Anno Guilded Cyberia
This was a really cool concept of John’s that I almost wish we’d had room to turn into a story. Maybe if we’d followed through on the sixty-chapter plan, our heroes would’ve been fugitives long enough, and WAV would’ve stayed WAV long enough, that they could take “refuge” in WAV’s homeworld for a bit. That’d be kind of a desperate move, though, considering the population of Corruptor Beasts, Berserker Demons, and likely other horrors. There’s a reason Hurricane Studios didn’t name the game Escape to Cyberia.
Interesting that E-Merl is weaponless here, since these solid-light constructs are closer to magic than they are to anything else in Arkerra. Maybe he just has the powered rings and jewels that we’re not in a great position to see.
This went up onto the site at the same time that Flo and I, along with Flo’s then-girlfriend, were arriving at the Waltrips’ house to sign and pack up as many of our “Friggstarter” orders as possible. That was a good time (a super busy time, but a good time)… one that I’ve already mentioned on this site, but somewhat obliquely.
Oh man, so many names in that lightsaber ist that I can’t even decide whether they’re canon or parody. “Lowbacca”, having great strength and using a brown lightsaber? Come on, Star Wars! I thought you’d kind of got your stuff together again after the prequels?
I know the first three movies almost by heart, but after the prequels I just can’t muster much enthusiasm for it. Movie number 7 was kind of alright I guess, but I can’t even remember its name, and at this stage it’s been milked so much, and I’m so far behind I’m not really sure it’s even worth it. I used to read some of the Star Wars novels but they got boring quickly. I imagine the movies to be not too much different. Same story universe but the magic of the original is lost to time.
I’m pretty sure the diagram here was published before The Force Awakens, as it mentions no characters from the newer movies, and some characters it does mention (like Lowbacca, Chewbacca’s nephew) come from the novels Disney decanonized to make those new movies.
Mostly, I’m just happy to have it confirmed that anybody cares about the images I pick out for these annos. (I’ll be giving those a break for the next couple days, but they’ll be back.)
Kylo Ren is mentioned in the diagram, but not Rey.
Oh, hey, you’re right, he IS there. So this was probably around 2015 or so.
Ha, so I only recognized Kylo Ren’s name and concluded that all other new names must be from the newer movies. Goes to show how much has happened between me giddily watching Episode I on opening night and the first sequel …
The diagram is credited to Wookieepedia, though seems to have been created by Vox? I seem to recall a yellow-colored lightsaber from Episode 2 but they have it listed under the “expanded universe” entry.
That said, it’s canon that red (Sith-only, it seems) lightsabers are powered by synthetic crystals? That’s… ludicrous. It makes sense from the view that they’re after power and by using synthetics they could more easily achieve ideal lightsaber results. But no one (canonically) has been shown to have a sabre that’s just “not up to it”, there’s not ENOUGH Sith that synthetic crystals would be needed or potentially wanted, and they never utilize lightsabers or lightsaber-adjacent technology for anything but the 2 concurrently living of them that are movie canon.
I admit I’m the sort of person that enjoyed Star Wars but it feels disingenuous to call me a “fan” any more; I watched the heck out of the original trilogy and saw the prequels. I’ve picked up bits and bobs here and there of knowledge but haven’t bothered wanting to keep up with what was done with the IP outside of that.
Also, I seem to have some trouble with the colors in that image! I see a yellow and a yellow, a white and a white, and Lowbacca’s is supposed to be brown? It makes sense hearing it but I saw… an off-orange color for that, with an earlier orange? Really doesn’t help that the image maker didn’t clarify their colors.
They used synthetic crystals because the major (if not the only) Kyber crystals reservoirs were under Jedi control.
The new canon changed it to red crystals being normal crystals taken from a Jedi light saber and then subdued by the Sith’s will (yes, crystals have a “will” of their own, a bit like the Potterverse wands :P ) and then white crystals are red crystals that are purified of the Sith’s corruption
Since they’re all looking at their new weapons, that means E-Merl’s weapon is his hat!
I had the same thought, seriously. Like it’s a futurized “wizard’s hat” that lets him access his abilities.
The glow rises from the top to form a cylinderic top of a hat. A top hat if you would. :D
The only thing about the picture that seems a little off is that Frigg has no glowy hammer, when everyone else has glowy weapons. She looks a bit sad about it. It’s even smaller than Byron’s axes. I suppose it’ll be real big and real glowy once she starts putting it to work, though :)
Hey, look, Bandit and Best together!
wait what the hell did my fingers just do
good thing no one reads these on previous days’ strips
They do when they’re already a day behind on reading Guilded Age.