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watto, the floating, slave-owning jewish caricature would DEFINITELY post in coupons
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ClydeFrog posted:Culture Mind hands down. Yoda is not very smart, Data is too naïve. Minds are Machiavellian motherfuckers. close but this was actually a trick question. the answer is of course michael burnham
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Smythe posted:close but this was actually a trick question. the answer is of course michael burnham Her main talent is crying. I mean what would she have been like without all the Vulcan childhood training!
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Epi Lepi posted:Yeah, exactly lol. Neat video though. I don't know how you fight someone who can literally make your knees bend the wrong way while you try to run at them with your sword or whatever by thinking it at you. Hell, Han Solo shot Darth Vader, who doesn't even react to it, then steals his gun from across the room. How, exactly, was Han Solo winning that fight any way other than suicide bombing the room?
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Sash! posted:Hell, Han Solo shot Darth Vader, who doesn't even react to it, then steals his gun from across the room. How, exactly, was Han Solo winning that fight any way other than suicide bombing the room? His powers of seduction.
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https://collider.com/is-the-mandalorian-before-rebels-timeline/quote:Last week's episode of The Mandalorian dropped a bantha's worth of bombshells, from Ahsoka Tano's live-action debut, to Baby Yoda's real name, to a hint at the arrival of fan-favorite Extended Universe baddie, Grand Admiral Thrawn. But series co-creator Dave Filoni simply cannot be stopped from doling out intriguing teases toward the show's future. In a Vanity Fair interview, Filoni revealed it's "possible" that The Mandalorian takes place before the end of his animated series, Rebels, which would open up an entire Sarlacc Pit of possibilities. Or a Krayt Dragon cave. Or possibly even a third, different Star Wars reference. Gonz fucked around with this message at 00:32 on Dec 1, 2020 |
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Dec 1, 2020 00:30
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Once you suspend disbelief to be okay with the fact that prescient telekinetic telepathic space wizards exist it's really hard to suspend disbelief that a regular joe can do anything against them. The best I can do is not give a gently caress.
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Butternubs posted:His powers of seduction. What if Lando was under orders to counter seduce? Anakin's specialty was seeing things before they happen, so he probably saw that as an outcome. Maybe that's why Boba Fett was in the room, to be the awkward third wheel.
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Dec 1, 2020 00:32
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Picture 007 era Roger Moore as Han Solo.
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Han's not a good example cause he's not even a really shot or anything. He's not even that great a pilot, he's just ballsy as gently caress. I mean the problem is that lots of people who have written Star Wars EU stuff are of the mindset that the Force makes you superman and it sucks. I like the OT version of the Force where it's just being so in tune with life and existence that your intuition and reflexes are off the charts. Okay and also they have telekinesis, but telekinesis still isn't superman. I like to believe that someone could be so good at what they do to go up against a Jedi without being completely destroyed even without the Force. And that's the Magistrate we saw in the show unless she really did have Force powers. I just hate the mindset of "Well they HAVE to also have the Force" it's so powergamey.
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My exposure to Nightsisters is mostly through Merrin from Fallen Order, but my impression is that their flavor of Force use is mostly about "magic spell"-flavored illusions and effects that alter reality, and less about being in tune with themselves and their surroundings, so it seems perfectly reasonable to presume that Morgan held her own against Ahsoka because she's just that much of a badass with a spear, regardless of her also being a Nightsister.
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Nightsisters have always been weird Force Witches. Not necessarily Dark Side but definitely not light. At the very least their philosophy isn't on either end of a dogmatic dichotomy like the Jedi and Sith. And in their first appearance they rode around on Rancors like they were in some cheesy 80s fantasy film. Arc Hammer fucked around with this message at 01:07 on Dec 1, 2020 |
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Elentor posted:Once you suspend disbelief to be okay with the fact that prescient telekinetic telepathic space wizards exist it's really hard to suspend disbelief that a regular joe can do anything against them. Killing Jedi is a solved problem. Atton Rand talks about it in Kotor 2 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QlCXrHMYGQE&t=42s
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Gonz posted:https://collider.com/is-the-mandalorian-before-rebels-timeline/ Seeing the scene again, Ahsoka says nothing, so it could work that the Rebels epilogue is set after The Mandalorian, since the dialogue is from Sabine's POV and not Ahsoka's.
