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Again, I think that was the original notion. A more inclusive theory, though, is that a Force user who has lost control and went bananas (like certain British ex-DJ I know ) is only one of many ways to the Dark Side (best example, again, C'Baoth's clone, Joruus C'Baoth). It's just like prison, there are many ways to get there (shoot someone, ram your car into a police car, put a traffic cone on your head and taunt an officer while drunk in public with your friend James, etc.), but as long as you follow A dark path then "forever will it dominate your destiny, consume you it will, as it did Obi-Wan's apprentice" (except Yoda was wrong because Vader proved that it is apparently possible to break the Dark Side "spell"). And, like going to prison, it's easier to get in than it is to stay out, but it's not impossible nor that difficult (relative).

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Don't worry, I'm not taking it as insult, just a challenge... rereads quote ...but it seems... looks for anything to cling to ...my friend... eyes dart from word to word ...that you... tears begin to well ...have... tears streaming, action-figures mutinying, Zoot laughing in my face ...beaten me. You have won this round, my friend, but I will be back...you'll see...with more BEAKyness. You'll see! You have not see the last of the Grand Imperator of BEAK!

Jeez, I almost BEAKed myself to death in the "Being Promoted In The Forums" thread, but I think I have time to make an intelligent thread that asks a valid question: what will become of the Bantam Star Wars novels now that DelRey has the contract? Quite simply, are the Star Wars novels that were previously published by Bantam Books going to be republished/reprinted by DelRey, or will they continue to be printed by Bantam, or are they going to go out of print (like some many other Star Wars books...for instance, The Imperial Sourcebook and, apparently, Tales of the Empire, though the latter is not 100% confirmed so don't quote me on that....)? I'll get to why I wrote "republished/reprinted" in a second, but I ask because I noticed that Splinter of the Mind's Eye is out in a DelRey-printed version and not a Bantam Book version. I know, some of are saying, "So what?" Well, Splinter of the Mind's Eye was the very first Star Wars novel to ever be printed, even before Timothy Zahn's Heir to the Empire! This was back in the day, man, before DelRey had a contracted with LucasFilm to print novels, back even before Bantam had the Heir to the Empire-started contract! Certainly sometime inbetween then and now, Bantam printer Splinter of the Mind's Eye, but is DelRey now printing it also? I mean, really, is this a trend? Can we expect to see reprints of Heir to the Empire and the X-Wing series, but this time by DelRey? Or have these novels had their run and their day? I don't see the latter happening, of course (too much profit potential). As far as the republishing comment goes, I was thinking: If DelRey starts reprinting the Bantam novels, will Lucas want the authors (or himself...shudder ) to rewrite some of the scenes to fit in and/or not conflict with what happens in the prequels (i.e. canon)? For instance, by allowing say, Timothy Zahn, go back and rewrite some of the bits and pieces in the Thrawn trilogy, it would be possible to elliminate the confusion concerning the time period in which the Clone Wars occured (since Zahn originally predicted an earlier era). This is not to say I am abvocate of changing already long-standing works, I just thought that our favourite Changer-Of-Established-Ideas-Hopes-And-Theories Lucas might want to do this to make the EU better fit his cinematic masterpieces (and, in the process, make the EU more Jar-Jared and canon). Any one know anything about this?

A different (and more inclusive) take on it. I like it!

