/sw/ - Star Wars

>>8550

It was a prototype. Tech was incorporated into post-Endor TIE variants after it.

Is the machete order good or just a meme?

What happened to the clones when they are no longer needed to fight?

>>8625

They were gonna be made police officers and janitors until they died of old age in about 18 years.

>>8626

May I have the information on that please?

>>8638

Ah. I forgot Houks used to have that little tip on their head. Fucking SWTOR.

>>8627

It was mentioned in the Dark Times comics by a clone trooper who said that after the war clones would become "glorified policemen". The clone who said it also had no qualms about carrying out Order 66 and was happy the clones would continue to serve in the newly founded Empire. I think this was before the brain chip shit.

>>8646

*Jadru's species

>>8646

a furrybait

>>8648

Well she does have nice tits.

>>8613

It's just intended as an order to introduce new people to star wars. For that it's pretty good. All it's meant to do is be an alternative to showing them the series in order either chronologically or episode-wise. It shuffles around a few of the surprises and twists, for example letting RotS reveal that Luke and Leia are siblings instead of RotJ, and other than that it's just about making the whole series more about Luke's journey in that it begins and ends with Luke, from ANH to RotJ. Also cuts out episode 1 which really isn't needed. If you know someone who has never seen Star Wars and want to show them both trilogies it's not a bad way to get it done.

That said; if asking if it's a meme is a way of asking if it's over-hyped, then yes, it is absolutely over-hyped. When you examine it you realize that really all you need to show someone to introduce them is the original trilogy and then you can leave the rest as expanded viewing material if they're in to it.

>>8654

I remember Star Wars Droidworks had a weight mechanic for all it's droid parts and let you constuct a complete protocol droid but I doubt it's meant to be completely realistic. Wookiees are strong enough to climb tall trees as well as pull someone's' arms off, so that gives us a very broad spectrum of weight that C-3PO's body could be.

>>8645

>was happy the clones would continue to serve in the newly founded Empire.

Is it because they knew that the Republican government was corrupted and highly inefficient?

>>8646

>2nd pic

That looks like some demented pony from MLP.

Why does the Mandalorians hated the Jedi people?

>>8681

Why wouldn't they hate foes who defeated them over and over again, and then massacred them when they tried to lick their wounds?

I didn't watch TLJ because I don't give a shit, but did Kylo ever use his "I can freeze blaster bolts" shit again or did that shit just go forgotten?

>>8979

Nope. It disappeared as quickly as it came. Only time it was even mentioned again was in EAfront II.

>>8981

Figures. I knew it was just a throw away that JewJew put in there to be "COOOOL".

>>8981

>Bane reference

nice.

>>9028

> Lovecraftian Eldritch horror and Maisie Williams.

thats redundant

>>9028

No. Warhammer orcs don't have women because they're disgusting mushroom men. They reproduce via spores they shoot out of their dicks and asses which lands in raped women and dirt and then a mushroom pops out of the place the spores planted themselves in, and in a few weeks an adult orc comes out and starts killing and raping.

>>9026

Too wimpy-looking.

>>9012

You mean sows.

>>9059

Welcome to /sw/, Raper-kun. Please enjoy your stay.

Has anything since Star Wars D6 covered the Alliance's "safe world" system?

In the EU did Luke ever learn who his mother was?

>>9233

Yeah, I think so. They didn't make a big deal about it but it was implied here and there that the Skywalkers learned the complete history of their parentage.

>>8654

Found one! Rebel Alliance Sourcebook says they're around 50 kilograms.

>>9953

Kyle Katarn?

>>10063

I don't know, maybe you should a rap battle on youtube to decide who wins ; )

>>10087

>Basically R2 reveals that his memories from the Prequel era are still intact

Why didn't R2 tell them the previous decade?

>>10087

That reminds me, way back when there was a notion floating around that R2 and 3PO were supposed to be the sideline witnesses to the whole Saga as the constants. That a thousand years later, an ancient little astromech droid would tell and retell the events of long ago, long after they were forgotten.

>>10117

this idea only died with disney star wars, george very much kept it intact with the prequels.

>>10123

All because they needed a BRAND NEW mascot.

>>10110

Because he's a little cunt who revels in peoples suffering.

>>10128

hardly, had they paired bb-8 with either r2 or c3po it would have worked better than them just being on the resistance base with leia. at least they had something of a presence in the last cuck, even if it was still limited as shit.

>>10143

No no, I'm saying BB-8 stole most of the story presence from those two, and those who made it so didn't think very far.

Is there an in-universe term for stuff above or below The Galaxy's spiral "disc"?

>>10261

I don't know if it's mentioned in-universe, but the standard term for that is above/below the Galactic Plane.

Where did the name YT-1300 originate? Was it a WEG book?

>>10273

yep, seems like it.

Is the minimal dialogue of Genndy Wars a stylistic choice or a budgetary constraint? Or a bit of both.

>>10294

Largely stylistic. It shows up in his action shows more than his comedies.

>>10296

Here's another. Discussion of his method properly starts around the four minute mark.

Why don't Wookiees use electronic translators?

>>8638

Isn't that an Herglic?

>>11144

Probably pride.

>>11144

Wookies aren't particularly inclined to let the greater galaxy understand them. If I recall, their language is mostly growls by design, to make it more difficult for outsiders to learn.

>>11161

>by design

They can't even speak outside dog barks due their throats physiology. I remember that there was a wookie in the EU that manage to speak basic or something like that due a deformity.

>Wookies aren't particularly inclined to let the greater galaxy understand them.

A planet with representation in the Senate, important enough to the Jedi Council consider it "a system we cannot afford to lose", being know as a technological adept species. It would make all the sense to them make themselves being understood by others. One thing is some Hutt refusing to speak basic due cultural imperialism (Jabba only spoke in basic with Xizor, who was a galactic kingpin with acess and favor from the emperor himself).

>>11162

No, I know about the physiology. But I recall Mission claiming that the Wookies liked how difficult it was for others to learn their language.

Why do some people not like RotJ?

>>11305

>Ewoks

I suppose that makes sense, they did seem a little cartoonish for the movie but they do grow on you. I assumed the Ewoks would be the source of some backlash, but since most people say "RotJ wasn't as good" rather than "Those teddy bears with spears were retarded," I assumed people took issue with the film as a whole.

