The Weirdest Star Wars Book Is Sort of Amazing

[@austinmcconnell]

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[@ThePropeople]

AustinMcConnell The BIGGEST problem of the whole book is so incredibly obvious that I’m genuinely surprised I saw no one in the comments mention it. Darth Vader and his glove were burned in ROTJ. Isn’t that too important to look over?

[@calw.9373]

I could’ve sworn you had a video called “the greatest filmmakers of all time” maybe you didn’t, I don’t know but I can’t find it anymore.

[@LordLegionare]

@@ThePropeople The glove in question is probably the one that covered the cybernetic hand that got cut off by Luke prior to Vader's moment of redemption

[@towersj6132]

Is it canon?, I'm guessing not

[@YesYes-io8gd]

Austin I saw you comment on David Lynch daily number video I think you should make a video on the type film of lynchian and effect it had on the commercial industry of film.

[@thechannelofultimatedestiny]

I relate to Trioculus because I have two eyes and my name is Bioculus.

[@whocantexplain]

When I was born my mother clawed out my left eye and named me monoculus

[@elijahsawyer2104]

I relate to Trioculus because I, similarly, am a two-eyed man masquerading as a DIFFERENT two-eyed man named Biclops.

[@gunnaryoung]

This is a serious issue, my brother, Hexadeccoculus, used to get bullied all the time back in middle school.

[@npc6817]

dark greetings brother, dark greetings

[@ieyemyeyes]

You actually made me laugh out loud, thank you.

[@SeenAGreatLight]

"I bid you all Dark Greetings"? Does he always talk to people like that? "Oh, evil hi there!"

[@brendancskinner]

Haha yeah, my thoughts exactly.

[@TheSupaCoopaGaming]

Like the Demons from the Bad Place

[@heartache5742]

this is my shtick for halloween

[@EvanOfTheDarkness]

"Hello there!"

[@48917032]

"Malicious morning to you, sir"

[@tabithakathlene4438]

My dad made his own audiobook of The Glove of Darth Vader for my brothers and I to listen to when we were little. He did all the voices and everything I barely recognized him. Needless to say, I was pleasantly surprised to see this in my subscription feed.

[@austinmcconnell]

That is so cool! Sound like your dad loves you two very much. :)

[@tabithakathlene4438]

@@austinmcconnell yep! Great video! Your content is always so varied, it's always fun to see what you'll do next.

[@Jmax816]

@@tabithakathlene4438 Please post it!

[@beyondthecamera333]

AustinMcConnell Bro this response is the most wholesome thing I have ever seen :)

[@bestbi3587]

That is so wholesome! Do you still have it?

[@AkashWShah]

Are we all just going to ignore the amount of "Dark Greetings" in this book

[@austinmcconnell]

I’m told it’s the standard greeting for villains.

[@EvanOfTheDarkness]

Well, in those books the Empire went from a military organization to some dark cult, where everyone worships the "dark side" (of presumably the Force). They even had dark side priests and a dark wedding ceremony. It. Was. Weird.

[@Nergalsama01]

Dark Greetings, Sir! What's your boggle? :)

[@jordanstuff6973]

@@EvanOfTheDarkness dark greetings dark smart one for telling me that dark interesting dark information

[@DarkAdonisVyers]

@@EvanOfTheDarkness Villains of children's series often did Addams Family level "dark things" just to show that they were villains. Not sure about the Japanese version, but in terms of the American version of Power Rangers, during the villains' meeting between the villains of several Power Rangers series, the dining spread was essentially Temple of Doom stuff.

[@boobootittleman7299]

“...And on his right hand he does wear the glove of Darth Vader!” So, just a normal glove?

[@imveryangryitsnotbutter]

I love the Vader Glove. It's so bad.

[@robertslipek7311]

excuse me sir its a special mandalorian crushgaunt glove

[@FloofPuppy]

*Insert Thanos quote here*

[@fallonfireblade4404]

Reminds me of when Henry Stickmin was using Nintendo's power glove lol

[@kirkkerman]

As I recall according to these books the glove was literally indestructible

[@Alyeh]

"However it was Trioculus' third eye... that made him look rather unusual." Ah, thanks for clarifying.

[@user-wm1em1rg4p]

Not just any greetings, mind you. *DARK* Greetings.

[@wave1090]

Now I wish Obi Wan had said "Light Greetings" instead of "Hello there"

[@LARKXHIN]

“ Opacity 75% Greetings “

[@austinmcconnell]

How else would we know that they’re the baddies?

[@sophiaisbased9621]

Edgy Morning, everyone.

[@wtfman-k3g]

@@sophiaisbased9621 smooth evening

[@AlbionLegend]

The plot really picks up in the sequel when Han teaches Leia the space pirate boogie. That's an actual thing he does. Someone wrote that.

[@troubledwaters7441]

Part of me loves that, actually

[@ChangedMyNameFinally69]

@@troubledwaters7441 It's corny and in tune with the Flash Gordon style of Star Wars that's for sure

[@XanderPGK]

So that dance part in Star Wars Kinect was cannon after all XD

[@dstinnettmusic]

I hope the Jason Derulo song plays while he dances…

[@joshualisciarelli6960]

🎶 I'm feelin' like a star, you can't stop my shine I'm lovin' Cloud City, my head's in the sky _I'm Solo, I’m Han Solo_ _I'm Han Solo, I'm Han Solo, Solo_ 🎶

[@whocantexplain]

13:06 “Trioculus is overjoyed” Trioculus - >•:[

[@Daisysqueaks]

That is an accurate representation. I like it. Plus I laughed way too hard.

[@Nugcon]

bruh

[@FindAWayGymnastics]

•}:[

[@Sirenhound]

*Darkly* overjoyed

[@sanwich626]

15:31 "Trioculus is upset"

[@DarthLego46]

“Valley of the...” Jedi?! I love the Jedi Knight/Dark Forces series, and that is a pretty iconic location from them . It invokes a mystic- “...Giant Oysters.” Oh. Okay.

