History Trivia / StarWars

* The StarWarsExpandedUniverse can be very weird, but the ''Jedi Prince'' cycle really takes the biscuit. ''The Glove Of Darth Vader'' has Luke Skywalker on a quest to save the whales. The Empire is hunting whales and during the course of this one of them discovers the titular glove. The [[GreenAesop "save the whales" message]] is handled with [[{{Anvilicious}} all the subtlety you'd expect]]. The sequel features a location called Mount Yoda, which sounds like an instruction that might be given in a particularly bad Slash Fic. Other gems include the Tatooine Retirement Home for Aged Aliens and Han and Leia's wedding at which she turns out to be a fembot a la ''AustinPowers'' planted by the rebellion to assassinate the BigBad.
** The books also feature Triclops, the emperor's crazy three-eyed son, versus Trioculus, the evil three-eyed impostor. And that's not even touching the mofference, or the line "I bid you Dark Greetings!" Or the [[{{Narm}} unintentionally hilarious]] [[WrittenSoundEffect comic-book sound effects]] used in lieu of description. Even the dullest read could be sent into laugh-out-loud territory with this. When a scene is set up to [[KickTheDog prove how cruel and ruthless the BBEG is]] by [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness shooting one of his lieutenants]], "ZAP!" kind of detracts.
* They've done some industrial-strength {{retcon}} to fit it in. Notably the events don't take place over the five years the authors originally proposed, but over a single year, and are described as being of little importance. TheEmpire of ''Jedi Prince'', the Moffs having their Mofference on the Moffship and all, were just another faction of many trying to overthrow Isard.
* [[TheWikiRule Wookieepedia]] really adopted the name "Mofferences" for its periodic IRC meetings, exactly because it was found to be SoBadItsGood. It's even customary to begin the meeting with "I bid you all Dark Greetings!", which is itself spoofed, like [[http://www.toplessrobot.com/2009/06/fan_fiction_friday_star_wars_episode_viii_a_nude_h.php here]] or [[http://www.toplessrobot.com/2009/03/fan_fiction_friday_princess_leia_in_sexual_situati.php here]].

** WordOfGod stated that Obi Wan Kenobi was originally written for ToshiroMifune, veteran of Creator/AkiraKurosawa classics like {{Yojimbo}} and TheSevenSamurai; this was a reverent way to directly pay tribute to the Samurai films that StarWars was adapted from.
** Many things were considered over the years, considering the vastness of the franchise. A major thing to consider is that GeorgeLucas originally wanted to serve as a mere supervisor as ''nine'' films were made under different directors, and looking forward to seeing how the franchise evolved with different people RunningTheAsylum. As things continued on (Possibly due to a [[TheStarWarsHolidaySpecial disasterous incident]] of "leaving it in someone elses hand") he took more direct control of TheVerse. The more recent Star Wars television productions seem to be him trying to salvage what was left of that original intent.

** BigNo (comic based on ''Film/RevengeOfTheSith'')

* This franchise [[ImageSource provides the page image]] for:
** ArmorIsUseless
** BigBad
** TheBigGuy
** BigNo
** TheChick
** TheDragon
** ElegantWeaponForAMoreCivilizedAge
** FacelessGoons

** GoodColorsEvilColors
** TheHero
** HumanoidAliens
** IntercontinuityCrossover
** InTheBlood
** JediMindTrick
** TheLancer
** LaserBlade
** LettingHerHairDown
** LukeIAmYourFather
** {{Mooks}}
** MyGreatestFailure
** TheObiWan
** PraetorianGuard
** APupilOfMineUntilHeTurnedToEvil
** RedAndBlackAndEvilAllOver
** RedemptionEqualsDeath
** RuleOfSexy

** SwordOverHead
** WhatAPieceOfJunk

** YouHaveFailedMe

** The Battle was finally featured in the single-player campaign of ''StarWarsBattlefront 2'', where the rebels received an [[CurbStompBattle epic curb-stomping]] by some ''very'' [[RoaringRampageOfRevenge pissed off 501st veterans.]] How the ceremony at the end of ANewHope fits into this is unclear - perhaps it took place on another planet, or during between the 501st landing and the destruction of the Death Star.

