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They could've use basically any other term and it been fine. Hell, call them Seismic charges and had them go and grab an asteroid and then blow it up and it would've been cool. But no. Sonic.
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Hey, how about a Star Wars question up in this thread? So the Yuzon Vong came from another galaxy? They actually traveled the distance between two galaxies to invade the Star Wars galaxy? Wouldn't the titanic accumulation and expenditure of resources that would take more easily be used to fix whatever's wrong with the galaxy you're in? Hell, wouldn't you have time to evolve a few genetic adaptations to whatever's ailing you in the time it takes to get there? Is my incredulity coming across in these questions? Douglas Adams posted:Space is big. You just won't believe how vastly, hugely, mind- bogglingly big it is. I mean, you may think it's a long way down the road to the chemist's, but that's just peanuts to space.
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Oct 8, 2011 02:36
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You're asking that in a universe where you have to keep your engines on and pointed away from your destination to keep going forwards in space.
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Oct 8, 2011 02:37
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Derek Dominoe posted:Hey, how about a Star Wars question up in this thread? This is a species that have loving black hole shields and volcano cannons. I'm pretty sure that is the least of your problems.
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Oct 8, 2011 02:44
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Douche Bag posted:Can I get some opinions on the Phantom Edit? Does it make TPM watchable? There's still gaping holes of logic in the story that would require huge rewrites to fix.
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Oct 8, 2011 03:31
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The Yuuzhan Vong backstory/explanation is that their  sentient homeworld stripped their connection to the Force-at-large before they killed it in their zealotry and hatred, so they became this galaxy-spanning plague that gloried in murder and slavery and pain and suffering. They wiped their entire home galaxy clean and spread out in a diaspora of death.
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Oct 8, 2011 03:35
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arioch posted:The Yuuzhan Vong backstory/explanation is that their When I was in High School and first heard about the Vong as these bad rear end jedi killing monsters with their tech entirely biological, I thought it was the coolest thing ever. Reading this and other posts about them though I am kinda glad I never read the books.
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Oct 8, 2011 03:43
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I read the 2 by Allston and the second half of the final book, then skimmed the wiki a year later and realized that I'd missed absolutely nothing of value.
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Oct 8, 2011 03:51
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Derek Dominoe posted:Hey, how about a Star Wars question up in this thread? Our galaxy is about a hundred thousand light years from one side to the other. The distance to the Andromeda galaxy (the nearest big one) is about two and a half million light years. If Star Wars hyperdrives can put a spaceship from one side of the galaxy to the other in days, the question is really more like why isn't there lots of intergalactic travel?
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Captain von Trapp posted:Our galaxy is about a hundred thousand light years from one side to the other. The distance to the Andromeda galaxy (the nearest big one) is about two and a half million light years. If Star Wars hyperdrives can put a spaceship from one side of the galaxy to the other in days, the question is really more like why isn't there lots of intergalactic travel?
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http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Ship_(sentient_spacecraft)
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Der Luftwaffle posted:I read the 2 by Allston and the second half of the final book, then skimmed the wiki a year later and realized that I'd missed absolutely nothing of value. Maybe it's because the bar for the EU is set so low but I found the series enjoyable enough. My only gripes being that there were too many books and the Vong seem kinda dark and out of place in the SW universe.
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Douche Bag posted:Maybe it's because the bar for the EU is set so low but I found the series enjoyable enough. My only gripes being that there were too many books and the Vong seem kinda dark and out of place in the SW universe. "Value" was probably the wrong word since most of the authors are pretty decent. "Consequence" is better since I wasn't the least bit curious about what happened with these hundreds of new characters and none of them seemed to really matter in the end.
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I liked it despite a lot of dumb poo poo. Some part loving rocked, like ganner's last stand and fall of coruscant. Other parts loving sucked, like the stupid han solo duology and the dumb zonama sekot deus ex machina.
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Oct 8, 2011 05:34
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Star Wars: The Expanded Universe: RIP Chewbacca.
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SpookyLizard posted:They could've use basically any other term and it been fine. Hell, call them Seismic charges and had them go and grab an asteroid and then blow it up and it would've been cool. But no. Sonic. Pretty sure they were called seismic charges. http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Seismic_charge
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If you could ask Lucas ONE question, and one question alone, what would it be? Obviously most people are going to go all spergy and go "WHYYYYYYYYY?" about some aspect of the prequels, but there's got to be SOME other topic you'd want him to answer for.
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Hungry Gerbil posted:How spergy are the wookiepedia editors? How much is really written about sarlaccs in the EU? I'd prefer the article being changed to make more sense. Jabba talking bullshit is much more sensible than the current nonsense on the wiki. This is from a while ago but Toilets Carnaticum posted:Star Wars: The Expanded Universe: RIP Chewbacca. Chewie didn't die. He decided that his deal with Han didn't include his retarded kids, faked his death, and now runs a nice little cantina with Lando
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Mister Roboto posted:If you could ask Lucas ONE question, and one question alone, what would it be? "Can I be a Jedi in the next movie?" Or much more realistically. Why did he approve Force Unleashed to be G cannon while other really amazing EU books and games. Heir to the Empire and KotoR are down as C cannon. I love the force unleashed games, but holly poo poo are they amazingly silly and over the top. or "do you have any idea how much money I have given your old rear end?"