[@SeenAGreatLight]

That was a wonderful series, and I wish it would get more attention these days!

[@gcastro5489]

This book is nothing, have you read about this one book about an interdimensional golden blob that cures sicknesses?

[@austinmcconnell]

Rings a bell.

[@gcastro5489]

hehehe, EXACTLY

[@GaviLazan]

What book is this?

[@26th_Primarch]

@@GaviLazan The Crystal Star

[@GaviLazan]

@@26th_Primarch oh. I should have realized that the reference above WAS the book. 🤦🏻‍♂️

[@billvolk4236]

The Empire didn't know that Palpatine could shoot lightning from his hands. Most citizens of the Empire didn't even believe that the Force was real. This plot only makes sense if it's targeted toward Star Wars fans who have seen the Star Wars movies.

[@lastlife0726]

Fans who have seen Star Wars movies but weren't paying much attention.

[@horridjakers7841]

I agree but at the same time. If some random guy stepped out and started killing people who disagreed with space magic id probably go along with whatever he said

[@cantthinkofaname5046]

@@horridjakers7841 good point

[@danielvalles9554]

@@horridjakers7841 Good point

[@dstinnettmusic]

@@horridjakers7841 good point

[@SirAsdf]

Man, Rey's Dad got into some wacky hijinks back in his day

[@chronospammer2073]

LOL Imagine this being the one Legends story they made canon

[@TubeHeader]

Yeah, he went crazy and got replaced by a Southerner

[@EvanOfTheDarkness]

Make you wonder though. Where *_is_* Rey's third eye located? We know it's not on her neck...

[@kirkkerman]

@@EvanOfTheDarkness it's under her third bun

[@chronospammer2073]

@@EvanOfTheDarkness It's in her mouth, that's why she always has it open. So her third eye can see.

[@FretAndForget]

"dont judge a book by it's cover, because the cover is the best part"

[@danielduggan5405]

Lol true. Drew Struzan has some very good Star Wars artwork

[@CasualSunGod42]

Plot twist: Trioculus is nearsighted. He can't wear glasses because of his THIRD EYE and is always hopelessly confuzzled by space politics.

[@gregdabrat]

Yeeeeeeeeueeeeeeeeet

[@CasualSunGod42]

@@gregdabrat I'll admit that initially, I wanted to disagree with this, but you raise an interesting point. Well said. I especially appreciate the symbolic quasi-symmetry of the seventeen "e"s.

[@gregdabrat]

@@CasualSunGod42 Yes, my reply is a work of the gods.

[@CasualSunGod42]

@@gregdabrat Is that a request to join the Carbonic Pantheon? Criteria include 1) having a periodic element name like Carbon or Helium and 2) not being actively uncool.

[@gregdabrat]

@@CasualSunGod42Yes.

[@ajzeg01]

The Emperor coming back as a clone, the Emperor having a son, debris from the Death Star II, why did The Rise of Skywalker bring back the weirdest EU stuff? Also, Rebels has space whales.

[@HonestHappyHater]

Actually in the EU Sidious never had a biological son. There were clones that claimed to be sons and one other dude that claimed to be his son, but Palpatine smashing is Canon original idea xD

[@ajzeg01]

Honest Happy Hater His son in canon is a clone too.

[@geoffreyrichards6079]

To be fair, the space whales in “Rebels” are a bit more appropriately alien in nature compared to the whaladons - who are no different from ordinary whales. Then again, the presence of creatures native to Earth has always been a weird phenomenon in the “Star Wars” galaxy. Everything from horses and chickens to pine trees and even humans are shown to live there.

[@SonofSethoitae]

@@HonestHappyHater Actually, Imperial Concubines were a thing in the EU

[@HonestHappyHater]

@@SonofSethoitae But Palpatine banging wasn't. No, seriously, look it up. Position of "Imperial Concubine" was official, but in reality this was just for show/to keep some Emperor's Hands close. Sly Moore never banged Sidious, she used the Force and Palpatine's DNA to impregnate herself. While Roganda Ismaren was banging Sarcev Quest despite being a concubine. It doesn't exactly count as "concubine", but it is worth mentioning that on official meetings Mara Jade posed as Palpatine's dancer, not to dance seductively, but to guard Sidious without raising suspicion

[@Dalekscientist]

Rey's father looks different than I remember.

[@captain-chair]

"Rey your father was the crazy TRICLOPS, he has THREE EYES!" - Palpatine

[@darthmaltodextrin1899]

Yep, and Rey's brother is Ken the Jedi prince.

[@jacobberg373]

@@captain-chair I never got why he had three eyes, I mean Palpatine looked human enough if looking like a burnt raisin. Probably because it would sound more interesting for the children reading it.

[@warlordofbritannia]

@@darthmaltodextrin1899 Oh yes, how could anyone forget the great Jedi princeling....Ken! Almost as an odd a creative decision as sentencing a Grand Moff to death via starvation...except, as soon as he’s about to stave to death, to feed him poisonous parasites in some moldy bread. Oh, and imagine the Grand Moff is told all this when sentenced, because, as the executor also tells him, the Moff will he so maddened with starvation at that point he wouldn’t care about willingly consuming parasites, thus prolonging his pain and suffering. Kids’ books, eh?

[@DarkAdonisVyers]

@@jacobberg373 So Triclops is just a mutant human, rather than an alien with nonhuman features.

[@jedmarshall217]

While this is weird, I don’t think it’s as weird as the story where Luke and Leia find a genetically modified, test tube-grown little kid that grows up very quickly, eats rebel soldiers, and turns into a monster. It was whack.

[@nick012000]

Also, the little kid was the result of the monsters of all the previous books in that series being combined together into one super-monster.

[@ulrichvonliechtenstein6138]

Ah Galaxy of Fear. That series was soooo good.

[@jcharlescarroll]

@@ulrichvonliechtenstein6138 I forget all about those! I thought That brain monster was just a very well-realized nightmare.

