Star Wars novels made into movies...

[Masked Man of Mystery 0]

The discussion over in Movies about the DVD release got me thinking, which books would you want done into a movie, and do you think they could be done? I'd like to see something done with Wedge, maybe the first part of the X Wing series where he establishes the new Rogue Squadron, but I think it'd be better as direct to video or TV movies.

[Kahran Ramsus 0]

X-Wing would be great as a serial/TV series format. I personally enjoy Allston's Wraith Squadron better than Stackpole's Rogue Squadron, but either could work.

[Guest JacK]

Yeah, Allston's was better I reckon. The problem with Stackpoles was that his characters were almost all infalible . . . I mean was there anything Corran Horn wasn't able to do? That got very annoying. Almost as annoying as those bodgy new ones where those stupid Yuuzhan Vong whatever aliens come in and kill everyone, that kind of ruined Star Wars for me.

[pochorenella 0]

The Thrawn Trilogy of novels and the Shadows of the Empire novel would be extremely cool, IMO. But the thing is that all of the original cast would be needed, so it'd be highly improbable for Lucas to make them. Maybe in animated version?

[starvenger 0]

Yeah, Allston's was better I reckon. The problem with Stackpoles was that his characters were almost all infalible . . . I mean was there anything Corran Horn wasn't able to do? That got very annoying. Almost as annoying as those bodgy new ones where those stupid Yuuzhan Vong whatever aliens come in and kill everyone, that kind of ruined Star Wars for me.

With Stackpole's stuff there was a reluctance to kill off established characters because they might be used in a later novel. Allston was less hampered as he was using only Wedge and Janson.

 

But all in all, I wouldn't mind seeing either version of X-Wing made into a TV series.

 

Given the relative ages of all the actors it would make sense to make movies in the NJO era, but I think that Lucas will leave that alone. I actually liked the Vong, because they made the Jedi look falliable. Wonder what it would have been like had they went with the original plan (kill LUKE, not Chewie)...

[Kahran Ramsus 0]

Yeah, Allston's was better I reckon. The problem with Stackpoles was that his characters were almost all infalible . . . I mean was there anything Corran Horn wasn't able to do?

 

That's one of my main complaints about Stackpole. Another is that he focuses on a few set characters and that's it. You barely see several guys on the squadron. Allston always gave time to each character on the team, so that you at least cared about them.

 

That and I just liked the characters more. Kell Tainer & Ton Phanan were two of the greatest characters of the EU. Most of these guys and gals were either criminals or had severe pyschological problems (other than Wedge, Janson & Jesmin Ackbar). It certainly made the group dynamic more entertaining.

[Guest cobainwasmurdered]

I dig Corran Horn but I agree about Stackpole (although his Dragon Crown triology is a must have for Fantasy fans).

 

I'd want either the Thrawn Books or the Jedi Academy series made into a movie. THe Academy has good potential as a series.

 

The Truce At Bakura would make an okay movie

[Guest BDC]

The Academy series? Lord, no. IMHO, Kevin Anderson is the WORST writer of Star Wars novels.

 

My vote goes to the Thrawn trilogy and the Hand of Thrawn pair. Masterful.

[starvenger 0]

The Academy series? Lord, no. IMHO, Kevin Anderson is the WORST writer of Star Wars novels.

I'd have to vote K.W. Jeter as "worst". Vonda McIntyre gets a pass because she only did the ONE novel that was more or less ignored, as opposed to Jeter who took a couple of characters that people LIKED (Fett and Xizor) and made a cure-for-insomnia-worthy TRILOGY.

 

As for Anderson, the Jedi Academy had some good points as he drew on his "Tales of the Jedi/Sith/Old Republic" Dark Horse stories, but his "Callista Trilogy" bookends don't even have that. His comics are recommended (it helps clarify the whole Sith thing). Books, not so much.

[Guest cobainwasmurdered]

I didn't mind Jeter's books that much

[Guest BDC]

My major problem with Anderson is that the plot was predictable and his descriptive skills SUCK. Three adjectives per character or something retarded like that.

 

He also had a tendency to just go back to superweapons over and over again. The skeletal death star, the Sun Crusher, the Darksaber, all garbage. I absolutely loved Thrawn's slant towards strategy and information as his means of being dangerous. He wasn't a threat via huge weapons, but because he was such a tactical genius, you couldn't outthink him.

[Guest JacK]

Yeah, Zahn was the best of the author's by far. He also resisted the temptation to bring back Thrawn (which as much as I would've LOVED) would've been a bit of a cop out.

 

 

The Devaronian guy in Wraith Squadron . . . K-something . . . he was hilarious, best character of the series in my opinion. Though having said that, I relate to the Phanon dude.

 

 

PS Did Kyp Durron end up getting killed? He owned all.

[Masked Man of Mystery 0]

I do like Kevin Anderson's books, and if nothing else, the Bounty Hunter Trilogy is good for proving that Lucas simply does not care. EVERY SINGLE WRITER who wrote a novel respected the fact that each and every novel and comic book is cannonical. But what does George Lucas do? He creates Attack Of the Clones, which screws up the Bobba Fett origin big time. In "Hard Merchandise", we are told by Fett how he got Slave I custom made by Kuwat Drive Yards and searching it for bugs and whatnot. He didn't inherit the ship from his father.

[Kahran Ramsus 0]

The Devaronian guy in Wraith Squadron . . . K-something . . . he was hilarious, best character of the series in my opinion. Though having said that, I relate to the Phanon dude.

 

I forget his name, but I know he was Phanan's replacement in Solo Command. You're right about him.

[Guest cobainwasmurdered]

No Kyp did not die. At least not to my knowledge. I haven't read the newer non-Empire books

[starvenger 0]

I do like Kevin Anderson's books, and if nothing else, the Bounty Hunter Trilogy is good for proving that Lucas simply does not care. EVERY SINGLE WRITER who wrote a novel respected the fact that each and every novel and comic book is cannonical. But what does George Lucas do? He creates Attack Of the Clones, which screws up the Bobba Fett origin big time. In "Hard Merchandise", we are told by Fett how he got Slave I custom made by Kuwat Drive Yards and searching it for bugs and whatnot. He didn't inherit the ship from his father.

He did take stuff from Zahn (Coruscant) and Anderson (the whole Sith mythology), though, so he's not entirely ignoring the EU.

 

I'm also sure you could ask the question to Star Wars Insider, but I'm pretty sure that they'll tell you that it's been retconned something like this:

 

Boba inherited some of Jango's memories, so when he's recalling getting Slave I custom made, it's actually a part of his implanted memories and not from his real life ones.