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Galaga Galaxian posted:It’s an ancient space orb, maybe it can survive a little Ka-Boom? Or they’re willing to gamble on that, at least. In that case they probably should have just nuked her while they were waiting (and waiting...) for her to solve the uncharted puzzles. The outcome they got trying to have it both ways is the same as if they had done nothing but they're down one nuke which seems like it would be useful. Let's all watch for occasions where the bad guys could win if they had a nuke in the next 6 eps
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It would be interesting to explore the propaganda and indoctrination that the Empire used in the Core worlds during its reign. Was there an Imperial FoxNews? That would explain why so many humans seem to have fascist brain worms.
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Aug 29, 2023 01:44
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Marsupial Ape posted:It would be interesting to explore the propaganda and indoctrination that the Empire used in the Core worlds during its reign. Was there an Imperial FoxNews? That would explain why so many humans seem to have fascist brain worms. Obi Wan mole guy nodding along to Imperial Ben Shapiro's latest holocast
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Aug 29, 2023 01:46
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TheDeadlyShoe posted:Obi Wan mole guy nodding along to Imperial Ben Shapiro's latest holocast Oh no…now I’m trying to imagine what the Intellectual Dark HoloNet would look and sound like.
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Aug 29, 2023 01:51
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No Mods No Masters posted:In that case they probably should have just nuked her while they were waiting (and waiting...) for her to solve the uncharted puzzles. The outcome they got trying to have it both ways is the same as if they had done nothing but they're down one nuke which seems like it would be useful. Yes, that'd be the smart move, but it wouldn't make for a very good story.
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Aug 29, 2023 02:03
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Gervasius posted:10 BBY - The Cannibal has left the Unknown Regions Perfect
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Aug 29, 2023 03:38
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So given that Professor Huyang is alive/functional in the decade or so after RotJ, do you think Luke has ever had a chance to chat with them?
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Aug 29, 2023 03:51
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Marsupial Ape posted:Oh no…now I’m trying to imagine what the Intellectual Dark HoloNet would look and sound like. Probably a bunch of HoloCast deniers.
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Aug 29, 2023 04:53
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TheDeadlyShoe posted:Obi Wan mole guy nodding along to Imperial Ben Shapiro's latest holocast star wars hbomberguy: "what is it with you people and darth vader's helmet??"
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Aug 29, 2023 05:10
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The HK gangnuke was one of the few things that irked me, but it was insignificant enough for me to disregard in the grand scheme. Maybe they're HKs that were rigged specifically for self mass destruction. Maybe their armour plates were lined with some sort of plastic nuclear explosive, in every nook and cranny, in anticipation of assassinating a not-jedi that has a knack for getting away. It was still a weird effect they portrayed... But it's whatever.
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Aug 29, 2023 06:06
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I mean the Proton Torpedoes X-wings and such fire aren't much bigger than an HK droid's chest and capable of blowing large chunks out of starships. Why are the chest bombs that weird to some? 2 meter wide hole. Which is probably about how tall those HK droids are. 
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Aug 29, 2023 06:13
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I think for me, it's the weird chain explosion effect they cause. Might be explained by atmosphere peculiarities?
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Aug 29, 2023 06:16
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Star Wars doesn’t care about science so why should you? Chest bombs go boom, make big boom
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Aug 29, 2023 06:18
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I ain't buying it until I can fall asleep in disinterest reading about it on star wars technical commentaries.
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Aug 29, 2023 06:20
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odinson posted:Probably a bunch of HoloCast deniers. Alderaan's destruction was a hoax!! It's Rebel propaganda, do your own research!! Alderannian "Refugees" are actors paid by Senator Mon Mothma!! Lock. HER. UP!!
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Aug 29, 2023 06:26
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Galaga Galaxian posted:I mean the Proton Torpedoes X-wings and such fire aren't much bigger than an HK droid's chest and capable of blowing large chunks out of starships. Why are the chest bombs that weird to some? This pic always reminds me they should have bombed the exhaust port by flying straight towards the hole and not by flying along a trench and expecting torpedoes to turn 90 degrees into it.
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Aug 29, 2023 06:28
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Parkingtigers posted:This pic always reminds me they should have bombed the exhaust port by flying straight towards the hole and not by flying along a trench and expecting torpedoes to turn 90 degrees into it. Just create a self-piloting torpedo droid and build like 100,000 of them and shoot them all at the thermal exhaust port from different vectors.
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Aug 29, 2023 06:33
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Parkingtigers posted:This pic always reminds me they should have bombed the exhaust port by flying straight towards the hole and not by flying along a trench and expecting torpedoes to turn 90 degrees into it. The trench got them to the exhaust port without being shredded by AA/anti-missile fire from Turbolasers on approach in open space  .
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Galaga Galaxian posted:I mean the Proton Torpedoes X-wings and such fire aren't much bigger than an HK droid's chest and capable of blowing large chunks out of starships. Why are the chest bombs that weird to some?
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It would've been safer to strap a nuke to an astromech and send it into the port.
