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S1thari Registered: Oct '08	Date Posted: 7/23 5:44pm Subject: Fate of the Jedi (9 Hardcover Series) General Discussion Thread
	Agreed. Never judge a novel by its DP, they're never very accurate.
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Arawn_Fenn Registered: Jul '04	Date Posted: 7/23 7:38pm Subject: Fate of the Jedi (9 Hardcover Series) General Discussion Thread
	In the third book of CN, the DP stopped referring to Vader as a human male, and I still don't see why. -----signature----- "Just when you think the amount of fail cannot possibly increase, the Internet keeps on giving." - SalvorHardin "Let's see them argue with nature and persuade the nonexistent polar bears not to eat them." - crownarmourer
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Darth-Ghost Registered: Oct '03	Date Posted: 7/23 7:43pm Subject: Fate of the Jedi (9 Hardcover Series) General Discussion Thread
	I miss the galaxy maps from NJO too
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S1thari Registered: Oct '08	Date Posted: 7/23 9:28pm Subject: Fate of the Jedi (9 Hardcover Series) General Discussion Thread
	Those were awesome, although I've pretty much gotten all the star systems and prominent worlds committed to memory by now anyway, it did show a little extra effort on DelRey's part...
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killfire Registered: Jan '01	Date Posted: 7/24 6:37am Subject: Fate of the Jedi (9 Hardcover Series) General Discussion Thread
	Maybe the maps would give too much away? -----signature----- iTunes / AmazonMp3 / lastfm.com: Alien AreA Latest record: Fringe Tunes
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Zorrixor Registered: Sep '04	Date Posted: 7/24 6:40am Subject: Fate of the Jedi (9 Hardcover Series) General Discussion Thread
	At least we can look forward to the Atlas. The cynic in me half wonders if that's why they stopped including them: more reason to go out and buy the Atlas when it finally comes out. When they were inside every cover the need for a separate sourcebook was less vital.
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T-boy-wan Registered: Jun '06	Date Posted: 7/24 7:06am Subject: Fate of the Jedi (9 Hardcover Series) General Discussion Thread
	FOTJ Dps definitely leave chunks of characters out. For Outcast I'd have included Lando, Tendra, Tahiri, Cilghal, Tekli, Seff Hellin and perhaps Winter, but definitely some Baran Do sages. Omen was slightly better with it, though I would have thought Jysella Horn might have had some billing and perhaps some more Sith.
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killfire Registered: Jan '01	Date Posted: 7/24 8:15am Subject: Fate of the Jedi (9 Hardcover Series) General Discussion Thread
	FireJade posted: Now, I'm just not sure if I want to know whether or not anyone dies... It's still Star Wars. Usually, wars have casualties. -----signature----- iTunes / AmazonMp3 / lastfm.com: Alien AreA Latest record: Fringe Tunes
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Trip Registered: Dec '03	Date Posted: 7/24 8:26am Subject: Fate of the Jedi (9 Hardcover Series) General Discussion Thread - Date Edited: 7/24 8:27am (1 edits total) Edited By: Trip
	Modern dramatis personæ are pretty useless anyway. Back when Stackie first introduced them, they actually served a purpose, as they provided a quick reference for squadron call signs that'd be difficult to keep track of otherwise. They also provided information on character homeworlds and occasionally species that'd be clumsy to relate via the narrative; in Allston's X-wing entries, they also provided the full names of characters referred to only by nicknames. Modern DP, though-- they're basically useful only as promo material ("oooh lookit who's in this book!"), except that the policy lately has been to not leak the DP, so now they're pretty much wholly pointless. Also: the NJO books provided the galaxy map in order to assist readers in tracking the invasion and state of the war; given how poorly planned LotF's galactic "war" was, though, the inclusion of maps would be kinda pointless. -----signature----- RIP Jacen's Crotch 1991 - 2008
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DarthIktomi Registered: May '09	Date Posted: 7/24 8:29am Subject: Fate of the Jedi (9 Hardcover Series) General Discussion Thread
	GoA posted: Has it been confirmed that's Mara Jade Skywalker on the back of Abyss? Not a more current, mid-thirties Jaina? That's interesting. I actually thought it was Jaina on the front. Apparently everyone's aging backward.
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killfire Registered: Jan '01	Date Posted: 7/24 8:44am Subject: Fate of the Jedi (9 Hardcover Series) General Discussion Thread
	Trip posted: ... the NJO books provided the galaxy map in order to assist readers in tracking the invasion and state of the war; given how poorly planned LotF's galactic "war" was, though, the inclusion of maps would be kinda pointless. That is another reason for including a map in FOTJ. We could track Luke's and Ben's journey, given it doesn't end with Abyss. Or maybe just a detail map of the Maw. If it were an appendix, it would also up the page count. -----signature----- iTunes / AmazonMp3 / lastfm.com: Alien AreA Latest record: Fringe Tunes
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FireJade Registered: Nov '05	Date Posted: 7/24 9:08am Subject: Fate of the Jedi (9 Hardcover Series) General Discussion Thread
	killfire posted: FireJade posted: Now, I'm just not sure if I want to know whether or not anyone dies... It's still Star Wars. Usually, wars have casualties. Thing is, no one died in Outcast or Omen, so... And there isn't actually a physical war going on right now. -----signature----- Luke: Still, I think I make a pretty good Luke Skywalker. Mara: Of course you do. Luke: So before you began impersonating Mara, what was your real hair color? Mara: Farmboy, you're asking for a beating... --- LotF: Betrayal by Aaron Allston (2006), p. 228
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Zorrixor Registered: Sep '04	Date Posted: 7/24 9:15am Subject: Fate of the Jedi (9 Hardcover Series) General Discussion Thread
	Heh. You know, there's potentially an amusing subliminal message in FOTJ that goes: "See! Jacen was a really, really bad Sith! He caused all those deaths and he was just one man! But look at these other Sith! Hundreds of them! And they've killed NOBODY!"
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master-of-les-pauls Registered: Jan '05	Date Posted: 7/24 9:16am Subject: Fate of the Jedi (9 Hardcover Series) General Discussion Thread
	Any got an ideas when the spoilers will start rolling in? Also anyone else think this is going to be the book that starts what ever galatic conflict this time around? -----signature----- Leader of the Jtc Pilot in the rebel alliance, Red 5 reporting in Co Gm of the greatest rpg on the boards! The Galaxy at war Luke Skywalker the son of the Suns "None of the stories people tell about me can change who I really am" - Luke Skywalker
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FireJade Registered: Nov '05	Date Posted: 7/24 9:33am Subject: Fate of the Jedi (9 Hardcover Series) General Discussion Thread
	I'm hoping for no galactic conflict this time. Also, some speculation. We haven't been shown the back cover for Backlash, presumably because it would give something away. For Inferno, this was the case because they didn't want us to know Luke would survive Sacrifice. But we haven't gotten a huge lead-in to a character death, and Backlash doesn't have the same connotations as Sacrifice does. So maybe they're not trying to prevent us from knowing someone survives; they're trying to hide something from us -- the mysterious thing in the Maw, for example. I've been picturing it in my mind as some sort of vague monstrosity, but I realize that it could easily be someone we already know. Ben appears on the front cover of Backlash; is it unreasonable that this mysterious enemy might appear on the back? -----signature----- Luke: Still, I think I make a pretty good Luke Skywalker. Mara: Of course you do. Luke: So before you began impersonating Mara, what was your real hair color? Mara: Farmboy, you're asking for a beating... --- LotF: Betrayal by Aaron Allston (2006), p. 228
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