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"When can I expect the Criterion remastered OT?"  or "Special Editions ok, fine whatever. But why do the edits and touch-up seem so half-assed and other parts that could use it go unfixed?" I don't think I could think of a question that wouldn't be answered with 'My Vision" or angry silence. I just watched the EpIV BD and I don't think R2 could have fit in that hole with the CG rocks really there, unless maybe he flew in.
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Der Luftwaffle posted:The only upside was that the charges were hilariously cheap weapons in the Rogue Squadron game. Rogue Squadron III NEVER HAPPENED. Mostly because the game sucked, but also because it has its fair share of EU off-screen fuckery. (Funny that those charges also affected the audio in the pause menu in the game.)
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Echo Chamber posted:Rogue Squadron III NEVER HAPPENED. The worst thing about that article? It makes the assumption that the reader doesn't know who Han loving Solo is. Really, Wookieepedia? "After the bunker's integrity was compromised, Sarkli attempted to kill Han Solo, a Rebel operative who led the attack on the bunker."
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Jigoku San posted:I just watched the EpIV BD and I don't think R2 could have fit in that hole with the CG rocks really there, unless maybe he flew in. Exactly. Which is why its really wierd when there's the shot of Obi-wan gesturing to an unseen R2 asking him to come down to where he is, then when its obvious R2 is hesitating, he says "I won't hurt you." Not, you know "Let me move those rocks" or "How the hell did you get in there?" It makes Obi-wan seem really daft. That wizard is just a crazy old man. But yeah, I don't know. I expect in the 3d editions, a CGI R2 will use his jetpack to drop down into there from above, and Obi-wan will do a force pull and the CGI rocks will fly past him in the shot I mentioned above.
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Echo Chamber posted:Rogue Squadron III NEVER HAPPENED. I never played Rebel Strike, but I just watched a YouTube video of the attack on the Executor. Holy poo poo. The voice actor for Ackbar is just hilariously awful. Edit: Here is is.
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I'm going as ANH Han Solo for halloween, and since I don't feel like sending $120 to someone in Hong Kong I'm going to make my own holster. Problem is, I can't find anything that gives me precise measurements for the drat thing. Anyone have good pics of the original prop? I thought I'd get better results asking here versus the Halloween thread.
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Big Mean Jerk posted:I'm going as ANH Han Solo for halloween, and since I don't feel like sending $120 to someone in Hong Kong I'm going to make my own holster. Problem is, I can't find anything that gives me precise measurements for the drat thing. Anyone have good pics of the original prop? scroll a bit ways down. http://www.rebellegion.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=16324&sid=30811ed226560f2402702d127c3e2a08 http://www.google.com/imgres?q=Han+...8&tx=138&ty=103 Most of that means you would have to be a little handy with leather working or know some one who does. Its mostly a cowboy style holster that has been star warsed. http://www.amazon.com/Genuine-Leather-Single-Western-Holster/dp/B0018BTZBA/ref=sr_1_11?s=sporting-goods&ie=UTF8&qid=1318316682&sr=1-11
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ZeeToo posted:You're asking that in a universe where you have to keep your engines on and pointed away from your destination to keep going forwards in space. I just noticed this, but what?
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SpookyLizard posted:I just noticed this, but what? He's saying that Star Wars space vehicles operate like atmospheric craft. They keep their engines on all the time as if they'd slow down if they didn't. In reality, every second they have the engines on (which is always), they'd be accelerating and they'd need an engine pointed at their destination to slow them down and not collide. Watch Apollo 13 or 2010, the engines are only fired at launch or when they need to change their course. Otherwise, you just coast.
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Mr. Funny Pants posted:He's saying that Star Wars space vehicles operate like atmospheric craft. They keep their engines on all the time as if they'd slow down if they didn't. In reality, every second they have the engines on (which is always), they'd be accelerating and they'd need an engine pointed at their destination to slow them down and not collide. Oh, okay, yeah, I didn't think of that. I read it and thought that there was some ship with engines pointed forward and flew around like that or something. Yeah, I just plain forgot about actual physics since it's star wars. It really didn't even occur to me that was the thing. (also apollo 13 is awesome).
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SpookyLizard posted:Yeah, I just plain forgot about actual physics since it's star wars. Yeah this is the best direction to take, the other direction...madness lies.
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Oct 12, 2011 02:16
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But there's actually air out there that requires them to keep their engines on all the time. How else would those sounds occur, hmm?
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RagnarokAngel posted:Yeah this is the best direction to take, the other direction...madness lies. I haven't had a chance to watch it yet, but is Babylon 5 the only show/movie that even gave a nod toward realistic physics with its space battles?
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Mr. Funny Pants posted:I haven't had a chance to watch it yet, but is Babylon 5 the only show/movie that even gave a nod toward realistic physics with its space battles? The new(ish now) Battlestar Galactica series also went with a more realistic space combat. Also while it had sound in space it was severely muted.
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Didn't Firefly also have "realistic no-sound in space"?
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VaultAggie posted:Didn't Firefly also have "realistic no-sound in space"? Firefly did, but Serenity did not.
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muscles like this? posted:The new(ish now) Battlestar Galactica series also went with a more realistic space combat. Also while it had sound in space it was severely muted. I know it's unrealistic but I could listen to the Viper's machine gun fire and the Galactica's flak barrier all day.
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