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Given how much silly stuff is in the EU, I'm suprised they didn't go with the planned idea of "humans in Star Wars are descended from Richard Dreyfuss's character in American Grafftti after they fell into a wormhole fleeing the world of THX-1138, oh and WIllow is apprently also canon now". Apparently the book was pitched but turned out, because apparently there is some quality control! I like that no-one knows where the humans in Star Wars came from, it fits the ancient and mysterious galaxy with a long forgotten history thing the first movie had.
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bunnyofdoom posted:Dear god, someone five me the wikipedia links to this craziness. In order http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/TIE_ap-1 http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Century_tank http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Lancet_Aerial_Artillery http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/TIE_Oppressor http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/TIE_Experimental_M1
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You can waste an entire day reading wiki articles about TIE variants and their myriad histories, I unironically love it. My favorite is the TIE Defender, but the Interceptor is a real close second. The TIE Phantom (Rebel Assault 2) and TIE/droid (Dark Empire) are slick looking too Xenomrph fucked around with this message at 21:48 on Dec 29, 2015 |
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SUPERMAN'S GAL PAL posted:Action figures aren't produced in equal quantities, so where Finn was packed heavily into case with half or more being his figure, Rey was likely only one or two per case. This is how the figures of women among the cast have been produced for a few decades because the assumption was "boys don't want to play with the girl toy" but morphed into "we can string collectors along." I used to collect during the prequels and hunting down a particular Leia, or any of the background lady Jedi was stupidly difficult unless it was an "inaction figure" like Mon Mothma. Add all the scummy toy scalpers who would horde figures to increase "rarity" and bam, this is why little kids don't get Rey for Christmas. I'll be surprised if we don't see an all-Rey production run by next spring though (if only to spite the jerks trying to resell it for $100). I was lucky and found a Rey at retail. The scalpers were also after Stormtroopers, Kylo Ren and Phasma. Ackbar is my waifu Xenomrph posted:You can waste an entire day reading wiki articles about TIE variants and their myriad histories, I unironically love it. I've spent time making up my own star wars ships and histories behind them as I'm a turbonerd I was obsessed with the essential guide to vehicles and vessels.
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TIE Experimental M1, "Bizarro" Experimental TIE design TIE Experimental M2, "BigGun" Experimental TIE design TIE Experimental M3, "Warhead" Experimental TIE design TIE Experimental M4, "Bomb" Experimental TIE design TIE Experimental M5, "Booster" Experimental TIE design These are all hilarious and amazing e: jesus there are a lot of them TIE Aggressor TIE Hunter TIE Punisher TIE Lander TIE Sentinel (this one is particularly bizarre) TIE Vanguard TIE Raptor (also pretty goofy) There's a crapload more but most are just "regular TIE fighter/bomber with more/less weapons" and don't have pictures Snow Cone Capone fucked around with this message at 22:04 on Dec 29, 2015 |
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drunk asian neighbor posted:TIE Experimental M1, "Bizarro" Experimental TIE design
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Did anyone here read the sequel-book to Willow? It was written by George Lucas himself and it was weird as gently caress. It's set like fourteen years after the movie and a giant Apocalypse has happened, almost everyone is dead. Willow is a sorceror going by a different name and that cute little baby ended up being a huge bitch. It had a very "mature" feel, compared to the light fantasy theme of the original. I remember being very non-plussed by the whole affair.
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Xenomrph posted:Without clicking the links, I'm guessing those are the 5 experimental TIEs from Xwing Alliance. Some of those could be motherfuckers, especially in a huge swarm. The TIE ex1 was a huge bitch because one hit and your A-Wing lost shields
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outerw posted:Did anyone here read the sequel-book to Willow? It was written by George Lucas himself and it was weird as gently caress. It's set like fourteen years after the movie and a giant Apocalypse has happened, almost everyone is dead. Willow is a sorceror going by a different name and that cute little baby ended up being a huge bitch. It had a very "mature" feel, compared to the light fantasy theme of the original. I remember being very non-plussed by the whole affair. you a read a loving willow book lol
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drunk asian neighbor posted:
All the Storm Troopers drunkenly falling out of the bay they were crammed in to owns
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outerw posted:Did anyone here read the sequel-book to Willow? It was written by George Lucas himself and it was weird as gently caress. It's set like fourteen years after the movie and a giant Apocalypse has happened, almost everyone is dead. Willow is a sorceror going by a different name and that cute little baby ended up being a huge bitch. It had a very "mature" feel, compared to the light fantasy theme of the original. I remember being very non-plussed by the whole affair. The baby was the best thing in that movie. I don't know how they got all the baby actors to be so expressive, but it worked. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C0v4WA-Hg9c
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Booblord Zagats posted:The TIE ex1 was a huge bitch because one hit and your A-Wing lost shields If you edited the Shiplist text file in XWA, you can fly any ship in skirmish mode. And it works in multiplayer if everyone's Shiplist is also edited. That means you can do TIE Booster dogfights. As in, a super-speed TIE with no weapons. And when I say you can fly any ship, I mean ANY ship. Container Class-A dogfights! Imperial Star Destroyer dogfights! It also let you crew the gunnery stations in the freighters in multiplayer. Having 3 people crew the Falcon and reenacting the TIE escape from A New Hope is motherfucking awesome as hell.
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Dec 29, 2015 23:00
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rogue squadron was the loving best.
