8. CeiranHarmony

    CeiranHarmony Jedi Grand Master star 5

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    two habitation spheres... like two Eye of Palpatine?

    ps: the NJO had a search for superweapons subplot to use against Vong invaders... they wondered if there are more Death Stars out there.. more Eyes of Palpatine etc.
     
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  9. Tzizvvt78

    Tzizvvt78 Jedi Grand Master star 5

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    That's the symbol of the Open Circle Armada, Sir! Could have kept the red stripes to connect them with Palpatine's offices and his Royal Guard. It's symbolic.
    Besides, they're not outdated, they're 20+ years old at most. I see no problem with Palpatine keeping them there, perhaps even in reserve. The Galactic Empire surely can afford some excess. Maybe they're even TIE flight schools like EGTW mentioned, on parade like those cadets in The Ghost Prison? Trial by fire, indeed. :cool: Maybe the Moffs brought some of their private defense fleets to a gathering?

    We really should in this case. [face_peace]
     
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  10. CaptainPeabody

    CaptainPeabody Jedi Grand Master star 3

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    I'm a fan of the "Go for it" style of retconning, so I fully support this move. Honestly, there are a lot of really serious, pretentious EU works that have caused a lot more plausibility problems and suspension-of-disbelief-breaking issues for me than Star Tours ever has or could.
     
  11. Tzizvvt78

    Tzizvvt78 Jedi Grand Master star 5

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    Glove of Darth Vader goes through a hyperspace wormhole to Mon Calamari. Everything in that sentence makes my head hurt.
     
  12. JoinTheSchwarz

    JoinTheSchwarz Former Head Admin star 9 VIP - Former Mod/RSA

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    Okay then. Here's a video from Earth system. Looks like our friends had some adventures there!



    Thanks to the Disney buyout this could totally be canon. Let's go for it.
     
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  13. CeiranHarmony

    CeiranHarmony Jedi Grand Master star 5

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    it still would be better than Mickey and Co being canon... Muppets at least are cool and rock!
     
  14. Iron_lord

    Iron_lord Chosen One star 10

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    I figured the wormhole in question was created, momentarily, by the DS2's exploding hypermatter reactor.
     
  15. Jeff_Ferguson

    Jeff_Ferguson Force Ghost star 5

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    This...

    ... and this. I don't really see what the big deal is that there's an Earth system. It's not like the planet Earth from Star Tours was canonized; really, all we have here is a system that happens to share a name with our real-life planet. We already have people named Mars, and "Earth" has been used in a large number of SW works to refer to the ground of various planets. It's one of the four element. This is no different than if a "Fire system" had been introduced.
     
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  16. CooperTFN

    CooperTFN TFN EU Staff Emeritus star 7 VIP

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    Plus, y'know...humans. :p
     
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  17. Tzizvvt78

    Tzizvvt78 Jedi Grand Master star 5

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    Plus, they were already in ESB and ROTJ.
     
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  18. CeiranHarmony

    CeiranHarmony Jedi Grand Master star 5

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    Yoda's homeworld? :p
     
  19. Bib Fartuna

    Bib Fartuna Jedi Knight star 4

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    Hopefully that involved Imperial propaganda, labeled the behemoth a 'Life Star'.
     
  20. Iron_lord

    Iron_lord Chosen One star 10

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    "Justice Star" was what they picked in ANH Infinities.
     
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  21. JMM

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  22. CeiranHarmony

    CeiranHarmony Jedi Grand Master star 5

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    I still wish the WILLOW planet from april fools would be canon in the gffa too!
     
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  23. LelalMekha

    LelalMekha Jedi Grand Master star 5

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    One of my pet theory is that "Demon Queen Bavmorda" (Sovereign of Nockmaar, Sorceress Magnific, Primal Priestess of Cults and Covens) was in fact an estranged sister of Charal and the Nightsister known as "She," and that the three of them left Dathomir together during a Jedi intervention circa 120 BBY.
     
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  24. CeiranHarmony

    CeiranHarmony Jedi Grand Master star 5

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    always loved Casus Belli articles and "She"!

    add the Galaxies TCG game Nightsister that ended up on a certain iceplanet and you got yourself 4 sisters spread to the 4 corners of the galaxy on 4 planets resembling the 4 elements! Destiny! a holy dathomiri mission to conquer the galaxy using 4 elementary magical worlds in the 4 corners of the galaxy?
     
  25. CeiranHarmony

    CeiranHarmony Jedi Grand Master star 5

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    PS: Is the Jedi intervention possibly one of Yodas many attempts to get the Chuuntor back that failed?
     
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