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First for Apathyis life
>>44836653
DESANN
>>44836690
>>44836690
Apathy can't hear you.Get it? Apathy is deaf.
Remember when Mandalorians were badass?
>>44836780
Who?
>>44836780
>burp
Should I buy anything else with the core set as someone starting out? I heard two core sets is the way to go. Is there any difference between the TFA and originals, or is it safe/smart to buy one of each?
>>44836840
TFA ships are more expensive point-wise but are better in their own way. TIE/fo's have 1 sheild and are more maneuverable than TIE/Ln's but the original TIE's have more named characters. The T-70 is a straight upgrade compared to the T-65 which is sorely lacking IMO compared to it.
>>44836780
Mandalorians were never badass.
Boba did nothing. Jango did nothing.
The only reason Mandalorians were ever "badass" is because some hack of a writer decided that they were her super special mary sue race.
>>44836888
Hey kotor madalorians are awesome
>tfw getting choked by an overgrown kowakian monkey lizard
>>44836912
>awesome
>led their people to near extinction
>they would be willing to do so again
>>44837002
Better to burn in glory than to rot and decay like the republic
>>44836720
You, I like you, your puns are high quality.
>>44836888
Alright man, I know that the whole Traviss thing causes division amongst the ranks pretty hard, but she isn't the one that started the mando-wank. She just made it far worse than it had ever been. The old marvel comics started it and the other comics continued it after they were mercifully taken from marvel, and yes.
>>44836780
Yes I do. It was back when they were shrouded in myth and road crazy dragon robots and Boba's backstory was that he was just wearing the armor of this crazy warrior cult.
>>44836840
There's more variety in buying different ones, like R2 is only in the original, BB-8 is only in TFA. That and depending on what your overall goal is, buying the same core can net you more of the same ships, but you don't get as many of things from the ship expansions, like if you plan on just having 3 T-70s, buying 2 cores and 1 Expansion just nets you 1 Integrated Astromech card.
>>44837160
Excuse my typos by the way, I am just a little nuked out on cold meds at the moment.
>>44837160
>crazy warrior cult
I wish it was this interpretation that had become the mainstream. The idea of a culture that exists entirely independent of its founding species is very interesting, and opens up a lot of room for things like Mandolorian enclaves chafing against local regulations, or people hiding among Mando clans to abuse their protection
Instead, we get spess vikings who become spess Weimar pacifists after they get the shit kicked out of them
>>44837160
>Basilisk War Droids
Beautiful.
If all I have is the starter set, is the Lambda a good intro to an empire list if all I have is two TIE/fo's?
>>44837266
So cute~.
>>44837266
Proof that TotJ was wonderful, along with such things as pic related. It always bothered me that they give species to every little thing, but not the hot medusa devil girl in this.
Any pdfs of Keeping the Peace or Chronicles of the Gate Keeper floating around? Seems like the resources list in the OP haven't been updated in a while.
>>44837440
TotJ is just a wonder to behold in terms of variety of literally everything.
Wish they kept that kind of vision for stuff later on.
>>44837106
The fact that they thought those were the only options just proves how fucking retarded the mandos were.
>>44837572
Warrior cults aren't often praised for their ingenuity, or longevity
And to be fair, the Mando's made a good run of it, if your enemy is forced to weaponize gravity to stop you then you must have hurt them badly
>>44837650
Talking about cults, I love just how many there are when you think about it. There are all the light side cults; wardens of the sky, jensaarai, those other ones that Luke thought his mother might be part of, the kel dor group, on and on, all the dark side cults; sith, krath, nightsisters, ect, all the warrior cults; like the mandos, sun guards, and echani, and all the weird cults; like Waru.
It adds to the star fantasy feel quite nicely I find.
>>44837792
What kind of cult would Thulsa Doom's Cult of Set be if it was in Star Wars?
>>44837469
I am also interested in this. Anyone?
>>44837856
Thulsa Doom is definitely in the weird, there is something from outside the universe going on with that crazy shit. I mean, have you ever heard James Earl Jones's voice? That shit is out of this world, and all the bitches, you know that you can't have that many bitches in one place without it exploding into the most massive furball possible. So yeah, its Waru tier crazy that.
>>44837940
Thulsa Doom's cult is unique in having accidental adherents among Imperial High Command, who keep confusing Doom's directives to his followers for orders from Lord Vader
>>44836702
HAH HA HA RUN KATARN
>>44837493
That kind of is the issue with the later EU isn't it, lack of vision.
