No.7721 [Last50 Posts]
> all three of these books made into movies.
> how ballistic would fans go if that were the case?
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No.7724
<How ballistic would fans go if that were the case?
Assuming it was done right Which is a big assumption for Disney, but then so is them making this at all, die-hard EU fans similar to the anons here would be overjoyed. The more casual "fans" that flocked to theaters in anticipation of TFA without any anticipation that it would be good would also enjoy it. Like I said in another thread, the normie fans have shit taste, but that doesn't meant they hate good things–it just means they have a much lower standard for what is and isn't "good." As long as there are Star Destroyers and lightsabers they'll probably enjoy it at least as much they did the Nu-trilogy, if not more.
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No.7725
>>7724
So the reaction would be the same as before? If not less nomiefag tier cancer?
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No.7726
>>7721
Casuals wouldn't care as long as it was an SW movie. There was even an increase in Thrawn fanart after VII was announced. The fact that it's based on books would make no difference since people flock to theaters every year to see movies based on books. Current Disney shills (who claim to be EU fans) like to claim that nobody would watch or enjoy said films because they already know everything about said books and there would be no surprise, despite that the same is true for any films based on books, and shit like Harry Pothead, Hunger Games, Lord of the Rings and Game of Thrones are some of the biggest money makers right know, and normalfags hardly ever read books these days so they wouldn't give two shits. The reaction to VII would've been the same no matter what it was based on.
>>7724
And this.
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No.7727
Normalfags will watch anything as long as it's got a brand they're loyal to slapped onto it. Most of them are just pretending to like Star Wars because it makes them "le quirky geek xD" anyway.
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No.7729
>>7724
>without any anticipation
Without any indication*
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No.7731
People would start bitching around with the big 3 being played by old actors, unwilling old actors or even more if they casted new faces to fill the shoes.
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No.7732
>>7731
They could just do what they did with Indiana Jones or Tron and normalfags wouldn't give a shit. Or simply feature three new characters and have the stories be told from their perspective, thus giving the old stories a new twist until they perfect the uncanny valley shit. Anyway, complaints wouldn't start coming around until ep9 (or ep8 depending on its quality).
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No.7733
>>7732
So characters like Mara Jade, Grand Admiral Thrawn and/or Gilad Pellaeon? Maybe Joruus C'baoth since that can bring some the story of Outbound Flight as well.
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No.7735
>>7733
Definitely, and Kennedy would still get her female heroine, but she'd probably fuck it up by casting Mara as a black tranny and/or flat-chested.
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No.7738
>>7721
There would be an initial shitfit over recasting old characters with new actors, but assuming Disney could find decent replacements (although judging by the Han Solo movie's casting choices they probably can't) then it would be lapped up like anything with the Star Wars logo over the initial release no matter what the quality was. The media would pass out it's usual positive-to-neutral reviews because nobody wants to pick a fight with Disney. After the hype has died down, fan reaction would depend entirely on the quality of the adaptation and how well the new movies stack up against the original trilogy.
I read through the Thrawn trilogy again last year and while they work fine as books it would take a lot of work to adapt a dialogue heavy plot like that to the big screen. Any new Star Wars films won't be able to avoid being compared in content and quality to the original trilogy, and all of those were were written specifically to be films rather than adapted from preexisting books. They were exciting, fast paced and heavy on visuals. The books, by nature, are slower paced and put less focus on visuals. I think it would take a lot of careful cuts and changes to bend the source material of the books into great movies. Some parts of the books might be too surreal to make the right impression for theatregoers, for example the part where Joruus and Luke are sorting out petty disputes between mediaeval villagers on Jomark(?) as well as Leia's pregnancy adventures (pic related).
My main concern is that there might not be enough character development to spread over three whole movies. Luke has a distinct growth as a character between each movie in the original trilogy, but in the Thrawn trilogy he's written as a fairly consistent character that doesn't grow much until the very end. The story is still largely about his journey after all. The books are more like three acts of one long movie so I would favor using them as the framework for the first two films and then lead into Dark Empire's plot towards the end of the second and conclude the third with Luke being triumphant over Palpatine once and for all. I know there's supposed to be a big gap between between Thrawn and Dark Empire but the stories may as well run together with a much smaller gap in hindsight tbh.
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No.7757
What if we had History mobies instead History books in schools?
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No.7760
>>7757
>he doesn't know that's common in NY and with the French
>thinking kids and teens don't avoid books outside of Harry Potter like the plague and don't just cram shit they read in school into their heads just to pass a test
You have no idea how much books of all kinds are suffering.
