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Azzmo posted:Watch this while listening to "All the Wine" by The National. It's like a sad music video piece showcasing one of the last gently caress yous from George Lucas to the fans. George Lucas: "I'm a perfect piece of rear end, like every Californian" :puts on sunglasses:
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I like to wonder what would've happened to the Star Wars franchise had it been written by someone more competent... but then it makes me sad.
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May 7, 2011 18:29
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I've been reading Star Wars: Legacy. In some ways, Cade reminds me of Anakin. 
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May 7, 2011 18:31
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Torael_7 posted:I've been reading Star Wars: Legacy.
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May 7, 2011 18:47
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Casimir Radon posted:Angst is very "in" right now. That's what depresses me with the EU. I haven't read wookiepedia in a while so forgive me if there's something more AFTER the whole cade thing, but it seems after Order 66 the universe is in decline. it gets darker and darker, and after the whole death of the Empire thing, there's a stronger Empire and in the far future Jedi are extinct again, etc.
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May 7, 2011 20:49
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ZeeToo posted:we really should just paste that into the thread starter. It's been asked for twice over the past three pages. Edit: Or better yet, put it at the top of each page and make it so a 5 second clip of "Duel of the Fates" repeats in the background. NeonTurtle fucked around with this message at 21:28 on May 7, 2011 |
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May 7, 2011 21:21
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NeonTurtle posted:we really should just paste that into the thread starter. It's been asked for twice over the past three pages. Maybe there's another thread out there somewhere watching us. With a betting pool for how many minutes it'll take us to come up with a requested image. Like that one, or the lightsaber-knees fellow, or the horse pilot, or Han vs. the Space Otter, or... 
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May 7, 2011 21:24
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Powered Descent posted:Maybe there's another thread out there somewhere watching us. With a betting pool for how many minutes it'll take us to come up with a requested image. Like that one, or the lightsaber-knees fellow, or the horse pilot, or Han vs. the Space Otter, or... EverythingWrongWithStarWars.ppt 
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May 7, 2011 22:58
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Yeah I didn't really check to see if it was around, I didn't see it in the OP and I was trying to explain it to some buds while drinking last night. Thanks for that amazing piece of poo poo.
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ZeeToo posted:Surprisingly, the most mesmerizing part of that is their boots. Did the crew wax the floor before they shot that scene or something?
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Daynab posted:That's what depresses me with the EU. I haven't read wookiepedia in a while so forgive me if there's something more AFTER the whole cade thing, but it seems after Order 66 the universe is in decline. it gets darker and darker, and after the whole death of the Empire thing, there's a stronger Empire and in the far future Jedi are extinct again, etc. I know a lot of people don't like the NJO because it's so dark, but it really did end on a pretty upbeat note. I honestly blame Troy Denning for the path the EU has taken in recent years, since he took over the post-ROTJ storyline after the NJO ended and since then every new series has been ten times as retarded and "edgy" than before. And whether you liked the NJO or not I think everyone can agree that Dark Nest, LOTF, and FOTJ make the NJO look like a stunning masterpiece in retrospect.
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May 8, 2011 02:39
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There's no rape speculation in the NJO, that's always good.
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Chairman Capone posted:I know a lot of people don't like the NJO because it's so dark, but it really did end on a pretty upbeat note. I honestly blame Troy Denning for the path the EU has taken in recent years, since he took over the post-ROTJ storyline after the NJO ended and since then every new series has been ten times as retarded and "edgy" than before. Denning's only book in the series was Star by Star, which was basically the "Han is Encased in Carbonite" point in the story - the good guys lose, the bad guys win, and the best hope for the galaxy dies pointlessly in a swamp. It was followed by a couple more books that can basically be summed up as "The Force hates you, everyone is probably doomed". All three are regarded as being pretty good (even if Star by Star just kind of squeaks by). What Denning got from that, unfortunately, is that fans wanted grim, dark stories with no happy ending - rather than the correct observation that fans like a dark second act, followed by the heroes cleaning house in the third. The post-NJO books have basically stuck in the second act, never progressing or having a positive resolution. And since things never progress, the stakes keep having to get higher and higher and the consequences worse and worse for there to be any story at all. And there's also bug orgies, which is stupid on it's own. Slantedfloors fucked around with this message at 02:57 on May 8, 2011 |
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Casimir Radon posted:There's no rape speculation in the NJO, that's always good. Just stupid needless violent death and Mandalorian wankery.
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Powered Descent posted:or the horse pilot You rang?
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SeanBeansShako posted:Just stupid needless violent death and Mandalorian wankery.