Yes, but then again--if I remember correctly--Rebellion shows all the officers wearing the same insignia, making it inconsistent and, therefore, unreliable I agree the movies had quite a bit of British influence, but the rank of Grand Admiral is in no way associated with the British Admiralty or Sea Lords or the UK at all, for that matter. It was taken from the German Third Reich's Navy where the highest rank in the admiralty was that of Grand Admiral. Additionally, the rank of High Admiral, though it can be equated to the British Sea Lords, is more a rank created out of necessity and, if anything, comes closer to matching the rank of Grand Admiral in the Third Reich or Admiral of the Fleet in the UK because it is the highest achievable rank on merit alone for an officer since Grand Admiral in the Imperial Navy required a personal appointment by the Emperor himself. In fact, Grand Admiral can be viewed as a version of the Moff ranks that is 100% military, a way of allowing the Emperor to excerise executive control over things he had governors controlling (a tactic Palpatine used to keep everyone within the Empire pitted against one another in competion so as to avoid people from banning together to attempt coups, something that only failed once: i.e. Zaarin). Quite simply: -High Admiral is the highest regular military rank that does not require personal appointment by the Emperor. Created out of necessity due to the enormous scope of a Galaxy-wide Naval force (which is also the arms and legs of a galaxy-wide military). -Grand Admiral is the military's answer to the civilian and military Moff ranks; can even command Moffs and Grand Moffs as needed/per mission proxy/orders. The name is derived from the Third Reich. -Surface Marshal (the highest rank in the Imperial Army) is derived from the Third Reich's field marshal and is of the same status as a High Admiral. -Grand General is apparently mentioned once (Force Commander), but may have not existed since a general rank of such high position is not needed in a military force that is primary based around a galaxy-wide Fleet. I agree on that particular point, especially since Moffs and Grand Moffs could be either military officers or civilian officials appointed to what is known commonly as 'governor-general'. -Moff is Commander in Chief and Chief Political Magistrate/Exectutive of a Sector. -Grand Moff is a Commander in Chief and Chief Political Magistrate/Executive of an Oversector (a temporary area of space that can overlap two or more sectors; usually created for times of crisis, esp. like those of the Outer Rim as seen in A New Hope). -Supreme Moff is a strange position that was known as a possible rank (Imperial Sourcebook), but no one is known to have ever possessed the rank. It is of about equal status to an Imperial Grand Admiral (think of it as the civilian side's answer to the military's Grand Admirals who had grown more powerful and influential than Moffs and Grand Moffs) with the ability to command a independant military forces (like a Grand Admiral) or be a sort of 'supreme governor-general' (like a really high-ranking grand moff). Actually, think of this rank as Grand Admiral, only a civilian official can be appointed to this position without prior military service. For the first time in a long time, someone has surprised me with a rank insignia. I have never seen that, but by the looks of the picture, it was taken during a rehearsal, so the question remains whether or not it should be considered canon. IF it is, then I agree with the assessment, it could very possibly be the changed from the late Republic-style insignia to the New Order-style. Additionally, this may be some sort of rank promotion (I'll address that below). This is explained one of two ways: 1) People sometimes call Commodores 'Admiral' when that officer is not assigned to Commodore duties (as discussed above), OR 2) This may represent a promotion for Motti post-'Death Star Conference Room Scene'. Quite simply, we can assume that many people probably doubted or were no impressed with Motti's "technological terror" (I'm thinking of one particular Dark Lord of the Sith), but after it 'proved' itself to truly be "the ultimate power in the universe" (or so the Imperial officials came to believe) by destroying Alderaan, he was more than likely promoted one, two, maybe even three. As a matter of fact--given he was at commodore--I would be surprised that someone who thought up or helped think up something with that much punch and then defend it in an argument with Palpatine right-hand man (i.e. Lord Vader) would not be promoted to at least to full admiral (two full rank promotions)! It would be strange if they didn't get promoted! Now, that's not to say he was promoted to Admiral, but I do not doubt he was promoted to the admiralty after the demonstration at Alderaan reached Imperial Center (Coruscant), and I'm sure Tarkin was given permission to hand Motti a battlefield promotion until the official files were worked up (similiar as to how Piett was battlefield promoted to Fleet Admiral after Ozzel's death until the promotion became official later on). Of course, if Motti was promoted so soon after Alderaan's destruction, he was probably demoted soon after the Death Star's destruction postmortem. This could lead to him having been demoted as low as Ensign, or the records of a promotion to admiral being "mysteriously lost" before they reached the official review board and remaining a Commodore, or he may have retained the rank...regardless, the amount of chaos that undoubtably ensued after the Death Star's destruction and then the collapse of Imperial organization soon after (after the Death Star II's destruction and Palpatine's death) probably accounts for the confusion concerning Motti's rank. Motti is, actually, not the only person whose rank, postmortem, is in confusion. For instance, Piett's promotion to Fleet Admiral in The Empire Strikes Back is known to be a battlefield promotion (their obviously wasn't an official review right there and though Lord Vader pocessed much power and influence, it's doubtful he was allowed to simply hand out promotions...though he could, undoubtably, for review boards to promote certain officers) and that sometime before the end of the movie the promotion was made official, but what about after the movie? It has been speculated that after a loss such as the Millenium Falcon, Piett should have been demoted (since he was not, apparently, executed like Ozzel). Return of the Jedi would be great as a source of what rank Piett had after that last scene aboard the Executor in Empire, but, though the insignia is different, we find that all the Imperial officers have the same rank plaque, some officers varying only by the number of code cylinders they carry, so Jedi turns out to be a bad source concerning Imperial insignia. Additionally, it has also been speculated that Piett was of the rank of High Admiral at the Battle of Endor since he had been made acting fleet commander for the Fleet amassed over the Forest Moon in protection of the Death Star II. This would have, undoubtably, been a 'battlefield promotion', but the question remains of whether or not he would have kept it or would have returned to being a Fleet Admiral(?). So you see, the Motti problems are not unique to Star Wars and, as a matter of fact, tend to plague this particular universe (i.e. the Star Wars universe), which is understandable, though, when one takes into account that everything is based around a galaxy-wide empire. SOCL = BEAK-y: I've still got that touch! [/bEAK]

