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Maul's come a very long way from being the weird-looking dude with cardboard for personality who killed Liam Neeson.
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I hate bringing people back from the dead, but Maul has grown on me.
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Mar 14, 2017 06:04
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Shbobdb posted:I hate bringing people back from the dead, but Maul has grown on me. I can't believe you have positive things to say about this show.
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Mar 14, 2017 06:22
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I loved the first season, have OK feeling about the second season and am deeply disappointed by the third season. I'm posting in this thread because I like this show. I just really dislike the direction it's gone starting in the second season and turbocharged in this one because I love Star Wars but never really engaged in the EU beyond Dark Forces/KOTORI+II because the other poo poo wasn't real Star Wars and was really bad. I read started reading Heir to the Emperor in 4th Grade and decided that it was poo poo. S2 and especially S3 has been for book fanboys and I am not a book fanboy.
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Mar 14, 2017 06:39
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This season has been fine other than Mandalore. Stick to Sabine's history as an Imperial cadet and ignore the jetpack Klingons.
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Mar 14, 2017 07:41
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This season has been really uneven for me, but the latest batch of episodes have been pretty great.
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Mar 14, 2017 08:08
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Shbobdb posted:S2 and especially S3 has been for book fanboys and I am not a book fanboy. I never read any of the Star Wars books myself but for me this representation of Thrawn is not too far off from the cold, calculating guy who saved Emperor Palpatine from being captured by Zaarin and then also baited the same guy out by paying attention (TIE Fighter was a pretty big part of my childhood). From what I have heard of in the books Thrawn would look at paintings and art collections and be able to win major offenses because "according to these brush strokes, this species will fall for a pincer attack" which sounds absolutely retarded. I can understand frustrations with EU characters being resurrected but I think Thrawn was one of the best ideas they had for a season long villain, especially since the Inquisitors from last season were kind of underwhelming.
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Mar 14, 2017 09:06
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Aces High posted:I never read any of the Star Wars books myself but for me this representation of Thrawn is not too far off from the cold, calculating guy who saved Emperor Palpatine from being captured by Zaarin and then also baited the same guy out by paying attention (TIE Fighter was a pretty big part of my childhood). From what I have heard of in the books Thrawn would look at paintings and art collections and be able to win major offenses because "according to these brush strokes, this species will fall for a pincer attack" which sounds absolutely retarded. Its not the artist, but the artpiece itself speaking of the culture it came from. The brushstroke thing was tantamount to childsplay for him. The general idea is he examines artpieces of his various enemy's cultures and races, getting in the head of how they think when painting them as well as the actual subject matter. Something like that, anyway.
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Mar 14, 2017 09:17
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Neddy Seagoon posted:Its not the artist, but the artpiece itself speaking of the culture it came from. The brushstroke thing was tantamount to childsplay for him. Right, like he said... absolutely retarded.
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Mar 14, 2017 17:17
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I started catching up with season 3 of House of Cards after getting 6 months of free Netflix, and just realised that Grand Admiral Thrawn is also the President of the Russian Federation
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Mar 14, 2017 17:24
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Cross-Section posted:Multiple impressions from people with screeners of "Twin Suns" seem to indicate that it's some sort of emotional, bring-tissues tour de force, which I honestly wasn't expecting given the premise. Going to be a long week regardless. so kanan is prob gonna die i guess. Hes been pretty useless for a while now. I doubt many people will shed tears over Maul, sabine is gone, they wont kill a kid, hera lives until Rogue 1 and zeb is another just there type character.
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Mar 14, 2017 18:45
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Or Maul and Kenobi come to some sort of understanding.
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Mar 14, 2017 19:03
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DancinBrud posted:Or Maul and Kenobi come to some sort of understanding. Maul: Remember that time I killed your Master?  Kenobi: Remember that time I kill You. 
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Mar 14, 2017 19:05
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My bet is that Kenobi tells Maul who Vader really is, and Maul gives up on realising who is the bigger failure between them
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Mar 14, 2017 19:13
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DancinBrud posted:Or Maul and Kenobi come to some sort of understanding. I saw some growth in Maul in his last appearance. It seemed like he actually wanted a friend. I definitely think he's operating outside of the Sith paradigm at this point, even if it's left a lasting mark on him and he has some lingering anger/trust/evil issues. Consider also that from his point of view Kenobi might be the reason he lost Palp's favor, even though Palp was the abusive father he couldn't stop wanting his approval. We as the audience know his anger is misplaced but he might not see it that way despite the fact that he seems to bear a grudge against the Sith now for what happened to his brother, Dathomir, etc. Ultimately though I think it would be hugely satisfying for Maul to lay down his arms of his own accord and make peace with Kenobi rather than have to be persuaded.
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Mar 14, 2017 21:14
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Catching up episode by episode. I now remember why I peaced out of season 2, outside of work commitments. The first half drags so hard. After the great premiere the show just dicks around with no real overarching plot for entirely too long. The idea of doing standalone eps that flesh out the characters should work... but it does not.
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Mar 14, 2017 23:02
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I found out people didn't like the brief musical scene, and I wonder what it is like to live without joy.
