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Nail Rat posted:I feel like these are questions that won't get a satisfying answer or treatment in a property like Star Wars.
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Dec 19, 2019 17:50
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God it's so good!! I was so surprised to see loving DeathTroopers.
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Dec 19, 2019 17:50
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https://twitter.com/jon_bois/status/1207700996039880711 Mandalorian kind of reminds me of TNG or DS9 structure; mostly standalones with small nods to on-going continuity, while ending a season with a big two-parter. AND IT'S A GOOD STRUCTURE.
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Dec 19, 2019 17:52
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TulliusCicero posted:Considering they have humanoid slavery as well Yeah but that’s relegated to the hutts and imperials and other baddies. Whereas all the main protagonists own themselves a bunch of beep-boops.
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Dec 19, 2019 19:00
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Old Kentucky Shark posted:Yeah but that’s relegated to the hutts and imperials and other baddies. Whereas all the main protagonists own themselves a bunch of beep-boops. Translating Uncle Owen's words to "That slave is ours now, I want you to take it to Anchorhead and have it lobotomized" sure makes that scene a Hell of a lot darker.
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Dec 19, 2019 19:08
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Old Kentucky Shark posted:Yeah but that’s relegated to the hutts and imperials and other baddies. Whereas all the main protagonists own themselves a bunch of beep-boops. It actually goes to one of the underlying darker themes of Star Wars and something the Prequels barely touch on, and the Clone Wars did a much better job of: the Old Republic was shady and corrupt as gently caress with all sorts of problems, and the Mid and Outer Rim planets had perfectly valid reasons for wanting to leave besides "Evil Sith Lord manipulates us" The Jedi Order just upheld the Republic doing shady poo poo, and then the Empire tried to "regulate" it (while allowing it to happen, because pissing off space slugs with unlimited money and a ton of resources is a bad plan)
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Dec 19, 2019 19:14
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I just hope that IG-88 doesn't come flying in to save the day, because they made a big deal about he had to relearn every skill. I didn't see any ships around the old homestead for him to practice on. And it's not like he can walk fast enough to get there
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Dec 19, 2019 19:45
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One thing I took away from the episode seems to be that this series is all about parenting. IG-11 has an entire flashback about being raised to be gentle despite a violent nature, and it immediately contrasts with the child learning violence from his dad despite an apparent gentle nature. The carnivore comment seems like potential foreshadowing, although that may have been just to setup the ‘eating me’ quote
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Dec 19, 2019 19:45
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Baronjutter posted:I don't quite understand why Werner got blasted. Was it classic imperial punishment for failure? Yeah I must've missed something here as well. Fring shot up the bar - was this only because he seemed to know the child wasn't in it? Does he want the child alive or dead? His "means more to me" comment seems like he wants the child alive, but if that's the case, why did his subordinate The Client want the child terminated in the beginning? But then was content to let him sleep when (he thought) they brought him back? Seems like something more is going on there.
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Dec 19, 2019 19:52
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cocoavalley posted:Yeah I must've missed something here as well. Fring shot up the bar - was this only because he seemed to know the child wasn't in it? Does he want the child alive or dead? His "means more to me" comment seems like he wants the child alive, but if that's the case, why did his subordinate The Client want the child terminated in the beginning? But then was content to let him sleep when (he thought) they brought him back? Seems like something more is going on there. I have a feeling the Client isn't who they say they are, but I'm not sure
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Dec 19, 2019 19:57
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Tie Fighters do not seem like an ideal VIP shuttle
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Dec 19, 2019 19:57
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Nitrousoxide posted:Tie Fighters do not seem like an ideal VIP shuttle depends if you fly in a wing of them instead of the blatantly obvious shuttlecraft i guess
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Dec 19, 2019 20:10
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According to Han the Imperial shuttle was garbo too
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Dec 19, 2019 20:12
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Mrs. Moff is taking the kids to vibrosoccer with the Lambda van so he has to go to work in the compact.
