Careercow Chuck Wendig / Charles Wendig / TerribleMinds - Terrible author, terrible person, ruined Internet Archive's online library

[FriendlyNeighborhoodDaddy]

Have Chuck's shitty SW novels continued to sell? I know people probably bought them in the heady early days of Disney Star Wars, but surely the public has wised up post episodes 8 and 9? Really, the only possible audience would be Chuck's fellow cucks, but leftists don't like paying for things so they probably pirate it.

 

[AnOminous]

So after Alan Dean Foster's successful legal confrontation with Disney after they refused to pay him royalties from re-releases of his books, Chucky has decided he wants in on that action and get what he supposedly believes he is owed by hooking up with other pre-Disney authors who are also owed money, despite that unlike Foster and the rest who made completely separate deals while Lucasfilm was still under George, Chucky knowingly made a deal with Disney that gave them full control of his creations without ever getting to see a dime.

Reposting from the SW thread:

They should pay Alan Dean Foster to build a wall, and make Cuck Wendigo pay for it.

 

[Boston Brand]

Have Chuck's shitty SW novels continued to sell? I know people probably bought them in the heady early days of Disney Star Wars, but surely the public has wised up post episodes 8 and 9? Really, the only possible audience would be Chuck's fellow cucks, but leftists don't like paying for things so they probably pirate it.

If they were selling, he wouldn't have been fired.

Really that's why all the Disney Star Wars authors are hopping on this - save Zahn, the Legends material continues to be the only stuff on the shelves that sells. Hell, the only way Rebecca Roanhorse/Rae Carson two-part RISE OF SKYWALKER novelizations could have sold fewer copies is if Del Rey had put a wood chipper at the end of the printing press.

I don't doubt all of these shmucks signed some truly one-sided deals with the Rat to have a chance to write Star Wars novels. They knew they were getting fucked, they didn't care/thought it would boost thier careers/wanted to play in the sandbox/have Wedge Antilles marry Hillary Clinton.

I know one author - regular NYT Bestseller who considered trying to do a Star Wars novel... until he saw the contract, and walked away.

Meanwhile, the folks who wrote before Disney took over probably had much better contracts, so they have a leg to stand on.

The reason the SFWA crowd are rallying bebind this again is that its probably the one popular thing they've done this decade. It's a grasp at relevance and making it look like that lot does more than wank each other off.

 

[Fictional Character]

I hope Chuck Wendig and co. try to sue Disney only for the court to look at the contract and say "This clearly states that you're giving up your rights to the work in exchange for a lump sum which you did receive. Case dismissed."

Because while I hate Disney, I hate Chuck Wendig more. (Is it being MATI when Wendig becoming the face of fucking up Internet Archive did actually make my life worse even if only a little bit?)

Have Chuck's shitty SW novels continued to sell? I know people probably bought them in the heady early days of Disney Star Wars, but surely the public has wised up post episodes 8 and 9? Really, the only possible audience would be Chuck's fellow cucks, but leftists don't like paying for things so they probably pirate it.

Hell, from the stats his books had on Internet Archive, people didn't even want to 'pirate' them.

 

[Elwood P. Dowd]

Have Chuck's shitty SW novels continued to sell?

If you go the Aftermath page on GoodReads and sort by "Newest" (only available on desk top) you can see all the recent adds by account holders. Seems to still be added by 8 to 12 account holders daily, with ratings.

Link, though I'm not sure you get taken directly there on desktop without being logged in or if it will work at all on mobile. Then there's the whole issue of to what extent GoodReads adds can stand as proxy for sales or even reads, of course. Still...it was more than I expected. A book published in 2015 being added ~ 120 to 150 times per month extrapolating out is probably not that bad, I'd imagine.

 

[Not Even Twice]

Because while I hate Disney, I hate Chuck Wendig more. (Is it being MATI when Wendig becoming the face of fucking up Internet Archive did actually make my life worse even if only a little bit?)

No, hate is a normal human's response when exposed to the creature that is Chuck Wendig.

 

[Vault Boy]

Have Chuck's shitty SW novels continued to sell? I know people probably bought them in the heady early days of Disney Star Wars, but surely the public has wised up post episodes 8 and 9? Really, the only possible audience would be Chuck's fellow cucks, but leftists don't like paying for things so they probably pirate it.

I highly doubt it given how unpopular the Sequel era is, look no further than how badly its animated series flopped.

In fact, the only things that seem to be doing well are Clone Wars, some Original Trilogy content (like Fallen Order and The Mandalorian), and even Legends stuff ironically enough. The High Republic nonsense hasn't been lighting the charts on fire, so I'm not sure how much longer that era has before it gets put on the backburner like the Sequel era.

 

[RodgerDodger]

Have Chuck's shitty SW novels continued to sell? I know people probably bought them in the heady early days of Disney Star Wars, but surely the public has wised up post episodes 8 and 9? Really, the only possible audience would be Chuck's fellow cucks, but leftists don't like paying for things so they probably pirate it.

