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Jerk McJerkface posted:Don't they have like video communication too?
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thrawn527 posted:You know, that's how hosed up Star Wars is now. I assumed you were telling the truth, and that the article really was there, until I saw Pesky Splinter's post saying you were joking. This is what Star Wars EU has done to me. Yeah, I get my kicks out of making up random poo poo to sound like an actual EU article on Wookiepedia. The scary thing is that it is so easy to just mash together random poo poo to sound "plausible" enough to make someone nod and just agree without seeing for themselves I posted a blind link.
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Oct 18, 2011 21:35
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LLJKSiLk posted:The scary thing is that it is so easy to just mash together random poo poo to sound "plausible" enough to make someone nod And if we were in the Star Wars universe, you'd know we nodded.
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Oct 18, 2011 22:08
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Powered Descent posted:And if we were in the Star Wars universe, you'd know we nodded. And then I would crash. 
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Oct 18, 2011 22:10
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Payndz posted:Red Leader crashed because he was watching Luke nod on his dashboard monitor. Texting. mak ur atak run kthnx
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Oct 18, 2011 22:28
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Payndz posted:Red Leader crashed because he was watching Luke nod on his dashboard monitor. Red Leader crashed because he was so completely shocked when he realized that he was flying for the first time in years without listening to that horrible wet wheezing of Porkins.
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Oct 18, 2011 22:51
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Force nod.
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Oct 18, 2011 22:55
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SuperMechagodzilla posted:Force nod. Light side only power, trained at level 2, costs 1 Force to activate, instant cast. Can also be cast by waving your hand and yelling "expelliarmus" VAGENDA OF MANOCIDE fucked around with this message at 23:31 on Oct 18, 2011 |
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Oct 18, 2011 23:29
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Mister Roboto posted:Magnoliafan: Editor who REALLY likes details. Changes Jar Jar and all the alien dialogue to a different language so they have darker dialogue in subtitles instead. Likes making in-jokes for fans with edits, like changing Dooku's saber yellow. Not the best writer, but at least tries. Also has a weird sense of humor.
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Oct 18, 2011 23:45
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Hazo posted:Wait, what's the in-joke with Dooku's lightsaber color? I think that its more that Dooku was never truly "sith" he just did not agree with the Jedi. Palpatine manipulated him as much as every one else.
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Oct 19, 2011 00:15
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Darth Freddy posted:I think that its more that Dooku was never truly "sith" he just did not agree with the Jedi. Palpatine manipulated him as much as every one else. I think it's more that early Luke toys had him use a yellow saber for some reason. So it's a REALLY really nerdy in-joke. Mister Roboto fucked around with this message at 03:06 on Oct 19, 2011 |
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Oct 19, 2011 03:03
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I decided to browse the TFN forums because I was bored. One of the lead Mandalorian defenders is posting about how he's refusing to read any new book that has a woman as the main character, and is of course getting super defensive and aggressive at everyone calling him an idiot for it. And for the record this is the same brave Fandalorian who in the past has defended fascism, said that the Catholic Inquisition did nothing wrong and upheld civilization, insisted that Tenel Ka asking Jacen to spend the night in Dark Nest absolutely did not refer to sex, and even turned away from his idol Traviss because of the one actually decent thing she did, include a gay couple in one of her books. God bless you, Mandalorians everywhere.
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Oct 19, 2011 05:25
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Oct 19, 2011 05:33
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Fett's emergence from the sarlacc = Christ's resurrection
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Oct 19, 2011 05:40
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Chairman Capone posted:...insisted that Tenel Ka asking Jacen to spend the night in Dark Nest absolutely did not refer to sex... Oh, speaking of the Killiks, they've almost completely turned me off playing SWTOR past a certain point. I won't go into detail because of spoilers and NDA breakage, but KILLIKS 
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Cross-Section posted:Oh, speaking of the Killiks, they've almost completely turned me off playing SWTOR past a certain point. I won't go into detail because of spoilers and NDA breakage, but KILLIKS You are making GBS threads me. They're in TOR? 
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Oct 19, 2011 05:57
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Well, if it's any consolation, you do kill a lot of them. 