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Dec 19, 2019 20:15
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Gina Carano Esposito
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Dec 19, 2019 20:18
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TulliusCicero posted:I have a feeling the Client isn't who they say they are, but I'm not sure I get the same feeling. The only real evidence we have of the Client being Imperial is his use of stormtrooper guards and Imperial tech, and Moff Gus and his troopers are all in pristine condition. We have no guarantee that he’s not a two-bit Imperial officer who decided to go warlord on a deserted planet with his personal retinue of troopers after finding out the Death Star blew up again and found out about The Child from a non-official source. Maybe Dr. Pershing is the one operating on “official” Imperial business and Herzog is butting in on the project for his own profit. Maybe Pershing is even the one who called in the Moff after the Mandalorian’s assault on the safehouse afforded an opportunity to call for rescue.
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Dec 19, 2019 20:23
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Nitrousoxide posted:Tie Fighters do not seem like an ideal VIP shuttle He could be a former pilot who just likes doing it. Darth Vader liked to get in the cockpit from time to time
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Dec 19, 2019 20:25
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TulliusCicero posted:He could be a former pilot who just likes doing it. Darth Vader liked to get in the cockpit from time to time Brb hanging up a huge banner reading "mission accomplished" in aurebesh.
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Dec 19, 2019 20:28
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chitoryu12 posted:I get the same feeling. The only real evidence we have of the Client being Imperial is his use of stormtrooper guards and Imperial tech, and Moff Gus and his troopers are all in pristine condition. We have no guarantee that he’s not a two-bit Imperial officer who decided to go warlord on a deserted planet with his personal retinue of troopers after finding out the Death Star blew up again and found out about The Child from a non-official source. Maybe Dr. Pershing is the one operating on “official” Imperial business and Herzog is butting in on the project for his own profit. Maybe Pershing is even the one who called in the Moff after the Mandalorian’s assault on the safehouse afforded an opportunity to call for rescue. Even if Herzog and Moff Fring are part of the same Empire, the Empire was an absolute political snake-pit of favor-currying and power games. Fring deciding to ice Herzog so as not to have to share credit is completely Imperial move.
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Dec 19, 2019 20:33
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I'm sure Fring's TIE some luxury poo poo like hyperdrive and "is able to take more than than two laser blasts." Also yeah, I get the feeling that he's a former pilot.
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Dec 19, 2019 20:53
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Yeah it's nerdy nit picky but it feels weird he arrived in a just a slightly modified standard TIE. By that point the empire had been modernizing to Tie Interceptors and all sorts of more fancy tie variants. Would have been cool to see him arrive in a Tie Advanced, which has shields and hyperdrive. But I have a feeling they wanted to go with the iconic classic tie because people know what that is, which is why even the First Order has gone back to using the exact same shape of TIE for their fighters. Maybe the empire's remnants are just as suborn and nostalgia-fueled as Disney thinks the audience is. They've gone back to the classic first generation TIE body style as part of their desperate attempt to harken back to the height of the empire, the good old days.
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Dec 19, 2019 21:06
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cocoavalley posted:Yeah I must've missed something here as well. Fring shot up the bar - was this only because he seemed to know the child wasn't in it? Does he want the child alive or dead? His "means more to me" comment seems like he wants the child alive, but if that's the case, why did his subordinate The Client want the child terminated in the beginning? But then was content to let him sleep when (he thought) they brought him back? Seems like something more is going on there. I'm guessing he doesn't get along with the boss, preferred the child dead to slow down whatever power building the Moff is doing. The Empire seems full of intrigue, back-stabby types. Gus found out and flew in to personally deal with it once he was sure the kid wasn't there. (hopefully not spoilery) What I hate is the hologram clearly shows him standing to give his order with a wave of his hand, then it shows him landing. Does he fly standing up?
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Dec 19, 2019 21:21
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Everyone posted:Even if Herzog and Moff Fring are part of the same Empire, the Empire was an absolute political snake-pit of favor-currying and power games. Fring deciding to ice Herzog so as not to have to share credit is completely Imperial move. Lol if this is why because this Spaghetti Western in space did a loving better job then of explaining how the Imperial Remnant works than 3 loving movies did TulliusCicero fucked around with this message at 21:32 on Dec 19, 2019 |
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Dec 19, 2019 21:25
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Pez posted:
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Dec 19, 2019 21:27
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Pez posted:I'm guessing he doesn't get along with the boss, preferred the child dead to slow down whatever power building the Moff is doing. The Empire seems full of intrigue, back-stabby types. Gus found out and flew in to personally deal with it once he was sure the kid wasn't there. He's one of those manic CEOs who demanded a standing desk. In his starfighter.
