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I don't think one can really "make" one's own canon and nor do I think a company or "creator" can just decree something's canon and make it so. I think there are basic innate principles governing what is canon, and what is canon is generally self-evident. It's all about what's the real thing, what's the main work and what's extraneous or supplementary. Canon just IS. Neither we nor the creators or copyright owners have any say in the matter.
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I just take what I like of the EU and make it my own head canon. What I don't like of the EU, I think of as AU. And that's that. I don't care what people tell me. I do what I want.
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What are those guys on?
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Thanks for that, Steph. I don't agree with everything he says, but he makes some good points. Dark Empire did bring some sucky things into the Star wars universe (cloning the Emperor, seriously?) and it's true that the traditional view of the Force could use some nuance and that Lucasfilm reversing that was an annoying development. I guess it's too much to hope Lucasfilm would ever really accept the Force being dealt with intelligently for long -after all, Lucas thinks "balancing" the force means wiping out the Dark Side and even the Original Trilogy is dumb on the topic, something with annoyed me as a kid (anger = automatic evil, Jedi can't use the force for offense (a rule even Lucas couldn't keep to), etc).
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Well, it's non-important SW stuff. The expanded universe is an optional add-on. So don't worry.
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Yeah I guess. I wish I could just absorb all that knowledge though, without actually having to read everything
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Wookieepedia is a very good source for EU info.
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I'm so lazy though. I think I'll ask Steph whenever I have a question
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Dork.
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Review: Darth Plagueis by James Luceno “Did you ever hear the Tragedy of Darth Plagueis the Wise? It’s a Sith legend. Darth Plagueis was a Dark Lord of the Sith, so powerful and so wise that he could use the Force to influence the midi-chlorians to create life. He had such a knowledge of the dark side that he could even keep the ones he cared about from dying.” —Supreme Chancellor Palpatine, Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith Darth Plagueis: one of the most brilliant Sith Lords who ever lived. Possessing power is all he desires. Losing it is the only thing he fears. As an apprentice, he embraces the ruthless ways of the Sith. And when the time is right, he destroys his Master--but vows never to suffer the same fate. For like no other disciple of the dark side, Darth Plagueis learns to command the ultimate power . . . over life and death. Darth Sidious: Plagueis’s chosen apprentice. Under the guidance of his Master, he secretly studies the ways of the Sith, while publicly rising to power in the galactic government, first as Senator, then as Chancellor, and eventually as Emperor. Darth Plagueis and Darth Sidious, Master and acolyte, target the galaxy for domination--and the Jedi Order for annihilation. But can they defy the merciless Sith tradition? Or will the desire of one to rule supreme, and the dream of the other to live forever, sow the seeds of their destruction? This is one of the best novels in the Star Wars EU. (I must give a warning that only those with a really extensive knowledge of the Star Wars films and EU should read this.) There is lots of politicking to carry out the Sith's Grand Plan along with Sith philosophy on the Force. I am almost positive it's the only SW novel that does not include a space battle, and it only has one fight that includes a lightsaber. That is to be expected though, I felt, and it still feels like Star Wars. The novel's thrill does not lie in the action but finding out how events lead to the prequels, how does Plagueis fail to save himself from death when he planned to live forever, how does Palpatine rise to the top and kill his Master? As the novel goes on, it does become more of Palpatine's story than Plagueis'. I am fine with that because I was most looking forward to reading about Palpatine pre-Episode I anyway. We also get enough background on Plagueis/Hego that it is understood who he is and how he rose to his position. Luceno does a great job of bringing everything together to have it make sense. There was just so much going on at once. Politicking, back-stabbing, assassinations, experimenting on midi-chlorians, Sith history (which I am not that familiar with and feel I should look up some of the Dark Lords mentioned), deals with the Hutts, The Chosen One prophecy, etc. I have to mentioned I loved reading about Naboo history (I love Naboo) and I was so happy when young Padmé had a small cameo. It begins when Plagueis kills his master and ends shortly after Episode I. It was great to see the way Plagueis and Sidious manipulate events throughout the decades for their agenda. I won't go into it too much, but I was excited to see cameos from such characters as Dooku and Sifo-Dyas. You get enough of a hint and implication of why Dooku leaves the Jedi Order and becomes Sidious' apprentice, and how Sifo-Dyas was played into ordering the creation of the Clone Army. "He had such a knowledge of the dark side that he could even keep the ones he cared about from dying.” LOL. What a lie They were Plagueis' experiments, not ones he cared about. Palpatine sure knows how to bait Anakin, who did't even think to ask how a Chancellor knows a Sith legend. Also, Sidious didn't kill Plagueis in his sleep, exactly. I did love his parting words as he killed his Master. There are a few other things I could nit pick about (like never learning Palpatine's first name), but I don't want to get into it because it did not ruin the overall enjoyment of the story. The one thing I do wish the story would have explained better was Plagueis' mastery of influencing the midi-chlorians. How did he create those pregnancies in his experiments? How was he able to bring people back from death? I was at very least relieved that Anakin was not one of his creations, so he NOT Anakin's "father" but a creation of the Force in retaliation to what Plagueis and Sidious were doing, tipping the scales to their side and there needing to be a balance. But again, what exactly did Plagueis and Sidious do "9 years ago" to tip the balance? 5 out of 5 midi-chlorians. |
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Thanks Steph
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