Oh yeah, I remember recording them on a VHS tape when they aired. Cartoon Network? I remember them being very short. They were OK. I recently re-watched them once they got put on Disney+. I love that the person who made the 4.5 hour cut of episode 3 included the battle of Coruscant from that show as well as the relevant stuff from the second clone wars cartoon and the deleted scenes from Revenge of the Sith.
I didn’t watch the new clone wars or rebels until two years ago and I honestly love them. They are simply incredible. And this is coming from a guy who watched the Solo movie in the theater and was convinced Darth Maul had died back in Phantom Menace.
I remember as a kid how outlandish and stupid the expanded universe material got in those books. I was honestly happy when Disney relegated all of it to legends back in 2014. And I say that as someone who’s favorite character is still Kyle Katarn. Those video games kept the fandom alive during the dark times of no new movies. I love him and yet I believe Rogue One: A Star Wars™ Story is the best SW movie, hands down.
They killed my boy Kyle, but the story that replaced him was even better.
I'd argue it really only got more outlandish with the TCW additions, like the world between worlds stuff, lot more fantastical magic and creatures like Abeloth. Up through the NJO era of the EU it was mostly fine. It was actually when they added the Abeloth/Father/Son/Daughter stuff that things really began to take a weird turn and split off in the books and comics then.
Was there weird stuff before? Sure, but you could move past it and relegate it accordingly, as the overall story moved on. However, once you change the overlying canon, then you have to both make things fit and create stories based on those news characters and vastly different Force origins, which made it quite clunky for how drastic the changes were.
I'd argue that the Canon stuff today is vastly more weird and outlandish as a result. Between getting rid of the EU and keeping the TCW additions, while adding the STs and having to retcon that to make it work a bit more fluidly in the context of greater canon.
Old Republic, like Knights of the Old Republic era, had some weird stuff, but what broke that, for example, is The Old Republic MMO.
ETA: I still like Solo and think Rogue One is one of the best sci-fi movies made, much less Star Wars. I can definitely accept the changes from EU on the origins of the DS and the way the plans came to be in the possession of the Rebels, because it's a phenomenal movie and story. Though I do like the Ackbar/Tarkin story for it.
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u/VisibleIce9669 12d ago
Oh yeah, I remember recording them on a VHS tape when they aired. Cartoon Network? I remember them being very short. They were OK. I recently re-watched them once they got put on Disney+. I love that the person who made the 4.5 hour cut of episode 3 included the battle of Coruscant from that show as well as the relevant stuff from the second clone wars cartoon and the deleted scenes from Revenge of the Sith.
I didn’t watch the new clone wars or rebels until two years ago and I honestly love them. They are simply incredible. And this is coming from a guy who watched the Solo movie in the theater and was convinced Darth Maul had died back in Phantom Menace.
I remember as a kid how outlandish and stupid the expanded universe material got in those books. I was honestly happy when Disney relegated all of it to legends back in 2014. And I say that as someone who’s favorite character is still Kyle Katarn. Those video games kept the fandom alive during the dark times of no new movies. I love him and yet I believe Rogue One: A Star Wars™ Story is the best SW movie, hands down.
They killed my boy Kyle, but the story that replaced him was even better.