** The Battle was finally featured in the single-player campaign of ''StarWarsBattlefront 2'', where the rebels received an [[CurbStompBattle epic curb-stomping]] by some ''very'' [[RoaringRampageOfRevenge pissed off 501st veterans.]] How the ceremony at the end of ANewHope fits into this is unclear - perhaps it took place on another planet, or during between the 501st landing and the destruction of the Death Star.

** The Battle was finally featured in the single-player campaign of ''StarWarsBattlefront 2'', where the rebels received an [[CurbStompBattle epic curb-stomping]] by some ''very'' [[RoaringRampageOfRevenge pissed off 501st veterans.]] How the ceremony at the end of ANewHope fits into this is unclear - perhaps it took place on another planet, or during between the 501st landing and the destruction of the Death Star.

** SwordFight

** WordOfGod stated that Obi Wan Kenobi was originally written for ToshiroMifune, veteran of AkiraKurosawa classics like {{Yojimbo}} and TheSevenSamurai; this was a reverent way to directly pay tribute to the Samurai films that StarWars was adapted from.

* This franchise provides the page image for:

* Animator Nelson Shin (Who would later become the executive producer of the original [[TheTransformers Transformers cartoon]] and found {{AKOM}}) was the creator of the famous Lightsaber effect for the first film. Later films have it done in-house at {{ILM}}.

*** Much of this is covered in Michael Kaminski's ''[[drbeat.li/album/Bücher/The_Secret_History_of_Star_Wars.pdf The Secret History of Star Wars]]'', which painstakingly goes over documentation from the very earliest days of the project to show how Lucas developed and transformed his original vision, especially the idea that Luke's father and Darth Vader were two different people.

** The StarWarsExpandedUniverse has reverse-[[{{Defictionalization}} Defictionalized]] the [[http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/501st_Legion 501st]]. TimothyZahn, whose Imperials are basically a BadassArmy, has used them in ''[[SurvivorsQuest Survivor's Quest]]'' and ''{{StarWars/Allegiance}}'', where they are Vader's personal legion, the best of the best, possibly the only suboordinates he values. The clones who invaded the Jedi Temple with pre-Mustafar Darth Vader were in the 501st. Perhaps most flattering of all, ''Star Wars Battlefront II'' reveals that almost every Clone Trooper and Stormtrooper in the Star Wars movies, from Geonosis to Hoth, is a member of the 501st.

** The StarWarsExpandedUniverse has reverse-[[{{Defictionalization}} Defictionalized]] the [[http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/501st_Legion 501st]]. TimothyZahn, whose Imperials are basically a BadassArmy, has used them in ''[[SurvivorsQuest Survivor's Quest]]'' and ''{{StarWars/Allegiance}}'', where they are Vader's personal legion, the best of the best, possibly the only suboordinates he values. The clones who invaded the Jedi Temple with pre-Mustafar Darth Vader were in the 501st. They've also got the storyline in {{Battlefront}} II.
*** The StarWarsCloneWars series actually covers the formation of the unit, even if only by mention.
*** They are also mentioned in the force unleashed.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: WordOfGod stated that Obi Wan Kenobi was originally written for ToshiroMifune, veteran of AkiraKurosawa classics like {{Yojimbo}} and TheSevenSamurai; this was a reverent way to directly pay tribute to the Samurai films that StarWars was adapted from.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: WordOfGod stated that Obi Wan Kenobi was originally written for ToshiroMifune, veteran of AkiraKurosawa classics like {{Yojimbo}} and TheSevenSamurai; this was a reverent way to directly pay tribute to the Samurai films that StarWars was adapted from.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: WordOfGod stated that Obi Wan Kenobi was originally written for ToshiroMifune, veteran of AkiraKurosawa classics like {{Yojimbo}} and TheSevenSamurai; this was a reverent way to directly pay tribute to the Samurai films that StarWars was adapted from. Instead, GeorgeLucas was forced by ExecutiveMeddling to give the role to [[MightyWhitey a frail, crotchety and feeble old white man]] who can't even ''hold'' a sword much less swing one, and who hated the role, because ViewersAreMorons who can ''never'' accept [[HumansAreWhite an Asian]] as a Master Samurai, [[ViewersAreMorons even]] [[WhatAnIdiot in a Galaxy]] [[FanDumb Far Far Away]].

