Grand Moff Tarkin is in Episode III

jeezus yes you can. If something correlates to the movies then its simply an extension of the idea, the logical furthering or a character or plot, then its is a comprimise of the two continuities. If the EU is not relevant than why read it? You can make up your own endings for everyone. Lucas does tell the writers (of the prequel era novels) to include certain things as build up or inside jokes for things he will include in the movies. This was in Insider articles and some of the writer interviews they do. So some of the EU is a result of Lucas' ideas. That doesn't make it canon, but it does show that in some places it is a direct extession of a Lucas idea. I know they are two separate continuities, but in some places they overlap, and sometimes those overlaps are Lucas' idea, Tarkin would be a good use of this idea. So yes you can comprimise it because we've seen it happen.

Episode III will answer the question. Is EU forfeit. Its only a matter of
time.

If the EU is not relevant than why read it?

Well you're definetly missing something.

er... not really

What do you mean "not realy"? Why do you think, most people have been fans of star wars all these years? Because the EU was there to entertain them and tell numerous stories about what happened after
Return of the Jedi, and background stories about all the caracters we see in the films.
EU is a source of information and a sequel to the films,
how is that not worth reading? It is a huge part of the star wars saga
and should be well welcomed by all star wars fans, fans that love the universe of star wars and want to know more and more about it.
That's what EU is for.

Why do you think, most people have been fans of star wars all these years? Because the EU was there to entertain them and tell numerous stories about what happened after Return of the Jedi, and background stories about all the caracters we see in the films.
EU is a source of information and a sequel to the films,
how is that not worth reading? It is a huge part of the star wars saga
and should be well welcomed by all star wars fans, fans that love the universe of star wars and want to know more and more about it.
That's what EU is for.

what a load of crap, I was a SW fan long before EU was thought off, I have read EU books but I gave up right before the trilogy containing Shield Of Lies, Eu is a turn off for me. I didnt start reading them until after TPM because I had a hunch they might ruin my interest in the SW saga. And that hunch was spot on. So I sure as hell aint missing a thing. To be honost I found all of the books very weak and extremly uninteresting, I was antio EU before the reading the books and I am an even more anti EU now.

I differ between the REAL STAR WARS which is the films.

And the fake Star Wars which is the books.

I wish GL left it with the OT, cause the PT aint SW worthy either.

yeah, it's a riddle from time to time why people who read the books can STAY fans!

untill the NJO came, the books were just pathetic with all these superweapons, cloned emperors and luke for some reason couldn't use the force orso, all the same, all weak
(though some were good: Zahn's trilogy and such)

definetly. Until NJO I'd only read a few of them. Until Episode II the Darkhorse comics pretty much sucked. Now they are really well done.

Originally posted by finti
what a load of crap, I was a SW fan long before EU was thought off, I have read EU books but I gave up right before the trilogy containing Shield Of Lies, Eu is a turn off for me. I didnt start reading them until after TPM because I had a hunch they might ruin my interest in the SW saga. And that hunch was spot on. So I sure as hell aint missing a thing. To be honost I found all of the books very weak and extremly uninteresting, I was antio EU before the reading the books and I am an even more anti EU now.

I differ between the REAL STAR WARS which is the films.

And the fake Star Wars which is the books.

I wish GL left it with the OT, cause the PT aint SW worthy either.

First of all, for most people, the prequels are the turn-off for fans, and ruin their interest for star wars, not the EU.

Secondly, the EU was created nearly as soon as the original star wars ANH came out. So your claim about being a fan long before EU was created is invalid.

Thirdly, what I've said before isnt a whole load of crap because you dont represent every single star wars fan. I said most people not everybody. I'm not speculating that the EU was the only reason
people have been hard core fans all these years, I'm just saying that
it has entertained them and made them impatient for the next set of films (PT). Without EU, people might not have been hard core fans as they are today.

Finaly, you cannot deny that EU is a sequel and that it has created
background for nearly every caracter in both star wars trilogies.
There is no fake star wars, everything licenced is real star wars,
whether we like it or not.

I'm sorry, you didnt like the EU, there are parts that I wish I never read
iswell, but nevertheless there are part of star wars. You're disappointment with star wars is EU, mine for the time being are the prequels. We all have our likes and dislikes.

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Secondly, the EU was created nearly as soon as the original star wars ANH came out. So your claim about being a fan long before EU was created is invalid

Finaly, you cannot deny that EU is a sequel and that it has created background for nearly every caracter in both star wars trilogies

First of all, for most people, the prequels are the turn-off for fans, and ruin their interest for star wars, not the EU

Now lets get back to speculations about Tarkin making apperances in EP III.

I was just about to say that finti 🙂

well, last I heard it will be a cameo, nothing big

Should have a wider part, but that is just my thoughts on it

he should at least be shown during the opening, commanding the fleet.

[QUOTE]Originally posted by finti
[B]get your facts right Star Wars premierd before Splinter of the minds eye came along. I saw the premiere of ANH in 1977 nothing EU then not even the toys, they came along a bit latert but even so it was only the ANH.

Splinter of the mind'seye came out in 1978, The Han Solo trilogy
by Del rey books was released in 1979. ESB came out in 1983.
You might want to get YOUR facts right.

[QUOTE] originally posted by finti SO?
dont give a rats ass about their backgrounds at all.
The info I am provided through the films is enough.
And to me EU has nothing to do with the SW GL created so yes I can deny it is a sequel.

The info isnt enough for most of us. And it sounds to me that you're a star wars MOVIE fan. EU IS a sequel, its star wars licensed even though
Lucas hasnt written it.

I hope Tarkin will appear so that what has been written by EU about the death star fits in with the prequel story line.

don't count on it

Splinter of the mind'seye came out in 1978, The Han Solo trilogy

The info isnt enough for most of us. And it sounds to me that you're a star wars MOVIE fan. EU IS a sequel, its star wars licensed even though

sorry buddy, pepsi is way better than coke.

You said "for you the ONLY STAR WARS IS THE MOVIES". Exactly, FOR YOU. So don't go giving him crap for saying EU is essentially a sequel, which Lucas HAS said is the reason he won't do 7-9, because the books have fleshed it out way more than he ever would have. He respects the Star Wars Universe fans enough to do that and I think thats very cool of him to do. Now, the Star Wars MOVIE fans will just have to deal with that fact that some of us UNIVERSE fans think the EU has some merit here and there and we think it would be cool for some stuff to fit into the movie as a nod to the creators in the EU. Were not asking you to like EU. We're not asking for the PT to be full of EU info, just a little mention would be cool, and inside joke for the people who pay Lucas' rent, car payments, fund his movies, and put his kids through private school.