[@zeroattentiongaming820]

Crystal Star was also up there. Waruu was a big pile of armored goo from another universe who used the "anti Force" of his universe to either empower or drain Force energy from individuals. Had a cult, his presence had Luke acting super out of character like threatening to kill Han because he thinks he's trying to cheat on Leia. Speaking of whom, is trying to rescue her kids after they were kidnapped using the Force to somehow steal 2 hours of time and all the memories of it from everyone.

[@chanhjohnnguyen1867]

Oh Star Wars’ Expanded universe. So inconsistent in quality

[@EricHeidenAuthor]

It'd be preferable if they were all great, but it's at least better than if they were all bad.

[@B0tAcH1]

is this even EU? I may not have read all of them but never have any of the events in this book even mentioned in any of the other books.

[@VKT_RadioStar]

B0tAcH1 Yes, this is canon to the EU. But most books try to ignore that it exists for obvious reasons.

[@roach9397]

@@B0tAcH1 Prior to the Disney takeover pretty much every Star Wars story was canon, which didn't really work because a lot of them weren't great quality and there were numerous contradictions within the universe. Though then again massive contradictions can be found within the films themselves.

[@Jaddaprog]

B0tAcH1 Is it canon to the greater EU? I thought all of the old YA novels were off in their own little world.

[@_DrSimon_]

"it's for kids" shouldn't be a crutch, as it offends many many many great written books that were meant for kids.

[@geoffreyrichards6079]

There are great kids books out there, but a number of them aren’t designed for beginners to read easily. This particular book was aiming towards that audience.

[@GODDAMNLETMEJOIN]

The movies were for kids too, but that didn't hold them back.

[@lavaknight3682]

Brandon Jacobson actually not quite, the whole bloody arm scene was specifically so it wouldn’t be rated G

[@the-aspiring-creator4249]

@@lavaknight3682 Preventing a rating doesn't necessarily mean it's not made for kids still. It just means that most likely Lucas was trying to avoid it being seen in the same light as things like the animated Disney movies and so on.

[@dstinnettmusic]

@@the-aspiring-creator4249 nice deflection, but I don’t think Star Wars was originally made for kids. It was made for 40 year olds who remembered World War II and early sci-fi like Flash Gordon. It was accessible for kids, but it wasn’t for them. To me, that is where Star Wars went wrong. By the time of production of Return of the Jedi, Lucas realized the series was more popular with young kids than anyone else, so he leaned into that. That’s when the aliens get that nice plastic look. Then by the time of the prequels, Lucas didn’t know any little kids anymore, and he was such nerd royalty that nobody would challenge him on his assumptions on what little kids actually like. Thus we got a movie following an annoying little kid and an unfunny slap stick alien and then edginess because Lucas was mad nobody likes his movies anymore. Disney has no idea who Star Wars is for, and they don’t care as long as the franchise makes money. They seem to have settled in “Star Wars is for people who like Star Wars, and they will watch pretty much anything with that title” There have been exactly 2 legitimately good Star Wars movies. New Hope and Empire. Everything after that is passable at best. Enjoyable at times, but nothing special I would make time to see if it didn’t have the name Star Wars (this in particular is how I feel about Disney Era Star Wars)

[@ThePropeople]

The BIGGEST problem of the whole book is so incredibly obvious that I’m genuinely surprised I saw no one in the comments mention it. Darth Vader and his glove were burned in ROTJ. Isn’t that too important to look over?

[@AkatsukiBoss13]

Actually it's Vader's right hand glove, the one Luke cut off. It's also for some reason indestructible. ...Yeah, for some reason, Darth Vader had an indestructible right hand glove.

[@EvanOfTheDarkness]

According to the books both of the gloves are made from some indestructible material. This is even a plot point in a later book, where Triocolus wears a fake glove, since the "real" glove give him some kind of force sickness. And no, Luke cut off Vader's right hand in the fight, so that's why the glove was on the death star no. 2, and not on Yavin IV.

[@GabyGeorge1996]

Evan Dark yes but how would anyone who didn’t witness the duel know about that

[@The5lacker]

@@GabyGeorge1996 Simple: Bad writers are bad at writing.

[@DrFranklynAnderson]

Gaby George I think as far as anyone knows, Vader died on the Death Star. It’s just happenstance that his right hand was the only part left behind when Luke took the rest of his armor to the forest moon of Endor.

[@annazila2751]

“Find me the glove of darth vader!” “But sir he went through thousands of gloves-“

[@comixproviderftw_02]

Trioculus, sounds and looks like a friggin Star Trek character.

[@TRICROTIC1]

That's a problem with a lot of "legends" stories, the writers seem to keep forgetting which space opera series they're writing for.

[@squabbbb]

He'd be the bad guy still, he attacked whales. Whales are sacred creatures in Trek Lore

[@rockincradilyyyy8489]

My parents guessed that it was a marvel character

[@70sman]

@@rockincradilyyyy8489 the face of a Star Trek character, the name of a supervillain, and the sheer evil of a Saturday morning cartoon character.

[@kimrasmussen7188]

more like a super villain from marvel/DC universe.

[@johnlocke108th]

I assume the author of this book watched Star Trek IV and a bunch of He-Man episodes immediately before he began writing this.

[@E_T_31]

Why does Grand Moff Hissa look like a bad caricature of Lenin?

[@stefan6347]

He probably is

[@vsetenjoyer]

To be honest the empire seems very dictatorship.

