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Re: next year
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lugnet.starwars
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Tue, 31 Oct 2000 21:42:30 GMT
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In lugnet.starwars, Eric Joslin writes:
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> Unless, of course, Lucas does decide to make the third trilogy and completely
> ignore the books... it wouldn't be the first time (see "Splinter of the
> Mind's Eye" for more details).
_Splinter of the Mind's Eye_ was concieved and written under contract by the
same guy who ghost-wrote the novelization of the original movie for George
Lucas. The reason for it was that in the event that Star Wars flopped and
Lucas couldn't afford to do The Empire Strikes Back, Fox wanted a sequel
that could be done cheaply using the same actors, some of the same sets and
costumes, and very few special effects. Since Star Wars was such a roaring
success however, Lucas was able to do Empire and thusly _Splinter of the
Mind's Eye_ wasn't neccesary. It wasn't "ignored" by Lucas exactly, it just
wasn't his story. I got this information from last month's issue (I think)
of Star Wars Insider.
> I do think, though, that if Lucas were seriously considering making the third
> trilogy, he would not be allowing the books to come out. I do know that he
> quashed certain ideas that Marvel wanted to include in their "Star Wars" title
> that later appeared in Star Wars movies, including a second Death Star.
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> eric
The story of Star Wars cannot be bound by what other authors have written.
If Lucas decides to do a third trilogy it will certainly override the books
and comics that have been written. The order of "canonacism" (is that a
word?) that has been laid out by Lucasfilm is: The movies, the novelizations
of the movies, the radio dramas, the other books, then the "guides," comics,
role-playing sourcebooks, and games. Lucas is not bound by what has and
what will be written, and IMO you shouldn't read the books unless you
understand that... ie: whatever you read might very well be "cast out" and
no longer be a "true" part of Star Wars (like _Splinter of the Mind's Eye_)
-Bryan
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| (...) Interesting. I read _Splinter_ in something like the 4th or 5th grade for the first time, and I hadn't ever heard any of the above. I like the novel a lot, for what it is... and if memory serves, there are things that are directly contradicted (...) (24 years ago, 31-Oct-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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| (...) Funny you should mention that, I had actually typed out a bit about the legendary third trilogy and deleted it as being less than on topic (along with a few other things). I do know that the third trilogy was about the rise of the New Republic (...) (24 years ago, 31-Oct-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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