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Ferrosol posted:So a question is there anyone anywhere in the EU who was NOT involved in stealing the Death Star plans? Christ those things seem to show up everywhere in peoples back stories. No. Even the two suns on Tattoine had their hand in securing the plans. And they're force sensitive. And they only produce heat and light because they're covered in lightsabers.
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Joe Don Baker posted:What's the current chain of custody for those drat things? 1. Dead Bothans 2. ??? <- Anyone trying to get laid after the Battle of Yavin 3. Leia Organa 4. R2D2 5. Obiwan Kenobi 6. Profit
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Feb 25, 2011 21:09
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TheBigBad posted:1. Dead Bothans What about Kyle Katarn? It's been a while since I played Dark Forces, but didn't he jack them right from an imperial base and deliver them to the Tantive IV?
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Feb 25, 2011 21:12
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Joe Don Baker posted:What about Kyle Katarn? It's been a while since I played Dark Forces, but didn't he jack them right from an imperial base and deliver them to the Tantive IV? GAMES ARE NOT CANON. Also... see #2.
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Feb 25, 2011 21:15
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TheBigBad posted:GAMES ARE NOT CANON. Also... see #2. Sorry dude, I didn't know if they somehow tried to meld all the different things together.
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Feb 25, 2011 21:17
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Joe Don Baker posted:Sorry dude, I didn't know if they somehow tried to meld all the different things together. I'm just kidding around.
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Feb 25, 2011 21:25
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Joe Don Baker posted:What about Kyle Katarn? It's been a while since I played Dark Forces, but didn't he jack them right from an imperial base and deliver them to the Tantive IV? Bothans weren't in the rebellion until after Yavin, because they're scummy goatpeople.
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Feb 25, 2011 21:25
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Nemesis Of Moles posted:From Long Snoot I found this- Came here to post this. Not only did he save our heros and let them get away. He was the one that discovered the "weak" point in At-ATs that they could possibly triped by a towing cable. So theres a good chance he was the one that let the rebels know thus insuring their escape from hoth!
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Feb 25, 2011 21:44
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I'm curious if the stormtrooper that hit his head on the door has gotten an in-depth origin story yet.
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Feb 25, 2011 22:20
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Nemesis Of Moles posted:From Long Snoot I found this- Jesus Christ
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Feb 25, 2011 22:45
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IShallRiseAgain posted:I'm curious if the stormtrooper that hit his head on the door has gotten an in-depth origin story yet. Nope, you bet your rear end he has his own Wookiepedia page though http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Unidentified_head-bumping_stormtrooper
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Feb 25, 2011 23:02
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Nemesis Of Moles posted:Nope, you bet your rear end he has his own Wookiepedia page though Wookiepedia posted:Although Lucas implies this stormtrooper was a clone of Jango Fett,[1] the stormtrooper did not share Fett's voice or accent when speaking Actually.. be right back, I must find the Wookiepedia page on cloning and see what spergtastic explanation they've coooked up.
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Feb 25, 2011 23:07
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Holy crap http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Docking_Bay_327, an in-depth wiki article on a docking bay, and that is not the only one http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Hangar. How pathetic do you have to be to make these entries?
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Darth Freddy posted:Came here to post this. Not only did he save our heros and let them get away. He was the one that discovered the "weak" point in At-ATs that they could possibly triped by a towing cable. So theres a good chance he was the one that let the rebels know thus insuring their escape from hoth! He tipped them off to basic principles of physics! Truly an unsung hero...
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Feb 25, 2011 23:52
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Angry Midwesterner posted:He tipped them off to basic principles of physics! Truly an unsung hero... Yeah it's like this big "oh poo poo" moment in the story. I can pull a better explanation out right now that doesn't make Star Wars sound so dumb: At-Ats were pretty expendable really, and the legs gave them a pretty high platform to shoot from. It was worth the trade off, and in situations like Hoth the At-At performed pretty well.
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deadguy posted:Yeah it's like this big "oh poo poo" moment in the story. I can pull a better explanation out right now that doesn't make Star Wars sound so dumb: At-Ats were pretty expendable really, and the legs gave them a pretty high platform to shoot from. It was worth the trade off, and in situations like Hoth the At-At performed pretty well. Plus, really, how often do you have to fight the very specific threat of Airspeeders outfitted with towing cables?
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So, I took a quick look at Heir to the e: Got my Zahn title wires crossed. yronic heroism fucked around with this message at 10:35 on Feb 26, 2011 |
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Feb 26, 2011 04:02
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Angry Midwesterner posted:So, I took a quick look at Heir to the Future recently, and I was taken with how underwhelming Pellaeon is as a character. He's just there as this random Imperial douche to naysay all of Thrawn's genius masterstrokes by spouting conventional tactics. So it's a little weird that he's such a big deal in subsequent books, but I guess that's mostly a function of Star Wars fans glomming onto anything and everything from a book they really liked and demanding its elevation. It's really the fault of KJA who elevated him from ship captain to admiral and from there the head of the Empire. Although I liked the Pellaeon/Thrawn dynamic, it always reminded me of Admiral Piett and Vader. Actually since Zahn's said that he had to revise parts of his original outline when Lucasfilm told him he couldn't bring anyone back from the dead from the movies I have a theory that Pellaeon was originally supposed to be Piett. It would make a lot of sense - they basically have the same role, it would make sense for Piett to be the officer to order the retreat from Endor, and it would contrast how different Thrawn is from the usual Imperial officer by having someone who worked directly under Vader to compare them.
