Anticitizen One
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Normally I would put news like this in the comics topic but since this is going to be a unique miniseries and its being written by an exceptional writer I think it warrants its own thread:
New comic series to reveal the secret origin of the Jedi
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Normally I would put news like this in the comics topic but since this is going to be a unique miniseries and its being written by an exceptional writer I think it warrants its own thread:
Anticitizen One
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yup
Salvor.Hardin
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Is that orange dude in the middle wearing a mask made of his own flesh?
Anticitizen One
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I don't think so. John Ostrander is a terrific writer. He created Grimjack, Suicide Squad for DC and did the previous Star Wars Legacy series which took place in the far future of the SW universe and was hailed as being great. He is a well regarded writer plus Lucas has already done enough damage so I don't see how this can screw up anything.
It's considered one of the best SW EU stories in recent memory
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Anticitizen One
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The proposal for the series got sent from Dark Horse comics to Lucas Ranch and Lucas had to approve of everything and give his blessings for this to have even been solicited.
I don't like this at all. The best part about fantasy is the mystery behind it all. If you just lay it all out then what's so mysterious? Boiling it all down to something some guy makes up cheapens it.
I thought people said Legacy was shit because it killed so many characters off.
I thought people said Legacy was shit because it killed so many characters off.
Miggytronz
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cool
Ken Masters
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this, there is no need to know the origin, and are people even going to take this seriously? The art itself makes it seem like cheap fan fiction to me
XiaNaphryz
LATIN, MATRIPEDICABUS, DO YOU SPEAK IT
Not quite.
http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Canon
Licensing manages all the canon stuff. Lucas himself rarely is involved in the approval process for most of the EU stuff. For something like this, maybe a quick check with George may have been done with a one sheet or something, but I suspect nothing too elaborate if anything. And Licensing is based in the Presidio complex, not the ranch.
The Elite
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This is true. The Old Republic deals with this stuff too. I'm curious if they will maintain the same canon.
Anticitizen One
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I think your referring to "legacy of the jedi" which is a novel series. Star Wars Legacy takes place hundreds of years after the films so none of the characters from the movies are even in the series.
Mazer Rackham
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I hope you're right
Hmm, I think I am. Is Legacy going to be made into novels? I like Star Wars books but there are so many shit ones I pick one the good ones(Thrawn, X-wing, ect) and if it's as good as you say I'd be interested in getting that too.
Al-ibn Kermit
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FUCK the expanded universe, trying to always explain how every little thing works. Over analysis of star wars, especially concerning things that are meant to be magical/mysterious, just sucks all the fun out of it.
Anticitizen One
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Yea its good and its a comic series (with a finite ending) as far as I know there are no novels for it. You can start with this book it collects the first 7 issues and see if you like it:
http://www.amazon.com/dp/1593077165/?tag=neogaf0e-20
That's why I like Thrawn and X-wing. They keep it close to the movies, simple and expand it in a way you can see it expanding. Not all this other weird shit.
Regardless or the writer, the art, the quality of the story... if George Lucas is involved it'll be one to avoid I'm afraid.
Example: I rewatched ep IV-VI bluray editions recently having not watched these since the originals back on VHS- oh man did they put so such useless crap in. It's the same sad junk Lucas dumped all over the prequels, fart humor and incessant CG everywhere. The whole extended scene in Jabba's palace with the CG-ized singer dancing everywhere was cringe-worthy for me. Just when I thought it was over they cut to the outside where a giant frog/plant thing eats some hapless critter and blasts out a giant burp. Good god...
Between the prequels sucking pretty bad and stuff like that added into the original movies gives me little hope that there's any chance for a good result here.
Sorry for the rant...
Anticitizen One
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lunarworks
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The Jedi have been ruined for me for a long time.
In the original trilogy I imagined the Jedi Council to be on some quiet, isolated planet where they could contemplate in humble surroundings.
Nope.
They're on the busiest planet in the universe, surrounded by flying cars and living in what looks to be a fairly glamorous HQ.
In the original trilogy I imagined the Jedi Council to be on some quiet, isolated planet where they could contemplate in humble surroundings.
Nope.
They're on the busiest planet in the universe, surrounded by flying cars and living in what looks to be a fairly glamorous HQ.
Shin Johnpv
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What? The silly burp is not in the original, and all the extra dance bit and Dr Teeth looking dude are certainly not 1983 vintage. The scene, yes, but extending things like that out with useless juvenile fluff is annoying at best.
Still fear George will touch this, somehow.
[EDIT] Found the original. Muppety, yes, but that's what we started with.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-TNRyhF8qwA
John Rabbit
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seriously all i can look at is that guy "come at me bro"-ing in the back there.
Anticitizen One
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I was referring to the Frog creature eating the thing outside. it's from the original but you make it sound like it was added in later on.
XiaNaphryz
LATIN, MATRIPEDICABUS, DO YOU SPEAK IT
It's EU, why would he?
Geez, I realize people don't like what he did to the original trilogy or the prequels or Indy 4, but goddamn at some of this irrational hate projection on anything that could possible be remotely connected to Lucas being potentially involved in some vague miniscule way.
The Elite
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Exactly what I was thinking.
samus i am
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It's time to take it out back and shoot it.
Anticitizen One said:
Gotcha. I just found the unnecessary burp to be a perfect JarJar moment, adding to my distaste from the previous scene.
I guess my real issue is do we need to know the origins of the Jedi? Can't it just be a lost cosmic myth, kinda like how we didn't need to know the details in episodes I-III, imagining them was just fine, and added to the magic of the whole storyline. Either way, I probably won't read this so I should just shut up. I stopped at extended universe stuff years ago. Save for Force Unleashed I'm tragically out of touch with the lore.
Not when you have people out there that will buy it just to be offended.
SMT
this show is not Breaking Bad why is it not Breaking Bad? it should be Breaking Bad dammit Breaking Bad
George Lucas agrees? I don't know, but to me the Jedi would do well with D.C. comics, just so we could see them fight Martian Manhunter. 
I've always wanted to see Batman wield a light-saber.
I've always wanted to see Batman wield a light-saber.
sixteen-bit
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Not fan fiction.
K
kittens
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Oh my GOD, those characters looks so terrible. It's like Miami Vice x Prince x Kurt Russel x Star Wars x Awful Character Design.
New origins series sounds potentially cool. I'll keep an open mind, though I'm inclined to agree with those who'd rather keep the mystery.
the burp was not added in either though.
SMT
this show is not Breaking Bad why is it not Breaking Bad? it should be Breaking Bad dammit Breaking Bad
You are so right Dr. Doom, I don't even want to imagine what would happen to them with Marvel, xD.
Can a light sabre cut through adamantium?
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