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I love the visuals of it but even as a kid the battle of Hoth never sat well with me. Why does the empire not strike the base with an air attack first? Really when you have space travel like that you would think drone and satellite strikes would happen first instead of sending these big unwieldy elephant things to a location far from the base to have them lumber to the rebel base. I get this post reeks of autism but I know the real answer is 'because it looks cool'. I just wonder if there is anything in the horrible EU or supplementary books that explain the logic behind that decision. That's one good thing about the new movie, it has issues but all the attacks came from the air outside of that sneaky infiltration by Han and others which actually had a purpose.
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Because the shield generators were up you stupid idiot. They literally say that in the movie.
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Feb 3, 2016 14:45
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It's called suspension of disbelief, nerd. There's no other way to watch Star Wars. Try not to overthink it.
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Feb 3, 2016 14:45
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Nutsngum posted:Because the shield generators were up you stupid idiot. They literally say that in the movie. Why not strike the shield generators from the air? Or in fact, space?
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Feb 3, 2016 14:46
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Because that's exactly what Shields are meant to protect you from dumbass.
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Feb 3, 2016 14:55
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Artum posted:Because that's exactly what Shields are meant to protect you from dumbass.
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Feb 3, 2016 14:56
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Of all the stupid things to complain about like the Empire using what is possibly the single worst design for armored vehicles in the history of war, you complain about the perfectly reasonable plot device.
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Feb 3, 2016 14:57
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so why didnt they generate a shield on the ground too or i dunno use flying ships instead of big walky trippadoodles
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Feb 3, 2016 14:58
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page 17 of the rule book, idiot:quote:Bombardments
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Feb 3, 2016 15:08
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the empire was a largely incompetent body, militarily, and was lead by the galactic equivalent of a 5 year old throwing as perpetual temper tantrum, op.
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Feb 3, 2016 15:12
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Obi-Wan Kenobi should have just let the giant eagles get rid of the ring, it would have been a lot easier.
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Feb 3, 2016 15:14
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Why didn't they fly straight to the exhaust port instead of to the other end of a turbolaser-lined trench a couple miles away?
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Feb 3, 2016 15:18
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Why don't Jedis just the clearly superior laser rifle? You could hit people from afar and still use the force. Why doesn't Chewbacca just learn English?
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Feb 3, 2016 15:20
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Mozi posted:so why didnt they generate a shield on the ground too Because you need to have ground traction to get through the shield. This has been a well-understood question for decades . God, some fuckers can't be bothered to look up the most basic answers.
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Feb 3, 2016 15:21
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poorlifedecision posted:Why don't Jedis just the clearly superior laser rifle? You could hit people from afar and still use the force. why doesnt everyone use clearly superior machine guns instead of blasters? people survive blaster shots all the time, and they shoot bolts of light that are super slow. a jedi wouldn't be able to deflect a hail of bullets the same way
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Feb 3, 2016 15:25
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Why does Vader bitchchoke that guy for coming out of hyperspace too close to Hoth? Isn't that exactly what you want for a surprise attack?
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Feb 3, 2016 15:26
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poorlifedecision posted:Why don't Jedis just the clearly superior laser rifle? You could hit people from afar and still use the force. http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Jedi_Sniper Sorry friend, the terrible EU already beat you to it.
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Feb 3, 2016 15:27
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why are all the aliens really stupid looking?
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Feb 3, 2016 15:28
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poorlifedecision posted:
He understood it but couldn't speak it with his dog vocal chords. Dunno why Han and Jaba spoke to each other in different languages though
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Feb 3, 2016 15:49
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poorlifedecision posted:Why don't Jedis just the clearly superior laser rifle? You could hit people from afar and still use the force. Congratulations, you're a spaceracist
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Feb 3, 2016 15:54
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Let's see a jedi deflect a swarm of shotgun pellets, those smug bastards. Like literally, blam blam, movie's over Kylo.
