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Heh, sorry, I didn't notice that. Though I've never seen SF used for space fantasy, I don't think there is an accepted abbreviation for the latter, though I might be wrong. Though it would be indeed more appropriate to use sfi-fi in this context if you're even going to argue the point of my previous post (if you concider the subtle difference between the different kinds of science fiction shown in the abbreviations).

Technically SW is not SF but space fantasy. It's a completely fictional universe with it's own set of rules, magic, and technology not based on any real science, but being a medium for presenting a certain kind of story. But I guess that's a matter for another topic.

Thrawn wasn't omniscient and his failures were usually due to incompetence of his subordinates or impossibly boring luck of the main characters (but they happened). But still, I never wrote that he will be in charge, we already know the main antagonist (Orson Krennic). At most I expect that there happens something mildly strange in the movie which will be explained in Rebels as a part of some Thrawn's elaborate plan or at least that his name will be mentioned, I would be very surprised if he made an appearance on the screen as an actor. If he did, we'd have 2 white uniform officers and Vader in one movie, that would be... much, an overkill for the rebels (yeah, I watched ANH too, but it doesn't seem like they're going to have any Jedi to help them this time).

I wish... I'm rather confident that he will either be at least mentioned in Rogue 1 or some event from that movie will at least be explained in Rebels as Thrawn's doing, but I wouldn't bet my credits on him appearing in the main trilogy, because these movies are not made for fans (meaning people who at least heard something about EU), but for as wide audience as possible, and most people watching SW unfortunately never even heard of T. Zahn or his books, and the series are not that popular either (though my view may be skewed by my environment). And that means Thrawn's appearance in the movies would, to most people, be just as "random" as Snoke in TFA, who appears out of nowhere on the galactic stage. I'm afraid there wouldn't be many gasps in the cinema of people thinking that the main characters are already as good as dead when seeing Thrawn on the screen. These movies are only supposed to play on people's emotions with references to the OT introduced with the subtlety of a brick in the face and simple, generic fable plot. it does not mean, however, that I don't believe in that at all, but it seems more like to me that Thrawn will apear in Rebels because if somebody watches that series, then he is more likely to know something beyond the movies. But I admit that Saw Gerrera gives hope.

Actually that's not what I was referring to. Though that's also true (thoguh not entirely, Thrawn will return soon, however with altered background), by the company's policy I meant that YV too strongly resemble radical Islam and Disney is not going to get into controversial topics. But it has a potential to be something ambitious (a direct adaptation would be pointless anyway if you want to sell a movie with unexpected plot) and it was a great idea from the perspective of warming Palpatine's image, showing him as someone who had a good, practical reason to find the Empire (which was necessary to defend the Galaxy from outside invaders). And to EU generally, it seems that in the new canon the Empire surrendered or simply fell entirely after the destruction of DS2, just like that, while in the Legends it took years and made far more sense and provided some background for potentially more interesting stories. But making an abitious fantasy (meaning SW being generally more than ESB than any other episode) won't make as much money as a tale for children, sadly. I guess would be refreshing . Well, there was an alleged script leak (don't know if it was already debunked or confirmed, so far I've only seen people calling it false only because they don't like it, without any valid reason), probably you heard of it, but it does explain actually everything we saw in the movie. So, it's a potential spoiler below. Rey is pissed at Luke because she guesses that he was her father and is angry at him for abandoning her. Luke turns to her and says "No, you are my father". Rey is the reincarnation of Anakin Skywalker. Luke went to the first Jedi temple to better understand how the process works. He learned that the spirit of the chosen one is reincarnated by the Force every time the universe is thrown out of balance, which apparently happens on a semi-regular basis (Anakin was hardly the first time the chosen one reincarnated). This is why she's so crazy powerful with the Force (remember that Anakin blew up the Trade Federation donut ship by himself when he was like 8 years old). It may seem stupid, but it does make sense in-universe and though you may still not like TFA like me, it is a very easy explanation to everything. However, it's still a mystery what Rey will have to do to bring back balance to the Force this time. It may seem far fetched at first for the Force to do something like that at all, but as far as I understand it you could say that the Force is smooshed in time, so something that seems as very complex and uncertain for humans may be the simplest solution to a problem form the Force's "perspective" (I'm not assuming it's conscious). I agree, manipulating someone's mind is not a trivial thing and it doesn't look like she's ever actually counsciously touched anyone's mind to learn first how it works/looks at all. Telekinesis I can live with, but that was the biggest exaggeration in the movie.

But when put together (including the cut content helps in understanding the plot better) the pieces make a rational story (for SW standards, i.e. if you don't concern yourself with the rest of the SW universe too much but instead treat the game's story more like self-contained, for fantasy it's good enough), though it does require effort to make it work in one's mind (that's what I like, this game had me thinking about it for a long time after I completed it) and I love that it is so non conventional and not so bluntly direct. C. Avellone said, because he didn't like SW very much himself but had to make a game in that world, he used it (or Kreia more precisely) as a tool to somehow convey what he didn't like about it (and in the process actually improved that world), breaking the old cliches established in the OT (ESB especially) that after so many years became just boring and artificial. But I'm starting to bloat the post unnecessarily and digress. Snigaroo has put a link to a compendium that explains quite a lot, perhaps you would like to have a look at it if you haven't already. Don't dismiss the plot so quickly, it really does make sense, though it's a shame that so much great content was cut so early in the production that there is no hope to restore it (like Atris taking Kreia's place), but perhaps complicating it more wouldn't do the game better overall.

I agree that the realization of that part of TSL could have been much better (though it is unfair not to mention the conditions in which the game was made), but it is much more involving than going through your enemies in K1, where you were only supposed to be delayed so Malak had time to prepare for your coming. In TSL, however, after Kreia's monologue on Dantooine you were finally aware what made you so special (you could conclude the reason from conversations with her before that, but at this point she made that explicitly clear) and all this killing wasn't only a level gaining machine, but you had an in-game explanation why it makes you constantly stronger and as you knew that a true danger lied on the path ahead, it was obvious that you had somehow to quickly gain some stregth (though you had an option to sneak past the enemies, you can't forget that). Concerning the game's ending, I understand that you played vanilla? If so, I presume you're going to try RC now?

Simply the Disney's current policy, which is also the reason why we won't get Yuuzhan Vong war in the films. As to the trailer (which I like, but have fears concerning the changes to the film that were made later), there is no indication whatsoever that there will be Thrawn present, but I personally hope that he will be in some way entangled in the plot (maybe the main characters will be caught thanks to his planning and executed, but the plans of the DS themselves leaked to the Rebel Alliance due to somebody else's incompetence) and that his involvement will at least be shown in the Rebels' third season. Oh, and that's my first post on the forums, so I presume I should say hi. Offtopic thing, I got my avatar without actually changing anything in my profile and it's not the picture I use anywhere else. What's going on?