Star Wars Griefing Thread (SPOILERS) - Safety off

[Imperial Citizen]

Absolutely fucking not.

Which is why I'm surprised they aren't doing it. They already fucked over the originals and the prequels and the original EU with the sequel trilogy woke bullshit trying to make Star Wars be as un-Lucas as possible, going for the in-universe origins seems like the next logical step to asserting their vision over the original. They already sorta did with that bullshit about some woman being the real leader of the empire instead of Palps.

Well I gues they haven’t gone that far in the past because that requires imagination and the ability to design an original Star Wars setting, which we know Disney lacks.

 

[Judge Holden]

It's the Alex Kurtzman approach.

Oh fuck Alex Kurtzmans gonna get a star wars movie too isnt he?

 

[Starscreams Cape]

Oh fuck Alex Kurtzmans gonna get a star wars movie too isnt he?

If he did we'd have an answer to the question of "can it get worse than The Last Jedi and Rise of Skywalker?".

 

[Mississippi Motorboater]

Also in regards to High Republic, I recall a lot of people initially praising the idea of that shitty multimedia's setting because it explored a period in galactic history that previous SW media never touched upon much, but there was a reason for this, as George established in the prequels the "Great Peace of the Republic" a period of almost 1000 years where no major wars happened, just a few minor scuffles or self-contained planetary wars. So having a big fat war between the Jedi and a re-emerging Sith Empire, their Dark Gods and a rising huge cult of bandits just 200 years before the PT is pretty much going against G-Canon there which is what Disney drones originally claimed Disney wouldn't do, yet have done so time and time again.

Precisely this. The reason that nobody touched this era during the EU publishing days was because virtually nothing of significance happens in this time frame. The millenium starts with Darth Bane's rise and fall from power, and then it's radio silence from both the Sith and in terms of galactic warfare for the next thousand years, until the Clone Wars.

That's the exact reason (aside from the creators involved) why I have zero enthusiasm for Disney's High Republic. The one thing that has characterized the new canon's onslaught of books and comics is that nothing is allowed to happen. No large scale conflicts, no ambitious sprawling story arcs, nothing---all of the new books and comics have fit that mold, and instead of visiting an era that would give the writers freedom to match the EU in scope and ambition, they pick the one era where nothing important CAN happen due to the Sith still being presumed extinct, and no instances of war allowed to happen without contradicting the Prequels.

So I hope you're ready for more one-shot, inconsequential, monster-of-the-week escapades with our heroes, because that's all you're going to get. Dumb shit with law-enforcing cowboy Jedi fending off space vikings on the new frontier, in a story that never goes anywhere or amounts to anything. Just like the rest of the Nu-Canon.

Dark Horse Star Wars Super-Team John Ostrander and Jan Duursema covered the origins of the Jedi and Sith in a comic series just prior to the Disney takeover.

Yes, indeed: Dawn of the Jedi. My favorite writer/artist team didn't disappoint with that one---what sucks though is that if you like collecting EU media physically, the trades and even the issues of Dawn are a bit pricey these days.

I hear that Marvel is coming out with a "Legends Epic Collection" for Dawn of the Jedi, but fuck having that ugly yellow banner on my shelf. I'll just wait for the right schmuck to sell the original trades for the wrong price. I collected all of the TPB's for Tales of the Jedi doing that, even the crazy expensive ones.

 

[Cyril Sneer]

Yes, indeed: Dawn of the Jedi. My favorite writer/artist team didn't disappoint with that one---what sucks though is that if you like collecting EU media physically, the trades and even the issues of Dawn are a bit pricey these days.

I hear that Marvel is coming out with a "Legends Epic Collection" for Dawn of the Jedi, but fuck having that ugly yellow banner on my shelf. I'll just wait for the right schmuck to sell the original trades for the wrong price. I collected all of the TPB's for Tales of the Jedi doing that, even the crazy expensive ones.

I picked up the Dark Horse TPB of one of the Janek Sunber arcs from the old Empire title at the LCS recently. Pricier than I expected, but it was like reading a breath of fresh air, if that makes any sense, after all of this Woke Wars ossik.

 

[Gallofag]

The Legends label is kind of annoying.

 

[Xerxes IX]

They already sorta did with that bullshit about some woman being the real leader of the empire instead of Palps.

I always got the feeling that that was KK's self insert, with Palpatine as Lucas. Yes, what it implies makes no fucking sense but Kennedy has enough of an ego to see herself as the TRUE and HONEST creator of Star Wars.

 

[Creep3r]

As a casual fan, I think its noteworthy that Lucasfilm seems more content with basically revisiting the period immediately before the war which sounds boring as hell if you focus on the Jedi instead of the political intrigue and other shit that led to the collapse of the Republic.

