At the Fate of the Jedi panel, Troy Denning talked about a plot point that the Legacy of the Force authors were kicking around, and naturally, fandom took it and ran with it.
At StarWars.com yesterday, Denning addressed the squee and concerns:
Yeah — what I said was that we considered a way to use flowwalking to bring back Anakin. I also said that just because we consider an idea doesn’t mean it should be done.
When we began to explore what bringing Anakin back might mean for the rest of the EU, we decided the worms in the can were just too big to let loose. So, we decided to weld that can closed by making explicit the limits on flowwalking we had already been using informally since Dark Nest.
The idea of bringing Anakin back didn’t even make it past the “what if” stage — it was just one of a thousand things we considered that never saw ink (even in an outline).
So basically, kids, don’t get too excited: It was just an idea. (And I, for one, am happy it never got any further than that.)
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8 responses so far ↓
1 Austin // Aug 6, 2009 at 11:10 am
This shouldn’t have become a big enough deal for him to have to address it. He says basically the same thing in the video, but I guess people didn’t listen to that part.
2 Dunc // Aug 6, 2009 at 11:14 am
That’s fandom for you.
3 Scoke // Aug 6, 2009 at 1:21 pm
You know, as soon as they introduced the stupid “flow-walking”, I was fearing that they would bring Anakin Solo back at the end of the Legacy of the Force series. Glad they didn’t.
4 eliz // Aug 6, 2009 at 1:31 pm
As much as I’ve whined about the death of Anakin Solo, I don’t see any literary sense of bringing him back- they did more with his death than the reaction to the death of Chewie. Bringing him back would cheapen the experiences of the other characters, put Taihiri in a tailspin and post-Jacen we have a new Jedi come back from the dead?
No thanks.
Now, if you wanted to reboot the EU to prior to the NJO… well then, Anakin and Mara would still both be alive and “Embrace the Pain” would not be a catchphrase in fandom.
It would be a great point to jump start things again. It’s working for Trek… :)
5 Andy // Aug 6, 2009 at 3:05 pm
As much as I hated to see Anakin go I think it was nesessary to move the story along to the Legacy series.I think his death was part of the reason Jacen Solo became Darth Caedus and because of that Legacy was a kickass book series
6 Clark // Aug 6, 2009 at 3:09 pm
If you’re gonna ressurect anyone, resurrect Vader. Star Wars with no Vader = teh suck.
7 Gabri Jade // Aug 6, 2009 at 4:36 pm
As far as I’m concerned, even the fact that they considered bringing Anakin back so far down the line and without any other reboots deserves a hearty *facepalm*, as does the whole flowwalking business from beginning to end.
8 Carla Lute // Aug 6, 2009 at 7:14 pm
I’m not against bringing Anakin back…but if done, it would need to be in a way not easily duplicated….otherwise can of worms like the man said.
But then the EU kind of died with Anakin for me. So he’s about the only thing that would lure me back.
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