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I think everyone is kind of missing the point in my article/thoughts here. "Canon" is now Disney content. That's what it stands for. That's all it stands for. The word "canon" implies that there is an author who maintains control of the stories, which does not exist with Disney, as in their case Star Wars is simply licensed to third parties as an IP to create new stories/films/video games. There is no central author, and therefore there is no "canon" anymore. Even with Lucas it was moot, but now it's truly gone. But instead what's rising into light is that we still have a Star Wars history, which is all the things we've grown to know and love about Star Wars as a community. So much of the Legends content is also a part of our history, as much as some of the better quality new, Disney content may be. Our Star Wars history is valuable to us, not solely Disney's content, which is what "canon" now stands for. When it comes to story conflicts, it is now up to us as a community to decide which story we will accept in the timeline we're using, and, unless we're all dead-set of having everything the Disney way, this will generally be the more loved, more respected Star Wars story we know.

I feel the use of this word as it pertains to Star Wars needs some clarification. As @@Ping rightly pointed out in our private discussion, according to the Oxford Dictionary "canon" is: Now, two things strike me here. First, "works of a particular author or artist that are recognized as genuine". Companies may own copyright, but they are not authors of a work. People are authors with author's rights. In the case of the original Star Wars trilogy, the title of an "author" seems to more or less legitimately fall to George Lucas, as far as the story of Star Wars is concerned. ANH - George Lucas ESB - Leigh Brackett, Lawrence Kasdan, George Lucas ROJ - Lawrence Kasdan, George Lucas In all three original trilogy movies, Lucas played a key role in shaping the story. Let me put that in contrast with the new, Disney films to draw a picture: TFA - Lawrence Kasdan, J.J. Abrams, Michael Arndt Ep8 - Rian Johnson? RO - Chris Weitz, John Knoll, Gary Whitta So it is clear that "canon" in this definition of the word does not apply here. Next, let's examine the second potential meaning of the word that can be relevant here: "list of works considered to be permanently established as being of the highest quality." Perhaps Disney meant "canon" as in the stories that are of the highest quality? If so, isn't it presumptuous to suppose that the company alone can decide what is highest quality, and not rely on the fans to decide what they like best to call something "Star Wars canon"? Or is it that they mean it in the general sense, as a "general law, rule, or principle" by which fans are meant to abide by? Whatever the case may be, I think it is safe to say that Star Wars "canon" to us, fans, could no longer possibly mean anything other than "approved by Disney". It is certainly not the meaning of the word that pertains to the author's vision, as there is no one author, not anymore. Perhaps it is best to refer to our official Star Wars history as just that, our official Star Wars history. And in that case, if you ask me, this wouldn't be the shallow spectrum that Disney has inconsiderately and/or inaccurately (perhaps somewhat arrogantly) proclaimed "canon", but the Star Wars stories we, as a communal fan-base have grown up with and grown to love and respect over the years. This is not to say that new stories cannot become a part of that history. In order to do so, they must impress us, inspire us, and stay with us for many-many years to come. If they are to overwrite old stories, they must do so to be better. Something doesn't just become official Star Wars history because the company that owns the franchise wills it and labels it so. Star Wars history is what we, as the majority of fans, together, recognise as official Star Wars history. Yes, that includes Knights of the Old Republic as well (even if KOTOR was never officially "canon"). Whatever Star Wars story has touched the hearts of most, and left an impression is true Star Wars history. This is the history that we rely on when we role-play, when we write fan-fiction, or even when we battle it out in a video game -- when we share our experiences and knowledge of Star Wars with each other. If the new movies are worth anything, they will stay with us, and join this history. If they are not, they will be forgotten as the flops they were. After feeling bitter about this for many months, I think I may have finally found my peace with Disney's Star Wars, and I hope these thoughts help ease the conflict within all of us, and, perhaps, among each other we all have in regards to different views and feelings about Lucas' handover to Disney, and new direction they've taken with the franchise whose stories and media we've grown to love. So keep in mind: "canon" is not the right word anymore, and it's really not worth to debate over. It means something else entirely now than what it used to while Lucas still had some vague control over Star Wars stories. "Canon" stands now for Disney produced stuff. What we actually value is our official Star Wars history, and that is something that emerges over the filter of time, as that which is quality stays with us. We, as a greater community, select that with the stories and content where our hearts lie. No single company decision can change or alter that. They may eventually win our hearts over, but they're gonna have to do a bloody good job storytelling. And if they do so, it will be well deserved. Until then, and forever, Star Wars history is all that we as a community, together, have grown to love and respect in the franchise.

I believe we've met. Welcome, Mr. Hockey Hair. As embarrassing as it is to admit, at first I thought your alias was Ros-down-er, as in Ros from Down Under. XD I don't know how I misread it like that... Forgive my 3 AM Australian brain. Any field of modding you're interested in in particular?

Bah! Getting my hopes up for nothing!

Transparency is a little tricky in JKA, but, as far as I remember, the right shader will turn the black in your alpha image to transparent. So you would need to add an alpha image for the texture image, and tie it in with a shader. But I think there are other ways of doing it as well (such as PNG with transparency). Editing TGAs is a nightmare, don't go there. Edit: I've just had a look. You want a PNG with transparency (I think 32-bit), and then the following shader to that image: models/players/yourmodel/PNGimagename { cull disable { map models/players/yourmodel/PNGimagename alphaFunc GE128 blendFunc GL_SRC_ALPHA GL_ONE_MINUS_SRC_ALPHA depthWrite rgbGen lightingDiffuse } } To change the texture on the model, simply point the right SKIN file part to your new PNG image.

