Comments on: The Essential Reader’s Companion : Making the Cut http://starwarsblog.starwars.com/index.php/2012/10/04/the-essential-reader%e2%80%99s-companion-making-the-cut/ Tue, 21 May 2013 01:39:09 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.1 hourly 1 By: bristopher http://starwarsblog.starwars.com/index.php/2012/10/04/the-essential-reader%e2%80%99s-companion-making-the-cut/comment-page-1/#comment-1639650 bristopher Tue, 05 Mar 2013 00:36:24 +0000 http://starwarsblog.starwars.com/?p=17425#comment-1639650 Would you recommend reading Star Wars: Dawn of the Jedi: Force Storm as part of the companion? Would you recommend reading Star Wars: Dawn of the Jedi: Force Storm as part of the companion?

]]> By: Batossai http://starwarsblog.starwars.com/index.php/2012/10/04/the-essential-reader%e2%80%99s-companion-making-the-cut/comment-page-1/#comment-1557416 Batossai Wed, 23 Jan 2013 09:19:04 +0000 http://starwarsblog.starwars.com/?p=17425#comment-1557416 I bought the book a few days ago and I was wondering... Is Tahl black or white? xD In the book there two illustration of the character and in one of them she is black and in the other one white. ?_? I bought the book a few days ago and I was wondering… Is Tahl black or white? xD In the book there two illustration of the character and in one of them she is black and in the other one white. ?_?

]]> By: Dianne http://starwarsblog.starwars.com/index.php/2012/10/04/the-essential-reader%e2%80%99s-companion-making-the-cut/comment-page-1/#comment-1550747 Dianne Sun, 20 Jan 2013 18:34:50 +0000 http://starwarsblog.starwars.com/?p=17425#comment-1550747 Do you know where the other short stories are available that are mentioned in the ERC? They are not all on the suvudu.com site. Also, would it be possible to publish a timeline list of titles that incorporate both the comics and the books? (like they have in the backs of the books these days) I think it would be cool to have for those of us in the EU that read everything. Great job by the by on the ERC. Do you know where the other short stories are available that are mentioned in the ERC? They are not all on the suvudu.com site. Also, would it be possible to publish a timeline list of titles that incorporate both the comics and the books? (like they have in the backs of the books these days) I think it would be cool to have for those of us in the EU that read everything. Great job by the by on the ERC.

]]> By: Rob http://starwarsblog.starwars.com/index.php/2012/10/04/the-essential-reader%e2%80%99s-companion-making-the-cut/comment-page-1/#comment-1415976 Rob Fri, 16 Nov 2012 03:15:31 +0000 http://starwarsblog.starwars.com/?p=17425#comment-1415976 I recently received the ERC as a birthday gift, and I gotta go out of my way to commend Mr. Hidalgo on a job well done and give him some kudos for his astonishing research. (That, and for helping me save a bundle on other SW books that I wanted to read but never got around to purchasing...) I recently received the ERC as a birthday gift, and I gotta go out of my way to commend Mr. Hidalgo on a job well done and give him some kudos for his astonishing research. (That, and for helping me save a bundle on other SW books that I wanted to read but never got around to purchasing…)

]]> By: Ulic http://starwarsblog.starwars.com/index.php/2012/10/04/the-essential-reader%e2%80%99s-companion-making-the-cut/comment-page-1/#comment-1363352 Ulic Thu, 18 Oct 2012 20:24:42 +0000 http://starwarsblog.starwars.com/?p=17425#comment-1363352 Many thanks for answering my question Mr Hidalgo! I was wondering - with the above in mind, am I right in thinking your foreword about continuity ties in to what Leland Chee mentioned in his Facebook Q&A on 14th August, that although there wasn't an "official" Lucasfilm policy on the whole dual universe thing, there was some internal discussion going on to come up with something? Is this the "official" Lucasfilm position on this now, as it were? Again, many thanks! Many thanks for answering my question Mr Hidalgo!

I was wondering – with the above in mind, am I right in thinking your foreword about continuity ties in to what Leland Chee mentioned in his Facebook Q&A on 14th August, that although there wasn’t an “official” Lucasfilm policy on the whole dual universe thing, there was some internal discussion going on to come up with something? Is this the “official” Lucasfilm position on this now, as it were?

Again, many thanks!

