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Seeing a goon with an Arrow avatar complain about The Mandalorian is great, btw.
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It’s weird to complain about plot armor when a major conceit of the show is that main character literally has magic armor that prevents like 90% of damage and the other main protagonist has magic healing powers.
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Jan 2, 2020 08:17
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The one question I do have about the e-web thing is: if the battery pack is that volatile, why didn't the good guys just shoot it when everyone was assembled around it in the open?
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Jan 2, 2020 08:18
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WhiskeyWhiskers posted:The one question I do have about the e-web thing is: if the battery pack is that volatile, why didn't the good guys just shoot it when everyone was assembled around it in the open? Wasn't a red barrel.
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Jan 2, 2020 08:24
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Bust Rodd posted:It’s weird to complain about plot armor when a major conceit of the show is that main character literally has magic armor that prevents like 90% of damage and the other main protagonist has magic healing powers. building on this, imo none of those Mandalorians died. Their armor was piled up. That poo poo is drat near priceless, if you kill a mandalorian you take the fuckin body no matter what Just that there was a pile of it ready to be smelted and remade makes me think they all got out relatively ok.
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Jan 2, 2020 08:48
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bring back old gbs posted:building on this, imo none of those Mandalorians died. Their armor was piled up. That poo poo is drat near priceless, if you kill a mandalorian you take the fuckin body no matter what some of the armour was hosed up, one of them had a hole in the face plate. I'm sure some died
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Jan 2, 2020 08:58
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bring back old gbs posted:building on this, imo none of those Mandalorians died. Their armor was piled up. That poo poo is drat near priceless, if you kill a mandalorian you take the fuckin body no matter what They're dead... The Armorer exposits that after they revealed themselves to save Mando and Baby Yoda, the Imperials found their covert and basically initiated another Purge. She believes some of their covert were able to escape, but the armor left behind definitely belonged to now dead Mandalorians. My guess is The Armorer and a few other survivors rounded up the dead after the skirmish with the Imps.
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Jan 2, 2020 09:00
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bring back old gbs posted:building on this, imo none of those Mandalorians died. Their armor was piled up. That poo poo is drat near priceless, if you kill a mandalorian you take the fuckin body no matter what Uh, I mean no true Mandalorian is gonna leave their armor behind and fly away, you either completely forsake your culture, your honor, and your spiritual practice or you die. None of their armor looked like the same Beskar that Din’s is made of, and besides that Imps have all the Beskar they stole from the Mandalorians. Also the blacksmith straight up says “some of them may have fled offworld.” She has pretty clearly laid the dead to rest (probably in her forge)
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Jan 2, 2020 09:01
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Mayyyyybe guys, but they flew in like the fuckin' cavalry in ep 3 or whatever and didn't take a single loss, they were drat near bulletproof. Then an IG-1 took out like an entire squadron of imperial troops on its own... cmon.. Obviously from a story standpoint its better if they are, or if they're spread out and less effective now, because yeah : Why don't they just fly in all the time like they have god mode enabled while the hero escapes? It's definitely a tension killer to have them just waiting around.
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Jan 2, 2020 09:22
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bring back old gbs posted:Mayyyyybe guys, but they flew in like the fuckin' cavalry in ep 3 or whatever and didn't take a single loss, they were drat near bulletproof. Then an IG-1 took out like an entire squadron of imperial troops on its own... cmon.. They're dead dude, lol. The covert were fighting against scrub rear end bounty hunters at the end of chapter 3. The IG unit was still overpowered in the end and had to retreat to the tavern for cover despite how invincible it looked against other scrub rear end bounty hunters and a platoon of unassuming storm troopers.
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Jan 2, 2020 09:54
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No one even said they were murked by stormtroopers. Gideon has the darksabre. It's possible that he took out a bunch of them.
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Jan 2, 2020 10:40
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teagone posted:She believes some of their covert were able to escape I'm willing to bet money that this is going be a plot point around season 2 or 3 when some of the Mando's former brothers-in-hiding will come back for revenge.
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Jan 2, 2020 12:02
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WhiskeyWhiskers posted:No one even said they were murked by stormtroopers. Gideon has the darksabre. It's possible that he took out a bunch of them. Gideon also had his squad of deathtroopers
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Jan 2, 2020 13:34
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NTRabbit posted:Gideon also had his squad of deathtroopers One of whom gave Mando a bit of a struggle. And he's the hero!
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Jan 2, 2020 13:46
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I mean there is a difference between missing a hint or background information, and then just willingly ignoring both the text of the show as well as all the context of the show that explicitly states, again and again, Mandalorians don’t take off their armor, pretty much ever, and certainly wouldn’t abandon it in a sewer to run away.
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Jan 2, 2020 14:35
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Big Mean Jerk posted:I demand realistic combat tactics from the cape-wearing villain who wields a black laser sword and wants to kidnap a tiny magic green elf baby. Bust Rodd posted:It’s weird to complain about plot armor when a major conceit of the show is that main character literally has magic armor that prevents like 90% of damage and the other main protagonist has magic healing powers. My point is that the "big moments" of the last episode often required characters to behave in ways that didn't follow from what we knew about their character or the situation they were facing.
