yadiel posted:Havac posted:That's a reference to Anakin Solo. I do not insist in it being a reference to Finn or anything else, but I doubt that's a reference to Anakin, because he is present in that very moment, and Mara also describes him in the same paragraph, being a reference to Anakin makes no sence, she would have said that that Luke was training Anakin not some new random apprentice, plus Anaking is far from being a "new" apprentice.
Havac posted:That's a reference to Anakin Solo.
Balance Point: Chapter 4 posted:Mara Jade Skywalker had been a wide-eyed child when Emperor Palpatine brought her to Coruscant. She'd survived Palpatine's training one hour and one day at a time. Now, everyone tended to think of Coruscant as ground zero again - this time, as the Yuuzhan Vong's ultimate objective. Meanwhile, her husband was training another apprentice - obviously assuming there would be peace and justice to defend in the future. She wondered, though, if it was hope or just habit that kept them all sticking to business. She stared over folded hands at her younger nephew. Seated next to Luke, wearing a light-brown tunic under his Jedi robe, dark-haired Anakin Solo had a saturnine intensity, a Corellian surname, and his father's wry lift to one eyebrow.
Grey1 posted:Oh, I agree. I'd also agree that the Prequel Big Three might have had a harder time to communicate with the ordinary people, but I think this has to do with both the times and the places. I definitely wouldn't go as far as those who dislike the prequels because the main characters aren't the same "scoundrels" as in the OT; after all, Lucas deliberately wanted to have other characters. If you look at Obi-Wan, he starts out as some kind of snob who thinks himself above Jar Jar (and funnily that's the other thing prequel bashers are doing ) and the Gungans, but ten years later he's a somewhat more relaxed guy who's enjoying a drink while hunting scum in the lower levels of Coruscant, and who's best friends with the chef from Mel's Drive In. The Elite are people, too.
Grey1 posted:That said, Artorias' royalty comes across as really ordinary. There's a spare crown in the backpack that the king can wear when officially defending his planet, and the prince has some kind of luxury vest. Which he wears with stupid goggles on his head. It's a bit like a british prince wearing a reversed cap that doesn't match his suit. It also speaks volumes that nobody here guessed that these four people wouldn't be ordinary until the comic flat out told us. So expect more Leia and less Padmé. Because it's Leia's times, and not Padmé's.
Grey1 posted:I don't know about that, but - come on. The Jedi Knight series already had Mara and the Noghri in it, and if a casual SW fan (or a casual SW game designer who also thought it a good idea to have Morgan Katarn appear as a Force Ghost, and mixed up the date in the opening crawl while he was at it) saw a blue guy with red eyes (especially back in 2000), who would he most likely think of? Papa Smurf?
CooperTFN posted:Hung over Papa Smurf?
Havac posted:No, the fact that Anakin immediately appears is what means it's referring to him. "We're still optimistic. Luke's training an apprentice. Here's Luke's apprentice Anakin now." Really, does, "We're still optimistic. Luke's training an apprentice, Finn Galfridian. Here's Luke's apprentice Anakin Solo now" make any sense at all? It's not written to be a nonsensical hash -- it's written to make sense. Anakin's name doesn't need to be used every single time he's referred to. The context clearly establishes that it's referring to Anakin. Why should Mara be thinking in random non-sequiturs? Why should Luke's apprentice Anakin not count as his apprentice mentioned a few lines earlier?
Thrawn McEwok posted:Mara's not exactly being reasonable; as well as introducing Anakin, the purpose of this scene to show that she's getting annoyed with Luke... so it's likely Tyers meant Anakin...