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UnusualCharacters

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Twelve years ago in Boston, I went to a release event for Drew Karpyshyn's first Darth Bane novel, Path of Destruction. I was so excited to meet the man who wrote my favorite video game of all time. When I got there, I was one of about 6 people there, two of which were my parents who graciously drove me, and it felt a little awkward to be honest. Drew read a passage from his book and opened it up to a Q&A afterwards. I asked him about the possible KOTOR connections that might be in his book (the passage he read has included the mention of Selkath), my Mom politely asked him about his other works in fiction, and then it was done. The 501st showed up in some Stormtrooper armor, which was cool, I got my book signed and off we went. It was a nice little event. Over the years as each book came out and then the Revan novel, and then TOR, I would email DrewK who would actually engage in back and forths with me about characterizations of Revan, the Exile, and lastly the apparent non-twist ending of Dynasty of Evil (I still don't understand this one). Overall, don't really know where I'm going with this other than to say that Drew was a nice fella, and I'm appreciative for the experience and whatever slight connection I made with him.

So, that's that.

Also, if I said that I was working on voice lines for you, I still am. Trying to get paid work now that I'm in the proper state, so that's been my absolute focus - but I will get back to the fan stuff soon.

Best,

UC

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On 6/14/2018 at 10:19 PM, DarthParametric said:

I think that's just poor writing on his part, especially when he was surprised by the reaction people had to it - http://drewkarpyshyn.com/c/?page_id=162

Yeah, that was my takeaway at the time as well. I was so emotional after I read it. "Damn, Bane won after all!" And then, nope. Several of my friends and I all came to the same (apparently incorrect) conclusion - it tells me that it was not as clear as it could have been. Why include all those mentions of Bane's hand clenching if when "Zannah" does it we aren't meant to read too much into it? Oh well.

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