Star Wars VII ****contains spoilers****
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<p>Jar Jar looks quite young though.</p>
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<p>MN5 jr the older loved seeing Admiral Ackbar again in TFA and said he bet he'd taste nice on a Barbie.</p> -
<p>Ackbar looks ancient, be a bit tough I reckon.</p>
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I had (actually still have) an Akbar figure. I used to call him fillet o fish.
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Yes without their capital ships they had no fleet worth a damn.<br><br>
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<p>He's from a planet called Mon Calamari, bet the seafood there is beautiful.</p>
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<p>Mind you we shouldn't take the piss, without his co-ordination and leadership the rebels woulda been fucked.</p>
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<p>For a supposed tactical genius he didn't see that 'it's a trap' until too late.</p>
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<p>Pity that the change of canon seems to have killed off General Thrawn as he was the Empire's tactical genius equivalent of Ackbar. </p>
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<p><strong>For a supposed tactical genius he didn't see that 'it's a trap' until too late.</strong></p>
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<p>Pity that the change of canon seems to have killed off General Thrawn as he was the Empire's tactical genius equivalent of Ackbar. </p>
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<p>(although some geeks are hinting that the unknown dude in Rouge One could be Thrawn)</p>
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<p>Squid like creature barely getting used to breathing in the air rather than underwater vs the most powerful Sith lord ever ? I think he more than held his own.</p>
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<p>He was the backbone while Luke was fucking round with his "feelings" and family issues, Han was trying to one up Lando who wanted to give Leia a bit of the black D and the droids and Chewie were goofing off impersonating deities and such.</p>
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<p>Admiral Ackbar is the most unsung hero in Star Wars history.</p> -
It would be great to see a movie with a bigger role for Ackbar but that won't happen unfortunately.<br><br>
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Are those novels now considered canon?<br><br>
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Only two novels currently canon. "Aftermath", which has a part 2 coming in a few months and one just released which is centred around Leia and explains some of the Kylo backstory. <br>
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<p>I foresee Fatwa.</p>
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<p>I'm wary of some of those EU books. I heard of one where apparently the Wampa ( big white snow monster ) that Luke disarmed in ESB met him again years later on Hoth and tried to take revenge. I seriously hope that's not "canon" cos that story sounds fucken ridiculous.</p>
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<p>EDIT, Wookiepedia confirms the truth of this.....</p>
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<p><a data-ipb='nomediaparse' href='http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/One-Arm'>http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/One-Arm</a></p> -
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<p>I'm wary of some of those EU books. I heard of one where apparently the Wampa ( big white snow monster ) that Luke disarmed in ESB met him again years later on Hoth and tried to take revenge. I seriously hope that's not "canon" cos that story sounds fucken ridiculous.</p>
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<p>EDIT, Wookiepedia confirms the truth of this.....</p>
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<p><a data-ipb='nomediaparse' href='http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/One-Arm'>http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/One-Arm</a></p>
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<p>I read quite a few of the novels and yes, there were some absolute shite stories in among them. There were also some really good ones.</p>
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<p>I mentioned the General Thrawn stuff. That particular trilogy stands out as good. After a while the novels drifted in to being about Han and Leia's kids and Luke's partner.</p>
<p>Then they went into the NJO (New Jedi Order) series which was quite well planned out to start and threw a really fresh slant on stuff by killing off Chewie in the first book. This sends Han off the rails and has a similar effect to the Kylo Ren stuff.</p> -
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<p>I read quite a few of the novels and yes, there were some absolute shite stories in among them. There were also some really good ones.</p>
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<p>I mentioned the General Thrawn stuff. That particular trilogy stands out as good. After a while the novels drifted in to being about Han and Leia's kids and Luke's partner.</p>
<p>Then they went into the NJO (New Jedi Order) series which was quite well planned out to start and threw a really fresh slant on stuff by killing off Chewie in the first book. This sends Han off the rails and has a similar effect to the Kylo Ren stuff.</p>
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<p>One that I liked was a comic I saw on youtube in which DV meets Luke for the first time ( not knowing that he blew up the death star and is also his son ) and schools him in a brief lightsabre duel before Luke gets saved by an AT ATs foot nearly killing them both that Han stole and is driving. ( Yes you read all this correctly )</p> -
<p>Do not click this link unless you want to see a leaked book of character illustrations and explanations from Rogue One.(but there is also cool stuff and pics of DV)</p>
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<p><a data-ipb='nomediaparse' href='http://imgur.com/gallery/xzNhU'>http://imgur.com/gallery/xzNhU</a></p> -
Really don't like the look of that Samurai dude. Wtf is that weapon he's holding.