That's the Thrawn trilogy, and yes, you take is basically correct, hence the reason Joruus C'Boath was called a Dark Jedi and not some crazy name like Sith. This is actually a reflection of the original idea (post-Original Trilogy/pre-prequel) concerning the Force and Jedi, but that was changed as the EU expanded and as Mr. Lucas began production on the prequels. I personally like the original way it was done, but I don't want to get into an argument about whether the EU or the prequels should be more valid, whether Lucas was right, and blah, blah, blah...that's already been done, done again, and then shot to death kicking and screaming in other threads. What it could be taken to be mean, however, is that a Dark Jedi is one who is led (whether self-led or forced) to the Dark Side either accidentally or with good intentions, therefore Joruus C'Baoth would have been a Dark Jedi because he was ignorant of the light side (and mad), while someone like Dooku or Palpatine are true Sith. Others like Qui-Gon Jinn and Vader would be the grey areas on opposite sides of the spectrum. Look at it like this: Jedi lay at a 10, Sith at a -10, and 0 is where people not attuned or 100% attuned to the force lie (different levels, of course). Okay, we'll say that Yoda is a 10 and Palpatine is a -10 (I'll try not to use too many EU people, too, since there's a controversy over how canical that is, except for the character of C'Baoth). So people who question the different sides would lie near the zero mark: Jinn would be about a 2 or 3, Anakin (pre-Darth Vader) at about 1, Anakin (post-Darth Vader) at about a -4 or -3 (depending on what he is doing and his mood; for instance, he was at a negative near zero aboard the Death Star II), and C'Baoth at about a -3 or -2. Yes, it's a crude graphic example (only 2 demensional) and it indeed can be made better (such as to include compassion, Living Force, etc. on different planes to make a x, y, z graphic model), but it suits the stated purpose. Oh yeah. [/bEAK]

I was a little confused by the simple "What would you be?" question, so I thought it would be funny to interpret the colors to mean skin tone, but then I realized MANY species in Star Wars are already toned this was so the joke turned humorless. ...blue, despite my lack of interest in Jedi, Sith, or the Force.

OOOO, I'm intrigued!

I don't know what avatar you people are talking about. All I see the bounce-y-scout-troop-y, but by the sounds of the new one.... A pity, to say the least. Fact: At one time there existed EIGHT species of tiger, there now only exists 5, all of them SEVERLY ENDANGERED to the point that one of the species is considered hopeless.

Holy shit! Dude, how long ago was this?

Maybe we should have a 'Post What Book You're Reading' thread, that way it doesn't go so fast. Led Zeppelin - Communications Break Down

