The Official Millennium Falcon Discussion Thread (Spoilers Allowed)

Well, the Mandolorian Wars were actually done at the behest of the Sith...so, Sith pawns there.

Though I would say that several of your other examples really stretch the definition of pawn. Basically, you take allied in any way as a pawn, even when acting seperately, deceptively and under their own initiative like in the Vong War.


Anyone Fleet Junkie-oriented notice that the ISD was referred to as a 1600m Dreadnaught? That stung like sin, I must say.
New model, or are they referring to the old ship as an incorrect size.

 

By the way, does anyone know when this is released in the UK? I can't find a date for it and I heard there were no plans to release it here

 

Millennium Falcon?

Its already been out for a week or so.

 

Its just I can't find it anywhere! I'll just have to keep looking...

 

3 weeks actually. T-Boy. Get it online. Seriously, as fun as the book is, I'm not sure it's worth $34-$36 bucks. Amazon is your friend.

 

Yeah, I still haven't bought this. Christmas may yet be my friend. I just can't justify the $20.

 

I actually ordered my copy from Amazon.com in the US. When I ordered there was no pre-order option on Amazon UK. (It was listed though). And I don't remember seeing the book in any of the local bookstores when I was in town on Saturday.

 

Well I asked for it for Christmas but my dad couldn't find it in shops so he probably will get it online for me.

 

The novel describes Sullustans as near-humans!

Hmmm...the only mistake I've seen in the whole book, but an amusing one.

 

http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Millennium_Falcon_(novel)#Locations

done at last!

highlights:

new characters:
Archer
Bama Bar
Dr. Beramsh
Zann Bien
Bon
Dova Brigger
Kal Brigger
Lando "Chance" Calrissian Jr.
Marshal Climm
Cynner
Sari Danzer
Bammy Decree
Senator Des'sein
Dax Doogun
Druul
Reeze Duurmun
Erf
Quip Fargil
Antarian Ranger Folee
Gomman
Heet
Jedi Seef Hellin
the Ilk family
Tobb Jadak
Soly Kantt
Kista
Moosh Kole
Largetto
Luufkin
Magan
Chief Justice Margo
Masel
Naath
Sils Naffiff and his brother
Nido
Noneen
Lord Lestra Oxic
Flitcher Poste
Vistal Purn
Kol Quire
Remata
"Doc" Ril Bezart
Lu San
Snowmass the albino rancor
Lial Sompa
Sonnds
Tal-lik-Tal
Tamac's Zantay Aura the chitlik
Rej Taunt
Parlay Thorp
Cix Trouvee
Doon Trouvee
Viss
Waglin
Meran Zane

notable droid models:
CEC cybernetic overseer
Cybot Galacitca grappler
floor-polish droid
gatekeeper droid
gravitic droid
Mandalorian Hunter
MD-11 medical
recording droid
Superflow IV droid brain

battles of note
during the Galactic Civil War, Rebel attacks on the shipyards at Ord Trasi and Bilbringi

creatures of note
white bantha
bat-falcon (species "Millennium Falcon" named after)
Yuuzhan Vong larval insect
Yuuzhan Vong newt
s'teeni
Yuuzhan Vong thorn tree
bipedal ornuk
snow lizard (=tauntaun???)
chitlik
cub
eskrat (giant rodent from Vaced)
plak fish
hueche (Colicoid-eating, extinct predator of Colla IV)
melon
miniature nagath
monal serpent
nogull
unnamed predators of Regosh
sanus feline
scorplan
Tanaabian straw
toy moing
whicci (carrion bird from Vaced)

notable worlds:
Agon Nine
Carcel
Zamael Archipelago (a region??? of the Deep Core)
Delrian
Denon
Epica
Enferm
Fodurant
Hijado (on Hydian Way "halfway to Bonadan")
Holess
Lujo
New Balosar
Nilash III
Delphon 3, Delphon IV, and Delphon 7 in Anoat Sector
Regosh moon--satellite of Delphon IV
Yarith system
Lesser Vaced (in same system as Vaced)
Vaced--has one moon
Tungra in the Tungra system in Tungra Sector
Agora and Orto, both in Sluis Sector
an unnamed Colicoid colony on a planetoid in Tion Cluster
Roost--a planet
Tandum III--a former Rakata world
Shedu Maad--in the Transitory Mists, Jedi Academy locale
Tuerto
Yag'Dhul--has 3 moons, outermost has an abandoned pirate base

organizations of note:
Antarian Rangers
Barbers of Sullust
Before Synch (music group)
Black Hole Gang
Ministry of Media and Board of Decency (on Holless)
Carcel security
Circus Horrificus
Colicoid Creation Nest--STILL disbanded
Corell Industries Ltd.
Imperial Military Court
Planetary Sector Governors
GA Intelligence
Assistant Director of SBI
Senate Security
Senate Airlane Control
Givin Cartel (a starship manufacturer)
Governor of Delphon
Holess Court--with a Chief Justice
Yag'Dhul insurgent militia
old Jedi Order's Technical Division
Molpol's Travelling Circus (inc. the Kinetic Krew)
Oseon Spaceport Control
Lord Oxic's law firm
Planet Dreams, Inc.
Remote Sector Medical
the Rigorra/Groodo family (a kajidic)
Saffin Omlick Group
Smugglers' Confederacy
Sriluur Spaceport Control
Verpine resistance

