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philip_cardella

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GenXer studying American and transnational history with a focus on de jure racism in housing and policing through the lens of illiberalism.

Married to an Engineering prof.

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I’m listening to this song now while reading Star Wars Thrawn. No, it’s not a direct allusion to the Thrawn of Rebels (because there it seems to me a little different from the books), but it definitely helped me get in the mood.

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https://music.apple.com/br/album/epilogue-and-end-credits/1743341284?i=1743342661

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@factolvictor @madcollector @bookstodon Filoni introduced Thrawn in Rebels to make him canon. It was the first episode after Disney bought SW if I'm remembering correctly.

Disney moved basically everything not on the screen to Legends as you know. Filoni thought Thrawn should be canon so he wrote him in.

So, whether or not Outbound flight is canon Filoni likely liked it and Zahn certainly did. I think it's relevant. Dark Forces Trilogy is Legends, for now as it deals with the future.

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@factolvictor @madcollector @bookstodon what's really interesting to me is Thrawn's motivation in the post Disney purchase books.

So far Thrawn hasn't acknowledged it in Rebels or Ahsoka but neither has anything Filoni has done contradicted it, that I'm aware of.

And the book Ahsoka, which is great--I'm usually not a huge SW book fan btw--is contradicted in Tales of the Jedi but only slightly. Filoni worked with that author. I'm guessing he's working with Zahn too.

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@factolvictor @madcollector @bookstodon the way Ahsoka takes down the Inquisitor in Tales of the Jedi is epic and I rewatch it often. She absolutely destroys him.

It is not the way she does it in the book and good grief the book version is way more everything. It might not be as visually stunning but whoa is it awesome.

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@nowa66_ @factolvictor @madcollector @bookstodon but Disney created Legends in 2014 and moved the Thrawn books into Legends in 2014.

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I finally started reading the origin tale of Mitth’raw’nuruodo! He’s one of my favorite Star Wars characters since the Thrawn Trilogy. It’s good to be back.

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@factolvictor @bookstodon fantastic series of books. Zahn is awesome.

I hope we see a lot of the ideas in those books in live action.

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Can you name a film that was adapted not from a novel, but from a short story?
Here's one:

The Illusionist (2006)

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@WJBL @franciscawrites @bookstodon the book the Body came from also had The Shawshank Redemption and Apt Pupil in it.

Pretty wild.

The movie Arrival, starring Amy Adams, is an adaptation of "The Story of Your Life" by Ted Chaing.

Jennifer , to bookstodon group

I need some new science fiction to read, who has some suggestions? I don't like military sci-fi. For reference, my favorite series is the Expanse, I also enjoyed Scalzi's Collapsing Empire, I love Robert Charles Wilson's books. I mostly enjoy space operas and unique stories about technology, for example I really liked the recent book Mountain in the Sea about AI and intelligent octopus. Suggestions from the awesome Bookstodon community? @bookstodon

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@todwest @Jennifer @bookstodon that'd be cool. Morgan Freeman has had the rights to it forever but it hasn't gone anywhere. I hope it does now.

Would be interesting to see how they approach the series. Would they start with Rendezvous? Or go straight to the trilogy sequel?

It'd be cool for Lee to see the project complete. I hope they use him as an advisor--the dude started writing as a side hustle from his legendary work with JPL and NASA.

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@Jennifer @bookstodon NK Jeminsin's Broken Earth Trilogy. Won three consecutive Hugos.

Worth highlighting this means a black woman is the only person ever to win three consecutive Hugos.

She might be the best world builder out there, Larry Niven is also great, but her character building is top shelf too.

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