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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: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Friday March 13 2015, @05:06PM
Anyone else not give a fuck about star wars anymore?
I liked the first trilogy of movies.
I didn't mind the second trilogy of movies.
I even liked the first two animated TV series (especially the one by the Samurai Jack guy [wikipedia.org]).
I really enjoyed reading the Han Solo Adventures. [wikipedia.org]
But all of this expanded universe stuff is starting to seem like Disney just cranking the meat-grinder.
I never had any interest in the 90s fad of authors writing stories in the "universe' of another author - I wish I could name an example, seemed like the genre practically took over the SF&F shelves in most bookstores, but since I didn't read them, I don't remember any of them. But it feels like the same corporatized blandness where the unique stuff that distinguishes space opera from regular soap opera - the "world" of the story is barely more than a rubber-stamp. If I wanted soap operas, I'd stick to soap operas.
(Score: 2) by Nobuddy on Friday March 13 2015, @09:06PM
THe first EU novel came out in 1979. This is not a new or Disney thing. In fact, Disney has not released any new EU material yet. All of the hundreds of books and comics came out between 1979 and 2012.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday March 13 2015, @10:22PM
> THe first EU novel came out in 1979.
You mean the Han Solo book that the OP linked to?
Thanks for adding useful information to the discussion.
(Score: 3, Informative) by GeminiDomino on Friday March 13 2015, @11:11PM
Second, actually.
Splinter of the Mind's Eye [wikipedia.org] beat Han Solo Adventures to print by a year.
The latter was better, though, IMO. Brian Daley also did a pretty fantastic job writing the NPR radio shows, I think.
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(Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday March 14 2015, @01:17AM
Gotta give credit to Splinter which turned me on to Foster.
Haven't thought about that guy for like 15 years.
He had a knack for really fun and light adventures built on top of some great SF premises and he did a good job building his own worlds.
(Score: 2) by GeminiDomino on Saturday March 14 2015, @06:52AM
Absolutely. I didn't mean to imply that Splinter was bad at all, so I hope I didn't give that impression. I've just been a Han fanboy since I was 4. :D
"We've been attacked by the intelligent, educated segment of our culture"
(Score: 2) by Nobuddy on Wednesday March 18 2015, @07:39PM
If you have not yet, read "Sentenced to Prism"
Not Star Wars, but one of my favorite books by Foster. A fun read with a unique point of view.
(Score: 2) by Nobuddy on Wednesday March 18 2015, @07:30PM
I agree. I loved Han Solo Adventures. Still do, though they are written as juvenile fiction. Splinter was interesting, but it did not fit the universe, and was almost immediately invalidated by ESB RotJ.