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Speaking of Lego Star Wars, did anyone else watch the Freemaker Adventures series that aired a while back? Definitely aimed at a younger audience than either Clone Wars or Rebels, but I still found it enjoyable.
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# ? Oct 17, 2016 11:16 |
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MildShow posted:Speaking of Lego Star Wars, did anyone else watch the Freemaker Adventures series that aired a while back? Definitely aimed at a younger audience than either Clone Wars or Rebels, but I still found it enjoyable. That show was so much more entertaining than it had any right to be. You could really feel the writers were fans of the material - some of the stuff they included were real deep cuts from SW lore. (Such as namedropping whroshyr wood and shyriiwook, for example, or naming the space station the Wheel) And even though it had the usual Lego silliness (especially the characterizations of Vader and Palpatine) the show was genuinely dramatic when it needed to be. The battledroid humor worked pretty well, as did the funny Hutt adversary. Plus, Lando voiced by Billy Dee Williams? Works every time.
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# ? Oct 17, 2016 13:41 |
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. Rex . Episode Preview (putting it as a link just in case)
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# ? Oct 17, 2016 22:08 |
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Galaga Galaxian posted:. Rex . Episode Poor guy's getting PTSD.
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# ? Oct 18, 2016 04:34 |
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Galaga Galaxian posted:. Rex . Episode Oh, so it's a Japanese holdout story.
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# ? Oct 18, 2016 07:24 |
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You know, while Star Wars machine intelligence is limited in some ways, this Super Tactical Droid is probably highly intelligent. I get the whole "gently caress the seperatists" thing that the Empire has going, but I'm surprise they just threw all these things in the trash. Seems like it'd be easier to run an army of droids than an army of people who are constantly afraid of being chocked out by Darth Vader.
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# ? Oct 18, 2016 20:54 |
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Covok posted:You know, while Star Wars machine intelligence is limited in some ways, this Super Tactical Droid is probably highly intelligent. I get the whole "gently caress the seperatists" thing that the Empire has going, but I'm surprise they just threw all these things in the trash. Seems like it'd be easier to run an army of droids than an army of people who are constantly afraid of being chocked out by Darth Vader. Anyone not in the Imperial army or navy is left to sit at home where they could, potentially, join or foment rebellion. Sign them up, and assign them to posts nowhere near their homes, even if they're an ordinary conscript army they're in position where they have no connection to the locals, and will obey orders out of fear, indifference, or whatever, while at the same time aren't at home to resist the soldiers from around the galaxy occupying their home. It's the Roman army with spaceships and blasters.
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# ? Oct 18, 2016 21:06 |
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NTRabbit posted:Anyone not in the Imperial army or navy is left to sit at home where they could, potentially, join or foment rebellion. Sign them up, and assign them to posts nowhere near their homes, even if they're an ordinary conscript army they're in position where they have no connection to the locals, and will obey orders out of fear, indifference, or whatever, while at the same time aren't at home to resist the soldiers from around the galaxy occupying their home. True, but I'm more interested to see if it is cheaper to draft folks into the Navy, give them cheap armor, blasters, barracks and food, rather than build intelligent battle droids and stick them in a closet when not in use.
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# ? Oct 19, 2016 17:30 |
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IronSaber posted:True, but I'm more interested to see if it is cheaper to draft folks into the Navy, give them cheap armor, blasters, barracks and food, rather than build intelligent battle droids and stick them in a closet when not in use. Probably it is. But part of the reason for doing it is to get buy-in from the populace. A bit of 'your sons and daughters are off making the galaxy safe for YOU and people like YOU' patriotism, partly 'If your planet goes into rebellion, we have a bunch of your sons and daughters within easy firing-squad distance,' and part of it is 'service guarantees citizenship' style reward systems; again, all three are the Roman model. Then, when sonny-boy or daughter-girl goes home to farm moisture or whatever, they can talk about how, as part of the Imperial Army, they did relief work, built civil works as part of the corps of engineers, brought order to the lawless outer rim, fought far away battles to keep the people at home safe, all the usual stuff. They also provide a ready pool of reservists, probably go into local government and law enforcement, and so on. Also, it makes the people complicit. If your clone army is off committing war atrocities, well, nothing to do with you. But when it's your sons and daughters burning down the village to save it, well, you're complicit, so you're going to justify it.
