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Shimrra Jamaane posted:I think a section needs to be added to the op listing all of the most ridiculous things in the EU that are always brought up that are, in fact, infinities. The infinites comics were brilliant! If you haven't read the trial of Han Solo (that's probably not what it's called) yer really missing out! "as you can see here, my client's head moves back and to the right...back and to the right"
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my cat is norris posted:Re: ToR space combat. Looks a lot more fun now that I've seen the video. It really does, I was fearing some WoW or EVE hybrid, which would have been the worst possible thing imaginable, I'm just hoping for customizable ships now! Looks like you'll be able to wander around inside some of the bigger ones as well, which is another fantastic addition! Literally cannot wait for this to come out, even after swearing off MMO's completely!
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Aug 18, 2010 07:17
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Chairman Capone posted:That's great coming from Kyle Newman, considering Fanboys was worse than any of the prequels. I liked Fanboys  Least it was no Holiday Special.
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Aug 30, 2010 13:07
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Captain von Trapp posted:"Oh COME ON?! A broken heart?"
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Sep 2, 2010 04:39
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Boondock Saint posted:I loved the sequels, but they just didn't have the same bad rear end feel that the original did. The only other game I can think of that captured that essence was Republic Commando and the biggest fault I have against that game is that it takes place during the prequels and as a result, dealt with some lovely scenery. I can only imagine what Imperial Commando would have been like had it been made. I've been dreaming of a Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2 mod or spin off or something where its set in the Star Wars universe at the height of the GCW and you play as a series of different Stormtroopers or other Imperial specialist troops involved in the gritty fighting against the Rebel 'Terrorists' accross a number of worlds with varying environments. Including a city assault supported by AT-AT's and other light armour. Oh, and a wide variety of well modeled different blaster rifles, pistols.... *eyes mist over*
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I didn't realise that A.C Crispin was a woman She should write some more Star Wars books already, the Han Solo trilogy was really good, maybe uh some more Lando books?
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Sep 8, 2010 20:48
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sniper4625 posted:Basically the same. If I remember correctly, the modification consisted of that grate-thingie on the back. Supposed to help with the cold. So who made the T-47's? Are they the same bunch that made Luke's T-16 skyhopper? Also, did we ever see what that looked like? Because, as far as I recall we only see a part of it in ANH in the garage scene and it uh looked sorta trianglar I guess? Speaking of ANH, I've always wondered, how much did Luke know Obi-wan prior to the events of ANH? I mean he does seem pretty upset with the whole Ben being cut in half by a dark armoured figure thing, but I'm sure most folk would be at least a bit disturbed seeing that happen to the nice old guy from down the road.
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Sep 12, 2010 11:31
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Torael_7 posted:Which is why a brainwashed A-Wing pilot blew the poo poo out of the bridge in one of the Wraith Squadron books? I thought this was because the shields of the ship in question were'nt up at this point, especially since they were in the middle of nowhere (effectively) and had just launched a bunch of their own fighters. We're talking about Solo Command, yeah? That book was fantastic! 
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Oct 20, 2010 05:44
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Milky Moor posted:Well, I now understand exactly how Obi-Wan felt just after the destruction of Obi-Wan. I felt a great disturbance in the Internet, as if millions of voices suddenly cried out in terror and were suddenly silenced
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Oct 24, 2010 08:26
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Tensokuu posted:I'd like to admit that I expected Larin and Shigar to end up together, and was slightly disappointed when they didn't. Jet Nebula (what an awful loving name) made up for it in the end though, just for being a badass. This was my exact reaction at the end as well, I'd really enjoyed it too - up until the end, it was ultimately rather  I'd really like them to wite a few more books around this era (If they havent already) its such a nice change not to read about the big three, or one of their numerous minions/reletives/ect
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Mar 7, 2011 04:13
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A Typical Goon posted:So what was everyone's favourite book? I'd have to say mine is Starfighters of Adumaar. I can't put my finger on why I love it so much, I just do. The Wraith Squadron books here definately - Yub yub, commander! For serious Star Wars though, the Heir to the Empire trilogy for sure, followed up by the x-wing books, Shatterpoint and the Revenge of the Sith book.
