Clone Wars
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<a href='http://www.ign.com/articles/2012/07/15/comic-con-season-5-of-star-wars-the-clone-wars-features-mauls-next-move-and-more' target='_blank' rel='nofollow'>More news about Season 5</a>
Well.....Civil War on Mandalore, Maul trying to take power for himself.....and Darth Sidious coming out from behind his desk to clean house himself.....this should prove interesting.
Well.....Civil War on Mandalore, Maul trying to take power for himself.....and Darth Sidious coming out from behind his desk to clean house himself.....this should prove interesting.
<a href='http://www.starwars.com/watch/insider_filoni_on_obiwan.html' target='_blank' rel='nofollow'>Dave Filoni on Obi-wan</a>
...you know, he's got a point about Obi-Wan leaving Anakin alive......thinking back on it, <a href='http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oEjVpgLkeFg' target='_blank' rel='nofollow'>this</a> must've been Yoda's response
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....boredom lead to google, google lead to a page of quotes from Karen Traviss, and reading that page lead to anger.
If memory serves, that man Etain saved was a Clone Trooper standing between a Padawn being hunted by the new Galactic Empire and freedom. This above line sums up KT's opinion on the Jedi and it's so FLAWED and full of fail that I can feel my blood beginning to boil. Look I don't think Jedi are incorruptible saints. However I do believe that, on the whole, they've consistently been a force for justice in the galaxy. They've certainly done more good than the Mando's she's constantly praising
When KT was writing her Commando books I had little to no problem with her. She had her own little corner of Star Wars where she could spout whatever shit she wanted and it wouldn't impact the grander tale. Then some idiot put her on a major series dealing with the New Jedi Order. That person needs a reprimand. You do not put a person with such an obvious dislike for a major aspect of the universe
on a story where the focus is going to be that aspect.
I mean she shoved her Mandos in sideways to a story that really didn't have any place for them because she so desperatly needed to scratch that itch. Then she had Ben Skywalker thinking about how great it'd be to be a Mando, followed by making Luke, and Jaina both look like idiots, and the crowning Jewel is that she killed Mara Jade....and failed to tell Zahn about it....while he was working on a story involving his character.
So she runs rampent through the Star Wars EU, changing backstories as she likes (in one case to make Fett more heroic....as well as turning Mandos ino farmers for some reason), downplaying the powers and contributions of the Jedi, while raising the Mandos up for praise...and then get's pissy when GL decides to show pacifist Mandos in his clone wars cartoon....
She kills off Mara Jade and expects the other who created the character and was working on a story involving her to just grin and bear it, but when George Lucas shows another group of Mando's she throws a hissy fit and leaves?
(there are rumors she was let go but nothing I can confirm)
Yeah....by all means KT stay away from Star Wars. Go to Gears of War I'm sure we'll all be happier for it.
Oh, one last thing.
Yet the Jedi are obviously exempt from this since you do just that in your works.
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....there is no emotion there is peace....there is no emotion there is peace....there is no emotion there is peace....there is no emotion there is.....FUCK THIS SHIT!
...you know, he's got a point about Obi-Wan leaving Anakin alive......thinking back on it, <a href='http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oEjVpgLkeFg' target='_blank' rel='nofollow'>this</a> must've been Yoda's response
edit:
....boredom lead to google, google lead to a page of quotes from Karen Traviss, and reading that page lead to anger.
If memory serves, that man Etain saved was a Clone Trooper standing between a Padawn being hunted by the new Galactic Empire and freedom. This above line sums up KT's opinion on the Jedi and it's so FLAWED and full of fail that I can feel my blood beginning to boil. Look I don't think Jedi are incorruptible saints. However I do believe that, on the whole, they've consistently been a force for justice in the galaxy. They've certainly done more good than the Mando's she's constantly praising
When KT was writing her Commando books I had little to no problem with her. She had her own little corner of Star Wars where she could spout whatever shit she wanted and it wouldn't impact the grander tale. Then some idiot put her on a major series dealing with the New Jedi Order. That person needs a reprimand. You do not put a person with such an obvious dislike for a major aspect of the universe
on a story where the focus is going to be that aspect.
I mean she shoved her Mandos in sideways to a story that really didn't have any place for them because she so desperatly needed to scratch that itch. Then she had Ben Skywalker thinking about how great it'd be to be a Mando, followed by making Luke, and Jaina both look like idiots, and the crowning Jewel is that she killed Mara Jade....and failed to tell Zahn about it....while he was working on a story involving his character.