>>11306

Well another issue people had was the pacing. Some said the movie was too rushed, hence the whole "it should've been two movies". I think George himself even said that he intended it to be 2 episodes before merging them into one.

>>11305

I don’t remember anyone hating RotJ. People being pissy about Ewoks is more of a 2000s thing.

There’s so much awesome stuff in the Vader-Luke-Confrontation that it pretty much satisfied everyone.

>>11307

>pacing issues

Funny enough I felt that was the problem with Empire Strikes Back.

>>11309

>Urusei Yatsura scene

What exactly is the context here?

https://rebelibrarian.com/2018/01/01/star-wars-heretic/

What can you even say to this?

>>12159

Nothing, nor should you. He's clearly getting an immense hard-on from being contrarian for the sake of being contrarian.

>>13206

Felucia, in certain ways.

>>13208

>planet with savage wildlife and environment unfit for habitation riddled with all manner of diseases and dangerous natives with ornate tribal markings

>more civilized natives (possibly immigrants) are stocky pale little shits in funny hats who live in dirt farms, have shitty porn and are backwater as fuck while pretending they're up to snuff with the rest of the planet galaxy

Strewth

>>13284

every single stormtrooper is not a clone. it's explained in the eu that most clones died off by the time of the ot due to the advanced aging, and of course going by their voices alone they definitely aren't all jango clones, or george would have re-dubbed their voices.

instead what happened is after the empire kicked up, volunteers joined by the boatload (in addition to any drafts if such things happened), and top recruits were cloned. so you've got an army made up of older clones, new recruits, and clones of those recruits.

>>13284

Originally there were both recruits and clones within the Empire, with clones being the minority now. The whole "every stormtrooper is now a clone" shit was something more recent and George's way of making it so kids wouldn't feel bad that Luke and friends were killing "real people". Much like how Spielberg wanted to change guns into walkie talkies in ET. Despite that the deleted scenes in the first movie indicate that Stormtroopers are recruits and the imperial academy is where people sign up, like Wedge, and Luke himself wanted to join up, since joining the Academy was the best way to see the galaxy. Overall, its just another example of George retconning more of his earlier ideas to fit with his new state of mind, much like vid-related.

HOWEVER, within the EU there were clones who still remained within the corps long after the Empire stopped using clones, however most of them became part of the elite 501st which attacked Hoth and (if I remember correctly) some were on the Death Star too, so some of those troopers knocking their heads around could be perceived to be Jango clones, but that's probably not what George had in mind. If he spent less time on personal retcons, maybe he would've gotten less beef from OT fags like that shitstain HelloGreedo, and maybe he wouldn't have felt forced to sell to Disney, but then again, expanded universe fans never had much issue with George's changes to the OT since most were able to find ways of sorting out inconsistencies easily after years of it, and most usually regarded George's changes as superfluous, with only OT purists getting triggered over them. Unless he meddled directly, like with some shit here and there in the PT and his meddling with the Solo children.

>>13284

He was just bullshitting and they just put that in as a little gag. That's what I believe.

The old Wookieepedia page for Kessel states

>Ancient tombs and ruins, possibly of Sith origin, dotted the landscape, haunted by skeletal avians.

but doesn't cite it. Anyone know what this is reference to?

>>13286

>Despite that the deleted scenes in the first movie indicate that Stormtroopers are recruits and the imperial academy is where people sign up, like Wedge, and Luke himself wanted to join up, since joining the Academy was the best way to see the galaxy.

Lucas's own world guide for the early EU writers mentioned there were female stormtroopers, just not on the Death Star, Hoth or Endor (which actually does fit nicely with BF2's revelation said unit was pure clone).

>>11305

The Ewoks and Droids cartoons came several years after the movie.

How did Sheev justify the sudden appearance of the clone army just a few days after he promised to build it?

>>17797

He probably gave the credit to the jedi so as to avoid any suspicion on his parts.

>With the surprising and unexpected help from the jedi, the Grand Army of the Republic I spoke of is now a reality. Without our knowledge, the late Jedi Master Sifo-Dyas had set in motion the creation of a vast clone army for unknown reasons which now the jedi council have graciously offered to the Republic in these trying times

Or something like that.

>>17797

>we hired to kaminoan guys who are really good into cloning stuff, terrific guys. They can build an army in a week. Also the guys on Kuat lended us some ships. They are doing great. Our army and navy will be great.

Something like that i guess.

>>17828

You could argue the Jedi are like elves, but as far as species go I'm not quite sure. Playing as a Mando in during the Mandalorian Wars, or as a human in the Contispex/Pious Dea era would get you plenty of purgin' though.

>>17831

I've decided to look some ayys up.

Here's a list of potential "elf-like" species:

>Ithorians

Literally space tree-huggers

>Bothans

Paranoid asshats that'll subvert your perfect empire for their own political gain. Think they're above you. Space yiffers that can interbreed with other races.

>Yuuzhan Vong

Space dark elves/orcs. Have disgusting spaceships made of meat, shits up the neigborhood when they move in. Really into S&M. Makes Drizzt look like a care bear.

>whatever the fuck yoda is

knife ears? just don't trust them

>Cereans

One with nature, spiritual. Even the jedi ones have a harem.

>>17833

>Ithorians

Ithorians are too humble and sociable to be elves.

>Bothans

Bothans feel more like your typical opportunistic feline beastman (even though Bothans are canines) who will abandon you for a better opportunity at the drop of a hat.

>Vong

The Vong are definitely dark elves. But calling them orcs is insulting to orcs. Gamorreans are the true Orcs. Gorc and Pic are even perfectly comparable to an orc and a goblin.

>Yoda

Yoda's is a lot like an elf come to think of it, and his species can live longer than a sephi and the single piece of art depicting their culture shows them in a temple full of plants, so Yoda's species and Sephi are definitely the biggest contenders for elves. With Sephi representing the more common negative stereotype of elf culture and Yoda's species representing the more tree-hugging spiritual stereotype of elf culture but with the looks of a fucking goblin, then again, short elves were a thing.

>Cereans

I don't see it much. Also are harems an elf thing? I thought that was just an orc/human/beastman thing?

