Lit GENERAL QUESTION THREAD (What to read? Where to start? What's canon? What's not? Duros, etc.)

Got a question: Why does the Empire look as established as it is in Mist Encounter (short story by Tim Zahn) with TIE fighters, Victory-Class Destroyers, all the modern uniforms for the troops, etc. despite happening a week after Episode III? I mean in-universe, of course, OOU it's obvious it was because at the time people had a different idea of how the transition from Republic to Empire went, what i'm asking is basically: What was the retcon to explain it?

 

I don't have much of an answer to this question, but its interesting how they later managed to create a more Clone Wars aesthetic going so far as to even have Phase II armor still in use.

 

As horribly underrepresented as they are, the Victories did fight in the Clone Wars. Additionally, there was some sort of proto-TIE Fighter operating before the Clone Wars. Apparently TIEs existed before the Clone Wars (Wookieepedia doesn't give a source, but the Technical Commentaries links this to the Imperial Sourcebook). It would probably be something like helicopters during WWII- existing, but still in the experimental stages.

 

The retcon is that Zahn rewrote that story with Venators and V-wings (and the comic has the stormtroopers wearing clone armor).

 

The version in the Thrawn prologue is also the second rewrite.

The Legends version of Mist Encounter still has all the Victory-class and TIE mentions - but there were some small changes between the version in Star Wars Adventure Journal 7, and the version in the Outbound Flight paperback. Specifically, Palpatine's previous title is mentioned as being Chancellor in the second version.

 

Not to mention Eli Vanto being the biggest difference between the canon version and Legends.

 

Ohh, i see, the version i read was from the Adventure Jorunal, so it's the un-retconned version.

This makes sense too, especially for the Victories, though it is weird how TIEs are alluded as being already kind of outdated and "undermanaged" in the Imperial Navy and Army by the point of Mist Encounters, despite the Empire just forming and the Republic never (or rarely) using such ships.

Thanks for the answer, i wasn't aware that it was partially rewritten.

 

Did Jango Fett think that Tyranus and Dooku were separate clients of his or did he know that Tyranus and Dooku were connected?

 

I'm not sure if Newcanon has confirmed one way or another, but in Legends he definitely knew that they were the same person. This was a plot point in the Boba Fett junior novels.

 

Jango met Dooku in the bounty hunter game iirc. It should be obvious I guess.

 

It should be noted that we get a brief glimpse of the canon version of this meeting in the Age of Republic comics.
Here Dooku has his hood up signifying he's in "Tyranus" mode. But considering they meet in AOTC I don't think Jango's dumb enough to overlook the obvious similarities.

 

Is there any expanded info on these guys?


They replace the ineffective Coruscant police droids in Season 5's Fugitive arc, and are tasked with capturing Ahsoka (before Shock Troopers led by Anakin and Plo Koon arrive). They have a very distinctive look, and I've always wondered whether they're even human/alien and not just droids (similar to the old ones seen pre-S5). Do they show up anywhere else, is there any BTS stuff (concept art, crew statements) about them?

 

Those are the specifically the Underworld Police. I think they're supposed to be sentient. George came up with them, and they were also going to be in the 1313 game.

 

When Son of Mortis showed Anakin the future, did Anakin find out that Palpatine is Darth Sidious?

 

I know that Heir to the Jedi was meant to be Legends before the reboot, but when it got rebranded, was anything changed to fit canon? More specifically, is there anything in it that wouldn’t fit into legends?

 

Considering the alternate story that potrayed what would happen had Anakin and the Son escaped Mortis told us they killed Sidious on Coruscant and ruled the Galaxy, i'd say he definetly did find out.

On a side note, i don't remember where that short alternative story was released, was it Insider?

 

What were the theories on what the deal was with Nom Anor before the NJO actually started?

 

That's actually a really interesting question! I wonder what sort of crazy stuff the people would have theorized.

 

It's worth noting "motor pool" was apparently used to describe the area of Jabba's Palace that stored his skiffs and sail barge. But there's alternatives if it still sounds off.

Also to clarify most dictionary definitions I found say that a motor pool is "a fleet of military vehicles", not necessarily the place where they're stored. Though I feel like I've heard it used that way before . You could just remove the "motor" part and call it a "vehicle pool", "speeder pool", "walker pool". Maybe call it "the stables" as an ironic nick name.

I'm personally a fan of "bay", "docking bay", "vehicle bay", "launch bay", "hangar bay". Usually when we see that word in Star Wars it's to refer to where ships are kept, but I see no reason why other vehicles couldn't be a part of it. (After all we just mentioned a "barge" that floats across the desert instead of the sea, terms can be a bit flexible).

 

Chapter 5 of Tarkin: Tarkin uses deductive reasoning to infer that "the vehicle pool has become a rendezvous area for spice users."

 

What places the Ewok movies chronologically prior to ROTJ?

 

I'm thinking of the game Company of Heroes here, where there's a building called a "tank depot". You could just swap out "tank" for a more generalized "vehicle depot". I think that's a little more clear than "vehicle pool" if you ask me.

 

Originally it wasn't planned to be prior to ROTJ but long after. However, Leland Chee decided to place it there because Wicket doesn't look ancient, but young:

https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Caravan_of_Courage:_An_Ewok_Adventure

Continuity

The film was classified as C-canon in the Holocron continuity database,[37] and was officially set in 3 ABY.[3]Producer Thomas G. Smith claimed that the film shows a young Ewok playing with a toy AT-AT, which would indicate that the Galactic Empire had been on Endor by that point.[8][38] Eric Walker has said that Smith told him that the crew saw the film as being set 150 years after Return of the Jedi, setting it around 154 ABY.[20] Leland Chee considered using this date for the Holocron, but ultimately rejected it due to Wicket's youthful appearance.[39]