Books Ahsoka novel

Haven't read the book yet, but maybe

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It's Coric? Rex's First Sergeant (OK, right-hand man since god forbid we have a decent NCO support channel in the GAR ) from the early TCW publishing boom? He and Ahsoka worked together a bunch, and he and Rex were really close after surviving the Battle of Teth.

 

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Is Coric even canon? He was only ever named in KT's and KM's novels, which are considered Legends, I believe.

 

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...dang, good point. Guess it's probably one of the series' troopers then.

 

So, the core of the DS beam is actually Red-ish. The green appear to be focusing intensifiers surrounding the beam. Interesting in context of this. Heh.

 

Yeah. The Red comes from a FS attempting to BOND with the Crystal, rather than someone just using it. Pablo noted that crafters of lightsabers Bond with their crystals as they construct their sabers. Thus a special connection with the wielder of the weapon TO the weapon.

See, now I have this weird image of Kylo trying to agressively bond with Illum as a whole.

 

Wonder how the DARKsaber was formed knowing what we know about kyber crystals and their owners

 

Maybe crystal called out to someone who was going through a goth phase.

 

I wouldn't be surprised if the explanation for the Darksaber was because it bled so much it got a massive black bruise.

I see more yellow then red.

I don’t know how the Death Star superlaser works, but considering it’s canonically powered by eight crystals, I do have to wonder if that number is related to the eight green beams projected from the disc.

Also, the new retcon explanation about crystals being naturally transparent (like ice) does not support the fact that the Utapau crystal was naturally green. It wasn’t just the blasts that were green, it was the crystal itself.

And the Death Star crystals wasn’t the only question that popped into my mind. I actually have a list of them.

- Why did Dooku have a red lightsaber if he was a former Jedi (did he decide to steal someone else’s crystal just because?)
- How many soulmate crystals are there per person to account for lost lightsabers in battle and shotos and double blades? Do they suddenly grow after a Jedi loses a lightsaber?
- Since there are so many planets around the galaxy with kyber crystals, what is the likelihood of your group of younglings finding all of their soulmate crystals in the same convenient place?
- If you can’t find crystals that don’t sing to you (you’ll just confuse them with ice), how the hell did the inquisitor find Ahsoka’s crystals?
- And how does the Empire keep finding crystals for the Death Star? Are they calling to them?
- And really, what’s with the different lightsaber colors? I wonder, if a youngling is called by a yellow crystal, does that mean is doomed to be a Jedi Temple guard? You know, to fit the color scheme.


And hey, you can always find a way to explain all these things, but a retcon that raises more questions than it answers is not a good retcon to me. And I’m not a fan of over-explanation, especially when it’s the kind of “it’s predestined to belong to you” but <insert conditions and exceptions>. I’m a fan of simplicity and individuals making choices, from choosing the weapon they want to choosing the path they follow. It’s their choices (even in little things like the color of the blade because they either like the color or they want to belong to a certain group, or they want to distinguish themselves, etc.) that informs me of their characters and their individuality, not the fact that destiny/crystals choose it for them.

 

In the rough animatic, that is how it appeared. For the final textured episode, it was planned to be mostly transparent, but with an iridescent slightly glowing green core. (large image below

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^ I know that, and it's still a green crystal. Nobody would ever confuse that with ice.

 

Looks like Pablo is chiming in on the whole Crystal thing on his twitter.

https://twitter.com/pablohidalgo

"When a kool aid packet calls to a Jedi, it is flavorless until a bond is forged. Berry blue. Green apple. Sometimes grape.
A dark sider, no matter how thirsty, will not hear the Kool-Aid packet. They can force a bond if they have a packet. It's always cherry.
If a dark sider grabs a jug of blue berry, it doesn't become cherry.
Ahsoka was just as surprised as anyone when this happened." (insert pic of "Kool-Aid Invisible" here.)


Hmm...I'm thirsty but I don't know why...

 

Of course you like the part about hanging out and spying in a bar.

 

I finished the book, so now I can join in on the convos (posted a similar comment in the Ahsoka thread of the TV forum).

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I thought it was pretty good. I think it better served to pave the way for her role in Rebels than it did actually bridge the gap between even Order 66 and becoming Fulcrum. The story itself didn't actually take place immediately after Order 66, but years later as she's been a fugitive one the run; going from planet to planet. I liked how they incorporated subtle cameos; most notably Luke and Leia. It would certainly make my day if a future story in this timeline had Ahsoka actually landing on Alderaan and meeting with Leia for the first time. But even more than that, I want more story period. It was a good story, but it wasn't everything. Does Miara actually join the Rebellion? When does she first meet up with Hera, if she meets up in person at all?

 

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I sat down in a Barnes and Noble for a few hours yesterday and today and read through the novel.

I didn't have half the problems other people had with some of the story's elements, namely the Imperials already jumping on the slave labor stuff.

I don't think it's that big of an issue, especially because it seems to be mostly planets from the Outer Rim that are being used up carelessly. It doesn't seem like anyone cares about the Outer Rim Republic/non-Republic systems all that much in the new Canon. I think it would be more of a problem if we were seeing the Imperials stretch their bad guy strength over Inner Rim or core worlds. Regardless, I'd expect Palatine's propaganda machine to be powerful enough to cover the Imperial's wrongdoings very well at this time.

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Finally started this last night - pretty good so far.

 

Doesn't Rebels kind of imply otherwise?

 

So if Rex faked his death the. Went into exile, why does it seem in Rebels he answered to the Empire until they retired him? Scouting out bases for the Empire and all that, saying a few he didn't report in. Also Tibberius in Stealth Strike doesn't seem surprised he's alive if he was suppose to have died how many years ago.

 

Yeah, I think the thing with Rex is just a straight-up continuity goof. My guess is that his death being faked was part of the original plan for the TCW finale, but when it wasn't clear if that would ever be released, they omitted it from "The Lost Commanders" in the interests of simplicity, only for Ahsoka to still use the original outline.