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20 New Star Wars Books and Comics to be Released

posted by LaminatorX on Friday March 13 2015, @05:32AM   Printer-friendly
from the splinter-in-the-mind's-eye dept.

Nobuddy writes:

With most of the Expanded Universe declared officially non-canon, the Universe is relatively open and unexplored. Disney publishing along with Lucasarts have announced 20 new stories to fill in some of the details before the new movie is released.

Some love all the extra background material, while others never bothered. Are there any of the EU stories that you felt made for a better setting overall, and why? What might they do better this time around?

 
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  • (Score: 4, Insightful) by frojack on Friday March 13 2015, @06:12AM

    by frojack (1554) Subscriber Badge on Friday March 13 2015, @06:12AM (#157159) Journal

    I stepped into the Google Play Books store on my phone, and literally got tired of scrolling before I hit the end of the Star Wars books. Hundred.
    Why should I care about THESE 20 books any more than the others? Will they be better?

    This whole Canon / Non-Canon proclamation is a strictly financial decision by the new owners of the copyrights attempting to wring a few more millions out of a franchise that had pretty much run its course.

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  • (Score: 2) by krishnoid on Friday March 13 2015, @06:23PM

    by krishnoid (1156) on Friday March 13 2015, @06:23PM (#157388)

    Can you still do that in 2015? Dark Horse lost the rights to distribute the franchise on Dec 31, 2014. Incidentally, for a few days prior to that date, they offered their entire Star Wars digital library (through their online reader) for $300, which you could continue to read after they were no longer allowed to sell them.

    • (Score: 2) by frojack on Friday March 13 2015, @10:08PM

      by frojack (1554) Subscriber Badge on Friday March 13 2015, @10:08PM (#157524) Journal

      just did it yesterday.

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