Memph, TN EU Discussion Thread v. 2 - LOTF, KotOR, Dark Times, Rebellion, Legacy and more! (Spoilers!!!)

Invincible cover:

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SRSLY? And when did Jaina become a major character?

 

Where is her Mando armor and jetpack?

 

I think people had been saying she would be the "invincible" one for awhile now. Which means she's the one that takes Jacen down. After reading Fury, I'm like, "go for it, girlfriend." Everyone else is standing around wringing their hands. I don't mind her being the hero(ine) of the series, but she better be something than just an uber jedi.

 

Guess we're finally getting around to that Vong prophecy/theory/thingy from the NJO about the twins fighting each other.

I certainly HOPE it's Jaina that's "invincible." Much as I don't care to see Jacen redeemed, I sure hate it for Han & Leia.

 

I think she'll redeem him. As much as that sucks. After this book, I'm like, "kill him and put him out of his crazy ass misery." You know how the books have an overarcing theme to the titles, I think Jaina will be "invincible" in the main sense, with maybe Luke, Ben, the Jedi or the Skywalkers as well as the GFFA in a lesser sense.

I'm actually okay with Boba Fett teaching her new tricks to whip his ass. I get tired of it always having to be a certain way, and then the writers tend to mess up because we've done this story seventeen million times. At least if she's doing it with help from Boba, there's a variation on the theme. *sigh* I'm kinda hoping Ben and Mirta will get a couple of pages in Revelations (not squeeing...okay, not totally, ) just to get him away from his having to pick Luke up all the time.

And for God's sake... if they put Luke back in the bunker sitting on the floor, I might have to throw the book again. I don't think Karen will do that, she's made him strong and she tends to not write him weak. But then Troy's got the last book...

 

I'm not worried about Revelation, but with Troy writing Invincible? *shudders*

I'm ok with the Boba/Jaina storyline as well, but is it going to go anywhere after Revelation? Will Denning actually include any of it in Invincible?

 

If I had a guess, I'd say no. Saba will come along and teach her a better way.

What's sad is there's no "lol" after this post.

 

I still say that Del-Rey and Charmin should team up and print these books on toilet paper. At least then we could give the LOTF series the treatment it truly deserves.

I'm just on Crapter... er... I mean Chapter 4.

 

If Luke Skywalker was too short to be a stormtrooper???

Then...

Isn't Lando too old to become a father? I mean, where did that come from (I know where it came from...but, maybe they want to give
Han and Leia some ideas or something...I mean they need a son who will actually carry on the family name...Right?

I think I'm with Tim about the Toliet paper theory...

It's absolutely craptacular...

 

And I have a theory about the Legacy of the Force symbol that I probably shouldn't share here at TF.N...

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Just do me a favor- turn it upside down and take a look at it and tell me if you don't see Del-Rey doing you-know-what to our fandom.

 

Goatse!!

(How the * did that end up getting known as goatse anyway?)

 

Offtopic, but it's in Fury (IIRC), so WT*. Does anyone think the following is one of the most intelligent assessments of the Jedi around:

The author discussion at the back of the book discusses how the Jedi are basically superweapons, so perhaps the no attachment rule, despite the "Waaaaa! No family!!!" reaction, was a very good idea idea indeed, because when you have Jedi trained without giving a * about whether they should be trained and/or are up to handling the responsibility, you get Anakin Skywalker, Kyp Durron, and Jacen Solo.


Ugh. Enough SW stuff.

//wiggles toes/

//drinks more vodka

//attempts to communicate warm and fuzzy feelings


Sorry, man. Had to remove the Forbidden letter.

 

But it's going to make it difficult to discuss LOT*!



I'm now on Crapter six. This is one book that won't be leaving the bathroom.

 

You guys might like this link LOL


http://www.jivemagazine.com/column.php?pid=3381

 

I finished Fury.



