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| Crash Override wrote: |
| illogicalRogue2 wrote: |
| Her thoughts mirror my own. I love Marvel's regular line ups, and there are some great stories in the Ultimate Universe that could never have happened had it not been for the alternate universe. In that sense it's not quite a reboot. But I'd be all for a GL Signature series of books to go along with my SWEU characters I already enjoy. |
I have a fairly long-winded question for people that have this mindset:
Let's say hypothetically they do this GL Signature series, as IR2 calls it, but keep publishing what is currently in print in addition to this new continuity. But when Apocalypse is published, they come out and say:
"Apocalypse is going to be the last 'Big 3' story written in the Expanded Universe and all future stories about the 'Big 3' are going to be set in the 'GL Signature' series. Additionally, there won't be any new ongoing comic series or novel stories set in the Expanded Universe, i.e. novels like SWTOR tie-ins, the sequel to Riptide, and the currently ongoing comics such as Knight Errant will continue to be published to conclusion, but no new series are going to be created within the old continuity."
Would this bother you? Why?
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Hmmm 2 parts- if they chose to end Luke and co at Apocalypse I'd be sad, but ok. But if they ended the SWEU as it is in all forms I just don't see that happening. Too many IMO dig the Marvel / DC concept. If anything I could see it becoming like a second franchise in a sense. But I truly think they'd continue the original continuity as an alternate to the GL Signature Series.
But why if they "Ended the old continuity forever" why it'd bother me- cause these are the characters I have most enjoyed. If they did do this I and many older SWEU Fans might see this as their out, the clean break- collect everything before that and just enjoy the rest but stop obsessing. lol
But I know me- I'd get just as into the continued line too.
For me though it would make no sense to kill of the Old Continuity just to create a Alternate Signature Series one when both would sell.
| Crash Override wrote: |
| My way of looking at it is, first, the Big 3 aspect of it is a good thing because as it stands, I don't see there being a whole lot of Big 3 stories in the future, so this guarantees more stories about Han, Luke, and Leia than I would get if the current course continues. And from a personal standpoint the Big 3 is my primary draw and I am not a fan of the direction that their stories have gone as of late and welcome a reset on them. |
See I'd still hope for stories going forward if they ever said "Big 3 no more" to post FotJ, Ben, Jaina, Alana, etc.
But yeah I see what you mean.
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As for new stories not involving the Big 3 also being put in the new continuity, I don't see the distinction. Let's say hypothetically that Stover is commissioned to write a Dark Times novel. It doesn't make any difference to me which continuity it is in, because the era itself is largely neutral to the continuity due to being in-between film trilogies.
It's true that a story like the Hutt novel, which precedes the NJO era, would be affected because the New Republic, New Jedi Order, and Legacy eras don't exist in the new continuity. But for existing storylines, like Kemp's Jaden Korr novels, they would continue to be published in the old continuity. So it's only limiting new stories that we have no attachment to already, so it's not like "Damn, that Wraith Squadron novel is being set in the new continuity!" |
Yeah! That's what I was thinking too- and if GL approved the continued use of some parts of the old continuity THAT work- like say Tales of the Jedi- could exist in both universes timelines, while those timelines remain separate.
| Crash Override wrote: |
| I know that certain people aren't fond of the idea that in a new continuity a character like Thrawn might not exist, but realistically speaking the character of Thrawn is a complete non-factor in any future (post-FOTJ) Big 3 novels published in the current continuity. And if Zahn wants to write a sequel to Choices of One that would be in the old continuity. Really, it provides an avenue for Thrawn to be brought back by Zahn and used differently, perhaps not dying. |
And as I lean- I bet George would use Thrawn or approve of the character in the books. But even if he's not SOMEONE would fill that void.
But yeah if George approved Zahn to write in the GLSS and let him re write Thrawn, makes you wonder what a new Thrawn might be like...
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