Lit So does the new announcements pretty much close the book on legends ever getting continued

Maybe you should be directing this towards the person that keeps generating these threads.

 

Holy broad brush Batman! I’ve seen a lot of exagerrations and silly comments this week, but “old EU got the characters right, New EU gets the characters wrong” has to be the grossest generalization of them all. Even if I agreed with the basic sentiment (and I don’t), that still a ridiculous and, dare I say, fanboyish extreme to go to.

 

Painting with a broad brush is fun though.

 

https://twitter.com/TDenningauthor/status/890345438125187072

Found this tweet by Denning from July.

 

I like the "desire to be different" coupled with the common complaint that the sequels are just rehashes of the originals.

Oh how I loved the Fel Empire.

 

Despite being from 2 different universes, I can't shake the feeling that the Knights of Ren and the Imperial Knights are somehow related. If they ever continue Legends after Crucible, there could be a ruthless Knights of Ren group that the Fel Empire "redeems" and takes in to reform as the Imperial Knights.

 

Would love to get more on the Fel Empire but not certain if the new trilogy would have done much with them. Dagger of Mortis, the Monoliths, maybe something from SOTJ, a second Killik/Chiss war, etc. would be my guesses. Maybe something with the Imperial Knights.

 

I don't have any faith in the Denning trilogy or SOTJ coming out, but I want plot summaries at least!

 

Same here. Fan-fic writers and or myself will take care of the rest.

 

There was that short story from Insider that Golden wrote just before the Disney purchase, that had Jaina and Jag finding some ancient Jedi holocron and then being attacked by some strange cultist before being rescued by the Hutts. It sure seemed like that was setting up for whatever would have come after Crucible.

 

I can agree with some of the sentiments here. I especially dislike the direction they ultimately take Luke and Han's characters. As I see it, without going into reasoning, Luke is a moral coward and Han is a dead beat dad TFA. It's boring.

Oh and Luke seems a bit crazier in the pre ESB stories.

I would also agree with you about Hobbie.

However, there are some improvements in the new canon. Rebels is awesome as is Rogue One. The Empire, IMO, is now more clearly aligned with what GL originally imagined for it. Vader is powerful.

 

I pointed this out before but Hobbie died in 1979 when they filmed it, it just got cut. But the original intention from the people who made Empire was always Dead Hobbie.

 

If you like the Imperials being just a buncha flat baddies then it's a pro I guess. We had characters like Roan Fel, Thrawn, Pellaeon, Jagged Fel, Ysanne Isard, Treis Sinde; varying morals often pertaining to their era. Even Imperials during Palpatine's time were quite diverse. Even Stackpolian baddies were much more interesting than the nonthreatening idiots in Rebels.

 

No. Thrawn and Isard were flat out baddies.

Thrawn was a hypocritical SOB in Legends.

What I meant was that in Legends there was a lot of support for the Empire, especially in the Core Worlds. The New Republic was liberating worlds like Coruscant, Brentaal, and Kuat when it was not clear that these worlkds really wanted to be liberated. They seemed to be like the Empire, and this made the New Republic look like it was forcing itself on some worlds. By the time you get to the Second Galactic Civil War and Legends you have to the wonder if the NR/Alliance is a better than the Empire.

The Empire is quite clearly not a popular regime in canon. By the end of Legends, it seemed they were almost arguing for benevolent despotism....Which I suppose is great until you know,....the malevolent despot takes over.

 

I never said Thrawn wasn't bad. Just a different kind of bad. And "less bad Empire, less good Rebellion" will always be a pro in my book. Rogue One was on the right path. Kiddie morality should stay in the past, IMHO. After 30 years Star Wars should grow.

 

Yeah but you should not be wondering if the supposed good guys are actually bullies.

 

Personal preference, really.

 

You mean like General Draven?

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No, the New Republic/Galactic Alliance as a whole. As I mentioned above, some planets were forcibly "liberated" in Legends.

Then there was the Second Civil War which occurred because the Alliance could not let members go their own way.

In new canon, the New Republic is a popular movement, and sources have stated it is smaller than the Empire/ Old Republic because it did allows many planets to go their own way. Heck, it even allows the pro First Order planets to secede peacefully.