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Post by Deleted on Oct 11, 2020 5:17:35 GMT -6
I'm on book 3 of the Thrawn Trilogy and it occurred to me a while back that in these Zahn books, the Imperials don't ever seem to be shown living on planets or operating their government. They're almost always either on their capital war ships or invading a planet. Then it occurred to me this is entirely faithful to the original three movies in the seventies and eighties. We never saw Coruscant or the senate back then. We had only nominal mentions of the government structure and we never see the Imperials with their boots off spending time with their families. Perhaps it's thematically appropriate that the baddies literally live in their massive war ships and space stations, at least in the OT and the Thrawn books. This puts them in sharp contrast to the Rebellion/New Republic who are shown time and again at home and in a relaxed state. Maybe this is a simple black and white, old western style of presenting the story that's meant to resonate with us and draw a sharp line in the sand. Any thoughts?
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Post by Falconer on Oct 15, 2020 9:30:11 GMT -6
Yes, I think essentially he is returning to the Empire Strikes Back formula. Thrawn and Pellaeon replace Vader and Piett. They have the ships which survived Endor, and they’re Striking Back some more. He just keeps it on that level because he’s trying to recapture the magic of the movies. The Hand of Thrawn does go a lot more into the sociology of the Empire.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 17, 2020 16:36:59 GMT -6
Yes, I think essentially he is returning to the Empire Strikes Back formula. Thrawn and Pellaeon replace Vader and Piett. They have the ships which survived Endor, and they’re Striking Back some more. He just keeps it on that level because he’s trying to recapture the magic of the movies. The Hand of Thrawn does go a lot more into the sociology of the Empire. . I do look forward to diving deeper into the post-ROTJ EU later. Plagueis is next on my list since I purchased it already, so we're back in PT era there, but definitely reading Hand of Thrawn soon.
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Post by Falconer on Oct 17, 2020 16:38:39 GMT -6
I highly recommend interspersing the X-Wing and Hand of Thrawn books as originally published. Check this out.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 17, 2020 17:57:08 GMT -6
Excellent and comprehensive list. I'll reference this for sure going forward.
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Post by Hawklord on Nov 5, 2020 18:35:06 GMT -6
Fitting with the theme of this board, "Star Wars as it was originally designed in 1977," you can read Alan Dean Foster's Splinter of the Mind's Eye (1978). You see a little bit of the life of Stormtroopers garrisoned on some backwater swamp planet in the Empire.
You will also wonder how Luke Skywalker, raised on a desert planet, learned to swim so well.
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Post by Piper on Nov 5, 2020 20:45:21 GMT -6
You see a little bit of the life of Stormtroopers garrisoned on some backwater swamp planet in the Empire.. ... and more of the budding incestual romance between Luke and Leia.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 6, 2020 11:15:09 GMT -6
You see a little bit of the life of Stormtroopers garrisoned on some backwater swamp planet in the Empire.. ... and more of the budding incestual romance between Luke and Leia. Well, I'm sold!
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