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Comics Princess Leia (Marvel) #1, part 1 (of 5)

Discussion in 'Literature' started by Zorkel567, Jul 26, 2014.

  1. Revanfan1

    Revanfan1 Force Ghost star 6

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  2. The_Forgotten_Jedi

    The_Forgotten_Jedi Jedi Grand Master star 4

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    Aw. :(

    On the plus side, I do look forward to seeing Leia interact with a new female rebel pilot, and at least Winter has been brought to the writers attention if she had not been before.

    I'm also intrigued about why she is on Sullust... could she be seeking a place for Alderaan refuges to hide? The underground caverns of Sullust could be a good spot to avoid the Empire.
     
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  3. maychild

    maychild Jedi Knight star 3

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    Happily surprised! I hope this is a harbinger for the continued refusal to bring in Legends character to the new EU.
     
  4. Cushing's Admirer

    Cushing's Admirer Chosen One star 7

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    How sad. Yet, not bringing Legends characters in is better than distorting the ones we know. I like Winter. :)
     
  5. TheRedBlade

    TheRedBlade Jedi Grand Master star 4

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    Maybe we'll get a reference that her code name on a mission was "Winter." Conversely, it would be hilarious if her actual, legal name it "Targeter."
     
  6. The_Forgotten_Jedi

    The_Forgotten_Jedi Jedi Grand Master star 4

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    o_O

    Someone clearly has not read Tarkin. Also, why would you not want awesome Legends characters to make the transition?
     
  7. Cynical_Ben

    Cynical_Ben Force Ghost star 4

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    Presumably because she doesn't want Mara anywhere near the new canon.
     
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  8. maychild

    maychild Jedi Knight star 3

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    I don't want any of the Legends characters near the new canon, but especially not Mara.

    I don't. She was the first in an endless series of Sues who were better/more beautiful/kewler than Leia. And before you ask, no, I do not expect Leia, or any of the rest of the canon characters, to be the best at everything, all the time. That would be boring. However, it is just as boring to see the canon characters be upstaged by every new character they meet, and being turned into incompetent doofuses so as to better enable the new characters to shine, as was always the case in Legends.

    All the canon characters were distorted so as to accommodate the Legends characters, particularly the authors' various pets. I hope the new canon will do better with integrating new characters, but it probably won't.

    WHAT awesome Legends characters?
     
  9. Revanfan1

    Revanfan1 Force Ghost star 6

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    ...seriously. You do know that the whole point of Winter was that she was basically Leia-lite, only with an eidetic memory? :rolleyes:
     
  10. Cushing's Admirer

    Cushing's Admirer Chosen One star 7

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    Wow, Maychild you're entitled to your views but not everyone shares them and I wasn't going to ask/say but thanks for assuming. :) I think many read in their own biases and blame the writers/characters.

    Awesome EU characters: Gliad, Talon, Dorsk 81, Streen, Calista (yes, I said it), Voss Prack and several others. I know many like Thrawn and Mara too.
     
  11. starfish

    starfish Chosen One star 5

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    Plenty of awesome legends characters. What are you saying, in over 20 years of EU books and comics you didn't like any of the characters? That's just silly.
     
  12. maychild

    maychild Jedi Knight star 3

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    Don't flatter yourself, Cush. ;) I was pre-emptively answering the question that always gets asked, by someone, whenever I talk about how every original character in Legends is better/kewler/etc. than one of the canon characters at something, or in the case of Mara, better at everything than everybody. Said question is always some variant of: "What, do you think that the canon characters are going to be the best at everything in a galaxy of trillions?"



    I started out liking some of them. But even the ones I liked got turned into unbearable Sues/Stus very swiftly. And none of them qualified as "awesome." They were OK.


    Leia-lite? Try, "more beautiful and regal than Leia could manage on her best days...she'd lost count of the times that, as children, people had assumed Winter was in fact the Princess Leia."
     
  13. Cushing's Admirer

    Cushing's Admirer Chosen One star 7

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    Wasn't doing anything of the sort. :p
     
  14. Jedi Ben

    Jedi Ben Chosen One star 9

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    Much as I like a great many Legends characters, no, I don't want them suddenly turning up in the new stuff.
     
  15. Gorefiend

    Gorefiend Chosen One star 5

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    Not to fond of it either. Well aside from Screed who already made it back somehow in Tarkin, though I guess more by virtue of everyone just having given up on that novel and no one editing him out. ;)
     
  16. Jedi Ben

    Jedi Ben Chosen One star 9

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    Who? (Someone sling the GotG pic into this thread!)
     
  17. Gorefiend

    Gorefiend Chosen One star 5

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    http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Terrinald_Screed
    [​IMG]
     
  18. Jedi Ben

    Jedi Ben Chosen One star 9

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    Blimey, that's obscure!
     
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  19. Revanfan1

    Revanfan1 Force Ghost star 6

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    Hmm. Which book was that from?

    And yes, Winter's biggest role was that of Leia's body double. "More than Leia could manage on her best days" is a bit much I'll admit, but usually Winter is portrayed as a way more down-to-earth type character that people love, but none of them really consider her better than Leia.
     
  20. The_Forgotten_Jedi

    The_Forgotten_Jedi Jedi Grand Master star 4

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    Well, Winter for one, but you've made your dislike of her clear. While I like Mara, I don't have any hope of her getting into the new canon.

    Mostly I'm thinking of characters from the X-Wing series: Face, Ton Phanan, Kell Tainer, Tyria Sarkin, Wes Janson, Hobbie, Tycho, Ibtisam, Nrin Vakil, Kapp Dendo, are all characters who spring to mind that could enter into the new canon easily.

    Also plenty of film characters (like the Rebel generals from all three OT films) could have their backstories reestablished and could be potentially used much more effectively than I think they were in the LEU.
     
  21. Gorefiend

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  22. maychild

    maychild Jedi Knight star 3

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    Try the first book of the Thrawn Trilogy, which Legends fans and Mara fans practically regard as a sacred text. In fact, it appeared within the first five or six pages of said book.

    Obviously they did, otherwise they wouldn't have assumed she was really Leia when they were growing up. And she was just the first in an endless string of Sues that people considered better than Leia, or were supposed to consider better than Leia -- the most revolting of which were Mara and the other red-gold Sue, Bria.

    I haven't read the X-Wing series.

    Possibly, but those are canon characters, not LEU characters.
     
  23. Force Smuggler

    Force Smuggler Force Ghost star 7

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    Read them!



    Then again skip Stackpole's and read Allston's books.
     
  24. maychild

    maychild Jedi Knight star 3

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    I may. From what I've heard, he even made Mara tolerable, which would be a small miracle.
     
  25. Force Smuggler

    Force Smuggler Force Ghost star 7

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    The Stackpole X-Wing books do have Corran Horn.
    While the Allston X-Wing books don't.
    No Mara. Just a fun time.