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Epi Lepi posted:Han's not a good example cause he's not even a really shot or anything. He's not even that great a pilot, he's just ballsy as gently caress. Nah there you run into the problem of Vader from the OT being the prime example of 'if you are a powerful force user who is paying attention then no regular person can touch you' as above. Obi Wan walks through the Death Star because he can make regular people forget he exists as they're looking at him. Vader lets a guy shoot him a few times just because it's such a trivial threat. Luke single headedly takes out Jabba's entire private army. Also you missed Yoda outright say "only a Jedi, with the force as his ally, can defeat The Emperor". It's not about powergameyness, it's that being a force user taps you into the primal GOOD vs EVIL conflict in the universe. If anything it's powergamey to introduce Heroic loot drops like Bescar steel that apparently now block lightsabers and let you tank the Jedi boss.
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Beskar has always been at least lightsaber-resistant, dating back to the 90s EU.
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Alchenar posted:Nah there you run into the problem of Vader from the OT being the prime example of 'if you are a powerful force user who is paying attention then no regular person can touch you' as above. It isn't OT, but the whole Vader in Rogue One thing. He doesn't do anything he didn't do in the OT while fighting someone one-on-one and is like a horror movie monster to regular soldiers. He casually yanks part of the wall off and throws it at Luke, while also bombarding him with boxes. Of course he can bounce some rando guy in an egg helmet off the ceiling.
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Big Mean Jerk posted:Beskar has always been at least lightsaber-resistant, dating back to the 90s EU. There's more than one lightsaber resistant thing from the 90's EU, too. Some mineral could absorb lightsaber energy and basically shut it down after you cut it a little bit. You could get through it, it just took forever as you had to keep restarting the lightsaber every time you cut into it a little. It just sucked as a building material because it was so crumbly. The EU had all sorts of weird poo poo.
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seaborgium posted:There's more than one lightsaber resistant thing from the 90's EU, too. Some mineral could absorb lightsaber energy and basically shut it down after you cut it a little bit. You could get through it, it just took forever as you had to keep restarting the lightsaber every time you cut into it a little. It just sucked as a building material because it was so crumbly. The EU had all sorts of weird poo poo. Yeah, cortosis. From Heir to the Empire. Between that and ysalamiri, right out of the gate, Zahn figured out how to negate a Jedi’s inherent advantages.
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radlum posted:Seeing the scene again, Ahsoka says nothing, so it could work that the Rebels epilogue is set after The Mandalorian, since the dialogue is from Sabine's POV and not Ahsoka's. Would explain why Ahsoka wasn't wearing her white robes in 'The Jedi' episode too, among other things. I dig that storytelling choice.
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teagone posted:Would explain why Ahsoka wasn't wearing her white robes in 'The Jedi' episode too, among other things. I dig that storytelling choice. I think it’s just Filoni keeping his options open while he figures out what he wants to do next.
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teagone posted:Would explain why Ahsoka wasn't wearing her white robes in 'The Jedi' episode too, among other things. I dig that storytelling choice. She is on concept art during the credits so they obviously toyed with the idea. I’d take a screenshot but Disney apparently locked that poo poo down.
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radlum posted:Seeing the scene again, Ahsoka says nothing, so it could work that the Rebels epilogue is set after The Mandalorian, since the dialogue is from Sabine's POV and not Ahsoka's. Plus if we're to assume some of the other scenes in that ending sequence are occurring at roughly the same time, (rebels spoiler) Hera and Kanan's kid looks to be at at grade schooler in age at least, so that is set several years ahead. Galaga Galaxian fucked around with this message at 03:07 on Dec 1, 2020 |
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Keep in mind, the Rebels finale scenes need not all take place in the same year, just all post the Empire’s fall.