[@erikwolff2942]

Probably bc of the same reason moff tarkin looks like Joseph Goebbels

[@gunjfur8633]

@@vsetenjoyer Id say the empire is more Fascist than Communist

[@EdgySniper497]

@@gunjfur8633 As someone who knows little about the SW universe from outside basic, universal knowledge, it seems the Empjre is a highly militarized state with an economy based at least somewhat on private, or publicly-controlled private, business, which likely means it's a Fascist Empire, rather than a Communist one. Of course, it's near impossible to call for certain, as, at least to my knowledge, the whole franchise focuses more on the battles of a civil war through the eyes of "Empire bad, Rebels good." and so we don't actually have a lot of information of how the Empire's government or economy works outside of "Totalitarian Regime" just as we don't know any more about the Republic than just... well... "Republic" Edit: Another piece of speculation is in the name they use, the "Empire" If we take a look at how Fascists and Communists, we see a pattern in both of them. If we look at the 3 major Fascist nations that once existed, we see Germany, who's Fascists wanted a reformed German EMPIRE, and even began calling themselves the "Third Empire" years before beginning they're occupations. In Italy, the Fascists wanted a reformed Roman EMPIRE. And in Japan, Fascists wanted the expansion of the Japanese EMPIRE. Fascist nations like to consider themselves empires, likely because they think it makes them sound more powerful. Communists, on the other hand, seem to often take a different approach. In Communism you had/have names like the UNION of SSRs, the DEMOCRATIC PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC of Korea, and the PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC of China. It seems Communists like to base they're names on things that make them seem more like a result of what the population wants. Once again, it's not 100% confirmation the Empire is Fascist, but simply another piece of trivia that encourages me, for one, to lean closer to it being Fascist than Communist

[@shytendeakatamanoir9740]

Leviathor is actually Gyarados' French Name.

[@josephivenegas]

Me: sees Trioculous, Supreme Slavelord of Kessel. "Ah yes, the _real_ reason Lord and Miller were fired from SOLO."

[@panqueque445]

"I bid you all dark greetings" Oh god the cringe.

[@npc6817]

welcome to dark mcdonalds, how can I help you?

[@ianbyrne465]

@@npc6817 yeah, can I get a dark Big Mac, and um... Maybe an evil large fries?

[@aspenlovelock8115]

Ian Byrne would you like it as a dark Mcmeal with dark cola?

[@heartache5742]

@@npc6817 i love

[@jan_sipiki]

@Eric Lee good game

[@ThatFanBoyGuy]

I remember reading that story when I was in 4th grade! as a matter of fact, I read all 6 books!! . . *SPOILERS* . . 1) Palpetine's son Triclops's third eye is in the back of his head. 2) Palpetine's son Triclops is actually nice and helps out the good guys 3) The glove of Darth Vader eventually starts "poisoning" Trioculus's hand so it grows sores and boils

[@mariic2]

*MORE SPOILERS* . . . . . . . 4) The titular Jedi Prince is actually Palpetine's grandson.

[@zeroattentiongaming820]

​@@mariic2A plot point that would be totally ignored until Disney decided to do the same thing in TROS. Of all the things to be made canon again, who expected the Jedi Prince twist to be pulled out of a hat?

[@EayuProuxm]

27:10 - 27:15 So you're telling me that Captain Dunwell is the only character that's... done well? I'll see myself out now.

[@plasmaoctopus1728]

glad to see the on-the-nose names comes across every character.

[@jaxgarrison2626]

@@plasmaoctopus1728 wouldn’t you think trioculus would also be a little on the nose or would that be on the forehead

[@catercoz2491]

@@jaxgarrison2626 is there enough room left on the forehead? May have to go to the chin. ⌗3eyedproblems

[@patches2877]

I love how the villain is surprised to learn the glove doesn't strangle people Reminds me of when you're a kid and you see a commercial for a toy, but when you buy it, it doesn't do any of the stuff shown on the commercial... Just like the time I bought "night vision goggles" as a kid and they turned out to be huge glasses with flashlights on the side.

[@thewebspinner]

"Man this story is absolutely wild." - me before realising I was only halfway through.

[@russellharrell2747]

Wait to they reveal how crazy Triclops is in the later books.

[@LateNightHalo]

This is so awful 😂 The names are so on-the-nose

[@existentialselkath1264]

Didn't expect to see you here A surprise to be sure, but a welcome one

[@jameskilgour387]

Say what you want, Triclops had better development than Rey and you can't change my mind.

[@geoffreyrichards6079]

It seems consistent to me. I mean... Darth Sideous? You can’t get any more obvious than that.

[@noahpettibon]

Hey there, LNG 🙃 dang

[@macdeus2601]

@@geoffreyrichards6079 Long tradition of Star Wars characters being named directly after their single most plot-relevant personality trait, honestly. (Greedy bounty hunter named Greedo. Loner named Solo. Aspiring space pilot named Skywalker. Insidious villain named Darth Sidious. Stubborn admiral named Admiral Holdo. I seem to remember a character in one of the prequels who was a criminal named Sleze Bago or something like that.)

[@donnierussellii4659]

The glove of dark vader was found on a random sand planet, full of sand.

[@teardrop6392]

I don't like sand. It's all coarse, and rough, and irritating. And it gets everywhere.

[@danielwebb3173]

Are we sure Trioculus isn’t just that guy from Avatar the Last Airbender who can shoot fire out of his head?

[@MakenaForest]

Combustion-Man

[@theunreadyone]

Sparky boom boom man

[@plasmaoctopus1728]

He's just the salesman for a vr headset company.

[@tranqle73]

No, that dude had actual powers

[@mariic2]

Does this mean we'll see the rest of the Jedi Prince saga down the line? On another note, I'm surprised you didn't put in the obligatory "that's not how the force works!" clip.

[@IAmChadBroseph]

I’d like to see him do it

[@SonofSethoitae]

People have a weirdly limited view of what the force can do

[@mariic2]

@@SonofSethoitae I was referring to the bit where Trioculus thought Darth Vader's powers came from his glove.

[@PauLtus_B]

"It's not fair to judge a children's story on the same level that you would judge a story for grown adults... not that that stopped Star Wars fans before." Nice. Seriously though, I do take stories that are child friendly very serious. The standards should simply shift. I think the clarity of everything should be much more important and the central themes should be relevant for people of a younger age.

