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Re: Welcome some BCaT VIPs
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Jul 14, 2005 11:29 AM
in response to: Sue Rostoni
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I don't know if this is the right thread to ask but, why is the Outbound Flight novel $26.95 while other paperbacks are around $6.99? If it going to be hardback?
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Re: Welcome some BCaT VIPs
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Jul 14, 2005 9:06 AM
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Sue, I have a question for you. Was there a release for the clone wars cartoon cine-manga? I seam to have difficulty in obtaining it from amazon.uk. Also, did that cover the first 20 chapters or the entire 25 chapters of the series? I have the first three that came out and enjoyed them very much. Besides the prequel ones, any plans for more?
I believe you're asking about Dark Horse's Clone Adventures? There will be four, total. The last is due to come out this fall, probably September/October. They con't cover the actual chapters of the Cartoon Network series; they are all-new stories set in the Clone Wars era.
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Re: Welcome some BCaT VIPs
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Jul 13, 2005 6:30 AM
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Sue, I have a question for you. Was there a release for the clone wars cartoon cine-manga? I seam to have difficulty in obtaining it from amazon.uk. Also, did that cover the first 20 chapters or the entire 25 chapters of the series? I have the first three that came out and enjoyed them very much. Besides the prequel ones, any plans for more?
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Re: Welcome some BCaT VIPs
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Jul 13, 2005 6:08 AM
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Well, I do want to say that I loved the NJO series, and I thought it was very well put together. Despite some of the gripes that I have read in these forums over them, they were quite good. The other thing, yes, I agree with what someone posted a while ago. The clone wars unfortunately does lend it self to the visual side, but, it dosen't mean the novels weren't good. One thing we got to remember is that most of the stuff that was coming out, was without the complete definitive knowledge of where GL was going with his movie or movies (prequel era). Now, with ROTS out, within the next several years. We are going to see a lot of stories with explanations to many sitiutations, plus add depth to many eras that once could not be thoroughly covered. This will be covered within the novels, comic books, animation/cartoons, and live action series, not to mention video games. Whic is growing by leaps and bounds.
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Re: Welcome some BCaT VIPs
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Jul 13, 2005 5:30 AM
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Everything that appears in a movie novelization is considered part of GL's vision, correct?
It's a little bit more complicated than that. If I remember correctly, ideas in the books that come directly from George Lucas are classified in the Holocron as G-Canon (perhaps the closest thing you'll find to an official definition of "GL's vision"), but everything else is C-Canon like the rest of the books.
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Re: Welcome some BCaT VIPs
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Jul 12, 2005 8:06 PM
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What is the timeline placement of the Medstar short story mentioned as coming out in insider #83?
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Re: Welcome some BCaT VIPs
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Jul 12, 2005 4:13 PM
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Before I ask this question, I want to be clear that I am absolutely not trying to have the SW Misc debate spill over here. I'm just hoping for an answer to a straight-forward question that applies to that thread, and I figure the VIPs are the best chance to get that answer:
Does the concept of the Light Side of the Force, which is not mentioned in the movies, appear in any of the movie novelizations, or does it only appear in EU sources? If it appears in the novelizations, does it occur in the OT novels, or only in the PT novels (after the EU establsihed the concept)?
Everything that appears in a movie novelization is considered part of GL's vision, correct?
many thanks.
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Re: Welcome some BCaT VIPs
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Jul 12, 2005 3:51 PM
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Sue,Are you going to be at Comic Con this year?
No, I won't be making it this year either.
- I won't be going but can we expect some SW Lit news and suprises?*
Maybe.... Jonathan Rinzler is doing a power-point presentation and he'll have an in-progress cover for The Swarm War. There will probably be some other things too.
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Re: Welcome some BCaT VIPs
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Jul 12, 2005 3:47 PM
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Anyway quick question Sue, was Hand's book the one featuring Bane or was it Drew's
That was Drew's.