I'm pretty sure he doesn't get royalties from the pallets of $3 hardcovers that clutter the shelves at Ollie's.

 

[Trianon]

There was an audience for sequel trilogy books as the series was ongoing, especially when there were scraps of info about Ben, Leia, and Han. But it ended with such a wet fart that even the audience Disney was trying to cultivate is gone. The shift to the High Republic is just an excuse so no one calls them out or cares when it doesn't line up with canon.

 

[Admiral Mantoid]

Chucky and the other Disney authors' belief that they're entitled to royalties really has no leg to stand on. They knowingly signed over everything they made to Disney, and Chucky even admitted this in his shitty TerribleMinds blog and they have no pre-existing contracts with Lucasfilm that say otherwise. These fucks were hired because they were cheap and gullible opportunists that had that nice dash of woke spice to make them trending in the eyes of Disney. They and their works never had any real value, and thinking they can fight against it in anyway is ridiculous, and all they're doing is dragging the actual rightful claims pre-Disney authors have down with them with petty legal bs. Hell, Chuck never even gave a shit about his crap until he saw Alan Dean Foster make some leeway with his case, but again, he and other pre-Disney authors had actual cases to present, while Chucky and the rest are just looking to get some extra cash without even having a claim to make.

Those I know who are aware of this have said that Chucky and his ex-Disney lot may only be doing this because they want to sabotage the pre-Disney authors, but anyone who's read Chuck's ramblings knows that the man is legitimately assmad that Disney fucked him over and legally took what he made. He's angry at seeing his godawful creations show up in shitty mobile gacha games, new books, and even in The Mandalorian without him receiving a single fucking penny or credit for it. He wants that gacha money so damn bad you can almost smell the greed on him.

Also this was apparently his latest book release in April 3rd or 4th/whatever.

The one based on a drunken tweet he made once late at night about finding out that he's a 'magical talking skeleton'.

 

[Fictional Character]

They and their works never had any real value, and thinking they can fight against it in anyway is ridiculous, and all they're doing is dragging the actual rightful claims pre-Disney authors have down with them with petty legal bs. Hell, Chuck never even gave a shit about his crap until he saw Alan Dean Foster make some leeway with his case, but again, he and other pre-Disney authors had actual cases to present, while Chucky and the rest are just looking to get some extra cash without even having a claim to make.

Those I know who are aware of this have said that Chucky and his ex-Disney lot may only be doing this because they want to sabotage the pre-Disney authors, but if anyone's read Chuck's ramblings, the man is legitimately assmad that Disney fucked him over and legally took what he made.

Chuck is one of the most idiotic useful idiots in existence.

 

[Boston Brand]

Chucky and the other Disney authors' belief that they're entitled to royalties really has no leg to stand on. They knowingly signed over everything they made to Disney, and Chucky even admitted this in his shitty TerribleMinds blog and they have no pre-existing contracts that say contracts with Lucasfilm that say otherwise. These fucks were hired because they were cheap and gullible opportunists that had that nice dash of woke spice to make them trending in the eyes of Disney. They and their works never had any real value, and thinking they can fight against it in anyway is ridiculous, and all they're doing is dragging the actual rightful claims pre-Disney authors have down with them with petty legal bs. Hell, Chuck never even gave a shit about his crap until he saw Alan Dean Foster make some leeway with his case, but again, he and other pre-Disney authors had actual cases to present, while Chucky and the rest are just looking to get some extra cash without even having a claim to make.

Those I know who are aware of this have said that Chucky and his ex-Disney lot may only be doing this because they want to sabotage the pre-Disney authors, but anyone who's read Chuck's ramblings knows that the man is legitimately assmad that Disney fucked him over and legally took what he made. He's angry at seeing his godawful creations show up in shitty mobile gacha games, new books, and even in The Mandalorian without him receiving a single fucking penny or credit for it. He wants that gacha money so damn bad you can almost smell it off him.
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Also this was apparently his latest book release in April 3rd or 4th/whatever.
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The one based on a drunken tweet he made once late at night about finding out that he's a 'magical talking skeleton'.

I think he and the other new Star Wars authors are just as mad how little of thier stuff has made it on screen.

Look at the stuff that popped up in Mandalorian. Ashoka. Grand Admiral Thrawn. Dark Troopers. The Darksaber. Boba Fett creating a new criminal empire of his own. All that stuff is from the "obsolete and discarded EU" not thiet stuff.

They agreed to be utterly buttfucked financially I'm sure in fague hopes Disney would use any of thier stuff...

Meanwhile Disney looks at thier sales numbers, and they get hissy the Rat would rather bring back Thrawn, Rogue Squadron and Boba Fett rather than a teleporting rock or that black lady who they tried to make the First Order's version of Thrawn.