>>44837469
Simple answer: Keeping the peace is not out yet, and don't expect it to be for a long time, the next one being worked on is mask of the pirate queen. Gatekeeper already exists in pdf format.
>>44838153
>Gatekeeper already exists in pdf format.
Do you have it? Because the OP does not.
>>44838195
Check on kat
>>44838208
>>44837469
Found it: https://kat.cr/star-wars-rpg-force-and-destiny-chronicles-of-the-gatekeeper-swf23-t11723219.html
Someone put it in the download folder.
>>44838290
Manager of the folders doesn't keep it up to date anymore.
>>44838153
It actually is available:
https://www.fantasyflightgames.com/en/products/star-wars-force-and-destiny/products/keeping-peace/
The GM for the group I'm currently in had it at the table, so I know it's physically available. I was just hoping to get a pdf copy before I could afford the physical copy.
>>44838357
I might actually need to start a new one and keep it up to date.
>>44838409
He meant it wasn't available as a PDF, which is why he said Pirate Queen is the one currently being worked on and why Gatekeeper is already available in PDF.
>>44838290
>https://kat.cr/star-wars-rpg-force-and-destiny-chronicles-of-the-gatekeeper-swf23-t11723219.html
Thanks. Grabbing it meow.
How do I play a dinosaur/shark man in any of the FFG rpgs? I know trandoshans, but they're more lizard people.
>>44838430
People have said that they'd do this for a while now but no one's actually stepped up. Be the one that makes the difference.
>>44838445
I misunderstood that. I just found the thread from the generous person doing the work and now understand what was said:
https://kat.cr/community/show/neuromaniac-s-rpg-thread/
>>44838514
Any suggestions for an alternative to media fire? cause that service is terrible.
Finished TCW lately and just started watching Rebels.
Jesus, there's such a sheer drop in animation/artstyle quality. Everything looks so... plastic? Smooth? Either way, it's just not a good look.
Why do rebels get all the good large ships? YT-1300 and YT-2400 are proven competitive staples that everyone is afraid of, while the next best ships are Aggressors, then Decimators (sort of), and then all the stuff nobody ever plays (Slave 1, Lambda, Hound's Tooth). To make matters worse, the Ghost looks insane already, and we don't even know what's happening with the Punishing One (although it looks promising). I guess I'm just wondering why the scrappy underdogs have the best heavy, hard-hitting ships.
>>44838463
Custom Kowakia race or a type of custom droid. Though I think you should also be appreciative of the fact that Star Wars isnt really a setting of shark/dino-men.
>>44838582
Problem is that most of the Empire's larger ships are all too large for XWM, leaving mostly TIE variants to draw on. Imp starfighter doctrine almost always relied on shitloads of TIEs.
>>44838565
Less money, and the characters are literally modeled after Kenner toys.
I'd recommend you stop with Rebels. The show is straight boring and relies way too much on fanservice.
>>44838463
Are you talking about this kind of guy?
No idea what species he is, but you could make something up with your GM. Lots of strength, low speed and intellect
>>44838565
Yeah, that'll happen when you stop having 3 million to make an episode. TCW looked great but fuck was it expensive
You get used to the new look though, especially once you start picking up the McQuarrie references
>>44838631
>Star Wars isnt really a setting of shark/dino-men.
well excuse me then
>>44838463
I mish-mashed this from other species, hopefully it's not too good/shitty:
Karkarodon
3/2/2/1/2/2
WT:12+Br
ST: 9+Wil
80xp
Abilities: Amphibious - Breath underwater, no movement penalties under water
Sharp Teeth: When making a Brawl check to damage opponent, +2 Dmg, Crit 4, and Vicious 1.
One rank in Survival, can't go above 2 in Char Gen.
>>44838563
Dropbox and Mega. I think the former will disable downloads of a single file if there's too many downloads in a short period of time.
>>44838565
Lot of people don't know that Lucas personally poured money into TCW. Millions and millions for the seasons.
>>44838565
>>44838647
>>44838668
>>44838696
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ETxmCCsMoD0
>>44838671
WELL. I guess I'm a bit too used to motherfuckers wanting to play shit that isnt in-setting.
>>44838668
>>44838696
>3 million per episode
Jesus, I had no idea TCW was so expensive.
Did he even get money back on that?
Or did he just pour money into it because he wanted it to look good, no matter whether he made a buck? Because I can't see Disney ever doing anything of the sort.