[@catercoz2491]

I think the author's motives and vision were in the right place, but this is a badly done children's story. If they had stopped making name and animal 'puns' and used a fictional marine creature, the same conservation message would come across. I have coached novel writers and this book breaks every common sense guideline on good writing, even for children. It made me sad to think the publisher probably only took it on as they could get guaranteed dollars off the Star Wars franchise.

[@PauLtus_B]

@@catercoz2491 It was never my intent to defend this story. Just challenge the idea that kids' stories have lower standards. It's probably true, Star Wars sells, but even then you'd want to keep up a bit of a name, I'd guess.

[@Josh-os7vn]

Somehow here with the video unlisted, a bit confused but glad to see this series returning!

[@AxxLAfriku]

ORORORORO!!! I spend half of my day sleeping! ORORORO!!! Then I sometimes get up and tell you that I am a famous content creatorORORORORO!!! Please don't sleep while driving, dear sj

[@axeofjade]

@@AxxLAfriku What?

[@GummyDinosaursify]

@@axeofjade Just ignore the shameless plug spam and maybe he'll go away

[@kousetsuhana]

The sound design in this is immaculate. The acting, the sound effects, the editing! Love it.

[@warrenlehmkuhleii8472]

Austin: This video is sponsored by Squarespace. Me: Remembers his video “Everything is sponsored by Squarespace.”

[@Extrinoo]

what about skillshare, wix, audible, crunchywolf, raid shadow legends, etc

[@patrickloftis7196]

Yes correct he did make that video. What about it?

[@Stray___]

And those earbuds that are as good as mainstream ones but start at half the price of them.

[@joevictor53]

Энри Диниз raycon

[@Arowrath]

"You're Rey...Rey Triclops"

[@FreakDaMIghet]

I remember seeing one of my classmates reading one of the Jedi Prince books during a free reading period in Middle School. I have always loved Star Wars, but I didn't know there were expanded universe books before that. I asked him what it was about, and when he explained it to me, I remember being like "Wow... that sounds really dumb." I later got into the GOOD Star Wars expanded universe novels during High School with the Swarm Wars.

[@alfalldoot6715]

Wait.....Did you just call the Jedi Prince books bad? Trioculus is CLEARLY the peak of fiction

[@ulrichvonliechtenstein6138]

I'll take this series over the Youzhan Vong and the swarm wars any day.

[@TheRogueAdventurers]

I'm going to describe myself as "almost handsome" from now on

[@waaaaaaah5135]

Just realized, this whole series of books is basically an American light novel

[@rangagump5591]

@Odynn MoonFox Light novels have sub-par writing 90% of the time at least.

[@geoffreyrichards6079]

ranga gump Well, to be fair, this was aimed towards kids who were just getting into reading.

[@cantthinkofaname5046]

@@geoffreyrichards6079 there are things aimed at kids that have fantastic writing, it’s no excuse

[@geoffreyrichards6079]

​@@cantthinkofaname5046 'Basic' quality writing is where kids often start at since it's the easiest to read. That's not a scathing critique; that's just part of the norm.

[@cantthinkofaname5046]

@@geoffreyrichards6079 true, but like I said, there are children’s book that achieve this while still being well written and holding up to adult eyes.

[@catfoodzplz]

Is this art straight from the book? Edit: Woop, sorry, you showed us that at the end! Honestly I like the art, I’ll be looking the artist up.

[@orlamc5051]

Triclops: who are you? Trioculus: I'm you, but stronger

[@plasmaoctopus1728]

I'm you but less insane

[@EternityKingdomsHeadHoncho]

Tri-Klops: Well, I’m you two from a timeline where I fight against a blond barbarian with a silver lightsaber and serve a Sith with a skeletal face! I’m both powerful AND sane! I’ve got an edge on both of y’all!

[@thedavidcater]

I remember this and the whole "Jedi Prince" series. I remember this book and "Zorba the Hutt's Revenge" the most. The latter being Jabba's father is out for revenge on Leia for killing his son.

[@keveneven1410]

At first, I thought the thumbnail said “The love of Dark Daddy”.

[@geoffreyrichards6079]

Oddly enough, ‘vader’ is a Dutch word for ‘father’. Might’ve been a bit of foreshadowing.

[@imperialspy3457]

@@geoffreyrichards6079 I think that was intentional.

[@eyeballpaul700]

@@geoffreyrichards6079 while it's spelled the same is pronunciation couldn't be more different, this link was completely unintentional.

[@geoffreyrichards6079]

@@eyeballpaul700 It could've been loosely modeled after the word, similar to how Sidious is loosely patterned after a combination of 'sinister' and 'hideous'.

[@eyeballpaul700]

@@geoffreyrichards6079 it could have been, but it wasn't. It's been debunked hundreds of times that there's any formal connection between the Dutch word and Vader's name. (That sidious being a mixture of sinister and hideous is also nonsense)

[@greenboy1916]

I remember reading this book and thinking how cool it was, you know before I knew about how good stories should be written and the like. It sure is clever though how theyMake up all of these different ways to make things possible.

[@maryjames8433]

This sounds like a Sunday morning cartoon.

[@GameyRaccoon]

You mean saturday

[@maryjames8433]

Whadya mean cartoons dont run on Sunday mornings.

[@GameyRaccoon]

@@maryjames8433 yeah but "saturday morning cartoons" are more of a thing than sunday morning

[@maryjames8433]

@@GameyRaccoonLogical.

[@remuslazar2033]

Mr sunday movies

[@nunouno001]

This story is awful, but I’ll give the old EU this. You’d never know what you were going to get. It was just so wild, crazy, and unpredictable. While the new EU has vastly higher quality writing, it’s a lot more rigid, inflexible, and under far more creative control. And because of that it’s a lot less fun.

[@histguy101]

The new EU has pretty cover art, but I'm not sure what all this "quality writing" talk is about.

[@tarponpet]

@ÁNGEL GARCÍA PÉREZ It's called an opinion.