So she runs rampent through the Star Wars EU, changing backstories as she likes (in one case to make Fett more heroic....as well as turning Mandos ino farmers for some reason), downplaying the powers and contributions of the Jedi, while raising the Mandos up for praise...and then get's pissy when GL decides to show pacifist Mandos in his clone wars cartoon....
She kills off Mara Jade and expects the other who created the character and was working on a story involving her to just grin and bear it, but when George Lucas shows another group of Mando's she throws a hissy fit and leaves?
(there are rumors she was let go but nothing I can confirm)
Yeah....by all means KT stay away from Star Wars. Go to Gears of War I'm sure we'll all be happier for it.
Oh, one last thing.
Yet the Jedi are obviously exempt from this since you do just that in your works.
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....there is no emotion there is peace....there is no emotion there is peace....there is no emotion there is peace....there is no emotion there is.....FUCK THIS SHIT!
To be honest, I never understood her giant lady-boner for the Mandalorians.
The most famous and 'badass' of them was so badass he got killed by a blind man who'd just come out of a six months long stint as a wall ornament.
That's quite pathetic.
In the KotOR games, the Mandalorians come across as an unsympathetic bunch of warmongers, who only care about glory found in battle. As if such a thing exists.
Like Yoda said: "Wars not make one great."
And she killed off Mara Jade. As a giant Mara Jade fanboy, I can never forgive that.
The most famous and 'badass' of them was so badass he got killed by a blind man who'd just come out of a six months long stint as a wall ornament.
That's quite pathetic.
In the KotOR games, the Mandalorians come across as an unsympathetic bunch of warmongers, who only care about glory found in battle. As if such a thing exists.
Like Yoda said: "Wars not make one great."
And she killed off Mara Jade. As a giant Mara Jade fanboy, I can never forgive that.
You know something that I always found interesting was that the Jedi never fully practiced what they preached. They constantly preached about finding balance in life but when you actually look at it they don't really practice it. For them it is all about serving the force and never letting your emotions out, but part of balancing life is being able to know when to keep your emotions in and knowing when to let them out which ironically for all their preaching of balance they don't seem to go along with.
The Jedi and the Sith have some similarities to the Vorlons and the Shadows. After centuries of coming into conflict with one another they've both lost their way to a degree. The Jedi (via dedicating themselves to service) haven't fallen as far as the Sith, but do have some problems of their own.
As one person put it, Neither the Sith or the Jedi view is balanced....but the Jedi are less unwise.
As one person put it, Neither the Sith or the Jedi view is balanced....but the Jedi are less unwise.
I just finished the latest episode. The fact that Anakin was all for helping and training the 'Rebels' was rather hilarious. As IGN put it, he'll sigh mechanically over that one later in life.
Beyond that it was a solid training episode that had Ashoka dealing with her feelings for Lux. It was nice to see that Lux had landed on his feet, and I like Steele (that name keeps cropping up in Star Wars). I have some concerns about Saw, but hopefully they'll prove unfounded.
Beyond that it was a solid training episode that had Ashoka dealing with her feelings for Lux. It was nice to see that Lux had landed on his feet, and I like Steele (that name keeps cropping up in Star Wars). I have some concerns about Saw, but hopefully they'll prove unfounded.
<a href='http://www.watchcartoononline.com/star-wars-the-clone-wars-season-5-episode-16-the-lawless' target='_blank' rel='nofollow'>Lawless</a>
Watching the Emperor take on Maul and Savage is the highlight of the season so far....hell it might be the highlight of the series. It was most entertaining watching the Dark Lord of the Sith clean house with his own two blades.
Watching the Emperor take on Maul and Savage is the highlight of the season so far....hell it might be the highlight of the series. It was most entertaining watching the Dark Lord of the Sith clean house with his own two blades.
Bariss.....I am VERY dissapointed.
Jedi Council...way to have the back of one of your own....
Ashoka...it's...for the best, and who knows perhaps you'll survive beyond Order 66.
Anakin...I begin to understand WHY you distrusted the council so much.
Jedi Council.....way to gift warp Anakin for the Emperor guys....
Jedi Council...way to have the back of one of your own....
Ashoka...it's...for the best, and who knows perhaps you'll survive beyond Order 66.
Anakin...I begin to understand WHY you distrusted the council so much.
Jedi Council.....way to gift warp Anakin for the Emperor guys....
Supposedly there will be a sixth season and Ahsoka will still be in it. The Supervising Director for the show was quoted saying Clone Wars started with Ahsoka and it will end with her.
