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<blockquote data-quote="Water Bob" data-source="post: 6088323" data-attributes="member: 92305"><p><strong>Dark Empire II</strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong></strong>God! These stories are phenomenal! Amazing!</p><p></p><p>The Force is flowing through them!</p><p></p><p>And, I'm loving every page...every panel! I almost feel as if I should give up my Conan RPG campaign and return to the Star Wars RPG. I'd love to take these epic stories and turn them into gaming scenarios.</p><p></p><p>I'm about halfway through Dark Empire II. This story is not as epic as Dark Empire I, but that's a good thing. It's letting me experience something <em>different</em> than before.</p><p></p><p>I love how The Force remains a mythology in these stories. The prequels, to me, seemed to rationalize and generalize The Force so that it was nothing special--just an extra weapon some people have if they have the right symbiots in their blood.</p><p></p><p>But, The Force in these Dark Empire stories...it's stilll....a wonder. And wonderous things happen.</p><p></p><p>If you read it, you'll know what I mean when you meet Master Ood Bnar.</p><p></p><p>And that scene where the lightsaber cash is found and Skywalker and the others ignite them, holding them to the sky. One step closer to re-establishing the Jedi Order.</p><p></p><p>That scene in a film would have been <u><strong>iconic</strong></u>.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>There was so much "wonder" in the original trilogy. Of course the first movie was full of wonder--it was the first time anybody had seen such a spectacle. But, the wonder continued in Empire and Jedi: The Walkers. Vader's Super Star Destroyer (you though a standard Star Destroyer was big!). The revalation about Vader being Luke's father! Yoda! Speeder Bikes. Incredible space battles...the list goes on.</p><p></p><p>The prequels, at least for me, had none of this. I can't remember being awed even once. Well, maybe when Darth Maul was on screen, but that's about it. Lucas seemed to me to present the newer Star Wars movies with all of the wonder bleed out of the story telling.</p><p></p><p>One of the main things that have attracted me so much to these graphic novels is THAT element is present: The wonder. Where the original trilogy would grow the universe each outing, the prequels seem to stay within the confines of the universe already created.</p><p></p><p>These graphical stories are bringing new things to the Star Wars universe...wonderous things...things that "fit" but are altogether brand new.</p><p></p><p>Thumbs up.</p><p></p><p>I'm going to keep on reading.</p><p></p><p>I am addicted.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>EDIT: Oh, and speaking of new items of wonder...I've got two words for you. <strong>Galaxy Gun</strong>.</p><p></p><p><img src="http://images3.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20080506142248/starwars/images/3/35/Galaxy_Gun_egwt.png" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>An Ysanna Nomad of Ossus...</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p><img src="http://images4.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20081215103502/starwars/images/d/d2/YsannaNomadOnBeast.JPG" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Water Bob, post: 6088323, member: 92305"] [B]Dark Empire II [/B]God! These stories are phenomenal! Amazing! The Force is flowing through them! And, I'm loving every page...every panel! I almost feel as if I should give up my Conan RPG campaign and return to the Star Wars RPG. I'd love to take these epic stories and turn them into gaming scenarios. I'm about halfway through Dark Empire II. This story is not as epic as Dark Empire I, but that's a good thing. It's letting me experience something [I]different[/I] than before. I love how The Force remains a mythology in these stories. The prequels, to me, seemed to rationalize and generalize The Force so that it was nothing special--just an extra weapon some people have if they have the right symbiots in their blood. But, The Force in these Dark Empire stories...it's stilll....a wonder. And wonderous things happen. If you read it, you'll know what I mean when you meet Master Ood Bnar. And that scene where the lightsaber cash is found and Skywalker and the others ignite them, holding them to the sky. One step closer to re-establishing the Jedi Order. That scene in a film would have been [U][B]iconic[/B][/U]. There was so much "wonder" in the original trilogy. Of course the first movie was full of wonder--it was the first time anybody had seen such a spectacle. But, the wonder continued in Empire and Jedi: The Walkers. Vader's Super Star Destroyer (you though a standard Star Destroyer was big!). The revalation about Vader being Luke's father! Yoda! Speeder Bikes. Incredible space battles...the list goes on. The prequels, at least for me, had none of this. I can't remember being awed even once. Well, maybe when Darth Maul was on screen, but that's about it. Lucas seemed to me to present the newer Star Wars movies with all of the wonder bleed out of the story telling. One of the main things that have attracted me so much to these graphic novels is THAT element is present: The wonder. Where the original trilogy would grow the universe each outing, the prequels seem to stay within the confines of the universe already created. These graphical stories are bringing new things to the Star Wars universe...wonderous things...things that "fit" but are altogether brand new. Thumbs up. I'm going to keep on reading. I am addicted. EDIT: Oh, and speaking of new items of wonder...I've got two words for you. [B]Galaxy Gun[/B]. [IMG]http://images3.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20080506142248/starwars/images/3/35/Galaxy_Gun_egwt.png[/IMG] An Ysanna Nomad of Ossus... [IMG]http://images4.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20081215103502/starwars/images/d/d2/YsannaNomadOnBeast.JPG[/IMG] [/QUOTE]
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