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Dec 19, 2019 21:30
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Nail Rat posted:Carl Weathers the Star Wars character is the Carl Weathers from Arrested Development. I made this joke after the second episode established that Carga apparently conducts all his business in the same bar booth so he doesn't have to get up or reschedule his lunch:  I also agree that this show is doing a great job of filling in the worldbuilding mortar between the original and sequel saga. All it needs is one monologue from Moff Gideon opining that palpatine gave the galaxy a shield from its center, but now needs a sword pointed from its fringes and it'll have done more than tfa and tlj did in establishing the First Order's whats and whys tin can made man fucked around with this message at 21:52 on Dec 19, 2019 |
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Dec 19, 2019 21:45
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I still want to know if every single bounty hunter on Navarro got to meet with The Client, if he gave them all the same basic praise and speil tailored to their background, and if they all got offered the Beskar or if he had a culturally significant priceless payment in kind for everybody. "Ah, yes, these Trandoshan Knife-Crystals will make your Force Pike incredibly sharp, if you can find the reptile to hone them!"
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Dec 19, 2019 21:48
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Please guest star Dave Navarro as the mayor of the planet
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Dec 19, 2019 21:51
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kiimo posted:Please guest star Dave Navarro as the mayor of the planet I'm glad I'm not the only one who thinks of him every time they say it
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Owlbear Camus posted:I still want to know if every single bounty hunter on Navarro got to meet with The Client, if he gave them all the same basic praise and speil tailored to their background, and if they all got offered the Beskar or if he had a culturally significant priceless payment in kind for everybody. "Ah, yes, these Trandoshan Knife-Crystals will make your Force Pike incredibly sharp, if you can find the reptile to hone them!" Yeah, I imagine every non-human hunter got some kind of Lovecraftian racist spiel that praised their "savage" culture.
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Dec 19, 2019 22:03
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Baronjutter posted:By that point the empire had been modernizing to Tie Interceptors and all sorts of more fancy tie variants. Not every wing gets the new hotness, especially when your government collapses. There's billions of them laying around, like a MiG-21. Plus, you know the design works and is cheap to build, so why not keep building them for the First Order too...like the C-130 and the projected 90 year production line.
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Dec 19, 2019 22:18
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Beskar is fungible in a world of scrip and specie All the other bounty hunters would've sold the drat poo poo not made it into a money suit.
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Dec 19, 2019 22:18
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zoux posted:made it into a money suit. You don't have to track down bounties to become rich! You just have to know about all the free money programs from the New Republic that you're already eligible for! Did you know that you can get a government subsidy to NOT herd nerfs?! Howabout 20,000 credits a month as a stipend while you attend free training for a career in Tracking Fob Repair?!
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Dec 19, 2019 22:25
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How do the tracking FOBs work? What do they track exactly? Does every being in starwars have some tracking chip implanted and if you know its secret code anyone can track you?
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Dec 19, 2019 22:30
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Baronjutter posted:How do the tracking FOBs work? Quite well, it would seem.
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My brother just told me the latest Crazy Fan Rumor.. that Greef activated some hidden routine in IG-11 after killing his crew, who then waited for and shot Kulil as he was entering the Razor Crest, and handed Baby Yoda to the stormbikers?! Only thing I can say that jibes with this is that they don't show any scene where the bikers are shooting Kulil, they just cut to a dropped comlink and him sprawled out on the desert near his ride. Binary Badger fucked around with this message at 22:37 on Dec 19, 2019 |
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Dec 19, 2019 22:34
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Binary Badger posted:My brother just told me the latest Crazy Fan Rumor.. that Greef activated some hidden routine in IG-11 after killing his crew, who then waited for and shot Kulil as he was entering the Razor Crest, and handed Baby Yoda to the stormbikers?! Why did he throw baby yoda on the ground for the scout troopers to swoop in and pick up?
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Dec 19, 2019 22:36
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Baronjutter posted:Why did he throw baby yoda on the ground for the scout troopers to swoop in and pick up? He doesn't like kids? Or maybe some of Kulil's programming stuck with him (don't crush lizard babies!) or something.
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Do you think when Baby Yoda ran up to the cockpit and started jerking the ship around, do you think it was because he'd overheard/intuited Mando/Cara's plan and didn't want to go back to Navarro?
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