The Yuuzhan Vong story arc in the old Star Wars Expanded Universe wasn't exactly great, and the "nice space vampires" trend-chasing trash that followed was pretty bad, but what a lot of people don't seem to remember, and what I only remembered just now, was that the early villain figure in the Vong arc was some angry Twi'lek lady that was leading what was called the "Diversity Alliance" and was actually an asset of the Vong. Basically, space SJW that wants space diversity is actually a space religious terrorist asset. :sus-torment:

  • StellarTabi [none/use name]
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    2 years ago

    “Diversity Alliance” and was actually an asset of the Vong. Basically, space SJW that wants space diversity is actually a space religious terrorist asset.

    well also that the Yuuzhan Vong thing was basically a conspiratory way to say "actually palpatine the space nazi wizard was doing his space holocaust because he had a pretty good excuse", which is problematic for reasons.

    • Leon_Grotsky [comrade/them]
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      2 years ago

      And the worst part about this is that someone already did this story better with the 1993 book "Truce at Bakura" where the aliens use force-sensitive souls to power their technology and was a much more nuanced story. The angle is less "The Emperor needed space fascism to defend humanity" and more "the power vacuum left by the collapse of the empire has left the frontiers vulnerable."

      Brief description of the book

      No sooner has Darth Vader's funeral pyre burned to ashes on Endor than the Alliance intercepts a call for help from a far-flung Imperial outpost. Bakura is on the edge of known space and the first to meet the Ssi-ruuk, cold-blooded reptilian invaders who, once allied with the now dead Emperor, are approaching Imperial space with only one goal: total domination. Princess Leia sees the mission as an opportunity to achieve a diplomatic victory for the Alliance. But it assumes even greater importance when a vision of Obi-Wan Kenobi appears to Luke Skywalker with the message that he must go to Bakura—or risk losing everything the Rebels have fought so desperately to achieve.

      Even as the Alliance arrives, the aliens have almost overcome the Bakura Imperial garrison, whose desperate commander will accept help from any quarter—even Rebel—against an insidious foe that enslaves human minds to pilot their invincible machines of war and destruction.

      While marshalling the tattered Imperial forces, Luke, Han Solo, and Princess Leia must win the trust and cooperation of the Bakurans. For although Imperial Governor Nereus has granted the Rebels temporary amnesty there is the possibility of treachery among those whose first allegiance lies with the Empire.

      • Sphere [he/him, they/them]
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        2 years ago

        That book was really good. They really shoulda mined the Extended Universe for plotlines for the new Star Wars movies; I think they'd have been a ton better.

        • Leon_Grotsky [comrade/them]
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          2 years ago

          Yeah, when I saw that the new Trilogy wasn't going to be the Timothy Zahn series I was like "Oh, okay it's fine to stop caring about this now."

          • ssjmarx [he/him]
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            2 years ago

            There's an alternate universe where the EU novels were mined for their best entries for movie adaptation. Star Wars 7-9 are the Zahn trilogy, instead of Rogue One they did Truce at Bakura, Solo was based on one of the Han Solo Adventures novels by Brian Daley, etc.

    • Huldra [they/them, it/its]
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      2 years ago

      Franchise bloat giving writers brain poison trying to out-twist every previous story beat and raising the stakes all the time so theres always one much bigger villain, or *gasp*, the good innocent victimised guys are now evil this is so dramatic!

      • UlyssesT [he/him]
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        2 years ago

        It works for Blizzard's "omg corruption lol cthulu too I guess" shitty storytelling that's been celebrated for decades. :disgost:

        • Florn [they/them]
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          2 years ago

          I thought people have hated WoW's storytelling since Cataclysm

        • UnicodeHamSic [he/him]
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          2 years ago

          That corruption is just one of the writers poorly disguised mind control fetishes.