The STAR WARS Sequel That Was Never Made

We dive into the Star Wars sequel that could have been, Splinter Of The Mind's Eye.
The novel written by Alan Dean Foster.

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[EddieBloecher]

I first got Splinter of the Mind's Eye from Scholastic Book Club in 1978 in Elementary School. Loved it!

[michaelmaynard]

'Splinter', 'Han Solo at Star's End', and the Marvel comic run were all we had to feed our Star Wars fix before 'Empire' came out. They were just as essential at keeping it alive as 'Heir to the Empire' was in the 90s.

[jpotter]

The first and still the best SW novel. I love the early Star Wars media (books, comics, games) ... the galaxy far, far away was so fluid and undefined after the first movie, and before any sequels came out (mid-'77 to mid-'80). So many possibilites. THAT is what made it irresistable and so widely appealing.

[JoshuaJohnson-mi]

This story is necessary as cannon. Luke learns the force grab in this story. Luke fights Vader in a jungle temple which he sees as a vision in the dark side cave on Degeba. Also when Luke chooses not to finish his training with Yoda in favor of confronting Vader to rescue his friends, Obi-Wan’s ghost tells Luke “if you choose to face Vader I cannot interfere”. Why would Luke think Obi-Wan could interfere? It’s because he did interfere when Luke fought Vader in Splinter of the Mind’s Eye. This story absolutely is cannon.

[disconnected]

“They’re just two young people fingering in the jungle. Don’t make it weird.“😂

I remember as a kid, it being strange: I would see this Splinter book on shelves. I somehow knew it was another Star Wars story, but not one of the movies. This is long enough back that the very idea of something being outside the three original films was completely unique. I never read it when I was young, wish I would’ve. I know that by the 90s it was rare to even come across a copy.
(EDIT) came across a used copy in a bookstore today. I know what I’m reading next

[sherlockdad]

"Splinter" was my favorite SW book in the Expanded Universe! I truly wish it had been made into a film.

[nickn]

I read *Splinter of the Mind’s Eye* back when it was new and I remember enjoying the book. Interesting to know its backstory.

[ikkhltd]

Bought the book years ago from a second hand bookshop. Still haven't read it. Now I have an idea of what it was about. Great video!

[The_Rising_Ape]

Read "Splinter" in about '86 and it absolutely blew me away. I always thought it should've been made for screen, it's such a good story but breaks what became canon from "Empire" onward.

[JackMyersPhotography]

A fantastic trip down memory lane on this one; thanks a lot! I remember reading this when I was a kid, and I loved it. Great work on the video and editing Charlie!

[ConceptJunkie]

I read "Splinter" around 1979, but I literally didn't remember anything about it. Still, it was cool to get new Star Wars material, because we had no idea what was coming.

[rikk]

My mom bought me Splinter of the Mind's Eye when I saw on a bookstore bookshelf. It was fine for the era, and I was only 10 or 11, Empire hadn't come out yet, and I was still firmly of the mind that Leia was going to end up with Luke romantically. However, I ended up getting into Foster's novels, and read an absolute masterpiece of sci-fi he wrote called Nor Crystal Tears, which is a first contact novel, but written from the perspective of the mantid-like insect aliens meeting humans for the first time.

[gazbot]

I remember reading this when I was about nine. Episode V was already seen by the public. I always just understood this as an adventure that took place between episodes IV and V. Splinter didn't exactly excite me 😂

[marscaleb]

I remember reading Splinter of the Mind's Eye back in the 9th grade. Somewhere in the middle I got to the point where I had to wonder if the guy writing this story had never seen the movie.
Years later I find out that the book was a proposed low-budget sequel, and it was in fact written by someone who had never seen the movie because the movie wasn't finished yet. It made a lot of sense to me.

[roryscarlett]

Thanks Moid. I grew-up on Star Wars, my first Sci-fi before I even knew sci-fi was a thing. Great to have such an awesome insight that isn't from the horde of Star Wars Youtubers!

[rjkral]

Very nicely put together video! Well done! I saw the book SPLINTER when it came out, and the cover image really intrigued me, conjuring up new adventure, new places, old villain and just, something wonderfully atmospheric about it. No clue at that point there was so much more to come. Love how you put this together with images and the influence of Splinter on various elements that came to be!

[danielrhodes]

As a kid I read Star Wars and Splinter of the Minds Eye when they first came out. They were both awesome and I loved them. That got me reading Sci-Fi, Star Wars, and Alan Dean Foster. Mr. Foster does have an awesome universe of his own with Pip and Flinx!

[ScrapKing]

Issue #7 of the Marvel comic book (October 1977) was a new adventure, well before the March 1978 release of Splinter of the Mind’s Eye, by my reckoning. So I think the Marvel comic book started the expanded universe, at least as far as release order goes.

[Timelord]

In this particular case, I'm not sure there even is a conflict between Splinter and ESB. You could have them happen in just that order, couldn't you. If so, then as Vader would say, "There is no conflict."

[jamescambias]

Heroes trying to keep a mystical artifact of power out of the hands of a militaristic evil empire. What else does that remind me of?