"Tales from" Series (aka the Cantina Trilogy)
"Tales from" Series (aka the Cantina Trilogy)
Found all 3 in my college library today, are they any good?
I've borrowed the first one, "Tales from the Mos Eisley cantina", and so far its pretty good.
I've borrowed the first one, "Tales from the Mos Eisley cantina", and so far its pretty good.
Bite my shiny metal ass
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Re: "Tales from" Series (aka the Cantina Trilogy)
Bounty Hunters > Mos Eisley Cantina > Jabba's Palace
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It's an interesting series and shows something I wish they'd do more in Wars and that's to get away from the central cast and just do things with other characters. The setting is certainly large enough.
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Problem is that SW generally lacks scope and scale. So breaking away from the main cast would ruin their importance since the cast is supposed to be the only ones really making a difference. Thats the difference between SW/ST and 40k/DocWho.
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Huh? Deep, have you taken a look at the Death Star recently? Or Coruscant? Or thought about the term Galactic Empire? Sure, Wars tends to concentrate on the actions of a small group of individuals, but it's got fantastic scope and scale behind it.Deepcrush wrote:Problem is that SW generally lacks scope and scale.
I'd lump Who into the first category. Sure, the possibilities for settings are literally endless, but the stories themselves are heavily focused on a small group of characters, more so even than Wars.Thats the difference between SW/ST and 40k/DocWho.
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I was referring to the characters.Captain Seafort wrote:Huh? Deep, have you taken a look at the Death Star recently? Or Coruscant? Or thought about the term Galactic Empire? Sure, Wars tends to concentrate on the actions of a small group of individuals, but it's got fantastic scope and scale behind it.
With Doctor Who there has always been information about the larger scale. The Doctor's refer to others taking part in grander things. The imagined scaled is reinforced by the characters even if the show doesn't show them. Much like DS9 did in the Dominion War.Captain Seafort wrote:I'd lump Who into the first category. Sure, the possibilities for settings are literally endless, but the stories themselves are heavily focused on a small group of characters, more so even than Wars.
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Wars is the same - there may only be a few characters' actions directly depicted, but they're determining the fate of the galaxy.Deepcrush wrote:With Doctor Who there has always been information about the larger scale. The Doctor's refer to others taking part in grander things. The imagined scaled is reinforced by the characters even if the show doesn't show them. Much like DS9 did in the Dominion War.
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The problem is as I stated that is always them and only them.
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More's the pity for guys like me. They've been swinging that way in FOTJ. Leia and Han are practically useless... but get pagetime that should go to other characters...Deepcrush wrote:The problem is as I stated that is always them and only them.
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To be honest, I've never carred for Leia as a character. Yes, she has charm and charisma, and skill as a leader, but in battle, she's a liability unless going up against a stock stormtrooper.
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I'm pretty sure the first one she encountered on the Tantive IV would beg to differ, as would quite a few on the Death Star, Bespin and Endor.
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I remember reading somewhere that she's actually the most accurate shooting main character in the OT, percentage-wise.
I'll try to look that up again.
I'll try to look that up again.
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Other then Endor, weren't all of those "stock stormtroopers" as Mark pointed out? Even then she only hit one guy on Endor IIRC.Captain Seafort wrote:I'm pretty sure the first one she encountered on the Tantive IV would beg to differ, as would quite a few on the Death Star, Bespin and Endor.
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Re: "Tales from" Series (aka the Cantina Trilogy)
I've heard/read the same thing, that she never missed or had a high percentage.Tsukiyumi wrote:I remember reading somewhere that she's actually the most accurate shooting main character in the OT, percentage-wise.
I'll try to look that up again.
Leia had worth and was a revolutionary action girl... but it's just sad now.
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Oh, I also forgot her great melee victory.
Against a massivly obese, immobal slug.
Against a massivly obese, immobal slug.
They say that in the Army,
the women are mighty fine.
They look like Phyllis Diller,
and walk like Frankenstein.
the women are mighty fine.
They look like Phyllis Diller,
and walk like Frankenstein.