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No.7765
>>7733
Don't forget Talon Karrde, dubsman.
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No.7767
>>7738
>Chris Pine is Luke Skywalker
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No.7771
>>7767
they wouldn't bother casting pine since sebastian stan is mark hamill's doppelganger.
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No.7806
>>7760
Fuck that's cringey.
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No.7823
I think a good adaptation would go over well, but I assume nu-fans would be confused about why Thrawn didn't "use his lightsaber" or some such nonsense.
Though most likely they would butcher it which would result in a lot of rage as they would ruin the movies and sully the books by association.
>>7760
Without Harry, Wouldn't Hermione have died just a few chapters in from the bathroom troll?
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No.7827
>>7823
>but I assume nu-fans would be confused about why Thrawn didn't "use his lightsaber" or some such nonsense.
Ohhh, I wouldn't go that far. Even normies would quickly understand that Thrawn is like Grand Moff Tarkin, the archetypal Imperial high officer. Joruus and the Noghri are his muscle, much like Vader was for Tarkin. Pellaeon is like Dain Jir, the one minor Imperial officer who can question the boss. Even if Didny tried to underline Thrawn's pragmatic cruelty to cut down on Imperial fandom, he'd still be popular. Unfortunately, a solid chunk of that popularity would come from the Sherlock crowd, if I'm any judge.
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No.7833
>>7823
Without Hermione, the only things Harry would've had a problem with would've been the Devil's Snare and that potion puzzle on the way to the philosopher's stone.
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No.7878
>>7721
The books are kind of garbage, so no. Better than nu-Disney but I'm sure if they got a proper writer with an ounce of creativity, they could shit out something far better than Timothy Zahn.
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No.7881
>>7878
That…doesn't answer the OP's question, dubsman.
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No.7889
>>7881
30% enthusiastic, other 70% utterly bored. People overestimate the appeal of the original trilogy era and the Empire vs. Rebels nostalgia which is effectively what the Thrawn trilogy heavily banked on, right down to ripping off OT dialogue and specific moments.
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No.7894
>>7889
>People overestimate the appeal of the original trilogy era and the Empire vs. Rebels nostalgia
You mean the same nostalgia that TFA was based on?
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No.7901
>>7760
>he doesn't know that's common in NY
<and with the French
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No.7904
>>7889
>People overestimate the appeal of the original trilogy era and the Empire vs. Rebels
Which is exactly why I like the vong regardless of whether or not I like them or not
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No.7905
>>7878
>I'm sure if they got a proper writer with an ounce of creativity, they could shit out something far better than Timothy Zahn.
Have someone in mind, anon? Someone close to you?
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No.7914
>>7894
>implying I was defending TFA
>>7904
The Vong could've been interesting if they were characterized more like the Zerg or the Tyranids. Just monsters from beyond who come at you in huge swarms and are an unthinking, unfeeling engine of limitless destruction. You could go all out with nightmarish Lovercraftian designs instead of whatever the fuck the Vong actually ended up being. Not to mention that the follow-up to the Vong was completely disappointing, they never even bothered to explore the concept of traveling between galaxies after the Vong were defeated.
>>7905
Kevin J. Anderson, Orson Scott Card, China Mieville, Chris Avellone, Aaron Ehasz, fucking George Lucas himself.
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No.7926
>>7914
<implying I was defending TFA
No, that's not what I was implying. Your argument was that Thrawn-inspired movies won't sell because everyone's tired of Rebels vs Empire. I'm saying the financial success of TFA, whose entire premise was rehashing the Rebels vs Empire theme of ANH, indicates that your statement is not accurate.
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No.7946
>>7914
>they never even bothered to explore the concept of traveling between galaxies after the Vong were defeated
Now…. how those Vong ships survived? They are living beings, right? Then what they "ate" during the trek between galaxies? Living organisms need nourishment after all. Is that addressed somewhere?
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No.7954
>>7926
I'm gonna disagree there. In my estimation, the reason for VII's success was that it was the first new Star Wars movie in ten years, and the mouse went out of their way to let people know that it wasn't going to be like the prequels. Sure, there was the leak, but the only thing the general audience had to go by was a flashy trailer that didn't say a lot about the actual story, and after the dust had settled, people realized that it was nothing but a retread.
I think the film was fueled by hype alone, similar to Episode I back in the day.
