CitizenVectron
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Actually cooling is harder in space than in an atmosphere. Sure it's near absolute 0, but there is nothing to transfer the heat to.
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Actually cooling is harder in space than in an atmosphere. Sure it's near absolute 0, but there is nothing to transfer the heat to.
DrForester
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Anyone else seeing the Waluigi mustache on the new Stormtroopers?
Something I haven't noticed people talking about is the radical re-design of the X-Wing's wings and how they now interlock to make a single surface:
They no longer overlap, they actually are 2 thinner wings that lock together and then the tips flare up or down to separate the guns. I think it gives it a much more aggressive stance, and I like it. Here's what I mean from the top down when the wings are folded together:
But people were complaining that they were not using new technology!!!
I am sure you have spent far too much time thinking about the science behind Navi ponytails.
Poodlestrike
Banned
I think he will be, if his reaction to the silliness over a black storm trooper is anything to go by.
DiipuSurotu
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So if Boyega becomes a Jedi as speculated, what are the chances of him wearing this?
CitizenVectron
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So if Boyega becomes a Jedi as speculated, what are the chances of him wearing this?
Personally I hope we don't see a single brown robe in the whole trilogy outside of some moisture farmers on Tatooine - who they clearly were designed for in A New Hope until GL changed his mind.
Affeinvasion
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The new x-wing wings look dinky, like they'd fall off in atmospheric flight...and closed it looks like a Headhunter.
SeventhSon
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If Boyega is Force sensitive, there better be a good backstory to his powers.
The possibilities are that either Luke is the primary antagonist by the end, or Kira falls to the dark side and becomes the chief nemesis of the trilogy. Personally I'd like for Luke to be the antagonist rather than Kira. I don't think she has the necessary gravitas to stand toe to toe with Vader, whereas Luke does. Lawerence Kasdan has a good pen for writing good vs evil, as evidenced by Yoda and Vader's contrasting speeches to Luke.
The problem with characters falling towards the Dark Side has always be the question of: why? When Palpatine was compelling Luke to turn, he didn't have any good reason other than the concept of destiny. Vader however did. He argued that with their combined strengths the war would be over and order would settle over the galaxy. He argued that together they could overthrow the Emperor. Vader was pretty much offering Luke a scenario where together they could throw a coup and take over the Empire, ruling as benevolent dictators. After decades of death and war, the promise of peace would seem enticing even for a Mary Sue character such as Luke. Hopefully whoever is the evil force driving the plot has a similarly compelling argument for the heroes, instead of Palpatine's blabber (which made for some good quotes non-the-less).
SilentRacoon
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I know, not to mention it could become tricky to take aim while you wear a big ass helmet on your head, add to that the impaired vision range gained from those little eye holes they have to see, no wonder they can never get to shoot any target accurately.
fastford58
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Well, we have never had a female Sith in the movies. I would actually welcome a female baddie. Would be a nice change of pace.
SargerusBR
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unholyrevenger72
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Why are the Force ghosts all wearing their robes then? also the whole black thing is way too Imperial looking. The simple, home spun looking stuff is more fitting of a humble modest living.
SargerusBR
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Unless the focusing lens in inside those side hilts
unholyrevenger72
Banned
or if any component of importance is in the hilt
Because the liked to wear it.
So did uncle Ben.
Bit it was never supposed to be the official jedi robe.
Lucas totally forgot what sw was about.
ProtomanNeo
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The arrogance on display concerning the sabre design is mind boggling. We know nothing about what we're are looking at and what it's function is supposed to be. Also Abrams wouldn't have designed it, there are concept artists who would have and if it were supposed to be a practical cross bar I'm sure they would have come up with it. As I and many others have deduced it's far more likely that what we're are looking at is not an energy cross bar, but instead energy exhaust from a powerful and unstable sabre.
DiipuSurotu
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Yoda's robe is just generic swamp-dweller robe, and Anakin's and Ben's robes are because they actually are people from Tatooine.
The inside of Luke's jacket is actually all white. If he would just fully open his jacket it would be pretty different.
You people are way overthinking a lightsaber design probably stolen from a kindergartener's doodle.
I doubt anyone involved in production cares how or why it's supposed to work.
There are materials that can withstand lightsabers.
Maybe lightsaber hilts are made out of them.
coz you know
one of the few remaining jedi whose sole goal is to remain hidden
is going to dress in the jedi order robes on the daily
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ElectricKaibutsu
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Maybe new ones, but Darth Maul's and Vader's were cut.
Dreams-Visions
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Spared no expense.On that note...
ProtomanNeo
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No disrespect but people who work production in design DO think about how the things they design work. The ones who are really good sink a lot of time and thought into it and are compensated handsomely for it.
TheKaeptain
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Driver's going to be the main bad guy in the three movies. If anything Kira will probably go light-dark-light with Boyega being the person that brings her back.
