The Star Wars Thread

[Mister Ed Horse of a Different Color Find all posts View Profile Close Mister Ed]

My feelings toward the EU are that I enjoyed quite a lot of it that I read, other parts I disliked, some strongly, but with very few exceptions there isn't really anything in it that made me feel like I was reading a continuation of the main storyline of Star Wars (the first Zahn trilogy was really the main exception, when I read those, I could picture watching them as new Star Wars movies to a large extent). After a while (and a few really poor series of books, IMHO) I lost interest, and after that I heard nothing about it that tempted me to regain that interest, as it seemed to be straying FAR afield of the type of story I associated with Star Wars (the whole Yuzhon Vong thing, or however the hell you spell it, struck me as very un-Star Wars-y). It may have gotten back into territory I'd enjoy, but at this point it is just so large, interconnected and convoluted that I can't muster the energy to dive back in.

Which may seem hypocritical given that I read Star Trek books, which currently are often part of a large, interconnected, convoluted, ongoing storyline, but there I've been reading them all along. If I hadn't, I doubt I'd be diving back into those, either.

I do find the "awesomification" of Boba Fett to be rather lame, though. That's my one tiny bit of "EU hate" that I'll fess up to (even if it isn't really HATE). The character, for me, is someone who has shown very little in the way of skill or interesting personality in the non-EU canon (in fact quite the opposite), and I find it somewhat irritating that he gained such a following essentially just from "looking kewl" that he has gotten this fanfic-esque, Mary Sue treatment after the fact just so he can live up to that hype. I have no doubt that, nowadays, there are plenty of Fett fans that think he is awesome BECAUSE he has been portrayed as such in the EU. But I feel like originally he was only portrayed as so awesome in the EU because people, with no real basis, somehow just decided that he was. That's what I find stupid.

[JohnnyV Pictionary Master Find all posts View Profile Close JohnnyV]

When even A-Train doesn't understand the hate, you know tits are just dipped in awesomesauce.

Indeed.

[Lantern A-train Guardian of the Universe Find all posts View Profile Close Lantern A-train]

When even A-Train doesn't understand the hate, you know tits are just dipped in awesomesauce.

[Robinson Guardian Of The Universe Find all posts View Profile Close Robinson]

Oh and boba died in that desert.

[JohnnyV Pictionary Master Find all posts View Profile Close JohnnyV]

Why do people keep pointing to Boba Fett as a marker for the EU? The EU is bigger than that. The expansion of Wedge Antilles alone makes the EU viable as a piece of greatness.

Teh sexay.

[Mister Ed Horse of a Different Color Find all posts View Profile Close Mister Ed]

Why do people keep pointing to Boba Fett as a marker for the EU? The EU is bigger than that. The expansion of Wedge Antilles alone makes the EU viable as a piece of greatness.

I know I don't. I just point to him as the one part of the EU that actually irritates me. The rest I either enjoyed or didn't, or had no interest in.

[Big Daddy Dave Skywalker Moisture Farmer Find all posts View Profile Close Big Daddy Dave Skywalker]

I never had a problem with the EU BEING there, or people enjoying it if they want. I have just always chose to ignore it and discount it's existence as canon. To me, if it didn't happen in one of the episodic movies, it's just glorified fanfiction.

So for me, if Disney wipes the slate clean, it doesn't bother me at all because I never validated it's existence as canon in the first place. And for the fans of that stuff, it's still on your book shelves to enjoy.

[Jeff Guardian of the Universe Find all posts View Profile Close Jeff]

Oh and boba died in that desert.

[Robinson Guardian Of The Universe Find all posts View Profile Close Robinson]

I was just referencing the stupid boba crawled out carp.

[Big Daddy Dave Skywalker Moisture Farmer Find all posts View Profile Close Big Daddy Dave Skywalker]

I may not be an EU supporter, but even I like to think Boba Fett blasted his way out of the Sarlaac after everybody left.

[Mister Ed Horse of a Different Color Find all posts View Profile Close Mister Ed]

I may not be an EU supporter, but even I like to think Boba Fett blasted his way out of the Sarlaac after everybody left.

Why? If you are only looking at the movies, as you say, Boba Fett is a singularly unimpressive character.

[Jeff Guardian of the Universe Find all posts View Profile Close Jeff]

I should start this post with "I don't often bitch about the movies, but when I do....."


Seriously, there are very few things I actually dislike about the movies. I accept all of Lucas' changes to them over the years. Whatevs. But the 2 things that bother me most are Boba Fett's demise and Maul's death. Fett was charged up to be this awesome unstoppable bounty hunter that people feared even at the slight mention of his name........AAAAAAAAANNNNNNNNNNDDDDDDDDD Lucas kills him off like a bitch in ROTJ.

*CREYS* WHY?????? WHY YOU DO THIS TO ME?

So then, between the Dark Horse comics and the books, we get him back again. And this time He *is* badass and you don't mess with him. I know what I am saying here is the very antithesis of what Mister Ed is saying, but really...that's a big point for liking the EU for me.

Just as a suggestion, even if you could care less about the EU and think it's crap, I challenge you to read The Bounty Hunter Wars Trilogy. These three books are like life time highlights for me when I originally read them as a teen.

[Big Daddy Dave Skywalker Moisture Farmer Find all posts View Profile Close Big Daddy Dave Skywalker]

I liked him when I was a kid. During the 3 year wait between Empire and Jedi, my friends and I had built up Boba Fett to be a guy who was Han's enemy as much as Jabba. I don't think his elevation as a cult favorite was an accident. There was something cool about the little screen time he had.

[JohnnyV Pictionary Master Find all posts View Profile Close JohnnyV]

If anyone is looking to get me something for Valentines Day, I'd love a Wedge Antilles card. All this talk about Boba Fett and dying at the hands of vagina dentata. When it should really be about the best X-Wing pilot in the galaxy.

Just so much of the sexay.

[Mister Ed Horse of a Different Color Find all posts View Profile Close Mister Ed]

Fett was charged up to be this awesome unstoppable bounty hunter that people feared even at the slight mention of his name........

When? When was he built up like that? Other than in the minds of some fans, I mean. I saw NONE of that on screen. I saw nobody reacting with fear to the mention his name. THAT was Vader. I saw no particular fighting skill. He didn't even CAPTURE the ONE bounty we saw him claim, but let the Empire do that for him. The only SLIGHTLY impressive thing we ever saw him do was guess where Han was hiding.

In fact, with the advent of the Special Edition, he seriously looked like he wasn't even some fierce, independent Bounty Hunter, but merely a lackey of Jabba's, since he was shown hanging around with Jabba in BOTH Episode IV and VI.