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Happy Noodle Boy posted:She is on concept art during the credits so they obviously toyed with the idea. I’d take a screenshot but Disney apparently locked that poo poo down. Waiting on The Mandalorian twitter account to drop those images in high res 
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The problem I see is that this is veering off more into areas where you (I) can't even suspend my disbelief in this fantasy space western thing when internal inconsistencies and illogic are just so glaring. Hmm I have two laser swords that can cut through anything except this one metal with ease. She's wearing that metal on the hands she's gripping the spear with, right? Oh, no? Just bare hands? Well I better not just slide my godkiller weapons up or down a foot and sever said fingers. I must maintain my space bushido against some murderous tyrant for.. reasons??? Some weird, sometimes jarring editing in this ep, too.
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Sounds like a you problem.
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Yeah, it’s a clear “Rule of Cool” exception.
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Justin Credible posted:The problem I see is that this is veering off more into areas where you (I) can't even suspend my disbelief in this fantasy space western thing when internal inconsistencies and illogic are just so glaring. Hmm I have two laser swords that can cut through anything except this one metal with ease. She's wearing that metal on the hands she's gripping the spear with, right? Oh, no? Just bare hands? Well I better not just slide my godkiller weapons up or down a foot and sever said fingers. I must maintain my space bushido against some murderous tyrant for.. reasons??? I mean Ahsoka clearly wants information out of her, so maiming her without reason would be counter-productive to that goal. Especially since Ahsoka is clearly just toying with her right up until she loses the one saber, at which point she immediately takes it seriously and ends the duel in the next move.
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If I get Diana Lee Inosanto to play somebody I don't care if her oppo has laser swords they gonna fight it out
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Its Rinaldo posted:If I get Diana Lee Inosanto to play somebody I don't care if her oppo has laser swords they gonna fight it out This is the Way.
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Dec 1, 2020 03:47
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Everyone posted:This is the Way.
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Big Mean Jerk posted:I mean Ahsoka clearly wants information out of her, so maiming her without reason would be counter-productive to that goal. Especially since Ahsoka is clearly just toying with her right up until she loses the one saber, at which point she immediately takes it seriously and ends the duel in the next move. Yeah, what was great about that was the change in demeanor you saw in Morgan. Before that, especially after disarming Ahsoka, she was confident, but once that stance change came, she stepped back with an "oh poo poo" look.
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Captain Splendid posted:I like that the sequence of proof was: I almost threw my phone across the room when he showed that. Thanks for wasting my time with a nine minute long video where you repeat yourself over and over, when it could have just been a tweet. So nobody makes the same mistake I did by giving traffic to this joker: Ahsoka said Morgan’s people were slaughtered during the clone wars, she wears similar clothes to night sisters, she has some crescent moon symbol on her forehead similar to night sister symbology, the name “Morgan” has historical ties to witchcraft and sorcery (as in Le Fey), and oh yeah— the hairdresser for the actress literally posted on Instagram that Morgan is a survivor of Dathomir.
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Justin Credible posted:The problem I see is that this is veering off more into areas where you (I) can't even suspend my disbelief in this fantasy space western thing when internal inconsistencies and illogic are just so glaring. Hmm I have two laser swords that can cut through anything except this one metal with ease. She's wearing that metal on the hands she's gripping the spear with, right? Oh, no? Just bare hands? Well I better not just slide my godkiller weapons up or down a foot and sever said fingers. I must maintain my space bushido against some murderous tyrant for.. reasons??? Lol, gangtag.
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https://twitter.com/JR_Bartok/status/1264326241814900738 I wonder how mad people would be if an Ahsoka show were centered around her completing Luke's training between Empire and Jedi. I love the idea, personally. But I am biased.
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I hate it when people spin in fight scenes. drives me nuts but they keep doing it
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You should try spinning, it's a good trick.
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Epi Lepi posted:Han's not a good example cause he's not even a really shot or anything. He's not even that great a pilot, he's just ballsy as gently caress. In the old EU once Leia completes her jedi training Han just gets in the way during combat rather than doing most of the work.
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