watermelonfan Posted April 21, 2014 Share Posted April 21, 2014 Why couldn't we have gotten bunny costumes? They would be perfect, considering that its easter. Bunnies with lightsabers would be so adorable. Why didn't you do it Bioware? WHY? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kissakias Posted April 21, 2014 Share Posted April 21, 2014 Why couldn't we have gotten bunny costumes? They would be perfect, considering that its easter. Bunnies with lightsabers would be so adorable. Why didn't you do it Bioware? WHY? game has already some very very VERY bad costumes (armor sets) we dont want and worst than those Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SW_display_name Posted April 21, 2014 Share Posted April 21, 2014 Is there any precedent anywhere in the SW EU for bunny analogues, though? Even with Cartel / $$$-focus BioWare still tries to stay reasonably true to in-universe lore. Life Day / Christmas analogue was put into play by LucasFilm loooooong ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trancejeremy Posted April 21, 2014 Share Posted April 21, 2014 The Marvel Star Wars comic, in the very early issues, had a green humanoid rabbit named Jaxxon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edzew Posted April 21, 2014 Share Posted April 21, 2014 Is there any precedent anywhere in the SW EU for bunny analogues, though? Even with Cartel / $$$-focus BioWare still tries to stay reasonably true to in-universe lore. Life Day / Christmas analogue was put into play by LucasFilm loooooong ago. im sure there is some kind of rabbit looking race out there in the Star Wars universe B^) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lunafox Posted April 21, 2014 Share Posted April 21, 2014 (edited) Forget the bunny ears. Easter egg meditation chamber...now that's where it's at lol. Edited April 21, 2014 by Lunafox Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Apophis_ Posted April 21, 2014 Share Posted April 21, 2014 Bunny races: http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Lepi http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Kushiban Notable characters: http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Jaxxon http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Ikrit (Jedi Master, sic) This is the dark side of EU I want to forget about (as a fan of EU in general). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SW_display_name Posted April 21, 2014 Share Posted April 21, 2014 Eh, good enough. Then we should hereby have an invasion of Lepi NPCs on Easter Sunday in the future, because why not. It's not as if Fleet can lose any more of its dignity after they installed the Cartel Bazaar elevator decorations. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trooperclay Posted April 21, 2014 Share Posted April 21, 2014 (edited) It's not as if Fleet can lose any more of its dignity after they installed the Cartel Bazaar elevator decorations. So True! Edited April 21, 2014 by Trooperclay Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimG Posted April 21, 2014 Share Posted April 21, 2014 Originally, their stance was no holidays except holidays which exist in the SW universe. Of course, then they put Jawagrams in the CM for Valentine's Day and an orange & black meditation chamber in the CM for Halloween. So can't say I'd have been surprised to see some sort of rabbit pet. Lore went out the window a long time ago in favor of appeasing the masses. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlrikFassbauer Posted April 21, 2014 Share Posted April 21, 2014 Is there any precedent anywhere in the SW EU for bunny analogues, though? Jaxxon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dr_mike Posted April 21, 2014 Share Posted April 21, 2014 Jaxxon. So it's canon then Hey Doctor who has it's penguin: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frobisher_%28Doctor_Who%29 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoFishing Posted April 21, 2014 Share Posted April 21, 2014 Even with Cartel / $$$-focus BioWare still tries to stay reasonably true to in-universe lore. And this is why we can't have nice things. Because every suggestion/idea has to pass the lore/immersion test. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarthDymond Posted April 21, 2014 Share Posted April 21, 2014 (edited) Jaxxon. lol that's immediately where my mind went when I saw this thread. Hey, if they wanna put in a Lepi NPC for a Life Day style event, I'd be on board with it. Maybe a smuggler who lost his cargo of whatever the SW equivalent of Frabergé Eggs are and now he needs help finding them. Edited April 21, 2014 by DarthDymond Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DOHboy Posted April 21, 2014 Share Posted April 21, 2014 i suddenly had the vision of that magazines bunny... an armor set with a dancers top (no flaps) dancers bottom (with a fluffy tail) and ears...thigh high stiletto boots optional. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlrikFassbauer Posted April 21, 2014 Share Posted April 21, 2014 There is already an "Lepi Dance" emote in the game, isn't it ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sempronos Posted April 21, 2014 Share Posted April 21, 2014 The OP is quite obviously a troll seeking attention. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZionHalcyon Posted April 21, 2014 Share Posted April 21, 2014 Technically speaking, the entire EU has been flushed and jettisoned with the exception of the Clone Wars cartoon. They are starting over. So thus far, no, no rabbits in Star Wars. They have said they are open to taking character ideas and templates from the old EU and putting them into canon with a new name (mostly because DelRay owns part of the naming rights for those characters, so they would do this to avoid a legal issue), but I highly doubt much if anything from the old marvel comics makes the cut. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lumuni Posted April 21, 2014 Share Posted April 21, 2014 squirrels would've been better Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarthDymond Posted April 21, 2014 Share Posted April 21, 2014 (edited) Technically speaking, the entire EU has been flushed and jettisoned with the exception of the Clone Wars cartoon. They are starting over. So thus far, no, no rabbits in Star Wars. From the Galactic Ace Starfighter Pack: "Emote: Lepi Hop" - so whatever else happens, Lepi exist in SWTOR They have said they are open to taking character ideas and templates from the old EU and putting them into canon with a new name (mostly because DelRay owns part of the naming rights for those characters, so they would do this to avoid a legal issue), but I highly doubt much if anything from the old marvel comics makes the cut. Do you have a source for that? I ask because Del Rey was fully able to use characters and names from the Bantam Spectra era; Dark Horse has used names from the (original) Marvel run of comics; and various SW games (including SWTOR but especially SWG) have used names from the full gamut of different SW media publishers, be they novels, comics or other video games. It seems like Lucas Arts has always been pretty savvy about retaining all the rights to anything that appears in the Star Wars universe - which isn't surprising since Lucas made his fortune off of knowing what rights to hold onto. Edited April 21, 2014 by DarthDymond Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SW_display_name Posted April 22, 2014 Share Posted April 22, 2014 And this is why we can't have nice things. Because every suggestion/idea has to pass the lore/immersion test. Yes it does, because if the devs don't attempt to hold some of the universe's glue together, you stop having a Star Wars game and just start having a random sci fi clownfest. It's very annoying when a game (or movie, or series, or book, ...) is crippled by overly-draconian adherence to preexisting lore, same as when people are overly-conservative IRL and hold back societal progress and evolution. But it's also very annoying when an intellectual property becomes so arbitrary and diluted that you can't even recognize it any more. There's a balancing act to allowing some expansion/modification of preexisting precedents, and not doing it so extremely or so quickly that it stops feeling like that same fictional environment. The best fictional universes maintain some degree of focus and control over what the rules of their universe are, what fits and what doesn't, and this gives each successful fiction universe its particular flavor and immediately-identifiable look, feel, story, style, etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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