Very true. Agreed. I hope there is either evidence to back my theory or no evidence to contradict it. Many sources refer to Motti as an admiral, but his insignia is of the lowest ranking admiral possible, which in the USA's Navy is called a 'Rear Admiral, Lower Half'. This is, of course, a USA-unique rank created when the USA's Army made the rank of Brigadier a general-status rank by calling it Brigadier General...you can imagine that all the USA's Navy Commodores begin to whine about how their ground force counter parts were generals and they weren't admirals, so the rank went through a series of changes that started with a crazy rank called 'Commodore Admiral', then changed to 'Captain Admiral' (which was 100% incorrectly used), which finally became 'Rear Admiral, Lower Half'. With that said, many sources in Star Wars became confused (since most of the authors had little to no knowledge concerning the military and traditional military ranks) and started to contradict themselves to the point that the Imperial Sourcebook claims a Commodore is higher in rank than an Admiral! This is, of course, preposterous! Additionally, Motti's rank insignia is that of a Commodore since there already existed a rank of a Rear Admiral (which would be just above Commodore and just below Vice Admiral). Because of different positions a commodore-ranked officer might have (i.e. a position that does not involve being a 'commodore'...I'll get into the meaning of rank names in a minute....), it's quite a possible a Commodore would be called a Rear Admiral. Motti is a great example, a Commodore who is in a position of either staff or operations aboard a space station and not commanding a squadron of vessels, therefore, calling him a commodore would seem rather funny, but then again, calling him anything less would be inproper, so settling for calling him an admiral would do just fine. You can read more about Motti and the rank of Commodore, Brigadier, and Rear Admiral on this webpage and a summary of officer insignia on this other webpage. This is, of course, suggesting that Star Wars does not follow one specific nation's armed forces' ranks, but what would be considered 'standard English ranks'. By that, I mean that the ranks are given their names and put at their level in accordance with what standard English uses (some people say we can't do that since English isn't from the Star Wars universe, but until someone hands me a military sourcebook written in Aurebesh that is actually from 'A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away', this is the best that can be done). So we find that ranks like 'Lieutenant, Junior Grade', 'Rear Admiral, Lower Half', 'Brigaider General', 'General' (i.e. for air forces), and other such ranks to be rather unusable. Why? Quite simply, these are ranks created because of the specific conditions their respective military's used them. For instance, general being the highest rank in an Air Force exists because of the fact that that specific air force at one time was a part of the that nation's army or is derived from the USA example. So in Star Wars, we revert to using more arhaic names that have meanings which that are branch/mission-specific than they are nation-specific. This gives us the ranks commodore and brigadier, which quite simply mean 'an officer who commands more than one warship of fire-power greater than a line of warships, esp. a squadron' and 'an officer who commands a brigade of soldiers', respectively. Each rank has it's own meaning and purpose (I could list them all, but until someone asks, I'll spare the community). Of course, we can't revert to such archaic terms that the meaning begins to take on an Earth-specific meaning (after all, we only have limited space in which to work); by that, I mean we can't replace the Army rank of captain with the more archaic 'centurion' because that would then give the rank a Roman-style named...and last time I checked, the Romans were never a part of the Corellian, Slius Van, or any other human-based sector (unless they're a species of humans in the Unknown Regions.... ). Additionally, terms like 'hoplite' should also be avoided, though we have seen the use of 'legion', 'phalanx', and 'legionaire' in Star Wars continuity. Again, though, this is all based on standard English for the sole sake that we have nothing else to work with than what we have here on Earth (additionally, this is all based on the idea of 'rationaliz[ing] a fantasy'). By eliminating names that ring of Earth or national specifics, we are able to avoid many of the flaws other people have contributed to the Star Wars universe. Quite simply, here's a quote from Dr. Saxton's site: "The motivation of this project is to synthesise and explore a self-consistent reality for that universe.... ...the project intends to rationalise a fantasy. This hobby simply uses the methods and language of science to consider the question: "If the STAR WARS universe were real, how would its phenomena be understood?" EDIT: Oh yeah, I forgot to the turn-off/close the code! [/bEAK]

Seeing how close they are in age, too, I doubt Speilberg would be around much longer after Lucas. By the way, everyone can now view the official Revenge of the Sith trailer, and I must say, it looks great! Without a doubt, this is going to be the darkest Star Wars movie of all time (after all, it's PG-13), but I think that because of how dark it's going to be and how good it looks, it'll make up for any blunders and down-right stupidities from the other prequels. Also, if that link doesn't work, just go to The Star Wars Official Website and click on 'View The Episode III Trailer' in the bottom-right corner. For those EU fans out there, this will be a movie no long forgotten! It has seen the rise of the Dreadnaught-class and the use of Juggernaughts! Maybe we'll catch a glimpse of a Victory-class somewhere in there as well!