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May 6, 2011 06:43
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That Gantros (sp?) guy and a few othe Jedi had extendo-lightsabers in I Jedi and the Jedi Search trilogy, that could be what your thinking of? Seemed like a pretty ridiculous idea,what better than a normal lightsaber? Of course! A BIGGER lightsaber! Maybe they just need to say stuff it, get me a light-broadsword!
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May 11, 2011 00:17
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Harvey Mantaco posted:So does the technology used in lightsabers get used anywhere else in the galaxy? Seems that beams of light that can cut through literally everything to ever exist might have some practical or industrial applications. Maybe even use in the home? I mean, it's not like you even need to hook that poo poo into it's iLightsaber dock at night to let it charge or anything, it just keeps going and burning forever. Couldn't you basically use them for free energy? Or even the most useful factory tool ever for say... cutting up pieces of metal quickly with almost no cost after the initial purchase? It seems like possibly the greatest discovery/technology to ever be invented but... I haven't seen anything that isn't in sword, staff, retarded armor spikes or any other direct melee thing that uses it. And in ep. 1 when they're cutting through those doors to get to the aliens that ordered them gassed, they all seemed so stuncocked and surprised that the lightsabers could cut through their doors. It's like no one knows about these things at all? Everyone seems to know who a Jedi is but I guess they don't really get that their swords can cut through anything? If I remember correctly, they (ordinary non-jedi, non-wookipedia backstory, non-force sensitive people) had vibroblades - which was like a vibrating knife or some poo poo? Who knows? But from what I remember, they were pretty much used like you'd use a knife...that vibrates...maybe they were used for other things? Vibrospoons anyone? Why you'd choose a knife that hums (maybe?) over a laser sword that can cut through anything* and is probably about the same size as a vibroblade when turned off, no one will ever know. Maybe the jedi had a space patent on them or something? Those capitalist bastards, trying to keep the common man from having awesome glowy things that cut through stuff. And also Force Pikes and Gaffi Sticks for some reason. Apparently only Gammoreans, and various other hench-species use Force Pikes, perhaps named because the Pikes themselves are Force sensetive? Or ony work on people who are force sensetive? *see approved list, apendix A through to 97F.
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May 24, 2011 03:02
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omgLerkHat! posted:This all makes too much sense - I'm beginning to doubt your commitment to the Star Wars Extended Universe. They do talk about charging lightsabers in several of the books (not quite on screen, but whatever), I cant quite remember if you needed to constantly charge it, or if the force charged it, or if you charged it once when you first made it and thereafter it didnt need charging. Did any of the lightsabers we see in any of the movies even have a battery indicator? Talk about embarassing though, imagine turning up to your sith lord confrontation with a quarter charged lightsaber - youngling mistake if I ever heard of one!
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Crowetron posted:Sure, you can use the Force to land crazy jumps and drops, but even if Maul had the mental capacity to do anything other than pass out from shock, he doesn't have any feet to land on. And he cracked his head on the side of the pit on the way down! I was always pissed that he didnt return, he definately would have been a better and more understandable bad guy than Count Dooku (Still the runner up for WORST VILLIAN NAME EVER) - I mean he killed Obi wan's master, right in front of his very eyes! A much more understandable motivation that whatever political bullshit Dooku had going - something about him rebelling agains the jedi council, who seem like a sack of dicks at any rate ...anyway Not A Bear fucked around with this message at 07:47 on May 30, 2011 |
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Razorwired posted:The Emperor had Death Stars to build and Bothans to kill. I wouldn't be surprised at all if some EU book or comic mentioned that he knew where Obi Wan and Yoda were the entire time but considered them low priority as long as they stayed on their little shitball planets and didn't cause any trouble. This always confused me as well - was there ever a definite answer to the whole 'Skywalker last name on Anakin's home planet, living with his uh relatives (how's Owen and co related to him again? Cousins?) rumours of a crazy old man living in the desert thing' Was it an elabourate trap from Obi Wan's perspective? Or was Vader just that blinded by his past that he never had his home planet thouroughly checked out? Or maybe we're just reading too much into this, again...
