I really hope they announce it in the next starwars celebrations. Also what do you guys think or hope it's about. Really either wanting a tales of the Sith show or a show that focuses on either the early rebellion or one involving a separatist narrative plotline. These cartoons should be more adult oriented like the tales of the Jedi, or tales of the Empire in my opinion. For me really wanting to see grievous scary again like the tales of the empire episode. Just making big villains more intimidating and do feats that are a little more consistent would be nice. The one thing I really liked about the bad batch was how grim dark it was despite it having tons of lighthearted scenes.

Hey guys, I’m currently doing a run through of Star Wars canon and I haven’t been able to find the short story TK-462 without buying a physical version of insider #166 second hand (which is expensive and long shipping time). Does anyone know a way I can find the story digitally preferably for free/cheap? I’m not in US so can’t seem to access the free 2017 Del Rey sampler.

(Also let me know if this isn’t right sub reddit to post in I wasn’t sure)

From the Book of Boba Fett we know they used to ride Rancors.

From the High Republic books we know they used to have Lightwhips.

From Jedi: Fallen Order we know they used to tame Nydaks (Those things had a trained force user equipped with a Lightsaber sweating)

From the Clone Wars, Tales of the Empire, and the Ahsoka show we know they can make other weapons besides Lightwhips that can (somewhat) stand up to Lightsabers

From Jedi: Fallen Order, the Clone Wars, and the Ahsoka show, we know they can resurrect the dead in high numbers

From the Clone Wars and Jedi: Fallen Order they can give Nightbrothers (presumably other people and maybe even animals as well) a big power up

So the question is why did they stop doing most of that?

The Lightwhips are somewhat understandable, maybe they all got destroyed and the effort of getting new Kyber crystals wasn't worth it, but what about the Rancors and the Nydaks? They are native to the planet they be that hard to get, what about the other Lightsaber resistant weapons?

Despite the fantastic work that Delilah S Dawson and some comic writers have done with fleshing out Phasma she unfortunately is quite a one-note villain in the movies. Keeping her alive and using the book characterization in Episodes 8 and 9 really could've had her be regarded as a top-tier Star Wars villain by the wider fandom.

They almost did something interesting with her in Last Jedi. There's a deleted scene that's an alternate version of her death scene (check it out on YouTube, it's easy to find) where she executed some of her subordinate stormtroopers because they overhear Finn saying that she lowered the shields of Starkiller Base. I honestly greatly prefer that to her final scene that we got as the original version actually feels a lot more consistent with the supplementary material.

Shortly before Palpatine appears to Vader (in a manner similar to Luke on Crait I assume?), Vader uses the full power of the planet-killer to slaughter a large number of stormtroopers joined by several smaller Summa-Verminoth with Sith cultists riding atop them. This is fully a problem of my memory since I've had a lot going on but was this group part of the Schism Imperial or were they a separate group sent by Palpatine to the planet? It seems strange that even with Vader's show of strength on Exegol, that any Sith cultists would join a force going against Palpatine (although I suppose since the Schism was all according to Palpatine's plan it isn't that far fetched). But yeah just the quick reminder: was that group sent by Palpatine or a troop gathered by the Schism Imperial?

Hey y’all, trying to put together a complete canon list and figured I’d ask if there any stories from Legends that, while non-canon, have been acknowledged as either also happening or yet to be contradicted by canon? So far I got Republic Commando (TCW/Bad Batch), Clone Wars vol. 1 (Brotherhood), and KOTOR/KOTOR II (various references). Any I’m missing? Thanks.

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From the Canon Marvel Comics, we know that Vader has the power to summon the ghost of the Grand Inquisitor and keep him in eternal torment, forcing said ghost to fight Luke Skywalker in one of the comic book issues. This power's limits seemingly aren't clear, but it seems that a Sith can summon and torment the ghost of a darksider who died in the grip of the dark side (it's presumably why Palpatine doesn't summon Vader's spirit to be tormented in Exegol in the sequels, because Vader was redeemed just before death).

In the game Jedi Survivor, Cal Kestis tells Ninth Sister "Your name was Masana Tide. It's time to set you free." before killing her, implying through his words that it's a mercy kill and he's setting her free from being tortured into being a darksider.

However, going by the rules stated above, didn't Cal just doom Masana to a hellish afterlife? Vader will just summon Ninth Sister's ghost in torment in perpetuity, just like he later does to the Grand Inquisitor. Cal just doomed Ninth Sister to eternal suffering, he didn't set her free. Heck, ghost Ninth Sister may well be a boss in the third Cal Kestis game and this time Cal can't kill her because she's already dead.

Thoughts?

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TLDR: I thought the setting was great and there's some pretty good characterization of Mace. However there were choices made with Mace that do not jive with his portrayal in the films, the pacing becomes very erratic in the second half, and asides from Mace himself none of the characters were particularly interesting.

I just finished the book moments before beginning this post. And I gotta say... I am very conflicted on this one. I can't even say for sure whether I'd give it a positive or negative rating because there was so much I liked but also a lot I did not. So let's get into it.

I'll start with positives. Firstly my favorite aspect of the book overall was the planet Metagos. It was an absolutely fascinating setting and Barnes did a fantastic job providing the necessary details to visualize it. The planet has such an interesting ecosystem going on and I'd love to see this planet used for more stories in the future.