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Feb 3, 2016 15:57
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i find it disturbing that r2d2 cant speak loving english but everyone understands him
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Feb 3, 2016 15:57
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same with "chewbacca"  what a load of horse poo poo 
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Feb 3, 2016 15:58
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Ever notice that in all his gargle-wailing, Chewbacca never makes a "Ch", "B" or "Ca" sound? Dude can't even say his own name.
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Feb 3, 2016 16:00
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i have programmed this "droid" for use in situations where he will be in close human contact like being a co-pilot and whatever the gently caress he does. everything he needs except the ability to talk which is technology that is readily avalable. ill just make it so he beeps and squeals *wipes hands together* there all done!
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Feb 3, 2016 16:00
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dad gay. so what posted:i find it disturbing that r2d2 cant speak loving english but everyone understands him I think you mean "Basic", not English, you see,
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Feb 3, 2016 16:01
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Entropic posted:Ever notice that in all his gargle-wailing, Chewbacca never makes a "Ch", "B" or "Ca" sound? Dude can't even say his own name. im not sure how anyone would even know what his name was in the first place  maybe thats just a pet name
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Feb 3, 2016 16:01
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lilljonas posted:Let's see a jedi deflect a swarm of shotgun pellets, those smug bastards. Mirror Zefram Cochrane: Jedi Slayer 
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Feb 3, 2016 16:02
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hoth is by far the best planet because everyone gets special outfits
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Feb 3, 2016 16:02
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Entropic posted:Ever notice that in all his gargle-wailing, Chewbacca never makes a "Ch", "B" or "Ca" sound? Dude can't even say his own name. This is a very good point, holy poo poo. I assume he maybe writes it down on space paper when people ask him what his name is. The shield thing still doesn't make much sense. Ok so it blocks fire from above. Why not use some tie fighters or low flying hover things to attack the shield generators? Why the elephant things?
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Feb 3, 2016 16:07
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I like the part with the tow cables
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Feb 3, 2016 16:08
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Gorilla Salad posted:Why does Vader bitchchoke that guy for coming out of hyperspace too close to Hoth? Isn't that exactly what you want for a surprise attack? Because bringing the fleet that close to Hoth alerted the Rebels to the Empire's presence which allowed them to get their planetary shield up which prevented bombardment.
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Feb 3, 2016 16:08
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dad gay. so what posted:im not sure how anyone would even know what his name was in the first place I think "Chewbacca" is actually not even a wookiee word, it's a racial slur against wookiees from another language.
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Feb 3, 2016 16:12
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its a plot device for a movie, OP the characters are the real problem here. george lucas is a retarded baby
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Feb 3, 2016 16:13
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Entropic posted:I think "Chewbacca" is actually not even a wookiee word, it's a racial slur against wookiees from another language. i call them "zoo rear end"
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Feb 3, 2016 16:13
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Why do I, as a non Star Wars fan, always end up reading through Star Wars threads on this forum? It makes no sense.
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Feb 3, 2016 16:14
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Entropic posted:Why didn't they fly straight to the exhaust port instead of to the other end of a turbolaser-lined trench a couple miles away? I don't think the trench in the movie was full of turbolasers like in the games lilljonas posted:Let's see a jedi deflect a swarm of shotgun pellets, those smug bastards. coincidently that's how you grief people in jedi outcast and the sequels. A lot of weirdos demand LIGHTSABER ONLY jedi duels, then you can shotgun them to their face. lightsabers confirmed for not blocking poo poo
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Feb 3, 2016 16:15
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dad gay. so what posted:its a plot device for a movie, OP The guy who runs around with the ice cream maker in cloud city is one of the best characters ever written
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Feb 3, 2016 16:15
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Ginette Reno posted:The guy who runs around with the ice cream maker in cloud city is one of the best characters ever written hmm yes, a good design for a space craft would be a pod, wait make it TWO pods and put a pilot in each one. for no reason. makes sense
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Feb 3, 2016 16:17
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what if... they were racing against each other? and one of them was a kid and you had greg proops as an alien commentator?
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