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Re: next year
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lugnet.starwars
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Sat, 4 Nov 2000 04:53:43 GMT
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> I swear Zahn thought he was writing a Trek novel. Let's see:
> He describes Turbolasers as beams instead of bolts. (Come on did he even watch
> the films. Most of the alt.startrek.vs.starwars group think Zahn watched all
> the Trek movies for research.
But half the Star Trek movies had phaser bolts in stead of beams! (They were
trying to copy Star Wars, I guess.)
> Don't get me wrong I like Zahn's storys but I also like Anderson's. They both
> do stupid things but what can you expect from anyone other than Lucas himself.
> Of coure Courscant was Zahn's idea
Well, not really. A city covered planet just like Courscant appered in
Isaac Asimov's Foundion books back in the 50's. He "invented" blasters for
his books too.
Adrick
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| (...) Trantor was the name of the totally urbanized planet in Foundation. Trantor was also capital of the Galactic Empire, another concept found in Star Wars. Actually, now that I think about it, the Jedi and the Sith are a little like the two (...) (24 years ago, 4-Nov-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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| (...) Hope you don't mind me jumping in. There is some evidence that Coruscant, the City Planet, appeared in Leigh Brackett's story conference notes for the first draft of Empire in 1977. The City Planet was one of her favorite motifs, and young (...) (24 years ago, 4-Nov-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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| <snip> (...) You are going to bash Anderson over something obscure like that and let Zahn get away with murder? (proverbially speaking) I swear Zahn thought he was writing a Trek novel. Let's see: He gives Luke's X-wing a pathetically inferior (...) (24 years ago, 4-Nov-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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