Star Wars Expanded Universe Fans/Cultists - I HOPE YOU LIKE STAR WARS AUTISM

Alright. Lets see. In between Endor and the Yuuzhan crisis we have a continuous problem of "Oh crap we don't have anything better than the Empire. What next?"

So lets do a list of what alien races invade in this time.

First off, literal days after Endor the Ssi-ruuk from the ever present "Unknown regions" (seriously. 10 thousand years of exploring the galaxy and this super alien race hasn't been noticed yet?) attack the galaxy.

Then, six months later come the Nagai which, no joke, are based off of Japanese Anime.

And who are they followed by? The Tofs! A group of recolored space pirates hunting the Nagai . By God! It's an intergalactic Pirates vs. Ninjas! How Original!

And who can forget their version of Decepticons vs. Autobots?

First comes the Silentium, a group of robot space starfish. Yeah. Great writing there guys.

Then come the Abominor (really?) and they are robot space trash compactors. They decided that they didn't like space starfish for some reason so they start fighting each other from there on out.


Really guys? This is prime literature? 5 alien races, all of which were BEFORE the Solo crisis. Stuff like this is why I think Star Wars is good but not great lore.
 
Shokew said:
What does anyone think of the Yuuzhan Vong? For a bunch of EU villainous types, their whole existence clearly comes off like SW's attempt to rip off shit from Star Trek, if you ask me.
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That was exactly when I jumped ship. I hadn't kept up with reading EU novels for a while by then, but the idea felt like a desperate attempt to bring levity and focus to what always amounted to awful political subplots and Luke fighting some new Sith with a dumb name.
 
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Guys...while it's nice to see the thread active and all...we're coming full circle. We've discussed to death the Fandalorians, the Vong, and other disasters of the EU. If you really want to repeat the same discussions concerning Karen Traviss, make a thread for her. Otherwise...can we at least try to keep the discussions limited to the spergy reactions of those apart of the "EU Movement"?

Anyway...I've found another gem on Facebook...Kenneth Sepu. Here's a small collection of his antics...

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Nom Anor said:
Guys...while it's nice to see the thread active and all...we're coming full circle. We've discussed to death the Fandalorians, the Vong, and other disasters of the EU. If you really want to repeat the same discussions concerning Karen Traviss, make a thread for her. Otherwise...can we at least try to keep the discussions limited to the spergy reactions of those apart of the "EU Movement"?

Anyway...I've found another gem on Facebook...Kenneth Sepu. Here's a small collection of his antics...

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Wait. He says that Disney is writing awful plots, then writes an awful fanfic of Juno becoming a Mandalorian in a Hyperbolic Time Chamber?

I don't believe anyone "that into starwars" can be that stupid and cringey without achieving maximum 'tism.
 
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Nom Anor said:
Guys...while it's nice to see the thread active and all...we're coming full circle. We've discussed to death the Fandalorians, the Vong, and other disasters of the EU. If you really want to repeat the same discussions concerning Karen Traviss, make a thread for her. Otherwise...can we at least try to keep the discussions limited to the spergy reactions of those apart of the "EU Movement"?
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Yeah, I come back to this thread after a day and people are literally saying stuff that was said in the first few pages that nearly got the thread closed. I'm not really in a position to judge since I did this same kind of thing myself and I don't wanna backseat mod, but in the interests of keeping this thread on-topic I've created a thread in multimedia. If you want to sperg about the EU, go do it here.
 
Fuck you Star Wars nerds. Hugo Gernsback pisses in y'alls face.
 
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Mark Corrigan said:
There's something about the SW EU thing that's triggered me for some time and I need to sperg about.

I've played some video games, read some books, yadda yadda, and for all the talk about "expanded" universe, you realise that it's not really that "expanded". 90% of all action takes place on less than 10 planets, everybody seems to be connected to a SW films character in one way or another, in fact, it feels like the galaxy-spanning Republic/Empire/New Republic/whatthefuckever has a population of an average town where everybody knows one another. Shit, you guys have probably heard about The Knights of the Old Republic. It's a fun game, I'll give you that, buy even there - in a game that takes place 4000 years before the events of A New Hope - the Mos Eisley cantina already exists. Which is basically an equivalent of a gas station bar. It's stupid. This "expanded universe" is, in fact, contracted. /sperg
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Uhh? Not usually gonna make a fuss about stuff like that, but KOTOR's Tatooine campaign took place in Anchorhead, not Mos Eisely, so I don't think it was the same bar.

Source: I played that game like a week ago.
 
