Alright... which one of you wiseguys wrote this article? Especially #3?
Man, Darth Wyyrlok is badass. Soooo badass.
Legacy has impressed me a lot. The art's never faltered below acceptable, and is routinely excellent, and while the writing cn be cringe worthy at times (the dialogue especially, though the issue with Wyyrlok and Annedu was all badass dialogue, all the time), it's overall pretty good.
I also like how self-aware the plot is. Initially, I was concerned about how much the plot points resembled so many other EU plots (jedi order destroyed and on the run, sith emperor, etc), but the writers seem to have noticed it as well, and have gone out of their way to note differences. I especially enjoy the fact that the ancient sith in the holocrons and tombs talk shit to Krayt and his Sith whenever they get the chance criticizing their departure from conventional Sith practices and refusing to help them.
Overall, really pleased. I'm hardly on the edge of my seat or anything regarding the plot, but the series gets enough right I have no plans to stop reading it.
I myself read one of the Legacy comics (number.... 2?), where Cade gets trained as a Sith. It was pretty damn good.
Unfortunately I can't write Krayt off as a pretender anymore. The guy was initially taught by a holocron of one of the first Sith Lords. He's as legit as they come. Arguably even moreso than the Rule of Two crowd.
Just in case anyone hasn't read the news.
Kinda too close to the D-Day to say what changes this causes.
Originally posted by Nephthys
Question for Ush: Since Lucas has signed away Lucasfilms, is he still the number one authority on Star Wars in terms of canonicity?
Fair question, and the relevant thing is that the new films will almost certainly create a new continuity of their own, and we'll start to head more towards a Dr. Who-style "There isn't really any continuity" situation (though not quite THAT disjointed).
That being so, the old rule wouldn't really be relevant, though I'd still prefer a policy rule of some kind around here. The reason it was introduced in the first place- back when this was a Star Wars only forum- was to stop the ridiculous arguments that went around in circles based on what the posters thought counted or not.
I honestly thought I'd never see the day: Lucas ca. 2005 said he left explicit instructions for there to be no more films. Good for him, relinquishing his creative property to The Next Generation.
Also doubt they'll contradict the previous films. But you never know, especially when a profit is to be made.
Originally posted by The_Tempest
I honestly thought I'd never see the day: Lucas ca. 2005 said he left explicit instructions for there to be no more films. Good for him, relinquishing his creative property to The Next Generation.Also doubt they'll contradict the previous films. But you never know, especially when a profit is to be made.
It's not about direct story contradiction, it's more a thematic one- we've already seen, for example, the Clone Wars tv series directly contradict what Lucas said about Balance.
And it's not just film continuity. What's the betting that new films will crap all over EU post-ROTJ storylines? Even more than AOTC annihilated all Boba Fett stories at the time.
Originally posted by Ushgarak
It's not about direct story contradiction, it's more a thematic one- we've already seen, for example, the Clone Wars tv series directly contradict what Lucas said about Balance.
I actually don't remember a discrepancy between the Mortis arc and Lucas's vision, but that's a whole 'nother discussion.
Originally posted by Ushgarak
And it's not just film continuity. What's the betting that new films will crap all over EU post-ROTJ storylines? Even more than AOTC annihilated all Boba Fett stories at the time.
Oh there's no doubt it will trash the EU, but that's nothing neu.