crackhead_bob
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Star Wars: In Production [Rumors/SPOILERS for All Films Past, Present, & Future]
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unholyrevenger72
Banned
Because the Cross guard of a real sword won't cut off the hands of the user. What do people think when i say "more dangerous to the user? He's going to hit his thigh with it?
He's going to have plot shields around his forearms to keep his hands from being cut off by the cross guard
Actually it is more dangerous. Apparently you 3 and JJ are the only ones to think it an OK idea.
Lokimaru
Member
Magic man, Pure Magic.
unholyrevenger72
Banned
He probably wanted more Zombies, but Disney said no
unholyrevenger72
Banned
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1729428/
Most of his work is Solid with the exception of one stinking turd, and a couple mediocre things
I have recently rekindled my love for Star Wars. I believe that Kylo Ren is on Endor and is going to find Anakins grave.
I have a few questions however, these imperial guards in the concept art, are they a highly trained, special forces type only guarding the highest ranking? I'm at season 4 in TCW and hopefully they will make an appearance I would like to see more of them.
Next question, from the concept art. Does it appear to be two Sith that are half machine? The new mask is very cool but I have seen the other images where it appears to be a long thin mask, and others where you can see some of the face. Unless of course this is just the various concept designs for the same character.
I have a few questions however, these imperial guards in the concept art, are they a highly trained, special forces type only guarding the highest ranking? I'm at season 4 in TCW and hopefully they will make an appearance I would like to see more of them.
Next question, from the concept art. Does it appear to be two Sith that are half machine? The new mask is very cool but I have seen the other images where it appears to be a long thin mask, and others where you can see some of the face. Unless of course this is just the various concept designs for the same character.
prag16
Banned
Way to speak for... everybody in the world except those three people you quoted. Seems legit.
Most of the people railing against the crossguard seem to be suffering from a textbook case of nerd rage. I agree with the three posters you quoted, so I guess now there's only four people in the world who disagree with you.
Huh? I assure, most people actually don't care. In this fantasy world, it is no more dangerous than traditional laser beam super weapons these magic-men use.
Poodlestrike
Banned
Isn't a big part of the reason you only really ever see Jedi using Lightsabers because for most people they're just too dangerous without the force awareness component? NO reason that wouldn't extend to the crossguard.
Dash Rendar never was in any canon media so he is not part of continuity.
Ah ok, thanks. Just that one shot of the Outrider leaving Tantooine always made my imagination run wild, coupled with the toy and the N64 version of Shadows of the Empire back in the day.
Bobby Roberts
Banned
I could see a Dash Rendar-ish character (if not Rendar himself) being used for one of the spinoffs, honestly.
I don't know how awesome that would be, but I could see it happening.
And Cheebo: Thanks for the shout-out! That Shadows of the Empire episode was fun. People really seemed to have forgotten how gross and dumb that book really was.
Soundtrack is great, though.
I don't know how awesome that would be, but I could see it happening.
And Cheebo: Thanks for the shout-out! That Shadows of the Empire episode was fun. People really seemed to have forgotten how gross and dumb that book really was.
Soundtrack is great, though.
prag16
Banned
Ha, so if I reread Shadows of the Empire for the third time, it's gonna all of a sudden suck just because around a decade has passed since the last time I read it? Cool story. I mean, I realize now and realized back then that Rendar and Xizor are sort of ridiculous characters in some ways... But I guess I'll reserve judgment until I check out the podcast in question when I have a lull at work tomorrow, to put it on in the background.
BocoDragon
or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Realize This Assgrab is Delicious
GorillaWithDandruff
Member
BocoDragon
or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Realize This Assgrab is Delicious
^ exactly! exactly....
Bobby Roberts
Banned
heh - we talk a little about Jaxxon in this week's podcast, coincidentally.
With Shadows, it's not that it's just a bad book. It's that a lot of the sort of uniquely shitty aspects of 90s genre fiction/comics seem to have thoroughly stained that book. It's kinda like how people in the 90s didn't really stop to notice just how fucking stupid all those pouches and thigh-straps were on the X-Men while the 90s were going. The readers were all wearing hypercolor shirts, jorts, and fanny-packs themselves, yunno?
But then you get almost 20 years distance, and you look back and you're like "Man, what the fuck were they thinking writing a Star Wars book where a lizardy rapist sneaks a camera into Leia's changing room, screencapping footage for fap sessions with his sexdroid?"
That kinda thing. Along with the mediocre plotting and straight-up bad characterization of pretty much everyone in the book.
With Shadows, it's not that it's just a bad book. It's that a lot of the sort of uniquely shitty aspects of 90s genre fiction/comics seem to have thoroughly stained that book. It's kinda like how people in the 90s didn't really stop to notice just how fucking stupid all those pouches and thigh-straps were on the X-Men while the 90s were going. The readers were all wearing hypercolor shirts, jorts, and fanny-packs themselves, yunno?
But then you get almost 20 years distance, and you look back and you're like "Man, what the fuck were they thinking writing a Star Wars book where a lizardy rapist sneaks a camera into Leia's changing room, screencapping footage for fap sessions with his sexdroid?"