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Uhh? Not usually gonna make a fuss about stuff like that, but KOTOR's Tatooine campaign took place in Anchorhead, not Mos Eisely, so I don't think it was the same bar.

Source: I played that game like a week ago.
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Fair enough. I still think the SW EU is fucktarded.
 
Mark Corrigan said:
There's something about the SW EU thing that's triggered me for some time and I need to sperg about.

I've played some video games, read some books, yadda yadda, and for all the talk about "expanded" universe, you realise that it's not really that "expanded". 90% of all action takes place on less than 10 planets, everybody seems to be connected to a SW films character in one way or another, in fact, it feels like the galaxy-spanning Republic/Empire/New Republic/whatthefuckever has a population of an average town where everybody knows one another. Shit, you guys have probably heard about The Knights of the Old Republic. It's a fun game, I'll give you that, buy even there - in a game that takes place 4000 years before the events of A New Hope - the Mos Eisley cantina already exists. Which is basically an equivalent of a gas station bar. It's stupid. This "expanded universe" is, in fact, contracted. /sperg
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This is the wrong topic for that. There's a link to the appropriate thread five posts above yours.
 
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Well, I have been watching Ep. VII now and it was IMO surprisingly good, even if it had a bit too much pew pew action and upgrading from a "Death Moon" (as of ANH and ROTJ) to a "Death Planet" seems kinda dumb -- bigger is not always better... by the end of Ep. IX the baddies will probably construct a Death Galaxy that fires a red ultra hyper laser beam that can destroy an entire universe.

I have a theory why Disney decided to depart from the semi-canon defined by the EU. They probably at first considered making a movie based around Grand Admiral Thrawn, but quickly trashed that idea -- on the grounds that against the hardcore fans they could only lose. "Thrawn isn't the right shade of blue!" "His flagship's starboard deflector dome is too small by 10% and the bridge has the wrong shape!" "They hired the wrong actor, this guy's totally not Thrawn!" etc.

So the obvious way to go was to build an all-new branch of SW reality. Which of course the hardcore fans loathed. But it seems being a hardcore fan of anything is mostly about bickering and being dissatisfied with the entertainment industry not pandering to your personal headcanon.
 
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DykesDykesChina said:
Well, I have been watching Ep. VII now and it was IMO surprisingly good, even if it had a bit too much pew pew action and upgrading from a "Death Moon" (as of ANH and ROTJ) to a "Death Planet" seems kinda dumb -- bigger is not always better... by the end of Ep. IX the baddies will probably construct a Death Galaxy that fires a red ultra hyper laser beam that can destroy an entire universe.

I have a theory why Disney decided to depart from the semi-canon defined by the EU. They probably at first considered making a movie based around Grand Admiral Thrawn, but quickly trashed that idea -- on the grounds that against the hardcore fans they could only lose. "Thrawn isn't the right shade of blue!" "His flagship's starboard deflector dome is too small by 10% and the bridge has the wrong shape!" "They hired the wrong actor, this guy's totally not Thrawn!" etc.

So the obvious way to go was to build an all-new branch of SW reality. Which of course the hardcore fans loathed. But it seems being a hardcore fan of anything is mostly about bickering and being dissatisfied with the entertainment industry not pandering to your personal headcanon.
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They could bring on the sperging by making Thrawn a girl. A black girl. No other changes necessary, even lift the dialog word for word from the books. The meltdown over a Black stormtrooper was pretty awesome, but that would be peanuts compared to this.

There was spergery over Mos Def playing Ford Prefect in HHGttG and it wasn't even the first time Ford changed colors. This was even in a story that was intentionally inconsistent, and everyone knew it. Don't underestimate the fear of something conflicting with head-canon among scifi nerds...
 
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kcbbq said:
There was spergery over Mos Def playing Ford Prefect in HHGttG and it wasn't even the first time Ford changed colors.
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That's somewhat ironic considering it was one of the few inspired casting choices in an otherwise forgettable adaptation.
 
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Nom Anor said:
[comic about the Star Wars guy getting shot]
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A better representation could be that the older Star Wars guy (Legends) retired (removed from canon) and people can still enjoy his company, but some fans don't see that and just get enraged at the new guy (new canon) and the retirement of the old guy.
 
Mrs Paul said:
Yeah, it's not like you're forbidden to read it. I'm a wee bummed about a few things, (no new books for example), but these people are like Chris with the blue arms.

How long until someone gets maced?
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Maced? Nah, not their style - you should preferably be waiting for someone to pull out a light-saber (toy flashlight) in public and abrasively poke people with it.
 
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