Lit The Following Takes Place Between 35:3:8 and 39:3:7 of the GCW. Events Occur in Real Time.

Which would really be odd as he otherwise mentions tons of relatively obscure EU stuff, so I find it hard to believe he missed that the Executor would only be active by 6 Months after ANH.

 

Well, even issue 1 (2 months ABY) implies that the Rebels are headquartered on the Redemption, which seems to overlook the evacuation of Yavin 4, doesn't it?

 

The Rebels always seemed to have had the mobile fleet base as well, beside a main ground based HQ, plus there were several evacuations of Yavin 4, the last one apparently after the Executor showed up.

 

By the way, what do you mean by "tons of relatively obscure EU stuff"? I thought that the series's content was rather movie-ish than EU-ish (and by that I mean "mostly based on movie material so anyone can understand") .

 

Lots of small things keep showing up or getting mentioned. Just as examples
Lord Tion as the former Commander of Vaders ship (from the ANH Audio Drama), Golan battle platforms (from WEG), Kuat (again originally WEG), Lianna (WEG), one of the Rebel pilots is a Saurin (a Trandoshan subspecies) , Coruscant Underworld Police (from TCW) etc.

 

Well yes, now that you mention it, yes. These are indeed EU references, but I don't find them particularly obscure. Tion has been reused in the Star Wars: Empire comic series, for example, and something that appeared in TCW is still fresh in the minds. I think a reference is only obscure when it refers to something long-forgotten or that made a single appearance. Of course, that's merely my POV.

 

I hope it's a plan so cunning you could stick a tail on it and call it a weasel.

 

Just don't forget, "months" pass between Classic Star Wars #11 and 12 too, according to Shadow Stalker...

TC

 

So, Vader's Quest is supposed to have happened already? Isn't it necessarily contemporaneous with the Marvel issue where Vader learns Luke's name, because it also includes that scene?

 

In response to a question from Janek Zech on his Star Wars Timeline Gold facebook page, Nathan Butler recently said that he asked (presumably Leland) about the dating of the Star Wood series because of Wedge's line about barely escaping Yavin and he said the answer he received is that LFL considers the original 2-month dating to be correct.

 

Well, the real question would be: is it correct for the series as a whole, or is it the starting point and therefore correct for the first issues only?

I'd like to note that I haven't read the series. I'm going by what I've read here. But if the Rebels have conclusively left Yavin in it, 2 months is not correct.

 

Then I guess you are right in ignoring the 2 month dating.

 

Dear sweet mother of Waru, I had forgotten about that. That is literally the worst Star Wars book ever printed.

TC

 

The New Rebellion, Imperial Commando: 501st, and the Clone Wars Gambit duology beg to differ.

 

Pfft, they all had their moments. Although I'll admit that if everything terrible about Gambit was in one book, it would probably win. As it is, the awfulness is diluted enough to earn it second place.

But if there's one page that isn't infuriatingly bland or even a single good line in Ruins of Dantooine, I'll eat The Hat. Even the Star Wars works that are considered the worst have given us some ill-conceived but colorful characters that end up being legendary in their awfulness. Jaxxon. Waru. Trioculus. Zorba the Hutt. Grand Moff Hissa. The talking flower from Red Harvest. Ruins of Dantooine gives us nothing.

TC

 

As Quest mentioned any book that actually has Nym in it has to have some merit. Lando hitting on the Mistflier is kind of fun, as is the outright scary implication on what the Imperial Corps of Bioengineers job actually is. Though yeah it still is a really bad book.