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# ? Oct 19, 2016 18:14 |
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TheCenturion posted:But part of the reason for doing it is to get buy-in from the populace. A bit of 'your sons and daughters are off making the galaxy safe for YOU and people like YOU' patriotism, partly 'If your planet goes into rebellion, we have a bunch of your sons and daughters within easy firing-squad distance,' and part of it is 'service guarantees citizenship' style reward systems; again, all three are the Roman model. Ah yes, I forgot about Space Fascism.
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# ? Oct 19, 2016 18:33 |
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IronSaber posted:Ah yes, I forgot about Space Fascism. fascism? in MYYYYYYY space??? minions of xendor!!!
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# ? Oct 19, 2016 18:40 |
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IronSaber posted:Ah yes, I forgot about Space Fascism. Well, how else will you make sure the space trains run on time?
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# ? Oct 19, 2016 18:44 |
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To jump off TheCenturion's point, there probably is also a factor of "those rebels are killing YOUR children, siblings, lovers, and parents!" Makes them seem more sympathetic than if they had a literal robot army and any rebel attack was basically property damage.
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# ? Oct 19, 2016 21:57 |
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Binged on the show over the last week. Really enjoyed it, but I think it helps to enjoy Clone Wars. I only have one question, and I'm sure this has been answered and talked about to death, so forgive me, but Ashoka survived her fight with Vader right? It does show her going into the Sith Temple, correct? Anyways, I always figured a majority of Imperials were not super evil, but felt they were on the right side, because the Empire was the legitimate government. We just see the super evil ones in shows and movies. We've gotten Thrawn so many people have been hoping Pellereon also makes the jump from legends to canon. He was always portrayed as a professional, and dedicated to the Empire, but not really evil. Not blameless and probably not free from the racism that the Empire promotes, but he was always shown to be uncomfortable with Tarkin doctrine stuff.
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# ? Oct 19, 2016 23:46 |
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In what form she survived is still up for debate. Some people think her spirit is trapped in the temple or something like that. Regardless, I'm positive that there's no way we won't see her again. Just maybe not on Rebels?
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# ? Oct 20, 2016 03:59 |
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DancinBrud posted:In what form she survived is still up for debate. Some people think her spirit is trapped in the temple or something like that. Regardless, I'm positive that there's no way we won't see her again. Just maybe not on Rebels? If I had to guess, there will be some Darkest Hour kind of poo poo that she suddenly shows up and saves Kanaan and Ezra or something. It seems like if they wanted to kill her, they'd make it very clear, yes she is dead.
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# ? Oct 20, 2016 17:44 |
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I think Dave Filoni said her story is done in Rebels. So, she might still be alive, but they won't touch on it there. To be frank, we do have to make Luke the last Jedi in the galaxy, sans Obi-wan and Yoda, by a New Hope so that's something to keep in the back of your mind in nucanon works.
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# ? Oct 20, 2016 18:44 |
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Covok posted:I think Dave Filoni said her story is done in Rebels. So, she might still be alive, but they won't touch on it there. She states pretty unequivocally that she's no Jedi. Rebels seems to be getting pretty heavily into the whole 'Jedi/Sith are but one way of approaching the Force' in order to have Force-users a-plenty while still allowing Luke to be Last of the Jedi. It's the whole 'from a certain point of view' thing. Think of it as Luke being the last US Marine, but man, there sure are a whole lot of US Special Ops, Delta Force, Airborne, SAS, GSG-9, SEALs, etc etc running around. And the only reason Luke is a Jedi is because a Jedi Master, Yoda, said so. From a certain point of view, Ezra can never be a Jedi, unless Yoda so invests him, because it's a title bestowed by a Jedi Master, and Yoda is the only one kicking around. Actually, now that I think about it, doesn't the original EU mention a few times that Luke assumed the title of Jedi Master, rather than having it granted, and therefore it doesn't count? On the other hand, somebody had to be the first one originally.....
