Hello:
I think the prequels hadn't gone the way he hoped with the fanbase and didn't want to try again, he had his ideas sure and probably assumed Kennedy would've honoured them with the sequels but as you said it wasn't in the contract and in many ways betrayed him. I think he was just tired and wanted the money. While I think what he would've done with the sequels would've been better than what Disney did I still think it lacked what the EU did.
That reminds me of a meme that says, because of the sequel trilogy: "Now you don't think Jar-Jar was that bad, right?
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I have also heard about some of George's ideas, and I have even heard of how Episode 8 was meant to be, starting with Luke accepting the lightsaber and explaining Rey she did all those Force abilities because he used a technique on her, so he was guiding her (so, basically, it was Luke doing all the stuff, explaining how Rey could defeat Kylo Ren), and now she must train so she can do it all on her own.... but that sounds bad for Kathleen Kennedy's "The Force is female" propaganda, so no wonder she switched directors.
Honestly people like Zhan understood Luke better than even Lucas did in the end. Even Lucas had planned Luke to do the whole non attachment hermit route from what I've heard.
I have heard of that too, and a lot of other crazy ideas, as Lucas wanted to go more metaphysical too.
Food for thought then.
Indeed!
I still love the design even if he did as you say. Lol
Yes, I like it when fans do their own thing, make modifications. Anyone who has followed by modelling will no how much I hate doing canon designs as I like doing my own thing. Even my Constitution isn't accurate it's a refit of the refit in many ways. I just hate sticking to something that has already been done to death as others have done far accurate versions. I prefer to go my own way with things. Always have. So totally understand and appreciate you doing similar here.
Absolutely.
I can understand why you do your own thing and, as I mentioned, I like to do the same too. While I know people doing extremely accurate versions of ships, like Sisko here in MSFC, I like to make my own twists.
Chile, those look awesome!
I really like this pair of designs. Would love to see these in a proper scene.
Thank you very much! Honestly I have not placed my Star Wars models ingame yet but, maybe soon
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That is interesting, can you explain this a bit further? I'm curious what happened there.
Well, the thing is the lore explains the Nebula was build to defeat ISDs, but in a smaller frame because the New Republic is not going to planets leaving entire garrisons of troops for conquer. The Nebula is build for efficiency and not as a weapon of terror, and also as part of an actual fleet, unlike the ISD that are usually on their own.
But then came Fractalsponge, who always talk about the importance of reactors and their sizes (he and his fans are the ones who say turbolasers shoot in the megagigaquantumwatts per shot
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Yeah, i must admit I too love the Empire...
I mean, all of the OT ships are timeless classics. But nothing beats the menace of the original ISD, in the opening moments of Episode IV, when we see it fill the screen as it hunts down Leia's blockade runner.
Because that ISD is the best! Even the ISD-II is not as cool as it was already made to be shown as the spammable battleship that gets stunned by Ion Cannons
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That's a good assessment, I think. I haven't seen the sequels yet, but from what I've read I'm pretty disappointed at how unoriginal they ultimately are. The situation at the end of Ep6 is so interesting - so many stories that could be told! So much wasted potential...
That is the potential writters of the old EU saw indeed, and they made a great work. At the end though, one chooses a headcanon, and that is my intention with my 3d models, just to show another possibility
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With Rings of Power being another recent disappointment, I'm just frustrated at these giant corporations throwing inordinate amounts of money at beloved franchises just to produce subpar material.
That is indeed because of their current propaganda, remember Netflix did a series with Cleopatra been a black woman. And that movie with Achilles been a black man.
Speaking of the EU. After a recent KOTOR binge I've decided to finally dive into the old books and start reading some of the stories that people keep referencing. Suggestions are highly welcome, though probably best in a different thread as this one should be for Chile's art
My suggestion would be: all of them, at the same time. okno. But yeah, maybe a thread could be open in the STar Wars section
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