That kinda thing. Along with the mediocre plotting and straight-up bad characterization of pretty much everyone in the book.
BocoDragon
or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Realize This Assgrab is Delicious
Maybe it's that the 2010s are a unique blip in human history where jorts and fanny packs are decried, a strange moment in human history, and soon we will come to appreciate things like Shadows of the Empire and hypercolor shorts once again?
Hmm?
Bobby Roberts
Banned
Oh, I'm sure that time will soon come, once this decade has finished wiping its mouth on the 80s.
I'm not so sure that time will be an example of enlightement and divine understanding, however.
I'm not so sure that time will be an example of enlightement and divine understanding, however.
I've got bad news for you about fanny packs, they are in again, if not un-ironically.
WOOOOOOOOOOH JAXXONNNNN
Oh that reminds me of bucky o hare, yikes.
BlueDogAnchorite
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GorillaWithDandruff
Member
B-B-B-But Xizor. He was such a great villain doe.........
hehe
Sadly, I'm pretty positive Jaxxon came before Bucky. At least Bucky was a badass. Jaxxon. Well. Yeesh. Yeah :/
block tower
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serious question, any idea about if Stormtroopers are going to be more accurate in the film? i just think clumsy, bad shot Stormtroopers would be sort of out of place on screen at this point.
BuggyDClown
Member
I hope so, they should be badass and menacing. I dont want the joke we have in the OT
CreepingFear
Member
Obviously they won't be good enough to kill off the heroes/main characters. Maybe we'll see them char innocents like they did to Owen and Beru.
unholyrevenger72
Banned
The poor marksmanship were the Stormtroopers secretly rebelling against the Empire. They're in a position were they can't outright disobey orders, but they can secretly rebel by not hitting anything.
Doctoglethorpe
Member
I don't even agree with the argument Colbert showed, I don't think it works that way, I just shut up because I remembered what Star Wars is. Practical technology has never, never, never been part of it. Trying to criticize that aspect of the franchise demands you either arbitrarily nitpick or commit and jump down a rabbit hole you'll never find the bottom of.
I always felt like they put almost all their effort into the game into the first part on Hoth where you're taking down the AT-ATs. And it shows, it was and maybe still is the best video game representation of that particular part of ESB (which is actually saying something, it's probably one of the most reproduced parts of the trilogy in games). But from there it was all downhill.
prag16
Banned
I played it again recently, and it holds up okay. Better than some games from the era. It wasn't and isn't spectacular. But pretty solid and fun imo. The first level is a highlight, but the Fett fight and final space fight were also fun and memorable for me, even a couple of the other stages were crap.
WadiumArcadium
Member
Exactly. Why else would they never really use their blaster sights?
SteveMeister
Hang out with Steve.
A couple videos here where someone actually tried this out with mockups and paint.
http://io9.com/if-this-doesnt-sell-you-on-episode-viis-new-lightsaber-1678874153
Rumor: Witta's replacement.
http://www.slashfilm.com/rumor-simon-kinberg-star-wars-standalone-writer/
http://www.slashfilm.com/rumor-simon-kinberg-star-wars-standalone-writer/
Bobby Roberts
Banned
Huh.
I wonder if my earlier speculation about Kinberg carrying more weight at Lucasfilm was closer to the mark than I'd believed. I mean - probably not, but still - Weisman just quietly gets moved off of Rebels, and now Whitta gets taken off the spinoff, and in both cases, Kinberg seems to be the guy doing the pushing.
edit: also, if the film IS a movie about the heisting of the Death Star plans - I'm wondering if Kinberg's rewrite is intended to actually either bring it in line, or allow for it to be linked to Rebels somehow, considering speculation about that show is that the crew of the Ghost will eventually be involved with that mission near the end of its run.
I wonder if my earlier speculation about Kinberg carrying more weight at Lucasfilm was closer to the mark than I'd believed. I mean - probably not, but still - Weisman just quietly gets moved off of Rebels, and now Whitta gets taken off the spinoff, and in both cases, Kinberg seems to be the guy doing the pushing.
edit: also, if the film IS a movie about the heisting of the Death Star plans - I'm wondering if Kinberg's rewrite is intended to actually either bring it in line, or allow for it to be linked to Rebels somehow, considering speculation about that show is that the crew of the Ghost will eventually be involved with that mission near the end of its run.
but what about all the bothans who died to get them the information
Sectorseven
Member
Well this would be the first death star plans which were stolen by who knows. Besides, we could always have an "order 66" scene.
Bobby Roberts
Banned
Talked about that on this week's Full of Sith, actually - she just said Bothans died. She didn't say how they died.
It's possible Bothans just got aced running interference for whoever it was that actually jacked the info. it doesn't mean Bothans themselves were the only group involved in the heist.
Scooter155
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Watch the character get his hand cut off mere seconds into his first lightsaber battle. All the hilt-haters will be delirious with joy.
Guys, it's Star Wars, it looks cool. Who cares?
what a great podcast name. share a link?
CreepingFear
Member
If Kinberg is the reason Rebels feels like the OT without pretending the PT doesn't exist, then I think it's in good hands.