Books A/V DARK DISCIPLE (Ventress/Vos novel) (spoilers)

From my point of view, those things I hate don't make up Star Wars.

 

That wasn't so bad.

And that's the fascinating part.

 

I complain a lot about stuff I like, because I care

 

Ah. I think in that context it was Sam Witwer.

 

WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING AT CHRISTENSENSENSEN!

 

And I simply adore your avatar

 

The prequels, clone wars, NJO, LOTF, etc. feel very inconsistent with the rest of the SW universe and a lot of that stuff is frankly not very good which has already been talked about to death. Luckily a big chunk of that stuff is no longer canon and the rest can be ignored because it happened long before the OT and the new Disney stuff.

 

should I whip out my NJO post from the Traviss thread

 

Now would be a good time to do that yes

 

Any special reason or just a need for easy dark side points?

That feels a bit extream, but that is just me.

 

For my part, because the force needs no personifications.

 

Now, I understand you post was likely entirely tongue in cheek, this is more just a general public service announcement before someone actually makes that post genuinely.

Let me preface this with the fact I like SW as much now as I ever did, if not even more due to the scope of the Legends continuity. However, I know that it wasn't any of the symbolism/prophecy/philosophy that drew me into Star Wars as a youngster, and if I wanted it now as a grown up, there are setting that do all three far, far better. (Generally because all three are thought of differently and portrayed differently from author to author.)

What drew me to Star Wars was heroes and villains, lightsabers and blasters, star ships and death stars. What keeps me is immense collection of works that are all at least intended to fit together like a jigsaw puzzle to create a vast setting that feels like a living and breathing galaxy, or at least the history of.

To say that symbolism/prophecy/philosophy make up Star Wars is like claiming that someone doesn't (or shouldn't) actually like a Ham sandwich because he prefers his bread crust plain rather than with poppy seeds, and that the poppy seeds are vital to the experience. And now I've made myself hungry. Great. I need to make less foody analogies.

(Psst. Any idea when we will get new info on the book? We are getting wildly off topic. Not that i mind, all this is quite fun.)

 

The problem with symbolism in stories (book, comics, movies, etc), is that it often falls under two types:

-Just enough to make you think there's more beneath the surface if you think about it long enough (but in actuality there isn't)
or
-Something that drags you in and makes you realize the author(s) had another whole message(s) going on in the background you didn't see right off the bat

As far as any argument went that I ever saw on these boards, Mortis is the first. The scales-and-balance behind the Father, and the Light-Lady Dark-Dude are blatantly obvious. There's no secret message going on underneath the surface. It's really, really obvious.

(Sorry for going off topic. If Vos and Ventress were having this conversation it would involve spice and booze, respectively. )

 

Spice, booze... and surfing analogies.

 

Can't they digitally insert TCW Anakin instead of him for a new edition? I bet they can

 

You think they could just completely remake ROTS in TCW style? Because that would be great. Get Ian McDiarmid and Ewan McGregor to do voice acting for it, everyone else can be the TCW cast. They can clean up the script while they're at it.

 

TCW style... with an extra scene featuring Ahsoka being gunned down by stormtroopers?

 

If they can give a reasonable explanation for why she's around clones.

 

You see, unlike most Star Wars fans who disagree with other Star Wars fans, when I see this I just laugh.