|
Der Luftwaffle posted:In a paste stuck to the foot of an AT-ST. 'E walks! 
|
#
?
May 18, 2011 19:04
|
|
|
|
| # ? May 16, 2024 12:41 |
|
|
Crowetron posted:'E walks!
|
|
#
?
May 18, 2011 19:06
|
|
|
So about that seventh movie... e, bigger MIDWIFE CRISIS fucked around with this message at 22:54 on May 18, 2011 |
|
#
?
May 18, 2011 20:17
|
|
|
 Millennium Falcon is hilarious
|
|
#
?
May 18, 2011 20:48
|
|
|
Admiral Goodenough posted:So about that seventh movie...  I would watch this in a heartbeat.
|
|
#
?
May 18, 2011 20:54
|
|
|
Admiral Goodenough posted:So about that seventh movie... Please tell me there's a bigger version of this. Or maybe a T-shirt.
|
|
#
?
May 18, 2011 22:29
|
|
|
Crowetron posted:How does an Ewok cross the road? Do you know what an Ewok has in his ear?
|
|
#
?
May 18, 2011 23:33
|
|
|
ZeeToo posted:Do you know what an Ewok has in his ear? Ewox.
|
|
#
?
May 19, 2011 00:23
|
|
|
Admiral Goodenough posted:So about that seventh movie... The Y-wing looks like a cranky old guy with a good heart. 
|
|
#
?
May 19, 2011 16:52
|
|
|
Are B-wings visible in any of the movies? I don't think I've ever seen one in motion.
|
|
#
?
May 19, 2011 17:00
|
|
|
Admiral Goodenough posted:Are B-wings visible in any of the movies? I don't think I've ever seen one in motion. They're seen briefly in ROTJ among the ships jumping into hyperspace. The ship wasn't used much after that shot because it was hard to photograph well.
|
|
#
?
May 19, 2011 17:04
|
|
|
You can also see one opening its S-foils as they're approaching the DS.
|
|
#
?
May 19, 2011 19:29
|
|
|
They're the ones flashing by behind the X-wings here, right? For some reason I've always expected them to be spinning.
|
|
#
?
May 19, 2011 19:42
|
|
|
Admiral Goodenough posted:They're the ones flashing by behind the X-wings here, right? For some reason I've always expected them to be spinning. IIRC the body can rotate around the cockpit. It was never done in the video games though.
|
|
#
?
May 19, 2011 19:44
|
|
|
Yeah, the body would rotate 90 degrees (counter) clockwise depending on whether or not you were opening or closing the s-foils.
|
|
#
?
May 19, 2011 19:59
|
|
|
Star Tours II Trailer There's something off with the CG, i can't put my finger on what though. Also that Akbar looks terrifying.
|
|
#
?
May 19, 2011 20:55
|
|
|
Joe Don Baker posted:IIRC the body can rotate around the cockpit. It was never done in the video games though. Wasn't it? I could swear that was how the S-foils worked in "Rogue Squadron". Muppetjedi posted:Star Tours II Trailer What the gently caress? How can they gently caress up a rubber suit/puppet that badly?
|
|
#
?
May 19, 2011 23:32
|
|
|
Muppetjedi posted:Star Tours II Trailer Considering their usage in the films, I'm way more creeped out by the "romantic sand-person" joke at the end.
|
|
#
?
May 20, 2011 00:47
|
|
|
Muppetjedi posted:Star Tours II Trailer At least it looks like we'll finally get to go to Endor, as I was promised in my travel brochure.
|
|
#
?
May 20, 2011 00:51
|
|
|
Suenteus Po posted:Wasn't it? I could swear that was how the S-foils worked in "Rogue Squadron". I was wrong. As the dude after me said, the body rotates when the S-foils are opened/closed. What I was thinking in my head though is that the body could rotate anytime. It could be a way to dodge poo poo (to make up for lack of maneuverability) or a way to aim lasers and poo poo without moving the relative position of the ship.
|
|
#
?
May 20, 2011 00:56
|
|
|
Joe Don Baker posted:I was wrong. As the dude after me said, the body rotates when the S-foils are opened/closed. That doesn't really make any sense.
|
|
#
?
May 20, 2011 01:13
|
|
|
I see what it does now. From Star Wars wiki: The B-wing's command pod has a unique gyroscopic control system. The pilot can orient it so that it always stays level with a pre-designated horizon line. No matter which way the B-wing may maneuver laterally, its pilot remains upright.
|
|
#
?
May 20, 2011 01:25
|
|
|
Speaking of Star Tours, a friend of mine posted the original Star Tours video on Facebook, and while watching it a question occurred to me. This has probably been asked before, but I can't remember. Is Star Tours (the original, I haven't ridden the new one yet) canon? And if so...what Death Star is that?
|
|
#
?
May 20, 2011 13:54
|
|
|
thrawn527 posted:Speaking of Star Tours, a friend of mine posted the original Star Tours video on Facebook, and while watching it a question occurred to me. This has probably been asked before, but I can't remember. Is Star Tours (the original, I haven't ridden the new one yet) canon? And if so...what Death Star is that? I haven't seen it asked, but it has been answered. It's maybe an extra Death Star. Or it could be non-canon, but that's crazy talk. This is much more reasonable.
|
|
#
?
