The Expanded Universe Really IS Toast.

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The Expanded Universe Really IS Toast.

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SW_display_name

04.25.2014 , 03:20 PM \| #51	Quote
The only issue for me is that part of what SW so appealing is the ludicrously-rich and detailed complexity of the universe. Reading Wookieepedia is almost as complex as reading Wikipedia about RL � the SW galaxy lives and breathes down to the tiniest silly detail. If you strip that away for the sake of simplicity, now it's much closer to just another sci-fi universe and has to re-build all those layers, while playing a constant "Wait... is this still canon? Oh, no, he's blue and from Ord Cantrell now. " Still fun, but not the same. On the other hand, it gives you a clean slate and a chance to wipe out a lot of convoluted stuff that has to keep getting hammered and smushed into 'working' because of 40+ years of chaff and buildup and total philosophy changes about the galaxy and its stories. Hm. I guess time will tell.

Beniboybling

04.25.2014 , 03:23 PM \| #52	Quote
Quote: Originally Posted by SW_display_name The only issue for me is that part of what SW so appealing is the ludicrously-rich and detailed complexity of the universe. Reading Wookieepedia is almost as complex as reading Wikipedia about RL � the SW galaxy lives and breathes down to the tiniest silly detail. If you strip that away for the sake of simplicity, now it's much closer to just another sci-fi universe and has to re-build all those layers, while playing a constant "Wait... is this still canon? Oh, no, he's blue and from Ord Cantrell now. " Still fun, but not the same. On the other hand, it gives you a clean slate and a chance to wipe out a lot of convoluted stuff that has to keep getting hammered and smushed into 'working' because of 40+ years of chaff and buildup and total philosophy changes about the galaxy and its stories. Hm. I guess time will tell. Couldn't agree with you more, glad to see I'm not alone in my opinion. I just hope there is some room for what is depicted i.e. the cultures, the technology etc. rather than what actually happened, to stay alive. But I think those parameters are going to be increasingly defined by the fans.
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zachass

04.25.2014 , 03:34 PM \| #53	Quote
Quote: Originally Posted by Beniboybling I hate to be a downer, but I can't think of a single game that has made a good movie. I multi-million dollar corporation know this, and they know they'd be appealing to a minority. It just ain't gonna happen, and if it does, it will suck. Watch... We'll finally get the KOTOR movie... But it will be directed by Uwe Boll and Dominic Purcell will play Revan...
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Reno_Tarshil

04.25.2014 , 03:37 PM \| #54	Quote
Quote: Originally Posted by zachass Watch... We'll finally get the KOTOR movie... But it will be directed by Uwe Boll and Dominic Purcell will play Revan... Odd the near bald guy with the goatee was my Kotor avatar and he looks just like Dominic...
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zachass

04.25.2014 , 03:39 PM \| #55	Quote
Quote: Originally Posted by Reno_Tarshil Odd the near bald guy with the goatee was my Kotor avatar and he looks just like Dominic... Mine too
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JediMasterSLC

04.25.2014 , 03:48 PM \| #56	Quote
EU will always be the REAL canon- this new stuff is just a Star Trek-style alternate universe. And you aren't a true SW fan if you don't agree.

Khevar

04.25.2014 , 03:51 PM \| #57	Quote
Quote: Originally Posted by zachass Watch... We'll finally get the KOTOR movie... But it will be directed by Uwe Boll and Dominic Purcell will play Revan... I'm ashamed to admit that I actually saw Boll's Dungeon Siege movie. The funniest part was the SFX that happened when Statham "leveled up". I kid you not, there was actually a LEVEL UP animation around the actor. O.o

zachass

04.25.2014 , 03:58 PM \| #58	Quote
Quote: Originally Posted by Khevar I'm ashamed to admit that I actually saw Boll's Dungeon Siege movie. The funniest part was the SFX that happened when Statham "leveled up". I kid you not, there was actually a LEVEL UP animation around the actor. O.o Nice.
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GrandLordMenace

04.25.2014 , 04:04 PM \| #59	Quote
50 percent of the EU can be razed and obliterated and I wouldn't care, but the good stuff, thrawn especially and the old republic era, deserves preservation and adaptation. I'd really rather they make a mainstream star wars universe and expanded universe, and a cinematic universe that is composed of the original movies and the new movies.
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Reno_Tarshil

04.25.2014 , 04:12 PM \| #60	Quote
Quote: Originally Posted by Khevar I'm ashamed to admit that I actually saw Boll's Dungeon Siege movie. The funniest part was the SFX that happened when Statham "leveled up". I kid you not, there was actually a LEVEL UP animation around the actor. O.o I also admit to watching this. The only reason I didn't turn into a vegetable from watching it was cause of "The Stath" and Ron Perlman.
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