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Re: Another one of those 'what's wrong with TPM' posts
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lugnet.starwars
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Thu, 1 Jun 2000 01:34:07 GMT
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In lugnet.starwars, Scott P. Costello writes:
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> > But, you must remember that the ONLY thing that holds water when it comes to
> > the SW movies is the movies themselves. Books mean nothing, and nothing in
> > them should be accepted as fact.
> > -Chris
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> This anti-expanded universe attitude does not hold much water. Every book
> ever written in the Star Wars universe must first pass through
> several "continuity editors." These guys work directly for Lucasarts to
> ensure that no authorized material violates or contradicts any other work.
> Many, myself included, feel that the comic book series took some liberties,
> but according to Lucasarts these works are just as much Star Wars cannon as
> the movies. Consider this fact, the city Coruscant was originally named in
> Timothy Zahn's first novel, George Lucas liked the idea so much he
> incorporated it into Episode I.
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> Simply put, if your sole source of tales involving the Star Wars universe is
> the movies, then at least you have two additional installmens to look forward
> to (as well as a long wait inbetween). However, if you give the expanded Star
> Wars universe a chance you have many years of enjoyment to look forward to,
> but rest assured that George Lucas will definately take into consideration the
> many things that have been written as he seeks to finish out the saga.
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> And to answer the C3po question, how would a droid possibly remember if he had
> his memory erased? Come to think of it I can't remember ever having amnesia.
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> Scott
Scott, I agree with you. I was just saying that George Lucas alone writes the
SW movies, and the ONLY thing he absolutely has to adhere to is his own
writings, the other movies. He can incorporate and twist ideas from numerous
other sources, but he can't change what he himself has already made Star Wars
fact.
-Chris
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