#expandeduniverse — Public Fediverse posts

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Just discovered #StarWars #Legends, the old #ExpandedUniverse before #Disney wiped it in 2014 and it changed how I see the whole franchise.

#Lucas gave us the setting. The #films, the visuals, the basic mythology. But the EU authors took that sandbox and built something genuinely complex inside it. Real philosophy. Morally grey characters. Stories that don't end with a hero saving the galaxy and everyone smiling.

#DarthPlagueis manipulating galactic politics across decades. #DarthBane rebuilding the #Sith from nothing through pure ideology. Characters who are compelling precisely because they're not heroes.

This is what happens when talented authors get #creative #freedom inside a rich universe. The EU had no constraints the films had. No mass audience to please.

#FuckYouDisney 🖕

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Just discovered #StarWars #Legends, the old #ExpandedUniverse before #Disney wiped it in 2014 and it changed how I see the whole franchise.

#Lucas gave us the setting. The #films, the visuals, the basic mythology. But the EU authors took that sandbox and built something genuinely complex inside it. Real philosophy. Morally grey characters. Stories that don't end with a hero saving the galaxy and everyone smiling.

#DarthPlagueis manipulating galactic politics across decades. #DarthBane rebuilding the #Sith from nothing through pure ideology. Characters who are compelling precisely because they're not heroes.

This is what happens when talented authors get #creative #freedom inside a rich universe. The EU had no constraints the films had. No mass audience to please.

#FuckYouDisney 🖕

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Just discovered #StarWars #Legends, the old #ExpandedUniverse before #Disney wiped it in 2014 and it changed how I see the whole franchise.

#Lucas gave us the setting. The #films, the visuals, the basic mythology. But the EU authors took that sandbox and built something genuinely complex inside it. Real philosophy. Morally grey characters. Stories that don't end with a hero saving the galaxy and everyone smiling.

#DarthPlagueis manipulating galactic politics across decades. #DarthBane rebuilding the #Sith from nothing through pure ideology. Characters who are compelling precisely because they're not heroes.

This is what happens when talented authors get #creative #freedom inside a rich universe. The EU had no constraints the films had. No mass audience to please.

#FuckYouDisney 🖕

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Just discovered #StarWars #Legends, the old #ExpandedUniverse before #Disney wiped it in 2014 and it changed how I see the whole franchise.

#Lucas gave us the setting. The #films, the visuals, the basic mythology. But the EU authors took that sandbox and built something genuinely complex inside it. Real philosophy. Morally grey characters. Stories that don't end with a hero saving the galaxy and everyone smiling.

#DarthPlagueis manipulating galactic politics across decades. #DarthBane rebuilding the #Sith from nothing through pure ideology. Characters who are compelling precisely because they're not heroes.

This is what happens when talented authors get #creative #freedom inside a rich universe. The EU had no constraints the films had. No mass audience to please.

#FuckYouDisney 🖕

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Just discovered #StarWars #Legends, the old #ExpandedUniverse before #Disney wiped it in 2014 and it changed how I see the whole franchise.

#Lucas gave us the setting. The #films, the visuals, the basic mythology. But the EU authors took that sandbox and built something genuinely complex inside it. Real philosophy. Morally grey characters. Stories that don't end with a hero saving the galaxy and everyone smiling.

#DarthPlagueis manipulating galactic politics across decades. #DarthBane rebuilding the #Sith from nothing through pure ideology. Characters who are compelling precisely because they're not heroes.

This is what happens when talented authors get #creative #freedom inside a rich universe. The EU had no constraints the films had. No mass audience to please.

#FuckYouDisney 🖕

"Duel of the Fates" is a #musicalTheme recurring in the Star Wars #prequelTrilogy and the #ExpandedUniverse. It was composed by #JohnWilliams and recorded for the #filmSoundtrack of #StarWarsEpisodeIThePhantomMenace by the #LondonSymphonyOrchestra (LSO) and the #LondonVoices. This #symphonic piece is played with both a full orchestra and a #choir. The lyrics are based on a fragment of an archaic #Welsh poem, #CadGoddeu (Battle of the Trees), and are sung in #Sanskrit.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F8jxqyyWWw0

After thoroughly enjoying Timothy Zahn's fantastic original Thrawn trilogy, I find the writing of other tie-in authors to be incredibly painful. #StarWars #ExpandedUniverse

#Space1999 #ExpandedUniverse #ConceptArt

"A selection of concept ideas from Space:1999. This starts with a 'Flight of the Phoenix' Inspired stranded Eagle ship. Based on Gerry Anderson's Space:1999 Series."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xu-Aakc7e1w&ab_channel=Space%3A1999NickMacarty

#GerryAnderson #FlightOfThePhioenix #Eagle #EagleShip #EagleShips #Eagles #SpaceShip #SpaceShips #Moon #Moonbase #MoonbaseAlpha #Mars #MarsOutpost #MarseBase #NickMacarty

@FriedrichGaming @thelinuxEXP #ExpandedUniverse ? Many, many of the books that would eventually move over to the Expanded Universe were fantastic, though I especially liked those from #TimothyZahn .

@jynersolives #Andor is the best thing #Disney did with #StarWars since they bought it. It might be slower than usual productions nowadays, but that gives you just the right time to think and feel the mood. I was so disappointed with the latest trilogy, I almost lost all my enthusiasm about Star Wars. I even started to feel embarrassed about it. I loved the stories of the #ExpandedUniverse and Disney trampled it underfoot. But Andor is different. Andor revived it.