How I realized I was over Star Wars completely

[Tom Foolery]

"We'll be honoring the other films, but moving forward."

Hah. That's such a douche non-answer. Things will be the same, yet totally different!

I'd love it of he just answered every Star Wars question between now and the 2015 release with "Fuck you. Buy a ticket and find out."

[anarky]

Slight change, but I made a comment to mabs on FB about The Crystal Star and Children of the Jedi (he said he's been reading terrible books lately, and the Darth Bane books have been quite awful). Which made me check Wookieepedia to see if Waru and Callista had been rightly forgotten.

Apparently, Callista has appeared several more times, including novels where she meets Anakin and Asshoka. And she finally died in one of those Fate of What Used to Be a Somewhat Decent Expanded Universe Jedi books that tied into what sounds to me like the most ridiculous possible episode of Clone Wars, where there are sort of gods called the Father, Son, and Daughter, or some totally non-SW sounding bullshit like that.

Waru has never appeared again. Frankly, I think he should. Because you don't drop a fucking bombshell like a near-omnipotent being from another universe, then never ever ever mention it again. I think they should reveal that he's the Father, or whatever the fuck that shit is.

[Senor JabbaJohnL]

Slight change, but I made a comment to mabs on FB about The Crystal Star and Children of the Jedi (he said he's been reading terrible books lately, and the Darth Bane books have been quite awful). Which made me check Wookieepedia to see if Waru and Callista had been rightly forgotten.

Apparently, Callista has appeared several more times, including novels where she meets Anakin and Asshoka. And she finally died in one of those Fate of What Used to Be a Somewhat Decent Expanded Universe Jedi books that tied into what sounds to me like the most ridiculous possible episode of Clone Wars, where there are sort of gods called the Father, Son, and Daughter, or some totally non-SW sounding bullshit like that.

Waru has never appeared again. Frankly, I think he should. Because you don't drop a fucking bombshell like a near-omnipotent being from another universe, then never ever ever mention it again. I think they should reveal that he's the Father, or whatever the fuck that shit is.

The Father, Son, and Daughter did appear on The Clone Wars. But it's never clear if it's a dream, a strange planet, a different dimension, or what - Anakin, Obi-Wan, and Ahsoka return after seemingly being there a while, and Rex thinks they've only been gone a second. They're not gods, but they claimed they were extremely powerful beings that secluded themselves from the galaxy as the Father keeps the balance between the light Daughter and dark Son, wanting Anakin to replace him, and revealing that Anakin was indeed the Chosen One. It was the most mythical, symbolic, and esoteric arc of the series that I believe the EU later decided to take literally for no good reason.

[anarky]

The EU has been utter fanwank horseshit since Legacy/Legacy of the Force began. It's always been fanwank to an extent, but it's ridiculous now.

[Ran]

Sounds a bit like the "Q" character from Star Trek.

[Ran]

Return of the Jedi is on tv. I turned it on around the part where Luke turns himself in. Does Vader assume that Ben Kenobi trained Luke? There just seems something awkward about Vader constantly referring to Obi Wan training Luke since he killed him a couple movies ago.

Also, a bunch of the Rebels and Ewoks are partying on Endor after the war. They are dancing way too fast for the new music.

[Ran]

This is an interesting take. I like how Owen is more of a central figure in his version.

[vynsane]

^ eh, it's cute. but i'm kind of tired of people assuming they have come up with the definitive version of the prequels that we all wanted. the cold hard fact is that there are as many "definitive versions" of the prequels as there are star wars fans.

[jjreason]

The prequels got where it needed to go - we saw the climactic confrontation between Obi Wan & Anakin that we needed to see. Much like a malfunctioning GPS that still gets you there after making needless & wrongful turns - it still got you there.

[vynsane]

also, his innocent version of count dooku takes a lot away from that character. i would have loved more uncertainty in his role. ultimately, it would have been really cool if he initially truly was trying to defeat sidious by joining him, and became corrupted by the dark side.

[Tom Foolery]

I'm flipping thru channels and randomly come across some foodie show with Joey Fatone, and he's making food from the Star Wars Cookbook with Steve Sansweet. And in between the 'cooking' segments they're touring through Steve's big ass 300,000 piece collection at his Rancho Obi-Wan museum. It's looks pretty fuckin' cool. But goddamn, Sansweet you are a hoarder.

And apparently if you make an appointment, you can tour it as well.

[Jargo]

I would rather chew my own genitals off than spend one second in the presence of Sansweet. Dude looks like a sexual predator. Also there would probably be some brown nosers from Rebelscum there and I'd just have to kill them. It'd totally be gloomy news.

[Tom Foolery]

Disney confirmed the solo films will be "origin" stories, starting with Han Solo and Boba Fett.

Uhmm...didn't we already get Boba Fett's origin? He's a clone o' his daddy and his daddy got his head chopped off by Nick Fury, who in turn went out like a bitch in one of the dumbest mo's in the trilogy(which isn't difficult, as there are about 750 'dumbest moments' all tied for first).

[Senor JabbaJohnL]

Disney confirmed the solo films will be "origin" stories, starting with Han Solo and Boba Fett.

Uhmm...didn't we already get Boba Fett's origin? He's a clone o' his daddy and his daddy got his head chopped off by Nick Fury, who in turn went out like a bitch in one of the dumbest mo's in the trilogy(which isn't difficult, as there are about 750 'dumbest moments' all tied for first).

No, they didn't confirm anything about the content of the spinoff movies - especially not which characters they're following. The chief financial officer just mentioned the numbered SW movies will alternate with "origin story film[s]" when he was speaking at an investor conference. I'm sure it won't entirely be origin stories. And if people are trying to get script information from a CFO, they're probably looking in the wrong place.

[shroba fett]

Coooooooolll!! That guy announced the name of the next Star Wars movie!

Star Wars Episode VII: The Sky's The Limit.

It sounds totally awesome and Darth Vader comes back and fights old Luke and then the new kid becomes a Jedi and fights cyborg Vader on the Death Star 3 and new spaceships will be cool!!