Official Star Wars Topic

[BenLuke]

You know what? Visionaries kinda reminds me of those big Flight books, only Star Wars. They both have lots of awesome art, they both feature short, experimental type stories, some of which are told entirely through visuals, and they both feature stuff that makes you stop and think "What the heck did I just read?" (A.K.A, the Watt Tambor story).Speaking of which, I need to buy some Flight Books sometime. . .

Edited April 10, 2012 by BenLuke-116

[J46 Nui]

I don't get the Wat Tambor story, but according to Wookieepedia, it is (possibly) canon.

Edited April 10, 2012 by J46 Nui

[BenLuke]

This is Star Wars. Everything is canon. Even the stuff that contradicts itself. . . .for a given value of "canon", anyway.

[Benton Kabrinsky]

Not true. There are, according to Wookiepedia, some things that are completely and utterly non-canon....Of course, those are usually the silly and rather obscure pieces of Star Wars literature.

Edited April 10, 2012 by crazylegoman

[J46 Nui]

This is Star Wars. Everything is canon. Even the stuff that contradicts itself.. . .for a given value of "canon", anyway.

Yes, the canon changes a lot, but there are some stories that are written to be non-canon, like the majority of the Star Wars Tales series or Tag and Bink. Edited April 10, 2012 by J46 Nui

[BenLuke]

Yeah, I was exaggerating a bit. And then there the things I wish weren't canon at all. . .

[J46 Nui]

Retcons are the most annoying part of canon for me, but sometimes they change things for the better, like Asajj's storyline in TCW.

[Ektris]

Just bought three new books and can't decide which to read first: Red Harvest, Riptide, or Vortex.~|ET|~

[Rarity]

Red Harvest. It looks cool.

[Ektris]

I went with Vortex, but I'll do Red Harvest next. :POn a related note, even though I really didn't want to, I went and spoiled Apocalpyse...

Planned or not (I'm thinking "not" at first), making Abeloth the Mother to the Force beings from the Clone Wars makes perfect sense for some reason. I actually really, really like that move. The Son is Dark; the Daughter is Light; the Father is Balance; Abeloth is left as Chaos. It just works for me. It also makes that event from the Clone Wars so much more important than a random side story. Anakin screwed things up so much...I also really want to know how Krayt worked into the story, but I'm going to try and hold off on that until I actually get the book. Which, since I only buy paperbacks, will be quite a while...

~|ET|~

[BULiK]

I just finished playing the Star Wars Jedi Starfighter game for ps2.Interesting how it turned out.

[Mister Electon]

It seems I've gotten back into Star Wars since I started playing Battlefront I & II again. Who else thinks those games are great??

[Ehlekdude]

I don't have BF I, but Battlefront II is what I mostly play nowadays.

[Mister Electon]

I personally prefer battlefront I, but battlefront II works on steam and the ps2 so thats more available.

[BULiK]

why battefront1? 2 has spacebattles!

[Mister Electon]

True, but I always thought battlefront 1 had better maps... I just loved Bespin: Cloud City and Rhen Var: Citadel. And since I have a ps2 I never got to get the DLC xbox live offered.

[BULiK]

on battlefront 2 it has kashyyk beach*stalemate*

[Mister Electon]

Yeah definite stalemate. BF1 has better maps BF2 has everything else.

[BULiK]

Yeah definite stalemate. BF1 has better maps BF2 has everything else.

:Phave you played republic commando?

[Mister Electon]

No I haven't but I really want to get it for my computer... Is it fun?

[BULiK]

very. the story mode has a unique squad system (AKA you get to boss npcs around), and it has online multiplayer like most other fps games

[Benton Kabrinsky]

I'm curious to know if there are any members of BZPower who play The Old Republic on here. Anyone?

[Angel Beat]

I do. Not really active over there at the moment though.Got characters on the EU PvE server Luka Sene and on the US RPG server Begeren Colony.

[Mushy the Mushroom]

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[that guy from that show]

So I've been considering some of the CIS's elite solders and wondered weather a BX-series droid commando or a IG-86 sentinel droid would win in a fight. They are both extremely versatile and are very acrobatic. Opinion?

[Ehlekdude]

The Commando Droid. Those guys have vibroblades, they could get in close and chop up the enemy.

[Ektris]

Soooo... Anyone here interested in Star Wars 1313? I'm definitely eager to hear more.~|ET|~

[Ehlekdude]

Same here. I am eager to find out more. Bounty hunters in the Coruscant underworld? Awesome.

[that guy from that show]

Seems to me like bounty hunters would be the least interesting thing in the coruscant underworld. There is all sorts of messed up @#$% down there, seems to me that bounty hunters are comman place.Hint, my above post was to revitalise this topic.

[The Lord Of Wednesday]

I know that on the topic of bounty hunters there are probably a million Boba Fett fanboys, and he is awesome, but I preferred droids, like IG-88 or HK-47. Have you seen the former's weapon list? It is huge, and certainly a step up from IG-86.