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Mar 14, 2017 23:23
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In the grim darkness of a galaxy far far away there are no musical numbers.
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Mar 14, 2017 23:27
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twistedmentat posted:I found out people didn't like the brief musical scene, and I wonder what it is like to live without joy. Everyone hated the Star Wars Kinect game, and pointed to that dumb Han Solo song, but there was more to it, and Star Wars and Disco go hand in hand. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kpbBiexLN9s I'm sorry, but Han and Lando disco dancing is amazing.
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Mar 15, 2017 03:09
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MichiganCubbie posted:Everyone hated the Star Wars Kinect game, and pointed to that dumb Han Solo song, but there was more to it, and Star Wars and Disco go hand in hand. You didnt even link the best one https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W7bmXywWus8
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Mar 15, 2017 03:16
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The tabletop game Armada is getting two more ships which came from Rebels (and Rogue One too I guess) in the Carrier and Hammerhead: https://twitter.com/FFGames/status/841773120113508352?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw   Now we just need it to go the other way and have an Imperial Raider show up in Rebels sometime. Would have made a good enemy back in season 1. 
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Mar 15, 2017 03:21
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420 Gank Mid posted:You didnt even link the best one They really needed to come up with a better title for that one, because all I think about is Empire Carpets.
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Mar 15, 2017 03:42
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drunkill posted:The tabletop game Armada is getting two more ships which came from Rebels (and Rogue One too I guess) in the Carrier and Hammerhead: It's a nice ship, but far too high-tier for season 1. Season 1 was about clowning the local garrison and light cruisers, while and starting to provoke the higher-ups enough to require a Special Agent to go take a look-see as to what's going on.
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Mar 15, 2017 03:48
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drunkill posted:Now we just need it to go the other way and have an Imperial Raider show up in Rebels sometime. Would have made a good enemy back in season 1. We already have the Arquitens, which is much cooler than that ugly TIE'd up corvette.
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Mar 15, 2017 03:55
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A cruiser catastrophically exploding because the droid it was monitoring was being shocked is just silly. I know it's dumb to complain about realism in hacking on TV, but come on.
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Mar 15, 2017 05:09
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Yeah, but unless they are killed they become repeating villains. I'm OK with killing Kang. Kang is cool when he gets the super suit but that's not what we want out of SW.
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Mar 15, 2017 05:38
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Neddy Seagoon posted:It's a nice ship, but far too high-tier for season 1. Season 1 was about clowning the local garrison and light cruisers, while and starting to provoke the higher-ups enough to require a Special Agent to go take a look-see as to what's going on. Galaga Galaxian posted:We already have the Arquitens, which is much cooler than that ugly TIE'd up corvette. Here it is in the X-Wing tabletop game, for comparison of scale to fighters.  Dr Christmas posted:A cruiser catastrophically exploding because the droid it was monitoring was being shocked is just silly.
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Mar 15, 2017 06:51
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Hera simply rolled all the Triumphs.
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Mar 15, 2017 07:15
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She passed a "will" check. You might say it was a triumph of the . . .
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Mar 15, 2017 07:16
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Shbobdb posted:She passed a "will" check. ...whills?
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howe_sam posted:And to be fair, Hera knew something was up from the moment she saw Chop Walk through this scanner. Don't worry; checking the results isn't SOP.
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TheCenturion posted:Walk through this scanner. Don't worry; checking the results isn't SOP. Yeah I really didn't get that. I thought the denial was going to be what tipped Thrawn off, and the scanner was purposely delaying its response. Nope, just really lovely stormtroopers I guess.
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WhiskeyWhiskers posted:Nope, just really lovely stormtroopers I guess. I firmly believe that the majority of stormtroopers are of the mind of "uh uh, I don't get paid enough for this poo poo. They may be Rebels and that means I might die" Because really, how many stormtroopers has Vader killed for incompetence? That's right, none, it's the officers that always get in poo poo
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Morning poo poo duty again, on this base at the rear end in a top hat end of nowhere, not even a cantina to visit off duty, the first droid beeped green that's loving good enough, like I'm gonna double scan every tin can that comes through here because fuckface at headquarters can't even put the right day's codes in it before sticking it on a transport
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Mar 17, 2017 05:41
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I am glad I am not the only person in this thread whose worked security at some rear end-end little place and couldn't give less of a poo poo what happened to it as long as the checks came in.
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Aces High posted:I firmly believe that the majority of stormtroopers are of the mind of "uh uh, I don't get paid enough for this poo poo. They may be Rebels and that means I might die" I'm quite partial to the bit scene in The Force Awakens where you see a couple of Stormtroopers rock up to see what the noise is, realise it's Kylo Ren having a temper tantrum, and turn right the gently caress around because that is not gonna be a fun time to be near.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yd83cMMmjqY
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Mar 18, 2017 01:36
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He is reverting to Spider Maul levels of (in)sanity. Then again, maybe he was insane all long.
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FWIW there are very spoilery clips of the episode in YouTube; I saw them as recommendations for that youtube video posted above.
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