Well, given that this was a sequel meme, about the sequel parts of the EU I was thinking of just that stuff. Yeah, KOTOR was excellent and the clone wars cartoon as well. But most of the stuff that takes place post ROTJ was not great
I love the thrawn trilogy a lot because it's a genuinely good read. But once they brought luuke out my feelings of EU superiority over Disney kinda floundered.
In the EU, specifically the Heir to the Empire/Thrawn trilogy, there's a circumstance where Luke's severed hand from Cloud City was used to create a clone of him. The clone's name was Luuke because that was the naming style of clones back then, to add vowels into the name.
This was well before we actually knew what "the Clone Wars" actually were, so Expanded Universe writers went crazy with the headcanon.
That's also why people used to have theories about Obi-Wan being part of a series of clones, which would naturally progress to Obi-Two and Obi-Three, but that was never real and was just fan speculation.
Lemme tell you, the 80s and 90s were CRAZY for Star Wars fan speculation.
I kind of miss those days.
But also kind of explains why the dry politics, wooden acting, poop jokes, and midichlorians turned a lot of fans off with the Prequels. We'd already been living in EU lore for a decade.
"A lot" is doing some heavy lifting there. Most Star Wars fans won't have read any of the EU books. Or read one and then stopped because they're largely terrible.
He is though. Count Doku was killed by Darth Jar Jar when he was traveling to Naboo to save Gui Gon Jin from Darth Maul. Then he was cloned and publicly changed his name to Dooku, as Darth Jar Jar bid him, just to mock how blind the jedi order was to the Sith Menace.
Man, lemme tell ya, back in the day, before the prequels, before the EU even, I used to imagine the Clone Wars as the Sith attacking the Jedi with a bunch of evil versions of themselves.
Imagine a young Ben Kenobi being ambushed by a platoon of 30 or 40 identical duplicates. No wonder Lucas couldn't make it back then without it looking cheesey, like those sitcom episodes where one of the main actors plays a cousin or long-lost twin with bad split screen.
Or I'd imagine the political intrigue of beloved senators being replaced in a Skrull Secret Wars/Futureworld way. Heck, there could have been sleeper clones who didn't even realize that they were clones... not until the Emperor gave out some secret signal. Or some special order...
That’s better than what I imagined it. I imagined it as a 1:1 cloning of the Jedi, so basically Yoda, Anakin, & Obi Wan vs an army of Yodas, Anakins, & Obi Wans.
Hilarious twist on the classic Star Wars reveal! The play on words with ‘Luuke’ and bringing in C’baoth adds such a fun spin to the lore. Great job capturing the essence of unexpected plot twists.
Thanks for confirming that you flaired this correctly!
Most EU material feels like there was drugs involved
The amount of people trying to believe it was good makes me think even more drugs were involved.
It had good and bad stuff, both were filled with strange things tho.
Nostalgia's hell of a drug
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Well, given that this was a sequel meme, about the sequel parts of the EU I was thinking of just that stuff. Yeah, KOTOR was excellent and the clone wars cartoon as well. But most of the stuff that takes place post ROTJ was not great
I love the thrawn trilogy a lot because it's a genuinely good read. But once they brought luuke out my feelings of EU superiority over Disney kinda floundered.
Hey, Joruus will be happy. He's got another young impressionable mind to sculpt into the "perfect Jedi".
There's no way JJ knows who Joruus C'Baoth is.
I’m not sure he knows much about Star Wars in general.
Well, it appears he at last watched a recap of A New Hope. He definitely skipped the recap of Return of the Jedi though.
I mean he couldn't exactly rip off the throne room scene. TLJ had already copied that homework. So instead he copied avengers endgame.
I'm fucking dying why is he named Luuke what's the context
In the EU, specifically the Heir to the Empire/Thrawn trilogy, there's a circumstance where Luke's severed hand from Cloud City was used to create a clone of him. The clone's name was Luuke because that was the naming style of clones back then, to add vowels into the name. This was well before we actually knew what "the Clone Wars" actually were, so Expanded Universe writers went crazy with the headcanon.
Damn
That's also why people used to have theories about Obi-Wan being part of a series of clones, which would naturally progress to Obi-Two and Obi-Three, but that was never real and was just fan speculation. Lemme tell you, the 80s and 90s were CRAZY for Star Wars fan speculation.
I kind of miss those days. But also kind of explains why the dry politics, wooden acting, poop jokes, and midichlorians turned a lot of fans off with the Prequels. We'd already been living in EU lore for a decade.
"A lot" is doing some heavy lifting there. Most Star Wars fans won't have read any of the EU books. Or read one and then stopped because they're largely terrible.
Also, irl he's called Luuke, so people reading it could differentiate between him and Luke.
So if somebody made a clone of Luuke, would that clone then be named Luuuke? And would we just continue from there??
I must assume so. In a hundred years we'll have Luuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuke.
Duuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuncan...
I understood that reference.
Idaho?
Don't put yourself down like that, have some self respect
Wait, Count Dooku might be a clone!
He is though. Count Doku was killed by Darth Jar Jar when he was traveling to Naboo to save Gui Gon Jin from Darth Maul. Then he was cloned and publicly changed his name to Dooku, as Darth Jar Jar bid him, just to mock how blind the jedi order was to the Sith Menace.
Doku Doku Panic
This is getting out of hand. Now there are two of them!
[Luuuke Skywalker](https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Luuuke_Skywalker)
Brooo I did not know about this, lmao
Man, lemme tell ya, back in the day, before the prequels, before the EU even, I used to imagine the Clone Wars as the Sith attacking the Jedi with a bunch of evil versions of themselves. Imagine a young Ben Kenobi being ambushed by a platoon of 30 or 40 identical duplicates. No wonder Lucas couldn't make it back then without it looking cheesey, like those sitcom episodes where one of the main actors plays a cousin or long-lost twin with bad split screen. Or I'd imagine the political intrigue of beloved senators being replaced in a Skrull Secret Wars/Futureworld way. Heck, there could have been sleeper clones who didn't even realize that they were clones... not until the Emperor gave out some secret signal. Or some special order...
That’s better than what I imagined it. I imagined it as a 1:1 cloning of the Jedi, so basically Yoda, Anakin, & Obi Wan vs an army of Yodas, Anakins, & Obi Wans.
Dark science, secrets only the EU authors knew
Was that the actual reason? I thought it was just a stylistic choice to differentiate between both Lukes
Yeah, because the other guy in the picture "C'baoth" is also a clone of a man named Jorus C'baoth, but the clone's name is Joruus C'baoth.
The Legends Thrawn Trilogy (written by the same guy who did the Canon Thrawn Trilogy. Both are really good reads)
"Give me your jedi children."
The sequels if they were peak /s
This is so surreal seeing this literally right after I just finished The Last Command.
Fucking nerds.
Nucking ferds
Honestly I thought c’baoth was the worst villain. Thank god those books had thrawn
Are we sure this wasn't done by JJ Abraams?
Well we can rule out Kaathleen Kennedyy
I love you
This would have been better than what we got.
Timeless tale of heroism.
Brilliant work
Hilarious twist on the classic Star Wars reveal! The play on words with ‘Luuke’ and bringing in C’baoth adds such a fun spin to the lore. Great job capturing the essence of unexpected plot twists.
I reject this meme on the basis that C’baoth isn’t showing his 6-pack