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I'm sorry Rogue Squadron, while good, was babytown frolics compared to the PC flightsims 
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Xenomrph posted:I'm sorry Rogue Squadron, while good, was babytown frolics compared to the PC flightsims I don't think that game was meant to be viewed as a flightsim
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Xenomrph posted:I'm sorry Rogue Squadron, while good, was babytown frolics compared to the PC flightsims i agree it's just the far superior pc is ignored by the video game makers for the casual consoles. it's partly why new battlefront is utter poo poo!
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Dec 29, 2015 23:28
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Snatch Duster posted:you a read a loving willow book lol To be fair I was like twelve and I really liked the movie. There were dragons and an evil witch and some kind of undead knight, it was crazy. The book was just dour and it really should has served as a warning for the insane hole Lucas fell into after the eighties.
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drunk asian neighbor posted:TIE Experimental M1, "Bizarro" Experimental TIE design These were all created as throwaway enemies for a early 2000s videogame, where they feature in like 1/8th of the game's levels. I mean of course, they have a dedicated wiki page, why wouldn't they?
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What was that star wars game where on the hoth level you could enter a cheat code and play as the yeti? It was N64.
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Falun Bong Refugee posted:What was that star wars game where on the hoth level you could enter a cheat code and play as the yeti? It was N64. Shadows of the Empire, probably?
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sinking belle posted:"do K" was actually the first entry in the style guide they gave to people who got contracted to write star wars EU stuff i did K for the showing of this movie and it was way better than it should've been
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Xenomrph posted:Shadows of the Empire, probably? IIRC that code lay dormant for years when the game was actually released, it took that long before someone figured it out. The same thing happened with the Naboo Starfighter in Rogue Squadron - game came out like a year before TPM, and nobody found the code until 6 months after the movie's release, when LucasArts themselves released it.
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Falun Bong Refugee posted:What was that star wars game where on the hoth level you could enter a cheat code and play as the yeti? It was N64. hold L R Z Left on the DPad all C Buttons and slowly tilt the joystick left and right. _WAMPA_STAMPA
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drunk asian neighbor posted:IIRC that code lay dormant for years when the game was actually released, it took that long before someone figured it out. I v clearly remember doing the poo poo code not long at all after the game came out
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Xenomrph posted:You can waste an entire day reading wiki articles about TIE variants and their myriad histories, I unironically love it. The Tie Avenger/Advanced is my favorite. It's the A-Wing of the Imperial fleet, and the missions where you fought against Zaarin's rogue Tie Defender wings was awesome because you were the underdog against the OP bastards. The Advanced was also sexy as gently caress. 
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shadows of the empire ruled they should release that on steam like we got turok.
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Groovelord Neato posted:shadows of the empire ruled they should release that on steam like we got turok. Dash Rendar is a loving boss and I had the Outrider in one of those little mini star wars vehicle packs.
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Groovelord Neato posted:shadows of the empire ruled they should release that on steam like we got turok. You can emulate the n64 almost perfect on computers now but yeah I kind of just want them streamlined for PC already. I want to give them money and they wont let me.
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Groovelord Neato posted:shadows of the empire ruled they should release that on steam like we got turok. Lol whut. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=3nY_mqgzOUg I need muddy graphics and terrible controls but on steam! That game is poo poo. Everyone forgets there was 12 hours of awful awful game after the battle of hoth intro. Dr. Lariat fucked around with this message at 00:12 on Dec 30, 2015 |
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i learned from that game that the monster in the death star's trash compactor is called a dianoga. they usually fix the controls when they put it on steam...like turok is kb+m dude.
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drunk asian neighbor posted:IIRC that code lay dormant for years when the game was actually released, it took that long before someone figured it out. Well they made that code impossible to guess, they were ninjas about it HALIFAX? YNGWIE!
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The TIE Mauler is a cool idea in theory, just... not so much on the execution. Like something neat could have been done with the idea of the Empire having hordes of lightly armored but fast and disposable tanks with the same design philosophy as the TIE fighter, but "A TIE cockpit with a couple treads slapped on the side" wasn't it. Also every time I look at the TIE Hunter I have a different opinion re: whether it looks badass as hell or incredibly stupid.
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the tie mauler always struck me as a video game designers need for a tank that doesnt walk for the Empire. It might be because I saw it first in one of the RTS games that I think this as I have no evidence about it, and I'm going to guess the wiki is no less than 2500 words
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It's first and only appearance was in the Empire at War RTS, yeah. It was kinda cool because it had the Command and Conquer thing where you could instantly kill enemies by running them over with a vehicle, and they were big but also fast as hell so you could just zoom around smearing an entire platoon of Rebels across the road in an instant.
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yeah i loving hated those things when playing as the rebels. but yeah was in the video game so its totally canon. What about the part where you build the death star and destroy like every planet i guess thats canon too like jesus loving christ
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Geisladisk posted:
Over-use of cuck, otherwise 10/10
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Hillary Clintons Thong posted:yeah i loving hated those things when playing as the rebels. but yeah was in the video game so its totally canon. What about the part where you build the death star and destroy like every planet i guess thats canon too Why would you ever play as the rebels? I think I did once and it felt all weird and gross and I quit halfway through, they don't even get the SSD or Death Star that break the poo poo outta the game.
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It was one of like 3 computer games I had on a deployment to Iraq, I wish I had picked another game looking back the one that was a reskin of Age of Empires was way better I think but its been like 15 years so gently caress if i know. I mean it's not Han Solo dancing but Age of Empires is pretty solid gameplay
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In the new Star Wars movie, I didn't like how much the Millennium Falcon bumped into poo poo. It felt unrealistic, that a big old spaceship like that could keep smashing into the ground and poo poo and be totally fine.
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