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Jan 2, 2020 15:02
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But it does follow what they did in the past and they went into this whole thing thinking he only had 4 guards with him. Then he has a whole platoon including highly skilled Death Troopers. And after our heroes say "gently caress off" - they bring in a giant gun to up the stakes. It's a classic tale of westerns and the shootout is a classic trope too. This is the way. I have spoken.
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Jan 2, 2020 15:27
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Yeah. If it was a western it would have been a gatling gun. Heck, the Mando picking it up like he did feels like a reference to the original Django.
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Jan 2, 2020 16:39
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Dawgstar posted:Yeah. If it was a western it would have been a gatling gun. Heck, the Mando picking it up like he did feels like a reference to the original Django. The Outlaw Josey Wales Wild Bunch, but it was a machine gun Magnifiicent Seven (modern) 3:10 to Yuma Last Samurai The Gatling Gun there are probably shitlods more. It's the 2 health bar big boss in any self respecting western
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Jan 2, 2020 17:18
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Crosspostin’Bust Rodd posted:Hey guys my girlfriend jumped on the Viral Baby Yoda bandwagon:
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Jan 2, 2020 20:30
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Bust Rodd posted:Mandalorians don’t take off their armor, pretty much ever, and certainly wouldn’t abandon it in a sewer to run away.
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Jan 2, 2020 20:49
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Xenomrph posted:Sabine Wren does not follow The Way apparently. Maybe Din is an Orthodox Mandalorian and Sabine was a Reform Mandalorian.
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Jan 2, 2020 20:51
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The super hardcore almost religious way the armor is treated in The Mandalorian really seems like a direct response to their post-Rebels near genocide at the hands of the Empire.
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Jan 2, 2020 20:52
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That's actually the most popular explanation of it. It's that or since the great purge all mandolorian Warriors have taken an oath to not remove their helmets.
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Jan 2, 2020 20:53
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Yeah, I think this series was actually the first time that particular custom has come up in the new canon.
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Jan 2, 2020 21:19
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is season 2 gonna ruin the magic by giving baby yoda a real name https://twitter.com/ginacarano/status/1212833385292283904
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Jan 2, 2020 21:33
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Someone is gonna have a heart-to-helmet with Din and be like “Dude, you have an adopted son, you can’t keep calling them ‘it’”, and Din will name it something sappy like “Kuill-ig” and we’ll all go “OMG Baby Yoda is perfect, please let me die for this baby!”
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Jan 2, 2020 21:36
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I shall name you... IG-11. Just “Eleven” for short.
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Jan 2, 2020 21:38
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He's actually Yoda Agent 47, we just haven't seen his barcode yet
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Jan 2, 2020 21:40
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Rocksicles posted:The Outlaw Josey Wales I was thinking Rooster Cogburn when he took over the gun in Ep.1, which would make Kate Hepburn the Mandalorian and John Wayne IG-11, and--hang on, let me get my pen...
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Jan 2, 2020 21:45
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site posted:is season 2 gonna ruin the magic by giving baby yoda a real name No idea if it’ll still pan out since MakingStarWars’s track record for The Mandalorian leaks is weirdly all over the place, but one early report said we would eventually learn his species’ name and see more of them on the show. It was supposed to happen this season but I guess the concept was either tossed entirely or just shifted to a later season.
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Jan 2, 2020 21:56
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Was Resistance worth a watch, or should I just pick out the good parts of Rebels instead?
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Jan 3, 2020 01:51
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Pollyanna posted:Was Resistance worth a watch, or should I just pick out the good parts of Rebels instead? wait till it's finished and someone does a machette order
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Jan 3, 2020 02:00
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Just had a couple thoughts collide together... I was scrolling YouTube and came across an “anime opening” made from scenes from the Galaxy of Adventures shorts. Made me miss the days when they were regularly making those shorts. Why would they stop since they were so popular? A thought then struck me, what if the rumored Dr. Aphra cartoon is a real thing and being done by that studio in that same style since they stopped GoA last summer? Would be a great way to set it apart from the other CG series, and could bring a great look for the show.
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Jan 3, 2020 04:33
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Watch all of Rebels - we did, so you have too as well! Even the whale episode!!
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Jan 3, 2020 15:45
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Vintersorg posted:Watch all of Rebels - we did, so you have too as well! Even the whale episode!! The whale epiode is crucial.
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Jan 3, 2020 15:47
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I'm really terrified Mando is going to go the way of Rebels. Filoni is a loving hack and needs to stay away from Star Wars.
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Jan 3, 2020 16:48
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Shbobdb posted:I'm really terrified Mando is going to go the way of Rebels. Filoni is a loving hack and needs to stay away from Star Wars. 
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Jan 3, 2020 16:53
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Why the hell would someone that hates Dave Filoni bother watching something that Filoni was so heavily involved with? Do you have some sort of brain injury that reduces your pattern recognition and object permanence functioning? Literally everything about this show being hyped up has been Fav and Filoni talking with folks because they were both heavily involved in it. It doesn't matter if everything Dave Filoni does is poo poo, at a certain point the problem is you for constantly watching stuff he makes and bitching like a child about it. Move on.
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I think Resistance shows that Filoni should be more involved
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