I mean, why not just do a series visiting how exactly the Jedi were created in the first place? The Jedi simply didn't pop up one day not in response to some big evil threat, did they? Granted, my knowledge of the origins of the Jedi Order is basically non existent I'll admit, so maybe that's just as boring as the High Republic sounds.

Dark Horse Star Wars Super-Team John Ostrander and Jan Duursema covered the origins of the Jedi and Sith in a comic series just prior to the Disney takeover.

I also covered a little bit of the jedi's origins in one of my Grand Shitposts summarizing galactic history (along with the origins of many other major things).

https://kiwifarms.st/threads/star-w...ywalker-spoilers.32492/page-1470#post-6164596

Its in the "Kwa, The First Jedi" section. But there's still a huge chunk missing which I hope to get to later. But I suggest you read the Dark Horse comics covering the jedi origins as they are a real treat and tie directly into KOTOR.

Keep Disney as far away from the origins of the Jedi and the Old Republic as possible. Do you want Kathleen Kennedy to write herself in as the creator of the Jedi?

I think Kennedy already plans to write herself as the embodiment of the Force itself.

The Force will no longer be the grand oversoul born from all lifeforms, now it'll be something for "her" (as in Kennedy). And in case anyone forgot, Project Luminous was the codename for High Republic.

 

[Flexo]

I picked up the Dark Horse TPB of one of the Janek Sunber arcs from the old Empire title at the LCS recently. Pricier than I expected, but it was like reading a breath of fresh air, if that makes any sense, after all of this Woke Wars ossik.

Awwww yeah.


That's the good stuff right there.

(The Disney books just keep breeding on their own. I don't know how it's happening. Please. Send help.)

 

[anti SJW]

Boba is back

So a long running theory is canon.

 

[Imperial Citizen]

Boba is back

So a long running theory is canon.

They probably should have kept that as a secret, but it is good to know that the true Mandalore has returned. And great to see Temuera Morrison back in Star Wars.

Better hope they keep the line “the sarlacc found me indigestible”.

Edit:

Awwww yeah.


That's the good stuff right there.

(The Disney books just keep breeding on their own. I don't know how it's happening. Please. Send help.)

Nice selection. Was Infinities any good? I remember reading a few of them a while back, like the one about a mercenary that tracks down some dark Jedi (one of the lost 20?) that killed his family.

 

[XYZpdq]

Boba is back

So a long running theory is canon.

http://archive.vn/fAD7S

 

[Creep3r]

Boba is back

So a long running theory is canon Disney canon.

FTFY. At least Disney drones can stop making deprecating jokes about Boba.

Also I find it amusing that they initially praised Disney for finally killing off the "unimportant" Boba as per "muh true OT canon" only to bring him back. Someone I know from an old SW forum that initially slobbed Disney's knob over killing off Boba is now pretending he and his lot never celebrated Boba's execution. Same with /co/fag communities. Hypocrisy is all around.

Edit: NVM Disney screwed him over again...

 

[Notgoodwithusernames]

I also covered a little bit of the jedi's origins in one of my Grand Shitposts summarizing galactic history (along with the origins of many other major things).

https://kiwifarms.st/threads/star-w...ywalker-spoilers.32492/page-1470#post-6164596

Its in the "Kwa, The First Jedi" section. But there's still a huge chunk missing which I hope to get to later. But I suggest you read the Dark Horse comics covering the jedi origins as they are a real treat and tie directly into KOTOR.

Of Kotor and dawn of the Jedi. I got to the point in KOTOR where you encounter the Rataka. Ive been going through the EU in chronological order ( using this as my guide http://www.starwarstimeline.net/Complete Saga.htm). Their last chronological appearance before KOTOR was in Dawn of The Jedi Force War. In that comic we see glimpses of the begginning of the Ratakas downfall. Come Kotor and theyve been reduced down to 2 tribes on a planet Isolated fom the rest of the galaxy. Its pretty fucking chilling and also kind of tragic how such a great civilization can fall so far.

holy shit I just realized the the fate of the Rataka may in fact be prophetic of the fate of Disney

 

[Creep3r]

Of Kotor and dawn of the Jedi. I got to the point in KOTOR where you encounter the Rataka. Ive been going through the EU in chronological order ( using this as my guide http://www.starwarstimeline.net/Complete Saga.htm). Their last chronological appearance before KOTOR was in Dawn of The Jedi Force War. In that comic we see glimpses of the begginning of the Ratakas downfall. Come Kotor and theyve been reduced down to 2 tribes on a planet Isolated fom the rest of the galaxy. Its pretty fucking chilling and also kind of tragic how such a great civilization can fall so far.

