getting to the <3 of the matter
I always believe in balancing critical discussion with positive input. I’ve been talking a lot lately about where the EU is lacking, so I wanted to balance that with some ideas on the most appealing element of the Star Wars universe – how much room there is for everyone.
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X-Men: First Class is a must-see movie for the summer.
Read moreSo the month of May might just go down in my personal history books as a win. Shuttle launch, Star Wars Weekends, Celebration VI announcements, lots of great season-ending finales for my favorite television shows, Legacy: War #6… And that isn’t even the real highlights yet!
Read moreWrapping up the week’s events concerning the Fate of the Jedi series.
Read moreI found multiple links to FANgirl blog in the Beating a Dead Eopie: the Diversity Thread over at TFN Lit, where they were discussing diversity in the EU. Here is my post in that thread.
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Our coverage of Star Wars Weekends 2011. Here are some of our highlights.
Read moreAfter last Monday’s blog, Luke Skywalker Must Die, triggered an extended discussion during and after last week’s ForceCast, the show’s hosts, Jason and Jimmy Mac, graciously invited me to appear on this week’s show to discuss the topic further.
Read moreA few short updates to share.
Read moreWow! I had hoped this week’s blog, Luke Skywalker Must Die, would get fans talking, but I never would have guessed in a million years that my idea for reinvigorating the Star Wars EU out of the doldrums would get such a lengthy discussion on the ForceCast last night.
Read moreI think killing Luke Skywalker in an Expanded Universe novel, and doing it in the near future – both in the real world and in-universe – is the perfect opportunity to revive the stagnating EU storyline, rebuild enthusiasm in the EU fanbase, and bring in a whole bunch of new fans to the EU in the process. To save the EU novels, Luke Skywalker must die. I hope you’ll hear me out on my reasons why.
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