[@chancellorpalpatine4035]

@ÁNGEL GARCÍA PÉREZ i think the new canon definitely has better books. The new thrawn trilogy is timmothy zahn’s best character work to date. I would say that the whole canon is better if Rise of skywalker didn’t bring in some of the dumbest elements of the old EU.

[@killerkitten7534]

@@tarponpet no no. This is Star Wars. You are not allowed to have any opinion that deviates from the mainstream fan’s opinions.

[@dewiwulandari5624]

@ÁNGEL GARCÍA PÉREZ To be honest, compared to the old EU, the new EU feels better written. Almost all of the comics of the new EU (Age Of..., Darth Vader, Dr. Aphra, etc) are good, most of the novels expands the characters in a believable way (Phasma, Master And Apprentice, Princess of Alderaan, Queen's Shadow, etc). You can count the bad ones with your finger, excluding the movies and/or TV shows. Meanwhile, old EU's story just feels... Bizzare. I mean, there are books about Luuke Skywalker and Luuuke Skywalker. Chewie died in the most hilarious fashion possible. Not to even mention Children of the Jedi and the infamous Crystal Star. _But_ there are plenty of masterpieces among those, like Heir to the Empire, Darth Bane trilogy, and Dark Force Rising.

[@ProjectLifeShow]

This is like a Jenny Nicholson video on speed.

[@LucasDeziderio]

And with less porgs.

[@goodial]

@@LucasDeziderio and with less Jenny Nicholson ;)

[@blackphoenix77]

Soooo... just like every Jenny Nicholson video, then?

[@Air4swan]

So basically a normally paced video

[@WanJae42]

He ... does sort of look like he could be Jenny's brother ...

[@bspink74]

Why does “Dark greetings” sound like something I would’ve said during my middle school emo phase

[@MildMisanthropeMaybeMassive]

It sounds like something from Garth Marenghis's Dark Place.

[@A_Hey]

Nothing quite like the Wild West that was EU material before the Sequels :’(

[@bradneece2409]

Ikr. Such a mixed bag. There's some very good stuff, but a lot of it is the pure embodiment of- "Um, what?"

[@N0TYALC]

“Leviathor, leader of the Whaladons” made me laugh harder than I have in months.

[@aninjathtpwndu]

Star wars has always had the worst naming conventions. This can not be argued

[@alonsosanchez9948]

We should've figured that out when they called it 'star wars'

[@CasualSunGod42]

Elan Sleazebaggano would like to know your location so he can sell you some death sticks.

[@ryanhawe8234]

One of my old friends in fandom put it this way: Granted that Humanity has settled something like three-quarters of a galactic disk, and spawned several distinct cultures (Corellian, Panathan, Kuati, Mandalorian (though that was inherited from the Taung), Tionese, Alderaanian, Tapani, etc.) and possibly even new subspecies (Etti, maybe the Chiss?), it felt to him as though "Biggs Darklighter", "Gilad Pellaeon", "Jaster Mereel", "Qui-Gon Jinn", "Jorus C'Baoth", "Lando Calrissian", "Conan Antonio Motti" and "Armand Isard" were not even from the same story universe -- even though they are all given to Human characters in the setting. I disagree, but there is a definite inconsistency in some of the character naming.

[@GabyGeorge1996]

Ryan Hawe and that’s saying nothing of the characters named Ben, Luke, Owen, or Finn

[@geoffreyrichards6079]

I just chalk it all up to Lucas attempting to localize the alien names to something more pronounceable. Kinda like what Tolkien was said to have done when he “transcribed” the Middle Earth legends.

[@toonbat]

3:57 "Dark Greetings" would make a lovely headliner for Halloween holiday cards.

[@janxsj]

29:49 Does he have blaster earrings?! 😂

[@ethanhayes]

Thank you, Austin, I needed this cleanser. I also read several of these books years ago as a young one. Apparently it was many more years than I thought, as I legitimately viewed them as the next episodes in the Star Wars canon. I must have read them before the prequels ended, come to think of it. And with that lingering fond opinion, I remember being slightly disappointed when it was announced Disney wouldn't be treating any extended universe books as canon for their sequel movies, as I would have loved to see these stories treated as the source for the next trilogy. Now I realize just how unlikely that was to be. Still would be nice, just update, add, streamline and combine some things into a very unique story arc. But yeah, now I see that these books weren't intended to be that at all. I don't love what Disney did anyway, but at least now I can feel at peace. Um, also. It sure felt to me that Kylo Ren in The Force Awakens hearkened back to this book a liitle bit in the way he treated Darth Vader's helmet; could be my imagination. And I'm pretty sure there was a Jedi school (founded by Luke) in the 2nd or 3rd book, which concept was used in The Last Jedi. In hindsight, the descendency from Emperor Palpatine seems a much likelier-to-have-been-borrowed idea (though I completely forgot that Mr. Three-Eyes was actually Palpatine's son). And then there's Triclops' force-using son in the 2nd book... man, come to think of it, did they actually borrow from these? Maybe they did. If nothing else, though, I sure wish the sequels had used the idea of the Empire having to find a new leader, instead of introducing the First Order out of the blue and yet deus ex machinizing Palpatine to life. I'd rather suspend disbelief for a force-inbued glove making it to another planet via a black hole.

[@JediGeronimo]

Do I remember correctly that the REAL son of the Emperor had his third eye in the back of his head? Or am I imagining that...?

[@waaaaaaah5135]

Yup, gets revealed later on in the series

[@michaelmandatorylastname3671]

He did in fact have a third eye in the back of his head, and if I'm remembering correctly, could tractor beam people toward him with it.

[@danielduggan5405]

Yes, Triclops...

[@macdeus2601]

Damn, now I kinda want to read the whole series.

