Warlord Zsinj Posted December 24, 2001 Share Posted December 24, 2001 Well, I must say that I haven't read all of the books, but I have read most, and just read the one where the Yuuzhan Vong say they will cease attacks if all of the Jedi are handed over (the name escapes me...) I really enjoy these books, as well as the comic series by Dark Horse. Now, I am curious as to whether the books are actually recognised by the great man himself? If something important is mentioned in one of the books, will it be used in one of the films? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duder Posted December 24, 2001 Share Posted December 24, 2001 he probably does pay attention to them but i dont think they will influence his work in any way. remember that all the films had a narrative and rough script b4 any of them were made. i think he has probably stuck to them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Young David Posted December 24, 2001 Share Posted December 24, 2001 All the books are offcial recognized by Lucas Licening. That means that for the big events (death of Chewie) permission has to be asked to GL. I believe GL reads some of the comics ... but he doesn't read the books. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zygomaticus Posted December 27, 2001 Share Posted December 27, 2001 he may not pay attention but he certainly recognizes them i think but also he has rules of certain charecters that writers are not allowed to use in their books...im not sure who, but i read somewhere thats there are some charecters that writers cant use Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Artoo Posted December 27, 2001 Share Posted December 27, 2001 I would like to know which caharcters cause I've read all but the very newest one and I think just about every character from the movies has been used. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darthfergie Posted December 27, 2001 Share Posted December 27, 2001 The books are acknowledged by Lucas because he puts his signiture on the publishing contract... He has been known to...push aside the books from time to time;) But oh well... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duder Posted December 28, 2001 Share Posted December 28, 2001 check this link out http://www.starwars.com/episode-ii/news/2001/12/news20011220.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rogue15 Posted December 28, 2001 Share Posted December 28, 2001 I'm reading Darth Maul: Shadow Hunter and then i'm reading Star by Star. DM:SH is awesome tho. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Compa_Mighty Posted December 28, 2001 Share Posted December 28, 2001 Evrything that appears in books and comics is somehow approved by George, that's the way he keeps the story contredictions-free. *But I still don't understand the Qui Gon character...* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tie Guy Posted December 28, 2001 Share Posted December 28, 2001 Originally posted by Compa_Mighty *But I still don't understand the Qui Gon character...* Whats about him? He was obi-wans teacher, then he died, end of story. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zygomaticus Posted December 28, 2001 Share Posted December 28, 2001 theres a long story b4 that too about quigon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Compa_Mighty Posted December 28, 2001 Share Posted December 28, 2001 Originally posted by Tie Guy Whats about him? He was obi-wans teacher, then he died, end of story. Everyone says Yoda was Obi-Wan's teacher in the original trilogy... as a matter of fact, if you go to the databank at the official site, enter Qui Gon Jinn, and then Behind the scenes. It says Qui-Gon is a character that appeared until late drafts as an important character. And now,he will appear in Episode 2.... yikes, Lucas has something big to explain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zygomaticus Posted December 28, 2001 Share Posted December 28, 2001 i think he will appear as a ghost like obi wan did in the original trilogy he probably will appear as ghosts visible to obi wan while instructing him and helping him train anakin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evaders99 Posted December 29, 2001 Share Posted December 29, 2001 Actually, NJO was approved by Lucas and his staff. He wanted to "clear the slate", as you will, and remove characters so he'd have something to work with, when/if he makes the sequal trilogies. NJO was designed to shake up the SW Universe - from predicatable, to total chaos. Star Wars, as we know it, will be quite different in the sequals. As well, it makes for a really good long-term plan of publishing, getting different authors and others involved in a multi-year project with massive proportions. The power for most everything goes to Lucas Licensing - to keep Dark Horse, LucasArts, Lucas Books, Decipher, etc all in check. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest SlashAndBurn Posted December 29, 2001 Share Posted December 29, 2001 Essentialy all of hte books and comics do not mean a thing to GL. The only book that has been recognized as OFFICIAL Star WArs lore is Shadows of the Empire and from some interviews GL has said that that is the only book he has read but that he tries to keep up with some of the comics. The only other thing that I've heard has GLs personal blessing is the marriage of Luke and Mara Jade. As for the other things like Chewies death he has said that he wont be able to make any movies that take place after ROTJ so whatever the writers wanted to do was fair game. But if GL changed his mind and did a movie taking place 30 years after ROTJ and wanted Chewie to be in it and didnt want to involve the Vong then everything writen will be thrown out as far as the OFFICIAL Star Wars Galaxy. From what I've heard he didnt even want to call the Empires capital Coruscant but since its such a widely recognized name thanks to Timmothy Zahn he put it in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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