Thirith on 30/10/2019 at 15:41
I don't think it's meant to be Boba Fett.
Though in the Star Wars Extended Universe novels, Fett made it out of the Sarlacc Pit. I never read them, but I've seen lots of people make fun of that particular aspect of the EU.
Renault on 30/10/2019 at 15:42
It's actually a different guy. Lucasfilm isn't too good at getting this point across, but Mandalorians are a group of people from the same planet, who all wear the same armor. Jango Fett and Boba Fett were Mandalorians, and so is this new character. For some reason, they are typically bounty hunters and guns for hire by profession.
icemann on 31/10/2019 at 02:04
Ah
SubJeff on 1/11/2019 at 07:32
Errr, Jango and Boba aren't just the same race, they are original and clone. If the wikis are to be believed Mandalorians were originally conceived as a bunch of super soldiers.
This actually looks quite good. If they can get away from some of the sillier SW tropes, like Stormtroopers being bad shots for example, it could work. Good to see Gus Fringe in something too.
I'm now wondering if the Stormtroopers in this are still from the original wave, which would make them all also Mandalorian. Heck, this is a SW thing I'm actually looking forward to!
icemann on 7/11/2019 at 16:46
I was pissed that Admiral Thrawn from the extended universe (in both books and video games) never made it over to official canon. If anything the extended universe was far more interesting than what we got in the end.
The Jedi for one thing would be far more numerous (since Luke started up a new Jedi temple, trained up quite a few new Jedi and got the whole order back in action), where as official canon is 1 Jedi and 1 Sith left, that's it. I find the whole concept of an entire order being restored, that was at a point reduced to a singular individual left, quite fascinating.
The Lone Wolf gamebook series that I love so much, went for a similar concept, to far better success (in the context of restoring a nearly extinct warrior order).
Renault on 7/11/2019 at 17:52
I would love to see a Disney/Netflix adaptation of Tim Zahn's trilogy of books. But since it all happens right after Return of the Jedi, so it would have been tough to include anything from there in Episodes 7/8/9.
heywood on 7/11/2019 at 21:34
I think the expanded universe went out the window when they decided to reboot the franchise by copying the original Ep 4 story.
I'm going to guess that they took a look at the prequels, which featured a lot of Jedi and multiple Sith, and decided that re-doing the "last of the Jedi" story was the safer choice. I don't entirely blame them, because the prequels were pretty heavy on Jedis doing Jedi tricks. With all those Jedi around, some of the battle scenes ended up a bit silly, especially the battle with Dooku at the end of AotC.
Not that it saved Abrams and Johnson from making silly battle scenes...
PigLick on 18/11/2019 at 12:13
that cant be real can it?
obviously not cos that would be stupid right