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Post by House Targaryen on Aug 26, 2019 16:07:19 GMT
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Post by Scathane on Aug 26, 2019 18:40:03 GMT
Also...
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Post by colfoley on Aug 26, 2019 19:25:37 GMT
Well that trailer was about as bazillion times better then the first. I know it included lots of nostalgia but damn if it wasn't hype.
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Post by warden on Aug 26, 2019 23:50:35 GMT
I've been quite of the loop as I hardly have anything relating me to the franchise since they reduced my favorite things to the legends trash bag.
someone wants to summarize up what has been happening lately?
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Post by aglomeracja on Aug 27, 2019 7:43:39 GMT
Yay, Rey has a new kind of lightsaber. I wonder if it's hallucinogenic too.
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Post by Hanako Ikezawa on Aug 27, 2019 7:54:29 GMT
Yay, Rey has a new kind of lightsaber. I wonder if it's hallucinogenic too. Well, not quite new. Krell’s lightsabers folded like that too.
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Post by Arijon van Goyen on Aug 27, 2019 10:05:28 GMT
Nah, the first half of the 2nd trailer was nostalgia (while Episode VIII's message was to kill the past, ironically), the 2nd half was half cringe.
And something funny
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Post by ApocAlypsE on Aug 27, 2019 10:27:20 GMT
If Disney will have Rey rule the first order with an iron fist at the end I will be pleasantly surprised.
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Post by Arijon van Goyen on Aug 27, 2019 13:46:47 GMT
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Post by Iakus on Aug 27, 2019 14:46:26 GMT
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Post by mybudgee on Aug 27, 2019 17:00:21 GMT
If Disney will have Rey rule the first order with an iron fist at the end I will be pleasantly surprised. Uh... no. There's not a chance. None, zero. Mainly because the twat-waffles over at Di$ney wouldn't ever have the spine to desecrate their little princess. Also, it is likely a Force-vision (notice the blade of Dark Rey's weapon crackles like Kylo's dumbass saber? How & why would this be necessary if it's working properly, unless because it's a dream) It's some kind of take on the cave scene in episode 5
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Post by Obsidian Gryphon on Aug 28, 2019 0:03:55 GMT
All I see is Disney trying to sell their new double whopper merchandise.
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Post by Hier0phant on Aug 28, 2019 6:11:12 GMT
That was a ridiculous amount of star destroyers. I'm expecting a good explanation behind the First Order acquiring enough resources to surpass the far more expansive Galactic Empire's production capabilities, and depending on their manufacture dates, all those ships potentially existing during TLJ and not being used against the lol Resistance would be a massive case of plot induced stupidity.
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Post by Hanako Ikezawa on Aug 28, 2019 6:41:04 GMT
That was a ridiculous amount of star destroyers. I'm expecting a good explanation behind the First Order acquiring enough resources to surpass the far more expansive Galactic Empire's production capabilities, and depending on their manufacture dates, all those ships potentially existing during TLJ and not being used against the lol Resistance would be a massive case of plot induced stupidity. I thought that was the secret Palpatine fleet I believe one of the leaks mentioned, hence them being Imperial Star Destroyers rather than First Order Star Destroyers.
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Post by Sifr on Aug 28, 2019 8:19:07 GMT
Move over Princess Leia fantasy...
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Post by Iakus on Aug 28, 2019 14:39:17 GMT
That was a ridiculous amount of star destroyers. I'm expecting a good explanation behind the First Order acquiring enough resources to surpass the far more expansive Galactic Empire's production capabilities, and depending on their manufacture dates, all those ships potentially existing during TLJ and not being used against the lol Resistance would be a massive case of plot induced stupidity. My guess is: After sh*t-canning the EU, they've started cannibalizing the corpse because they are completely lacking in creativity in their own right. In other words: Can we say 'Katana Fleet"? Edit: Not that it'll do the First Order any good, since one snubfighter with a droid pilot can take out a star destroyer...
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Post by Hier0phant on Aug 28, 2019 18:39:11 GMT
That was a ridiculous amount of star destroyers. I'm expecting a good explanation behind the First Order acquiring enough resources to surpass the far more expansive Galactic Empire's production capabilities, and depending on their manufacture dates, all those ships potentially existing during TLJ and not being used against the lol Resistance would be a massive case of plot induced stupidity. I thought that was the secret Palpatine fleet I believe one of the leaks mentioned, hence them being Imperial Star Destroyers rather than First Order Star Destroyers. Palpatine having a massive fleet of star destroyers that went unnoticed by the Republic, the Resistance, or Snoke and the First Order with a few million personal to man it raises even more questions. Palp's secret fleet scenario only makes sense if Disney being the creatively bankrupt horse beater that it is had jacked the Starforge idea from the old EU. That was a ridiculous amount of star destroyers. I'm expecting a good explanation behind the First Order acquiring enough resources to surpass the far more expansive Galactic Empire's production capabilities, and depending on their manufacture dates, all those ships potentially existing during TLJ and not being used against the lol Resistance would be a massive case of plot induced stupidity. My guess is: After sh*t-canning the EU, they've started cannibalizing the corpse because they are completely lacking in creativity in their own right. In other words: Can we say 'Katana Fleet"? Edit: Not that it'll do the First Order any good, since one snubfighter with a droid pilot can take out a star destroyer... This Don't worry, J.J will make everyone conveniently forget about Huldo's easy to use weaponization of hyperdrives.
