Furyan_Jedi_13 posted:I'm just sad that the happy-go-lucky boy from YJK who always played with animals is now dead.
Jeff_Ferguson posted: Investing so much emotional attachment into your reading, to the point where you're far more critical than you need be, seems like a major deterrant to your enjoyment of your hobby.
Jeff_Ferguson posted:Charlemagne19 posted: Honestly, I don't get why people can't appreciate a happy ending. I do. I don't intend this as any sort of attack, but rather just an observation --- the majority of posters here get mad when the post-ROTJ EU doesn't go the way they want it to. I might be a rarity, but I can accept SW stories as they are and appreciate all of the good things in them, while saying "Oh well" to the bad things, and that's even with all of the emotional investment I have in them. Then again, it may be because I enjoy the books more, and see more good than bad. Regardless, I believe that a lot of posters here are upset not because LOTF ended exactly as it did, but because it didn't end exactly the way they wanted it to. Is it really that difficult to distinguish between hopes and expectations?
Charlemagne19 posted: Honestly, I don't get why people can't appreciate a happy ending.
TalonXL posted:Slightly off topic, but... Anyone got a clue as to why, on the day Invincibleis actually released, the banner now has pictures of Vader and "You Got Served!" up there, for *just* the lit forum?
Manisphere posted:I mean who on Earth after reading Invincible is thinking, "Ooh. Wow. I just can't wait for this Millennium Falcon book."
Poldon posted:Manisphere posted:I mean who on Earth after reading Invincible is thinking, "Ooh. Wow. I just can't wait for this Millennium Falcon book." *raises hand* I am. Just finished several hours ago, and that was the first thing that popped into my head when I saw the blurb for MF. I actually like having my emotional involvement with the characters threatened, challenged, and otherwise toyed with. There was no reset. We don't have nine books of Sith followed immediately by "oh well, he's gone. Let's make the galaxy exactly the way it was when we got into this mess." It seemed to me that the people of the GFFA (at least this generation) are starting to learn that "war is hell." Anf after the Clone Wars/Galactic Civil War/YV War/Caedus's War, it's about time!
Charlemagne19 posted:GrandMasterKatarn posted:Charlemagne19 posted:When you become a Sith, you're destroyed by the Dark Side. Your theory has holes. Revan was NEVER destroyed, he was always true to himself no matter what the cause. The same can be said for Darth Vader/Anakin Skywalker and Jacen Solo/Darth Caedus. Revan nearly destroyed the galaxy and wanted to enslave the universe. He was consumed more than most. Traya is just a madwoman.
GrandMasterKatarn posted:Charlemagne19 posted:When you become a Sith, you're destroyed by the Dark Side. Your theory has holes. Revan was NEVER destroyed, he was always true to himself no matter what the cause. The same can be said for Darth Vader/Anakin Skywalker and Jacen Solo/Darth Caedus.
Charlemagne19 posted:When you become a Sith, you're destroyed by the Dark Side.
canadianjedimama posted: Was Invincible what I wanted? Or LOTF for that matter? Nope, not really. But it was a story that was, IMHO, told decently (even superbly in some parts).
canadianjedimama posted: Has the EU turned out the way I wanted it to? HELL NO. Do I whine about it every chance I get? NO. Personally, the EU took a left turn from what I wanted when Luke and Mara didn't get together after TTT. Have I stopped reading or enjoying the books since? No, I've not stopped reading and have enjoyed them all to various degrees since.
Manisphere posted: I for the most part appreciate the novels in the same way as you, Jeff. My problems with Invincible have nothing to do with an emotional investment in the book. In fact, disheartened by Invincible and its very abrupt unapologetic ending, (which I will maintain is the saddest EU book of all time) I picked up Solo Command moments later to reassure myself that SW books can be fun. I can understand anyone's problem with Invincible. The book has many problems. If it weren't the last book of a 2 year 9 book cycle it wouldn't be so bad. But...it was. And Invincible gives any Star Wars EU fan a handful of hopelessness. I mean who on Earth after reading Invincible is thinking, "Ooh. Wow. I just can't wait for this Millennium Falcon book." The whole thing feels like a pain in the EU. I invested what? $130 bucks in LOTF to end bleak, wonder-less, and near hopeless. Not even a Luke Skywalker with a soul left to reassure us the readers that this galaxy is a bit safer. Cause it isn't. It's as messed up as ever just like the "real world". I just don't buy SW to remind me of here. So I guess we all just suck it in and shell out $30 more bucks to find out the fallout of this series. And we'll all of course buy that book.
Poldon posted:There was no reset. We don't have nine books of Sith followed immediately by "oh well, he's gone. Let's make the galaxy exactly the way it was when we got into this mess." It seemed to me that the people of the GFFA (at least this generation) are starting to learn that "war is hell." Anf after the Clone Wars/Galactic Civil War/YV War/Caedus's War, it's about time!