Karen Traviss quits Star Wars

Karen Traviss is a nice lady, but I'm not surprised. The books always have and always will take a back seat to anything seen on the big screen or television...and that's the way it should be. That's no offense to those who write or read the books, they must understand though that the books must take a back seat.
 
not. happy.

if george lucas is the father of star wars, kar'buir is without question the mother of mandalorians whether you o=love or hate her work.

no matter where "canon" takes us, i will follow. but her words will be my guidance always.

sorry to see you go kar'buir but in the hearts and minds of all mando'ade you will be long remembered and always loved for making us a people, uniting the clans and giving us a home.

A'den
 
Karen Traviss is a nice lady, but I'm not surprised. The books always have and always will take a back seat to anything seen on the big screen or television...and that's the way it should be. That's no offense to those who write or read the books, they must understand though that the books must take a back seat.

Problem is that TCW is now writing over what we've known about Mandalore since 1983 when Mandalore and Keldabe as it's capitol was first written about in comics. Thats 26 years worth of people's work that is possibly getting retconned. George makes $$ off that part of the franchise to, and thats something we shouldn't just forget. While it may have to take a back seat...it's still not cool, not cool at all. This is only the first casualty of TCW, but I doubt it will be the last.

There are enough Mando and KT fans out there to keep the fires lit for quite some time. :D

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Fixed my earlier post as I misspoke some lines that were taken out of context in an email between her and I where I took something as it was not stated. My apologies for posting the wrong information, I am not Karen's mouthpiece nor have I tried/should think that I am one.
 
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What!!! I'm afraid I can't really say what I want... I'd have to severely edit or ban myself. :(

While I really enjoy the Clone Wars on TV and hope that the Live Action show will be good... I will always think of her universe as the real "canon." Without her, there would be no Skirata, Vau, Ordo, Mereel or the other Nulls... Darman or the Omega Squad... *sighs*
 
wow....The republic commando books were the ONLY reason i kept reading the star wars books. Sorry but how many times can luke ,Leia and poor Chewie save the galaxy. Once character is totally fleshed out it only has so much mileage left. Even when it comes to Anakin the mileage is getting thin.
Karen made the mandos beleivable....not just anti jedi bad guys..... but beleivable characters with depth. Mercs with heart
Oh well on the positive note.
I will SavE A TON OF MONEY AT The BOOKSTORE NOW WOOHOO!!!!!!
 
Well, at least she won't be turning the Mandalorians into the Star Wars version of klingons anymore. Nice lady I'm sure, but I'm so sick of all these people who live by the 'mandalorian lifestyle' like the "klingon people" do.
 
Late to the party, ain't'cha? There've been wonks trying to get Jedi made into an official religion in the US and UK for years. :p

I'm over my initial upset about this. I've known for a few months but kept it to myself since Karen hadn't made any announcements yet. I'll keep working on designing the Bes'uliik, but with considerably less input from her here on out. :(

There were problems with the Marvel interpretation, problems with Karen's, and I never liked the official stuff coming out around Episode II. Dark Horse has done good things with Jango, Boba, and the old-time Mandos from the Sith War on up to KOTOR. My "personal canon" takes all of that into account and does a good job of massaging it all together. I can only wonder how badly the new material from TCW is going to kick it in the crotch. *grump*

--Jonah
 
Well, at least she won't be turning the Mandalorians into the Star Wars version of klingons anymore. Nice lady I'm sure, but I'm so sick of all these people who live by the 'mandalorian lifestyle' like the "klingon people" do.


No different than those guys over in the UK who made Jedi an actual religion right?

Don't forget those same fans spend their money on Star Wars the same way you do, which in turn helps Star Wars continue to thrive.

On another note, Karen was very big with the military/ex-military group of Star Wars fans due to her gritty writing style and her own military experience. Hopefully they can find someone who has that same style for any future work containing Mandalorians.
 
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Life will not be quite the same

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I never really liked Karen Traviss (I've met her in person and spoke with her several times on-line) and didn't care for the direction she was pushing SW as a whole. I'm kind of glad to see her go. (y)

There, I said it, now everybody can start hating me :lol:
 
I have never read any of Traviss' books but she certainly seems to be a polarizinng individual. It seems that on one hand, there is an entire cult following that hangs on her every word as if it were gospel while everyone else seems to be slightly annoyed, not so much with her, but the people who adore her. Love her or hate her she certainly seems to have left a lasting mark on our little part of the Star Wars Galaxy.
 
I never really liked Karen Traviss (I've met her in person and spoke with her several times on-line) and didn't care for the direction she was pushing SW as a whole. I'm kind of glad to see her go. (y)
There, I said it, now everybody can start hating me :lol:

I have to agree... :facepalm
 
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