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Post by Sifr on Aug 29, 2019 4:31:26 GMT
Don't worry, J.J will make everyone conveniently forget about Huldo's easy to use weaponization of hyperdrives. I still don't know whether it was "easy" as people think it was. Before the jump, you hear alarms blaring on the flight deck as though the navigational computer is telling her not to jump with something in front of her, alarms that only began to sound right after she turns the ship towards the Snoke's ship. And with all the buttons she's flipping through that scene, isn't it possible that in addition to setting the jump coordinates, she was bypassing safeties that would normally prevent someone using the hyperdrive in this manner? Poe even recognised exactly what she was about to do, which implies the concept of FTL ramming isn't unheard of (even if it's rarely done).
Even without that possible explanation, the reason the Rebellion/Resistance wouldn't kamikaze ships like this all the time is because it would be ridiculously wasteful, given how limited their resources are (the whole point they were even in this situation was due to limited fuel). The Empire/First Order doesn't need to waste ships on kamikaze runs either, because with their wealth of resources, it's more effective to build a fleet with the same amount of firepower that's reusable. The existence of shields might make this tactic relatively ineffectual, which is why no-one thought to use it against either Death Star or Starkiller base. Holdo might have only been able to pull it off here because she jumped at point-blank range... but even, she still didn't destroy the ship completely.
What would have happened if Han hadn't gotten the shield rotation right or dropped out of lightspeed too late in TFA? Would the Falcon have done anything to Starkiller base beyond smashing against the shields or leaving a giant impact crater on the surface? Or they were simply going for Rule of Cool, cause y'know, it's a movie... Besides, it's not like the previous films have ever been inconsistent with the lore before, right?
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Post by Vortex13 on Aug 29, 2019 11:53:22 GMT
I don't know, strapping a hyperdrive onto a cargo container and then having a droid FTL-ram it into whatever target you want obliterated seems like it would relatively cheap to accomplish (both in materials and manpower). And if the level of destruction caused by such an impact is anywhere near what would be caused by an actual relativistic kill vehicle then you really wouldn't need much more than that to reek massive destruction on enemy ships, stations, or planets.
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Post by Heimdall on Aug 29, 2019 14:13:01 GMT
Palpatine having a massive fleet of star destroyers that went unnoticed by the Republic, the Resistance, or Snoke and the First Order with a few million personal to man it raises even more questions. Palp's secret fleet scenario only makes sense if Disney being the creatively bankrupt horse beater that it is had jacked the Starforge idea from the old EU. I’m going to have to disagree. That the Imperials hid away ships during the end of the war before Jakku is well established since the Aftermath Trilogy. The de facto imperial leader’s plan was to hit the restart button with chosen loyalists in the Unknown Region after staging a dramatic final defeat over Jakku. These could be ships the First Order mothballed when they got their new ships or were hidden when the plan was conceived of way back then. Palpatine hiding a fleet of ships isn’t even a new idea, Dark Empire did it first.
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Post by Iakus on Aug 29, 2019 16:17:39 GMT
Don't worry, J.J will make everyone conveniently forget about Huldo's easy to use weaponization of hyperdrives. I still don't know whether it was "easy" as people think it was. Before the jump, you hear alarms blaring on the flight deck as though the navigational computer is telling her not to jump with something in front of her, alarms that only began to sound right after she turns the ship towards the Snoke's ship. And with all the buttons she's flipping through that scene, isn't it possible that in addition to setting the jump coordinates, she was bypassing safeties that would normally prevent someone using the hyperdrive in this manner?
Traveling through hyperspace ain't like dusting crops, boy! Without precise calculations we could fly right through a star or bounce too close to a supernova and that'd end your trip real quick, wouldn't it?Sounds like hyper-ramming is something quite easy to do if you're not careful. But then, that was the original trilogy. Let the past die. Kill it if you must...
