Star Wars VII ****contains spoilers****
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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>
At the start of E4 they refer to the Rebellion having won their first battle. Would be cool to have a film about that. I assume Ackbar played a part. -
Are those novels now considered canon?<br><br>
Farking glad I only read a couple of the EU books. Fans were severely farked over there. -
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.
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<p>Really don't like the look of that Samurai dude. Wtf is that weapon he's holding.</p>
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<p>I'm hoping he deals to a few Storm Troopers, gets an air of confidence......and is then royally fucked over by DV in a fight. There's a very good chance this will occur.</p> -
<p>Mind Boggling</p>
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<p><a data-ipb='nomediaparse' href='http://swanh.net/'>http://swanh.net/</a></p> -
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<p>Mind Boggling</p>
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<p><a data-ipb='nomediaparse' href='http://swanh.net/'>http://swanh.net/</a></p>
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<p>Han shot first</p> -
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<p>You got that far?</p>
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<p>I perused it thoroughly with my sons and they LOVED it, they missed some dialogue in the trash compacters ( Nerd alert ) </p> -
<p>Bit of a slow burner after all the hype last year, this one feels like it will sneak up on us a bit. It has definitely reminded me how much I want to see the "classic" look appear back on screen though, apparently there will be an explanation of why DV was rather slow and laboured in his fight with Obi Wan ( as opposed to poor choreography in a film they had no idea would become what it did.....)</p>
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