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Due to the praise in this thread I finally decided to check out the current Clone Wars show, and it's actually really good! I was hooked the first episode with Yoda and the two clone troopers. Good Stuff. The episodes with Jar Jar and some of the earlier Ahsoka episodes are annoying but I think overall this series is better than the PT. I think it's funny how nearly every episode ends like Empire Strikes Back with the characters with their backs turned looking out a window or into the distance while the credits wipe in. While looking ahead to see how many episodes were aired in Season Three I noticed this (spoilering for those who prefer surprise) Chewbacca will appear in three episodes at the end of Season 3 http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/02/17/remaking-wookiee-chewbacca-becomes-a-character-on-star-wars-the-clone-wars/ this could be pretty awesome. His first appearance is in an episode called “Padawan Lost”, and that got me wondering if Ashoka will be leaving the Jedi Order or something.
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Only thing I do wish Clone Wars did more episodes that focused on the Clones, or just non-main characters in general. Those are always the good ones. There's not as much tension with the main characters because we know they don't die, Ahsoka not counting. The clones or even Jedi made up for the episode are just more interesting because there's a chance they could die during some of the more tense scenes and that in fact has happened on a few occasions.
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Feb 18, 2011 04:42
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RagnarokAngel posted:Only thing I do wish Clone Wars did more episodes that focused on the Clones, or just non-main characters in general. Those are always the good ones. There's not as much tension with the main characters because we know they don't die, Ahsoka not counting. It's like that with most shows, though. It's not like anyone ever really thought Spock was going to die or any other main character from a TV show. There can still be some tension as you're wondering if they'll succeed or not as there are occasionally missions where they gently caress up. I do agree that the best episodes don't feature the main characters, except Obi-Wan, he's pretty cool in this series.
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Feb 18, 2011 05:13
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My favorite are honestly the ones with Ventress and/or Obi Wan. The voice acting is fantastic as is the lightsaber fight choreography.
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Feb 18, 2011 08:33
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I watched the first two seasons and found it to be decent, but not great. Haven't seen anything from this season because everything I've heard about sounds like it's on a Dark Nest/Darksaber/Jaxxon the Rabbit level of retardation.
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Feb 18, 2011 09:38
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Its literally hit or miss. The good is really good and the bad makes you want to gouge your eyes out.
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Feb 18, 2011 10:07
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Casimir Radon posted:After Shia threw coffee on him like the petulant child he is. No, Han shoots first.
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Feb 18, 2011 11:58
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Captain von Trapp posted:Ok, you can't just let it hang there. What have they done now? Sorry for the lateness of this reply, but how has the Clone Wars show upstaged Force Cthulhu, you ask? By bringing us Force God. Yes, that's right, there is a whole family of Gods living on I had a few more thoughts on the episodes this went down in. Cross-posting from the TVIV thread... I posted:Jorge is getting old, right? He's the master of this universe, but he's not gonna live forever, and wants his creation to Not sure if we need spoilers after a week, but just in case. And to add insult to injury, the Son is voiced by Starkiller. yronic heroism fucked around with this message at 07:08 on Feb 20, 2011 |
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Feb 19, 2011 11:57
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. Daughter is light, tends to be helpful and collaborate with the father (much like Lucas's works on the show and has written some non-lovely episodes, and isn't particularly show-stealing with the cameos that went her way) , but also has her own ideas that are against his wishes since she's the champion of pure light unbalanced by darkness (in making the show non-lovely at various points, no doubt much of Jorge's own influence is defied).
Still goony as hell, but far less sedentary/pathetic/ludicrous than the rest of the family.)
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Angry Midwesterner posted:Not sure if we need spoilers after a week, but just in case. And to add insult to injury, the Son is voiced by Starkiller. The sister was voiced by the Dark Jedi woman from Force Unleashed, as well.
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Feb 19, 2011 20:06
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Angry Midwesterner posted:Sorry for the lateness of this reply, but how has the Clone Wars show upstaged Force Cthulhu, you ask? In fairness, that arc was entirely hyperbolic. There's no literal "Force God" and Mortis isn't an actual place in the Star Wars galaxy. The entire thing was meant to be analogous to the Force cave in Empire. That's not to say it was done well.
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Feb 19, 2011 21:07
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NGL posted:In fairness, that arc was entirely hyperbolic. There's no literal "Force God" and Mortis isn't an actual place in the Star Wars galaxy. The entire thing was meant to be analogous to the Force cave in Empire. This week was much better than the Mortis septic tank story arc. Lots of homages to ESB.
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Feb 20, 2011 01:48
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That episode was such a loving cocktease. (Spoilering, possibly over-aggressively.) Obviously he'd have to forget about that poo poo unless Jorge is willing to create an entire new EU branch -- which would actually be an interesting way to keep the material fresh. But it was like, couldn't you have A. had him be aware of his future for like more than two minutes? And B. perhaps he could have NOT gotten Sith corpse paint face immediately? Or does the Dark Side automatically turn you into Dethklok now?
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Feb 20, 2011 02:15
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Chairman Capone posted:The sister was voiced by the Dark Jedi woman from Force Unleashed, as well. Yeah, but ultimately I'm more okay with scantily clad Force witches riding big ol' wild rancors (if you know what I mean), than with the convergence of supernovae of bad ideas that comprise Starkiller. NGL posted:In fairness, that arc was entirely hyperbolic. There's no literal "Force God" and Mortis isn't an actual place in the Star Wars galaxy. The entire thing was meant to be analogous to the Force cave in Empire. Filoni implied that in his commentary, but it sounds like a lot of damage control and/or code for "George thought this would be cool as all hell, so what are ya gonna do?" So far at least, the kiddies at Wookieepedia are playing it straight. Of course, they're terrible idiot neckbeard manchildren, but who are we to judge? yronic heroism fucked around with this message at 07:23 on Feb 20, 2011 |
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Feb 20, 2011 07:11
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NGL posted:In fairness, that arc was entirely hyperbolic. There's no literal "Force God" and Mortis isn't an actual place in the Star Wars galaxy. The entire thing was meant to be analogous to the Force cave in Empire. Looks like we have ourselves a regular Han Solo-Force Atheist, boys.  Get the ropes. The space ropes.
