Lit How do you feel/what are going to do when 'the new canon/EU' hits the shelves?

And perfect for telling a story.

 

The fall of Coruscant and the military engagements are superfluous to the plot. What you guys want isn't a novelization of Dark Empire but a prequel/sidequel.

Which isn't something that I am opposed to seeing.

 

Except it was about a couple of mailmen (er, mailpersons).

 

"Sidequel". Never heard of it, but I think I'd love one for Dark Empire.

 

Well, look at I, Jedi for the Jedi Academy trilogy for what I mean. It's its own story happening concurrently.

 

Dark Empire 1 1/2.

 

Maybe one day.

 

Ha ha lol. Not exactly what I meant but that would be part of Dark Empire 2 1/2.

Seeing Kam in the story was more jarring than seeing Coruscant as a war zone.

 

Seriously? *sigh*.

Story Group - the official LFL/Disney team including Leland Chee and Pablo Hildalgo whose stated purpose is to make sure that all future Star Wars products work together. It's been mentioned, oh, all the time.

So, the answer is "No, I don't have any shred of evidence that the pre-ROTJ EU will be preserved, so I'll throw out a few insults and a classic "can't prove a negative!" non-argument."
Come back when you have actual proof like I asked.

 

Who just happen to be carrying a data card containing information about the fall of Coruscant and location of the rendezvous point for the New Republic's sector fleets, along with the colonel who is the New Republic Council's Director of Security for the Imperial Palace.

 

And it's funny, but Corran alludes to one of his anniversaries being spent fighting the Emperor Reborn's forces. A X-Wing novel set in that time period would be rather nice.

 

DigitalMessiah

Reading multiple posts of "My EU is dead" alongside "X, Y, and Z of the EU is illegitimate" strikes me as cognitive dissonance, two opposing ideas contradicting each other based on minute if any evidence. Why grow overly upset on the my fiction is truer than your fiction debate? If there's something in your library you don't like anymore donate it to someone.

imiller

Calm down, I'm using an argumentative technique I learned in high school debate. "This McDonalds is likely digusting" is a weaker argument than "This McDonalds is disgusting." When stating a point I attempt to use the least amount and strongest words possible.

Once again you are reading more into a statement, and I quite dislike the taste of weird fingers in my mouth. I posited that the negative reaction is an exercise in futility based the lack of supporting evidence so far. An adjacent query is is our love of the EU based on continuity certification stamped on the inside of the book or the text itself? When I started reading the EU in middle school I was attracted by that, yes. Decade plus later I enjoyed reading the novel or comic because if the story worked or not. My downloaded copy of The Dune Encyclopedia is an egrossing text regardless of Herbert, jr. hiring KJA to co-author poorly penned hackwork.

At present, most of posters here are overly stressing themselves over something they know little over, nor do they have control over.

 

Edit: sorry, what I said was already said.

 

Sniper_Wolf My question remains - are those who are enthusiastic about the new EU just as much to be condemned? I believe that all of our reactions - yours and mine alike - are valid, and I don't think either of us should attempt to quash the others. I'm perfectly happy for you to think that we should take a "wait and see" attitude, and also for you finding the weeping and gnashing of teeth a bit silly - but I don't think that should result in a gag order.

 

His point is, we don't ACTUALLY know if there is going to be a new EU yet. This thread is funny because everyone here is talking about it like it's a foregone conclusion. Is it likely to happen? Yes. But is is going to happen FOR SURE? We don't know yet.
As far as we know, the sequel trilogy could have nothing in it that requires a reboot of the EU.

Has it been confirmed that any of the characters are, in fact, going to be children of the Solos or Skywalkers? (I'm honestly asking, haven't been following the sequel news.) If they aren't, then that is pretty much the main thing that is gonna screw stuff up. If it's just Luke, Han, and Leia popping in for what I'm sure will be nothing more than glorified cameos, I'm not really seeing much of a need to throw out anything. If they bring Chewbacca back, the EU can work around it.

I'm just gonna wait until the new stuff comes out and see what happens. THEN I'll decide what I'm gonna do.

 

Don't argue about something because no one knows for sure what's going to happen?

That practically revokes the TFN forums's mandate. Seriously, that is kinda what we do here. Rational rhetorical and argumentation technique? You have read things people post here?

Academic aside: rhetorical theory is more nuanced than what may be the more popular argumentative style utilized in certain contexts. See also discourse conventions. See also no one cares about your high school debate team.

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Where did I say don't argue about it? I didn't. I said I find it funny that everybody is acting like a rebooted EU is a foregone conclusion when we know next to nothing about what the sequels are gonna be about, or which characters are going to be in it. Then I asked a question. Then I stated my reply to the OPs question. Didn't once say you guys shouldn't argue/debate/discuss the possibilities. yeesh

 

Where did I say don't argue about it? I didn't. I said I find it funny that everybody is acting like a rebooted EU is a foregone conclusion when we know next to nothing about what the sequels are gonna be about, or which characters are going to be in it. Then I asked a question. Then I stated my reply to the OPs question. Didn't once say you guys shouldn't argue/debate/discuss the possibilities. yeesh

 

Where did I say don't argue about it? I didn't. I said I find it funny that everybody is acting like a rebooted EU is a foregone conclusion when we know next to nothing about what the sequels are gonna be about, or which characters are going to be in it. Then I asked a question. Then I stated my reply to the OPs question. Didn't once say you guys shouldn't argue/debate/discuss the possibilities. yeesh

 

K don't know what happened there. Sorry for the triple post. wth?

 

I foresee your triple posts being rebooted!

 

I'm looking forward to the inevitable spiteful war between the Story Group's attempt to keep a clean continuity and petulant writers' attempts to grandfather in various old stories they like by making arbitrary references to them in new books. It will be like DC comics, except with more Darth Vader and Zayne Carrick.

 

That's why I love the idea of Hickman and Remender being recruited for a Marvel series.

 

Just prepare for.....

DEATH!

Lots of it!

 

There is no evidence that the Post Rotj Eu will be preserved? The evidence is that there is no evidence against it. Why would it not be preserved? They have absolutly no reason not to? Also i never said i had any proof i was asking you if you had any.

You started this argument when you said that the Post Rotj Eu is not safe, even though there is no reason to think it isn't.