Lit The Official StarWars.com Blog Thread - That's right, I went there

Apparently the wings fold up as well.

 

Stupid PT ideas already making their way into OT design to destroy their coolness

 

Another interesting article in the From World War to Star Wars series:

http://www.starwars.com/news/from-world-war-to-star-wars-imperial-officers

 

Jello have you seen this - http://www.starwars.com/news/may-the-fourth-roma ?

 

While a little filler-ish, this stormtrooper-centric article was pretty entertaining nonetheless:

http://www.starwars.com/news/stormtroopers-of-great-renown

 

Hrmmm... that could have been a little longer, especially with a little more research. I generally like the ideas behind most of these blog topics, but some of the authors sort of skimp on the caliber.

 

I like this one - parallels between Shakespeare and Star Wars:

http://www.starwars.com/news/studying-skywalkers-shared-motifs-in-star-wars-and-shakespeare

 

As requested, reposting this here :

 

I thought that one was very good.

The next one, about Dagobah, was OK at least:

http://www.starwars.com/news/meet-the-creatures-of-dagobah

 

I've always wondered what that snake on Luke's supplies was.

 

Darn, that's the end.

 

Good stuff. Liked seeing Bey's background fleshed out a bit more.

 

Bravo, great stuff across all of the cut content. Here's to a sequel. I really enjoyed all of the early Republic to Ruusan era stuff in the cut content, all very interesting. Loved the Balmorra info in last update as well.

One question, if it hasn't been asked before, of all of the cut content or stuff you were planning on including in EGTW, what would be the one thing you wish that made the final cut but didn't?

 

Whoh that's not what I expected for the final entry. And not only is it the last, but this one's got the old-school nostalgia factor!

These were fantastic, Jason! I'm glad so many of these passages actually got to see the light of day.

 

Thanks for the kind words.

Do you mean what thing from the Author's Cut do I wish had made the book? Or which thing still on the cutting floor do I wish had made the Author's Cut? Sorry if I'm being dumb -- been a killer week.

 

Both!

 

Would've loved to have seen all the content relating to the Battle of Endor - my most favourite and awesomeness battle in my opinion.

Any chance they'll see the light of day, as well as the war portrait of General Horton Salm?

jasonfry

 

That was twelve great articles. But now I desperately need to read The Kaleesh/Huk Wars feature. Why do you torment me so, Mr. Fry?

 

Yay, thank you for all this extra content, sad that this is the last part. I can see why many of these were cut from the final product, but wish there had been time or room to include all of these, so many interesting tidbits.

For this particular section, too bad the Balmorra part didn't make it in, especially if there had been an artwork commissioned to go with it, always loved that battle in DE2 where Balmorra is one of those few planets with enough weapons to even attempt to break away from the Empire (since they manufacture a lot of the Imperial ones too anyway). Even SWTOR covered Balmorra's history a good deal.

Though I'm glad Stazi's perspective was kept over that soldier coming home or the captured Vong/possible Jedi clone, more appropriate. And huh, haven't thought about the original Essential Guide to the Military in a long time. Who knows how that would have gone, but thank you for the excellent Essential Guide to Warfare we did get (and very glad it followed in the sort of style of the Essential Atlas too).

Too bad there was no Pellaeon-class Star Destroyer bit (don't think it was mentioned much), but very glad the Scythe was named MC140 in the final book.

 

I'll narrow it down to just the material provided in 12 parts of the authors cut. Feel free for both though

It was cool to see the outline given in Part 12, for the other stuff that was left out. Thanks.

 

Hmm.

Stuff from the Author's Cut that I most wish we'd put in the book: Memo From Kamino and The Assembly Line. I think both of those would have added some interesting dimensions to the coverage of the Clone Wars. But hey, this is what happens when you write way too much. I think the cuts made to get the manuscript down to its published form were pretty much on target.

Stuff that I wish had made the Author's Cut: Honestly, most of the material that wasn't published in either project got left on the cutting-room floor because it didn't work or didn't add anything new/interesting. (Or, I'll admit, because I just wasn't a fan of the storyline/era.) The Raith Sienar piece wasn't bad and I went back and forth on including it. I was fond of the Captain Wermis piece, but it got so overwritten by a blog feature that it wasn't salvageable.

Of the stuff in the outline that never got written, I was looking forward to I Was a Chanteuse for the ISO, the Sixtus Quin portrait and Jowdrrl talking about the Falcon. But it was pretty clear that they'd be superfluous, so they got cut at the outline stage.

Oh, and we should have done some kind of pilot roster for Endor. Red Squadron, probably. It's inexplicable that we didn't.

 

Any chance that we can get an Author's Cut Cut? From Atrisia and Haashimut to the Scimitar Assault Wing and Hell's Hammers, the whole thing at the end reads like my own personal list of all the obscure things that I've wanted to see fleshed out more

But in all honesty, I couldn't have been happier with the EGTW as it was published, and just the fact that some of these amazing stories managed to see the light of day in the Author's Cut makes me beyond grateful. EGTW and TEA are both the go-to texts that I point my friends interested in learning more about the EU towards, because they're just phenomenally comprehensive and jammed full of stuff for hardcore fans, whilst still being easily accessible for new fans. They're both, beyond any doubt, my favourite sourcebooks ever published and I couldn't be more thankful to everyone involved in bringing them out.

As for this last Cut, I've been looking forward to seeing the piece on Bey ever since I found out about the cut Marvel profiles. I was absolutely terrified that it wouldn't live up to expectation, if only because of how much I'd hyped it up in my head, but it was all I could have hoped for and more. It's not often I'll say something like this, being the impatient person that I am, but it was well worth the eight year wait. Congratulations on finally getting it published, Jason, and thank you for all the hard work that you, Paul, Erich, and everybody else put into this. Like everyone, I'm sad to see it end, but so grateful to have been given a chance to see all these untold stories come to light over the past year. I look forward to seeing what you all come out with next.