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# ? Oct 20, 2016 19:16 |
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Actually that makes it all really dumb and bad. Id rather have ezra kanan and co just all get wiped out than have an asterisk next to the OT with a "wellllll technically....."
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# ? Oct 20, 2016 19:48 |
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TheCenturion posted:She states pretty unequivocally that she's no Jedi. Rebels seems to be getting pretty heavily into the whole 'Jedi/Sith are but one way of approaching the Force' in order to have Force-users a-plenty while still allowing Luke to be Last of the Jedi. It's the whole 'from a certain point of view' thing. how did you write this post without throwing up, this is terrible don't ever do this again
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# ? Oct 20, 2016 19:50 |
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banned from Starbucks posted:Actually that makes it all really dumb and bad. Id rather have ezra kanan and co just all get wiped out than have an asterisk next to the OT with a "wellllll technically....." Yeah, this. Having Ashoka die fighting vader while trying to redeem her old master would be an awesome way to show that the only person who could even hope to be successful in such a feat would be his own son, and showing just how far Anakin had fallen, having Ezra and Kannan die heroically defending the rebellion at the end of the series would also be a great way of "resetting" the notion that Luke is the only hope for the galaxy since the existence of Kannan and Ezra poo poo all over that concept.
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# ? Oct 20, 2016 20:06 |
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Hey, I never said it was a GOOD explanation, just that it's the traditional Star Wars 'from a certain point of view' method. "From my point of view, the Jedi are evil!" As to how I managed it without vomiting, practice, my son. Long practice.
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# ? Oct 20, 2016 20:48 |
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I'm sure Ezra will stick around. He's got to turn into Snoke, remember? Your_Snoke_Theory_Sucks.jpg
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# ? Oct 20, 2016 20:51 |
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cptn_dr posted:I'm sure Ezra will stick around. He's got to turn into Snoke, remember? Pablo Higalo probably looks at Snoke Theories and laughs himself to nausea. Guy probably knows Snoke is just some rando he made, just like how the Emperor was originally created, and isn't Mace Window, Erza, or someone else's pet theory.
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# ? Oct 20, 2016 20:57 |
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If I had to guess, I could easily see an Angel-type ending. Or there's a way to ship them off wayyy into the outer rim, perhaps if some jerkass wanted to bring in the Yuzhan Vorg dipshittery back.
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# ? Oct 20, 2016 21:04 |
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A lot of Star Wars fans have been pushing for a Netflix Old Republic series. Pretty unrealistic to think online petitions work (though, in this case, it is just telling Disney there is demand for a product so it might have some pull), but it makes me wonder what a show like that would even be about? It's so before the prequels that it would have carte blanc to do what it wishes. In Legends, a Sith Empire kicked the Republic's rear end and almost conquered the galaxy. Not saying I want that to happen, but it's so long ago that crazy, galaxy shattering events like that can happen and no one would know during the time of the prequels, let alone the OT or sequels. It could also be great to see a 180 as well: instead of it being the Legends or Legends-like Old Republic, it's something wholly new that doesn't rely on rehashing old villainous factions.
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# ? Oct 20, 2016 21:08 |
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Come on, guys, we all know that Snoke is Mace Windu. Episode 8 will be Rey and Kylo Ren both racing to find the purple lightsaber he lost back in Episode 3.
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# ? Oct 20, 2016 21:24 |
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Narcissus1916 posted:If I had to guess, I could easily see an Angel-type ending. Or there's a way to ship them off wayyy into the outer rim, perhaps if some jerkass wanted to bring in the Yuzhan Vorg dipshittery back. This is Disney we're talking about. I can picture them making those shits canon again just to sell a shitload of toys.