Pray tell. What did it say? Who was she?

You should take it up with the (non-existent) Apple customer support. This is something specific to the release of the game you have, or that launcher and your version of Mac OS X. Alternatively, you could switch to OpenJK, an open source version of the game that we maintain here. On the side, my most hearty recommendation is that you switch away from using any Apple products in the future, unless you want to be pouring thousands of dollars into keeping up-to-date with their standards. This is just a wild guess, but I see the problem being here that you have an older version of Mac OS X installed on your "old" Mac (by Apple's standards), for which they have already dropped support. Game developers who release their games on the App Store are forced and encouraged by Apple to keep moving forward and forget about older systems. This is likely why the game crashes on your system.

Hahaha! That is tricky. XD Then I give you an alternative (albeit a smaller map).

Finishing JKA's story mode for the first time after a decade, though I have to say it was a really bad choice... >.<' (Worst cutscene ever.)

Except that in this case, Disney legally takes ownership of what you have created, while in the former case you were using copyrighted IP, but the new work itself was exclusively yours. I agree with @@Teancum that this is the only part of the new agreement that I actually like, and find fair. You can (legally) use our content to create new creative works, but whatever you create will go back to us, since it is content from/for our video game and IP -- that's what it says, basically. Which, for the most part, sounds fair. As for paying someone to create content, I believe @@Xycaleth is right. Disney cannot stop you from paying for other services, only from distributing the content made from/for their IP. What I really don't appreciate is the last clause printed here. 1984, here we come. Screw you, Disney (lawyers). What legal right do you have to monitor and log/track my communications and online activities? I'm a free person, and should be respectfully treated as so. I'm not a slave to a corporation just because I'm using your product, and yes, I do take offence. Not much if you own a pre-Disney copy of the game. If you do buy a new copy, and use it, you will be bound by this agreement, however.

It's safe as long as you name the new PK3 to be alphabetically before the assets0-3 PK3s. That way the JKA assets will overwrite any JKO assets if here is a conflict.

In all honesty, I wish this section had only legitimate Star Wars characters that have inspired a fandom, or touched people sincerely. While I understand the need for "not being so serious all the time", making a player model is serious business, consuming a lot of time, and I don't see the benefit of flooding this section with random requests -- especially if they are intended to be "just for fun". Not picking on @@KyleKatarn1995 here. This relates to everyone. I mean it as a "bad habit" we've gotten ourselves into. Anyway, that's just my two cents.

Belongs into Nonsense, methinks. I don't deny that the character, and that that sketch was funny, but I have a feeling many of you don't realise just how much work goes into making a player model. If you were to create it yourself, trust me, you wouldn't do it unless you had a real burning desire to. Light-hearted requests like this just serve to clutter the Mod Requests & Suggestions forum with nonsense. @@Circa @@eezstreet Perhaps we should have a Nonsense/Joke Mod Suggestions (sub-)forum -- or a "Personal Requests" one?

Ah, it's the concept art/reference for the female Jaden. They ended up using it as an in-game human face for various holo-ads and what-not. (Darn... I was hoping it was a hidden tribute to an EU story...) Inspector @@Ramikad has solved the case. Thank you, Inspector.

You think so? Seems a bit forward to insert such a random, and perhaps vain cameo in an otherwise straight-faced story game. Could it not be a Star Wars character? A reference to a stormtooper's, or mercenary's personal story from the EU? It is located on Vjun, in Darth Vader's castle, and it's the bunk of someone who has obviously served in the Imperial army, either as a demolitions expert, or a soldier. Jan came to mind to me at first, if that is meant to be Kyle's old bunk. But then again, he met her after he left the Imperials, didn't he? Was there no behind the scenes revelation that explained this mystery? It really does feel oddly unexpected when you come across it in the game. I couldn't believe my eyes. @@NumberWan and Star Wars detectives gather! This is a call to action! We have a legitimate, unsolved mystery. Edit: Also, it seems to me she's wearing a robe... Could she be a Jedi?

Wait, has this actually even been mentioned before?

Note that you don't have to use a BAT file. You can append the force-game-mode command to the end of the target path of your game's Windows shortcut as well (after the quotes). More seamless.

And including the immortal theme that most gets to me in the Clone Wars and prequel era: the common-like, unexpected fall of a great hero -- reminding us that no matter how powerful, how skilled and experienced we are, there will always be things that are beyond our control, catching us off-guard. The Seven Samurai deals with this as well... among many-many, astounding, other deep themes.

Hahaha! This is brilliant. There is a documentary, called "Everything is a Remix" that talks exactly about this -- how when we create something, we're essentially remixing things we've seen and experienced elsewhere, but as long as the art is presented in a new light, a new mix, with a personal touch to it, we generally don't consider the work a copy or imitation. I've briefly heard about Lucas and the Hidden Fortress before. Now I must watch that film. It looks like an outstanding movie -- but it doesn't have a space war, and hyperdrives, and stormtroopers, and a Millenium Falcon...

I take it this has probably been mentioned before. I've found an interesting hidden cameo in the SP game. Does anyone know who this person is?

As far as I know, whatever is in the OpenJK folder in GameData will be loaded first (or, rather, last) when you run an OpenJK binary, and you shouldn't need to use the forced game mode, unless something is overriding this behaviour -- which is what seems to be happening in your case.