>>17834

>Bothans feel more like your typical opportunistic feline beastman (even though Bothans are canines) who will abandon you for a better opportunity at the drop of a hat.

Bothans always struck me as the kind of species that would end up being high society type people except under the empire, of course, and they've kinda got that Elf isolationism.

>I don't see it much. Also are harems an elf thing? I thought that was just an orc/human/beastman thing?

They're crazy environmentalists, and meditation and spirituality worshipping nature spirits maybe? is a big thing for their society. The harem stuff is more just the "elves are degenerate" thing you sometimes see on /tg/.

There's also the Columi,l but they're so frail they probably wouldn't be much of a threat. That and despite their two million year headstart, they fell behind because they were so full of themselves.

>>17836

Squats get Squatted wherever they go, it seems.

>>17849

I was under the impression it was done as a nod to Kojima and MGSV, since there's a picture of them together with a copy of the game. Still dumb though in context of the movie.

>>17949

If you're going for the Sly Marbo effect, the first image you've got would probably work a little better.

>>17993

oh shit, I just noticed you said you only need 1 each my bad

>>17993

I'll select Thrawn on your behalf.

>>13284

Didn't the 501st serve on the Death Star? 501st was always made entirely out of clones until after some battle I think. Of course the all the other regiments got recruits and used different clone templates.

>>18024

Yeah, after the Clone Wars were over- the millitary began to move to recruits. The clones were slowly phased out. Though they still used clones, fett clones were a no go after the kamino rebellion.

>>18033

I wonder how long until Disney brings him back in a shitty comic or novel and butchers him? Or worse yet, he gets the "Mr. Bones" treatment.

>>18042

Well, we already got two Disney versions of him with that Jedi dude from Rebels and the other guy from Rogue One.

>>17849

How does BB-8 even work? And how does he manage to not be constantly clogged up with sand?

>>18046

Honestly not only does this look like some piece of shit that apple would make and the planned obsolesce angle (self destruction after 2 weeks of operation due to dirt build up) also fits.

>>18046

At least the weird design is actually functional.

>>17984

The Gorax or kaleesh

>>18064

I cant find a transparent gorax…

>>18046

>How does BB-8 even work?

>asking how any of the new shit works

>>18084

Don't the toys work the same way? Someone showed off their purchase of one those to me and it moved just how it did in the film, minus the smaller details.

>>18092

The toys do from what I've seen, but I'm referring to the life size BB-8 I saw at the sand diego comic con shortly before TFA's release. It moved rather slowly and stiffly compared to the thing we saw in theaters. But if they've improved the irl bot's movements for live events since then, then that's fine, but it's still a poorly-conceived design made only to sell toys.

Is there anything useful for memorizing the Aurebesh letters?

>>18112

That's actually pretty impressive.

>>18112

That's coming together nicely. I'm looking forward to what you put out.

>>18112

Nice. Reminds me of If the Emperor had a Text-to-Speech-Device.

>>18124

That's because it is TTS, Bail. >>9953

>>18112

lol

>>18109

http://ootinicast.com/aurebesh-trainer/

aurebesh trainer

is it just me, or is Wookiepedia getting shitted up lately? it used to be a better resource.

>>18164

There have been a number of vandals sabotaging it lately. Rumor has it that its some of the former members and admins doing it for being forced to leave.

https://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Greater_krayt_dragon/Legends

This page was vandalized with false info months ago and it has yet to be noticed. Then there was one anon here who made a contribution to the gas article.

>>18165

I'm not surprised. I figured with the inclusion of Disney Wars into canon articles, there would be trouble.

is it obi wan or obi-wan? I've seen both in various EU media

>>18342

Obi-Wan I believe. The vast majority of official material Disney and Lucasfilm, put a hyphen in his name.

It's possible to track people through hyperspace if you see them enter, but is it possible to tell people have exited hyperspace?

Wondering if it's possible to deliberately go slow in hyperspace so you arrive after your pursuers have left.

dunno where to put this, so i figured here was best

https://screenrant.com/star-wars-luke-skywalker-rogue-one-squadron/

apparently in the (((marvel))) comics, luke was given command of a squadron not too long after the first death star and named it rogue in honor of jyn erso and the scarif cucks.

i haven't read the comics since they first began (stopped reading right before like issue 6), nor do i plan to ever resume reading, but unless luke was told jyn's story by someone else, shouldn't he have no knowledge of her at all?

also, i clicked on another of their pages and found this

https://screenrant.com/darth-vader-luke-skywalker-podrace-comic/

apparently, luke and vader end up on some random planet, luke gets involved in a podrace and almost wins, but vader sabotages it so he can still be the only human to have won a podrace.

what the fuck. not only do they continue to retread shit that was already done, but they continue to go full retard and declare it canon.

>>20605

The theft of the Death Star plans was critical to the Rebellion scoring it's first significant victory against the Empire although Rebels portrays the Empire losing Star Destroyers, which cost an ass load of credits and material to build each, like loose change in the couch. I would expect that there would be plenty of buzz among Rebel Alliance cells about the people who made procuring those plans possible and he wouldn't have to hang around long to come into it.

On the other note, it was seriously just pettiness? There wasn't any ulterior motive to ripping up Luke's podracer? Vader just didn't want his record beaten?

That's ridiculously childish if so. It's not even "Saturday Morning Cartoon" villainy. It's what the bad guy in some early childhood edutainment show does.

>>20624

> I would expect that there would be plenty of buzz among Rebel Alliance cells about the people who made procuring those plans possible and he wouldn't have to hang around long to come into it.

i suppose that does make sense, i just think luke naming rogue squadron after rogue one is dumb and a petty way to tie it in and shoehorn more disney shit.

Where were Cloud City scenes filmed in Empire Strikes Back? Going by the extras I'd guess somewhere in North America (there's a lot of black extras).

>>20949

london is where all the sets were made.

I think it's safe to say that our friends at Nu Wars have no idea what they're doing. they don't get Star Wars or why people love it, and they're making shit up as they go along while browsing Wookiepedia.

>>20950

Western Europe was my second guess. Thanks.

