Author Topic: Fate of the Jedi (9 Hardcover Series) General Discussion Thread
Sock2008 
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Date Posted: 6/15 5:17pm Subject: Fate of the Jedi (9 Hardcover Series) General Discussion Thread
Liliedhe posted:
They don't give a synopsis.

I think that can only mean one thing - Luke will die in Abyss. Call it gut feeling. (For the record, with Harry Potter 90% of my gut feelings were wrong.^^)



Luke's not in the cover of Abyss, so I think he's probably safe. Leia, on the other hand, is on the cover. But I think she is only a very remote possibility.

Am I the only one who thinks that junior on the cover of Backlash looks rather feminine?

 

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Corusca_One  641 posts
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Date Posted: 6/15 5:33pm Subject: Fate of the Jedi (9 Hardcover Series) General Discussion Thread
CooperTFN posted:
Still jonesing for some blatant red hair, but I really like that they've got a consistent look down for Ben - I'm almost convinced they've surrepitiously hired a model.


Pretty much my sentiments exactly. They can't avoid showing red head Ben forever! Still, this is probably my favourite cover of the series so far (I like Ben and yellow tongue ), I like the direction they have gone in with them for this series.

 

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FireJade  1677 posts
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Date Posted: 6/15 5:39pm Subject: Fate of the Jedi (9 Hardcover Series) General Discussion Thread
Sock2008 posted:
Luke's not in the cover of Abyss, so I think he's probably safe. Leia, on the other hand, is on the cover. But I think she is only a very remote possibility.
Good point. Assuming that the pattern is not being subverted here, I'm a bit reassured...

 

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Havac  14342 posts
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Date Posted: 6/15 6:10pm Subject: Fate of the Jedi (9 Hardcover Series) General Discussion Thread
Darth-Ghost posted:
And that DOES look like it's THE lightsaber that Ben is holding:



The Legacy Era Campaign Guide establishes that "the" lightsaber passed on to Ben at some point. While I'd prefer to see it simply an heirloom . . . this would actually make sense.

 

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Darth_Hydra  2374 posts
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Date Posted: 6/15 6:29pm Subject: Fate of the Jedi (9 Hardcover Series) General Discussion Thread
Sock2008 posted:
Am I the only one who thinks that junior on the cover of Backlash looks rather feminine?


I think he does too, especially those lips.

 

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NelanisGhost  2191 posts
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Date Posted: 6/15 7:15pm Subject: Fate of the Jedi (9 Hardcover Series) General Discussion Thread - Date Edited: 6/15 7:19pm (2 edits total) Edited By: NelanisGhost
Darth-Ghost posted:
ZanderSolo posted:
Am I the only one who immediately thought that it looks like Ben's right sleeve has no arm in it?

Other than that, Loving the cover...wish he had Red hair, but it's still excellente IMO.




Perhaps...


And that DOES look like it's THE lightsaber that Ben is holding:





(Figures Ben still has no red hair)


Can't you pretend it's red? I'd have to say it's more of an auburn. If you think about it, the Mara model has med to dark red hair, and Luke has light brown. (Padme dark brown and Anakin dark blond/light brown. Mara's parents I assume one of the at least was red, yet there's also Grammas Shmi and Jobal, black hair, and Ruwee, brown.) There's a lot more dark than light, so be isn't going to be a golden red.

Besides, women, sssshhhhhhh, die their hair sometimes, or lighten it.....

IMHO, I have to say, sadly, that Ben is quite homely.... Like an exaggerated Anakin....

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DarthIktomi  1380 posts
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Date Posted: 6/15 7:38pm Subject: Fate of the Jedi (9 Hardcover Series) General Discussion Thread
DarthBoba:
I take my covers off because they annoy me.

*tee-hee*

What is with Ben's hair? I'll just assume it's a nod to Thrawn McEwok and that covers aren't canon.

 

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Darth-Ghost  5778 posts
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Date Posted: 6/15 7:47pm Subject: Fate of the Jedi (9 Hardcover Series) General Discussion Thread - Date Edited: 6/15 7:54pm (3 edits total) Edited By: Darth-Ghost
NelanisGhost posted:
Darth-Ghost posted:
ZanderSolo posted:
Am I the only one who immediately thought that it looks like Ben's right sleeve has no arm in it?

Other than that, Loving the cover...wish he had Red hair, but it's still excellente IMO.




Perhaps...