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Chairman Capone posted:I decided to browse the TFN forums because I was bored. One of the lead Mandalorian defenders is posting about how he's refusing to read any new book that has a woman as the main character, and is of course getting super defensive and aggressive at everyone calling him an idiot for it. And for the record this is the same brave Fandalorian who in the past has defended fascism, said that the Catholic Inquisition did nothing wrong and upheld civilization, insisted that Tenel Ka asking Jacen to spend the night in Dark Nest absolutely did not refer to sex, and even turned away from his idol Traviss because of the one actually decent thing she did, include a gay couple in one of her books. The Mandalorians seems to attract the really nutjob fanboys/fangirls, especially of the highly-religious variety 
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movax posted:The Mandalorians seems to attract the really nutjob fanboys/fangirls, especially of the highly-religious variety Well...let's take a look at the way they've been stereotyped in the EU. -Patriarchal, EXTREMELY so when done by Traviss. Fathers and sons become a cornerstone in the culture. -Against casual sex, or at least Boba Fett would have us believe. -Willing to use violence to preserve their culture. -Follow the "Six Actions", a set of behavioral codes that must be followed. -Literally called The Crusaders on a holy war. -Nomadic but preserve their old ways by imposing them whenever they invade a new planet. Let's just be honest, all the big three religions of today are guilty of all of those to some degree. It resonates with those who are religious. I'm not even being insulting, they may not even realize it, but it strikes a chord, deep inside, of how they feel about their religion and what they'd LIKE it to be.
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When you put it like that, Roboto, it kind of explains why there was that weird vein of overlap between theforce.net posters and fanatical Christians.
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Nessus posted:When you put it like that, Roboto, it kind of explains why there was that weird vein of overlap between theforce.net posters and fanatical Christians. I think that's more to do with the extremely simplistic white/black good/evil that Star Wars is all about. -Bad guys are ALL evil to the bone, dress in black and look like ugly demons, Maul being the pinnacle. And their names are INSIDIOUS, INVADERS, TYRANTS and PLAGUES. Oh, and Grieve. -Good guys are monks dressed in relatively benign light colored robes. Many have wise old beards. -There's no sex. -Being a martyr and the sacrifice redeeming oneself is the overall arc. Pretty much Christianity's basic tenets right there. Again, not trying to bash religion, but it really is just that: X is good, Y is bad, no shades of grey. That's Star Wars storytelling. Mister Roboto fucked around with this message at 08:49 on Oct 19, 2011 |
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Oct 19, 2011 08:46
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This makes Luke's character arc in the EU materials strongly resemble the prophet Muhammad. (Well, except for his period of serving the Devil I guess.) Has sex with a hot redhead, creates a new order, etc.
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Oct 19, 2011 08:48
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At one point didn't Lucas say that "no attachments" didn't necessarily mean no sex? Way of the Jedi: Fear leads to anger, anger leads to hate, hate leads to the Dark Side. The Force must only be used in defense or the pursuit of knowledge. Never to attack. Hit it and quit it.
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Oct 19, 2011 08:49
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Razorwired posted:At one point didn't Lucas say that "no attachments" didn't necessarily mean no sex? Yes, that's right, but in the movies, there's literally nothing sexual besides a few chaste kisses. Lucas knew that this was the way to get it as widespread as possible throughout all the cultures in the world and their taboos about sexuality. I 100% guarantee Star Wars would NOT be as popular as it is right now if, say, Han and Leia had a sex scene while on the Falcon.
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Oct 19, 2011 08:51
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Mister Roboto posted:Pretty much Christianity's basic tenets right there. Again, not trying to bash religion, but it really is just that: X is good, Y is bad, no shades of grey. From my superficial impression of the EU I got a different impression. The Original Trilogy is as black and white as they come, but I thought that one fundamental (heh) flaw of the EU was that it introduced lots and lots of shades of gray to the franchise?
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Oct 19, 2011 10:04
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Mister Roboto posted:I think that's more to do with the extremely simplistic white/black good/evil that Star Wars is all about. And, y'know, a fuckin' virgin birth and everything.
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Oct 19, 2011 10:22
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Mister Roboto posted:I think that's more to do with the extremely simplistic white/black good/evil that Star Wars is all about. Please do not confuse archetypal themes and characters with religion. It is coincidental, pointless and a shallow argument.
