b) There's no particular reason to think that the explosion released a significant amount of radiation.
c) On a sheer mass scale, the Death Star wasn't nearly big enough to cover Endor in ash even if it had blown inside the atmosphere. It massed maybe half what the first one did, if it was lucky. Besides which, the thing broke into small enough pieces that it would have all burned up on entry into the atmosphere.
On the contrary, Lucas said he never had a clear idea of what he wanted to do in episodes 7, 8, and 9. Furthermore, Lucas has deifinitively stated that he will never make those three movies. They were part of his original vision when he was a much younger man, but he now has no desire to do them. The reason he started making episodes 1, 2, and 3 was his lasting disappointment with his inability to bring his dream for 4, 5, and 6 onto the screen the way he wanted to. Hence, the Special Editions and then a new trilogy with all the cool aliens that he always wanted but couldn't create, because the technology wasn't there.
Also note that Lucas has said that he will never let anyone else make episodes 7, 8, and 9, either.
Lucas has presumably set up general guidelines for the direction he wants the SW universe to go, but the majority of the work Lucasfilm does with the authors is make sure they don't contradict each other. They do a pretty good job, too.
Personally I was very disappointed in the Brooks book. I liked the movie, but felt that the book didn't particularly add anything to it. There were a grand total of two lines that I thought were different enough to be worthwhile; otherwise it was a flat rewrite of the movie, with no life or merit of its own.
If you want Star Wars books worth reading, pick up anything by Timothy Zahn. And if you want non-SW books worth reading, read Zahn's Conqueror's Trilogy. A little hard to find, but worth it.
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b) There's no particular reason to think that the explosion released a significant amount of radiation.
c) On a sheer mass scale, the Death Star wasn't nearly big enough to cover Endor in ash even if it had blown inside the atmosphere. It massed maybe half what the first one did, if it was lucky. Besides which, the thing broke into small enough pieces that it would have all burned up on entry into the atmosphere.
KdL
Furthermore, Lucas has deifinitively stated that he will never make those three movies. They were part of his original vision when he was a much younger man, but he now has no desire to do them. The reason he started making episodes 1, 2, and 3 was his lasting disappointment with his inability to bring his dream for 4, 5, and 6 onto the screen the way he wanted to. Hence, the Special Editions and then a new trilogy with all the cool aliens that he always wanted but couldn't create, because the technology wasn't there.
Also note that Lucas has said that he will never let anyone else make episodes 7, 8, and 9, either.
Lucas has presumably set up general guidelines for the direction he wants the SW universe to go, but the majority of the work Lucasfilm does with the authors is make sure they don't contradict each other. They do a pretty good job, too.
KdL
I liked the movie, but felt that the book didn't particularly add anything to it.
There were a grand total of two lines that I thought were different enough to be worthwhile;
otherwise it was a flat rewrite of the movie, with no life or merit of its own.
If you want Star Wars books worth reading, pick up anything by Timothy Zahn. And if you want
non-SW books worth reading, read Zahn's Conqueror's Trilogy.
A little hard to find, but worth it.
KdL
"Hands-Free Headset
Lets you make or take phone calls and still have both
hands free to jot down memos on your pdQ Memo Pad, or
check a meeting time in your pdQ Date Book."
Link wasn't broken for me.
KdL