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Initial thoughts on Zeerid and Fat Man
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Teresa, Ewok Defender
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Jul 07, 2014 08:03AM
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Z Man reminds me so much of Han. His past and his relationship to Fat Man is very much in line with Han in A New Hope. This is very "Star Wars" and gives us that original trilogy feel!
He's definitely a Han-type guy, except his motivations are not as selfish. He has a disabled daughter he's working for. He made some bad choices, and now she's all he has to live and fight for.
Which book is this in? i'm forgetting and haven't started this months re-read yet
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It makes me think of the 80s TV show, Jake and the Fatman starring William Conrad.
Zeerid has a lot of Han in him (including the snarky attitude to the Exchange middle man), though his history as a former trooper throws another angle on it. Han was a former Imperial officer, but that always seemed so separated from his portrayal to me. Zeerid feels like he might be more directly affected by his past as a trooper, though we'll see if that's the case.I'd love to see a picture of Fatman, to see if it lives up to its name.
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I agree with everyone else that Zeerid has much in common with Han but the soldier past separates them. Also Zeerid isn't hostile toward Jedi like Han.I thought Fatman was a person, too, until a couple paragraphs into the book made our clearer it was a ship.
I also thought of Jake and the Fatman :-)