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Feb 26, 2011 04:06
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Angry Midwesterner posted:So, I took a quick look at Heir to the Future recently, and I was taken with how underwhelming Pellaeon is as a character. He's just there as this random Imperial douche to naysay all of Thrawn's genius masterstrokes by spouting conventional tactics. He really only comes into his own as a character in the Hand of Thrawn duology, where he's basically the closest we ever get to having Thrawn as a viewpoint character. HoT Pellaeon is awesome.
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Feb 26, 2011 04:21
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Pellaeon is Watson to Thrawn's Sherlock Holmes.
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Feb 26, 2011 06:56
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Didn't Piette crash in to the Death Star?
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KaosFactor posted:Didn't Piette crash in to the Death Star? No, an A-Wing crashed into him
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Directorman posted:No, an A-Wing crashed into him Causing his ship to crash into the Death Star. So, yes, in a roundabout kind of way.
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Feb 26, 2011 22:15
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KaosFactor posted:Didn't Piette crash in to the Death Star? No, he survived and crash landed on Endor, where he fought man-eating Ewoks and fell in love with Mon Mothma. It's in Knightfall by KJA Nckdictator fucked around with this message at 02:19 on Feb 27, 2011 |
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Feb 27, 2011 02:12
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Nckdictator posted:No, he survived and crash landed on Endor, where he fought man-eating Ewoks and fell in love with Mon Mothma. It really shows the state of the EU when I can't be completly sure that you are joking.
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Feb 27, 2011 02:22
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A Typical Goon posted:It really shows the state of the EU when I can't be completly sure that you are joking. This made me laugh. Twice as hard as it should have because I didn't even realize his post was a joke until I read your post (his post WAS a joke, right?)
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Feb 27, 2011 03:58
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Only about the KJA and canon part. https://www.piett.org/fiction/story-piettmothma.html
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Feb 27, 2011 04:14
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arioch posted:Only about the KJA and canon part. Oh Christ, I forgot about the site. That amazing amazing site.
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arioch posted:Only about the KJA and canon part. http://www.piett.org/fiction/poetry.html 
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fire place posted:http://www.piett.org/fiction/poetry.html There really is no depth to the Star Wars rabbit hole
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Feb 27, 2011 05:41
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arioch posted:Only about the KJA and canon part. I was refrencing this but that's pretty hilarious too http://home.mnet-online.de/swlg/pagea/p1.html
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Feb 27, 2011 05:42
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Nckdictator posted:I was refrencing this but that's pretty hilarious too It probably has to do with whatever the reason Darth Vader spared him. I'm sure he was a good man at heart and reminded Darth of someone he knew before he turned evil, and as it happened he was the son of one of the guys on the Jedi council who was willing to give him a chance from the get go.
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stawk Archer posted:It probably has to do with whatever the reason Darth Vader spared him. I'm sure he was a good man at heart and reminded Darth of someone he knew before he turned evil, and as it happened he was the son of one of the guys on the Jedi council who was willing to give him a chance from the get go. I was willing to let this go until the very end. Everyone knowing/being related to somebody they knew is getting loving silly and should be stopped. Maybe thats why they had several galaxy wide conflicts one after each other.
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Feb 27, 2011 20:45
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SeanBeansShako posted:I was willing to let this go until the very end. Everyone knowing/being related to somebody they knew is getting loving silly and should be stopped. It's like poetry, So said the fat plaid beard man. Lucas, eat a dick.
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I wonder how much of the 'it's a small galaxy' thing is really Jorge's fault though. He had some dumbass ideas in TPM. Kid Greedo (is he?), immaculate conception thing which makes no sense, Darth Vader inventing C3p0, and so on. That just seems like a marketing ploy to tie the originals in with the prequels for the most part. The fans making Boba Fett into space's Saint Paul (to complement Darth's space Jesus role) was around way before the prequels. Because he had balls in Empire and regardless of the fact that he was basically a chump who got his rear end kicked by everyone in Jedi, there were comics, backstories, and other stuff about him. It's like writers know that they have to use someone from the movies to have appeal but the way they went about it just sucked the life out of the characters made them kind of silly. The thing is, the characters had so much character just because of their design and setting. The clothes someone was wearing told a story of their own and made the world interesting. Going into the details always just sucks! It's basically only good for humor and facepalms when that happens.
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Feb 28, 2011 08:50
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Joe Don Baker posted:What's the current chain of custody for those drat things?
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Feb 28, 2011 08:55
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I'm genuinely surprised no one on Dooku's council was a Bothan.
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Feb 28, 2011 08:56
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Mister Roboto posted:I'm genuinely surprised no one on Dooku's council was a Bothan. This would require a level of coordination with both the original films and the EU that the prequels lack.
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Bland British Imperial Officer #3 has his own website? I just...don't understand. Why pick that particular one? Piett is the one who had the conversation with Vader when he came out of the ship in the beginning of ROTJ, right?
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bbf2 posted:Bland British Imperial Officer #3 has his own website? I just...don't understand. Why pick that particular one? Piett is the one who had the conversation with Vader when he came out of the ship in the beginning of ROTJ, right? Piett's the only one Vader didn't choke out in Empire. The fact that he survived to the end of Jedi makes him noteworthy. Also, he commanded the Imperial flagship, which leads me to assume he commanded the fleet.
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