Chat corner 156: Kanan
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dreamwarsWelcome to the Monday chat corner!
This week's topic is "Star Wars: Kanan", the 2015 comic series that shows the backstory of Kanan Jarrus, one of the protagonists of the Rebels TV series.
You probably know the drill by now. Have you read it? Did you like it? Would you recommend it?
Wookieepedia helpfully informs me that events in this comic now contradict with the animated series The Bad Batch, which is interesting, on a meta level if nothing else.
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Date: 2024-04-24 03:04 am (UTC)I rambled a bit about this on my journal a while back but I think I’m generally willing to forgive retcons or contradictions re: comics/novels/etc., since I’m not sure it’s either practical or creatively healthy to expect TV shows to work around something that most of the audience probably hasn’t read. Curious what everyone else thinks!
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Date: 2024-04-25 02:10 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2024-04-25 02:06 am (UTC)I'm one of the people that hissed at TBB for retconning it, for two reasons: it did a profound disservice to Kanan's character, and, (without spoiling too much) contains a really profound sacrifice on the part of clones fighting their control chips that I think added a whole new layer of emotion and tragedy to the whole idea of the chips in the first place. Also, Kanan is actually brown in the comics, unlike his TBB model...
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Date: 2024-04-26 08:01 pm (UTC)Thanks for the details! I've had Kanan on my comicbook reading list for a while, but you made me push it up a few positions higher.