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Feb 20, 2011 11:16
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Mister Roboto posted:The space ropes.
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Feb 20, 2011 11:27
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Dust off the space tree boys, time for a good ole' dangling!
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Feb 20, 2011 18:07
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Aww lets just fix the hyperdrive on the corellian cruiser and pull him around out back at light speed for a few parsecs.
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Feb 20, 2011 19:59
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I now have the image in my head of trying to hang someone in zero-g and them just floating there after the trap door opens. The crowd waits impatiently...
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Feb 20, 2011 20:16
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You'd think just spacing someone without a helmet would work, but this is Star Wars so not always, no.
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Feb 20, 2011 21:09
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KaosFactor posted:I now have the image in my head of trying to hang someone in zero-g and them just floating there after the trap door opens. The crowd waits impatiently... Well we know from Lucas that you can't wear underwear in zero-gravity because your body will expand and strangle you in your bra straps.
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Feb 20, 2011 21:10
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Mister Roboto posted:Get the ropes. Lightwhips?
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Feb 20, 2011 21:16
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Force resistant vibro-ropes
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Feb 20, 2011 21:34
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TheLoquid posted:Force resistant vibro-ropes Made from cortosis weave.
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Feb 20, 2011 21:42
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TheLoquid posted:Force resistant vibro-ropes The target is only 2 centimeters wide. The rope is ray-shielded so you'll have to use proton torpedoes. Edit: Wait a second, why would you ray-shield a thermal exhaust port? Neutralizing the capability of ray-based energy emissions to pass to and from a thermal exhaust port kinda defeats the whole purpose of having one. NeonTurtle fucked around with this message at 23:39 on Feb 20, 2011 |
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Feb 20, 2011 23:30
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A better question is why a station the size of a small moon has a single thermal exhaust port.
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Feb 20, 2011 23:46
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It has a main port, what ever that is.
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Feb 20, 2011 23:52
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NeonTurtle posted:Edit: Wait a second, why would you ray-shield a thermal exhaust port? Neutralizing the capability of ray-based energy emissions to pass to and from a thermal exhaust port kinda defeats the whole purpose of having one. Maybe it's like a one way mirror
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Feb 21, 2011 00:09
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NeonTurtle posted:Edit: Wait a second, why would you ray-shield a thermal exhaust port? Neutralizing the capability of ray-based energy emissions to pass to and from a thermal exhaust port kinda defeats the whole purpose of having one. It probably vents hot gas - hence, "thermal exhaust port" rather than "lots of giant heatsink radiator fins". 
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Feb 21, 2011 00:26
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Captain von Trapp posted:It probably vents hot gas - hence, "thermal exhaust port" rather than "lots of giant heatsink radiator fins". Great, now I'm picturing X-wings flying around a giant, Ace Combat-esque rotating radiator fin assembly.
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Feb 21, 2011 00:32
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Where is the heat escaping to, anyway? The vacuum of E: Didn't read Captain Von Trapp's post carefully enough. 
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Feb 21, 2011 00:38
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NeonTurtle posted:The target is only 2 centimeters wide. The rope is ray-shielded so you'll have to use proton torpedoes. You're asking questions of engineers who have never heard of guardrails.
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Feb 21, 2011 04:38
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Rev. Bleech_ posted:You're asking questions of engineers who have never heard of guardrails. To be fair, the lack of guardrails was done on part to prevent railing kills.
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Feb 21, 2011 05:27
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Pththya-lyi posted:Where is the heat escaping to, anyway? The vacuum of Your mention of sound in space combined with the Death Star's exhaust port made me realize that the Rebels would have been stopped by a (space) whistler tip. Actually, didn't ol' Bub Rub have a bit of a Vader silhouette?   I've been reading this thread so long that ancient internet videos are taking on new meaning. New questions spurred by the most recent Clone Wars: 1) Do those little pig things from Bespin have some sort of exclusive union agreement on carbon freezing? 2) I thought carbon freezing was risky, uncertain, and "crude". Why did Vader need to test it on Han if he and all his buddies were willing to just dive right in with no consequence?
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Feb 21, 2011 05:36
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Derek Dominoe posted:1) Do those little pig things from Bespin have some sort of exclusive union agreement on carbon freezing? As for point 2, the first facility we saw wasn't meant for life forms. Presumably this one was, despite looking as much like the first one we saw as possible...
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Feb 21, 2011 06:06
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For point one, probably because they want to "evoke the feel of the iconic scene from the original films and  ..."(It's like poetry.)
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Feb 21, 2011 06:54
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 The pig people are called Ugnaughts.
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Feb 21, 2011 07:42
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Pththya-lyi posted:
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Feb 21, 2011 07:46
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Well, since you brought it up...
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Feb 21, 2011 07:47
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Watched the Rifftrax of the Star Wars Holiday Special tonight with some friends. I have no clue at all what anyone involved with that abomination could have been thinking. There must have literally been an army of people working on that train wreck, and no one said "hey guys, this isn't a very good idea."? We watched The Room right after and I honestly don't know which was worse.
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Derek Dominoe posted:1) Do those little pig things from Bespin have some sort of exclusive union agreement on carbon freezing? I don't know, but I hope they're part of an evil freezing racket because I killed the poo poo out of every one I saw in Jedi Outcast.
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