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| VileZero wrote: |
I think something that fans don't really do is put themselves in Lucas's shoes.
Ok, so let's pretend that WE created Star Wars. Or something similar. And like him, had complete control over story and direction from start to finish. As the years go on, we want to return and tweak things to make them (in our opinion) better. We want to tell more stories without feeling trapped by others who have written in the universe that they didn't create.
Man, I'd do the exact same thing if I were Lucas. |
Ok, Lets pretend.
I'm GL it's the mid 90's and I want to make more cash of of Star Wars and know there are countless of fans out there that would want new SW-stories.
As I don't want to write them myself, I give others my blessing and even hire people to organize the writing of the new novels and comics.
A lot of people start reading these and money comes in. Because I know I have some serious fans out there that would almost certainly want to read about everything Star Wars a lot of comics and novels are written and I get a nice percentage of the profits.
Now comes the time I myself want to make new SW adventures.
Those fans that I know I have (and I count on them the most to keep buying my stuff, it's still uncertain how many new fans TCW will create) have come to look to their novels as being canon.
Shouldn't I keep them in mind when I make my new stories? At least when it comes to the big things like characters being alive when their dead or dying when they are alive? I think I would, out of decency to my customers who provided for a big part of my pay. And for the fans which I know invested so much time effort and money in Star Wars.
Because I would know that if the TCW/3D hype dies down again that I could still count on the real fans I already had.
Ofcourse, my head could have been swollen too big from all the people treating me like a god...
And like IR2 I also wonder who decides when a retcon should be made. Anyone who can tell us? |
See, the fundamental flaw in that line of thinking is this:
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Those fans that I know I have (and I count on them the most to keep buying my stuff, it's still uncertain how many new fans TCW will create) have come to look to their novels as being canon.
Shouldn't I keep them in mind when I make my new stories? At least when it comes to the big things like characters being alive when their dead or dying when they are alive? I think I would, out of decency to my customers who provided for a big part of my pay. And for the fans which I know invested so much time effort and money in Star Wars. |
My answer to that, quite simply, no. It's George's story. He's envisioned it, and he's at a point where he wants to continue it. It isn't a matter of having to weigh everything that has come before, because he doesn't really know much (if any) of it, I'm sure. He set up a nice house of cards to keep the dough rolling in.
Now he wants to tell more stories, and he's going to just tell them. As a writer, I have NO PROBLEM with this. The worst thing you can do as a writer is surround yourself with things that you cannot do. That's why he has Leeland, to pick up the pieces when things don't fit just right.
I think Lucas is more interested in providing high profile stories for his fans to watch. Let's be honest, fans of the EU aren't exactly flourishing the earth in our great numbers. We're an extreme minority. So yeah, Lucas is going to make his television episodes for all the people who enjoyed Star Wars and now have kids (or don't), and the VAST majority of them will have never experienced anything outside of the films. Maybe a comic or two, or even a book, but not the whole thing. And when shooting for that audience, who cares if some uber nerds get grumpy along the way? I mean, it's bound to happen anyway. We get our panties in a bunch about any and everything. We belittle and bully talented authors, and we hurl overarching insults at authors and Del Rey for every story choice we disagree with. Sometimes, we can be a real big bunch of jerks.
When someone gets uppity about the death of Even Piell because of Coruscant Nights, I think it's legitimate if you've read the book. I think it's insulting when others refer to it as a crap trilogy or a set of books no one bothered to read. And you know who says that? Not Lucas, or anyone at LucasFilm. That comes from other fans.
Man, screw the uber fans. What a bunch of ingrates. 
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