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Re: next year
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Tue, 31 Oct 2000 23:27:30 GMT
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In lugnet.starwars, Eric Joslin writes:
> In lugnet.starwars, Bryan Hodges writes:
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> > _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.
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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 in movies after than book. Which, to me, says Lucas ignored it,
> and rightly so. I'm not sugesting it's a defect of Lucas' that these books get
> ignored or changed; rather, I see it as a defect of the readers that they take
> everything in these books (which I've mostly stopped reading) to be any sort of
> canon.
Splinter is one of the few books I haven't read. I've read everything that
was published since the Zahn trilogy kind of jump-started the Star Wars
craze (well, except for the two new Agents of Chaos series books that are
waiting on my bookshelf for me to finish the book I'm currently reading, and
the Kathy Tyers novel released today) and while they are not canon, they do
a pretty good job of being consistant between each other, especially since
there are probably a dozen authors involved. Much better than the Star Trek
novels for example in which characters back stories change faster than warp
speed. I think that the Zahn trilogy would make a great Episodes VII-IX if
Lucas was stuck for ideas, but I also know that he could just as easily
sweep it all way if he wanted. The new series of novels that started this
year under the new publisher are worth reading, if just to get a Star Wars
story with a darker side to it. The X-Wing series are the best of the group
though, IMHO.
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Message has 5 Replies:
 | | Re: Star Wars novels (Was: next year)
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| In lugnet.starwars, Jason Maxwell writes: <Snip> (...) I agree. Most of the novels are worth reading (Thrawn Trilogy, X-Wing series, etc)and the caracters and back-stories are fairly consistent (Avoid Children of the Jedi and The Crystal Star at (...) (24 years ago, 1-Nov-00, to lugnet.starwars)
| | | Re: next year
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| (...) If you ever go back and read the "old" SW novels, you might pick up Han Solo at Star's End. This is possibly the only SW fiction subject to f=ma. Fighter pilots feel g-forces when turning, occupants of rockets enjoy free-fall. There is no (...) (24 years ago, 1-Nov-00, to lugnet.starwars)
| | | Re: next year
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| <SNIP> I think that the Zahn trilogy would make a great Episodes VII-IX if (...) I like the look of the new Jedi books, but haven't had the time to read anything, let alone something new. Maybe will all of these reccomendations I'll change that. (...) (24 years ago, 1-Nov-00, to lugnet.starwars)
| | | Re: next year
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| (...) Wow. It was the second SW book I read (SW:FTALS was the first). (...) Funny, I thought it was the release of "Star Wars" in 1977 that jump-started the Star Wars craze. ;) Steve (24 years ago, 1-Nov-00, to lugnet.starwars)
| | | Re: next year
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| (...) <gets soap box> If you ever go to the newsgroup alt.startrek.vs.starwars you will be forced to learn this: Lucasfilm's offical policy on canon is: (in order of overruling for contradictions) Movies, Raido Dramas, Novelisations of the Movies, (...) (24 years ago, 1-Nov-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: next year
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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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