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

I've never had an issue with references to other events in books... I actually find it helps immerse me in the narrative better.

Take that film... what was the name... ah yes, A New Hope. Luke's father fought in those there Clone Wars. What were they? Doesn't matter. That old Obi-Wan coot never bothered to explain it, dang him!

But that never detracted from the story for me. It improved it. It made it fill like a living, breathing galaxy, where you don't need to understand or know everything to enjoy the story -- just like nobody knows everything about most world history either, but you know a little, you've got a vague idea about India or China, enough to build up a little window into another place, instead of just some faces with no context or wider perspective at all.

 

I'm very late on the Pixar discussion, but I will say this: I was not nearly as in love with Wall-E as everyone else seems to be. However, the visuals in that movie are fantastic, and actually made me think of Star Wars several times.

 

And become Devastator

 

Made us want to explore all of the material that was out there didn't it?

 

The only real problem with Mercy Kill in my opinion is any of the post-NJO events it references are ridiculous and have alienated me, so I could never buy it for that, only for the flashbacks through the Yuuzhan Vong War that are of interest to me. Which is why even though I am an X-wing fan, I haven't even bothered to buy Mercy Kill yet, so the only reasons why I am going to buy it is to support the series and for the flashbacks through the Yuuzhan Vong War.

 

Yeah Obi-wan left a few things out

 

I'd recommend it. It was fairly enjoyable, even for someone who isn't big on Pixar films. If nothing else, Wall-E is way more interesting and expressive than R2-D2.

On that note, I think Pixar is the only avenue I would ever accept another R2-D2 and C-3P0 story.

 

Now THIS is a young reader's Star Wars book that I would actually buy.

Im surprised, given how its come up more than a few times in-universe, that no one at LFL has thought "oh why not" and just put out a version of it as one of those numerous kids books they do every year. Honestly, it would probably sell better than most just from EU fans picking it up for novelty.

 

Advocating a KJA reference? That's a paddlin'.

 

I have always been curious about that story. It sounds cute.

 

50 shades of KJA ?!

 

I liked KJA's books. I also think if he's the one that created the in-universe story it'd be cool if someone actually wrote it and or put a ref in the ST for the kids.

 

http://www.starwars7news.com/2014/01/speculation-star-wars-rebels-to-have.html

 

Okay, let me preface with it's the Internets and everybody makes up everything.

All that being said, I dig the general vibe of the article which is this bit:

Episode seven takes place, in 30 ABY. Jacen, and Jaina will be to Ben what Han, and Leia were to Luke. Ben is around the same age as his cousins. Chewie will be alive, and this is an all new timeline from 4 ABY forward.​

Pablo Hidalgo, and Leland Chee have been consulting with Kathleen, and JJ, on EU elements, and characters from the database. ​

I don't think using the EU has Cold Hard Canon Historical Fact is a good idea to base the ST off but taking character names, story ideas, general history, species, planets, etc., is a really good usage of those 2 decades of Star Wars stuff. It acknowledges it without being constrained by it. That's a fabulous idea going forward. So we get, like, Thrawn showing up 30 years after ROTJ instead of 5, etc. Jania is Han & Leia's kid but she never learned to be a Jedi and has to figure it out, stuff like that. Mara Jade is Luke's love of his life who maybe wasn't The Emperor's Hand or something that specific but she came from a dark place, is very Force snazzy, is very sarcastic, and now is nice and loves Luke and they have a kid named Ben etc. Use the EU names and mine it for story potential but don't be beholden to it.

Like Marvel's cinematic Universe, it takes a hellova lot from the various comics history but it doesn't make it unbreakable foundation. Just a very, very deep story well. Which is what the previous EU can be. So it will be a part of the universe. Just not exactly exact canon fact exactly unbreakable. That's a win-win from my point of view.

 

I'm not opposed to the general sentiment but it sounds faker than the Boba Fett rumor that was so controversial, at least in the way it's described.

 

Yeah, probably. I ain't saying it's right but I do dig the idea of "okay, we have all this stuff to draw from, let's draw from it." instead of "okay, we have all this stuff that is as canon as the movies, how can we make this work?"

 

Beware, the guy who said that got blown up by Garrak about 5 minutes later and The Sisko was okay with it.

 

Didn't make him wrong! And Garak was nursing a bruised jaw for a good few days and Sisko was Not Happy.

 

BigAl6ft6 - you had me at "Force snazzy".

 

It even says in the article that this was something posted in the COMMENTS section of another article.

I mean, how much more official could we ask for? That's OBVIOUSLY Lucas in disguise posting so we all know what's coming.