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No.7959
>>7914
>Zerg
This could've easily improved the vong. Also intergalactic exploration would open up the setting to nearly infinite possibilities, and people with shit ideas like Disney's nu-canon could be places in the farthest ends of the universe. Hell, the Vong were far enough as it is, but then they had to settle in the galaxy.
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No.7965
>>7954
>I think the film was fueled by hype alone, similar to Episode I back in the day.
You're not wrong, but consider the ratings of each movie (audience, not professional reviews, because we all know the latter is paid off). Even after people saw it was nothing but a remake, consumer ratings of TFA remained relatively high, while TPM's dropped fairly quickly.
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No.7969
>>7965
I'd chalk that up to indifference, since it took a while to settle in. At least I couldn't imagine signing on to RT to rate a movie I saw half a year ago.
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No.7979
>>7954
>fueled by hype alone, similar to Episode I
At least the trailer for Episode 1 was worth getting hyped over.
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No.7984
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>>7965
TPM was over-hyped by marketing, to the point that people were camping out in front of theaters a week ahead of opening night, just so they could be the first ones in the door. KFC, Pizza Hut and Taco Bell were all brought in for a massive restaurant tie-in (embed related), and I personally remember walking into video stores at the time and hearing Duel of the Fates playing nonstop. After getting hyped up that much, there was really no way the movie could have ever delivered on the audience's expectations of it.
Compared to that, the TFA trailers used familiar imagery and music to evoke a sense of nostalgia and bait people into theaters, and then the movie itself once again relied heavily on familiar imagery and music evoking a sense of nostalgia in the audience for a lot of its emotional impact. Thus, audiences who walked out disappointed after viewing TPM walked out of TFA feeling like they got exactly what they paid for, and it's only now, later on, that they're realizing that what they paid for might not have actually been what they wanted.
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No.7985
>I loved you as a son, and as a student, and as a friend. Until we meet again, may the force be with you.
>Ben~!
>but Ben turned and the image faded… and in the dream Luke knew he was gone.
>Then I am alone, he told himself. I am the last of the Jedi.
>He seemed to hear Ben's voice, faint and indistinct, as if from a great distance.
>Not the last of the old Jedi Luke. The first of the New.
It's like Disney read that and decided to purposefully shit on it.
It's really weird when the latter EU is factored into this. Kyle has been swinging a lightsaber around for around for like 5 years now at that point.
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No.7986
>>7738
> a dialogue heavy plot like that to the big screen.
There's enough action sequences to keep normalfag interested if you show battles that are merely mentioned in full.
>Thrawn's initial battle against New Republic ships is actually shown in full
>when Thrawn mentions attacking Outbound Flight show the fight as a flashback
>first meeting with Joruus has enough action to keep people paying attention, even if it isn't a full out fight
>fighting the Noghri in the market and the tower requires no expansion
ect.
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No.7987
>>7984
Well, yes. That was somewhat my point. Originally, I was responding to >>7889, the claim that people are tired of Rebels vs Empire imagery because it's been done so much. And my claim is that, because TFA's success is based entirely on nostalgia bait for the OT, it's proof that people can and will go watch that old Rebels vs Empire imagery, even if the actual film is piss-poor quality.
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No.8037
Does any have working links to the old EU audiobooks?
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No.8038
Does any have working links to the old EU audiobooks?
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No.8061
There's actually precedent for casting a lot of EU characters as Asian, including the main new cast of the Thrawn trilogy, with the Japanese book covers. None of the artists for these characters agree on most of the details anyways. Bizarrely Jaina Solo is constantly drawn as Asian on these covers, even right next to her parents, but Mara never is.
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No.8112
So, what sort of musical leitmotifs could you see John Williams using for these films? Fiddles or a sitar for Thrawn? Chimes for the Noghri? A subtle variation on the Emperor's Suite for Mara? Perhaps a distorted brass version of Jedi music for Joruus C'Baoth?
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No.8122
>>8061
why is jaina cast as asian when her parents are Banking Clan?
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No.8196
>>8112
Your suggestion for Joruus is excellent maybe it can get gradually twisted to reflect how Luke really starts to see him as twisted over time. For Thrawn the fiddle could work though Rebels use an organ for him so I guess it could go either way.
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No.8258
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>>8196
I like the way you think, anon. Perhaps the piece in question should become a minor key version of vid related. Might take on some of the Emperor's vocals once we reach the final act.
>Thrawn
>organ
What? Ah well. I say a fiddle in part because of its versatility, but also because Thrawn is pretty much Military Space Holmes, and Holmes played the fiddle. That, and I like the idea of a fiddle being used in a military cadence.
