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Begemot posted:Weirdly, the Clone Wars TV show implies that the Republic had a standing navy, but not an army. In that arc with the cool spider guy, Yularren talks about facing him in battle decades before. Also, like, Yularren's existence as an older Republic admiral. The Venator Star Destroyers (great design, I love those boys) that are all over the place starting with the end of AotC would have to be pre-existing warships, since I don't think Kamino is also in the shipbuilding business, so yeah it would check out that the Republic already had a navy. Which would make sense, as you'd still need a navy in peacetime to deter pirates, do imperialism, etc.
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It also tracks that planets would have their own security force and military while the Republic Navy handled the literal space between, where an army is useless.
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John Wick of Dogs posted:Of course we saw Yoda fighting side by side with his good friend Chewbacca Yes, I do mean worse than Jar Jar.
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The Republic having navy but not an army also tracks with the weak federal government's inability to enforce things like anti-slavery laws.
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LividLiquid posted:"Everybody already knew each other" was the worst decision of the prequels. R2D2 and C3PO are there to witness everything because that’s the whole joke. Aside from those two, all the interpersonal relationships in the prequels are either pre-established in the OT or incredibly minor. Like, Obiwan briefly fought Boba Fett’s dad? Yoda hung out with Chewbacca for a week? Who gives a poo poo?
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I got a good laugh out of that Clone Wars episode where R2 ends up captured or missing behind enemy lines or something, and everybody's like,"Well it's too bad, but luckily astromech droids are regularly memory-wiped so it won't have a bunch of intelligence details on locations, plans, access codes etc the enemy can use" and Anakin's like,"Uhhhhhh..... about that...."
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Watching Artoo kick rear end is so much fun He even gets a Marvel comic issue where he solos a Star Destroyer to rescue Threepio, and he causes the Imps to freak out and think there's some super droid storming their ship as Artoo quietly trundles along  Issue 36 of the 2015 run, collected in Volume 6 (2017) Vol 3 (2018) and the Jason Aaron Omnibus (2019) 
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Artoo is just as menacing as Chop really, just not as brash.
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I find it hilarious that Artoo has never once been memory wiped and as such has complete knowledge of pretty much everything (but chooses not to share that information). And yeah, he’s basically a slightly less bloodthirsty/aggressive version of Chopper in terms of attitude if you think about it
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Larryb posted:I find it hilarious that Artoo has never once been memory wiped and as such has complete knowledge of pretty much everything (but chooses not to share that information). And yeah, he’s basically a slightly less bloodthirsty/aggressive version of Chopper in terms of attitude if you think about it He got a short-term memory wipe once in Clone Wars as a part of a scheme involving Cad Bane and a spa.
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Doctor Spaceman posted:He got a short-term memory wipe once in Clone Wars as a part of a scheme involving Cad Bane and a spa. Oh yeah, forgot about that one
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Hey, that was Wolf in the latest Bad Batch, nice! I'm gonna miss this show when it's done, it's got a tighter focus than Clone Wars (which to be fair had an excellent final season after Rebels) and manages to find a good mix between single story missions and the wider scale stuff happening with the Empire etc.
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It's pretty much the only Star Wars cartoon I've seen (unless you count the one Tartakovsky made) and I've been having a blast. Though, I guess having little knowledge of the other characters helps avoid the "hey remember this guy" issue that modern franchises have.
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Larryb posted:I find it hilarious that Artoo has never once been memory wiped and as such has complete knowledge of pretty much everything (but chooses not to share that information). And yeah, he’s basically a slightly less bloodthirsty/aggressive version of Chopper in terms of attitude if you think about it Artoo is the wizened old master with ridiculously long eyebrows, drinking from a flask while defeating his enemies while barely moving. Just clowning on them. Chopper is the young gun, all fire, passion and vigour. C3PO is the guy from Blue Eyed Samurai with no hands who makes noodles.
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"I am fluent in over 6 million forms of communication, not least of which is peaches" The golden god fucks.
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Vinylshadow posted:Watching Artoo kick rear end is so much fun gently caress yeah I want this
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Jehde posted:"I am fluent in over 6 million forms of communication, not least of which is peaches"
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Started playing through some Blast multiplayer on 2015 Battlefront yesterday (since I guess even though I bought the Ultimate edition you still have to grind for unlocks) and discovered there’s a very specific loyal player base that’s held on through the years In one round my partner was CelticPride1488. In the very next I was paired with StarFox1399.
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Walker Assault rules, also ew
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Megillah Gorilla posted:Artoo is the wizened old master with ridiculously long eyebrows, drinking from a flask while defeating his enemies while barely moving. Just clowning on them. You take that back, Ringo is competent and likeable, 3PO is neither.
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Did the strike kill any chance that we get a live action show this year?
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FlamingLiberal posted:Did the strike kill any chance that we get a live action show this year? there are two live action shows. The Acolyte, and Skeleton Crew
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FlamingLiberal posted:Did the strike kill any chance that we get a live action show this year? A trailer for the Acolyte should be dropping soon and is expected to premiere in the summer
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Alright that's good to hear. I just wish we were getting Andor S2 this year but I'm sure it will be worth the wait
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FlamingLiberal posted:Alright that's good to hear. I would assume that Season 2 of Ahsoka will also wrap up its plotline, and then the Mandalorian movie will wrap up the entirety of the Mandoverse (Mando, BoBF, Ahsoka) all at once.
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I'm looking forward to Acolyte because the setting sounds neat. Hope the show is, too.
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https://x.com/starwars/status/1769755843451380154?s=46&t=_t3R3O4inwGCyXxW88QslQ Trailer tomorrow.
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This poster seems to be a hint that this show may have a lightsaber
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Yes, an acolyte-saber
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thrawn527 posted:https://x.com/starwars/status/1769755843451380154?s=46&t=_t3R3O4inwGCyXxW88QslQ We did get a leaked one a while back, wonder if this will be the same trailer John Wick of Dogs posted:This poster seems to be a hint that this show may have a lightsaber It seems to be about a Jedi and their former apprentice reuniting to solve mysteries in the High Republic era (making it probably the earliest Star Wars show to date timeline wise unless you want to count Young Jedi Adventures) Larryb fucked around with this message at 17:22 on Mar 18, 2024 |
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BLOOD? In my nu-Star Wars??
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Great poster conceptually, the blood acting like a red saber blade is inspired
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Lobok posted:Yes, an acolyte-saber 
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Larryb posted:We did get a leaked one a while back, wonder if this will be the same trailer Will this be the earliest canon piece of Star Wars media in the timeline that isn't a lame book or comic?
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stev posted:Will this be the earliest canon piece of Star Wars media in the timeline that isn't a lame book or comic? Yes, in that it's set during the High Republic, which is the same time period as the lame books and comics of the same name. (About 200 years before TPM.)
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John Wick of Dogs posted:200 years before tpm means Yoda is around right?   You're god drat right he is. (Though no indication he's in the show.)
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Well when he's not around everybody should be talking about him
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thrawn527 posted:
If he is I wonder if Frank Oz will voice him again (the man is almost 80 at this point after all)
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John Wick of Dogs posted:Well when he's not around everybody should be talking about him That actually happened a few times in one of the books I read. "Can Master Yoda help?" "Unfortunately he's off doing something or other, so...". Some people like the High Republic books. I am not one of those people. I've bailed on them at this point. But it's mostly because the plot/writing was boring, the setting was pretty cool.
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