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jivjov posted:I'm assuming you checked out Rebel Force Radio, since there is no Feb 8th episode of RFRN. If you want a dedicated Clone Wars show, give RFRN a try (and here's a handy link to their site) Other than host introductions (in which the hosts will mention whatever other projects they're up to), its all Star Wars all the time there. Oh, yes, I tried Rebel Force Radio, which was the Podcast linked in the post I quoted. I'll try this one you posted though, thanks.
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thrawn527 posted:Oh, yes, I tried Rebel Force Radio, which was the Podcast linked in the post I quoted. I'll try this one you posted though, thanks. Just as a heads up, i would suggest going to the start of a given story arc if you start listening to RFRN. They tend to keep the exact same hosts on for episodes within a story arc and they will tend to reference comments they made about previous episodes in the arc. Keeps everything feeling connected, but leads to some headscratchers if they mention "Like I said 2 weeks ago..." and you haven't heard that episode.
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thrawn527 posted:I decided to check out this podcast after you posted this, so I downloaded the episode from February 8th. They spent the first 5-10 minutes talking about the Fallout Boy reunion. They spent the next 5 minutes investigating who burped on a different podcast. Then they had a fake eulogy for the Duchess of Mandalore where they weren't anywhere near as funny as they thought they were (one running gag was how to pronounce Pacifism). But hey, at least it was finally about Star Wars. Yeah, bad example. This is by far the worst they've done in a while. It's a bit like being told by a friend to check out the Clone Wars show and then tuning in to the droids arc. I liked the Satine eulogy though (the "pacissifism" was sort of a running gag from a mispronouncement in an earlier episode), especially how Anna Graves (the voice actress) herself participated. But the show is at its best when there is actual news or they have interesting guests. They won their past awards for a reason.
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The Nerdist posted:All the rumors swirling about a young Han Solo movie and who might play him are well and good, but El Mayimbe over at Latino-Review used his Jedi mind tricks to ferret out a juicy detail about the much-anticipated J.J. Abrams-directed Star Wars: Episode VII: Harrison Ford will be returning to reprise his role as “Han Solo.” Obviously, the extent of the character’s involvement isn’t known at this time and while, back in November, Ford said he was open to returning, the news comes as a bit of a surprise considering how ardently he has tried to distance himself from the franchise in the past. That being said – this might be the most exciting tidbit I’ve seen yet. Here’s hoping that Ford’s involvement will be more than turning Han and Chewie into Murtaugh and Riggs, complaining about how they’re getting too old for this poo poo and, back in their day, they used to make the Kessel Run in less than twelve parsecs, uphill both ways. Well then. I actually didn't really expect this. Disney must be throwing wads of money around at this point.
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Do wookies age as fast as humans? VVV hahaha, 27 references at least. euphronius fucked around with this message at 22:56 on Feb 15, 2013 |
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Feb 15, 2013 22:46
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euphronius posted:Do wookies age as fast as humans? Nope! quote:Wookiees were a long-lived people, with a lifespan of several standard centuries. While they outlived many other beings, the Wookiees did not live as long as other species[11] such as the millennial Gen'Dai.[27] Wookiee were considered pups from their birth to around the age of twelve. At that time, the males would perform an initiation ritual that made them enter young adulthood. From 18 to 300 years, the Wookiees were full adults,[4] and were considered in their prime around the age of 200.[9] Subsequently, Wookiees were qualified as "middle-aged" by 301–350, "old" by 351–399 and "venerable" at the age of 400.[4]
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Feb 15, 2013 22:55
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It neglects to mention that upon reaching "venerable" status, Wookiee males are known to lounge around the house all day enjoying VR porn.
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Metal Loaf posted:It neglects to mention that upon reaching "venerable" status, Wookiee males are known to lounge around the house all day enjoying VR porn. Between this they also have to babysit mostly worthless progeny and most commonly die by getting pancaked by a moon.