I say chimes for the Noghri to fit with their ninja theme. Talon Karrde I'm not sure what to do with, though Garm Iblis should have a march going for him.
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No.8260
>>8258
>minor key
Gah, what am I saying. Just make a more sinister version of that piece.
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No.8312
Is Kaarde pronounced Card or Car-de? Wild Kaarde narrows it down to one of the two
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No.8315
>>8312
For me, Wild Karrde cemented that you pronounce it like Sabbac card. I wouldn't be surprised if that's why Zahn named the ship that, to be honest.
Why did you spoiler this?
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No.8336
>>8315
Because it's a stupid question.
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No.8408
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>>8196
Found the piece in question. Not at all bad, but I still don't think the organ suits him.
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No.8413
Who was Rogue Five at the Battle of Sluis Van?
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No.8719
If I could make it now I'd cast Sebastian Stan as Luke Skywalker and an aged-up Anthony Ingruber as Han Solo. Finding a Leia was hard, but I settled on Alexandra Chando. Lars Mikkelsen could of course reprise his role as Grand Admiral Thrawn. Although while looking for pics for him I came across some other good suggestions such as Michael Fassbender and Benedict Cumberbatch. Back when the novels were originally released I thought that Christopher Lee could be a good Thrawn. Then years later he was of course cast as Count Dooku, lol!
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No.8737
>>8719
Honestly why does Hollywood find it so "taboo" to hire actors who look and even sound like the old ones? Hell, they don't even seem to care about reputation since they hired a complete hack for Solo.
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No.8740
>>8737
If you're planning on making a series you hire relatively unknown actors who owe their fame to that series, that way you can make sequels without breaking the bank on paying your leads.
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No.8752
>>8719
Really I would just go with animation for a Thrawn movie. All the important people have professional sound-alikes already for all the games and some of the actors can still pull off their role even though they're super old.
I wonder how Bob Bergen's Joker voice is
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No.8755
>>8752
Their current animation is ass though. And Kennedy at the helm would probably hire Squirrel Girl's artists for SW as long as they sucked her dick or something.
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No.8758
>>8755
We're already in the realm of make-believe, anon. We might as well imagine the best.
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No.8759
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No.8761
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>>8752
My dream, years ago before this Current Year shit fest began, back around 2006 or 2007, was that Lucasfilm would make an animated Thrawn Trilogy adaptation (followed by other EU adaptations as I would've loved to have seen a version of the Glove of Darth Vader that improved on the books failings) similar to the DC animated movies or the Hellboy animated movies, or directed by Genndy. Vid-related with Star Wars was my ultimate wish at the time. Can't believe it's been like 12 years since this shit. Some dreams truly weren't meant to happen I guess…
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No.8794
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>>8755
>Their current animation is ass though.
Their TV animation is fine and as The Thrawn trilogy would be movies they would either use Lucasfilm Animation's movie team, who made Strang Magic (yeah, I know it flopped, but not because of the animation quality) or they'd just use ILM who have already made 1 animated movie, Rango, which has incredible animation!
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No.8796
>>8794
Rango was a grand visual achievement yet nobody ever seems to talk about it… As for current animation, maybe he means Rebels? The show is a severe and critical dip in quality when compared to Clone Wars (which was probably the only CG cartoon that wasn't repetitive as shit and gave you new shit to easy every episode).
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No.8797
>>8796
>easy
I meant see. WTF
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No.9302
>>8761
If, after Soylo and 9 fail, Disney put someone competent in charge of Star Wars, it wouldn't be too hard to see them doing that in ~5 years. They bought Fox to gain control of Hulu to make it a better Netflix killer. Netflix's big hook is original programming. Making EU animated movies seems like an obvious way to prop up Hulu. With the plots and most of the general visual design done the costs are relatively low. The real problem is them hiring awful Canadians/Cal Arts instead of someone who can animate.
They don't even have to deal with diversity bullshit for Thrawn trilogy (the irony is the EU was more diverse than Disney's crap, especially when books generally didn't bother to mention skintones or monolids most of the time). Mara is obvious, Leia and Lando are main characters in their own rights here, Kaarde's crew is of unspecified race (the comic that's the only visual deception contradicts a lot of the book like the way the Noghri are drawn), Rogue Squadron's role could easily be expanded (more space-battles, X-Wing toys they already have molds for) giving you Corran Horn (generally drawn as Asian), Inyri Forge (Female), Kenn Nitram (unspecified male), Pedna Scotian (Unspecified near-human female), Asyr Sei'lar (Alien Female), and Lyyr Zatoq (Alien female).