Its pretty poetic when you think of all the suffering they caused. But yeah, they were pretty much on the verge of achieving complete conquest and maybe even godhood, only to be knocked down a peg by their own hubris and the dark powers they trusted so dearly. A near-unparalleled civilization greater than the Precursors reduced to a few lowly tribes. By the end, all that's left of them is 2 measly and mournful tribes on their original homeworld that will likely die out and one horribly de-evolved and decaying tribe of savages on Tython which is kept around only out of pity.

holy shit I just realized the the fate of the Rataka may in fact be prophetic of the fate of Disney

Heh, you're right. They were prosperous, hated by some, worshiped by others, and they took over as much as they could, and in the end reduced to a shell of their former selves due to a mysterious plague.

 

[Flexo]

Nice selection. Was Infinities any good? I remember reading a few of them a while back, like the one about a mercenary that tracks down some dark Jedi (one of the lost 20?) that killed his family.

The mercenary story you're talking about (which is good) is "Tales." Tales is my favorite SW graphic collection because they were so experimental with it, you could be laughing one story then crying the next. The particular Infinities volume you see are "what ifs."

1. What if Luke failed to blow up the death star?
2. What if Luke died on Hoth?
3. What if they failed to rescue Han?

I enjoy alt tale/elseworld stuff.

Believe it or not, if you get the Disney Legends version of that infinities collection, it comes with a 4 collection: the comic adaption of George Lucas' first draft of Star Wars.

I've seen 2 other 30th anniversary collections and still regret not picking them up when I did. (though one was vol 1 and $60)

 

[Notgoodwithusernames]

The mercenary story you're talking about (which is good) is "Tales." Tales is my favorite SW graphic collection because they were so experimental with it, you could be laughing one story then crying the next. The particular Infinities volume you see are "what ifs."

1. What if Luke failed to blow up the death star?
2. What if Luke died on Hoth?
3. What if they failed to rescue Han?

I enjoy alt tale/elseworld stuff.

Believe it or not, if you get the Disney Legends version of that infinities collection, it comes with a 4 collection: the comic adaption of George Lucas' first draft of Star Wars.

I've seen 2 other 30th anniversary collections and still regret not picking them up when I did. (though one was vol 1 and $60)

I do like how proverbial horshoe nails get more and more creative with each installment of the infinities trilogy

In ANH Infinities Lukes Torpedo misfires which is an incredibly obvious point of divergence that most fans have probably thought of

In ESB and ROTJ infinities the respective points of divergence are Han's Tauntaun dying causing him to be too late to save Luke and 3P0 getting knocked down by Jabba causing the price negotiation scene to escalate to the point of Leia using the thermal detonator. Compared to the first these two are a bit less obvious.

 

[Adamska]

Borba Fett in Mando season two?

I knew they were going to shit up that show, but I didn't expect them to go that far and drag him back out of the mandated coffin they shoved him in.

Desperate.

 

[Notgoodwithusernames]

Borba Fett in Mando season two?

I knew they were going to shit up that show, but I didn't expect them to go that far and drag him back out of the mandated coffin they shoved him in.

Desperate.

DiSnEy WiPiNg AwAy ThE eU gIvEs WrIteRs RoOm To TeLl NeW sToRiEs

Gee its almost like wiping the slate clean was just a way to get away with plagarism

 

[Mississippi Motorboater]

I picked up the Dark Horse TPB of one of the Janek Sunber arcs from the old Empire title at the LCS recently. Pricier than I expected, but it was like reading a breath of fresh air, if that makes any sense, after all of this Woke Wars ossik.

As someone who's only gotten into EU collecting in the last three years or so, I've noticed that the Dark Horse comics are the biggest bitch to collect for. Some of the later stuff in the 2000's isn't too cumbersome to find for a good price, but then you have shit like The Fall Of The Sith Empire and the Thrawn Trilogy comic adaptation that run upwards of $80 per volume. Collecting the books is practically a cakewalk compared to gathering the comics.

I'm just happy I got a few of the old Dark Horse Omnibuses before the prices for those shot through the roof.

Awwww yeah.
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That's the good stuff right there.

(The Disney books just keep breeding on their own. I don't know how it's happening. Please. Send help.)

Solid fucking collection right there (I might post pics of mine once a few new arrivals come in through the mail), especially the Anniversary Editions. Bizarrely enough, the hardcover version of the Dark Forces II: Jedi Knight novella has gotten crazy expensive lately. Like, upwards of $150.

People talk about all of the EU stories that Marvel's reprinting, shrieking in a crooner's voice about how "yOuR sToRiEs aRe BeInG rEpRiNtEd, nO oNe'S tAkInG tHeM fRoM YoU", but they aren't talking about the stories they aren't reprinting. Part of the reason why the Tales of the Jedi Omnibuses and even the TPB's cost a kidney these days is because Marvel hasn't reprinted them, even digitally.

Seriously, Marvel: consider ceasing your fellating of Doctor Aphra for five fucking minutes and work on your distribution, for fuck's sake.