And that DOES look like it's THE lightsaber that Ben is holding:





(Figures Ben still has no red hair)


Can't you pretend it's red? I'd have to say it's more of an auburn. If you think about it, the Mara model has med to dark red hair, and Luke has light brown. (Padme dark brown and Anakin dark blond/light brown. Mara's parents I assume one of the at least was red, yet there's also Grammas Shmi and Jobal, black hair, and Ruwee, brown.) There's a lot more dark than light, so be isn't going to be a golden red.

Besides, women, sssshhhhhhh, die their hair sometimes, or lighten it.....

IMHO, I have to say, sadly, that Ben is quite homely.... Like an exaggerated Anakin....

*runs away*


I don't think you know how genetics works. Your hair isn't simply a blend of your parents. If someone has red hair, which I'm fairly confident is a recessive gene, it means you got the "red hair" gene from BOTH your parents passed down into you, meaning Luke must have some distant red-haired ancestor too. And we know Ben's son, Kol Skywalker, will have red hair (or maybe Kol is his grandson, whatever, don't want to start that discussion again! tongue )


The thing is that Ben has been described to have red hair, since, well, the vision Luke had of Ben during his birth, and has been consistently described as red-haired ever since. But there has not yet been ONE picture of him with red hair. Infinities has him blonde. Jedi Vs Sith illustrator used the Infinities pic on Wookiepedia as a reference, and drew him blonde. FURY has him with brown hair. And for OUTCAST and BACKLASH its drawn purposely without color. Hmph.



Where's the fake green cover of BACKLASH with Jaina from April Fool's? I want to compare them... wink

 

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Darth_Hydra  2374 posts
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Date Posted: 6/15 8:36pm Subject: Fate of the Jedi (9 Hardcover Series) General Discussion Thread
Darth-Ghost posted:
Where's the fake green cover of BACKLASH with Jaina from April Fool's? I want to compare them... wink


Here you go:

 

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Hendo255  289 posts
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Date Posted: 6/15 9:02pm Subject: Fate of the Jedi (9 Hardcover Series) General Discussion Thread
umm guys... the picture is black and white... how can you tell that his hair isn't red?



yes, bad example but she's the only red head I could easily find a black and white picture of

 

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Havac  14342 posts
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Date Posted: 6/15 9:36pm Subject: Fate of the Jedi (9 Hardcover Series) General Discussion Thread

Fool, your logic can never defeat our determination to make nonsensical complaints! You shall rue the day we return to make up things to complain about once and for all!

 

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Darth-Ghost  5778 posts
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Date Posted: 6/15 9:40pm Subject: Fate of the Jedi (9 Hardcover Series) General Discussion Thread
Hendo255 posted:
umm guys... the picture is black and white... how can you tell that his hair isn't red?



yes, bad example but she's the only red head I could easily find a black and white picture of


I'm not saying it isn't red, just saying we STILL don't have a pic of red-haired Ben! tongue

 

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NelanisGhost  2191 posts
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Date Posted: 6/15 10:06pm Subject: Fate of the Jedi (9 Hardcover Series) General Discussion Thread - Date Edited: 6/15 10:09pm (2 edits total) Edited By: NelanisGhost
Besides, AUBURN IS red! What about Ben's "steel blue" eyes? have we seen those?

Just look at that sentence up there and you'll get a feel for how Ben looks. LOL! grin

 

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Manisphere  2939 posts
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Date Posted: 6/15 11:01pm Subject: Fate of the Jedi (9 Hardcover Series) General Discussion Thread
Darth-Ghost posted:
Hendo255 posted:
umm guys... the picture is black and white... how can you tell that his hair isn't red?



yes, bad example but she's the only red head I could easily find a black and white picture of


I'm not saying it isn't red, just saying we STILL don't have a pic of red-haired Ben! tongue


Catching red hair on film. Not an easy trick. I have red hair. I'm no ginger. I'm a day walker like Ben. Are there even any gingers in the GFFA? tongue

A Warholesque splash of silkscreened red might have highlighted the cover. Might have been too much though. I have to say. I have loved the FOTJ covers. This one is no exception.

 

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NelanisGhost  2191 posts
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Date Posted: 6/15 11:36pm Subject: Fate of the Jedi (9 Hardcover Series) General Discussion Thread
I thought half of the GFFA are ginger... There's maybe two blonds, and a handful of brunettes...

 

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