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Through an implausible but entertaining series of events, Threepio ends up riding the bomb down into the exhaust port Major Kong-style.
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Aug 29, 2023 07:35
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stev posted:It would've been safer to strap a nuke to an astromech and send it into the port. Chopper would gleefully volunteer, then strap the proton torpedo onto another random Astromech and make them do it in his place. While waving and chortling maniacally a5 his handiwork as the astromech flies off to kill a lot of people.
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Marsupial Ape posted:It would be interesting to explore the propaganda and indoctrination that the Empire used in the Core worlds during its reign. Was there an Imperial FoxNews? That would explain why so many humans seem to have fascist brain worms. This is something that was also in Rebels, haha. The Empire literally forced bars and stuff to put Inperial HoloNews on 24-7, and they just ran propaganda on how great Sheev was. The first time you see it on Rebels, it's on Empire Day, the day Sheev liberated the galaxy into the Galactic Empire, and it keeps being a background thing (that The Rebels keep hijacking to get messages out on). Also, while Rebels was running, there was a companion HoloNet News site ongoing where propaganda pieces would be posted. Edit: Here's Lothals own Empire News host: https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Alton_Kastle Darko fucked around with this message at 09:05 on Aug 29, 2023 |
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Aug 29, 2023 08:47
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Why is Chopper so psycho anyway? Was he mistreated or does he just hate everything?
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Sentinel Red posted:Why is Chopper so psycho anyway? Was he mistreated or does he just hate everything? He's never been memory wiped and he's old as dirt and he still has PTSD from being in the Clone Wars (Hera found him in a crashed Y Wing and fixed him, I believe).
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Sentinel Red posted:Why is Chopper so psycho anyway? Was he mistreated or does he just hate everything? He grew up on the holonet equivalent of 4chan
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Parkingtigers posted:This pic always reminds me they should have bombed the exhaust port by flying straight towards the hole and not by flying along a trench and expecting torpedoes to turn 90 degrees into it. Yeah, but if we saw it from that angle, they probably wouldn't have been able to get away with reusing the miniature for the superlaser chamber.  
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I know Imperial health & safety is notoriously bad but I always thought it especially nuts that those dudes were required to hang out next to a laser putting out enough energy to wreck planets. Like, couldn't they do it from a cosy console half a mile away or something? At least give them safety goggles!
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trevorreznik posted:What's extra fun is that every successful action to defend the New Republic (against, say, Thrawn) leads to a half dozen planets getting blown up by the First Order. If the NR simply gave up against Thrawn/Gideon/whoever else, billions of lives would have been saved. Oh hey, it's CSPAM after Russia invaded Ukraine.
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Sentinel Red posted:I know Imperial health & safety is notoriously bad but I always thought it especially nuts that those dudes were required to hang out next to a laser putting out enough energy to wreck planets. Like, couldn't they do it from a cosy console half a mile away or something? At least give them safety goggles! One guy has the Imperial Gunner helmet, that probably helps. Other guy is probably his supervisor and thus needs to dress respectfully as a proper Imperial Officer  .
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Neddy Seagoon posted:Alderaan's destruction was a hoax!! The Empire said it was a mining accident, just like the ones on Jedha and Scarif and Geonosis and Kamino and-
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CornHolio posted:I really hope we end up getting World Devastators they exist in season 4 of rebels, they are different and 'just' mining equipment burning lothal
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Sentinel Red posted:I know Imperial health & safety is notoriously bad but I always thought it especially nuts that those dudes were required to hang out next to a laser putting out enough energy to wreck planets. Like, couldn't they do it from a cosy console half a mile away or something? At least give them safety goggles! Radiation doesn't exist in Star Wars. Eliminated.
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Xelkelvos posted:Order, safety, stability. The same sort of empty promises that lots of historical dictatorships promised and sometimes delivered on (to the chagrin of those under their bootheels). Coreillia IS the imperial core. It's no corescant, but we're not talking a periphery like Tatooine
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Vintersorg posted:Radiation doesn't exist in Star Wars. Eliminated. Wrong, there’s a radiation launcher in Battlefront 2. Granted this does kind of suggest that “radiation” in Star Wars-ese means “grenade”
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I mean light is radiation and photons clearly exist in Star Wars But yeah no radioactive stuff, probably maybe
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Maybe there's no radiation but can you have malignant midichlorian growth and develop Force Cancer?
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Vintersorg posted:Radiation doesn't exist in Star Wars. Eliminated. In Resistance (which no one watched*) there's a part where the rebels go on a secret mission to a First Order space station to steal a special type of shield projector which protects their own space station from cosmic rays. Their station's shield was failing and they mention that, if they can't get a replacement, everyone on board will die**. They steal it and leave several thousand FO troops to presumably die horribly. * for good reason. ** apart from the droids, but nobody cares about them.
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Lobok posted:Maybe there's no radiation but can you have malignant midichlorian growth and develop Force Cancer? Sentient tumor Darth Carcinus controlling some meat puppet Krang-style sounds like a decent Star Wars comic idea.
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