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No.9303
>>9302
Though what's of sufficient quality and action to adapt?
>Thrawn Trilogy
>I, Jedi
>Rogue Squadron
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No.9305
>>8719
>>8759
I never realized Sebastian Stan looked like a young Mark Hamill so much.
>>9302
Honestly, I would love to see a Star Wars anthology movie in the vein of the Animatrix and Halo Legends. Hell you could even get Genndy back to do one of the shorts for the anthology movie.
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No.9354
>>8761
I know it's not the same, but I hope these little shoops come close to what you had in mind. Animated SW expanded universe films are definitely something that I would have loved to see too.
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No.9355
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No.9358
>>9354
what sorcery be this
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No.9403
>>9354
God that would've been so awesome.
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No.10340
I'm finishing this trilogy, and oh man I LOVE IT!
Cannot compare it to disney movies because I don't have watched TLJ yet.. their first movie was disappointing…
But yeah, I would have Loved the original Thrawn trilogy on screen. :)
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No.10344
>>10340
>:)
kee chai chai cun kuta?
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No.10353
>>10344
Grancha. Good to see Louie's Huttese Academy is paying off.
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No.10363
Is there a recommended list for Star Wars books like /v/ has for consoles?
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No.10366
>>10363
no but we can make one
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No.10367
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No.10368
>>10363
>>10366
>>10367
I saved a bare-bones one a while back but I doubt it's an exhaustive list. On that note, how are the NJO books? Are they good before the Vong start showing up?
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No.10369
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>>10367
This fag knows what's up. Or listen to it, and hear the soothing tones of a Sith Lord who can best be called "George Soros with a sense of subtlety and wit." Also, it ties just about all the Prequel media together.
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No.10370
>>10369
I forgot my flag was set to that. Yeah the audiobook version is great, there are a lot of great audiobooks done during the early 00s.
>>10368
The Vong aren't that bad its the Killik you have to look out for.
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No.10387
>>10344
>kee chai chai cun kuta
Mi bosco de kwee-kunee
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No.10393
>>7721
Luke would look like an old man no amount of CGI would be able to justify, Han and Leia are too old to play the parts similarly, and Harrison and Mark never would want any part of it in the first place, if not for Carrie Fischer, they wouldn't do it. Who would die by the 2nd film.
Also the 2nd and 3rd of these books werent even that good, I wouldn't make a movie about a Thrawn look-a-like which was just filler for Thrawn's needed presense in the series to keep it interesting.
Oh and since everyone on this board would hate it because of the things that would need to be changed out of nessecity, regardless, this board will hate everything that is produced anyway no matter what it is
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No.10394
>>10368
>On that note, how are the NJO books? Are they good before the Vong start showing up?
It's a "love it or hate it" series and the Vong are in in it from book one.
Writing-wise
>Pro: Several books written by some of the EU's better writers (Stackpole, Luceno, Stover)
>Contra: intentionally written to be tonally different from previous books. If you want your Star Wars to be swashbuckling adventures, these probably aren't the books for you. Shit got so grim and gritty that one of the people in charge admitted that they may have gone a bit too far at times
Lore-wise
>Pro: Much tighter lore than most of the 90s EU stuff which makes the setting feel more organic. For example, you'll see characters from the X-Wing and the Young Jedi Knights series interact. Also ties up some loose threads from older stories.
>Contra: The Vong absolutely curbstomp the EU, especially at the beginning.
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No.10400
>>10393
>no amount of CGI would be able to justify
You'd be surprised with what the fucks at Disney can do now. All they'd need is new actors, make digital recreations of the actors faces of when they were younger, and have them voice them or find actors to voice them who sound like them.
>Oh and since everyone on this board would hate it because of the things that would need to be changed out of nessecity
No one would hate changes that would be needed out of obvious necessity. Glove of Darth Vader is an average or below average book, but if the flaws it had could be rewritten or improved upon would be welcomed, but considering its Disney, their changes would consist of complete rewrites that share nothing in common with the original books or have the story be told from the perspective of a new female character who would basically be Rey 2.0.
>regardless, this board will hate everything that is produced anyway no matter what it is
Only if its Disney, as even third party and fan content made before the Disney buyout was infinitely better than anything they've produced lately.
<Also the 2nd and 3rd of these books werent even that good
I'd like to hear your opinion in detail.
