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is that some kind of lightsaber katana? how is the drat gyroscopic force field sposed to work in a crescent shape? makes no sense. gas
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Smythe posted:is that some kind of lightsaber katana? how is the drat gyroscopic force field sposed to work in a crescent shape? makes no sense. gas You just get a slightly bent Khyber crystal
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Apr 11, 2023 01:11
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Cross-Section posted:Looking at the list of shorts, it actually appears to be a bit more diverse than the previous volume as far as narrative goes.
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Apr 11, 2023 01:16
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You want a TIE pilot series? Careful with that monkey's paw because that will get you DARKLIGHTER in August 2027. A full 15 percent of the budget will go to "bitching 70s pornstaches."
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Cross-Section posted:Next Mando episode starts with a proper IT'S NOT A MOFFERENCE UNLESS THEY SAY DARK GREETINGS GODDAMMIT!!! 
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Sash! posted:You want a TIE pilot series? Where is the problem here?
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Apr 11, 2023 01:27
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Sash! posted:You want a TIE pilot series? I mean I am frankly already incredibly aroused. They could include the Imperial Pursuit of the rebels and the development of the B-Wing
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Apr 11, 2023 01:28
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just make the shatterpoint movie. THANK YOU
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Apr 11, 2023 01:33
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Galaga Galaxian posted:The empire are the bad guys though. And too many people already seem to forget this without shows portraying them as the "heroes". Maybe we could drive the point home by having Steele Karn kidnap several shuttles full of children and leverage them to bring about a tenuous truce?
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Apr 11, 2023 01:34
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Soontir Fel, defecting, and doing top gun with Wedge Antilles as the role of Viper
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Apr 11, 2023 01:35
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gritty grimdark show about adult, battered, perhaps disabled (?) Scout and her friend... a rebuilt-with-junkyard-scraps IG-88 making their way through the ruins of trade federation strongholds in pursuit of lost treasure and magic artifacts.
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Apr 11, 2023 01:43
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Is the Darksaber not a katana?
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LividLiquid posted:Is the Darksaber not a katana? No, it's a straight single-edged blade HootTheOwl fucked around with this message at 01:57 on Apr 11, 2023 |
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I see. Thank you.
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Which came first: Darksaber or Lightsaber?
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Marsupial Ape posted:Tech will be back with a cool robot arm and bangs, next season. He can be cyborg buddies with Echo then
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withak posted:Which came first: Darksaber or Lightsaber? Some things're best left as myth.
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Xelkelvos posted:He can be cyborg buddies with Echo then Nobody getting the Winter Soldier reference?
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HootTheOwl posted:Where is the problem here? Biggs was only gone for like a year, so just one season
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Smythe posted:is that some kind of lightsaber katana? how is the drat gyroscopic force field sposed to work in a crescent shape? makes no sense. gas They got Denis Lawson back to play Wedge in the Aardman one! That's dope!
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Galaga Galaxian posted:The empire are the bad guys though. And too many people already seem to forget this without shows portraying them as the "heroes". That's one thing I really liked about Andor. The actual Empire were shown as monsters. The people who wanted to be like them were shown to be pathetic goobers. But pathetic goobers who can still do a lot of harm to those around them.
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Megillah Gorilla posted:That's one thing I really liked about Andor. That one side story episode of Mando does that pretty well too. Pershing's a little weenie collaborator and is sad as all hell, while Kane is a dyed in the wool remorseless monster.
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LividLiquid posted:Apologies if I've already said this here, but I was once alone in an elevator at a con with somebody in a stormtrooper outfit and since I'm very visibly one of the biggest targets of actual Nazis, I loving hate that I have to ask myself if the space Nazi next to me just likes Star Wars, or if he's taking the opportunity to acceptably fly his fash flag, and the answer will only ever come if it's the latter. It's scary. Real life nazis are awful and I'm sorry you had to go through that, Jesus. But this is all really George's fault, as are most things with Star Wars. The NSDAP got their tailoring and fashion designs from Hugo Boss, and George figured that looked iconically evil, so that's why the Empire looks the way it does. Maybe it was less of an actual political concern in the 1970's, but these days, geez Louise.
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Anyone who has a full Imperial Stormtrooper costume probably took the time and effort to make it themselves and probably did it out of love for Star Wars and not because they're some kind of Nazi gently caress. If you still think people who make Storm Trooper armor are people you have to fear in real life, check out the 501st Legion who do a lot of fundraising and charity work. These people are cool.
