Agh! So much STUFF happening with Star Wars right now! Remember when it was simple? A New Hope released, world goes absolutely crazy with wonder. George Lucas is idolized, and more movies are released along with merchandise which makes good ol' George quite wealthy, and inspiring authors to write a few books and some artists to do comic books. Good, very good. Simple enough.
See? Without the true video game craze, things were very simple, and easy to keep track of.
NOW, they have a million different games, comic books, novels, and a TON more merch items than all the books combined. Plus all the fan fiction, fan news sites, some that make a difference, and those that are just for fun and that the owner doesn't expect much other than that.

Just to list a few current happenings that I can bring to you using memory(Oh no...), let's try this.

George Lucas apparently told the world that all EU is now non-canon. Meaning only the movies, Clone Wars and maybe a few other things he deems worthy are actually part of the TRUE story. Bah, as a die hard SW fan, I will ALWAYS think of the books, some games, and comics as canon. George probably did this so he could continue making the Clone Wars and other movies the way he wanted without having to conform to what the books say. Hmm....

And of course the vague rumors of Georg planning the 7th, 8th and 9th movies...supposedly there will be a 1000 year difference between those 3 movies and the original trilogy. Should be interesting.
That and the other rumor about a Boba Fett movie. That would make me VERY happy should that happen. As long as they get good actors and as long as they stick to what the EU says, because that is EVERYTHING about B. Fett. If they do go through with all of this, I hope they do a good job.

Ok, my memory just kicked the bucket. Sheesh, can't it last long enough for a simple blog post?! Oh well, so there are a few things that are happening, and yes, you have probably heard all about it from thestarwarstalkshow.blogspot.com or the Star Wars Underworld(Not sure what the URL is, but it's on blogger), but maybe not all of you.
Enjoy!

Wilson 1.

Book Review: "The Wrath Of Darth Maul"

For those of you who don't want to buy a book before you read it, but don't want to go to the library because you don't feel like it(or are too lazy), I am going to give some book reviews on select books that I really enjoyed or extremely disliked.

Today we have "Wrath Of Darth Maul", a fairly new novel that was printed in January of this year(2012).
This novel focuses on Darth Maul's past, mostly his training, leading up to the events of The Phantom Menace. The whole story revolves around one thing: His survival from being cut in half by Obi-Wan Kenobi and falling down the reactor pit in the Naboo Royal hanger area.
As many of you know, the 'Resurrected' Maul will be making an appearance in The Clone Wars TV show this week(sometimes around this week or last). This book was written to accommodate those episodes by having it start with an apparently insane Maul surviving in the tunnels of Lotho Minor, then moving on to flashbacks starting when he was 3, then progressing through the years of his training that were the most important in the shaping of this Sith Lord.

Down to the review...

I thought it was well written and well put together(Ryder Windham authored the novel), and it contained a very good story. For all of those SW fans who wondered about Maul's past, wonder no longer! It's all here, including a slightly underplayed "Rite of passage" that all Sith have to go through. What I mean is, all Sith have to make a sacrifice. Kill someone they love. Maul did that, but it didn't seem like too large of a sacrifice, and it may have been because Maul is more animal than any other Sith I have ever heard about. Either way, that was slightly disappointing.

I'm out of time, so I'll say this: It was a good book. It developed Maul's character better than the movie ever could, and answered a lot of questions.
I recommend it for sure.

~Wilson1.