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Re: Welcome some BCaT VIPs
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Jul 12, 2005 2:14 PM
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So with the upcoming Clone Wars 3D series, I think Continuity -- while not that important to your Average Joe viewer -- would be very much appreciated by many of the fans who have been following the Clone Wars from the beginning. I know I often, when reading a book, think, "Oh, that would be so cool in a movie..." The T.V. series could actually bring that dream to life, as well as maybe using some of the material in the comics. It could present a unified narrative, tying the era together, giving a new, more visually engaging perspective on events we've read about.
Prays Tarfful just predicted the future.
I totally agree. Many fans, including me, didn't enjoy the Clone Wars series so much because of its bad relation to Continuity. I hope the T.V. series, 3-D and live-action, include the concept of Continuity to make things smoother and be more fun for fans... 
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Re: Welcome some BCaT VIPs
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Jul 12, 2005 2:02 PM
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Sue,Are you going to be at Comic Con this year? I won't be going but can we expect some SW Lit news and suprises?
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Re: Welcome some BCaT VIPs
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Jul 12, 2005 1:10 PM
in response to: Sue Rostoni
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Yep, it's still under consideration.
Well it shouldn't be, keep it in the sith era just get a new writer. It would be a major mistake to not capitalise on the market opened up by the KOTOR games and the prequels hinting of the Sith past.
Anyway quick question Sue, was Hand's book the one featuring Bane or was it Drew's?
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Re: Welcome some BCaT VIPs
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Jul 12, 2005 8:55 AM
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Sue- One of the guys beat me to it, but , with the cancellation of Hands novel in Oct. 2007. Would there still be any type of consideration in the future on adding a novel in that era (Knights of the Old Republic era)?
Yep, it's still under consideration.
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Re: Welcome some BCaT VIPs
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Jul 12, 2005 8:25 AM
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Personally, I like the stand-alones. Easier to read them randomly: if they'd been one big series, I never would have picked up any of the Clone Wars novels at all, since I'm just not all that invested in the era. And it leads to a lot more variety, which is very much welcome after the NJO.
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Re: Welcome some BCaT VIPs
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Jul 12, 2005 7:32 AM
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The Clone Wars to me had a few (dare I say) more problems to deal with than the NJO.
For starter's I think the Clone Wars Story line was a bit rushed, and some plot points were not discused very well leading up to that lead up to RotS screw up. I also think Padme should have been in it a bit more than she was, and like what other poster's have said - the storyline, should have flowed better (like JA JQ & NJO).
The NJO should of had more side story's come from it - It's alway's nice to see the point of view of a minor charactor every now and then.
Now I Know a lot of people don't like the NJO, But I think it was something that had to happen.
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Re: Welcome some BCaT VIPs
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Jul 11, 2005 8:43 PM
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I think you guys are right. The biggest drawback of the Clone Wars novels is that they didn't tie into each other at all. If not for the word Clone Wars being on them, you might not even know it's the same war. 
Maybe after the NJO got so much flack they tried to go in a whole different direction with the Clone Wars by making all of the books, save for Medstar, standalones. In hindsight, I personaly would rather have had a more NJOesque Clone Wars series with at least a few characters that are in every book and a plot arc that wasn't resolved until the end of the series. |
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Re: Welcome some BCaT VIPs
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Jul 11, 2005 2:37 PM
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But Jim Luceno did an excellent job of all that. Labyrinth of Evil was, in my opinion, excellent. The only thing that marred that was the confusion surrounding the second volume of cartoons. Had they followed the book, it would have done a lot to tie together the cartoons and the book. Now, though, it's just somewhat of a mess, continuity-wise.
So with the upcoming Clone Wars 3D series, I think continuity -- while not that important to your Average Joe viewer -- would be very much appreciated by many of the fans who have been following the Clone Wars from the beginning. I know I often, when reading a book, think, "Oh, that would be so cool in a movie...." The TV series could actually bring that dream to life, as well as maybe using some of the material in the comics. It could present a unified narrative, tying the era together, giving a new, more visually engaging perspective on events we've read about.
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