tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6936767222422173707.post4134334267821411711..comments2024-03-22T12:26:29.654-07:00Comments on Anakin and His Angel: Star Wars Dark Disciple ReviewJenmariehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02113273275462076740noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6936767222422173707.post-52887128647658722792015-08-09T21:36:09.784-07:002015-08-09T21:36:09.784-07:00I had no idea about their extended stories as I...I had no idea about their extended stories as I'm not really a book/comic book reader (though I did slightly remember Ventress being the one who gave Anakin his scar's in the original Clone Wars cartoon. I haven't watch that in ages!). Thanks for filling me in on what had previously took place! I know it's been difficult for a lot of fans to accept that so much of what we grew up with is no longer canon. I have a good feeling all these new books and movies will make up for it. We shall see! Thanks for reading!Jenmariehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02113273275462076740noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6936767222422173707.post-36371046653784645512015-08-05T21:12:38.067-07:002015-08-05T21:12:38.067-07:00I'm one of those people who's been having ...I'm one of those people who's been having a hard time accepting the change in status quo with the Expanded Universe. Issues like the characters of Asajj Ventress and Quinlan Vos are a particular hot-button, if only because their role in the Clone Wars show, as interesting and good as it may be, are a hard pill to swallow due to the way they diverge from their old stories.<br /><br />Quinlan Vos's origin as an invention of Dark Horse's Republic comic series gave him a long and complex arc stretching from before Episode 1 to the aftermath of Episode 3. Going from Padawan to Jedi Master, his big moment was in the Clone Wars era becoming a double agent by establishing himself in a group of Force-sensitive "apprentices" serving under Dooku for the Separatists. It was a story that echoes Dark Disiple in that Vos faced the taint of the dark side and struggled to resist it, and ultimately succeeding, finding love in a women who had ironically been a double agent sent by Dooku to follow him, and would miraculously survive Order 66 and be able to have a child. It's an interesting arc, and while I admit I only know it from Wookiepedia, all of it gives me pause at the idea of The Clone Wars rewriting the character so much in this book as opposed to how he was handled by the very source material he came from.<br /><br />I feel a similar way about Ventress too. Though she was more multi-media as she was created for the whole original Clone Wars book/comic/first Clone Wars TV show media bonza before Episode 3, she got some really significant roles in Dark Horse's comics, including a story showing her giving Anakin his facial scars. They also wrote a very interesting finale for her in the Obsession books that saw Obi-Wan obsessively concern for her well-being and give her a motivation to leave the Separatists that does echo some of the allegiance questions she expressed in the later TV show (Obsession also gave Adi Gallia a swan song by way of pitting her against General Grevious, something that's also negated by the way The Clone Wars decided to handle her. Eh...).<br /><br />At the very least, it's good to hear this book has promise, but it puts me in a very uncomfortable place knowing that the star characters of Vos and Ventress diverge so much from the way their first stories established them.Andrewnuva199https://www.blogger.com/profile/08745741861097311721noreply@blogger.com