tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3455515313352221740.post6205750529149871292..comments2023-04-15T01:15:16.228-07:00Comments on From Coruscant to Nauarin: "Come on, Scwartz...come on, Schwartz...come on, Schwartz!": "Like all life. Nothing really, in the sweep of time. But everything, in the Force."Tess Williamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13617328542841721590noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3455515313352221740.post-64549689517888641982012-10-03T15:35:54.459-07:002012-10-03T15:35:54.459-07:00Interesting take. I can definitely see it! This is...Interesting take. I can definitely see it! This is the only Tyers I've read, so far, and I've enjoyed it the most of all three Star Wars books that we've read. I can see the threads you're describing, and I definitely wish the book had gone on longer so I could read more about those threads. It would be so interesting to see an author take the Star Wars canon, remove the sciencey bits, and rewrite it as say romance or fiction. I wonder how it would turn out! Annie Carlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11935420044737468543noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3455515313352221740.post-79937944573019082252012-10-03T07:54:42.268-07:002012-10-03T07:54:42.268-07:00Karen Traviss does this a lot in her Star Wars con...Karen Traviss does this a lot in her Star Wars contributions. The sci-fi - the tech, space, aliens, the geek stuff - is really rich and well done. But the relationships she creates and the problems they face are really tendrilly. They dig very deep. You could take the story and re-adapt it for non-sci-fi. It wouldn't be the same, but you could because the focus is on that insane level of character development and not the science fiction. At best, it's science-could-be. <br /><br />-RyabDharmansiblehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16121571374699379163noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3455515313352221740.post-20727168695454356912012-08-25T05:44:48.284-07:002012-08-25T05:44:48.284-07:00I'm with you there. To be honest, part of the ...I'm with you there. To be honest, part of the reason I wanted a buddy (and who better than you, Ro!) to do this reread with is because there are books I'm frankly terrified to read because someone who made the SW universe so special to me will die ... we've got a ways to go before that becomes an issue but I'm gonna need serious support to get through those ... it is silly, it's true, to get so attached to fictional characters but anyone who has ever loved reading knows that this attachment is part of a deep and powerful reading experience ....Tess Williamshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13617328542841721590noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3455515313352221740.post-16267307547781139562012-08-24T21:34:32.632-07:002012-08-24T21:34:32.632-07:00Absolutely! I feel like the aliens are there to he...Absolutely! I feel like the aliens are there to help the three figure out their relationships with each other. One of the ways to find your true characters is to torture them and put them in practically impossible situations. As a child, I thought it was unfair that characters (in general) had to be hurt, or even die. I think a child-like part of me still feels that way, so I'm approaching some of the future books (where things don't turn out quite so well for our wonderful threesome and their friends) with a bit of trepidation. I don't like to see Han, Leia, and Luke hurting. I like to see them slip out at the last moment. But it doesn't happen in life, or in the Star Wars universe.Annie Carlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11935420044737468543noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3455515313352221740.post-33240996266766511812012-08-24T20:14:48.909-07:002012-08-24T20:14:48.909-07:00Mark and Harrison, huh? So, does that make Harriso...Mark and Harrison, huh? So, does that make Harrison a cougar? ^_^<br /><br />Oooh, I like that connection to "Mortal Instruments" there, friend! Although I think there's a reversal - CClare WANTS us to notice how wrong and incestuous Jace and Clary's relationship is whereas Tyers wants us to acknowledge that Luke and Leia are breaking away from that ....<br /><br />Heehee, you bring up a good point, too, that the aliens feel almost incidental compared with the relationships being explored. We had this fascinating discussion in my sci-fi/fantasy class back in grad school about the levels of sci-fi/fantasy. I think it's the science-fantasy level that uses science fiction as a backdrop for human relationships to be explored. I think I love Star Wars EU for doing this ...Tess Williamshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13617328542841721590noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3455515313352221740.post-81459809700161214502012-08-24T19:41:40.774-07:002012-08-24T19:41:40.774-07:00Oh my, talk about amazing photos!! This one is fan...Oh my, talk about amazing photos!! This one is fantastic! I often wonder what went on behind the scenes between Mark, Carrie, and Harrison. Did any romance flame between them? (Perhaps Harrison and Mark... ^_~)<br /><br />You bring up many good points with this post. Poor Luke never really does get a love interest in the movies. At least, one that's not incestuous. As a kid, I always believed that Luke and Leia sort of easily fell into a brother and sister relationship once the movies ended. This book is forcing me to look at the fact that once a certain kind of attachment is formed, it's hard to break away from. Even if it is incestuous. It reminds me a bit of the first two books in Cassandra Clare's Mortal Instruments trilogy, where the two main characters fall in love, and find out they could be siblings. It's hard to break away from romantic love feelings. So far, I feel like Tyers is handling it well with having Gaerial Captison as another love interest and Leia preoccupied with thoughts of Vader. Not to mention the intimidating alien army threatening to take over the known universe and enslave everyone...Annie Carlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11935420044737468543noreply@blogger.com