tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4084564344844459797.post8104749765328176979..comments2023-03-08T05:19:19.308-06:00Comments on Tierfon Campaign: Big NewsBrent Evangerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09529695150685663054noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4084564344844459797.post-27140985616857627662014-04-28T11:55:41.747-05:002014-04-28T11:55:41.747-05:00To be fair, there really was no way the new movies...To be fair, there really was no way the new movies could respect the EU material. There is practically no creative space left in the desired section of the timeline*. You also cannot allow a single writer, writing add-on fluff for a shared world (the original Zahn trilogy) to derail or constrain the new (multiple!) movies and TV shows. I like the Thrawn/Zahn trilogy, but I don't think it was ever meant to be the definitive word on that era of Star Wars lore...my guess is it was approved at a time when it was considered likely that nothing else would ever over-ride it.<br /><br />*Depending on how many levels of Holocron canon one wished to respect, there may be no creative space left in *any* portion of the timeline!Brent Evangerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09529695150685663054noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4084564344844459797.post-4684250572468994962014-04-28T11:50:50.284-05:002014-04-28T11:50:50.284-05:00Have to say I am not surprised, but I am a bit sad...Have to say I am not surprised, but I am a bit sad, that the new movies will not "honor" the already made Expanded Universe.<br /><br />I am bracing for what might be a series of entertaining, but explosion-laced and very non-Star Wars movies coming out. In my mind, these new movies will be the ones not accepted into canon if they are too different from what has come before. I don't trust J.J. Abrams, based on his spectacular (and vulgar, in the classic sense of the word) Star Trek movies.<br /><br />He will have the singular distinction of ruining the two great Sci Fi franchises of our era! Astounding...Brent Evangerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09529695150685663054noreply@blogger.com