I believe that a money making industry like Star Wars won't die after Lucas and as a matter of fact, I think Lucas' funeral will very much resemble the funeral of Vito Corleon in The Godfather. There will be Lucas' kids, sitting at the head of the Lucas family (just like Michael), while the LucasFilm Board of Directors pay their respect to the passed creator, then go on to congratulate the CEO of LucasFilm. Soon after, maybe even seconds after the funeral, LucasFilm will probably sign a contract with another director and Episode VII, VIII, and IX will begin. Perhaps that's a little too dramatic, but I think the directors of LucasFilm are a little more intelligent (and possibly greedy) to simply let the Star Wars movies die with their creator...there is simply too much profit potential. I honestly hope not. I don't want to see a Droids version of Corran Horn or Grand Admiral Thrawn. I just think a Star Wars television series, despite the profit potential, would very much ruin the Star Wars image (please, we don't need a Holiday Special TV series)...unless, of course, they did it like Mobile Suit Gundam (a very serious, down-to-Earth science fiction anime series from 1979) and its sequels (Zeta Gundam in the `85 and Char's Counterattack in `88 with Double Zeta Gundam of `86 being a complete flop, precisely what we don't want a Star Wars television series to become).

I haven't used my BEAK powers in a while, and I thought of this recently. I have yet to formally submit it to Dr. Saxton for consideration, but I suppose I'll post it here first to see if any challenges it and, therefore, make it full-prove (if not at all). Basically, in A New Hope we are treated to a certian style of Imperial rank insignia that is commonly known as the "Grand Moff Tarkin scheme" (at Dr. Saxton's site, it's referred to as Aesthetic 3), which Dr. Saxton attempts to explain by saying "the aesthetics of the combination of the parts depended on the regulations of the various regional or central units." This is an interesting theory, but it seems a little strange to believe that a government as systematic and organized in bureaucracy as the Galactic Empire would establish two or three styles of insignia for its military forces. These different styles of insignia, as a matter of fact, would emphasize individuality more so than unity and loyalty to the Emperor, something certainly unwanted by a government that originally began its military forces with clones soldiers engineered to be one hundred percent loyal to their commanders, who are in turn loyal to then-Supreme Chancellor Palpatine. Run-on sentences aside, we observe that in The Empire Strikes Back, the forces assigned to Darth Vader's Death Squadron use a different style of insignia, known at Dr. Saxton's site as "Aesthetic 1" which is easily explained as the most standard pattern throughout the Empire (numerous sources, including many of the novels, comics, and other EU sources)--quite a change. Some might argue that this is simply an intermediate step in the evolution of the Imperial insignia as it once again changed in Return of the Jedi to where everyone had the same basic insignia, some diverting from the 3 red over 3 blue squares with 1 cylinder to 3 red over 3 blue squares with 2 cylinders, but this is moot since the Jedi insignia are a known mistake. This idea of evolutionary insignia, though, is quite interesting and got me thinking...what if the insignia in A New Hope is actually just a predated version of those in The Empire Strikes Back? What I mean is, remember in the Death Star conference room scene when Tarkin walks in and mentions that the Imperial Senate no longer exists? Most people don't realize the significance of that scene, but that was the true ending of the Republic, the final form of representative goverment had been disbanded, and now the government was one hundred percent under the dictatorship of Palpatine (granted, the government had probably already been functioning as a dictatorship for some time already, it is the removal of the Senate that establishes the end of any hope for political change from dictatorship to democracy). What's strange, though, is that this change in figural government (figural because the Senate by this time was probably nothing more than a puppet used by Palpatine to keep the citizens relatively pleased) didn't truly show any evident change between A New Hope and The Empire Strikes Back...or did it? We stand as witness that the insignia in A New Hope is no longer in use in The Empire Strikes Back, which leads one to theorize that with the change of the Senate (and, therefore, the total annihilation of the Republic), the Emperor would probably want to rid everything in the Empire of any sign of the democratic Republic. This leads me to believe that the insignia witnessed in ANH is actually the final inclings of the Republican military (notice the less-than-organized insignia style, characteristic of a less-than-organized pre-Palpatine government). With the end of the Senate so comes the end of the late Republic insignia style, which leads to the systematic, non-individual, un-unique style seen in The Empire Strikes Back and hinted at in Return of the Jedi. How can I say this? Well, other than the theory I have presented, we also note other changes that