Fangirling of Mister Allston
Every now and then I'm reminded of just how much I love Aaron. Last night, Ana called me and told me to get the new issue of SW Insider. Wouldn't you know it but I got one delivered today! (thought my membership was up).
Anyways, on page 36 there is an article about the 20 Most Memerable scenes in the EU. Well, wouldn't you know it but one of the scenes was the Death of Ton Phanan
Without the flash of visuals and music that fans of the Star Wars films are used to, it's not too often that the death of a nonmovie character can profoundly move us. However, author Aaron Allston does precisely that in one of his X-Wing novels.
Allston, well known for his ability to make readers laugh themselves silly, introduced Star Wars fans to a collection of misfits and troublemakers specializing in infiltration and demolitions in X-Wing: Wraith Squadron. For fans, the Wraith X-Wing novels provided one of the more engaging and outright humorous elements of the Expanded Universe with the introduction of two prosthetic-heavy pilots, Ton Phanan and scar-faced Garik "Face" Loran. However, in X-Wing: Solo Command, Ton and Face find themselves grounded on the planet Halmad with Ton severely injured. Face does everything he can to save the life of his friend but doesn't succeed, bringing an end to one of the greatest friendships in the Expanded Universe. Yet, in death, Ton would give Face a true gift among friends, the guidance and the means to heal Face's psychological wounds and rejuvenate his spirit.
-=takes a moment to hug Face!muse and send hugs in Aaron's general direction of Texas=-
Now, is it sad that just reading the article once and I find the major mistakes in the article? Can anyone see them? I'd cut it, but to read the article you had to open the cut tag anyway.
The scene, my friends, happened in Iron Fist, not Solo Command. -=smirks=-
And I'm seriously wondering where Face's prosthetics are... since the guy said two... not one, but two. -=smirks=- Oh Face, do you have a roboclaw?
Anyways, on page 36 there is an article about the 20 Most Memerable scenes in the EU. Well, wouldn't you know it but one of the scenes was the Death of Ton Phanan
Without the flash of visuals and music that fans of the Star Wars films are used to, it's not too often that the death of a nonmovie character can profoundly move us. However, author Aaron Allston does precisely that in one of his X-Wing novels.
Allston, well known for his ability to make readers laugh themselves silly, introduced Star Wars fans to a collection of misfits and troublemakers specializing in infiltration and demolitions in X-Wing: Wraith Squadron. For fans, the Wraith X-Wing novels provided one of the more engaging and outright humorous elements of the Expanded Universe with the introduction of two prosthetic-heavy pilots, Ton Phanan and scar-faced Garik "Face" Loran. However, in X-Wing: Solo Command, Ton and Face find themselves grounded on the planet Halmad with Ton severely injured. Face does everything he can to save the life of his friend but doesn't succeed, bringing an end to one of the greatest friendships in the Expanded Universe. Yet, in death, Ton would give Face a true gift among friends, the guidance and the means to heal Face's psychological wounds and rejuvenate his spirit.
-=takes a moment to hug Face!muse and send hugs in Aaron's general direction of Texas=-
Now, is it sad that just reading the article once and I find the major mistakes in the article? Can anyone see them? I'd cut it, but to read the article you had to open the cut tag anyway.
The scene, my friends, happened in Iron Fist, not Solo Command. -=smirks=-
And I'm seriously wondering where Face's prosthetics are... since the guy said two... not one, but two. -=smirks=- Oh Face, do you have a roboclaw?