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The Alliance to Preserve the Expanded Universe vows a spoiler jihad on Star Wars
Posted on 12/16/15 at 4:06 pm
Posted on 12/16/15 at 4:06 pm
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Beware LeonPhelps and his ilk.
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A group of Star Wars fans are threatening to spoil The Force Awakens, the latest episode in the franchise, on social media unless studio Disney agrees to film the saga’s abandoned “expanded universe” stories.
Lucasfilm executives announced in April 2014 that only the six Star Wars feature films, as well as the animated Star Wars: The Clone Wars series, were considered part of the saga’s official canon. They also said that the new series of films, of which JJ Abrams’ The Force Awakens is the first instalment, would not draw on the hundreds of Star Wars novels and comic books published in the wake of success of the original trilogy.
An online organisation going by the moniker The Alliance to Preserve the Expanded Universe has been campaigning ever since for Disney to change its mind, for fear that characters such as Mara Jade, Jacen Solo and Cade Skywalker will be consigned forever to the garbage compactor of history. Now, members have been caught making threats to reveal The Force Awakens’ deepest secrets via social media in a process dubbed “spoiler jihadi” in online circles.
Beware LeonPhelps and his ilk.
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Posted on 12/16/15 at 4:11 pm to Fun Bunch
Even if I know the entire plot, it would not spoil the movie for me.
Posted on 12/16/15 at 4:12 pm to Fun Bunch
What abunch of fricking losers.
Posted on 12/16/15 at 4:14 pm to WicKed WayZ
My question is this:
While there is a lot of good stuff in the EU, there is also a lot of crap (I'm looking at you, Caravan of Courage). Have these nerds come up with a system as to what's in and what's out?
While there is a lot of good stuff in the EU, there is also a lot of crap (I'm looking at you, Caravan of Courage). Have these nerds come up with a system as to what's in and what's out?
Posted on 12/16/15 at 4:17 pm to Antonio Moss
I do not see what the big damn deal is, why does it matter. So the EU is no longer cannon, just means they get to come up with new stuff that is not tied to tired old stuff.
Posted on 12/16/15 at 4:18 pm to Fun Bunch
Uh.. I think Disney will win this epic showdown. 
Posted on 12/16/15 at 4:20 pm to FreddieMac
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I do not see what the big damn deal is, why does it matter.
This post was edited on 12/16/15 at 4:21 pm
Posted on 12/16/15 at 4:23 pm to Fun Bunch
Look, outside of Shadows of the Empire, The Thrawn Trilogy, and Knights of The Old Republic, the majority of the EU is shite.
Posted on 12/16/15 at 4:23 pm to Fun Bunch
Isn't it already too late?
This movie pretty much destroys all early books or so I would assume.
This movie pretty much destroys all early books or so I would assume.
Posted on 12/16/15 at 4:26 pm to Fun Bunch
I'm pretty sure anyone who cares about Star Wars is already planning to avoid all social media between the time it comes out and when they see it, so I'm not sure this is really that big of a threat.
Posted on 12/16/15 at 4:27 pm to WicKed WayZ
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What abunch of fricking losers.
Really has to be the biggest losers in the nerd community since the Bronies.
Posted on 12/16/15 at 4:27 pm to Fun Bunch
I was upset the whole EU was thrown out, even the before ROTJ stuff. They actually have five new cannon books, I just started one the other day. (Aftershocks, I think)
The Thrawn Trilogy was excellent and should have been made instead of the prequels.
The Thrawn Trilogy was excellent and should have been made instead of the prequels.
This post was edited on 12/16/15 at 4:29 pm
Posted on 12/16/15 at 4:28 pm to Fun Bunch
Ummm...
How can it be spoiled when it's already "out"?
How can it be spoiled when it's already "out"?
Posted on 12/16/15 at 4:31 pm to Green Chili Tiger
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Look, outside of Shadows of the Empire, The Thrawn Trilogy, and Knights of The Old Republic, the majority of the EU is shite.
And I'd be incredibly surprised if we didn't get a theatric version of "Knights of the Old Republic". Doesn't really interfere with anything in the canon and is a good story. Wouldn't surprise me if we got it before 2020.
Posted on 12/16/15 at 4:33 pm to Napoleon
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I just started one the other day. (Aftershocks, I think)
It's alright.
The primary plot is a bit slow and I was only kind of into it. The much more interesting stuff was the big picture scrambling done by both sides after the Battle of Endor. In fact, it's pretty obvious that the plot was only constructed as a vehicle to show us that galaxy in chaos because of the sideflash chapters.
Posted on 12/16/15 at 4:34 pm to ell_13
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How can it be spoiled when it's already "out"?
Have you seen it?
Posted on 12/16/15 at 4:40 pm to WicKed WayZ
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What abunch of fricking losers.
Posted on 12/16/15 at 4:50 pm to Antonio Moss
The problem with the EU was that there was just so much of it and no committee to work towards making sure it all ties together. 20 years of EU means that there's bound to be some junk piled in with the gems.
The new EU will be in similar shape in a few years, but it should all tie together more neatly at least.
I do think kicking out pre-film EU material was dumb, but the post RotJ stuff is understandable
The new EU will be in similar shape in a few years, but it should all tie together more neatly at least.
I do think kicking out pre-film EU material was dumb, but the post RotJ stuff is understandable
This post was edited on 12/16/15 at 4:55 pm
Posted on 12/16/15 at 4:57 pm to Fun Bunch
I am disappointed in the removal of Mara Jade. She was badass and had a great story.
Doesn't really matter to me that they had to get rid of it for TFA. I can still read the books.
Doesn't really matter to me that they had to get rid of it for TFA. I can still read the books.
This post was edited on 12/16/15 at 5:01 pm
Posted on 12/16/15 at 4:59 pm to Fun Bunch
goodbye TD and FB until I see the movie
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