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by: Tasty Taste

date posted: Aug 14, 2007 1:00 AM | updated: Aug 28, 2007 7:31 AM

Visual Discrepancies in the EU

As discussed in the Visual Discrepancies in the EU thread, here's a listing of some or the more notable visual discrepancies in the EU:

CHARACTERS
Airen Cracken - WEG RPG vs CCG/Visual Dictionary
Borsk Fey'lya (see Bothans below)
Corran Horn - I, Jedi cover vs goatee version vs Michael Stackpole CCG
Ghent - WEG RPG vs comic
Guri - red and green outfit vs blue and gold outfit
Judder Page - WEG RPG vs Rebellion vs CCG vs comic disguise
Keyan Farlander - Galaxy trading card vs Essential Guide
Maarek Steele - Galaxy trading card vs Gamer
Mara Jade (Arica) - comic version vs CCG version
Tionne - pupils or no pupils
Vanden Willard - Bob Hudsol mistaken identity

ALIENS AND CREATURES
Annoo-dat - blue (Droids cartoon) vs orange (Jango Fett comic) species
Bothans - WEG RPG version vs Specter of the Past cover
gundark - aquatic and "long-necked" subspecies
hawkbat - young vs mature
krayt dragon - greater krayt dragon subspecies
Kwi (Blue Desert People) - WEG RPG vs comic
nerf - Alderaanian mountain nerf subspecies
Noghri - WEG RPG version vs Heir to the Empire comic version vs WOTC RPG version
womp rat - mutant variation
ysalamiri - WEG RPG version vs salamander-like version

TECHNOLOGY
Basilisk war droid - droid mount Tales of the Jedi comic vs ship Kngihts of the Old Republic
dark trooper -sorting out the various stages and sizes
Rand Ecliptic - X-Wing comic vs Darklighter comic
spacetrooper - WEG RPG version vs Heir to the Empire comic version

LOCATIONS
Kessel - Early Adventures comics vs barren rock

CODE KEY
CCG = Deipher Collectible Card Game
RPG = Roleplaying Game
WEG = West End Games
WOTC = Wizards of the Coast

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	Halagad Only Sith Deal In Absolutes!
date Posted: Aug 21, 2007 7:14 PM Annoo-dat - Droids cartoon vs Jango Fett comic subspecies Rich Handley and I actually addressed this discrepancy in our Droids piece for Dungeon #111. The original Droids cartoon guys are the indigenous species and the Zam comic species are invading conquerers.

	vader_of_bast "I don't get it, no one stopped them last time!"
date Posted: Sep 06, 2007 3:34 AM Interesting list. I'm glad that the depictions of the Bothans now follow Specter of the Past's suit, rather than the kinda silly-looking WEG versions.

	TheSithEmpire
date Posted: Sep 15, 2007 11:24 AM Kessel - Early Adventures comics vs barren rock I'd love to read a story reconciling this, so long as it preserves the integrity of Russ Manning's concept.

IdejMcD
The Driveling Fanboy

date Posted: Nov 18, 2007 9:38 PM

Although you'ld be the deciding factor, I had always heard that the CCG depictions of Corran Horn and Talon Karrde were non-canon due to their nature. And although Timothy Zahn bares a striking resemblance to the industrious pirate, I would hate to think that Mirax married so far outside her age (not to mention what Booster's reaction would surely be)!

-The Backwards Jedi

Tasty Taste
Keeper of the Holocron's Blog

date Posted: Nov 19, 2007 9:18 AM

The "nature" of the images, having authors play characters they created, has never been a factor in deciding whether these images were canon or not. Zahn's Karrde certainly matches most of our other depictions, but it is Corran's depiction that has been a recurring continuity issue. The goatee version seen in the New Essential Guide is considered the official look for Corran during the New Republic and early New Jedi Order time frame.

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