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Casimir Radon posted:Boba Fett and some guys showed up at the end of a chapter, and that was it for Mandalorian wankery. The NJO was completed before Traviss started her EU raping career. I guess in retrospect it wasn't that bad, compared to how bad it got later.
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Casimir Radon posted:Boba Fett and some guys showed up at the end of a chapter, and that was it for Mandalorian wankery. The NJO was completed before Traviss started her EU raping career. Traviss took the chapter from The Unifying Force the Mandalorians appeared in and wrote an ebook tie-in to LOTF that involved the Mandalorians finding out about the Vong in advance and learning all about them and being the only ones brave enough to fight them and trying their best to tell the Jedi and New Republic about them only for the Jedi to shun the kindly Mandalorian offers of friendship.
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Chairman Capone posted:Traviss took the chapter from The Unifying Force the Mandalorians appeared in and wrote an ebook tie-in to LOTF that involved the Mandalorians finding out about the Vong in advance and learning all about them and being the only ones brave enough to fight them and trying their best to tell the Jedi and New Republic about them only for the Jedi to shun the kindly Mandalorian offers of friendship. And yet, there are people who see her departure as a bad thing. Not to say that it's been nothing but wondrous strides forward without her, but still...
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May 8, 2011 05:19
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http://starwars.com/fans/media/d23startours/index.html Why did they have to completely get rid of the old Star Tours?
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Throb Robinson posted:http://starwars.com/fans/media/d23startours/index.html
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SeanBeansShako posted:I guess in retrospect it wasn't that bad, compared to how bad it got later. The Mandalorians showed up in the NJO for literally all of one chapter. Trust me, I have a borderline shameful repository of knowledge about that series.,
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Flavor Bear posted:Here's a question.
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That dead man's switch is bullshit and I hope it's the exception in the EU and not the rule. loving Darth Vader throws his at Luke in ROTJ 
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May 9, 2011 20:37
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http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...ASIN=B00421A4EK What sort of personn would wear this in public?
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Nckdictator posted:http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...ASIN=B00421A4EK I like that they sell it in Medium, heh
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Flavor Bear posted:That dead man's switch is bullshit and I hope it's the exception in the EU and not the rule. Hey if you're good enough to toss a lightsaber at someone you're probably good enough to use the Force to keep the lightsaber on
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May 9, 2011 21:03
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Bullshit. They've got a toggle switch.
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Flavor Bear posted:That dead man's switch is bullshit and I hope it's the exception in the EU and not the rule. Vader's saber throw in ROTJ and Yoda's in ROTS are the only occasions in the entire series, in which a lightsaber did not deactivate upon leaving its wielder's hand. Every other time (be it through clumsiness, dismemberment or death), the sabers have switched off automatically.
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I figure if this isn't the right place for this question, nowhere is: During long space flights in an X-Wing (or other single-seat fighter), where does the pilot go poo-poo? I am terrified that there might be a canon answer to this question.  angrylinuxgeek posted:I like that they sell it in Medium, heh Even better, extra-large is 65% more expensive. Higher demand? You decide.
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May 9, 2011 21:49
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I don't think it's ever mentioned anywhere but since the flight suits are basically emergency space suits, they probably have a diaper system like our astronauts.
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May 9, 2011 21:53
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In their Space Socks and Space Mountain Dew bottles. Where else?
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May 9, 2011 21:56
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basx posted:I figure if this isn't the right place for this question, nowhere is: One explanation is nobody does that except Jedi. Most other starfighter deployments have them launching from a space-based carrier platform.
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arioch posted:One explanation is nobody does that except Jedi. Most other starfighter deployments have them launching from a space-based carrier platform. I like to think this is the reason why Wraith Squadron kept a shuttle around.
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basx posted:I figure if this isn't the right place for this question, nowhere is: In one of the Wraith Squadron books the horse uses a hose and bladder system when he had to sit in his cockpit for three days waiting for a signal to go strafe a spaceport.
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May 10, 2011 01:53
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arioch posted:One explanation is nobody does that except Jedi. Most other starfighter deployments have them launching from a space-based carrier platform. That's a Jedi ability? Force Constipation?
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No it's more of a hibernation thing. Luke uses it at least twice in the Zahn trilogy if I remember correctly.
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Der Luftwaffle posted:The next EU superweapon should be a gigantic ball of lightsabers with blades outwards. This is a page old, but I read it and instantly thought of a lightmace, and how stupid a lightmace would be. Please tell me there is no lightmace?
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Grendels Dad posted:This is a page old, but I read it and instantly thought of a lightmace, and how stupid a lightmace would be. Kinda. http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Lightclub
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Markoff Chaney posted:Kinda. http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Lightclub But that's just a slightly longer than normal lightsaber. Really not that exotic or funny at all, even if it has a stupid name..
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