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Tomtrek posted:Another thing to note is that, as far as Vader knew, Padmé died before giving birth. If you look in Episode III she's made to look pregnant during her funeral on Naboo to keep Luke and Leia secret, so Vader wasn't looking for his kids because he thought they were dead and didn't have any idea they were alive until he hears of a kid from Tatooine with the last name of 'Skywalker' blowing up the Death Star. Now thats an awkward moment, not only has your multi-billion (trillion?) credit space station gone up in smoke...it might just have been your son (using your wacky outdated religion, no less) that pulled the trigger. Vader got some 'splainin to do - would have loved to have seen Darth explaining this one to the Emperor, annnd now I really want to see a buddy cop film with Vader as the reckless loose cannon getting dressed down by Comissioner Palpatine 
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Haha wow, I've just been watching the blu ray edition of Return of the Jedi - Vader's dubbed in nooo at the end is hilariously bad! That being said, the rest of the original trilogy are fantastic after being remastered and in HD, well worth the purchase so far
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All my fault? drat, and there I was thinking I'd lead a fairly blameless life! I dunno, initially I was like you, upset about the changes - but it's not like I've lost the memories or my VHS copies of the original unmolested trilogy. The extras themselves are also (so far) comprehensive and really interesting, I've only watched the ones for the original trilogy so far, I'm putting off going back to the prequels for a little bit. Also, did anyone else feel that they'd edited some of the sequences in the original trilogy slightly differently, I haven't done a comparison, but I think the point where the millennium falcon destroys one of Vader's wingmen and Luke fires the torpedoes that destroys the death star happens in a slightly different order. I'll have to watch it again to be sure though!
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I've gotta say that Shatterpoint is one of my favourite EU PT (ish) novels, its rather dark though with an extra helping of grit sprinkled with grit. Essentially its Star Wars vietnam But it makes Mace Windu out to be the badass that we knew we wanted to see in the PT - definetly one of Matthew Stovers most awesome books (Right up there with the ROTS book)and has some great moments That reminds me, I'm reading The Shadows of Mindor at the moment I was kinda put off with all the shadowspawn spacewizard stuff, but as I'm getting further into the book, I'm finding it much much better! I really like his characterisations of the big three (Leia, Han and Luke), I feel he writes them in a much more natural fashion than anything else I've read so far.
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arioch posted:Just think of all the dark wizard stuff as an exaggeration of what was really going on, since it's supposed to be a movie about what really happened. Yeah I've just finished the book, and that actually makes a lot of sense, it almost had a bit of a pulpy feel going on. The whole stuff with the Dark was kind of different also - not in a hugely bad way though Lando was definitely the best as well, it was good to see him in the role of a competent general - not just a wacky sidekick. The end was a bit weird though, was it just me, or did the character at the end seem like a bit of a self insert for the author? Complaining about deadlines and things? Chairman Capone posted:He pitched it as 'Apocalypse Now with Jedi.' Oh yeah that's a great way to describe it, I really enjoyed that element of the story. I'd definetly agree, I'd have to say that the novelisation of ROTS isnt far behind and I rather enjoyed Traitior (I think that's the one) as well though, even having not read much of the EU really.
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quote:George Lucas has announced his retirement from the movie business. Source: http://www.reghardware.com/2012/01/18/george_lucas_calls_quits_on_blockbuster_career/ Apologies if this has been posted already, but woah I really did not see this coming at all, I never expected him to actually acknowledge the complaints about any of his movies - let alone retire! Anyone able to decipher the meaning behind any of his 'guys on the internet' quotes? Seems all kinds of  to meGuess we can finally pack it in! *cue ewok celebratory music* Edit for source
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Yeah that is kinda confusing - sounds quite a bit like he's finally caught the RLM reviews of the prequels and is now having a sulk/and or taking his bat an ball home cause of all the mean things the kids have said. Maybe he's just having a bit of a vent. That being said, he shouldnt do Indy V at all...ever
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