>>21044

He made trips to Mos Eisely anon, he's probably seen a few and equated them to Clone troopers, who he knew from experience to be accurate

>>21048

Because the jedi were relentless. If remained a single one it would be a civil war without end, so the Sith had to catch them off balance. By doing that Anakin would strong enough with the dark side to save Padme.

>>8671

Why a protocol droid would have exposed wiring in the belly area? A droid serving a republic senator would not look that way.

>>8975

seconded

>>21111

I checked. This is actually explicit in The Last Jedi (the book) called "Eerie Coulee Disorder".

is Thrawn Alliances any good? I am about to read the Thrawn novel, and was planning to read Alliances after it.

>>21151

I haven't read the new one yet. The last one was good though (although you can thank Zahn for returning). Since Zahn wrote the new one, I doubt it will be bad. One thing I noted though is that a lot of people seemed to think Thrawn was hinting at the Vong at the end of the first book. I'm not sure where they got that, but sadly that was not the Vong he was hinting at, it was Snoke's stupid fleet hidden in the unknown. That was the only downside of the book.

>>21159

I imagine he was forced to put that in to help tie the nucanon together. With Johnson’s trilogy being canceled hopefully this means they’ll scrap everything.

>>21162

>With Johnson’s trilogy being canceled

Wait what?!

Were there any alien species based on races or creatures from greek, chinese and american folklore? Example: Cyclops, Qilin, Thunder Bird or Jackalope. And is there a world I could use where many of these creatures could be found within reason? I kinda want to experiment with the concepts a bit and see if I can make a story with them.

>>22229

Also a sentient harpy-like species if available.

>>22229

Well there's Thrawn's ISD Chimaera. ISDs named Gorgon, Basilisk, and Hydra appear alongside Manticore, which is explicitly mentioned as an extinct animal, in the Jedi Academy trilogy.

>>22231

>>/monster/

Off you go, bring something nice.

>>22308

I don't like that shit. /monster/ feels like its one step away from being furfags. I want a harpy species to serve as one of the two token alien character in my story. The other one is a satyr species, the only one I know of, called a half-bothan. The rest will mostly be humans or near-humans.

>>22293

Chimera isn't actually hard to figure out since the technology and sith alchemy in SW can probably allow for all manner of hodgepodge creatures. And while I like those others you've mentioned, I don't want to use alien creatures that share the same names as their real world counterparts. Like for example, I found the half-bothan after looking up info and its just what I needed. Something that looks traditional but bears a new alien name and traits.

>>10087

>distant relative

>her fucking 1st cousin

>distant

Wot?

>>21108

yeah, the man-lover

>>21108

It never got a proper name. Lando wasn't much of a gunman, although he was skilled with a number of blasters if the need arose. Although the axe he used in ROTJ got a name if you're interested in that.

>>22229

Didn't one of the comics have a literal centaur?

>>22540

Absolutely, he may be a bit old and pockmarked, but his voice still has that gravitas of someone who is always right and just.

Why did Han Solo kill Obi Wan?

>>22671

Because it performed poorly and Iger has chosen to believe the problem is anthology filma and not pozzed bullshit.

Considering starting up a SAGA Edition campaign set in 20 ABY–right after the Bastion Accords but well before the Vong show up, so the galaxy is at relative peace. Unfortunately I've yet to read any books set in that period, I've been reading Wookiepedia for a summary on the Imperial warlords and their unification but I want to make sure I don't miss anything. Can someone give a quick TL;DR on the major events important to this period?

Why the fuck did Obi-wan even suggest Tatooine if the Naboo starship had a damaged hyperdrive? looking at a map not only is Tatooine seven sectors away at about 4500 parsecs, but there are a ton of other, closer systems that were just as under the radar as Tatooine.

>>22849

You're not missing much in terms of galaxy wide events. It's mostly character driven stories in that period. The biggest threats at the time were probably the imperial revivalist Shadow Academy and the anti-human Diversity Alliance. The Shadow Academy did some hit and run stuff to built up its power and the Diversity Alliance acted clandestine while putting on a benevolent face. Both were defeated before they could become serious threats.

The list of stories goes:

<Hand of Thrawn (Bastion Accords)

>Union (Comic where Luke and Mara get married)

>Survivors Quest (Luke and Mara's honeymoon where they learn more about the Outbound Flight Project; ties into Outbound Flight which was set during the Prequel-era)

>Junior Jedi Knights (Ben Solo and Tahiri's first adventures. They free Massassi spirits on Yavin, visit the Tusken Raiders that raised Tahiri on Tatooine and look for Obi Wan's Lightsaber in Vader's castle on Vjun)

>Young Jedi Knights: Shadow Academy Arc (gangs are bad)

>Young Jedi Knights: Diversity Alliance Arc (raycism is bad)

>Young Jedi Knights: Black Sun Arc (drugs are bad)

<NJO

>>22856

I think I did actually read Shadow Academy, or a couple of the books in it at any rate. I was thinking of doing something similar for interstellar drama, a 5th column of moffs trying to get the Remnant back on wartime footing.

>>22853

The vastness of the galaxy is insignificant compared to the power of the force.

That and they're would likely planning on taking local roads minor routes onto the Corellian Run then going straight to the Core Worlds, with the damage forcing them to limb on backup drive to repair center. Other potential worlds along the way with actual populations are Llanic (only mentioned in an old republic setting, may not be active by TPM, plus I'm reluctant to consider any of EA's MMO shit canon), Arkanis (directly on a hyperspace nexus and important enough for an imperial academy so likely not covert) and Christophsis (mercantile hub, likely not covert).

>>22890

Alternative explanation:

They had to make a quick Hspace jump after evading the blockade, and happened to jump in Tatooine's general direction. You can't steer in hyperspace, and want to make as few jumps as possible on a damaged drive, so Tatooine becomes the best choice.

>>22853

Not really Star Wars, but it was mentioned in a halo book that distances in slipspace aren't exactly the same as in normal space. Given that hyperspace and slipspace are essentially the same thing, maybe that's what happened there?

>Slipspace is a tangle of intertwined non-spatial dimensions, comparably similar to a wadded up piece of paper; rather like taking the classic "flat sheet" used to represent gravity and crumpling it up into a ball, thereby creating extra dimensions and shorter spaces between points.