EDIT: all this talk of the lightsaber makes me think people have never heard about Chekhov's gun. There will be a reason this one is different.
EDIT: all this talk of the lightsaber makes me think people have never heard about Chekhov's gun. There will be a reason this one is different.
By this logic everything you see in big budget Hollywood films would have sensible and practical designs. So I'll amend the statement: No one with any real power cares about how or why it's supposed to work. They want it to look cool and sell toys.
You might as well spend your time and energy debating the practical nuances of the Transformer films.
SeventhSon
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TheKaeptain
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Not true. Anyone worth a shit knows that there has to be a reason something like the Saber design, which is a departure from tradition, is different than what we have known in the past.
Getting passive aggressive over your obsession with Star Wars trivia doesn't lend any credence to your argument.
These films have been marketing vehicles since Return of the Jedi. The people in charge do not give a shit about stubby blades or exhaust, they're thinking about the legions of children who will make their parents buy the new lightsaber that has three red bars instead of one.
AdventureRacing
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That supposed improvement looks awful to me and judging by that picture doesn't really look functional. That's assuming these are intended to block other light sabers at all.
I think it's a getter idea to wait and see what they're for and how it's explained before judging the design. I also think the people who designed it deserve a little more credit.
ehm.. close .. the energy stream starts from within the hilt; from the energy cells in the back, directed trough crystals in the center to focus the energy towards the blade emitter at the tip (where the actual blade gets turned into plasma and then contained via a magnetic stabilizing ring) Modern light sabers actually redirect that plasma via the magnetic stabilizing ring back into the hilt to close the loop, thus it does not loose any energy unless it hits something foreign, like metals or flesh. This allows for much longer battery life.
Older ones even needing a bulky battery pack which where carried on the hip*
*Probably not canon anymore so who knows
so yeah, the blade starts to form at the tip, what this could be is that blade emitter shroud is much longer on this one, covering the start of the energy blade, and the energy being so much, that it needs to vent it off trough 2 tubes on the side to remove the danger of energy backwash.
So in short, it is a kind of souped up light saber that is allot more unstable then the normal ones, but casts allot more energy.
ProtomanNeo
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Not all big budget films, but most do concern themselves with designing things that look like they would work. It helps the audience suspend disbelief. Now of course there are directors that may choose to break with this, but with sci fi and fantasy the audience is already being asked to make a leap. It helps when the audience has a frame of reference for what they are looking at. This is why kit bashing was so popular with practical fx.
unholyrevenger72
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Except Episode one clearly establishes that no one on Tatooine would recognize a jedi by their robes alone. Qui-Gon only gets made when Anakin spots his lightsaber
That's bullshit. If it's what they had liked to wear Anakin would have appeared in Uniform. Why would he be wearing robes? He didn't go through a hobo phase late in life.
Napoleonthechimp
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Concept artists generally do care how their fictional designs would work.
P.S. The whole thing is clearly an homage to the claymore and other large and heavy swords. It looks more medieval than the traditional Katana inspired saber. In fact I'd wager his fighting style differs just as much as the saber design. Given there is no weight to a lightsaber I bet his weapon is far more powerful (and perhaps able to "cut through" other sabers) which gives credence to the hilt being exhaust ports.
Bobby Roberts
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"JJ, this needs a slight change..."
"Oh, my good friend Mr. Anonymous Impact Font Internet Fuckstick has a suggestion! I'll make sure to have an assistant file that up his rotten buttpipe for future reference"
"Oh, my good friend Mr. Anonymous Impact Font Internet Fuckstick has a suggestion! I'll make sure to have an assistant file that up his rotten buttpipe for future reference"
In my opinion, Star Wars just doesn't work without the fledging Rebels against the all powerful Empire. They have to somehow explain in the opening crawl the Empire somehow still ruling the galaxy. That's the overarching theme of every shot during battles in the movies.
The rebels are always on the run, with the massive empire on their heels.
Concept artists serve at the pleasure of higher powers who don't.
Haven't seen episode 1 in a long time, but was there any reason Maul had the dual bladed one?
Like, aside from it looking cool/different.
Now that you mention it, why does every shit idea get thrusted upon us in form of impact font overlayed an image. I think there is a conspiracy in there.
unholyrevenger72
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The EU established Maul created the double lightsaber to Surprise and Kill a Jedi Master, as his final test to becoming a Sith Lord
Something I haven't noticed people talking about is the radical re-design of the X-Wing's wings and how they now interlock to make a single surface:
They no longer overlap, they actually are 2 thinner wings that lock together and then the tips flare up or down to separate the guns. I think it gives it a much more aggressive stance, and I like it. Here's what I mean from the top down when the wings are folded together:
Kind of uglier to me, but oh well.
Hmm... don't like the rear of the new one at all. Looks too dainty and sleek, or something. Again, oh well.
I think that's what's bothering me.
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