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Oct 19, 2011 10:26
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How does the the whole "fishes and loaves" miracle fit in? Its not like one minute there was ONE copy of the death star plan and then... oh.
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Oct 19, 2011 13:22
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So, exactly what's the reason that Luke/Han/Leia/etc. can't be killed off in the EU novels? Who enforces that rule? I thought Lucas didn't care about that kind of thing as long as he still made money. Anyway the reason I ask is, why not have a book in which "Luke dies!!", but then another book brings him back a few years later? Seems like a great way to get around that edict. You could even get press coverage out of an event like that.
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qntm posted:So, exactly what's the reason that Luke/Han/Leia/etc. can't be killed off in the EU novels? Who enforces that rule? I thought Lucas didn't care about that kind of thing as long as he still made money. Lucas personally may not care but he pays people to care for him.
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Oct 19, 2011 15:11
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Luke dies, then is revived as a sneering cynical head in a jar. Star Wars creepily sounds like it could become some weird religion if an Apocalypse happens and current civilization is wiped out and remnants of humanity comes across hoardes of Star Wars merch in dead fans homes and assume these are holy shrines.
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Oct 19, 2011 15:13
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SeanBeansShako posted:Luke dies, then is revived as a sneering cynical head in a jar. I'd be far more worried about the post apocalyptic survivors finding the ruins of an Otaku house.
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Shimrra Jamaane posted:I'd be far more worried about the post apocalyptic survivors finding the ruins of an Otaku house. The holy wars of the 22nd century are going to be just hilarious.
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Grendels Dad posted:From my superficial impression of the EU I got a different impression. The Original Trilogy is as black and white as they come, but I thought that one fundamental (heh) flaw of the EU was that it introduced lots and lots of shades of gray to the franchise? Well, yeah, the EU just runs everywhere, but I was just talking about the Star Wars fanbase as a whole, which is centrally from the movies. You really can't get more simplistic than the bad guys literally using The Dark Evil Side vs The Light Good Side. Cold Day posted:Please do not confuse archetypal themes and characters with religion. It is coincidental, pointless and a shallow argument. Sorry if it bothers you, but it's not a coincidence. It's very obvious that the two crowds overlap with the ideologies that X is bad and Y is good with very little shades of grey.
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Mister Roboto posted:Sorry if it bothers you, but it's not a coincidence. It's very obvious that the two crowds overlap with the ideologies that X is bad and Y is good with very little shades of grey. No, that was a great post and I think you're absolutely correct. Puts my ex's love for Star Wars into perspective now that I look it at this way.
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movax posted:No, that was a great post and I think you're absolutely correct. Puts my ex's love for Star Wars into perspective now that I look it at this way. Is there anything akin to star treks "no interference" (regarding worlds that havn't discovered warp technology) policy in the star wars universe? I've never read about any new planets that didn't have hyper-drive being discovered, but I havn't read many of the EU books. What are the rules governing that situation? For the record I think the rules are ridiculous in either universe. Or ours for that matter.
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Oct 23, 2011 05:51
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Well, the Ewoks are an example of a primitive society, and the Rebels didn't seem too concerned at cultural contamination there.
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Chairman Capone posted:Well, the Ewoks are an example of a primitive society, and the Rebels didn't seem too concerned at cultural contamination there. Well, there sure is contamination there now! Of irradiated DS2 bits.
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Oct 23, 2011 06:11
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SeanBeansShako posted:Well, there sure is contamination there now! Nope, most of the Death Star got sucked into a mysterious hole in hyperspace and was spread evenly across the galaxy.
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ZeeToo posted:Nope, most of the Death Star got sucked into a mysterious hole in hyperspace and was spread evenly across the galaxy. gently caress me, I shouldn't have doubted that bit of information. Wookieepedia posted:The explosion of the station's hypermatter core created a minor wormhole at its collapse. Some of the station's wreckage would pass through said wormhole, including Darth Vader's right glove. While some debris ended up on Mon Calamari, it is believed that more was dispersed throughout the galaxy. The wreckage that did not enter the wormhole presumably remained in Endor's orbit or fell to the moon's surface.
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