 

[Pope Negro Joe the XIIIth]

rather than a teleporting rock

You leave geode alone, it's not their fault they're the failed abortion of someone's mind.

 

[Admiral Mantoid]

I think he and the other new Star Wars authors are just as mad how little of thier stuff has made it on screen.

Look at the stuff that popped up in Mandalorian. Ashoka. Grand Admiral Thrawn. Dark Troopers. The Darksaber. Boba Fett creating a new criminal empire of his own. All that stuff is from the "obsolete and discarded EU" not thiet stuff.

They agreed to be utterly buttfucked financially I'm sure in fague hopes Disney would use any of thier stuff...

Meanwhile Disney looks at thier sales numbers, and they get hissy the Rat would rather bring back Thrawn, Rogue Squadron and Boba Fett rather than a teleporting rock or that black lady who they tried to make the First Order's version of Thrawn.

True for the other new authors, but things of Wendig's did make it in unlike the others, with his shit getting featured in mobile games, comics and Mandalorian even featuring his gay space cowboy OC who gets Boba's armor in the lamest way possible without making any sense. Along with other shitty little nods here and there to stuff he came up with like drinks, items and other crap. One of Wendig's OCs was also married off to Wedge...

 

[Boston Brand]

True for the other new authors, but things of Wendig's did make it in unlike the others, with his shit getting featured in mobile games, comics and Mandalorian even featuring his gay space cowboy OC who gets Boba's armor in the lamest way possible without making any sense. Along with other shitty little nods here and there to stuff he came up with like drinks, items and other crap. One of Wendig's OC was also married was also married off to Wedge...
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This was early on before most of the nuEU died quicker than Carrie Fisher left alone in a pharmacy.

They've also notably retconed several of his key points. The biggest that we've seen is that Boba Fett is alive again, while Wendig killed him off for good.

 

[JohnQAdams]

Chucky and the other Disney authors' belief that they're entitled to royalties really has no leg to stand on. They knowingly signed over everything they made to Disney, and Chucky even admitted this in his shitty TerribleMinds blog and they have no pre-existing contracts that say contracts with Lucasfilm that say otherwise. These fucks were hired because they were cheap and gullible opportunists that had that nice dash of woke spice to make them trending in the eyes of Disney. They and their works never had any real value, and thinking they can fight against it in anyway is ridiculous, and all they're doing is dragging the actual rightful claims pre-Disney authors have down with them with petty legal bs. Hell, Chuck never even gave a shit about his crap until he saw Alan Dean Foster make some leeway with his case, but again, he and other pre-Disney authors had actual cases to present, while Chucky and the rest are just looking to get some extra cash without even having a claim to make.

Those I know who are aware of this have said that Chucky and his ex-Disney lot may only be doing this because they want to sabotage the pre-Disney authors, but anyone who's read Chuck's ramblings knows that the man is legitimately assmad that Disney fucked him over and legally took what he made. He's angry at seeing his godawful creations show up in shitty mobile gacha games, new books, and even in The Mandalorian without him receiving a single fucking penny or credit for it. He wants that gacha money so damn bad you can almost smell the greed on him.
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Also this was apparently his latest book release in April 3rd or 4th/whatever.
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The one based on a drunken tweet he made once late at night about finding out that he's a 'magical talking skeleton'.

What a fucking faggot he is.

 

[Pope Negro Joe the XIIIth]

This was early on before most of the nuEU died quicker than Carrie Fisher left alone in a pharmacy.

They've also notably retconed several of his key points. The biggest that we've seen is that Boba Fett is alive again, while Wendig killed him off for good.

>Kills SW most beloved character
"WHERE'S MY MONEY MICKEY?!"

 

[Therealhomor]

I've said it before, and I'll say it again: Wendig got very lucky with his first big book because it was the very first entry into the new Star Wars canon that everyone was so excited and curious about. The controversy and attention that surrounded his first book came only as a result of that, and immediately after Force Awakens the general public totally forgot about him. Only niche nerds gave a shit about the content of his books, which were all terrible. After the Sequel trilogy fizzled out, any remaining spark his works had was gone.

 

[Boston Brand]

>Kills SW most beloved character
"WHERE'S MY MONEY MICKEY?!"

That's how you really know Disney wasn't paying attention to what was being done with Star Wars.

They let Wendig kill off the most popular/merchandised character in the entire franchise.

 

[Admiral Mantoid]

This was early on before most of the nuEU died quicker than Carrie Fisher left alone in a pharmacy.

They've also notably retconed several of his key points. The biggest that we've seen is that Boba Fett is alive again, while Wendig killed him off for good.

Perhaps, but it still acted as huge advertisement for his books, since after his gay cowboy appeared, he and his crappy books were being talked about nonstop on social media, youtube, reddit, forums, etc for almost 2 months. The only hilarious positive was watching Chuck somberly whine on Twitter and on his blog that he wanted to be excited but was still too assmad at Disney for firing him and sad that he wasn't getting paid for it.