Which honestly kind of depresses me because it might be her death sentence. This gets her away from Anakin so he won't snap seeing her get killed. I figure this is game over for her on Palpatine's orders in Season Six. Either that on Ventress finishes her off and you finally have a reason why Anakin was so apeshit about killing Ventress in the first Clone Wars series.
Which honestly kind of depresses me because it might be her death sentence. This gets her away from Anakin so he won't snap seeing her get killed. I figure this is game over for her on Palpatine's orders in Season Six. Either that on Ventress finishes her off and you finally have a reason why Anakin was so apeshit about killing Ventress in the first Clone Wars series.
There's already a fic out (was posted yesterday, in fact) that has a good explanation for Barriss's actions, even including her betrayal of Ahsoka - and it reasonably extrapolates from canon behavior (the only bits that might be made up could plausibly be produced by Barriss's post-traumatic stress).
<a href='http://www.fanfiction.net/s/9062441/1/A-Matter-of-Time' target='_blank' rel='nofollow'>A Matter of Time</a>
"This Republic is failing. It is only a matter of time." In the aftermath of The Wrong Jedi hero and villain alike deal with the fallout and wonder what the future has in store.
Rated: Fiction K+ - English - Tragedy/Sci-Fi - Barriss O. & E. Palpatine - Chapters: 2 - Words: 4,081 - Reviews: 2 - Favs: 3 - Follows: 2 - Updated: 03-03-13 - Published: 03-02-13 - id: 9062441
Chapter two follows Ahsoka's thoughts on recent events.
<a href='http://www.fanfiction.net/s/9062441/1/A-Matter-of-Time' target='_blank' rel='nofollow'>A Matter of Time</a>
"This Republic is failing. It is only a matter of time." In the aftermath of The Wrong Jedi hero and villain alike deal with the fallout and wonder what the future has in store.
Rated: Fiction K+ - English - Tragedy/Sci-Fi - Barriss O. & E. Palpatine - Chapters: 2 - Words: 4,081 - Reviews: 2 - Favs: 3 - Follows: 2 - Updated: 03-03-13 - Published: 03-02-13 - id: 9062441
Chapter two follows Ahsoka's thoughts on recent events.
How Ominous
Well maybe we'll get lucky and they'll put her in the next Kingdom hearts game.
Her death has always been the most likely outcome. That said this does give us Fanfiction writers a nice divergence point. What if Ashoka had stayed with the Order, deciding that the only way to make things better was to work from within? Could that singular decision alter the future?
Or....what if she went to work for Padme as her personal bodyguard/Head of Security. Anakin would certainly sleep easier knowing his former apprentice and a Jedi Knight in all the ways that count is watching over his wife.
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Heh, the IGN reviewer seems more optimistic than I am.
Well maybe we'll get lucky and they'll put her in the next Kingdom hearts game.
Her death has always been the most likely outcome. That said this does give us Fanfiction writers a nice divergence point. What if Ashoka had stayed with the Order, deciding that the only way to make things better was to work from within? Could that singular decision alter the future?
Or....what if she went to work for Padme as her personal bodyguard/Head of Security. Anakin would certainly sleep easier knowing his former apprentice and a Jedi Knight in all the ways that count is watching over his wife.
Edit:
Heh, the IGN reviewer seems more optimistic than I am.
Well it's official. <a href='http://www.ign.com/articles/2013/03/11/star-wars-the-clone-wars-ends-as-an-ongoing-series-while-detours-is-delayed' target='_blank' rel='nofollow'>Clone Wars has been cancelled.</a> And Detours has been delayed "indefinitely".
Looks like Star Wars is done on TV for awhile, as it is assumed that the remaining already produced episodes of Clone Wars will be "sold" as "Movies" or air as Specials instead. Future endeavors may follow this format as well.
God Fucking Dammit! sums this up quite nicely.
Looks like Star Wars is done on TV for awhile, as it is assumed that the remaining already produced episodes of Clone Wars will be "sold" as "Movies" or air as Specials instead. Future endeavors may follow this format as well.
God Fucking Dammit! sums this up quite nicely.
You know what, I'm not that bummed about this. Having the series end with Ashoka leaving the Jedi Order works for me as a fan and fanfic writer. Since her fate is uncertain it means we could (in theory) tell more stories about her after Order 66.
Also....I'm really not going to cry over the loss of Star Wars: Detours.
Also....I'm really not going to cry over the loss of Star Wars: Detours.