Reboot?

I can see valid points for each side. I'm not %100 one way or the other. Just thought it was an interesting thought.

As for the profit topic its kind of a catch 22. While many dislike TCW, they generate money. Without that profit we probably not see as many EU books. Or am I wrong? Could the EU books alone bring in enough money to support the industry? I'm not sure.
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Master Joined: 15 Apr 2008 Posts: 4434 Location: Korriban

Profit simply for profit is pointless. If that's the only reason for TCW to continue then ALL it is about is stuffing Lucas's pockets. The show could be good, original, AND profitable, there's no reason it can't. They just don't want to come up with anything that is creatively new or make it work with canon at all. They cherry pick stories from the comics and condense them into contrived, emotionless little plots or they look at action figure sales and see what would make the most money to include character-wise. And then of course there's Jar-Jar. And the one time they tried something new creatively it was Mortis and it made the Chosen One prophecy pointless and stupid, not to mention it was an embarrassment.
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Padawan Joined: 29 Sep 2011 Posts: 62

Please no. Alternate universes is what has made superhero comics and their ilk basically unreadable in today's world. When you crack open that bag, it leaves possibilities for really, really shitty storylines.

Not to say Star Wars hasn't had them under Del Ray...but that's a different discussion altogether. A reboot would make everything even worse!

And to be honest, you can still pack in a TON of things in the Star Wars universe. It's so vast that hell, you could still pack in some adventures of younger Han, Luke, and Leia. Or even write books about minor characters like they used to under Bantam-Spectra. I miss the old "Tales Of" anthologies and books like the Rogue Squadron series. It was a breath of fresh air to the whole canon. Now it seems like the focus is "How far into the Star Wars future can we really get? How many minor characters can we kill off for shock value?"

Okay, with that rant being said, NO to a Reboot.

Knight Joined: 14 Apr 2011 Posts: 350

I still think making things fit in continuity is what sets SW apart. Most of the authors care and try to make it work. I wouldn't mind some more Infinities stories, but I still want the EU to stay cohesive. And if we lose the illusion, we might lose the interest. Just my opinion.

Also, the timeline is only super full in that first year after ANH. The next 2 years before Empire are still relatively bare.

As far as Dark Empire being reimagined, I think a novel version would be a great read if done by someone with extensive EU knowledge like Luceno. They could fill out the plot, give us more behind the scenes with Luke's Sith training, mature the story up a little, start the story a little earlier so we see Palpatine reveal himself to his followers and the Imp civil war on Coruscant, and make a whole slew of modern EU references so as to make it more connected with the rest and make little fanboys like me giggle.

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From his StarWars.com blog:

Knight Joined: 14 Apr 2011 Posts: 350

I would say that it's ultimately not up to him.

It's a nice sentiment though.

Still, the fact that they poured so much effort into it and are employing someone to enforce it makes me think a reboot is still highly unlikely.
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Knight Joined: 20 Jul 2011 Posts: 111

What are all these old tales set in the post ANH period? I always hear them referred to as a reason additional stories would be problematic, but all I can think of are the SWG MMO and Marvel comics, and only a handful of the latter are actually C-canon.
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Knight Joined: 20 Jul 2011 Posts: 111

I thought the problem was the involvement of the big three, and I don't think they feature in nearly every one of those. Surely the argument can't be that new stories shouldn't be introduced in that timeframe simply because it has been done before?

And I can off hand not think of any C-canon games set at the time. Reasonable S-canon is a perfect excuse to introduce more stuff in that time-period.

That said, I won't defend the core choice of actually doing so, when from what I hear, the period between ESB and RotJ is pretty barren by comparison. That sort of idol-worship towards the first Star Wars movie doesn't sit right with me from a continuity-perspective.
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