LordOfTheFish Posted November 24, 2008 Share Posted November 24, 2008 This is from Traviss' blog. She talks about Sev's fate and will he or will he not be in the "Imperial Commando: 501st" book set to be released in August 2009. Originally Posted by Karen Traviss A word about Sev Now that ORDER 66 is out in the wild, and Kleenex sales are probably doing well as a result, I have to answer a few questions for readers. Don't worry - no spoilers yet, because it's way too soon for all those folks in the UK who can't get the book yet, let alone everyone who's still reading it in the US. But I'm getting a lot of mail from those who have finished it, and many of them want to know something. What happens to Sev when the saga continues as IMPERIAL COMMANDO? Actually, this isn't a new question, and I've been answering it since 2005 in interviews and on con panels. It bears repeating now. Sorry, but I can't take Sev beyond the end of his story arc in the RepCom game. His fate won't feature in IMPERIAL COMMANDO: 501st or any other book for the foreseeable future. I don't want anyone building up expectations and then having them dashed after waiting until August next year find out. I've been up front about this from the start. Sev is LucasArts' character, and - very sensibly - they want to leave their options open for the future, in case they ever do another game featuring Delta Squad. No, I have no idea if that'll ever happen, so please don't bug LucasArts about it. This is just normal industry common sense about not shutting any doors that you don't have to. Every games company would do - should do - exactly the same thing. So I can't take Sev's story beyond the end of the game, where he's still MIA. That's all there is to it. I've gone as far as I can with him, and I'll miss him, just like you will. But this is the reality of working in a shared universe, with products that have very different timetables and needs. Games are huge multi-million dollar investments, and it would be plain daft to paint yourself into a corner by letting key characters go off on a separate tangent in another medium that might stymie you if you ever decide you want to return to that world. It's not as if you'll be short of characters to worry about in 501st, after all. There'll be more than enough psychotic snipers to go around in the new galactic order... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RC-1183 Posted November 25, 2008 Share Posted November 25, 2008 :eek:WOW that was a HUGE spoiler that really sucks that Sev is gone im only on like chapter 6 i think wow.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CommanderQ Posted November 25, 2008 Share Posted November 25, 2008 Well, maybe the reason Karen Traviss has been told to stand down on Sev's use, is because Lucasarts may have plans for his fate...just a possiblity should there be another RC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RC-1183 Posted November 25, 2008 Share Posted November 25, 2008 true could this foretell the coming of RC2?? i hope so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LordOfTheFish Posted November 25, 2008 Author Share Posted November 25, 2008 Or maybe because he died Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CommanderQ Posted November 25, 2008 Share Posted November 25, 2008 You're a killjoy, Fish... Though you may be right, we have yet to see what really happened. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M@RS Posted November 25, 2008 Share Posted November 25, 2008 He's no kill joy... He's just thinking... What happens in a war? People die... Sev is just one out of millions... Sure Sev was cool... But there really isn't anything you can do about it... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CommanderQ Posted November 25, 2008 Share Posted November 25, 2008 Well, I mean we were being hopeful that possibly at least, one out of that million survived....That would be cool, but you may be right, perhaps he has joined the majority of empty armor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Theone Thewayne Posted November 25, 2008 Share Posted November 25, 2008 Thats old news for me... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LordOfTheFish Posted November 25, 2008 Author Share Posted November 25, 2008 You're a killjoy, Fish... Though you may be right, we have yet to see what really happened. Maybe, but I'm just saying what seems 'logical' to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CommanderQ Posted November 25, 2008 Share Posted November 25, 2008 Sorry if I my words offened you, I meant it jokingly, maybe a little serious, but mostly jokingly. But you may be very very right in your logic, I just hope not because Sev is awesome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LordOfTheFish Posted November 25, 2008 Author Share Posted November 25, 2008 I know your joking. Sev, he is a cool character, no doubt. Myself, along with many other fans, hate to let him go. But there is simply nothing that can be done. You can't take someone else's character and do as you please. Also, it leaves options for RC in the future. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Astor Posted November 25, 2008 Share Posted November 25, 2008 He's dead. I don't see how anyone can think otherwise. For once, what Karen Traviss actually makes some sense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CommanderQ Posted November 25, 2008 Share Posted November 25, 2008 Well, as Mars said earlier, it's war, people die in war. It's just the natural cycle of things, I mean in war... There's still a very small but bleak hope, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LordOfTheFish Posted November 25, 2008 Author Share Posted November 25, 2008 Perhaps a RC2 could be about Sev, and his fate. Make what happened longer than what everyone thinks it is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CommanderQ Posted November 25, 2008 Share Posted November 25, 2008 True, if LA did that, it could work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TKA-001 Posted November 25, 2008 Share Posted November 25, 2008 I'm actually very pleased to hear this - it means that Traviss won't be defiling Sev's character any further in any of her future books. I'd rather Sev die while reasonably good than live long enough to become another one of KT's Mandolem'on'ade-drinking Gary Stu characters (kind of a shame that she already did that to him in her previous books, though). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CommanderQ Posted November 25, 2008 Share Posted November 25, 2008 Mandolem'on'ade??? Gary Stu???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RC-1183 Posted November 26, 2008 Share Posted November 26, 2008 im not sure what hes talking about but in a way Delta kinda deserves it since they are always mentioning they are one of the "true pods" left. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LordOfTheFish Posted November 26, 2008 Author Share Posted November 26, 2008 Delta deserves it, because there the best. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RC-1183 Posted November 26, 2008 Share Posted November 26, 2008 Their the best so they deserve to lose a brother? Wanna explain ner vod? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Theone Thewayne Posted November 26, 2008 Share Posted November 26, 2008 Sev's fate is comepletely unknown, if there's going to be an awnser, Lucasarts will tell us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LordOfTheFish Posted November 26, 2008 Author Share Posted November 26, 2008 They don't deserve to lose a brother. Since Sev's fate is unknown, and the story continues, Delta, deserves to be in it, not Omega. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RC-1183 Posted November 26, 2008 Share Posted November 26, 2008 oh i see. then in that case i agree Delta should be in RC2 but it would be nice if Omega made an apperence dont you think or possibly be able to play through it a second time as Omega... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LordOfTheFish Posted November 26, 2008 Author Share Posted November 26, 2008 At this point, I could care less. All I want to know is what happened to Sev! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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