** The books also feature Triclops, the emperor's crazy three-eyed son, versus Trioculus, the evil three-eyed impostor. And that's not even touching the mofference, or the line "I bid you Dark Greetings!" Or the [[{{Narm}} unintentionally hilarious]] [[WrittenSoundEffect comic-book sound effects]] used in lieu of description. Even the dullest read could be sent into laugh-out-loud territory with this. When a scene is set up to [[KickTheDog prove how cruel and ruthless the BBEG is]] by [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness shooting one of his lieutenants]], "ZAP!" [[{{Understatement}} kind of detracts]].

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: WordOfGod stated that Obi Wan Kenobi was originally written for ToshiroMifune, veteran of AkiraKurosawa classics like {{Yojimbo}} and TheSevenSamurai; this was a reverent way to directly pay tribute to the Samurai films that StarWars was adapted from. Instead, GeorgeLucas was forced by ExecutiveMeddling to give the role to [[MightyWhitey a frail, crotchety and feeble old white man]] who can't even ''hold'' a sword much less swing one, because ViewersAreMorons who can ''never'' accept [[HumansAreWhite an Asian]] as a Master Samurai, [[ViewersAreMorons even]] [[WhatAnIdiot in a Galaxy]] [[FanDumb Far Far Away]].

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: WordOfGod stated that Obi Wan Kenobi was originally written for [[ToshiroMifune Mifune Toshiro]], veteran of [[AkiraKurosawa Kurosawa Akira]] classics like {{Yojimbo}} and TheSevenSamurai; this was a reverent way to directly pay tribute to the Samurai films that StarWars was adapted from. Instead, GeorgeLucas was forced by ExecutiveMeddling to give the role to [[MightyWhitey a frail, crotchety and feeble old white man]] who can't even ''hold'' a sword much less swing one, because ViewersAreMorons who can ''never'' accept [[HumansAreWhite an Asian]] as a Master Samurai, [[ViewersAreMorons even]] [[WhatAnIdiot in a Galaxy]] [[FanDumb Far Far Away]].

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: WordOfGod stated that Obi Wan Kenobi was originally written for [[ToshiroMifune Mifune Toshiro]], veteran of [[AkiraKurosawa Kurosawa Akira]] classics like {{Yojimbo}} and TheSevenSamurai; this was a reverent way to directly pay tribute to the Samurai films that StarWars was adapted from. Instead, GeorgeLucas was forced by ExecutiveMeddling to give the role to [[MightyWhitey a frail, crotchety and feeble old white man]] who can't even ''hold'' a sword much less swing one, because ViewersAreMorons who can ''never'' accept [[LeastCommonSkinTone an Asian]] as a Master Samurai, [[ViewersAreMorons even]] [[WhatAnIdiot in a Galaxy]] [[FanDumb Far Far Away]].

* The StarWarsExpandedUniverse can be very weird, but the ''Jedi Prince'' cycle really takes the biscuit. ''The Glove Of Darth Vader'' has Luke Skywalker on a quest to save the whales. The Empire is hunting whales and during the course of this one of them discovers the titular glove. The [[GreenAesop "save the whales" message]] is handled with [[{{Anvilicious}} all the subtlety you'd expect]]. The sequel features a location called Mount Yoda, which sounds like an instruction that might be given in a particularly bad Slash Fic. Other gems include the Tatooine Retirement Home for Aged Aliens and Han and Leia's wedding at which she turns out to be a fembot a la ''AustinPowers'' planted by the rebellion to assassinate the BigBad. The books are either SoBadItsGood or SoBadItsHorrible depending on who you ask.

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