In praise of LDS Obiwan Kenobis


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51 minutes ago, anatess2 said:

Another one of my favorite book series (this one is a 10-book series for adult readers) is the X-Wing Series.  This series is set after Return of the Jedi (New Republic Era) and features Wedge Antilles' X-wing Squadrons battling a decentralized Imperial army and trying to help organize the New Republic. 

I read the first 2 books on the flight from Florida to the Philippines which is how I found out I don't get jet lagged if I don't sleep en-route. 

I love those books! They were the first books in the EU that I really got into, and are one of the reasons I am such a big fan of Wedge. I still go back and re-read them on a regular basis and I really enjoy the Battle of Coruscant in book 2 (amongst many other cool scenes).

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3 hours ago, Mores said:

I just realized that I don't know if you were kidding or not.  There were two notable minor characters with Luke during the attack on the Death Star:  Wedge and Biggs.

Biggs was a friend of Luke's from Tatooine.  Upon Biggs' death, Luke felt a great sense of loss.  In the original cut in the 70s, that really didn't make much sense.  We only got a minor hint at who he really was to Luke (mentioned the name "Biggs" while getting to know the recently purchased droids while on Tatooine, and mentioned Beggar's Canyon).  But in the re-release in the 90s, they added an additional (cut from earlier release) scene which showed that this was the guy who Luke knew from back home.  Thus the line "It'll be just like Beggar's Canyon back home" made a whole lot more sense.  It may well be that he was one of Luke's friends with whom he'd go to Toschi station.

Wedge was the one who declared "Look at the size of that thing!" upon seeing the Death Star for the first time.  He was Luke's wingman on Hoth during the Walker raid.  And he was there on the attack of Endor leading fighter escort for Lando as they flew inside the Death Star.

Each time, he was never the star.  But he did give support to the main characters.  Without him around, the main characters couldn't do their jobs.  Lucas intended to give this message.  That's why he let him join the cast in the final scene.

Biggs Darklighter has an interesting storyline in the EU.  He was the quintessential "The making of a Rebel" - he was a rich kid who dreamed of joining the Imperial Army, finally realized his dream only to find out it wasn't what he thought it would be and ending up turning his back on the Galactic Empire to join the Rebel Alliance eventually sacrificing himself to protect Luke in the Battle of Yavin.

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