Also, like the rest of the EU, since the NJO was written by multiple differnet authors in various 1-3 book chunks, some books are definitely better (or worse) than others
Anyone else would like to see the Yuuzhan Vong on screen and/or as a 4th faction in Xwing?
With all due respect to the people who would like to see them in new canon and games like X-Wing, Armada, and Imperial Assault, the Yuuzhan Vong are not my Star Wars cup of tea.
No.
Elements of the idea could have been good. Could.
They just we're implemented so horrifically that there's no way Disney would want to risk that one.
Hoojibs were better.
No
No thanks.
5 minutes ago, ScummyRebel said:No.
Elements of the idea could have been good. Could.
They just we're implemented so horrifically that there's no way Disney would want to risk that one.
Well, they were rumored to appear in TCW and Thrawn also kind of hints at something at least similar I heard. I would not be so sure about this.
49 minutes ago, That Blasted Samophlange said:Combining the vong with the ssi-ruuk could be interesting.
A conquering race of dinosaurs from other galaxy with an all biological tech?
This is Tyranids in SW...
Well, event this
Vs
Is better than githyanki/skorne in space.
Apparently the YV are so bad it needed to be said twice.
1 hour ago, Thormind said:For anyone who read the old books, i think the Yuuzhan Vong saga is probably one of the most memorable story
It's definitely "memorable."
For anyone who has not, i would strongly advise to do so
Welllll, I wouldn't exactly advise anyone to read them.
The first book of the serie, Vector Prime, was written by R.A. Salvator, a well known fantasy author.
Salvatore is definitely well known. But more for his prolific publishing, and not for the literary value of anything he publishes.
What's not Star Wars about the lovechild between Tyranids and Zombies?
I loved the vong war. I've read the whole series of books 3 times through (any individual books many more times). I'd love to see it.
No.
Nope. Nope nope nope nope nope nope.
I've never heard of them and hate them already. Go Internet, saving me time.
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!
No, I read the Wikia and that who concept was just awful. It was like they designed a super race that was nearly invincible forcing all the enemies of the Star Wars Galaxy to unite. That was way to grand, overused, cliche and boring...
If you wanted to threaten the Galaxy with an external force, it should be done in a more subtle fashion with ever increasing scope then a epic climax in the last book....
1 hour ago, Scopes said:I remember reading that book and Planet of Twilight (by one of my favorite authors) and cringing through most, if not all of them. I couldn't agree more.
Me too. And I was like 9.
10 minutes ago, TasteTheRainbow said:Me too. And I was like 9.
Oh, jeez. I was in college. I am so old...
Maybe...
if only for Ganner's last stand! ?
The lurking danger near Chiss in the Unknown Regions is clearly the Ssi-ruuvi Imperium and their dangerous entechment! All hail our future reptilian overlords
27 minutes ago, AllWingsStandyingBy said:What's not Star Wars about the lovechild between Tyranids and Zombies?
The Vong were actually quite interesting to me in that it made me realize that "evil invading aliens" isn't actually a storyline that works in Star Wars. Despite its sci-fi asthetics, a big part of what makes the Star Wars work is that everyone is so familiar with the strange and fantastic things that exist in the universe that stories about the unknown are rarely as compelling as a bar full of wildly unique aliens that just shrug when someone cuts off an arm with a laser sword.
In a lot of ways, the Vong are the equivalent of tacking the ID4 White House explosion onto the end of The West Wing.
Immune to the force because lazy writing.
Cenobites in space.
Overused biotechnology schtick.
No thanks.
23 minutes ago, jake1976 said:No, I read the Wikia and that who concept was just awful. It was like they designed a super race that was nearly invincible forcing all the enemies of the Star Wars Galaxy to unite. That was way to grand, overused, cliche and boring...
Salvatore's first book is really hard to stomach. It basically reads like kids playing fantasy with rules they make up as they go:
"I Force Push you!"
"Nu-uh, I'm immune to the Force! I'm going to swing at you with my snake whip!"
"I'll chop it in half with my LIGHTSABER"
"Nu-uh, my snake is immune to lightsabers when it turns into its rock form"
Pretty much every encounter reads like this one way or another. The anti-Jedi stuff is the most blatant, but the Coralskippers are probably worse. They're so specifically tuned to take down X-Wing's its almost a parody.