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Post by Hier0phant on Aug 29, 2019 23:47:05 GMT
Palpatine having a massive fleet of star destroyers that went unnoticed by the Republic, the Resistance, or Snoke and the First Order with a few million personal to man it raises even more questions. Palp's secret fleet scenario only makes sense if Disney being the creatively bankrupt horse beater that it is had jacked the Starforge idea from the old EU. I’m going to have to disagree. That the Imperials hid away ships during the end of the war before Jakku is well established since the Aftermath Trilogy. The de facto imperial leader’s plan was to hit the restart button with chosen loyalists in the Unknown Region after staging a dramatic final defeat over Jakku. These could be ships the First Order mothballed when they got their new ships or were hidden when the plan was conceived of way back then. Palpatine hiding a fleet of ships isn’t even a new idea, Dark Empire did it first. These ships look like newer models. Even though EU pre Battle of Endor Palpatine had access to the entire Republic's coffers he mostly used it to fund the DS1, and the usual forgotten doomsday weapon of the week in the pre NJO books while his fleets weren't secret and was only him rendevousing with members of the Imperial remnants who the Republic was still warring with years after Endor. The only major asspulls in DE was Palpatine coming back (No story then), and Empatojayos being the conduit for all the force ghosts to pull Palpatine back. Palpatine hypothetically being able to have these ships developed and hidden without Snoke or the First Order's intelligence agents not noticing that a massive amount of minerals that are used in Imperial Star Destroyer manufacturing (FO ships too) was being collected or the First Order ever having the resources to out manufacture the entire Empire, and them not outright annihilating the Resistance with it in TLJ is just non sensical. In terms of worldbuilding Rian Johnson really screwed JJ over with TLJ because the above mentioned grievances about the super fleet could have easily been hinted at in Palp's case or referenced for the FO before EP.IX
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Post by Hier0phant on Aug 30, 2019 0:26:58 GMT
Don't worry, J.J will make everyone conveniently forget about Huldo's easy to use weaponization of hyperdrives. I still don't know whether it was "easy" as people think it was. Before the jump, you hear alarms blaring on the flight deck as though the navigational computer is telling her not to jump with something in front of her, alarms that only began to sound right after she turns the ship towards the Snoke's ship. And with all the buttons she's flipping through that scene, isn't it possible that in addition to setting the jump coordinates, she was bypassing safeties that would normally prevent someone using the hyperdrive in this manner? Poe even recognised exactly what she was about to do, which implies the concept of FTL ramming isn't unheard of (even if it's rarely done).
Even without that possible explanation, the reason the Rebellion/Resistance wouldn't kamikaze ships like this all the time is because it would be ridiculously wasteful, given how limited their resources are (the whole point they were even in this situation was due to limited fuel). The Empire/First Order doesn't need to waste ships on kamikaze runs either, because with their wealth of resources, it's more effective to build a fleet with the same amount of firepower that's reusable. The existence of shields might make this tactic relatively ineffectual, which is why no-one thought to use it against either Death Star or Starkiller base. Holdo might have only been able to pull it off here because she jumped at point-blank range... but even, she still didn't destroy the ship completely.
What would have happened if Han hadn't gotten the shield rotation right or dropped out of lightspeed too late in TFA? Would the Falcon have done anything to Starkiller base beyond smashing against the shields or leaving a giant impact crater on the surface? Or they were simply going for Rule of Cool, cause y'know, it's a movie... Besides, it's not like the previous films have ever been inconsistent with the lore before, right? Outside of the Force related shenanigans the pre Disney films were pretty much consistent about the tech and it's limitations. Notice how when Luke, Han or Lando jump they do it far from the planet. The problem is that Rian had Admiral ResetEra accomplish the near impossible with the Light Speed Missile Manuever while under extreme duress even though Han Solo's comment about hyperspace travel seemed to indicate that precise coordinates were needed or else you'd end up somewhere completly random thanks to a single digit error. However a stressed non force sensitive human being able to pull off that manuever on the fly, and succeed raises many questions like why weren't hyperdrives weaponized beforehand due to how common the tech is (even Han owned one) and the ease of use. All the Alliance needed was a droid piloted X-Wing programmed with the coordinates of the Death Star's core, and voila the DS is gone with minimal rebel loses. Plus it gets worse. JJ ignored the gravity limitation of hyperspace travel when he had Han jump pass Star Killer's shields despite it emitting a gravy well due to it being a compressed star, and the reveal in a later Disney novel that hypedrive computers contain a fail safe program that when detecting a change in weight/gravity it cuts the engine, and said failsafe can be bypassed. Without the gravitational limitation of hypedrive engines the tech not being weaponized before Huldo is baffling. Launch a volley of hyperdrive missles at a shielded enemy planet, gravity need not apply, profit. The Lightspeed Missle manuever with it's ease of use and lack of gravity induced limitations should change the nature of naval engagements and general planetary warfare.
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Post by Iakus on Aug 30, 2019 19:46:26 GMT
Even if, by some miracle, hypserpace ramming was somehow resolved in a logical way, I still wouldn't want to see Rise of Skywalker unless it's revealed that:
Jake Skywalker was actually Lu'uke and/or Luke wakes up on a holographic beach on a skrull ship. Preferably with Mara at his side, but I can be flexible on that detail.
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