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Post by johnspartan on Jan 31, 2020 2:54:09 GMT
...my God, has Timothy Zahn even seen any original trilogy movies? His dialogue is nothing like the movies, the names he chooses sound wrong and he has Luke drinking ordinary Earth hot chocolate in 15 different books! What kind of shit is that? When I first heard Disney was de-canonizing these books I was glad. But now I see I just need to stick to the outlines on Wikipedia, because the full books are loaded with painful anachronisms. End of rant.
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Post by Jan El Señor on Jan 31, 2020 3:08:52 GMT
Timothy Zahn is the godfather of Star Wars books.
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Post by johnspartan on Jan 31, 2020 3:11:44 GMT
Timothy Zahn is the godfather of Star Wars books. I know, but why is he such a hack that gets so much wrong particularly the tone and feel of Star Wars? And didn't he see Luke drinking blue milk in Star Wars 77? Does he think Star Wars is on earth?
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Post by Jan El Señor on Jan 31, 2020 3:16:40 GMT
Timothy Zahn is the godfather of Star Wars books. I know, but why is he such a hack that gets so much wrong particularly the tone and feel of Star Wars? I don't feel that way about his writing. I feel some of it is a callback to the original concepts/novelization of Star Wars. That original novelization had Luke remembering a dog he once owned and a funny moment where he asked Obi-Wan what a duck is. I always saw the "hot chocolate" thing as a nod to those OG references.
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Post by shinnickneth on Jan 31, 2020 7:16:18 GMT
Timothy Zahn is the godfather of Star Wars books.
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Post by shinnickneth on Jan 31, 2020 21:14:36 GMT
As Jan said, Zahn was pretty much the starter of all the EU. He was allowed leeway to create something new, but at the same time was held to rules by Lucas/Lucasfilm about what he could/couldn't do with the trilogy, so it felt like Star Wars. I have a letter that I received from him in the early 2000's. I thought maybe others here would like to see it. Zahn talks briefly about the experience of being involved with the franchise. I've removed my personal info and Zahn's, but everything else from the letter is intact. By the way, he definitely did sign my Heir to the Empire book, which I still have to this day. I particularly like what he says when wrote, "It was a challenge, of course, to try and write a story which felt like Star Wars but which at the same time didn't just rehash what Lucas had already done in the movies."
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Post by Jan El Señor on Jan 31, 2020 21:22:54 GMT
As Jan said, Zahn was pretty much the starter of all the EU. He was allowed leeway to create something new, but at the same time was held to rules by Lucas/Lucasfilm about what he could/couldn't do with the trilogy, so it felt like Star Wars. I have a letter that I received from him in the early 2000's. I thought maybe others here would like to see it. Zahn talks briefly about the experience of being involved with the franchise. I've removed my personal info and Zahn's, but everything else from the letter is intact. By the way, he definitely did sign my Heir to the Empire book, which I still have to this day. Nice! Have you read Zahn's new Thrawn books? The first one was awesome!
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Post by shinnickneth on Jan 31, 2020 22:08:33 GMT
Nice! Have you read Zahn's new Thrawn books? The first one was awesome! No, I haven't. I've avoided any new Star Wars books (especially ones involving Zahn's characters) since the Disney acquisition. That's good to hear though. So the first one doesn't throw out what it's in the prior Thrawn books?
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Post by Jan El Señor on Jan 31, 2020 23:04:36 GMT
Nice! Have you read Zahn's new Thrawn books? The first one was awesome! No, I haven't. I've avoided any new Star Wars books (especially ones involving Zahn's characters) since the Disney acquisition. That's good to hear though. So the first one doesn't throw out what it's in the prior Thrawn books? Yes and no? You'd have to read it to know what I mean. But Zahn used Thrawn's old backstory as a backdrop for his inclusion in the new canon. Thrawn's place in the new timeline is also different, as he's active during the period between the PT and OT as opposed to mainly after the OT in the old EU. That said, Zahn still manages to make Thrawn awesome in the new canon. I still need to read the third book.
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Post by sdrew13163 on Jan 31, 2020 23:46:15 GMT
As Jan said, Zahn was pretty much the starter of all the EU. He was allowed leeway to create something new, but at the same time was held to rules by Lucas/Lucasfilm about what he could/couldn't do with the trilogy, so it felt like Star Wars. I have a letter that I received from him in the early 2000's. I thought maybe others here would like to see it. Zahn talks briefly about the experience of being involved with the franchise. I've removed my personal info and Zahn's, but everything else from the letter is intact. By the way, he definitely did sign my Heir to the Empire book, which I still have to this day. I particularly like what he says when wrote, "It was a challenge, of course, to try and write a story which felt like Star Wars but which at the same time didn't just rehash what Lucas had already done in the movies." That’s so cool.
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