As mentioned in the previous paragraph Barnes did a great job visualizing Metagos and overall I was very impressed with how he described things. Every new setting and alien was meticulously outlined in the text to the point where I felt like I was almost watching a movie in my mind's eye.

As far as Mace himself there were certainly parts of his story that I enjoyed. In particular I love the expansion that we're given for his and Qui-Gon's friendship. It's nice to know that Mace could find such close companionship with someone he disagreed with so often. And I also really liked the couple of scenes we got between Mace and young Anakin. I think it's actually quite nice that Mace was genuinely trying to help Anakin even despite his own misgivings of admitting the boy into the Order. And lastly I liked the first half of Mace's journey on Metagos where he's working for both Chulok and Sybil as "Solver." I honestly wish more of the book had been dedicated to this because Mace being undercover was absolutely his most interesting storyline here in my opinion.

And from there we'll move to negatives. I was mostly enjoying myself throughout the first half of the book but I feel like the dinner party scene between Chulok's staff was where the book started going downhill for me. Mostly because of Chulok's offer to have Mace join with them. That came completely out of left field and I was expecting the next few chapters to be dedicated to Chulok convincing Mace of the benefits of conjoining with them. But instead the pacing suddenly loses all cohesion and in what feels like just a few pages Mace is outed as a Jedi and war has erupted on Metagos. I was genuinely turning back through the book to see if I missed anything but no things just happen very quickly for seemingly no reason. (Like for some reason Nala had suspicions about Mace even after passing Chulok's test? Why though?) I was expecting Mace to make some kind of move on Chulok and that's how he'd be revealed but instead the decision is taken out of his hands and war starts. It honestly just felt like a very dissatisfying conclusion to Mace's "Solver" arc and made the whole undercover aspect feel somewhat useless in the grand scheme of things.

I was not a fan of some of Mace's actions in the latter half. Mace is meant to be the epitome of how strict the Jedi Code is but here we have him forming romantic attachments and smiling and laughing while his enemies burn to death. Like... I'm sorry but I cannot believe that this is the same Mace from the movies at points. I understand that part of his journey of becoming an honorary Sa'ad was relinquishing his Jedi training (temporarily of course) but certain things just feel like too much. Like at one point Mace is threatening to blow someone up using an old slave transmitter that the person never removed and the other guy is so frightened that he blows himself up trying to remove it before Mace can pull the trigger. Granted this was an enemy general so you could argue it was justified but like... imagine how Mace or any other Jedi would react had Anakin tried something like this in the Clone Wars. They would probably and rightfully put him through severe disciplinary action if not expel him from the Order. I just don't believe that blowing up someone from the inside is something that Mace would say even if he was bluffing (which I don't even think he was here.) And the ending implies that this was all just a phase more or less with Mace "brushing off the corruption of Metagos" before speaking with Yoda. Which honestly looks just feels like an easy way out to justify all the change Mace went through on Metagos. Honestly I just find it hard to incorporate the events of this book into Mace's life given that in the rest of the movies he's seemingly unaffected by what happened here.

I also thought Chulok was an interesting concept for a villain who felt wasted by the end. The idea of two conjoined beings is intriguing but I don't think the book does enough interesting with it. We get hints of Chu and Lok having separate opinions on certain matters (particularly near the end before Lok died) but usually they're just depicted as one character which I wasn't really enjoying. And as mentioned earlier their offer to join with Mace came from absolutely nowhere. I feel like we needed to see Chulok building a genuine trust with Mace before making the offer which would also go a long way towards making his rage for Mace more believable in their final duel. The Farakai are a concept I'd like to see used again in the future but I just don't think it was particularly well executed here.

Aside from Mace himself I also just didn't much care for any of the cast. (Except the bug doctor he was kinda cool). Like Chulok I think some of them were potentially interesting (KinShan and Maya-12 in particular) but like Chulok the book just doesn't really do enough to make me care about them. And KinShan's romance with Mace just felt completely forced to me.

There are plenty of other nitpicks I could make but I've already discussed my main issues and as I said I did enjoy parts of it so I don't want to spend too long with more small criticisms. Usually I'd give a number score at this point but I'm going to refrain here because I honestly have no idea what I'd even give it. Overall this was a very mixed bag for me. What did you all think of Glass Abyss?

I really liked Andor exploring what it's like living under corporate backed fascism and what ordinary people have to become to survive in those conditions.

I've read quite a few comics now and they mainly just comment on famous Star Wars characters making the stories feel like theyre spinning their wheels but never quite moving toward any thematic statement.

I'm going through all media in chronological order and I've got to this point where I'm a bit confused. I don't want to read anything out of order so that it spoils the future. Which order should I should I read rebel rising and rogue one catalyst. It says rebel rising leads up to 0BBY so should I wait until I've reached that point?

I‘ve never read/heard anything like that, so I need your thoughts. Does the CIS just used dozens of Battle droids instead of own clones during the entire prequel stuff, because it’s easier to shut them off after the republic were reformed to the empire? (it would make sense since the Seperatists shouldn’t win the war, with everything Palpatine planned way before) I mean in Ep. 3 Anakin should send a message to the Techno Union, I believe, to send the shut down signal to the droids. Is that the reason, beside the fact that they are cheaper in production and much more emotionless in various situations than clones?

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