Comments on: He’s no good to me dead https://www.isegoria.net/2025/09/hes-no-good-to-me-dead/ From the ancient Greek for equality in freedom of speech; an eclectic mix of thoughts, large and small Sun, 12 Jul 2026 00:01:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.6.1 By: T. Beholder https://www.isegoria.net/2025/09/hes-no-good-to-me-dead/comment-page-1/#comment-3759809 T. Beholder Mon, 15 Sep 2025 09:34:25 +0000 https://www.isegoria.net/?p=53441#comment-3759809 Well… “If you copy from one book, that’s plagiarism; if you copy from many books, that’s research.”

https://quoteinvestigator.com/2010/09/20/plagiarism/

]]> By: Isegoria https://www.isegoria.net/2025/09/hes-no-good-to-me-dead/comment-page-1/#comment-3759802 Isegoria Sat, 13 Sep 2025 01:40:31 +0000 https://www.isegoria.net/?p=53441#comment-3759802 Star Wars’ influences have definitely come up here before, including books (and a French comic book).

]]> By: Gaikokumaniakku https://www.isegoria.net/2025/09/hes-no-good-to-me-dead/comment-page-1/#comment-3759791 Gaikokumaniakku Fri, 12 Sep 2025 04:04:48 +0000 https://www.isegoria.net/?p=53441#comment-3759791 I liked the 1977 and 1981 movies. *Return of the Jedi* did not impress me much. In the 1990s, someone warned me, “Enjoy Star Wars now, because they will ruin your memory of it.” So I dug into the sources *Star Wars* had copied from — samurai movies, *Flash Gordon*, etc. I never looked back. I value *Star Wars* because without it I would never have devoted so many hours to its sources. Disney can defile its corpse as much as it likes; I feel no pain when they mangle *Star Wars*.

]]> By: T. Beholder https://www.isegoria.net/2025/09/hes-no-good-to-me-dead/comment-page-1/#comment-3759790 T. Beholder Fri, 12 Sep 2025 00:11:09 +0000 https://www.isegoria.net/?p=53441#comment-3759790 Disney “Soy Wars” was all like this. And widely held in contempt for this very reason more than anything.

https://monsterhunternation.com/2018/10/02/my-russian-bot-review-of-the-last-jedi/

As to good old Boba Fett… There was a fan hypothesis that Boba was the one who fried Owen and Beru — based on Vader singling him out, presumably over an incident that caught his attention. Another theory was Obi-Wan (he had motives, and obviously, blaming the Stormtropers was BS, since they would try to take prisoners for interrogation)… though considering Boba is a mercenary, these were not incompatible.

Jim says:

Categorical errors all around: Star Wars is what George Lucas made: nothing more, and nothing less.

Well, there was Expanded Universe. Some good, some not, some serious, some funny. But it kind of applies in that good ol’ George was self-designated chief continuity editor.

Speaking of Fett, SW EU had an amusing Fett Club comic. As in, «The first rule of Fett Club: you do not talk about Fett Club». The ninth rule turned out to be more important, but no spoilers.

]]> By: Jim https://www.isegoria.net/2025/09/hes-no-good-to-me-dead/comment-page-1/#comment-3759781 Jim Thu, 11 Sep 2025 04:18:33 +0000 https://www.isegoria.net/?p=53441#comment-3759781 Categorical errors all around: Star Wars is what George Lucas made: nothing more, and nothing less.

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