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twistedmentat posted:I bet the guy who created Wraith Squadron wants too much money for them to use it so they're doing totally not Wraith Squadron. I think that's...unlikely, since Aaron Allston is no longer with us (and Lucasfilm would presumably have the rights to the characters anyway). I think Thrawn might be the exception that proves the rule - I can't think of any other Legends character other than Darth Bane who appeared in NuCanon. I think they figured they might as well start over rather than have fans negatively comparing their adaptions to what came before.
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DancinBrud posted:Not to mention that Yoda's out of the training game. "Just when out, thought I was, pull me back in they do!"
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twistedmentat posted:I bet the guy who created Wraith Squadron wants too much money for them to use it so they're doing totally not Wraith Squadron. Beyond being commandos on occasion they're not actually much like Wraith Squadron, so they're really not doing them. I mean I guess Chopper is like Squeaky, but only in terms of vague personality and certainly not in terms of role or actions. They're not a group of wash outs on their last chance, they're not all snubfighters jockeys with good secondary skills, they don't have an attrition rate, they don't undertaken "dark" missions the Rebellion doesn't really sanction and frankly they don't have Piggy. And even if they were similar to Wraith Squadron, any Wraith team that doesn't include Piggy isn't a Wraith team worth having. Garrick and a few others are pretty indispensable to really, but no Piggy, no deal.
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To be fair, the show's cast callsigns I felt was more a nod (though Hera and Chopper, dislike him though I do, would fit in really well in the X-Wing books), it was the detail of Wedge's new group from the books that made me go "Hey, wait a minute..."
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tsob posted:they don't have an attrition rate
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VolticSurge posted:Have you SEEN how many A-Wing pilots they go through on a seemingly weekly basis? Supposedly it takes great skill and nuance to pilot an A-Wing, and yet... When is Phoenix Cell gonna get the hotshot X-Wings anyways?
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VolticSurge posted:Have you SEEN how many A-Wing pilots they go through on a seemingly weekly basis? Those A-Wing pilots are not actually part of the core cast. They even have their own distinct squad: Phoenix Squad. Which the core cast aren't part of either.
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Hera's Phoenix Lead.
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To be fair, she's given that position because she's way better than the fighter jockeys. If they're that bad in A-wings, how bad would they be in a B-wing?
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Their callsign is Spectre because the ships are the Ghost and the Phantom.
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McTimmy posted:Hera's Phoenix Lead. The commander is an officer position that can give orders to the squad but isn't actually part of the squad by my understanding. Hence why Phoenix squad includes a Phoenix 1/Phoenix Lead, who gives orders on a day to day basis and in the field. Wedge did both for Wraith Squadron, but Hera shares duty with Sato and doesn't fly with the squad as such, only beside them.
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that's not entirely true, Hera and Sabine have flown A-Wings, so presumably they were acting as Phoenix lead during those missions
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There's no new Phoenix 1 after the guy dies.
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Yvonmukluk posted:I think that's...unlikely, since Aaron Allston is no longer with us (and Lucasfilm would presumably have the rights to the characters anyway). Quinlon Vos
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MrJacobs posted:Quinlon Vos He was mentioned in Revenge of the Sith, which I think makes him generally canon. Asaj Ventress, maybe?
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The Clone Ward TV series is canon and he was in that.
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Covok posted:The Clone Ward TV series is canon and he was in that. He was also one of the main characters of the book Dark Disciple.
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MrJacobs posted:Quinlon Vos But he's in a nucanon thing from before the split. Since Disney aquire star wars we've only had than and some tech. (And some super throwaway stuff in novels apparently)
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OhFunny posted:He was also one of the main characters of the book Dark Disciple. Which is an adaptation of finished scripts for Clone Wars, I believe.
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So I guess (new episode spoilers)the whole "Saw getting his lungs hosed up on Geonosian pesticide" story beat (which is hinted at in the R1 visual guide) happens... later, then?
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Yeah, these two episodes were not how I excepted them to go down at all. Everybody got a different idea from the trailers.
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Pretty sure that's the same temple where Luminara Unduli was kidnapped in TCW but if not, it certainly looks similar. Also Saw and Rex having a Schwarzenegger and Weathers moment  The second episode isn't up for download on the place I get them from yet, so have to wait for part two.
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I'm pretty sure they threw in a prequel trilogy meme reference when Sabine complains about the sand getting everywhere.
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Spoilers for those who haven't seen the episode yet and haven't read the Darth Vader Comic, but am I correct to assume that Click Clack and the Queen egg he's carrying end up being this:
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Yvonmukluk posted:I think that's...unlikely, since Aaron Allston is no longer with us (and Lucasfilm would presumably have the rights to the characters anyway). There is some weirdness with rights with stuff like the Daleks and Specter, so it's not out of the realm of possibility. Though I had no idea that Allston passed, that sucks. I don't think Bane was a Legends character, I'm sure Darth Bane was credited with the Rule of Two earlier than the books.
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Tacopocalypse posted:Spoilers for those who haven't seen the episode yet and haven't read the Darth Vader Comic, but am I correct to assume that Click Clack and the Queen egg he's carrying end up being this: Nope, IIRC, that queen was alive during The Clone Wars.
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twistedmentat posted:I don't think Bane was a Legends character, I'm sure Darth Bane was credited with the Rule of Two earlier than the books.
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Galaga Galaxian posted:Nope, IIRC, that queen was alive during The Clone Wars. https://twitter.com/pablohidalgo/status/817940115687292929 Sounds like some kind of genetic memory passed from one generation of queen to the next? Rebels Recon for this episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NM7pTSxJKyY Goes over the (re)introduction of Saw and features some footage of Chopper on the Rogue One set. Teek fucked around with this message at 05:13 on Jan 8, 2017 |
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Sabine fixed her jetpack and loving wrecked face with it  , and holy poo poo that was an actual woman Imperial Officer, not a governor or a moff, but an officer commanding a starship for the first time ever
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NTRabbit posted:Sabine fixed her jetpack and loving wrecked face with it I thought it might have been Rae Sloane, but the credits said otherwise.
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Rae Sloan is competent and was already captain of a star destroyer before the events of Rebels (when she met Kanan and Hera in 11BBY) she might even be a vice admiral by now, would be neat to have a mention of her sometime though I suppose, or unspoken cameo in some imperial navy meeting.
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She was an Admiral when she appeared in the Kanan comic (the framing story of which takes place around the time of Rebels' 1st season).
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Cross-Section posted:She was an Admiral when she appeared in the Kanan comic (the framing story of which takes place around the time of Rebels' 1st season). Yeah, I remembered that too, afterwards. Got a little mixed up with timelines. It would be pretty cool to see her on the show, though.
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I thought the same thing at first. Would be cool to see her show up, especially after that comics tease, although there's not much of a market for competent imperials beyond Thrawn and Tarkin on this show!
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Rae Sloane rules and I want her to show up in Rebels.   She becomes a Grand Admiral and is one of the main Imperial leaders at Jakku.
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I got a new TV over the holidays and the show looks . . . much worse? I'm guessing it's just the higher resolution and larger screen but did the post-holiday episodes look worse to anyone else?
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