[that guy from that show]

I actually agree with you. True, Boba Fett killed three of the IG-88s but he had alot of advantages. Firstly the IG-2000 vs. Slave I is no contest. Second, he killed IG-88B by having him walk into a trap. I'm sure that if it was just the two of them in a really big room IG-88 would win.As for IG-86s, I really like them. The 2009 assassin Lego droid battle pack is what started it all. They compelled me to buy my first star wars action figure in years and I really like their extreme agility. It's a shame they don't appear more often.On an unrelated note, does any one know whether TIE pilots are part of the Stormtrooper Corp or the Imperial Navy? Wookeepedia has conflicting viewpoints.

[The Lord Of Wednesday]

I would assume that, without actually checking the pages, they are part of the Navy. More then just saying so because they fly in ships, I can't recall them giving direct assistance or priority to ground units, except when it came to evacuating/deploying them. Though I could be wrong."Just looked it up": Their page says they are part of the Imperial Navy too.

[that guy from that show]

That's what I assumed too. However on the stormtrooper page it reads as follows under the specialized stormtrooper heading:

TIE pilots: Stormtroopers specially trained as TIE/ln starfighter pilots

[The Lord Of Wednesday]

That's what I assumed too. However on the stormtrooper page it reads as follows under the specialized stormtrooper heading:

TIE pilots: Stormtroopers specially trained as TIE/ln starfighter pilots

I would presume that they are choosen from Stormtroopers, but then are no longer considered part of them when christened pilots.

[Stryker055]

So... anyone see the TCW Season 5 preview?

[that guy from that show]

I did.Looks like Death Watch is going to play a relatively big role which is always good. The more Mandalorians the better. I do not remember seeing any vehicles or characters that made me jump from my seat.

[HAZMAT]

The Clone Wars season premiered today and it was sweeeeeeeeeeeeet.

Savage stabbing that Jedi with his horns was AWESOME.

[that guy from that show]

The Clone Wars season premiered today and it was sweeeeeeeeeeeeet.

Savage stabbing that Jedi with his horns was AWESOME.

I agree, it was cool to actually see a Zabrak use it's horns as... well, horns! You know, I can't think of many times when horns actually do something other then make the guy look cool, it fun seeing then actually be functional. As for the death of that curtain Jedi, I'll admit that I really won't miss her. She was never a very strong character and her role in this episode was basically a red shirt. When someone is replaced by a near identical character and nothing really changes it really tells you how valuable they are to the story.What bothers me more is the continuity snare this makes. Clearly T-canon outranks C-canon but it will prove difficult to fix just like the death of Even Piell last season. If Lucus needed to kill of a Jedi to show how dangerous Savage Opress is why not just make a whole new red shirt character? It would have been simpler and more respectful then rewrite the existing canon.Now considering you closed my last topic HAZMAT, I'll restate my points here:

The death of Adi GalliaOrdinarily I would be annoyed that George Lucus committed another atrocious retcon but considering his history of rewriting the EU I'm no longer surprised. In previous episodes he has rewritten the back-stories of Asajj Ventress and Grevious, had Dengar appear before he could conceivably become a bounty hunter, and killed Even Piell in a completely different method then previously written. Just like Piell, Gallia has received the clone Wars treatment and been killed by Savage Opress instead of General Grevious. From the minute she sat down with Kenoni in that Eta-class shuttle, she mine as well have been waring a red shirt. Lucas seems to like killing Jedi who did not have deaths in the movies and well it bothers me that he continually discards established canon I must admit I'm getting used to it.

 

Friction between the Maul and Savage OpressI predicted this might happen eventually. The rule of two exists for a reason and now that three sith plus Opress and Ventress are running around it's inevitable that conflict would occur. Evidence is when Opress challenged Maul and got pawned in a mattered of moments. It's sith nature to fight amongst themselves and I foresee Opress and Maul butting heads more in the future. I predict that one will kill the other, most likely Maul with strike down his brother but the opposite is just a likely. Ether way the brothers certainly have a rocky relationship ahead of them that will positively end in their deaths.

 

Palpatine calling off the hunt for the brothersI think it is apparent that Palpatine wishes to reunite with his former apprentice. During the events leading up Naboo Darth Maul was unwaveringly loyal to his master and Darth Sideous would be foolish to not try and get his ace back. Maul never once attempted to overthrow Sideous when he was his apprentice but I can imagine he might be bitter after he was abandoned by his master half the man he used to be. Maul might not be so easy to control as he once was and Sideous might have problems reeling him back in.That still leaves the problem of the rule of two. Darth Maul and Darth Tyranus will have to compete for their master's favor and only one can prevail. Maul might not take to well to being replaced after Naboo and might have a bone to pick with Dooku as a result. I can see Sideous facilitating anther fight like he did with Anakin vs. Tyranus and Luke vs. Vader to pick his new favorite.The problem with this is that unlike Maul, Dooku is not just a thug. He is charismatic and the figurehead of the CIS, his death will certainly create shock-waves and would likely interfere with his plains to become emperor. Maul would be unable to take Dooku's place as head of the confederacy if Dooku were struck down and in that regard Tyrannus is indispensable to him.This poses a problem. Palpatine will want Darth Maul back in the game because of his previous usefulness but there can only be two sith. One will have to die but Dooku still represents an impotent part of the master plain.

[Rausaro]

Did anyone here ever play Tie Fighter, X-wing, X-Wing Alliance, or X-wing vs Tie Fighter?

[Kothra]

No, but I've always wanted to just because.