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withak posted:Which came first: Darksaber or Lightsaber? The Darksaber is just a weird looking old Lightsaber, you probably got a bunch of weird looking designs back then before everyone settled on the 'modern' design. Made by the first Mandalorian to become a Jedi, which his family stole from the Jedi Temple after he died. It just became a symbol for Mandalore. I think there's a Jedi in the High Republic stuff that has a normal Lightsaber with a black and white blade, like the Darksaber, but with the standard cylindrical shape rather than a flat blade. Veotax fucked around with this message at 08:28 on Apr 11, 2023 |
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Apr 11, 2023 08:25
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The Vader VR game had an incredible antique lightsaber design where the kyber crystal was held as a visible focusing lens above the handle hilt itself. Made it a feature, and it *looked* primitive and old but in fully functional way, like how you could still murder someone with an ancient Egyption bronze sword but you have better options now.
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Rappaport posted:Real life nazis are awful and I'm sorry you had to go through that, Jesus. They stood in a lift with someone wearing a common costume at a convention. It sucks that OP doesn't feel safe and secure enough in society that they have to second guess whether people hate them for their appearance or not but that is unfortunately going to be the case for most people they meet, stormtrooper costume or no.
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I think a healthy distrust of someone who sees Imps and thinks "woah cool" is a good way to stay safe, but also, unfortunately, Magas and the rest of the tiki torch types seem to identify more with the rag tag alliance of Rebels, guerillas and local militias. For them the cool uniforms and death squads come AFTER
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AndyElusive posted:Anyone who has a full Imperial Stormtrooper costume probably took the time and effort to make it themselves and probably did it out of love for Star Wars and not because they're some kind of Nazi gently caress. If you still think people who make Storm Trooper armor are people you have to fear in real life, check out the 501st Legion who do a lot of fundraising and charity work. These people are cool. Yeah, as a member of the 501st, I can say very few members are fash (I don't know a single one, but I don't know everyone either). Not that you shouldn't be careful.
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3 Action Economist posted:Yeah, as a member of the 501st, I can say very few members are fash (I don't know a single one, but I don't know everyone either). Not that you shouldn't be careful. I've played Imperial in pretty much every Star Wars game where I had an option to, mainly because the Rebellion has always been a bunch of Mary Sues and Gary Stus, and the Empire always had neater poo poo. It also didn't help that in SWG every Rebel had the same loving backstory. BIG HEADLINE fucked around with this message at 11:41 on Apr 11, 2023 |
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Apr 11, 2023 11:37
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And what's with those rebel helmets
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When I played the minis games I always gravitate to the Empire because TIEs are cool and so are Star Destroyers (AND they have like double+ the damage output), but often there was just one or two other empire players who were into it too much. Not nearly as bad as 40k where I dropped the game entirely 
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For every normal person who loved TIE fighter there are three who treat it the exact same way as a 50s Rommel biography.
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WhiskeyWhiskers posted:For every normal person who loved TIE fighter there are three who treat it the exact same way as a 50s Rommel biography. The stats are probably reversed as someone that had to work a lot of cons. Playing a villain is fun for a lot of people and villains are often more interesting than heroes, and thats all it comes down to. As stated earlier, real life Nazis and Chuds identify with the Rebellion. Darko fucked around with this message at 15:04 on Apr 11, 2023 |
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Butterfly Valley posted:They stood in a lift with someone wearing a common costume at a convention. They felt uncomfortable around a person and that is always a bad time. Even if the stormtrooper cosplayer was the nicest person in the world, they were still dressed up in an attire that was meant specifically to evoke imagery of the Third Reich, inhumanity and faceless fascism. Don't get me wrong, I love Baby Yoda as much as the next person, but it was a specific design decision, by George Lucas, to model the Empire's aesthetic after the freaking Nazis, and now that we have brand new Nazis running around, it doesn't seem out-landish to at the very least be wary around someone who spent a lot of money and effort on adopting that aesthetic.
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Most people don't put any more thought into it beyond "cool armor."
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Sash! posted:Most people don't put any more thought into it beyond "cool armor." GundamWowCoolRobot.png except it's a Stormtrooper helmet. The beat way to view the Tie Fighter game is akin to Starship Troopers. But of course there's plenty of people who think that Starship Troopers is also an ideal society.
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i would definitely not trust anybody who thinks it's cool to cosplay fascists
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Rappaport posted:They felt uncomfortable around a person and that is always a bad time. There's a huge sliding scale of reasonable to extremely unreasonable reasons to feel uncomfortable around people so no it doesn't always mean the person experiencing discomfort is justified. As I originally said it sucks that if you obviously present as a minority that you don't know where the next discrimination is going to come from but I don't see how being in close proximity to someone wearing one of the most common costumes of the last 40 years, at a convention explicitly encouraging dressing up, is any worse than standing next to any random person in an elevator. I can't imagine how many fictional atrocities have been committed by the vast plethora of characters represented at your average con but imagining that everyone dressed as a villain explicitly supports all of those actions is lunatic.
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Guys I think you'll find that there are heroes on both sides.
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