Posted: Mon Apr 14, 2008 3:37 pm
So what? Do you think they actually know the exact way Paramount treats the novels? Not to mention that for a time Technical Manials were considered canon information. When they talk about universe and world they are talking about autorship:the stuff Lucas does and the stuff others do not some literal parallel universe from a Star Trek episode.GStone wrote:You want a 'blanked statement'? Try this:
"He once said to me that there are two Star Trek universes: there's the TV show and then there's all the spin-offs. He said that these were completely different and didn't have anything to do with each other. So I said, "OK, go ahead." "
That may be your opinion.2046 wrote:That's the most extraordinary thing you could've said.
Yes there is no story about Vader and the Skywalkers. The critical issue here is that you pretend that his usage of the word "universe" is the same as yours, namely actual physical universe. This way you can pretend that when he says "separate universe" he actually means real parallel universe straight out of a TNG episode. Naturally anyone looking at all his quotes such as the ones in which he states that novels DO INTRUDE on his universe, that he tries to keep things consistent or ROTS commentary in which he flatly states that Anakin's scar will be explained in the novels realizes that novels are indeed part of the same continuity and phyisical universe (as in the same Galaxy) but not part of his "universe/world" that is his own story.2046 wrote:What Lucas said was that there was no story. As before, his universe occurs in a select period of time, and what happens before or after is unknown.
But to your mind, he just invalidated vast portions of the EU at a stroke while simultaneously declaring it to be in the same timeline, and despite the whole two-universe, parallel-universe, "completely different and didn't have anything to do with each other" thing.
Do you have any idea how absurd that sounds? Re-read what you said then read the quote. Then do it again for good measure. Does the dissonance between what you said and what Lucas said not leap out at you? How do you circumvent it?
I'm not asking in a mean-spirited way . . . I'm genuinely curious.