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SeanBeansShako posted:Between this they also have to babysit mostly worthless progeny and most commonly die by getting pancaked by a moon. Not to mention getting beaten up by <insert alien of the week> to show how tough the enemy is.
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Feb 16, 2013 11:53
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Ferrosol posted:Not to mention getting beaten up by <insert alien of the week> to show how tough the enemy is. I bet if you shaved a Wookiee and put it in a Starfleet uniform, it would look identical to Lieutenant Worf.
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Kind of amusing how most of the EU writers had no loving clue how to handle Chewbacca.
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I think that was even the justification given on why they decided to kill him.
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Chewie was at his best in the Black Fleet Crisis, where he goes loving crazy and massacres an entire hallway of Yevetha then bitches out Luke. 
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Was the Black Fleet Crisis the one that brought back Lumpy, or was that the Corellian Trilogy?
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Metal Loaf posted:Was the Black Fleet Crisis the one that brought back Lumpy, or was that the Corellian Trilogy? Yes, the Black Fleet Crisis had Lumpy. That should tell you everything you need to know about it.
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Black Fleet Crisis might have been better if it dumped the Luke storyline, and probably the Lando storyline too.
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SirPhoebos posted:Yes, the Black Fleet Crisis had Lumpy. The funny thing is that the author originally came up with a whole new backstory/family for Chewie, but was told by Lucasfilm that he had to follow the backstory from the Holiday Special. Pretty strange given how much Lucas supposedly hates the Holiday Special. Also kind of indicative of how the Star Wars EU canon policy is maybe not the best thought out thing ever.
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Casimir Radon posted:Black Fleet Crisis might have been better if it dumped the Luke storyline, and probably the Lando storyline too. You would still have Leia being the worst politician ever.
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Casimir Radon posted:Black Fleet Crisis might have been better if it dumped the Luke storyline, and probably the Lando storyline too. Luke and Lando and the droids just floating about naked with the droids inside a ghost ship. Lobot was there too.
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Luke was off getting conned by the Fallanassi, he wasn't on the groovy ghost ship.
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Casimir Radon posted:Luke was off getting conned by the Fallanassi, he wasn't on the groovy ghost ship. No my fanfiction!
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Casimir Radon posted:Luke was off getting conned by the Fallanassi, he wasn't on the groovy ghost ship. I imagine the alleged revelation of the idenitity of Luke's mother was a pretty big deal in 1996. As I've said before, I think that's one of my favourite things about the expanded universe prior to The Phantom Menace; what the authors all thought the galaxy was like before the events of the OT.
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Metal Loaf posted:I imagine the alleged revelation of the idenitity of Luke's mother was a pretty big deal in 1996. Yeah, Zahn's version of the clone wars sounds so much better than the Lucas version. The Republic fighting a bitter war against the mad clone masters goes so much better than droids vs Maori we actually got stuck with in the film.
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Metal Loaf posted:I imagine the alleged revelation of the idenitity of Luke's mother was a pretty big deal in 1996.
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Casimir Radon posted:Which would be fine, but the author ended up having to do a copout and it was all for not. Also if I remember correctly (Trying to forget) all the Fallanassi get killed by Abeloth. I wouldn't be surprised if Kube-McDowell hadn't had much of a choice. While I don't know when Lucas started writing Episode, I think revealing the mother of Luke and Leia was something he wanted to save for the prequels. If, for whatever reason, it hadn't happened, it would have completely altered the face of the EU, which is an interesting prospect.
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Metal Loaf posted:I wouldn't be surprised if Kube-McDowell hadn't had much of a choice. While I don't know when Lucas started writing Episode, I think revealing the mother of Luke and Leia was something he wanted to save for the prequels. If, for whatever reason, it hadn't happened, it would have completely altered the face of the EU, which is an interesting prospect.
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Which makes me wonder why he would have included that subplot in the first place. Especially considering he would have known in a few years the prequels would be out and everyone from then on would go into the books knowing the hints at Luke's mother were going to be DOA.
