But that presupposes that the Battle of Coruscant is a little longer than is credibly believed. I really don't think it's that big of a deal to strike one of the "Coruscant is under attack" scenes altogether. It's the lesser of two evils.

I believe The Battle of Coruscant does take place over a few days, so it is credible.

But that presupposes that the Battle of Coruscant is a little longer than is credibly believed. I really don't think it's that big of a deal to strike one of the "Coruscant is under attack" scenes altogether. It's the lesser of two evils.

And we still somehow end up with them on the cruiser leaving Tythe being told by Palpy about the situation on Coruscant, prompting their immediate return to the capital . . . and them on the cruiser leaving Nelvaan being told by Mace about the situation on Coruscant, prompting their immediate return to the capital.

Nelvaan is mentioned in the same scene where they get the message from Palpy and begin racing for Coruscant.

For a "fix," having them go from Tythe to Nelvaan then Coruscant really doesn't make any sense, unless the mentions of Nelvaan are stricken from LOE, but then we have to still account for that month on the "ewww, Anakin's eating bugs" planet between LOE's final segment on Tythe and the call to return to Coruscant.

whiteknight767 said on Mar 23, 2005 03:43 PM
Anakin's knighthood takes place just after "Jedi Trial", as the conversation at the end of Jedi trial is a private one, and the one in episode 21 is the final decision

So, between the Battle of Hypori and Anakin's Knighthood, a lot of months take place, right? Because the promotion ceremony in Chapter 21 must be after "Jedi Trial".
However, when the Council decides to promote Anakin, Ki-Adi-Mundi is explaining the events on Hypori and the fight with Grievous... more than two years after it happened!
How do you see this?

And, speaking of which, Obi-Wan is already a member of the Council (in Chapter 21). It's explained somewhere in which moment is he admitted as a member, and who is he replacing?

But before Nelvaan they were on this world in the outer rim (Obi-Wan says they'd been there for a month already) and it also seems to me that after Tythe they are going directly to Coruscant (Anakin gets very excited and I don't think he'd make a detour and go to Nelvaan). And also, what reason would there still be to go to Nelvaan? I believe if Anakin thought Grievous was on Nelvaan he'd still rather go to Coruscant to protect Padmé and the Chancellor).
But still, thanks Tasty .

The cartoon portions of Nelvaan take place just after they are mentioned in Labyrinth. The placement of the scenes (in both the novel and the cartoon) make it appear that certain events are taking place simultaneously for dramatic effect when they actually are not.

With any story, writers choose only those parts of the events that they can effectively portray and they feel is crucial to the story they are trying to tell. Hence you don't get the full picture of everything Mace Windu does during the Battle of Coruscant just by watching the cartoon or just by reading the novel. Even within the same scene, you might not be getting the entire picture of all the events taking place because of what the camera or writer focuses on (hence Stass Allie is not seen with Shaak Ti in the cartoon; these events are taking place just offscreen .)

One other thing to keep in mind is that the target audience for the cartoons and the novels is different so they will each have a different approach to storytelling. As a result, certain action scenes and Jedi abilities sometimes will be exagerated in the cartoon a bit.

In conclusion, each story was created to be enjoyed independently of the other*. Enjoy them for what they are.

*Note that the online comic strip "Reversal of Fortune" acknowledges both sources and was written with both the cartoon and novel in mind.

I think it would work, yes, but I like the version in which the Nelvaan-events take place earlier in the war (32 months after Geonosis) during the Outer Rim-sieges better. Obi-Wan and Anakin do nothing during that month . But we'll have to wait and see if any official version will be made public.

I've worked out all the inconsistencies in my timeline. Saddly it's in German and I don't want to rewrite all the descriptions to post it here (besides it's too long ;)).
But perhaps Tasty can give us the official version now that chapter 25 has been released .

*She is in many of the Republic comics

she is also in the book Jedi Trial*

Ventress is also in some of the Jedi comics (included with the Republic series in the Clone Wars graphic novels), and in The Cestus Deception.

About this whole Labyrinth/Cartoons contradiction, you guys don't need to freak out about it. There will probably be some reasonable solution, and if not, its not the end of the world. I don't see anyone pulling their hair out over contradictions between the movies and their novelizations.

Alright, go easy on me; first post and all that. But, after rewatching the episodes and rereading LOE chapter 44, I think I got a tentative breakdown for Palps' capture:

LOE: Pgs. 276-277 up to the words "Shaak Ti told herself"

Clone Wars episode 23 (Shaak Ti enters room, Holds safety protocol conversation w/ Palps, Grievous crawls down wall on recon to ensure Palps is there, Palps hears thumping, Grievous sees Palps, Shaak doesn't see Grievous, Grievous then climbs back up wall to waiting gunboat.

LOE 277-280 up to "Beaten, the battle droids broke off their attack." (Stass, having sensed Grievous' presence, rushes into room w/ advisors (This uses 2nd quest's idea about the 2 different rooms), they all grab Palps, battle droids break through, they repulse the droids)

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