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

Technically, but I have noticed that in shared universes, the first purposed solution is usually treated as absolute fact by later sources, even if it was total conjecture.

Especially when it comes to attributing something to some ancient race or not.

Yet you get people who insist that without the Dark Ages, we would all be living in space by now. And in general the periodization of history can be very Eurocentric at times, especially in casual conversation.

Very true. I spoke too broadly.

Well, Europe isn't my field, so I can't argue the point.


Though it does remind me - Jello, how do you feel about the "Byzantium is Rome" idea that I hear a lot now.

 

Proposal: General Kurumenga is the Imperial general who became the human member of the Triad as of the time of the Corellian crisis, thus explaining how that group first figured out Centerpoint's true nature.

 

Just a preliminary comment, but big ups to Rich and Abel on their latest collaboration. An enjoyable part one. I especially enjoyed the references to multiple obscure species: Qiraash and Dandelion Warriors, with an additional 3 species identified! The Sullustan cousin-species was a nice connection. Also nice to keep the Greenback homeworld kept within the Marvel comics realm.

 

So, based on what Jason says, all of this is scientific speculation, so it could all be incorrect. Very curious to see what else was cut from the book!

And let's not forget the Wheel article says "Part 1"!

 

Very true, there was certainly was a period of chaos and disorder after the Western Empire fell. However, the length and backwardness of the so called "Dark Ages" has thankfully been greatly reduced due to more accurate historical records and by discrediting some of the more biased accounts from certain historians of earlier eras. In terms of progressing science and other human achievements, in my opinion I think of the Romans as the most backward, they always had the tinniest sections in my history of science/engineering books.

In terms of the Rakata, I agree, I think they wouldn't hold up against the Republic/Empire unless they had some crazy force based tech. I don't know what it is about them, I just really wish they hadn't made there way in SW canon, or at the very least becomeso important to human history.

 

About the Rakata, they strike me as, "We want the Sith to be responsible for exploring and uniting the galaxy, but it's already been established that the Jedi and Republic existed before the Sith, so we created a Sith expy."

 

Funny, not long after reading this thread, look what I stumbled upon:
http://www.cracked.com/article_20615_5-ridiculous-myths-you-probably-believe-about-dark-ages.html

Not a scholarly source, obviously, but I thought it funny and relevant enough to bring up here.

 

Is that going to tell me that Merlin wasn't real, because I don't think I could handle that.

 

I agree there was a Dark Age, and bad things happened, but the original representations of it from earlier eras was quite over-exaggerated. In my opinion, it may have not started off great, but it was a huge step in the right direction once Rome fell to get us where we are today.

All of those civilizations did do great things to progress science and engineering. Still I feel the Romans were the most lacking of the bunch by a long shot, especially compared to the Greeks. In my mind they just took from the civilizations around them and they were great builders. Just not as impressive as the other to me at least.

I some ways I think they share a lot of common with the Rakata in terms of their views on slavery, brutality, and in a way that they didn't really pursue science to an extent.

 

http://starwarsblog.starwars.com/in...ilized-great-gunslingers-in-star-wars-part-2/

Another great write-up, courtesy of Ed Erdelac.

 

Sure looks like it.

 

the bit about Jango being a star of violent anti-hero serials amused me.

 

Likewise. I hope someone makes one of those in cartoon or comic form at some point; it'd be the Star Wars equivalent of a Frank Miller story, or one of the Death Wish movies.

I'm sure someone (or multiple someones) will be upset with Cad Bane being present, but even in the context of TCW alone, he's earned it. It takes a skilled gunman to hold his own against a Jedi with nothing but a blaster pistol. I wonder whether that last sentence about him is hinting about his eventual fate...

It's a nice article, though, I like the sections on Han and Gallandro especially. The note that Han's first instinct upon seeing Vader on Cloud City was three rounds rapid to the chest (or hand) was nice. And Gallandro now has a first name!

 

Well, we have Luke Skywalker and the Dragons of Tatooine, Han Solo and the Pirates of Kessel, and the rest of these cheesy holofilm names. Why not Jango Fett and the Death Watch Pirates? I can see someone goofing up history like that.

 

Vocal minority aside, the fight over TCW's canonicity or relevance to the EU isn't just a war that's been lost. It's a MASSACRE. 3 million viewers averaged an episode is about 30 times as much as "Invincible" sold. Girls are going as Ahsoka and people are writing articles about the cartoon in major newspapers. Even more so, large numbers of young Star Wars fans and people who want to read more about Star Wars think of it as "their" Star Wars. So much so it'll probably be incorporated into the New EU.

I liken it to those people who sneered at Marvel comics ever being referenced.

 

the official blog is not allowed to add new canon content specifically as per their own words to many fans who asked. only Jason, Abel and their articles may do so. I do wonder why Ed again cheated retcons and new info in there... and I wonder if it will stick since specifically blog entries are forbidden to add new lore except if done by hired authors like Jason Fry or Abel Pena&Rich Handely, etc.

weird..

 

Stop giving one named characters a second name, damn it.

You wouldn't give a first name to Cher, Prince or Sting, would you?

Stupid, just stupid. Everyone has to try to make their mark.

 

Leave Susan Cher out of this.

 

Interestingly, I think I remember that being mentioned in Shatterpoint. Mace is crestfallen to discover that the kids he rescued admire Jango Fett more than they do the Jedi.

 

Here's hoping that TOTJ and TOR are revealed to be holodramas.

 

TCW fits a lot in that category, with a rabid portion of ....scholars continuously debating its historical authenticity and how the composite character they creators added to relate to the audience never worked out.