On October 30th, 2012, George Lucas did what we all thought he never would. For years he spoke about how Star Wars was his story, his baby and that once Episode III was done, that would be it. He would walk away from filming any further Star Wars films. I still remember walking out of the theater back in May 2005 after a midnight screening of Episode III: Revenge of the Sith. That was it; the journey had come to an end. As an avid Star Wars fan, I am extremely loyal to the world that George Lucas created. More importantly, I was and always have been, a fan of the Expanded Universe.
What was great about the Expanded Universe (EU) was that it was created, or “expanded”, by so many other avid Star Wars fans. They took what George Lucas gave us and essentially blew our minds with it. They took little moments such as Boba Fett’s “death” during the battle on Jabba’s sail barge and brought him back and expressed to us the lethal bounty hunter that he was. Boba has lived on YEARS from the events of Return of the Jedi. Boba has a special place in my heart because he is my personal favorite character, largely as a result of the EU.
With the passing of the torch and the amazing announcement of an Episode VII to come in 2015, 10-years since we walked out of Episode III and thought that was the end, we will once again witness a Star Wars live action adventure on the big screen. With this, I would like to present some aspects from the EU that I would personally love to see on the big screen. Please keep in mind: I am taking out all aspects of continuity. I will discuss continuity and how it could work with an Episode VII but am really just spewing with fan boy joy about what I would love to see. I’m also keeping everything in the context of EU in regards to the Star Wars novels only. There’s so much material that we could pull from but for the sake of this article, novels will do fine. Strap yourselves in because this ain’t like dusting crops fan boys!
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Hey, I don’t mean to be an asshole and I have come to enjoy your website, but I think you guys have switched two different story arcs. The Legacy arc is about the descendent of Luke Skywalker, Cade Skywalker, and him not living up to his family name, these are the graphic novels that take place some 100+ years after the main trilogy. The New Jedi Order are the novels that feature Han and Leia’s children as Jedi dealing with the Yuuzhan Vong.
The Legacy era covers the period between 40 and 138 years after the Battle of Yavin which includes the Legacy of the Force novel series, which the article’s author is referring to, and the Legacy comic series, which you’re referring to. The New Jedi Order series takes place beforehand.
I should have been a little more clear and specified “Legacy of the Force” in referring to the context of just the novels. But thank you Dave – Your description is perfect in reference to the entire timeline / era.
The Star Wars Legacy comics could also be a great story arc to be featured as the new trilogy, it still features character people know and love like Luke, C3PO, R2, but it would also give us something new to look forward to.
Ive been a fan of Whatculture for a long time, and this is the first article i felt i had to write a comment. Awesome article, im not a “star wars die hard” fan, but from the first page i was hooked, i think theres a lot of reading comming my way in the Star Wars Universe.
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Federico, awesome! Thank you for your comment! I’m really glad that you enjoyed the article!
I would like to see any new material that doesn’t directly involve the prequels and sequels. I support for the Legacy era to be the new setting in Star Wars because it seems to be more of a morally ambiguous element rather than the typical light side: good guys, dark side: bad guys. So I hope Disney takes that on board and not to go down the same road Lucas has been going down since 1999.
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I’m not so hot on the Legacy of the Force series. I hated what they did so some of my favourite characters, so the thought of seeing that kind of assassination brought to the big screen would feel like a massive slap to the face for me.