May 20, 2011 14:46
|
|
|
ZeeToo posted:I haven't seen it asked, but it has been answered. I knew I wouldn't be the only person who had thought of that. Thanks!
|
|
#
?
May 20, 2011 14:51
|
|
|
Joe Don Baker posted:I see what it does now. From Star Wars wiki: That's doesn't make any sense at all. In space, there's is no horizon to lock too, and if you are used to having full 3D control over your ship, to be locked into a fake horizon would be so disorienting.
|
|
#
?
May 20, 2011 15:07
|
|
|
Muppetjedi posted:Star Tours II Trailer Frankly, all the puppets look wrong, and Vader's voice is off as well. For an official Lucasfilm product, that commercial is pretty terrible all in all.
|
|
#
?
May 20, 2011 15:11
|
|
|
But 50 different shows. It has re-ride value... But who goes to Disney that much?
|
|
#
?
May 20, 2011 17:31
|
|
|
ScottyJSno posted:But 50 different shows. It has re-ride value... From what I read, it's about six different locations or so, which will probably be randomized in some way so you get two or three locations per ride, but often in different order. That would easily account for over 50 variations. Chances are you'll see all the locations if you ride a few times.
|
|
#
?
May 20, 2011 18:13
|
|
|
Joe Don Baker posted:IIRC the body can rotate around the cockpit. It was never done in the video games though. Uh, in the B-wing expansion pack for the original X-Wing game on the PC, you could hold down the secondary button and spin the body completely around the cockpit. I think the ship orientation also affected turning. (as well as significantly altered the angle of attack of your ion cannon)
|
|
#
?
May 20, 2011 20:04
|
|
|
ZeeToo posted:I haven't seen it asked, but it has been answered. Every day I hate the concept of 'canon' more and more. Jerk McJerkface posted:That's doesn't make any sense at all. In space, there's is no horizon to lock too, and if you are used to having full 3D control over your ship, to be locked into a fake horizon would be so disorienting. Aren't they bombers? Maybe it's to help them fly parallel to the hull of whatever they're bombing.
|
|
#
?
May 20, 2011 20:19
|
|
|
The letter names of all the fighters seems so strained. X-wing is fine, it has wings in an X pattern. But B-wing doesn't look like a "B". A-wing and Y-wing don't even have wings.
|
|
#
?
May 20, 2011 20:37
|
|
|
Flavor Bear posted:The letter names of all the fighters seems so strained. The open S-foils on the X-Wing make it roughly X-shaped. A bird's eye view of the Y-Wing show it to be roughly Y-shaped, despite not having wings. When designing new ships for ROTJ, they came up with two concepts for rebel fighters. They were originally just labeled "A Ship" and "B Ship". When it came to naming them, Lucasfilm just changed "Ship" to "Wing", presumably due to the A-Wing's resemblance to the letter A. The rationale for the B-Wing name was basically, "Umm, gently caress it; it's a B-Wing." This naming convention would resurface again with ROTS, where a sketch of a fighter was labeled "Art 170". That ship went on to become the ARC-170 (i.e. the WWII-era X-Wing bomber thing).
|
|
#
?
May 20, 2011 20:49
|
|
|
Jerk McJerkface posted:That's doesn't make any sense at all. In space, there's is no horizon to lock too, and if you are used to having full 3D control over your ship, to be locked into a fake horizon would be so disorienting. I would think seeing stars and ships twist in and out could be kind of distracting. Also from what I remember reading the cockpit can spin if needed to.
|
|
#
?
May 20, 2011 20:51
|
|
|
Doc Hawkins posted:Every day I hate the concept of 'canon' more and more. I went back and read the article they have on the battle at the end of Return of the Jedi, and hoo boy, there were all kinds of things going on there that didn't make it into the movie.
|
|
#
?
May 20, 2011 20:53
|
|
|
NGL posted:The open S-foils on the X-Wing make it roughly X-shaped.
|
|
#
?
May 20, 2011 21:01
|
|
|
Flagrant Abuse posted:The original design for the B-wing matched with its name a bit more, what with having a cockpit on either end like the two lobes of a B. The current explanation is that the B is short for "blade," since the B-wing looks sort of vaguely like one. I can kinda see how it could be construed as a B. The "blade" explanation always struck me as a half-assed retcon.
|
|
#
?
May 20, 2011 21:11
|
|
|
Goreld posted:Uh, in the B-wing expansion pack for the original X-Wing game on the PC, you could hold down the secondary button and spin the body completely around the cockpit. I think the ship orientation also affected turning. (as well as significantly altered the angle of attack of your ion cannon) Really? I've put a ton of hours into that game I didn't know that. I'll have to check it out asap.
|
|
#
?
May 20, 2011 21:42
|
|
|
Joe Don Baker posted:Really? I've put a ton of hours into that game I didn't know that. I'll have to check it out asap. I remember that actually, it wasn't really useful though.
|
|
#
?
May 20, 2011 21:44
|
|
|
|
| # ? May 16, 2024 12:41 |
|
|
Jerk McJerkface posted:That's doesn't make any sense at all. In space, there's is no horizon to lock too, and if you are used to having full 3D control over your ship, to be locked into a fake horizon would be so disorienting.
|
|
#
?
May 20, 2011 22:04
|
|