coincide with the end of the Senate. For instance, Lord Darth Vader's position and importance seems to have heightened; no longer can officers arrogant officers shout insults or question him. Officers as high in rank as Fleet Admiral Ozzel, Fleet Admiral Piett, and Moff Jerjerrod shy away at the presence of the Dark Lord, a stark change from Commodore Motti's arrogant shouts concerning the stolen Death Star plans, Sub-Lieutenant Daine Jir's questioning concerning Lord Vader's judgement on holding Princess Leia prisoner, and Grand Moff Tarkin's apparent ability at "holding Vader's leash" (some much so that he ordered Vader to stop choking Motti and Vader complied!). It seems that Vader himself was simply some sort of high-ranking government aide to Emperor Palpatine working liaison within the forces than he was a military commander. This may be an indication of Palpatine's restrainment of Vader in the years following the Jedi purge, probably a political stunt to keep the weakened Senate and, therefore, the Imperial citizens from rising-up, most likely an attempt at keeping the Rebellion from expanding more than it already had. This is not an unknown practice; the early emperors of the Roman Empire--most especially Augustus (Imperator Caesar)--made small attempts at preserving the image of republic by having "elections" (which were rigged and were, therefore, basically appointments) for the different magistrate positions (i.e. consul, praetor, etc.), yet they were the effective the leaders of the Imperium Romanum. Palpatine is actually very much like Augustus, who during his time before emperor/Imperator status was awarded different positions and powers by the Senate (for instance, he was given control of the provinces, the treasury, the military, and effectively the empire, yet technically the Senate and magistrates still had control (of course, Augustus had control over them). Similarly, Palpatine was elected Supreme Chancellor (an election that was quite probably rigged through the use of force and intimidation) and then, through a staged/rigged crisis (i.e. the Seperatists Movement and the Clone War), was elected "emergency executive powers" to act as a dictator until a time came when he no longer needed the powers...of course, the crisis would probably never end and, therefore, neither would the dictorial powers. What we see, then, is a politician who pretends to be very honest and humble scheming and using his influence to get his way and will. Other changes include the change in tactics in both The Empire Strikes Back and other sources of the time, as officers like General Tagge (the proponent of the fleet over superweapons in the Death Star's conference room) and the Grand Admirals become the leaders in an Imperial military based on the tactic of hunting through the effective employment of the Fleet and attached surface forces over the use of superweapons (of course, another superweapon would eventually be developed, but by that time it is quite obvious the Imperial Fleet commands the might and power of the Empire and its military forces, as evidenced by the fleet at the Battle of Endor and campaigns that followed, most especially allusions made in EU literature such as by Pellaeon in the Thrawn saga characters throughout the Stackpole/Allston X-Wing series). This can also be attributed to the change from the Rpeublic idea of a single, over-all factor to change everything (i.e. the idea of using the Jedi, then swtiching to a Grand Army of the Republic in the Clone War) to the Empire's post-Yavin strategy of fighting a counter-insurgency war on all fronts with a deployed Fleet. I suppose my theory is a little weak and the facts are a little scattered (I have been working on typing this up for the better part of an hour or so, having been distracted and pulled away from the computer, so my thoughts may be a little jagged and scattered, not all of them clear or connected), but the basis of a decent, well-founded theory are there. If anyone would like to contribute or challenge this theory, please feel free to do so, I would actually appreciate it, but please be aware of Dr. Saxton's site. [/bEAK]

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Though having a logo for each community would be rather neat, I think that it would prove, in the end, to be a waste. Maybe that's just my opinion, but I think it's a little more important finding a SWR.Com logo than it is to find individual community logos.

Amazing! Simple amazing! Motivation drives me to begin construction!

What does that do?

Yeah, the Direct Link didn't work for me so I had to resort to watching the bootlegged copy--I have no idea what was going on in it. I wonder... Lucas said that after ROTS comes out, he shan't be making any more movies (that's right, no episode VII, VIII, & IX) because he doesn't think he'll live long enough. So this makes me wonder, what will become the EU's status afterward? I mean, wouldn't it seem logical to assume that after the last Star Wars movie is made, anything in the EU that doesn't conflict with the movies will become canon?

Same. And I'm almost certain I have the plug-in. aside Perhaps the university computers will work....

Ah, my friend, you always know how to make me laugh to the point that I almost spill my coffee in my lap!