>>22946

>Other Ruuposter also likes the Halo books

I like you more and more, you tasteful motherfucker.

>>22853

well, they clearly didn't shoot directly out of naboo facing coruscant, hence heading in tatooine's general direction. combine that with a leaky hyperdrive, and a need to blend in (while ironically standing out) by going to a world where nobody would recognize the queen's ship. not only that but they wanted one with less life on it in general, those other worlds along the way were part of trading routes, tatooine is space afghanistan.

>>22948

you should see the spore wiki, that place is insanely detailed for what amounts to fanfiction of an overhyped game from a decade ago. it's got BSG velociraptors in a galaxy that's like Halo and Star Wars combined.

>>22975

Heard of it, but never checked it out. Will look into it, anon. Thanks.

>>22984

dunno about russian planets, but there are definitely some eastern european vibes surrounding characters like durge and general grievous

could make a case for mygeeto i suppose, a city that gets rekt in a war during the winter, just like stalingrad

If the Empire knew about Chiss Ascendancy… why they never invaded? The Empire was depicted as an expansionist entity. The Unknow regions were not that unknow. Why they never mobilized for a full scale invasion?

>>23014

I imagine the Ascendancy would be a very tough not to crack; as they're not expansionist themselves, and are relatively wealthy and technologically advanced, every system of the few dozen in Chiss space is a near fortress world. The juice isn't worth the squeeze for the Empire, especially when they have more urgent issues to deal with closer to home, such as securing the outer rim and the outbreak of the Rebellion. On top of that, while the Unknown Regions aren't completely unknown, they are pretty chaotic, and any incursion into Chiss space would also involve fighting off pirates and wannabe warlords.

>>23089

Clone Wars gave us a half-Twi'lek, and Sith purebloods were able to interbreed with humans. Wookiepedia also has this list:

http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Hybrid/Legends

>>23095

Wasn't it heavily implied Tusken Raiders were just humans that had vastly different culture due to being isolated on Tatooine for so long? That's the only reason I can really think of for how they accepted A'sharred Hett and his father despite being so hostile toward outsiders. though I vaguely recall something about them rarely taking in other species however

>>23098

I think it was that the Tusken were an evolutionary fork of humanity. VERY similar, but not quite the same. But that might just constitute a separate race of humans so what do I know?

>>23092

Sith were only able to interbreed with humans after extensive genetic manipulation made by the original dark jedi exiles.

>>23126

As I understood it, they mixed DNA using both genetic therapy and the old-fashioned way, but one was never a prerequisite to the other.

Are there any stories or comics focusing exclusively on Jawas? Comedy, adventure or romance would be preferable.

>>23095

Is that Mike Pence in that image?

>>23166

Oh shit. Come to think of it, even the Gran on Malastare also feel pretty Russian. Maybe Malastare emits Cheeki Breeki radiation waves… Too bad they live in jungles rather than somewhat snowy city with russian influence, Unless of course some dug and gran live in or near Malastare's icy south pole.

>>23168

Underrated post.

Anyone else feel like the Empire was too short-lived for what it was? 24 years between Sheev ascending the throne and him dying at Endor seems far too brief when you consider how extensive the changes under the Empire were, and the great degree of impact it had on the galaxy, and continues to have as the Remnant. For the culmination of a thousand years of Sith planning and cultivation to be wiped out in less than a generation doesn't seem quite appropriate to me, and really makes the empire seem kind of small when compared to the Republics that bookended it.

>>23210

In the original Thrawn novels, it was implied the Empire was ruling for a bit longer than that, I think maybe 30 or 40 years, with Anakin and Obi-Wan trying to maintain a Rebellion before Anakin's corruption came about. Also the clones were actually used by the bad guys. All of this making way more sense, sadly the prequels retconned most of that, despite that Zahn himself went to George to ask him for ideas, but like so many things, looks George retconned his original premise or simply just winged it at the time.

>>23211

The anniversary edition explicitly states the time since for the Clone Wars was given by Lucas. Same reason Corran Horn was conceived when his dad wasn't even 14 yet.

>>23227

> the time since for the Clone Wars was given by Lucas

That's what he said though.

>>23211

>Zahn himself went to George to ask him for idea

What was the largest sentient species in the galaxy and which was the largest sentient species represented on the galactic senate? Its funny imagining a gigantic fat fuck just using his entire senate saucer thing as a lounger. Then again, if Hutts were part of the Republic they'd fill that role, wouldn't they?

>>23528

Hutts weren't part of the Republic. Hutt Space was independent up till the Empire.

Was it ever made clear what sort of connection the Fel Dynasty and Skywalkers had? Or were the Fels connected to the Solos or Padme's side of the family?

>>24455

They were connected by the marriage of Jaina Solo and Jagged Fel. Fun fact: The Fel Dystany is also connected to the Antilles family.

Before I ask I'll just say that I'm not a fan of BB-8 but I'm curious if a ball shaped droid ever appeared in any Star Wars media before Disney? All I know is the torture droid, but I'm curious if there was ever a droid that could move around like that soccer ball does. Is such a design truly ludicrous and as ridiculous as it looks or could it actually be functional?

>>24507

And by functional I mean if it could actually work with multiple robot arms and do maintenance shit or even move as fast as the shity one from the film.

>>24782

I get that. But back to the question, please.

>>24781

I don't think so. Vader wanted to catch Luke. If he knew he was on Dagobah, he would've gone there himself even at the risk of fighting Yoda who he knew was no longer the mighty warrior he once was.

>>24784

I mean he didn't consciously find him. While sleeping, the force just led him to where Luke was, but when he wakes up it all seems to be just a fading dream

>>24781

>>24783

>>24788

Reminder to everyone that this namefag is an aging (40+) anarchist dyke who shat up several boards for months, and she'll do the same here.

>>24788

>>24781

hello newfriend

you are entirely wrong, the cave was a vision of luke's possible future if he were to kill vader

and no, luke doesn't turn himself invisible, he merely masks his presence

>>24792

It's not a matter of being wrong. I'm only asking questions (in your closed franchise context even)

So Zahn gets to say that the tree is just some force anomaly where visions happen. Great.

No one has ever speculated about this sort of Jungian interpretation?

