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Star Wars |OT| I have a very good feeling about this...
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WadiumArcadium
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Marvel have released the solicitations for their November books, including the start of Gillen's run on Star Wars in #38.
That #39 cover gives me East of West vibes. It looks like the Inquisitors are making their first appearance in Vader in November too.
That #39 cover gives me East of West vibes. It looks like the Inquisitors are making their first appearance in Vader in November too.
Guess we know what the Porgs sound like now thanks to Star Wars Blips
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-RkSQSxEkX4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-RkSQSxEkX4
Well there was a Sixth Brother as early as the Ahsoka novel.
BrokenFiction
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New Last Jedi vehicles announced on the Star Wars show:
WadiumArcadium
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You mean Gorilla Walkers and the Mega Star Destroyer?
I prefer their actual names haha.
I prefer their actual names haha.
WadiumArcadium
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AT-M6 is a bit of a bland name but I like the Dreadnought.
Cross-Section
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Yeah, I'm getting Golan platform vibes from it, which I suppose is fitting given the orbital guns.
Big? Nah. The SSD from ESB is something like 19 km, and other old canon battleships tended be big as well. The new super Star Destroyer is modestly sized. The standard First Order Star Destroyer is something like 2+km itself.
Don't really care for its looks but i've seen worse.
The AT-M6 is stupidest walker name there is. The second part has always been descriptive, not a "model designation". "All-terrain armored-transport", or "all-terrain tactical-enforcer".
I mean, what the hell is this? "All-terrain model-six" ?
Don't really care for its looks but i've seen worse.
The AT-M6 is stupidest walker name there is. The second part has always been descriptive, not a "model designation". "All-terrain armored-transport", or "all-terrain tactical-enforcer".
I mean, what the hell is this? "All-terrain model-six" ?
Cross-Section
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All-terrain Megacaliber 6 (because of the big-ass gun), according to the Star Wars Show.
WadiumArcadium
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The U-Wing's still my favourite original ship from the new films. You can tell they put so much time into getting it right.
ShadowSwordmaster
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Those look very cool.
Yeah they're by far the best design. They aren't just an upgrade of something else that already existed but they look 100% like they fit in with the OT ships.
I prefer my "Model 6" to that. Megacaliber 6? Million-caliber 6?
EDIT Whoo, wait, the SSD is Mandator IV-class? How curious. Old canon had Mandator I and II mentioned but never shown.
Just more insanity. I could understand the Galactic Empire always going bigger and weirder because it was a Government in Control of practically all known space in the Galaxy.
Now we got the Gorilla Walker that seemingly has all the same weaknesses as the AT-AT just larger and with an extra gun.
Now we got the Gorilla Walker that seemingly has all the same weaknesses as the AT-AT just larger and with an extra gun.
WadiumArcadium
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In the interview Cross-Section posted above, they mention them being invulnerable to ropes in the same way the AT-AT was. I presume they'll just be hitting them with the Resistance bombers.
I'd imagine the bombers are for attacking the Star Destroyer. The speeder-fighter things seen in the trailer are more likely used against the walkers.
Though some proton bombs should take care of walkers...
Depending on how they are used it could be very cool, we seldom see a good planet bombardment in any movies. Unless your a fan of anime and see it in some shows probably the best was actually from Babylon 5.
Centuari bombard Narn
Loved that scene, really gave a weight to the impact happening.
CloudyTuba
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Those aren't bad but I was hoping for something a little less familiar. It's a Walker. It's a Star Destroyer. Still sticking fairly close to the OT versions. Not different enough to get excited about, just variants. Unoffensive I guess is the best compliment I can come up with.
I don't necessarily want these sorts of things to be unrecognizable but I think they could stray a little farther than they have so far. It's unexciting.
I don't necessarily want these sorts of things to be unrecognizable but I think they could stray a little farther than they have so far. It's unexciting.
Proelite
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They should hire this guy.
http://fractalsponge.net/
to do all their designs.
Seriously.
TFA vehicle designers fucking suck.
http://fractalsponge.net/
to do all their designs.
Seriously.
TFA vehicle designers fucking suck.
If Andrew Hsiao is actually an artist on TFA, then I've just played myself.
Okay, that would have been really, really awesome. Maybe with some modifications, like no straight up re-using the Executor-class arrowhead silhouette, but otherwise, really, really great.
He has done an amazing job bringing all the old comic ships etc. into a realistic Imperial style especially considering how many ships were little more than shaped blobs
Hsiao has provided art for Star Wars before. Specifically for Essential Guide to Warfare or whatever it was called.
Not even close. Everything so far has been pretty standard fare, upgrades to existing GCW era vehicles. Nothing over the top like the five billion different TIE Fighters or the Eclipse, although the Eclipse is canon, but probably not in the same form.
Even the planet killer superweapon was just another Death Star and not something wacky like the Darksaber or Suncrusher.
The problem with the EU was that it was all ideas with no control, while the ST is tasteful but lean on new ideas.
Hmmmm.
Nope.
On a side note I really hate how the New trilogy vehicles are basically the premium DLC version of OT vehicles
WadiumArcadium
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I wonder if we're only getting one more trailer.
I'd be down with that. Then commercial spots
Voidwolf
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I'm kinda torn on these new vehicles. The Gorilla Walker just looks stupid, I don't like the name or the front legs. I'm curious to see their function, but nothing will change the way it looks. I do like the head, that part looks cool at least. The new Star Destroyer is just boring, looks like a flat, fat Star Destoryer. But I don't hate it. So far both of the First Order's captial ships look rather boring and like a downgrade from classic Imperial ships.
KoruptData
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I powered through Screaming Citadel today after putting off due to baby, house flooding, exhaustion, lol. It was pretty bad. Characters did not have their voice and the story was so forgettable.
WadiumArcadium
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It started promisingly but it did go downhill. I'd say the same for both crossovers.
Razgriz-Specter
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Well The Grand Inquisitor was a Jedi Temple Guard.
It was unfortunate because I loved the set up and the dynamic with Luke and Aphra but yeah.. it kinda collapsed for me.
Proelite
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I've gotta say, I'm not really feeling the aesthetics of TLJ at all so far outside of Rey's new outfit and Snokes bathrobe. The Resistance Bombers are ok but everything else still looks pretty bland. The Dreadnought is ugly, the AT-M6 is dumb, the Praetorians are nowhere near as good looking as the Royal Guards...
Actually Canto Bight looks great.
I guess it must be the SW equivalent of going from the 60s to the 90s or some shit like that.