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]]> By: Pablo Hidalgo http://starwarsblog.starwars.com/index.php/2012/10/04/the-essential-reader%e2%80%99s-companion-making-the-cut/comment-page-1/#comment-1361343 Pablo Hidalgo Wed, 17 Oct 2012 15:33:57 +0000 http://starwarsblog.starwars.com/?p=17425#comment-1361343 The Batman analogy isn't the best, but I think "the parallel universe" description is probably closest. The Cinematic Universe is not beholden to anything that happens in the Expanded Universe -- it's not part of its history unless explicitly mentioned. But what makes it confusing is that the EU constantly retcons itself to match whatever path the CU is blazing. Then, if you look at it from the EU point of view, you could -- with some validity -- claim they were one and the same because you changed things to fit. But the fact that the changes were made at all speaks volumes. Your parsecs may vary. The Batman analogy isn’t the best, but I think “the parallel universe” description is probably closest. The Cinematic Universe is not beholden to anything that happens in the Expanded Universe — it’s not part of its history unless explicitly mentioned. But what makes it confusing is that the EU constantly retcons itself to match whatever path the CU is blazing. Then, if you look at it from the EU point of view, you could — with some validity — claim they were one and the same because you changed things to fit. But the fact that the changes were made at all speaks volumes.

Your parsecs may vary.

]]> By: bristopher http://starwarsblog.starwars.com/index.php/2012/10/04/the-essential-reader%e2%80%99s-companion-making-the-cut/comment-page-1/#comment-1355856 bristopher Sun, 14 Oct 2012 06:23:56 +0000 http://starwarsblog.starwars.com/?p=17425#comment-1355856 I just finished the books. Again great book. Thanks for taking the time to put the stories in order. I hope this will be my last question. I was confused. Do the 10 X-wing Rogue Squadron comics go before the x-wing Rogue Squadron novels? I just finished the books. Again great book. Thanks for taking the time to put the stories in order.

I hope this will be my last question. I was confused. Do the 10 X-wing Rogue Squadron comics go before the x-wing Rogue Squadron novels?

]]> By: chris woods http://starwarsblog.starwars.com/index.php/2012/10/04/the-essential-reader%e2%80%99s-companion-making-the-cut/comment-page-1/#comment-1352291 chris woods Fri, 12 Oct 2012 00:27:31 +0000 http://starwarsblog.starwars.com/?p=17425#comment-1352291 Such an amazing publication. I am currently raising funds for my own Star Wars inspired solo exhibition, SANDSTORM, to be shown in the summer of 2013 at the Reach Gallery Museum in Abbotsford, BC, Canada. Please take a look here: indiegogo.com/sandstorm Thank you! And again, amazing book! Best, Chris Such an amazing publication.

I am currently raising funds for my own Star Wars inspired solo exhibition, SANDSTORM, to be shown in the summer of 2013 at the Reach Gallery Museum in Abbotsford, BC, Canada.

Please take a look here:

indiegogo.com/sandstorm

Thank you! And again, amazing book!

Best,

Chris

]]> By: Ulic http://starwarsblog.starwars.com/index.php/2012/10/04/the-essential-reader%e2%80%99s-companion-making-the-cut/comment-page-1/#comment-1347351 Ulic Mon, 08 Oct 2012 22:51:34 +0000 http://starwarsblog.starwars.com/?p=17425#comment-1347351 Hi Mr Hidalgo - congrats on this book, I know people have been looking forward to it for a long time and it's definitely been worth the wait! I was just wondering if I could ask a question regarding it? In the section on canon and continuity, the book mentions that the movies and TV series are "the most definitive canon" and that the EU "exists parallel to the one [George Lucas] directly oversees". Was this intended to mean that the EU is a parallel universe to the "real" Star Wars universe (for example, in the same way that the Batman comics and the Batman films are similar but different universes to each other), or that the EU is part of the same universe as the films and TCW but is a lower level of canon (i.e. a less definitive canon) being made concurrently (i.e. in parallel)? Many thanks! Hi Mr Hidalgo – congrats on this book, I know people have been looking forward to it for a long time and it’s definitely been worth the wait!

I was just wondering if I could ask a question regarding it? In the section on canon and continuity, the book mentions that the movies and TV series are “the most definitive canon” and that the EU “exists parallel to the one [George Lucas] directly oversees”.

Was this intended to mean that the EU is a parallel universe to the “real” Star Wars universe (for example, in the same way that the Batman comics and the Batman films are similar but different universes to each other), or that the EU is part of the same universe as the films and TCW but is a lower level of canon (i.e. a less definitive canon) being made concurrently (i.e. in parallel)? Many thanks!

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