new species:
Holessian
NOTE: this is the fisrt novel to include the Critokian species

notable vehicles:
Incom T-11 airspeeder
SoroSuub airspeeder
Lando's catamaran, the Windchaser
emergency sled
the Fusion Flame
gunboat
hovercab
hoverlimo
Immobilizer 418 prototype
Imeperial picket
KDY carrier (=Venator?)
mag-lev
patrol boat
People mover
PCBU
SoroSuub Police Special patrol speeder
Nar Shaddaa police vehicle
repulsorlimo
Santhe/Sienar passenger ship
the Second Moon
sleeper ship
sloop
Starmite-class, the Bria (Mentioned)
Mobquet swoop
Venators, the Integrity and the Guarlara
YG-series
YT-2000

tech of note:
DC-15
DL-44
Frohard's Galactic F-7
Ax-108 Ground Buzzer
baradium fusion device
D80 field disruptor
Series 401 generator
SSP05 hyperdrive motivator
juice blender
Novaldex stasis
null quantum field stabilizer
Zaltin Premier bacta tank
SRB42 sublight drive sy

 

In my opinion, MF was a total breath of fresh air, and finally, felt like Star Wars. Adventure and close calls and secrets!

I totally loved seeing Threepio again- the droids have been off-camera for too long.

 

I agree. It had emotions, conflicts, sadness, adventure, without being a trip into Depressionville like NJO.

 

I agree that the story was fine. However, the ending fell very flat. The Senate Emblem was a very poor McGuffin, indeed.

It's better than a Rebel Death Star though.

A Jedi holocron would have been interesting. Maybe Mace hid his away...

-The Rebel Gungan

 

yeah, I definitely thought the ending was...ugh. And the bad guys get off clean. We're supposed to accept Jadak as a good guy, even though he disrupts a court case and kidnaps an innocent sentient, who's only crime is his species, who he turns over to a racist crimelord?

 

Oh the legal ramifications of prosecuting a hive mind....

The bad guy wasn't even that bad. He did some bad things but he didn't kill or hurt anyone. He did end up losing a lot of money on Jadak's treatment.

-The Rebel Gungan

 

and why is the Alliance honoring anything signed by Emperor Palpatine, either his trashing or restoring Colla Designs. Since that government is gone, shouldn't Colla be free to operate? The Empire is GONE, its laws should no longer apply.

 

I think it was the signed by Emperor Palpatine, war hero, at the end of the Clone Wars back when he was still legit.

Granted his government was overthrown but that doesn't mean there is anarchy. The NR/GFFA probably upheld the ban on Colla Designs.

A simple assumption would be to think that Colla Designs petitioned the NR at its birth but was denied and the original statute was maintained.

It's definitely an interesting conversation though. How did the NR manage the transition with regard to economic sanctions, justified legislation, and other legal matters?

I'm sure the Empire had a pretty interesting budget and that there was a lot of debt floating around. Death Stars don't build themselves.

But if you try to get too realistic with the logistics of running a Galactic government with thousands or millions (billions?) of sentient species and worlds, your mind will explode. The UN is ineffective as is. And thats with one species on one planet. Think global politics to the thousandth power. Then think about transitioning that between two warring groups.

-The Rebel Gungan

 

I would have thought one of the perks of the New Republic was undoing all the "unjust" nationalizations and disbandings by the Empire

 

I cannot tell you how disappointed I was with this book. I expect more for Luceno. The whole book was a build-up to a confrontation of past meets future and when it all happened the whole thing just fizzled.

I'm not kidding when I tell you that I actually flipped back a few pages because I thought I missed something. The ending was extremely anti-climactic.

 

I think the ending was flat because its technically not the end of the story, but the beginning of a new one. I bet Outcast picks up right after the Solos fly off to help Luke. Also, has anybody here ever seen the movie Citizen Kane? This book felt a lot like that movie to me.

 

I enjoyed MF quite a bit but I wouldn't put it up there with Citizen Kane. I suppose I can see a slight slight comparison. The eternal search for the past which is unattainable. I tend to like the Maltese Falcon comparison much more.

The end fell flat for me as well. I didn't like how Han and Jedi Master Leia get played so easily. I mean Threepio is on board trying with all his might to tell them what happened. Shouldn't Leia have sensed the lies? It was no Sith playing her. It was just a pale con artist.

 

*points to ****

Leia isn't exactly that great at the whole Midichlorian-Polygraph thing.

And when did she become a Jedi Master?

 

In the department of understanding human behavior I'd say Leia and Han are both masters. Also, isn't it relatively easy to become a master in Luke's order? I mean Ben is already a knight for gosh sakes.

 

Actually, I was just comparing it to Citizen Kane because of all the flash backs.