And yes. Given the floor plan of the throne room, and the shots taken in RotJ, Vader taunts Luke, and digs into his mind to discover he has a twin sister. Luke has let this slip past because he's concentrating on being invisible to Vader. Start at 2:06. Note the stairs –– now at 3:16 watch as Luke springs up from his crouching position from under the stairs.

>>24798

>A WRITER UNDER THE SUPERVISION OF LUCASFILM GETS TO MAKE DECISIONS AND APPLYS INTERPRETATIONS TO CERTAIN EVENTS?

Yeah, basically. I really don't see what you're getting at here except trying to undercut the very nature of the EU itself. It was explored in the same way that the Empire's defeat at Endor was. Battle Meditation wasn't a thing, but then it was integrated into events in RotJ.

>>24798

>No one has ever speculated about this sort of Jungian interpretation?

i'm sure people have, but given that film canon is the highest form of canon, it doesn't matter.

>>24791

>(40+) anarchist dyke

>>24798

>It's not a matter of being wrong

Yeah its a woman.

>>24791

>>24807

Who is this?

>>24798

I don't really see what you're trying to get at. What's so important about the force vision needing to be the real Vader? The whole point of the scene was to show Luke the dangers of the future and that which he must inevitably face.

>>24799

>trying to undercut the very nature of the EU itself

Pshhh

>>24800

>given that film canon is the highest form of canon, it doesn't matter.

And there it is, all on film.

>>24807

>George Lucas isn't a feminist

>In my mind

>>24815

>What's so important about the force vision needing to be the real Vader?

Just an idea that crossed my mind, not important, but it does all that either way you look at it.

But a Jedi can make himself invisible. That's canon.

>>24815

It's an attention-whoring namefag who shat up /b/ for months, got banned from multiple /pol/ boards (regular /pol/ and the leftykike variants), banned from /r9k/, tried to shitup /v/ (no names/trips there, but you could easily tell from the writing style), etc.

Namefags in general have no place on imageboards, but ones that intentionally shit places up are even worse.

>>24817

It fucked up /liberty/ and /strek/ for a brief time as well before finally getting bored and leaving. Ignore the triptranny and don't respond to it.

Never been to /pol/, but it seems /pol/ has been everywhere.

Never been to /v/

>/liberty/ and /strek/

Mighty autistic vibes from all over 8chan. Here to talk about Star Wars. Please stay on topic.

>>24823

Stay on the topic of suicide you fat dyke.

>>>/oven/

>>24824

>>>/urmom/

>>24816

>Pshhh

By all means, explain your point. What didn't give Zahn the right to expand upon that in that fashion? You just blew off my entire statement, so please, go ahead and elaborate on your side. In fact, I'll do you one better before you respond.

I am explain in detail why your interpretation, whilst based on the film's details, is incredibly flawed.

1. The cave is explicitly stated to have a connection to the Dark Side. This is why the vision Luke sees in the cave is a personification of Vader. The cave prays upon Luke's violent feelings to make him act violently. Vader is a metaphor in the vision, not implied to have an actual impact on the vision.

2. Yoda urges Luke to remember his failure in the cave. Luke did not fail by entering the cave, but by the actions he took. If the cave would've provided a connection to Vader, Yoda likely would have disclosed nothing of the cave and would've consider Luke's failure to be entering the cave at all. How do we know that this is what Yoda means, however?

3. Luke fails the sort of proverbial test by bringing his weapon with him, which Yoda warns him not to. It is not that Luke entered, it is that entered with inner violent intent and desires. Luke's failure is inner, not outer. By having Vader tempt Luke to come to him in this moment, you lose a valuable piece of the lesson Luke was supposed to learn: that violence leads to violence. Remember what Yoda says: "Wars not make one great."

4. If Vader could truly influence Luje through the Dark Side cave, he would've be channeling the powers of the Dark. The Emperor, being much stronger than Vader, would've been more likely to influence Luke at all if that connection to the Dark Side could be exploited. Why would Vader have to channel through the Dark Side influence of the cave?

5. Because Luke and Vader are not connected until after their confrontation as Bespin. There is nothing in the film to imply otherwise and if you'd like I can go through the novelization to stress this point further.

>>23210

>Anyone else feel like the Empire was too short-lived for what it was?

Well it was over twice as long as nazi germany and there are still people whining about muh glorious aryang empure dindu nuffin!! almost 100 years later…

>>24842

Alderaan poster again showing that the planet deserved nothing less than obliteration.

>>24843

Unfortunately, he's not wholly wrong, faggot that he is. Gallant defeat is still defeat, no bones about it.

>>24842

>Well it was over twice as long as nazi germany

True but let's try to keep things on topic…

>>23210

I was gonna respond to this but someone already gave the answer without shitposting. >>23211

>>23210

this always bothered me. the Empire of the OT is a very different sort of social & military organization than the Republic, and it seems fairly entrenched. such sweeping changes don't happen overnight. at the same time, given that OT Luke is a young man and a descendant of Darth Vader, it can't be too long-lived.

>>23211

extending Imperial history backwards seems like the best solution. yes, that does make alot more sense than the prequels we got.

Anyone know where I can find planet flags from Star Wars Galaxies? I noticed you guys don't have a lot of them in your flag list so I thought I might contribute but I can't find any images.

>>8548

Why is rian johnson such a retarded faggot??

what was the name of yoda's species?

>>24917

He thinks that disappointing his audiences is artistic.

>>24960

Muppet.

what happened to indiana jones? does disney own the rights to that? because it's a thing lucasfilm made, but it seems to be the forgotten child, do disney just own star wars?

>>25362

Disney owns the rights, and are apparently planning to release a new film next year. Expect to be dissapointed.

>>25363

Can't be disappointed if you have no expectations.

Reading through Courtship of Princess Leia right now… Why exactly does the author keep implying Luke's lightsaber is blue?

>>26225

Maybe the guy's just absent minded. To be frank even I used to forget Luke lost the blue one. And honestly blue looked better on him

>>26230

I'll have to respectfully disagree with that, the green looks much better against a black outfit and isn't washed out against a blue sky, the real reason the switch was made.

