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The Jedi would literally never do this. Sentencing a man to eternal solitary confinement in the uncharted void of space and giving him a method by which to kill himself is cruelty beyond comprehension.

I'm so glad we're finally done with High Republic.

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Legacy of Vader #5

Kylo has just become the Supreme Leader and he is BORED! So, he goes to Naboo, declares himself king, sends the bulk on the First Order’s forces to invade the planet despite the fact that it has no strategic value, dresses up like Batman and starts a rebel cell, kills a ton of his own soldiers, and says he wants to help Naboo “evolve.” Then, he hears a rumor about a Jedi on another planet, so he murders everyone and leaves….

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Rewatching Smallville was the best choice I've made this year.

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*sees that Bruce and Dick are the same age in the Absolute Universe*

Me: "omg Batman Forever reference"

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Cassian is Alive in the Legends Continuity:

As expected, Andor season two overwrites the first meeting between Cassian and K-2SO from the comic book.

How can there be two versions? Some have theorized that the comic is the official story the Alliance tells. I propose an alternative.

Here's a panel from the comic. In the far right, we see our first Noghri in Disney canon. (Prior even to Rukh's appearance in Rebels.) However, that's not what Noghri look like in Canon.

Canon Noghri:

Legends Noghri:

Obviously, the Cassian/K-2SO comic takes place in the pre-Disney Legends Coninuity. Meaning that Cassian and K-2SO exist in the old timeline. And since Kyle Katarn retrieves the Death Star plans in Legends, that means Cassian is still alive, and he probably survived the war and raised his son Throckmorton.

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Matching pfp for you and your nemesis

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Andor’s use of “in Coruscant” rather than “on Coruscant”:

It really bugged me in season one of Andor how they say “he was IN Ferrix” instead of saying “he was ON Ferrix” like every other Star Wars property ever made. I think I finally understand why Tony Gilroy made this choice.

As Nicolas Cage taught us, “Before the Civil War, the states were all separate. People used to say ‘the United States are.’ It wasn’t until after the war ended that people started saying ‘the United States is.’ Under Lincoln, we became one nation.”

I think Gilroy’s decision to use the word “in” represents a change in perspective of Galactic citizens. He wasn’t “on” the independent planet Ferrix, he was “in” the Imperial territory of Ferrix. We are one Empire now.

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“They can’t recanonize Mara Jade because they want Luke to be celibate.”

Shut up. There are ten legends books about Mara before she marries Luke. She has way more to her character than just being Luke’s love interest.

There is no nonsexist reason why Thrawn can be canon and Mara can’t.

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Monolith's Wonder Woman game has been cancelled.

I’ll tell you why this is a terrible tragedy.

It would have been an open world single-player game set on Themyscira.

It would have involved Diana returning to Paradise Island to protect her home from an attack from an army of monsters. This would have created an interesting dynamic between Diana and her sisters, as she is now assumedly a member of the Justice League and very familiar with the world of men. Perhaps they would doubt her loyalty at first after her time away from home.

You would have been able to recruit other Amazons to fight alongside you in battle, Assassin’s Creed Brotherhood style. The concept art shows one of Diana’s allies using futuristic armor and weapons. It’s unclear whether or not these are other Amazons who have returned from the outside world or mortal women coming to the aid of the Amazons.

You would have fought manticores, orcs, Minotaurs, and various other creatures all being controlled by the evil goddess Circe. Concept art also shows Cheetah allying with Circe.

We would have likely learned about Circe’s history with Hippolyta and the Amazons and why she would want to destroy their paradise. After coming more into the public eye in Creature Commandos, this game could have shown the scale of threat that Circe represents as she conquers a nation of superpowered immortals.

This game would have been made by Monolith, a company I’ve loved since they made Tron 2.0 in 2004. They are most famous for making the Lord of the Rings game Shadow of Mordor and its sequel Shadow of War, which in in my top 3 games of all time. These games have beautiful open world maps that give us a bit of an idea of what Themyscira may have looked like. One of the coolest things I’ve ever done in any video game is to tame a dragon and ride it around an open world Middle-Earth.

The most unique thing about Shadow of War is the Nemesis system. Every villain you encounter is procedurally generated with unique aesthetics and abilities and immunities. Any time a villain defeats you, he gets a name, he grows more powerful, and he moves up in the ranks of the hierarchy of the enemy’s forces.

Killing enemies merely opens up their spot for another enemy to fill. But defeating them nonlethally and forcing them to pledge loyalty to you allows you to take control of all the forces under their command. The Wonder Woman game would have implemented the Nemesis system for Circe’s army.

Citadel strongholds are where the most powerful enemies fortify themselves. With the former enemy commanders and armies under your control, you lead assaults and take over these citadels, assigning one of your own commanders to be its new leader.

The combat system of Shadow of War is somewhat similar to Arkham Knight. Fast-paced and combo focused. Taming creatures also adds a fun layer to fighting large groups of enemies. It has my favorite sword combat in any video game and it would have been interesting to see how they would have incorporated the Lasso of Hestia into the gameplay.

We would have likely seen skins and customization for Diana.

Ferdinand the Minotaur could have been your first new ally to abandon Circe.

Kangas could have been a tamable creature type you could ride around the open world.

The Invisible Jet could have been used for fast travel.

We could have gotten some great exposure for some of the lesser known characters in the Wonder Woman mythos.

Rocksteady killed Wonder Woman unceremoniously in their suicide squad game. (And then said every other character who died was just a clone.) The failure of that game and the $200 million profit loss that it caused is the primary reason why Warner Brothers decided to kill Monolith Productions, a company that has been producing games since 1997.

Meanwhile, Rocksteady gets to make a Batman Beyond game.

This is one of the most regrettable missteps in gaming history.

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"No. We aren't allowing Joseph Kosinski to direct Tron 3 and continue the story he started in Legacy, even though he just made $1.5 billion off of Top Gun Maverick.

Instead, we got the director of... Maleficent 2..? and Pirates of the Caribbean 5..?"

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Twin Legacies

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"The invasion is coming, Lord Vader. But I have now bought the Empire time to prepare."

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i saw you mention you're running a sw5e campaign

Yes!

For those who don't know, Star Wars 5e is a fan-made version of Dungeons and Dragons with a Star Wars skin essentially. It's super detailed, tons of abilities and classes and species to play as.

The campaign I'm doing is set a few years before the events of SWTOR. Darth Jadus is searching for the mask of Darth Nihilus and my band of renegades is trying to find it first. It's sort of a National Treasure vibe. Revan and Meetra Surik hid the mask 300 years ago and left a series of clues to keep it from falling into the wrong hands. Now they're hopping from planet to planet, getting into high jinks, fighting Jadus' agents. Little do they know, Jadus has learned of Vitiate's plan to consume all life in the universe and he believes that the mask is the only way to kill the Emperor. So they may end up allying with Jadus, we'll see.

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When can we expect a Timothy Zahn trilogy filling in the ten year gap?

How did Thrawn develop a relationship with the Dathomiri?

Did Thrawn and Ezra ever have an alliance of necessity?

What dwindled the number of Imperial forces?

How are they fueling the Chimera?

There's so much room for storytelling.