[@JustTIEriffic]

Thanks for the message at 2:44 , I've translated the Aurebesh for those who were curious. Hey. This video was about three or four months in the making, and in wasn't easy. Lots of difficult things happened back to back in my private life that caused delay after delay, and at many points I thought about scrapping this altogether. Many of you have been requesting the next episode of Really Weird Star Wars for the past couple years, and I'm sorry it's taken so long, but I truly appreciate your patience. Thanks so much for watching my videos and being so supportive of me. I love you all. Let's get through the rest of the year together. - Austin

[@MrJethroha]

The difference between star wars and star trek is that star wars relegated their whale propoganda to a 20 page childrens book, whereas star trek gave it a $25,000,000 budget and made a feature film. That's how you know George Lucas is a hack.

[@gunnaryoung]

And then there's Doctor Who.

[@alfa01spotivo]

@@gunnaryoung oh boy

[@MrIansmitchell]

TRANSPARENT ALUMINUM

[@SpaceCase1701]

Admiral! There be whales here!

[@histguy101]

So if he spent $25,000,000 on whale propaganda, you wouldn't call him a hack?

[@apersononlineyes6554]

Grand Moff Hissa sort of looks like Vladimir Lenin.

[@radioanon4535]

*space lenin*

[@someguy6796]

Can’t believe the new lego stars wars story got leak on this stream

[@JefferyEpsteinOfficial]

Lol

[@MineNOROfficial]

Honestly, that felt like a half-decent Clone Wars episode.

[@nathanl6401]

If anakin DID where a "glove", the OT wouldn't have happened

[@russellharrell2747]

Ani’s pullout game was weak thanks to the power of WAP.

[@ryanhawe8234]

For that matter, are the Naboo so obsessed with "virtue" that their Senator can't get the GFFA's equivalent of a Depo shot?

[@holycheeseburger2981]

Hey, I actually read this years ago as a kid after getting it for Christmas (and in fact, the entire six-book series that it was a part of). I didn't actually watch this video, as I lack the attention span, but it popped up in my feed, so I thought I'd share this interesting tidbit of my past (Ken was my favorite, by the way, but he sadly doesn't show up until the second book).

[@ksubchallengebeforeends-nw7sg]

He started so low and is now on the high ground...

[@newq]

THANK YOU for tackling this series! I've been trying to tell the world about how bizarre it is for years and no one seems to understand. These were the only Star Wars books in my middle schools library during my Star Wars obsessed preteen years. Even at that age, they came across as so incredibly bizarre in the most ineffable way. Like they were written by an alien whose only knowledge of human life was the original trilogy Star Wars movies and really bad young adult fiction.

[@ConnorNotyerbidness]

These books were my first real exposure to any kind of EU for Star Wars(id heard of things like KotoR but never played it or actually seen it) Even as a kid i remember i had ever growing disappointment with the books with how they went (like the main villain wanting to marry aleia cuz reasons) Im glad i just got these books from my school library so i never had to pay for em Ive never been that big of a fan of the old EU for the most part, this was not a very good jumping off point and most of the old EU did little to mistify me. Though everything around the aforementioned KotoR very much did when i looked into it a few years later I hope you cover the rest of the little series And no, this book is Not older than me

[@sirterrell04]

“Disney canon is trash! Legends was better!” Star Wars legends:

[@ulrichvonliechtenstein6138]

Legends was better. This series was considered non Canon, even during the old EU days.

[@kyleturner7309]

@@ulrichvonliechtenstein6138 Was considered by fans to not be canon. Technically this is entirely canon. That’s like saying the Disney movies are non canon because some people don’t like them. Legends had to be made non canon because there was too much shit, and the EU just got too crowded where making original stories would consistently make contradictions in other stories.

[@ulrichvonliechtenstein6138]

@@kyleturner7309 It was but it wasn't, the characters and events were never ever referenced by any other works, so how "canon" actually was it?

[@TheLordofMetroids]

Man this takes me back, I recall reading this book as a kid, and finding it so good. I enjoyed this whole series, and it's probably what sparked my love for literature.

[@myaccount538]

Oh...my...gosh...you have no idea how long I've been looking for this book! Elementary school me loved this series so much, but I had forgotten the name of it. I think the weirdness of the overall series actually drew me in. Thanks for making this video, you reminded me of some weird little details like the onomatopoeia and the fixation on the bad guy's third eye.

[@bentaphid44]

PLEASE continue to talk about these books, they go to some wild places. I thought I had just made them up for years. If I remember correctly, Palpatine 's real son gets introduced secretly as a side character, who by all accounts has two eyes. But then he confronts Trioculus at some point and uses real force powers on him, revealing that his third eye IS ON THE BACK OF HIS HEAD AND IT HAS BEEN CLOSED THE WHOLE TIME AS A DISGUISE! There's also a running subplot that Han and Leia re trying to plan their wedding and keep getting pulled away by rebellion stuff. The eventually manage to get it together by the end of the series, though it only lasts of a page and a half? It got a full page illiistration though so that was nice. Love the video, really drew out the repressed memories

[@EvanOfTheDarkness]

Nah, the best part is Trioculus trying to force Leia to marry him. It's hilarious!

[@Top_Hat_Man]

Episode 9: Palpatine: Have You Ever Heard About The Glove Of Darth Vader? Rey: No. Palpatine: I Felt Not.

[@unclearsector4266]

Here come the fifty-three thousand "still a better story than the sequels" comments

[@shytendeakatamanoir9740]

Rey didn't have three eyes. Clearly a huge missed opportunity.

[@justletmelistthese]

@@shytendeakatamanoir9740 She gets to carry on all Palpatine, Solo and Skywalker legacies... ALL THREE OF THEM.

[@Kafen8d]

I thought you mistyped prequels 😂 but then remembered there were actual sequels... I try not to think about them

[@unclearsector4266]

@@Kafen8d and thus my point is proven

[@GummyDinosaursify]

@@Kafen8d I remember when people said this about the prequels, now all the kids who grew up with the prequels claim how amazing they are. We just need to wait until all the kids who grow up with the sequels are older and then we'll have harmony.... Or another trilogy. Who knows.

