Red Hessian Posted October 14, 2011 Posted October 14, 2011 http://www.starwars.com/news/darth_maul_returns_2012.html To quote a dear friend of mine: "I'm sickened and disgusted." But am I surprised? Not a bit. With all the continuity changes this kind of thing's been a long time coming. Your thoughts?
Alexrd Posted October 14, 2011 Posted October 14, 2011 Your thoughts? I don't like it, but hey, it's EU tradition. Darth Maul is just one among many, like: Palpatine, Boba Fett, Durge, Ventress, etc... If people accepted all of them, why not accept Maul? If they didn't, then why even care?
Alkonium Posted October 14, 2011 Posted October 14, 2011 In fairness, Darth Maul has been resurrected three time already. One of which was considered canon.
adamqd Posted October 14, 2011 Posted October 14, 2011 when you tread in poodoo, whats a little bit more poodoo?
Taak Farst Posted October 14, 2011 Posted October 14, 2011 In fairness, Darth Maul has been resurrected three time already. One of which was considered canon. Am I missing something?
Alkonium Posted October 14, 2011 Posted October 14, 2011 Am I missing something? http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Darth_Maul#Hunting_Obi-Wan http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Darth_Maul#Life_after_death
Prime Posted October 14, 2011 Posted October 14, 2011 Looks like everyone who thought he shouldn't have died in TPM get what they wanted.
Giant Graffiti Posted October 14, 2011 Posted October 14, 2011 http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Darth_Maul#Hunting_Obi-Wan http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Darth_Maul#Life_after_death <from that link> Savage Oppress? And people thought that General Grievous was bad...
Alexrd Posted October 14, 2011 Posted October 14, 2011 And people thought that General Grievous was bad... Way more interesting than Grievous, that's for sure.
Shem Posted October 14, 2011 Posted October 14, 2011 "The decision to continue Darth Maul's story was something that came directly from George, and we all agreed that his return needed to be unique, unexpected and revenge filled. We don't know what his outcome will be, and as a fan -- that's exciting." That's funny because Lucas specifically stated he had him cut in half in order to make sure fans couldn't find a way to bring him back. That still didn't stop fans and it looks like it now didn't stop George.
adamqd Posted October 14, 2011 Posted October 14, 2011 lets just retcon the OT and have Anakin use the force to re-grow his limbs and heal his burnt flesh, then we can CGI Hayden in to the 2017 special special edition
newbiemodder Posted October 14, 2011 Posted October 14, 2011 and it looks like it now didn't stop George. Nothing stops George - $$$$$ It's kind of like your average daytime soap opera....no one ever really dies. Maybe he pulled a Voldemort and put a part of his essence in a holocron.
Prime Posted October 14, 2011 Posted October 14, 2011 Sometimes I wonder how true all these "it came right from George" really are...
Red Hessian Posted October 14, 2011 Author Posted October 14, 2011 lets just retcon the OT and have Anakin use the force to re-grow his limbs and heal his burnt flesh, then we can CGI Hayden in to the 2017 special special edition Following the current trends and the way things are going in Star Wars, this sounds disturbingly possible.
Lynk Former Posted October 14, 2011 Posted October 14, 2011 I don't see what the problem is... it's just more EU stuff... even if it did "come from George" my strict interpretation of Star Wars canon is if it's not in the 6 movies, it's not canon... therefore I'd only ever really get uppity over stuff that goes on with the 6 movies. Clone Wars is Clone Wars, just a fun little side trip for folks who like Saturday morning toons, no biggie.
Alexrd Posted October 14, 2011 Posted October 14, 2011 I don't see what the problem is... it's just more EU stuff... even if it did "come from George" my strict interpretation of Star Wars canon is if it's not in the 6 movies, it's not canon... therefore I'd only ever really get uppity over stuff that goes on with the 6 movies. I have a similar structure. Everything out of the 6 movies is secondary canon, where I can pick which stories belong to my personal canon.
jonathan7 Posted October 14, 2011 Posted October 14, 2011 Though I agree with both Lynk and Alexrd (I do something similar to you), doesn't change the fact its a monumentally crap idea. I'm not going to get stressy or anything over it, but still think its a bad idea.
Blix Posted October 14, 2011 Posted October 14, 2011 It's pretty bad imo, but I haven't taken TCW series very seriously at all.
Trench Posted October 14, 2011 Posted October 14, 2011 I would be fine with crap retcons if they didn't affect future merchandise. It's entropy at work! What's next? Malak in a jar in ToR? Palpatine fighting Cade Skywalker? Ahsoka as Anakin's illegitimate half-sister? Where will the line be drawn?
Blix Posted October 14, 2011 Posted October 14, 2011 I would be fine with crap retcons if they didn't affect future merchandise. It's entropy at work! What's next? Malak in a jar in ToR? Palpatine fighting Cade Skywalker? Ahsoka as Anakin's illegitimate half-sister? Where will the line be drawn? Sadly I can actually see GL giving the okay for those so long as there is credits - err money to be made
Lynk Former Posted October 14, 2011 Posted October 14, 2011 @ j7: The majority of EU is monumentally crap.
Ctrl Alt Del Posted October 15, 2011 Posted October 15, 2011 Is it really so hard to come up with something new? It doesn't even have to rock and it may even suck down the road, what would matter to me is that they'd actually have tried. @ j7: The majority of EU is monumentally crap. Someone had to quote it for truth.
Lynk Former Posted October 16, 2011 Posted October 16, 2011 Awesomely lame... but admittedly not as awesomely lame as the Star Trek EU lol. Now THAT is completely sad.
Astor Posted October 16, 2011 Posted October 16, 2011 Meh. I never liked Darth Maul, but if this means he gets to die again, I'm happy with that. Awesomely lame... but admittedly not as awesomely lame as the Star Trek EU lol. Now THAT is completely sad. But thankfully not considered as canon by the franchise itself.
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