>>26298

It's a cinematography and screenplay thing. Regardless of the information in a scene, you want it delivered in a visually interesting way. There are ways to do this beyond the soap opera method. It's true that it's difficult to pull off a good exposition scene, which is why screenwriting courses tell you not to do scenes in a restaurant. It's too overdone to add anything new or stand out in your screenplay. There's more to it, but that's the jist.

How do the Junior Jedi Knights and Young Jedi Knights books hold up to an audience that isn't in its teens? I remember reading the first two of the latter when I was an underage v& and remember enjoying them, but I haven't touched the series since.

Numerically, how strong was the NJO at its peak? By, say, 20 ABY, would it have had more than a hundred members?

>>26735

Not much more than two hundred, at most. Not many of them, but they're recovering nicely. This is according to a friend of mine who has read that whole saga.

>>24960

No name given, George Boy once joked that he was a "frog".

>>24960

Its intentionally kept a mystery. Aside from "frog", he's also been called an "elf" and the bastard son of Kermit and Miss Piggy.

>>13286

Oh man, I forgot how bad the special editions are since I only watch the unaltered copies. George should know that all the best artists will always be unsatisfied with their work, but if you try to keep on fixing what isn't broken, you'll just make it even worse.

>>26752

Jedi Academy potrays a new class as being about 2 dozen students.

>>24960

Even Luke doesn't know.

>>26425

I remember them being pretty good. Worth a read I'd say. They didn't shy away from darker themes either

>>28100

I think it's fine to go back and recut movies. No one gives Ridley Scott shit for doing it. The only thing I really can't support George on is withholding the original cuts of the films.

>>13284

It's strongly implied in the OT that Stormtroopers are recruited from Empire controlled worlds. Outright stated in deleted scenes. Maybe George forgot, or changed his mind. I don't know.

I think the canon right now is that all of the old clones continued to serve until they died off and were replaced by enlisted men, anyway, so there would have been some clones still serving among regular humans in the OT.

I'm looking for the "Mist Encounter" short story by Timothy Zahn, anyone have it?

>>17786

Looked into the history. This was before the Little Kessel split.

Why Coruscant isn't the biggest recruiting site of the galaxy? You have billions of poor people, literal proletarians, serving only to sire children, under those buildings who would die for a chance to left that hell. Seriously, the place could rival a 40k hive city and a space marine recruitment world. Instead the place is a mixture of space NY with space Washington. With only clerks, bureaucrats and alien dourists.

>>30296

It's impossible to get them elsewhere without going into the exposed upper levels. Rogue Squadron book 3 portrays flying through the streets in a mere fighter (let alone any kind of transport which is much bigger and bulkier) as something that taxes an ace pilot and Dawn of Defiance has landing zones heavily regulated and restricted to upper levels. DoD also shows the undercity is indeed a criminal hive.

Who says it isn't though? Star Wars rarely goes into exactly how the nameless thugs of criminal organizations were recruited.

>>30297

DoD?

>>30313

Acronym of a work mentioned literally the sentence before it.

I'm semi-writefagging right now and I want to introduce a Sith Lord who is able to animate dead bodies using the dark side. To me, this sounds like something you should be able to do, but I haven't found any precedence for it. So my question is, is Force necromancy a thing? If not, do you think it should be?

>>30390

There was sith necromancy. The Dathomir witches also animated corpses.

>>30391

I found some articles about it on Wookiepedia, thanks for pointing me in the right direction.

Anyone familiar with the Living Force campaign? Mining the adventures for lore and encounters and I noticed scenarios only give a max of 1000 XP (many give less and it's officially possible to miss roleplay XP) but the guidelines say heroes above level 13 get retired. Problem is it takes 78,000 XP to get that high and even if a character did every adventure that gave XP (none of the LARP ones did), even though at least one set was country exclusive, and got perfect RP XP getting that high simply isn't possible. Was there some other source of XP?

I suspect it's a holdover from other RPGa stuff (I've heard hilarity of abusing XP costs and mutliclass penalties to create characters that never retire)

>>8985

There is none i think. Orks are bioweapons and a whole ecosystem on their own. There is nothing with such alien mindset (war and conflict as part of their biology and thinking) nor so invasive (all that reproduction via spores, capable of infesting whole planets)

Gamorreans are just dumb space pigs in comparison.

>>30482

He was referring to the orcs in the fantasy warhammer setting.

Still, Star Wars does have something somewhat equivalent to the 40k orcs and tyrannids in the form of the Mnggal-Mnggal- though it only really showed up in a mildly obscure Unkown Regions sourcebook and wasn't really used to any large extent.

>>30482

Gamorreans are just fantasy orcs/orks in space. Their design is exactly like the ones of orcs used in the D&D manuals.

>>30487

>He was referring to the orcs in the fantasy warhammer setting.

Aren't they spelled "orks" too?

>>30482

https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Lugubraa

Da Leechboyz!

>>30487

> Mnggal-Mnggal

Reminds of that X-Files "black oil" creature.

How much did the general Republic citizen during the Clone Wars know about Old Republic history? Like could they say who led the Republic during the Mandalorian Wars or what they were about?

I can guess from the lack of mention when it would have warranted it the info on the Rakata was lost or classified into oblivion and only serious scholars like Darth Plagueis (who has some of their shit in his collection) know about them. KotOR2 has the Rakata Band item that states some Rakata that found their way coreward were mocked for their claims and there's mention elsewhere Rakata Prime has been declared off limits after the Star Forge battle, so it was clearly classified at some point.

>>30559

>truly alien

It's a leech with flappy titties, hippo feet and tentacle sucker hands. It's a chimera of known earth creatures. Can you say that's truly alien looking?

>>30609

If we go by that, xenomorphs are just humans in black skeleton armor with penis-shaped heads and human spines for tails. And grays are just human nudists with swollen heads and tarsier eyes.

>>30613

I wasn't the one claiming anything was "truly alien". But those two you picked are pretty great examples of very human, very understandable aliens. Xenomorphs are terrifying because they look like people. Strange, mutant, violent rape-people who you can't even stab or shoot because they'll bleed death all over you. It's the juxtaposition of human and monster that add to the horror.