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# ? Oct 20, 2016 21:29 |
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Filoni did say he wanted to put the vong in CW
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# ? Oct 20, 2016 21:39 |
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Can we at least get Kyle Katarn back? I mean granted, Kanan is basically Kyle's less nonsensical twin.
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# ? Oct 20, 2016 21:59 |
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bunnyofdoom posted:Filoni did say he wanted to put the vong in CW Yea, they even had concept art and stuff for Vong for CW. Who knows what they'd do in the future. I wasn't aware they had said that Ashoka's story was done, but with the canon, anything is possible. I mean, maybe they'll reveal in episode 8 supplementary material that she survived the Empire and joined Luke's new academy, but died when Kylo Ren attacked.
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# ? Oct 20, 2016 22:09 |
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Narcissus1916 posted:Can we at least get Kyle Katarn back? I still hear Hera as Jan. Same actress.
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# ? Oct 20, 2016 22:18 |
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twistedmentat posted:I wasn't aware they had said that Ashoka's story was done, but with the canon, anything is possible.
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# ? Oct 20, 2016 22:43 |
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DancinBrud posted:I think anybody who said this probably meant that she was done on Rebels, not overall. Yea, that's what I meant. I doubt they'd add her to the movies, but as i said, in nucanon stuff outside of the films are still wild west. I can certainly see the Inquisitors being eliminated in the show, and Kanaan is almost certainly destined to die, but Ezra would probably live.
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# ? Oct 20, 2016 23:21 |
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Narcissus1916 posted:Can we at least get Kyle Katarn back? Hes in Rogue one with a disguise on next to his buddy
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# ? Oct 21, 2016 03:06 |
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Covok posted:A lot of Star Wars fans have been pushing for a Netflix Old Republic series. Pretty unrealistic to think online petitions work (though, in this case, it is just telling Disney there is demand for a product so it might have some pull), but it makes me wonder what a show like that would even be about? It's so before the prequels that it would have carte blanc to do what it wishes. In Legends, a Sith Empire kicked the Republic's rear end and almost conquered the galaxy. Not saying I want that to happen, but it's so long ago that crazy, galaxy shattering events like that can happen and no one would know during the time of the prequels, let alone the OT or sequels. a netflix series based off the republic commando books would be pretty rad
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# ? Oct 21, 2016 08:30 |
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banned from Starbucks posted:Hes in Rogue one with a disguise on next to his buddy *googles* She is! Ah, come on, everyone's just mispronouncing her name.
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# ? Oct 21, 2016 10:43 |
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Covok posted:A lot of Star Wars fans have been pushing for a Netflix Old Republic series. Pretty unrealistic to think online petitions work (though, in this case, it is just telling Disney there is demand for a product so it might have some pull), but it makes me wonder what a show like that would even be about? It's so before the prequels that it would have carte blanc to do what it wishes. In Legends, a Sith Empire kicked the Republic's rear end and almost conquered the galaxy. Not saying I want that to happen, but it's so long ago that crazy, galaxy shattering events like that can happen and no one would know during the time of the prequels, let alone the OT or sequels. I don't care for the Old Republic because they tend to just poop over the notion of subtlety and the force-wielders basically become DBZ characters. Also they want to have both the Republic and the Empire at the same time while keeping a really awkward amount of things the same as the original time period. I feel like they should've made a cleaner break in that fiction instead of trying to rehash so many things.
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# ? Oct 21, 2016 11:57 |
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Old Republic Netflix, aka "Revan and HK-47's Excellent Adventure"
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# ? Oct 21, 2016 13:23 |
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# ? Mar 28, 2024 14:00 |
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Band of Imperial Brothers netflix miniseries. ~200m budget, tom hanks and ron hiward and brian glazner.
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