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LordofLore Since: Jun, 2012 Relationship Status: Consider his love an honor
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#5252: Aug 1st 2015 at 7:12:22 AM

Heh.

I need some help, people. I'm writing a fic that takes place in like the really far future. Anyone have an idea for some kind of threat that could challenge an empire that spans the Mid and Outer Rims?

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#5253: Aug 1st 2015 at 7:43:42 AM

A flesh eating force sensitive bacteria that operates as a Hive Mind through the force.

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theLibrarian That all you got? from his own little world Since: Jul, 2009
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#5254: Aug 1st 2015 at 7:52:05 AM

Eh xD I was thinking the Killiks at first but that seems like a way to beat them would have to be a Deus ex Machina since they swarm their enemies. And I don't want the Sith because that's cliche, and in the universe, the Hutts have been made extinct...

edited 1st Aug '15 8:07:19 AM by theLibrarian

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#5256: Aug 1st 2015 at 7:24:09 PM

A Klingon invasion. Seriously. The GFFA is supposedly another Galaxy in OUR Universe, and Trek is supposed to be OUR future, so the two could mix. Can't be any worse than the Vong.

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#5257: Aug 1st 2015 at 7:28:32 PM

A new religion of the force?

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theLibrarian That all you got? from his own little world Since: Jul, 2009
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#5258: Aug 1st 2015 at 7:40:04 PM

I'm thinking of maybe like a single hive of Killiks, because even one would probably have millions inside it, not to mention possible Joiners. Sort of like the Swarm War, even though that had multiple hives in it that could churn out millions as well.

Ah fuck it, sticking with the original plan. Killiks it is XD

edited 1st Aug '15 7:40:42 PM by theLibrarian

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#5259: Aug 1st 2015 at 7:51:39 PM

You could have a Wreck It Ralph ending. Like, a beacon that they're all drawn to.

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#5260: Aug 1st 2015 at 8:00:54 PM

As much as I don't want the Sith to be involved I'm debating making the villain a Killik Sith Lord (yes, apparently such a thing happened)

Though maybe it's just a Killik queen that wants more room for her hive or sees the empire as a threat.

edited 1st Aug '15 8:01:47 PM by theLibrarian

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#5261: Aug 1st 2015 at 8:02:08 PM

[up] Oh yeah, that guy. What a Continuity Snarl; he predates the founding of the Sith Order.

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#5262: Aug 1st 2015 at 8:07:17 PM

Yeah, I'm thinking just rogue Killik hive, no Sith lord.

The system for my setting's Jedi (or what passes for them) is actually kind of good, I think. You're still taken when you're young and given your training in the Force and whatnot, but you're allowed to marry, have children, and form attachments, though you are pressed upon that loyalty to the realm comes before selfish desire.

The Knights also pretty much serve as the Emperor's personal guard, sort of like a hybrid of the Imperial Knights from the Legacy comics and the Jedi from the Old Republic. They do guard the Emperor mostly but they also lead armies and go on missions to various trouble spots and conduct diplomacy (particularly in this setting to the Core Union, the other powerful faction in the galaxy at the time, made up of the Core Worlds)

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#5263: Aug 1st 2015 at 8:15:54 PM

Here's a thought: is it possible the EU writers knew the reboot was coming? Because I can't help but notice that the last few years of Legends resolved a lot of dangling issues. Among other things, a good amount of new information regarding the founding of the Jedi and Sith was revealed, the identities of the Celestials were made known, and the human cockroach that is Cronal was finally killed off.

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#5264: Aug 1st 2015 at 8:18:29 PM

There was also Crucible, which apparently finally put everything to rest with the Original Trilogy characters.

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#5265: Aug 1st 2015 at 8:20:03 PM

Unless they already knew Disney would buy them years in advance I'm going to say no. It could have just been a coincidence.

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#5266: Aug 1st 2015 at 8:22:49 PM

Lucas Film might have told them they were being sold. That kind of sale does seem like it would take a very long time to arrange. Legal issues, copyright issues (music, characters, images, contracted works, etc).

And of course, negotiating the price.

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#5267: Aug 1st 2015 at 8:25:45 PM

I was interested in reading Crucible but 'Ive heard it's not very good; shame.

Also, they can kill Cronal but Daala gets to live? Sigh.

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#5268: Aug 1st 2015 at 8:26:33 PM

Well at least she's overthrown and hopefully arrested.

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#5269: Aug 1st 2015 at 8:29:37 PM

Also, the last reference books gave us a bunch of pictures of long-mysterious characters - the five founders of the Sith, King Adas, Xendor, and Chief of State Cal Omas, whose lack of a picture was actually a meme for a while.

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#5270: Aug 1st 2015 at 9:34:16 PM

Who were the founders of the Sith? And where was that mentioned, in one of those books about the Jedi and Sith?

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#5271: Aug 1st 2015 at 9:39:25 PM

[up] It was explicitly stated in the Book of Sith reference book that the Sith were founded by Ajunta Pall (who appeared in the first KOTOR game), Xoxann, Karness Muur (both from the Legacy comics), Baron Remulus Dreypa (who would go on to be the main villain of Lost Tribe of the Sith) and Sorzus Syn (an original character to the reference book).

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#5272: Aug 1st 2015 at 11:55:11 PM

I remember reading up on those guys and noticing that Ajunta Pall has literally no appearances that aren't related to Kot OR. I dunno if his order already existed in reference materials or if Bio Ware made them whole-cloth, but if it's the latter... that kinda rubs me the wrong way.

but HOW?
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#5273: Aug 2nd 2015 at 12:56:43 AM

@a post above:

My headcanon states that there is no Light or Dark side to the Force, but the actions and intentions of the users of the Force can be good or evil. The Force gives its powers to everyone who has enough of those fancy named microscopic bugs in their cells, and it's up to the users to decide what to do with those powers: hurt others for personal benefits, or protect people from injustice.

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#5274: Aug 2nd 2015 at 1:01:15 AM

@Authors didn't know about the sale: IIRC the author of Plagueis and Tarkin was angry when he heard about it since he would have to rewrite Tarkin which would delay the book yet again and Plagueis had barely been out and now it was already useless.

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#5275: Aug 2nd 2015 at 7:33:22 AM

I agree with [up][up]. The ancient Jedi talked about Bogan and Ashla, but it's really more a matter of how you use the Force yourself, and what you do is the philosophy you follow. Wanting to cause pain causes Force lightning, you fall to the dark side if your attachments start to rule you and you let your anger take over.

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