main
side
curve
  1. In Memory of LAJ_FETT: Please share your remembrances and condolences HERE

Lit A/V The Force Awakens and the EU [TAGGED spoilers.]

Discussion in 'Literature' started by TypoCelchu, Oct 30, 2012.

Thread Status:
Not open for further replies.
  1. BigAl6ft6

    BigAl6ft6 Chosen One star 8

    Registered:
    Nov 12, 2012
    Well it does kind of exist, in storyboard form but it has voice actors and more of Seth McFarlane's Palpatine (which, right behind McDiarmid, is my next favourite performance of The Emperor)
     
    AdmiralWesJanson and Darth Koo like this.
  2. Vthuil

    Vthuil Force Ghost star 5

    Registered:
    Jan 3, 2013
    I suppose it does make sense that he would do well as the ultimate personification of evil.
     
  3. DigitalMessiah

    DigitalMessiah Chosen One star 6

    Registered:
    Feb 17, 2004
    aww
     
  4. BigAl6ft6

    BigAl6ft6 Chosen One star 8

    Registered:
    Nov 12, 2012
    The thing I love about McFarlane's Palpatine is that he's so perpetually put-upon by everyone and barely trying to keep it straight, like the one where he's taunting Luke but the Death Star contractors are busy banging away, or when the shuttle lost his clothes so he's stuck with Death Star tourist gear, so he just lashes out at his underlings. but he's kind of an optimist too but the universe keeps trying to screw him over. Honestly, the biggest reason I actually do want to see Detours is just to get more of McFarlane's Palpatine.
     
  5. DigitalMessiah

    DigitalMessiah Chosen One star 6

    Registered:
    Feb 17, 2004
    I think everyone knows who my favorite non-McDiarmid Palpatine is.
     
    Barriss_Coffee likes this.
  6. IG_2000

    IG_2000 Jedi Grand Master star 4

    Registered:
    Aug 5, 2008
    I can't believe there exists a clip of Seth MacFarlane saying "mara jade, the emperors hand".

    George always seemed really jealous of EU characters overshadowing/rivaling his own characters in popularity. Remember the whole Starkiller fiasco where the Darth Maul game team had to remove any sign of him in their office?
     
  7. Gorefiend

    Gorefiend Chosen One star 5

    Registered:
    Oct 23, 2004

    That was the least of the fiascos that happened with Force Unleashed.
     
  8. IG_2000

    IG_2000 Jedi Grand Master star 4

    Registered:
    Aug 5, 2008
    First game was solid. Fun story that imo some fans just got irked because they took the idea of canon at face value.
     
  9. Gorefiend

    Gorefiend Chosen One star 5

    Registered:
    Oct 23, 2004

    Yeah how dare they try to take it serious. ;)
     
  10. DigitalMessiah

    DigitalMessiah Chosen One star 6

    Registered:
    Feb 17, 2004
    It's a shame they shoehorned Starkiller into the formation of the alliance like Zahn shoehorned Bel Iblis. At least Bel Iblis wasn't a Jedi.

    *goes back to watching SW Rebels*
     
    Vthuil likes this.
  11. Iron_lord

    Iron_lord Chosen One star 10

    Registered:
    Sep 2, 2012
    I think it had already been called "The Corellian Treaty" in WEG before Dark Force Rising - Zahn just came up with his own reason why.
     
  12. DigitalMessiah

    DigitalMessiah Chosen One star 6

    Registered:
    Feb 17, 2004
    Yeah but Zahn changed the canon so it means nothing to me.
     
  13. Dr. Steve Brule

    Dr. Steve Brule Jedi Grand Master star 4

    Registered:
    Sep 7, 2012
    Well, but then he started having the Maul and Talon figurines kissing each other and then told them to base a game off that.
     
  14. DigitalMessiah

    DigitalMessiah Chosen One star 6

    Registered:
    Feb 17, 2004
    He probably figured a Maul cosplayer would be into Maul.
     
    DelRiego and CooperTFN like this.
  15. GrandAdmiralJello

    GrandAdmiralJello Comms Admin ❉ Moderator Communitatis Litterarumque star 10 Staff Member Administrator

    Registered:
    Nov 28, 2000
    Re: TFU, if they just outright said the game was for funsies then cool. But they made it this media blitz and most important thing in SW and totes canon. So like, no.

    Re: Palpatine, the young Palpatine in the third Robot Chicken special made me so happy. He was the framing story for the whole special. Loved it.


    Missa ab iPhona mea est.
     
    BigAl6ft6 and Abadacus like this.
  16. DigitalMessiah

    DigitalMessiah Chosen One star 6

    Registered:
    Feb 17, 2004
    Did that like offend people or something
     
  17. Darthmaul208

    Darthmaul208 Jedi Grand Master star 5

    Registered:
    Dec 29, 2013
    No idea of any of this. Please can someone explain?
    Also at the time before the game was released a friend said Starkiller was in TPM, when Darth Maul falls through the hole you see Starkiller fly across and slice him to make sure he is dead. This isn't the case so where did this come from?
     
  18. DigitalMessiah

    DigitalMessiah Chosen One star 6

    Registered:
    Feb 17, 2004
  19. CooperTFN

    CooperTFN TFN EU Staff Emeritus star 7 VIP

    Registered:
    Jul 8, 1999
    What the hell did I just watch
     
    Barriss_Coffee and BigAl6ft6 like this.
  20. Gorefiend

    Gorefiend Chosen One star 5

    Registered:
    Oct 23, 2004
    Spoiler: military officer played by Ken Leung

    [​IMG]

    dammit Gorefiend, I told you all about the spoiler= tag not being functional on mobile apps.
     
    Barriss_Coffee likes this.
  21. Arrian

    Arrian Jedi Grand Master star 4

    Registered:
    Aug 15, 2011
    What's that two, three Asian-looking people in the films now? I can think of Bultar Swan and Fang Zar as the only two others.
     
  22. Abadacus

    Abadacus Jedi Grand Master star 4

    Registered:
    May 4, 2014
    [​IMG]
    Lieutenant Telsij in the battle of Endor.
     
  23. Vthuil

    Vthuil Force Ghost star 5

    Registered:
    Jan 3, 2013
    Have to say, I like his "officer" style of uniform a whole lot better than that of the Resistance fighter pilots.
     
    Revanfan1 likes this.
  24. Cynical_Ben

    Cynical_Ben Force Ghost star 4

    Registered:
    Aug 12, 2013
  25. fett 4

    fett 4 Chosen One star 5

    Registered:
    Jan 2, 2000
    JackG You forgot the Asian Trade Federation who invaded a planet populated by Jamaican frogs.
    Starwars has always been a plethora of diversity.
     
Thread Status:
Not open for further replies.