Bobby Roberts
Banned
The truth behind TR-8R: REVEALED!
http://www.starwars.com/news/meet-fn-2199-a-k-a-tr-8r-the-stormtrooper-behind-the-meme
http://www.starwars.com/news/meet-fn-2199-a-k-a-tr-8r-the-stormtrooper-behind-the-meme
The truth behind TR-8R: REVEALED!
http://www.starwars.com/news/meet-fn-2199-a-k-a-tr-8r-the-stormtrooper-behind-the-meme
The truth behind TR-8R: REVEALED!
http://www.starwars.com/news/meet-fn-2199-a-k-a-tr-8r-the-stormtrooper-behind-the-meme
That link's as dead as TR-8R.
Weird. Dunno why. I've tried it twice now on two different browsers and it works.
Technically speaking (and this is really nitpicky) I don't think we know if Mothma is the one who authorized the stand down. I haven't read the Visual Dictionary so I don't know if there's any information in there, but in Aftermath she proposes the idea of reducing the military by 90% after victory against the Empire is secured and instead relying on member states' planetary defense forces in an effort to prevent super centralization like under the Empire. One of the first acts of the new Senate is also rescinding the emergency powers that were still in effect from the time of the Clone Wars, which allowed Palpatine to use the Grand Army of the Republic. At the end of Lost Stars, following Jakku, Mothma does not decrease the size of the military but actually keeps it on war footing for the time being. But unless she is assassinated or something, it's reasonable to assume that after the Concordance is signed she gives the order to demilitarize.
Weird. Dunno why. I've tried it twice now on two different browsers and it works.
Getting the - hilarious - 404 page not found error as well.
Weird. Dunno why. I've tried it twice now on two different browsers and it works.
I never really understood this perspective. I get that it's respectable in a sense that he did what he wanted to do (instead of catering to fans) but I would have truly admired him if he didn't continue "his story" in such a careless way. There's a million ways to tell a story and he chose the most uninteresting and lifeless route to do so. If you strip away the CGI and visual effects (which would have been much better received had there been good execution with the story/characters), there's hardly a plot worth exploring and it's hard to care about any of the characters. I admire what he initially created and his original vision, but what came after made me lose respect. It was just flat out poorly done, regardless of who's vision it was.
Wonder if that Stormtrooper is in any canon novels.
Please no.
I admire him for it.
Lol, got a good kick out of it as well. EDIT: Oh, maybe that was sarcastic. But I liked it.
Wonder if that Stormtrooper is in any canon novels.
Admirable, but mistaken.
No. It was well done.
They really weren't.
He is. Rucka's "Before the Awakening" book, specifically. He's Nines. A few people have guessed that to be the case.
Lets hope we havent seen the last of Nines. Or TR-8R. Who wouldnt want to see Round 2 and all the memes it could inspire?
Can confirm.Okay, it should be live now.
http://www.starwars.com/news/meet-fn-2199-a-k-a-tr-8r-the-stormtrooper-behind-the-meme/
Finn and Nines have a sparring match in Before The Awakening.
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The dude is so coming back.
I thought the article said that was him in the red hair?
I don't know what is so hard to understand. You may have not liked the results (I did), but I admire a man who wants to tell his own story. And I disagree with you on pretty much everything you said.
He is. Rucka's "Before the Awakening" book, specifically. He's Nines. A few people have guessed that to be the case.
Yeah, that's Nines. He's in Finn's squad in Before The Awakening.
Yeah, it is. But he also fights Finn in that part of the story.
That's fine, but no explanation? I can agree to disagree but I'd love to know what you enjoyed with the prequels (not saying everything is completely terrible, there are lots of good moments). Which characters did you care about? What part of the story stuck with you?
Okay, it should be live now.
http://www.starwars.com/news/meet-fn-2199-a-k-a-tr-8r-the-stormtrooper-behind-the-meme/
It would make sense for the New Republic to go the extra step to assure that it won't just be the Galactic Empire 2, especially since the Rebel Alliance has been retconed into owing much of its support from ex-separatists systems that got it raw from the empire after the clone wars.
wow, if that was what was meant to be happening it was certainly not executed well.the Jedi Order being big, but misguided and overconfident (Which led to their demise)
I hope he'll comes back, as it was a pretty neat moment. But Han Solo most definitely merked him. Still, it's pretty cool that they made this back story for him.
wow, if that was what was meant to be happening it was certainly not executed well.
The old Star Wars Expanded Universe is basically entirely made up of making backstories for people who are on screen for 30 seconds. Usually less than that.You don't create a backstory for a guy with a 30 second scene, dude is coming back for sure, he's the "new Boba Fett" they've been looking for. They can just leave Phasma to rot at the bottom of the garbage compactor.
The old Star Wars Expanded Universe is basically entirely made up of making backstories for people who are on screen for 30 seconds. Usually less than that,
Of course there was.Yep. Wasn't there even a comic about the guy who became the skull that Luke throws at the switch to kill the Rancor with the door?
Worked for me.The truth behind TR-8R: REVEALED!
http://www.starwars.com/news/meet-fn-2199-a-k-a-tr-8r-the-stormtrooper-behind-the-meme
The old Star Wars Expanded Universe is basically entirely made up of making backstories for people who are on screen for 30 seconds. Usually less than that,
There was nothing "pretty well explained and executed" in the prequels.I disagree. I got it the first time I watched the movies. It was clear to me the Jedi were overconfident and arrogant. So I think it was pretty well explained and executed.
Okay, it should be live now.
http://www.starwars.com/news/meet-fn-2199-a-k-a-tr-8r-the-stormtrooper-behind-the-meme/
So if the dying Trooper is indeed "Slip" from Finn's squad.. then does that make Traitor trooper "Nines" or "Zero?"
Yeah, it's very silly.Isn't that kinda pointless? I mean backstories of people without any stories to being with, meaning no interest in them.
We can hand wave that shot easily.Didn't baton dude get bowcasted in the chest?
I loved the settings, the planets, I loved to see more of the universe expanded, like the Republic, the Senate. I loved to see the Jedi Order being big, but misguided and overconfident (Which led to their demise). The politics side of Star Wars interested me greatly, as did the new information about the galaxy and how it worked.