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[–] PugJesus@piefed.social 9 points 6 days ago (4 children)

God, what a bizarre route for the old expanded universe that was.

[–] glups@piefed.social 6 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Were those the crab people or the dinosaurs?

The crab people. The dinosaurs were the Bakurans.

[–] bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de 5 points 6 days ago

For me it was perfect. I was fed up with imperial warlords digging up some superweapon without any stakes.

And then Disney wiped everything away only to come up with the genius idea of some imperial warlords digging up some superweapon. Twice.

[–] Zacryon@feddit.org 2 points 5 days ago

It might have been bizarre, but it was fucking original and mind-blowingly clever. Not the ruminated original stories, but something really new and exciting.

spoilery mentionsLiving ships made of biological matter?
Not detectable by the force and therefore a real threat to OP force adepts?
The masochistic nature of the Vong might have been a bit too much, but it was full of unique ideas that were usually interwoven really well.

I need to finish reading the series. I got about half way through.

[–] Guidy@lemmy.world 2 points 5 days ago

It’s what finally made me stop reading the EU. Up until that point I owned and had read nearly every SWEU book.

The Vong stopped that. I’d stop consuming any Star Wars content first.

They were so fucking lame, just an obnoxious combination of “scary dogmatic aliens” and “biology based technology” tropes. Pathetic.

[–] frezik@lemmy.blahaj.zone 9 points 6 days ago

Perfect feeding off the (flawed) idea that Palps would have taken care of the Vong no problem.

[–] MinorLaceration@lemmy.world 9 points 6 days ago (1 children)

The guy in the tweet has a great youtube channel under the same name.

[–] drcobaltjedi@programming.dev 6 points 6 days ago

I personally recommend his video which asks when was the last slave freed (in america).

[–] Endymion_Mallorn@kbin.melroy.org 4 points 6 days ago (1 children)

The Mouse said the Vong are non-canon.

[–] andros_rex@lemmy.world 9 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (1 children)

The Mouse’s opinion on canon means as much to me as a wet fart. The idea that you can buy a fictional universe is laughable. Capitalism has no right to the imagination.

But I also don’t accept any Elder Scrolls after Morrowind as canon either. This shit is all play pretend anyway.

[–] Endymion_Mallorn@kbin.melroy.org 1 points 5 days ago (1 children)

I tend to agree with you. I actually like Legacy of the Force as a series.

And TES ended after Redguard.

[–] andros_rex@lemmy.world 1 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Okay, but did you actually beat Redguard?

Because 1) getting it to run, and 2) the platforming…

Once, yes. Back in the day. It's the only TES I ever actually beat. I got bored of both Arena & Daggerfall.

oh hey knowing better