I feel like we should all be able to send this one back to Del-Rey for a full refund. This book was complete and total crap. And saying that hurts because I usually love Aaron Allston's work, but this book was complete and utter fodder. It felt forced and contrived. It's like we take a step forward in LOTF and then take six steps back. Every time I think we're going somewhere with this, they shoot themselves in the foot and completely undo any progress they made in a previous book. They kill characters for no good and meaningful purpose, and brain-damage everyone else to the point of sheer nonsense.

Really, this book made The Courtship of Princess Leia look good. And that's saying a heck of a lot. I only threw that book once. I threw this one no less than eight times.

Thankfully, I started reading Death Star. Three chapters in, and it feels like Star Wars again.

When is Del Rey going to learn that their best Star Wars lay within their one-shot books? These multi-book series haven't worked well for the franchise since Zahn's Thrawn trilogy and duology.

 

Qui-Gon Tim

Del Rey will figure that out when we fans stop buying their books (which isn't going to happen because even if a significant number of us did that anyway there is enough
of the rest of the world that will buy it just because it says STAR WARS on it)... (Otherwise why would there be 177 different versions of the same Darth Vader action
figure)...

I agree that the one shots are better... Sometimes there is a glimmer of "Wow, that was really good"... but I still say that Lando should have said in full Danny Glover
voice from Die Hard...

I mean they're having him have a baby at his age...his response would be "I'm too old for this expletive deleted

Buy, myself being just as bad as the next "Uber-geeky-I'll-buy-pretty-much-anything-Star-Wars" in the hopes that they did something right will buy the next book and
read it hoping to catch a glimpse of our former fandom...


I liked Death Star...It was kind of neat seeing the whole thing from that perspective...

 

That is so totally me, too, BJ. I tell myself that I keep reading novels because I have an addictive personality and just can't quit cold turkey after 15 years....surely, it'll get better.... Remember how bad we felt during the NJO and that turned out okay....


Different subject:


LEGACY 18 = ZOMG!!! When I turned the page and saw Kol Skywalker standing there in all his Force ghost glory, Nicki heard me squeal all the way from Cordova.

 

Rhonda and Nicki - Lookit what's on the shipping list for this week: DARK TIMES TPB!! 'bout freakin' time!

AND KotOR 3 and Legacy 0 1/2. wOOT! My wallet won't like it, but it's a good week to be a SW comics reader.

 

It's about time!

 

I finally finished Death Star. That has got to be one of my top ten SW books. It really washed out the bad taste left in my mouth after the last installment of LOTF. What was amazing was its humanization of the individual facets of the Empire and their reaction to the actions of their government. Steve Perry and Michael Reeves have done it again. Those two should be writing the TV series. It was nice to feel that something actually added to and enhanced the GFFA for once instead of setting it back a full flight of steps.

I did throw the book, however, after I was done due to a few events that happened. No, nothing raped my fandom or childhood or anything, but those two have a way of drawing you in and breaking your heart, so to speak. It was like the end of the first Medstar book: I loved it, but certain events really upset me enough to throw the book when I was done with it.

 

KOTOR 3??? If the video game, then you'll hear me squeal all the way to Memphis. And beyond.

Gotta love those civilian contractors.

 

Not the video game (unfortunately). The 3rd KOTOR trade paperback is being released.

I finished the new Darth Bane novel during lunch today, and I really liked it. Apparently, the trick to getting something decent to good from Del Rey is for the book to be set in any time period other than post-ROTJ.

 

Amen to that, Nicki!!!

Ben:

Yep, one does indeed gotta love those civilian contractors. Is it true that the book really was inspired by the conversation from Clerks?

 

I finally received my KOTOR 3 and Dark Times 1 trade paperbacks from Books-A-Million last night. It only took 3 weeks.

I haven't had a chance to read them yet, but I skimmed them last night. Trace, you were right. I love the art in Dark Times.

 

My Legacy thread co-host over in FFR said that Dark Times may be her new favorite comic. It is on my To Read list for this week.

Stiiiiiillll waiting on KOTOR 19-24 from TFAW.




Preview for Legacy 19 is up.

Okay, that? That is the face of a Skywalker on the edge...

(My man is scaring me. )