[@calebhammond1357]

7:12 Does that guy have a blaster earring? XD

[@maradupras7278]

I don't know what to expect from this but needless to say I'm very excited

[@spinakker14]

Whaaat?! I read this book when I was a little kid, it was so weird especially after seeing the movies. For a while I was wondering whether it was canon, who wrote it, were there other books (there was no internet back then). I had no idea, no one around me was into SW, and I have never read any other SW books since then. This is the first time I've heard about it since then

[@aneru9396]

Wait, I can comment on here, and on the chat at the same time? Do i even exist????

[@tomboyd-hall1293]

Not anymore. You belong to youtube now

[@rohanimations]

Quick someone spin a top!

[@tomboyd-hall1293]

*Time by Hans Zimmer plays in the background*

[@quinlynsmith3820]

No.

[@TsukiGeek]

Oh man, this is such a trip down memory lane. This was 100% my first Star Wars book as a child, and I remember reading it on the bus on my way to and from a field trip. I totally didn't remember the Whaladons AT ALL; I only remembered the cybernetic implants and the looking for the glove under the ocean. Crazy!

[@Prometheusforliberty]

Book three was the one I remember most. Jabba's dad with the beard. Zorba the Hutt

[@jonothanthrace1530]

I feel like "using a double of a deceased ruler's unfit/dead child to legitimize your power grab" has literary or historical roots, but I can't think of any examples offhand.

[@ImperialGeneral]

Oh man, I remember reading the Jedi Prince series when I was elementary school. I have used it as an example of just how bad and goofy Star Wars can get every single time someone mentions how "X ruined Star Wars"

[@mariic2]

Still better than _The Crystal Star._

[@felonyx5123]

I remember my school library having this whole book series in hardcover.

[@QuanTumm1357]

The whole story of the fallen empire trying to unite under the fake son of the emperor is actually a good one. Would love to see that turned canon (apart from the three eyed part and lightning hand deafening glove parts)

[@23bcx]

"I cordially dislike allegory in all its manifestations, and always have done so since I grew old and wary enough to detect its presence. I much prefer history - true or feigned- with its varied applicability to the thought and experience of readers. I think that many confuse applicability with allegory, but the one resides in the freedom of the reader, and the other in the purposed domination of the author." -J.R.R. Tolkien

[@nebulatoonz8493]

plot twist: happens comment section: "written, directed, and produced by RIAN JOHNSON"

[@samt3412]

Did everyone forget about M. Night Shaymalan for plot twist jokes?

[@RoemDaug]

I haven't seen a single person ever do that

[@smo-king6504]

Who did this?

[@Soundwave.Superior99]

I REMEMBER READING THIS BOOK AS A KID AND I HAVE NEVER HEARD LIKE ANYONE TALK ABOUT IT EVER SINCE

[@zangeh]

Literally no one: People in the live chat after the premiere: BYE 15 times Among us roleplay

[@AxeSoul]

It was Among Us role play after the stream as well, I got voted out lol

[@AJVfilms]

Funny enough I remember reading this book series as a child as well and having the complete series in hardcover with illustrations that me and my friend colored in (badly). So watching this video brought me nostalgia of how wacky the story was and how enjoyable it was back then. To me as a child I really liked the ideas of Glove of Darth Vader, Son of the Emperor, Prophets of the Darkside and still do but now as an adult, I realize it could've been executed better. Also I would LOVE if you did more of this book series since I'd love to hear your thoughts on things for example: How one of the character loses his legs and attempts to marry Princess Leia, A character plays with Star Wars toys in the Star Wars universe, and Mount Yoda to mention a few.

[@mrandrews3616]

They had this at my school library when I was a kid as well.

[@Obi-Wan_Kenobi]

As nonsensical as this is, it still make more sense than the sequel trilogy. And the fact that it's not trying to be a logical or cochise continuation of the films just makes it that much more tolerable than the sequels.

[@DetectiveZoidberg]

Why didn't you mention that in the sequel book there's a hidden subterranean Jedi droid city on Yavin 4 that has one 12 year old human boy in it who is taught the plot of Star Wars by a droid teacher as a history class. Also he's later revealed to be Palpatine's grandson.

[@carolmaby1033]

What’s the book called?

[@DetectiveZoidberg]

@@carolmaby1033 Lost City of the Jedi

[@jedi265]

No joke. When I was like 10 or 11 I found this book in the school library and for some reason I really liked it and that’s what got me into Star Wars. this was the first Star Wars content I was exposed to.

[@ianccornejo]

You know, maybe the Disney versions weren't so bad after all...

[@randomgamer625]

I like all 3 trilogy’s

[@TheguynamedT]

If you want a laugh, read the dark empire comics. They are so bad the sequels look like shakespeare.

[@ConnorNotyerbidness]

TheguynamedT the comparison is even more apt since Rise of Skywalker is basically a better version of Dark Empire

[@jacobottesen5279]

@@ConnorNotyerbidness I don't know. I legitimately wanted Palpatine to look like a 1990s rockstar like Comic Book version when I walked in the theater. At least I could've had a laugh in the first five minutes.

[@HonestHappyHater]

@@TheguynamedT Rather the other way around. At least Palpatine was menacing and returned in the actual comicbook, instead of... Fortnite

[@gabbyiskrabby]

4:34 "Emperor Palpatine is dead" *areyousureaboutthat*

[@TheJacobshapiro]

I had this book in my house as a kid. I love the Star Wars expanded universe, but that comes with the caveat that most of the stuff that came out before the 2000s was absolute garbage. During the prequel era the books and video games were arguably the best part of the Star Wars franchise, though.

[@jamiee7367]

I remember reading this book when I was younger (like, late 2000's, early 2010's I think). I definitely recall enjoying it at the time (because I was so young), but I remember losing interest with the 2nd book. The 1st book may be weird, but the 2nd's premise seemed _so_ weird that even my child self was thrown off by it. I distinctly remember reading the phrase "Jedi Prince" & thinking something along the lines of "What? That's not how jedi work." So I stopped reading & didn't pick the series back up.