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The release date is now December 15, 2017.
The Official Synopsis from Star Wars.com
“In Lucasfilm’s Star Wars: The Last Jedi, the Skywalker saga continues as the heroes of The Force Awakens join the galactic legends in an epic adventure that unlocks age-old mysteries of the Force and shocking revelations of the past.
Star Wars: The Last Jedi opens in U.S. theaters on December 15, 2017.”
Dude, this has been discussed already. Every book released after April 2014 is canon. Regardless of you want to believe, this book is canon. As are many other books. Every book after A New Dawn is part of the new canon. Clone Wars is part of the new canon. Dark Disciple is both a Clone Wars adaptation and was released after A New Dawn. [Reply]
The book is not Legends, it is canon. If they bring her back from the dead, I guarantee it will be some magical/mystical bullshit. She will still have died. The book is still canon.
Originally Posted by DaneMcCloud:
I think that like DC and Marvel, LucasFilm will retcon any character they want.
That would be a stupid cop out, which I seriously doubt. The Dark Disciple story was already written for a series of Clone Wars episodes for season 7. It was transitioned to a novel after the show was cancelled. It's not just a random stand alone story.
Additionally, how many "universes" exist for Star Wars. The MCU is universe Earth-199999. The main comics universe is Earth-616. Whenever the want to do something new, they just spin up a new Universe. Star Wars is nothing like the MCU or DCEU. IF it goes that way in the future, I would be extremely disappointed.
I haven't seen an example of them doing this yet, but I hope they don't. [Reply]
Originally Posted by unlurking:
You are still wrong.
The book is not Legends, it is canon. If they bring her back from the dead, I guarantee it will be some magical/mystical bullshit. She will still have died. The book is still canon.
Originally Posted by unlurking:
That would be a stupid cop out, which I seriously doubt. The Dark Disciple story was already written for a series of Clone Wars episodes for season 7. It was transitioned to a novel after the show was cancelled. It's not just a random stand alone story.
Additionally, how many "universes" exist for Star Wars. The MCU is universe Earth-199999. The main comics universe is Earth-616. Whenever the want to do something new, they just spin up a new Universe. Star Wars is nothing like the MCU or DCEU. IF it goes that way in the future, I would be extremely disappointed.
I haven't seen an example of them doing this yet, but I hope they don't.
I don't disagree. But just like with Maul's onscreen "death", I think that if Ventress would be useful, they'd figure out a way to bring her back or just ignore the book altogether.
I'm not saying that either could or should happen, just that it's a possibility. [Reply]
Originally Posted by DaneMcCloud:
I don't disagree. But just like with Maul's onscreen "death", I think that if Ventress would be useful, they'd figure out a way to bring her back or just ignore the book altogether.
I'm not saying that either could or should happen, just that it's a possibility.
I really liked Darth Maul as a character. He was one of the few things I enjoyed in the first prequel. I was pretty disappointed when he appeared to be killed off. I really stepped away from the Star Wars "universe" after that first film, and I missed a lot of stuff, so I have been casually checking out some story lines. I thought this was hilarious:
For The Phantom Menace, the character was designed by concept designer Iain McCaig, who felt that designing a new Star Wars villain was a daunting task. He recalled George Lucas describing Maul as "a figure from your worst nightmare," so McCaig thought about his worst nightmares and then used those to design an initial look for the character. McCaig described his worst nightmare as a lifeless face pressed against a window in a thunderstorm, a dead yet alive figure who stares at him through the rain. McCaig used that as the first design, adding metal teeth and blood-red ribbons falling on it rather than rain. Lucas apparently felt it was too intense, saying "Okay. Now draw me your second worst nightmare..."
Originally Posted by listopencil:
I really liked Darth Maul as a character. He was one of the few things I enjoyed in the first prequel. I was pretty disappointed when he appeared to be killed off. I really stepped away from the Star Wars "universe" after that first film, and I missed a lot of stuff, so I have been casually checking out some story lines. I thought this was hilarious:
For The Phantom Menace, the character was designed by concept designer Iain McCaig, who felt that designing a new Star Wars villain was a daunting task. He recalled George Lucas describing Maul as "a figure from your worst nightmare," so McCaig thought about his worst nightmares and then used those to design an initial look for the character. McCaig described his worst nightmare as a lifeless face pressed against a window in a thunderstorm, a dead yet alive figure who stares at him through the rain. McCaig used that as the first design, adding metal teeth and blood-red ribbons falling on it rather than rain. Lucas apparently felt it was too intense, saying "Okay. Now draw me your second worst nightmare..."
