1 minute ago, HammerGibbens said:This thread is so funny.
"I think we all agree we'd like to see the Vong, right?"
"WRONG!"
Is this the one thing that the majority of the forum agrees on?
The Vong are generally good at uniting enemies against a common foe.
Edited by LunarSolI´ ve said it before so I will say it again... (in my best German accent).
¨"De Vong vas ver it all vent Vong!"
I had forgotten that Salvadore wrote the first one. I never made it to the second. It is sad really, I did enjoy his Forgotten Realms books. But the Vong are a travesty of needing a new OP enemy and having no imagination. I would think that he (R.A.S) was given the outline of the idea to write; I cannot (refuse to) believe it was his own.
Edited by Larky Bobble2 hours ago, Stevey86 said:Maybe...
if only for Ganner's last stand! ?
I get goosebumps just thinking about that. Lol
1 minute ago, arkhamssaber said:I get goosebumps just thinking about that. Lol
There were a number of great scenes in the series. I love anakins final scenes as well (if less than happy that they killed him. All of my favorite charavters in the EU were killed off)
Please No.
The Vong saga was probably the worst of the EU and Salvatore is a very lousy fantasy writer. (The whole Dark Elf trilogy for FR is just...bad).
Well, maybe is better that what Wendig is writting in Aftermath
21 minutes ago, DerRitter said:Well, maybe is better that what Wendig is writting in Aftermath
And, oddly, I'm enjoying Aftermath. The first one was so-so, but I think the second one (Life Debt) is a big improvement, and actually good. His grasp of Han Solo's "voice" is excellent, in particular, and I like all the new characters (with a little side-eye at Temmin).
The "Mr. Bones" stuff is mildly cheesy, but not really any more so than the Bee-Tee and Triple-0 pair in the excellent Star Wars comics.
1 hour ago, DerRitter said:Please No.
The Vong saga was probably the worst of the EU and Salvatore is a very lousy fantasy writer. (The whole Dark Elf trilogy for FR is just...bad).
Well, maybe is better that what Wendig is writting in Aftermath
The Vong are definitely not the worst of the EU.
God no. The 'reverse Borg' were one of the worst decisions ever to grace the Star Wars canon.
This is my problem,
In Legends we had
Chewbacca Die
(thanks to the Vong).
In Disneyverse we see
Han Solo Die
! (thanks to Harrison Ford)
But no where in either story line is the
Death of Jar Jar Binks
!!
That needs to be fixed, he should die in both verses!
Edited by MarinealverThe Vong are seen in so many different Sci Fi movies and books under different guises, it's crazy.
The notion of Internecine fighting...outside force comes and threatens your galaxy. Everyone bands together to fight off outside force that almost wins....
It's extremely predictable and unimaginative. Like a lot of other SW fans, I like to think the Vong never existed.
6 hours ago, Captain Lackwit said:Sure! They have the Coralskipper! And the Coralskipper, and let's not forget the Coralskipper! Ooh, ooh! AND THE CORALSKIPPER! OH MAN those are all great ships, but god we can NOT forget the Coralskipper!
How the F will I know when I have bumped a Coralskipper or landed on an asteroid?
NO! NO!! NO!!!
When compared to the Vong, suddenly Jar Jar Binks is the best thing to ever have happened to SW.
Unless, of course, you mean creating a XWM thread with the most accord I have ever seen.
Vong?
No githyanki in SW unless they come with a Treasure Planet sailing vessel.
NO! For like the twentieth time on this forum. I'm sorry if you like them, I really am sympathetic. I want Jar-jar myself but I have to accept he isn't loved by most as he is by me. The Vong are the one thing that the largest portion of the fans agree on that are categorically awful and belong in the legends saga.
I'd rather see Jaxxon and the Hoojibs make it into the nu-canon. The Vong can burn in the fiery pits of hell where they belong.
5 hours ago, Darth Meanie said:How the F will I know when I have bumped a Coralskipper or landed on an asteroid?
NO! NO!! NO!!!
When compared to the Vong, suddenly Jar Jar Binks is the best thing to ever have happened to SW.
Unless, of course, you mean creating a XWM thread with the most accord I have ever seen.
i just hope you know i was being sarcastic
5 hours ago, Darth Meanie said:How the F will I know when I have bumped a Coralskipper or landed on an asteroid?
NO! NO!! NO!!!
When compared to the Vong, suddenly Jar Jar Binks is the best thing to ever have happened to SW.
Unless, of course, you mean creating a XWM thread with the most accord I have ever seen.
1 minute ago, Captain Lackwit said:i just hope you know i was being sarcastic
I'll cut you two a deal, the Vong can come back as canon , if and only if they kill Jar Jar Jar Binks !
The Vong were a solution to problems created by unimaginative writing and failed to really do what they were supposed to.
Personally, making anti-force zones or whatever strikes me as trying to treat the force like d&d magic which bothers me.
2 hours ago, Panzeh said:The Vong were a solution to problems created by unimaginative writing and failed to really do what they were supposed to.
Yeah, when you have Luke becoming the living avatar of the Force... It's hard to find something to top that. But he really suffered from what I call the Superman Effect. You have a being that's quite powerful, so the only way to have actual drama is to find something more powerful, but then when that threat is dealt with, the character has now become even more powerful, which requires a even more powerful threat, which then leads to another new plateau for the character...
After a while, you have a being that is godlike in power and anything that can prove a real threat is so ridiculous that it just doesn't work. The only option is to create something that neutralizes the power (which again must be overcome) or reset the character somehow.
With the Vong, they tried to neutralize the Force, but this was the worse thing you could do. It wasn't that they tried to neutralize Luke's connection to the Force, but rather that they came up with a biological race that was simply immune to it, which defies how the force as we know it works.
Again, something like Cybermen or Necrons would of made a lot more sense, since machines being immune to the force is less of a stretch... It's still a stretch since we saw Yoda lift the X-Wing, but still less of one then what we ended up with.
7 hours ago, Marinealver said:
I'll cut you two a deal, the Vong can come back as canon , if and only if they kill Jar Jar Jar Binks !
That wont happen... :-)
7 hours ago, Marinealver said:
I'll cut you two a deal, the Vong can come back as canon , if and only if they kill Jar Jar Jar Binks !
Actually, the fate of JarJar was revealed. He eventually became a complete pariah to both gungan and naboo - friendless, pennyless, busking as a buffoon.
7 hours ago, Marinealver said:
I'll cut you two a deal, the Vong can come back as canon , if and only if they kill Jar Jar Jar Binks !
No way. I would prefer to watch a remake of The Clone Wars in which Jar Jar's DNA is used instead of Fett's to create the entire clone army.
54 minutes ago, Darth Meanie said:No way. I would prefer to watch a remake of The Clone Wars in which Jar Jar's DNA is used instead of Fett's to create the entire clone army.
Now I need a version of the Order 66 scene that dubs in "MEESA SORRY!" over the whole thing.
Hell no to the Vong.
Another vote here against the Yuuzhan Wrong