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Re: 4x2ReVu: B-wing (slightly off topic)
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Mon, 17 Jan 2000 13:57:25 GMT
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In lugnet.reviews, Mark Sandlin writes:
> > Yes there are. There is an order of overruling contradictions though. If • you
> > hang around the newsgroup alt.startrek.vs.starwars you will learn the offical
> > standpoints for Paramount and Luscasfilm very quickly. Lucasfilm's order of
> > canon (real occurances in the universe) evidence is as follows: Films, Radio
> > Dramitzaions of Films, Novelisations of films, Authorized expansion novels,
> > StarWars Encyclopedia/Behind the Magic CD, Comic Books. All of these are
> > regulated by Lucasfilm to ensure that they all fit together coherently.
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> The plot thickens! Especially when you consider that Timothy Zahn (Heir to
> the Empire, Dark Force Rising, The Last Command) said he took _his_
> information from the Star Wars RPG. (i.e. Skipray blastboat, Dreadnought
> (maybe some other stuff too, can't remember))
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> Kind of creates an interesting loop, eh?
Not really, Zahn also described turbolasers as a continuous stream instead of
bolts. This is clearly overridden by the movies. Such errors are ommitted
from the Encyclopedia/BTM CD. Zahn also described communications as sub-space
instead of hyperwave. (sheesh you'd think this guy wanted to write a Trek
novel) He describes Super Star Destroyesrs as a mere 8km when a simple
comparison in the movies puts the SSD at about 17.6km (about 11 times longer
than an Imperial Star Destroyer. Every expanison book I read got this wrong
but it is overrided by the movies.) Zahn was the first expansion author and
consequently the least scrutinized. There will always be contradictions the
idea is to minimize them. In the event of a contradiction the order of canon
is used to determine which is correct.
-Lord Insanity
"A little nonsense now and then, relished by the wisest men"
Visit me at: http://members.tripod.com/~LordInsanity
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| (...) The plot thickens! Especially when you consider that Timothy Zahn (Heir to the Empire, Dark Force Rising, The Last Command) said he took _his_ information from the Star Wars RPG. (i.e. Skipray blastboat, Dreadnought (maybe some other stuff (...) (24 years ago, 17-Jan-00, to lugnet.reviews, lugnet.starwars)
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