Grayylmaos are also, yes, extremely Humanoid. Perhaps because Humanoid is the best shape for advanced life, or perhaps because everyone who has ever professed to have seen one was actually having a drug trip or a nightmare or something. But they are hardly "alien".

If you want "truly alien", Lovecraft tried. Most of the time he also described chimeras (Cthulhu is a roughly humanoid dragon-octopus, for example), but then there's things like Shoggoths (perhaps his greatest hit) and the Colour out of Space. The lurker in the dark might also be like that, but I can't remember that one so good. But then, perhaps even those aren't Truly alien, because those were things a Human were able to come up with.

>>30599

>How much did the general Republic citizen during the Clone Wars know about Old Republic history?

Not much, the thing you have to keep in mind about the Old Republic of KotOR 1 & 2 as well as Tales of the Jedi was removed from the clone wars by roughly 15000 years, and a lot of records along with whole planets were destroyed in the Great War between the Sith Empire and the Jedi led Republic. The Star Wars universe after the Old Republic is best looked at as post-apocalyptic, many of the wonders of the old world have been lost and stagnation is very real (this is why vehicles don't look that different and technology has, if anything, gone backwards).

>Like could they say who led the Republic during the Mandalorian Wars or what they were about?

No, unless the person was a serious history junkie with some deep reaching resources they would have no clue who Revan was. Even if they were in to history honestly that's pretty obscure, for while the Mandalorians invading seemed important at the time of KotOR after a conflict like the Great War it is barely a footnote.

>>30619

>>30599

Another thing of note that is kind of more obscure is that the Great War was not the only apocalyptic event in the Star Wars universe between KotOR and the Clone Wars, there were many others including a droid rebellion, the destruction of the holonet (which took with it much of the information of the galaxy), and there are likely many many others. Star Wars' universe is pretty much honestly in a constant state of apocalypse from war after war or other extreme events, even The Old Republic existed in the remnants of the Rakata Infinite Empire.

>>30599

Apparently in Riptide Khedryn Faal mentions he has heard of the Rakata, who were far less public knowledge than the Mandalorian Wars, but considered them a myth. Haven't read the trilogy he's from, but going by his profile I wouldn't say Faal had noteworthy education. Basic school, maybe college equivalent, but certainly no historian.

>>30859

I think Battlefront and Battlefront II (not the EA ones) show that when you're playing as Han. I haven't played them in years so I can't be sure.

>>30866

He was just saying that to be legal and formal, and because he probably didn't realize the full extent of Palpy's power.

>>30866

Yes. When Palpatine unleashes lightning on him he changes from arrest to execution on purpose. Having felt the strength of his power he sees how dangerous he truly is.

>>30866

>You are under arrest, "my lord".

The "my lord" was actually sarcasm, also Windu only had the word of Anakin that Palpatine was the sith lord, but it was the perfect excuse, remember that Windu was itching to depose Palpatine due is growing concentration of powers.

>He's too dangerous to be left alive!

The guy just dispatched 3 jedi masters in less than a minute (ok, the way it was portraited in the movie was lame, ridiculous, but let's keep the illusion that those 3 "masters" were top guys), fought him in a way that only his shatterpoint trick was his advantage, vomited lighting and was still the Supreme Chancellor with control of the Senate and Judicial system. So..

>Did he change his mind over the course of the duel?

Yes.

>Was the intended arrest just taking Palpatine somewhere else and then executing him?

No.

What species could a female Twi'lek possibly disguise herself as? Various examples show it's quite easy to add real enough looking appendages, but taking stuff away is still impossible

>Togruta

>Chagrian

>Iktotchi (maybe, the only official image I can find of a female is a single portrait of Darth Cognus that shows almost nothing)

Can a droid deliberately forget something without external aid? Like after being told by its owner to forget it ever saw something.

>>30890

I would rule yes for any sufficiently advanced droid. For more basic models, you'd probably have to go into its memory manually and make the change. In game, I would rule that a droid with a heuristic processor could do this, but one with a basic processor could not.

>>30888

They could put on the really poofy and stupid looking wig like all the bitches on Naboo wear then put on makeup. And they could easily pass for a Naboo human.

I haven't watched anything Disney has made. Am I missing out?

>>30968

Nope.avi

>>30986

Unknow, it isn't stated anywhere.

>>30951

That's not worn by the rank and file Naboo, but Naboo noble should work.

I've been wondering about this, but do you think that characters like Revan and The Exile from TOR era are far stronger than the sith and jedi from the movies?

>>31063

It depends really. The Old Republic era was shown to have a lot of advances in both technology and Power, and the Sith and Jedi back then were insanely strong, with even rank-and-file subordinates having rather impressive powers. Unlike in the future where only a minority are as strong as those of back then, but both the elites of the past and the elites of the present are equally powerful I would say judging from the Amazing shit Luke could do in his later years, along with a bunch of other notable cases from the Post Old Republic era.

>>31072

that's what I don't get, sidious learned from plagueis, and vadar from sidious, but snoke and ren just sort of exist. I'd imagine all the ancient sith ritual sites from TOR are long gone, leaving the new generation to have to figure everything out which would make it a good idea to break the rule of two.

>>31063

2 things, 3 actually. First two, in-universe. By the movies era the banite Sith were operating under the philosophy of stealth and subversion. The didn't engaged in rampages to avoid drawing attention of the jedi and the republic. During the Empire there wasn't need to Palpatine and Vader engaging into lousy stuff. The jedi were reduced to glorified diplomats and peace keepers during the late republic. After the end of the Empire the Sith were gone, the Jedi were being rebuilt from scratch.

The other reason were out-universe. Lucas depicted the jedi as a almost dead religion with Palpatine and Vader being the last sith. Throwing things with the mind and lightning from finger tips were depicted as the apex of what space magic could do. Plagueis saving people from death was something like from an older era.

>>31091

> Lucas depicted the jedi as a almost dead religion with Palpatine and Vader being the last sith. Throwing things with the mind and lightning from finger tips were depicted as the apex of what space magic could do. Plagueis saving people from death was something like from an older era.

yeah, this is what I wish the movies did more, show crazier force powers.

>>31063

No. Lucas outright stated that Palpatine was the most powerful Sith ever and Anakin was about 80 percent of him. The Clone Wars were the Golden Age of the Jedi.