>>44838631
>Anon doesn't actually know what Star War is a setting of.
Come on man, not only are you kind of an asshole with that statement, but you are so wrong about the existance of shark men, dino men, or shark/dino-men that it actually kind of makes me angry. What is a Karkarodon, what is a Trandoshan, what is a Ssri-ruuk, what are any number of crazy aliens in star wars? Seriously man, open mindedness to creativity is how we Star Wars, I would say how we /swg/ but we are usually to busy bitching about something we don't like so I couldn't lie.
>>44838770
>Lucas poured shittons of money into TCW just to make it look, feel, and be awesome.
>mfw it was his apology for the prequels
>>44838770
Lucas just loved SW and he the money to do what all of us wanted and that is to fund quality.
>>44838803
>>44838810
Why the fuck did he even sell it to Disney in the first place?
>everyone bitched about Lucas and the prequels
>then Disney came along
I bet everyone is gonna be wishing for Lucas to come back.
>>44837493
It was very much a product of its times: the edgy 90s.
Though it is pretty interesting how TotJ was the series that introduced the double bladed lightsaber and not the Phantom Menace. I also enjoyed the fact that Exar Kun and Uliq Qel-Droma didn't change their lightsaber colors to red.
>>44838859
The prequels are pretty bad though. Even the best defenses of them I've read argue from the back foot, or try to find points that are good amidst the dross
Pouring his own money into a cartoon that requires a machete order to fully appreciate doesn't mean he treated it well
So far Disney is up one good film, a few good books and a lot of crap ones but hey, EU quality varied too
>>44838859
>I bet everyone is gonna be wishing for Lucas to come back.
Fuck that shit. Lucas hasn't had a good idea in ages, and the only reason TCW worked was in spite of Lucas. TFA was an awesome movie that finally got what Star Wars is supposed to be. The only thing that's inferior is the Disney EU, which Lucas had no part in anyways.
>>44838859
You underestimate how much of a hatred the fanbase built for Lucas.
>>44838859
he didn't specify exactly WHY he sold, but if you pay attention to interviews in the years leading up to the sale, you can see he's basically depressed. He even at one point said "why would I make any more [Star Wars movies] when everyone says how awful I am?"
It sucks, too, because JJ pretty much immediately threw out everything that George had prepared for the sequel trilogy and beyond. You'll note that as soon as he was brought in to direct VII Michael Arndt, the previous writer, was kicked off and JJ took over writing in his place.
And Kasdan had very little input on the movie's script, I can guarantee that, despite having co-writing credit.
>>44838859
I wouldn't mind him back as an idea man, the man was great with ideas but really had trouble with realizing them without throwing way to much bullshit in with them. As it is I really don't have an issue with what Disney is doing with the franchise so far, sorry. That aside, I will again say, letting Lucas be an idea man would really take things to the next level.
>>44838859
>Why the fuck did he even sell it to Disney in the first place?
Billions of dollars, yo. That's a price even the most devoted of creators would think twice about rejecting.
>>44838910
I believe the color=alignment of sabers didn't arrive until Episode II. A lot of Jedi in the earlier issues of Republic had red sabers.
>>44838859
General theory is that he wanted to see more Star Wars made, but knew he'd dropped the ball on the prequels and that nobody was gonna trust anything with his name on it.
So he sold it, in the hope that more Star Wars would happen.
>>44838923
Actually, big chunks of TCW were a result of using Lucas right. As a hands-off idea man filtered through better writers and directors.
>>44838954
>the man was great with ideas
>what is Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
>>44838945
>And Kasdan had very little input on the movie's script, I can guarantee that, despite having co-writing credit.
How?
>>44838967
Lucas's largest contribution to TCW was Mandalorian Pacifists and bringing back Maul. Both of which are still fucking stupid, but managed to be executed to the point where they weren't as stupid.
>>44838785
Indeed. Hell, the whole cantina scene of the original movie is proof that Star Wars is all about crazy alien designs that go way beyond the traditional rubber forehead.
>>44838945
Well, what WERE George's plans?
>>44838957
He sold everything for basically a fraction of what the company is worth. It wasn't about the money, really. Plus, 2 billion in Disney stocks aside, he put the rest immediately into the George Lucas Educational Foundation.
>>44838980
Not that bad when compared to the rest of the series? They had already established Weird Stuff in the previous movies, and where the previous were plays on the pulp adventure serials of the 30s, KotC was a play on the space pulp and red scare of the 50s.
