QuentinGeorge posted:I'm not sure if Abel intended this, but Sith history does actually echo English history, to some extent. When the Normans conquered the Saxons of England, at first they ruled with quite a different culture, but eventually the Normans were the ones assimilated - a fair portion of what we consider "English" owes itself to Saxon, rather than Norman. We see a similar thing with the Sith - despite the fact the Dark Jedi conquer the race, and rule them as god-kings, thousands of years down the line, native Sith culture is so entrenched that we see the Sith of the New Sith Wars (1,000 BBY), eating bloodsoup - which is described as a traditional dish of the Sith species. Very interesting, the species may not have survived, but cultural elements of that have survived at least six thousand years of foreign rulership.
TalonCard posted:>Ive always wondered - look at Star Trek, and how in 'Enterprise', a bunch of idiots managed to screw up one of the greatest fictional franchises of all time - how hard would it have been for them to just hire a damn fan for continuity advice? If they couldnt be bothered themselves, thats all they had to do (not that it would have saved the pre-school level of writing).< If they'd had good writing, then perhaps the loose continuity wouldn't have mattered quite so much. As it stands, though, the continuity in Enterprise was about as good as it was in any of the other shows. And I rather liked the fourth season--bringing in Manny Coto was basically hiring a fan, as you suggest. But by that time it was too late to save the show, unfortunately. Personally, I think that it was the only fair-to-poor writing on Voyager, coupled with decent-to-poor writing for two seasons on Enterprise, and then the extremly poor-to-excellent (it was really hit-or-miss, mostly miss) third season that did Star Trek in. Enterprise alone can't be blamed. TC
Darth_Krayt posted:Is there any info on Sion or Nihilus?
JMM posted:Very impressed with this article. Interesting that the actual Insider article doesn't really have any new information and is just a summary of things we, for the most part, all ready know. I hope it's not a sign of a new direction, giving us more info in Hyperspace supplements than in the magazine. I do subscribe to both, but more people read the Insider than those who subscribe. JMM
Lord_Hydronium posted:Wow. As a Sith fan, all I can say is, go Abel. That was excellent, and it makes the contents of Insider 88 look pitiful in comparison.
Lord_Hydronium posted:Sith'ari is a Sith title meaning "the Lord" or "overlord".
Lord_Hydronium posted:A new Darth: Darth Cognus, master of Darth Millennial.
Lord_Hydronium posted:I don't know if this was already in a source, but there's a retcon for the Korriban/Ziost discrepancy as to what the homeworld of the Sith species is. They came from Korriban, but massive infighting forced them to relocate to Ziost long before the exiled Jedi came.
Sauron_18 posted:5 Years!? Must be hard for you to keep so much secret Great Info!
Ulicus posted:Edit: If it's as good as it sounds, I think Mr Pena has redeemed himself for the introduction of "Millenial" into the Darth lexicon*
Sauron_18 posted:PS: There's no mention of Vongorella
Sauron_18 posted:PS: I guess I should also mention, Vader's glove was retconned. It's not the actual glove that is indestructible, Vader took one of Kaans indestructible gauntlets and sort of put his glove over it or something like that...
QuentinGeorge posted:Ah! Adas retconned as an actual Sith Lord (ie, a Lord of the Red-skinned race) rather than a "Sith Lord" (ie, Dark Jedi Master ruling said race). Nice work, Abel!
Halagad_Ventor posted:Sauron_18 posted:PS: There's no mention of VongorellaI needed to save something for Vader's Legacy. Sauron_18 posted:PS: I guess I should also mention, Vader's glove was retconned. It's not the actual glove that is indestructible, Vader took one of Kaans indestructible gauntlets and sort of put his glove over it or something like that... A pet theory of mine even longer than I've been writing officialy for LFL. I have a real love/hate relatinship with the Prophets of the Dark Side. Hopefully it all makes sense to all of the three people who keep track of their backstory. QuentinGeorge posted:Ah! Adas retconned as an actual Sith Lord (ie, a Lord of the Red-skinned race) rather than a "Sith Lord" (ie, Dark Jedi Master ruling said race). Nice work, Abel!It's small things like this that often times serve as the catalyst for my desire to take on a particular project. For History of the Mandalorians, it was my appreciation for the Fenn Shysa and Tobbi Dala Clone Wars background from Marvel comics. For Evil Never Dies, it was a desire to tackle a "Sith Lord" two dozen millennia before the events of Tales of the Jedi. Adas' background was altered several times over the last five years. Originally, it wasn't the Rakata he did battle with, but the Exiles, who at the time were in fact the fallen Jedi from the First Great Schism, not the second. You always gotta be flexible with these things. Take care, Abel
Sauron_18 posted:Just a small question in general to anyone who might know: Just what does an original Sith look like?? Because in the comics we've seen various kinds: Sadow-Sith: They've got basically everything human except the Skin coloration and Chin Fins. Random-Sith: They are similar to the Sadow-Sith, but they've got more "ape-like" features on their face Kressh-Sith: Basically the Random-Sith, but they've got the literall Pharaoh's beard in their chin. So which one of these varieties is supposed to be the "unmessed" one??
razzy1319 posted:Sauron_18 posted:Just a small question in general to anyone who might know: Just what does an original Sith look like?? Because in the comics we've seen various kinds: Sadow-Sith: They've got basically everything human except the Skin coloration and Chin Fins. Random-Sith: They are similar to the Sadow-Sith, but they've got more "ape-like" features on their face Kressh-Sith: Basically the Random-Sith, but they've got the literall Pharaoh's beard in their chin. So which one of these varieties is supposed to be the "unmessed" one?? Sadow, Kressh and Ragnos were all Sith/Near-Human hybrids, And I guess the Massassi will be the "purest" Sith we are gonna get since they were devolved sith.