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No.10401
>>10394
The Vong could've worked if they hadn't made shit so grimdark and had them fuck up so many planets that could've made great settings for future games and sourcebooks (and other EU media in general). Only thing worse than the Vong was the Dac Genocide, which had Krayt utterly destroy Dac and the Mon Calamari, one of the most beautiful and interesting planets within the SW setting.
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No.10404
>>10394
I'll give it a shot all the same, mostly because I'm thirsty for stories about the NJO getting built and ultimately its final revival.
On a semi-related note, I've started a fairly rudimentary reading guide for the EU. Somewhat sparse at the moment as I can only comment on the things I've read. I feel it could also be improved with some form of color-coding (corresponding to "must-read," "good only if you like the characters/setting involved," "meh", "avoid", etc.).
Thoughts, anons?
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No.10405
>>10404
I like it. Maybe one of the comic anons can do a timeline based on the comics?
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No.10406
>>10401
Gee, who could be behind this post?
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No.10416
>>10401
The later books in the series had an even worse problem where they made the Vong so retardedly OP that the writers had to come up with increasingly more stupid ways for the heroes to prevail. Then the last book of the series just wraps it all up by suddenly revealing that the Vong were being led by some Force-sensitive loser the whole time who somehow managed to mindfuck the fuhrer or whatever the fuck his name was into doing his bidding.
Jesus Christ, that series was pure, undiluted shit.
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No.10418
>>10404
As a rule of thumb, the best NJO books focus on single characters rather than big battles.
I favorites are
>Agents of Chaos I + II (Han)
>Edge of Victory I + II (Anakin)
>Dark Journey (Jaina)
>Traitor (Jacen)
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No.10419
>>10400
>make digital recreations of the actors faces of when they were younger, and have them voice them
No. There is another…
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No.10432
>>10416
>more stupid ways
Such as? I'm hearing that once the NR and IR get their shit together, they start doing well, so you're kinda coming off as hyperbole here.
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No.10433
>>10416
Kind of agree, but I don't think the later ones were that bad, but the Vong as a whole were still horribly done. I recall something about the Vong being created by a guy with an OC (donut steal fetish) who wanted the Vong to be in D&D but they got rejected for obviously being shit. But like I said, something like an extra-galactic invading force like the Vong would've been interesting if it hadn't been created by such an edgy faggot, because frankly, Vong feel more like some obnoxious cheeky fuckers that belong in Star Trek.
>>10419
What sorcery is this?
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No.10464
>>10404
Are enough people interested in creating this for it to warrant its own thread?
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No.10635
On second thought I think it's better disney stays away from Thrawn trilology and crate something entirely new. They would fuck precious EU content up I'm affraid.
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No.10646
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No.10647
>>10464
>one halfhearted reply after 200 posts
You're full of shit but I'll post it anyways.
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No.27640
>>7721
Is this series worth reading?
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No.27660
>>27640
It's one of the better series in the EU, without a doubt it's worth reading.
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No.27682
Honestly if you want the Thrawn trilogy as a movie just listen to the audiobooks, the unabridged versions are great if you get the version voiced by Marc Thompson. The thing to keep in mind is that the unabridged audio books are like 14h each so any movie version would be cutting large sections so it would probably end up shit. It's not like Lord of the Rings where you cut out all the random singing and suddenly you have a solid movie.
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No.27687
>>27682
Not necessarily, remember that large parts of novels are just describing the scene. Two paragraphs of description that take a good minute to read to completion can exactly represented with a second or two of visuals.
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No.27714
>>7721
They would have had to rewrite the scripts so that Luke, Han, and Leia took secondary or even tertiary roles, and new characters filled in for them. I actually like that idea quite a bit, but I know that Disney would ruin it by casting more diversity hires.
At least the plot would have made more sense.
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No.27818
I think the problem with doing the Thrawn trilogy as movies now is too much time has passed. The entire story kind of hinges on it being shortly after RotJ, where the New Republic are struggling to get on their feet, where the Empire are weakened, but gradually pulling themselves together, Where Luke is established, but still young and naive about a lot of the finer details of the Jedi and the force.
So live action is off the table.
Animation is doable, and it could potentially make a great TV show, which is probably the better format for this kind of story. Thrawn is already an established character in the Disney canon, and there's always going to be an audience for more Luke Skywalker adventures.
It all hinges on whether Disney will ever decide to pull their fingers out and start treating this franchise properly, I guess, which seems like kind of a long shot at the moment,
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