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Chairman Capone posted:Which makes me wonder why he would have included that subplot in the first place. Especially considering he would have known in a few years the prequels would be out and everyone from then on would go into the books knowing the hints at Luke's mother were going to be DOA.
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Casimir Radon posted:It's a real oddity. If I remember correctly, The Han Solo Trilogy gives a later contradicted version of Boba Fett's back-story. Which one? The older one or the "BRIA! I MET YOU FOR FIVE SECONDS AND FELL MADLY IN LOVE WITH YOU!" one?
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Calax posted:Which one? The older one or the "BRIA! I MET YOU FOR FIVE SECONDS AND FELL MADLY IN LOVE WITH YOU!" one? 
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Giving Boba Fett a code of honor was one of the most ridiculous things the EU has done. He was a stone-cold bounty hunter in the movies who was too over-the-top and extreme even for Vader. But along comes the EU and now he's a guy that waits until marriage and has an opportunity to capture Han but decides to let him go instead because of a promise he made for no reason at all to a girl he didn't know or care about. Also he keeps falling into the drat pit
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WhyteRyce posted:Also he keeps falling into the drat pit EU Boba Fett is to Sarlacc Pit as Biff Tannen is to Manure Truck.
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His space mail still gets sent there occasionally. Though there is a mental image of him kicking around wearing a space tux and a helmet at loser Bounty Hunter Dengars wedding. It is hilarious.
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As a child/teen, Boba Fett was the baddest dude ever. I even read the Bounty Hunter Trilogy and thought he was still hard as hell. Now all I can think about when I hear that name is him weeping in the sarlacc pit Robot Chicken style. Thanks, internet. ...Bossk still gets my sympathy though, nothing ever goes right for that homicidal sociopath lizard.
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WhyteRyce posted:Giving Boba Fett a code of honor was one of the most ridiculous things the EU has done. He was a stone-cold bounty hunter in the movies who was too over-the-top and extreme even for Vader. Speaking of Bossk.
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WhyteRyce posted:Giving Boba Fett a code of honor was one of the most ridiculous things the EU has done. He was a stone-cold bounty hunter in the movies who was too over-the-top and extreme even for Vader. But along comes the EU and now he's a guy that waits until marriage and has an opportunity to capture Han but decides to let him go instead because of a promise he made for no reason at all to a girl he didn't know or care about. I actually didn't mind this so much, it came off as "broken man clinging to some tattered shreds of a moral code in the hopes of maintaining some vestige of his sanity". I could easily see someone starting life out with a set of morals they stick to, and as their life choices force them to compromise or break some portion of that they cling harder to the few remaining ones as what separates them from the despicable amoral people that they despised before those compromises. Kind of a  human moment, even if it did compromise a bit of the "stoic badass" appearance.And hey, at least they didn't get Hayden Christensen to do that scene.  WhyteRyce posted:Also he keeps falling into the drat pit I TOLD YOU ABOUT PITS DOG
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WhyteRyce posted:Giving Boba Fett a code of honor was one of the most ridiculous things the EU has done. He was a stone-cold bounty hunter in the movies who was too over-the-top and extreme even for Vader. But along comes the EU and now he's a guy that waits until marriage and has an opportunity to capture Han but decides to let him go instead because of a promise he made for no reason at all to a girl he didn't know or care about. If they'd given the Mandalorians a code of honour and presented Fett as someone who rejected it in favour of bounty hunting it would have been alright, but instead Fett became the Mandalorian standard. They wanted them to be Klingons but they ended up with Cardassians.
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Casimir Radon posted:Well, there is a bit of room for interpretation there. He only has 30 words in the OT. Of course when somebody goes and spells out what his code of honor amounts to it gets pretty dumb. L-l-l-l I-i-i-i Z-z-z-z A-a-a-a R-r-r-r D-d-d-d Lizard, dance! We can dance if we want to. We can leave Boba Fett behind. Cause' Boba Fett don't dance, and if he don't dance, well he's no friend of mine.
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