>>44838999
The entire thing is just ripe with JJ-isms. I'm sure Kasdan might have had a few things to say, but it definitely feels more like a JJ movie than a JJ/Kasdan collab.
>>44839007
He actually had a huge amount to say beyond those. Nice try minimizing his input.
>>44839030
A movie about Luke and Hans preteen children on an adventure.
>>44838918
>machete order
I've watched TCW twice in normal order and have gone back and watched my favorite episodes when in the mood, I have never sat down and chopped it up because I felt like I couldn't enjoy it. I have never heard anyone talk about the machete order in anything other than the context of time except for the last couple weeks when more people have wanted to catch up.
What if the Mandalorians War at Malachor V?
What if Revan never rose up to face them?
>>44838859
He approached Disney. Presumably he was just done with owning them. Nobody wanted to make his live-action show because it was fucking expensive, all of his new movies were panned (Star Wars Prequels, Indiana Jones 4, Red Tails) and he likely wasn't going to try and make anything after those, and most of the company just wasn't doing super well. So he sold to Disney because he thought it'd be a good spot to keep things going without him.
Disney still has him as a creative consultant, but from what we've heard so far, they just haven't used any of his ideas for TFA. He's still around chucking out ideas for some of the other stuff like Rogue One, but we won't know until later to see how much of his input is actually being used or how good/bad his ideas even were.
>>44839054
With ewoks.
>>44838785
>>44839017
I did admit to being wrong right here: >>44838752
>>44839030
We're not really given much to go on for what he had actually prepared. Closest is that VII involved teens and youth at the center, rather than adults. How much of that is truth and how much of that is people making stuff up to badmouth George is really probably never going to be known.
>>44839052
>KotC was a play on the space pulp and red scare of the 50s.
Except it executed it horribly. It tried to play it like a straight up Indiana Jones movie, but instead you have some mishmashed shit in there with a man too old to being playing the lead.
>He actually had a huge amount to say beyond those. Nice try minimizing his input.
What other major decisions did George make?
>>44839054
>Luke and Han's preteen children on an adventure
>Luke and Han's
>Luke
>children
Aw, sweet. Luke actually gets some in Lucas' head. I wonder who he decided the mom would be.
As for the children on an adventure, eh? I dunno, I'd have to see a more fleshed out idea before I call yea or nay.
>>44839056
I THINK he means chrono-order unless he's talking about flashback-isms.
>>44837265
I never liked boba in the first place.
Mandalorian Crusaders best mandos
>>44838647
>I'd recommend you stop with Rebels
Literal Heresy. Rebels is fun and just like my old RPG group.
>>44839089
KotC is really no worse than Temple of Doom. Even the existence of aliens isn't that far of a leap from the previous movies.
>What other major decisions did George make?
At least half of the storylines in the show were straight from George's ideas, including many of the better arcs. He wasn't just a consultant on the show, he was the showrunner and practically co-writer for all the work he did for it.
>>44839146
At least Temple of Doom didn't fuck up the feel and thematic structure of Indiana Jones.
Why are Lucas apologists so fucking stupid?
>>44839191
How exactly did KotC "fuck up the feel and thematic structure of Indiana Jones"?
I'm waiting.
>>44838980
You know what, there were great ideas in KotCS, you can't deny that. You also cannot blame Lucas for how the film turned out considering all the other big names and money being thrown at that film.
As someone who liked old Georgeie, I'm glad he isn't working on the new trilogy. TFA was great fun and reminded what SW can be.
>>44839142
This. Rebels gets a lot better once you start thinking of it as a Edge of the Empire campaign that jumped ship to Age of Rebellion
>>44839083
Yeah, I'd heard he was, well not ignored, but certainly not a major presence on the writing and set of TFA. It's a shame but what can you do? He needs an editor and/or co writer for him to be at his best, and TFA already had a duo working on it
>>44839239
>reminded what SW can be
That's because a lot of it was just cribbed from ANH.
>>44839228
Indiana Jones movies are supposed to be about some suave, handsome young dude going on amazing adventures. It doesn't fucking work when the lead is an elderly man. Not to mention the way it incorporates the Sci-Fi "homage" doesn't work. 50s Sci-Fi films were slow, and focused on the Science, fake or real. KoTCS tries to play a standard Indy movie, but with those horribly implemented Ayy Lmao ideas that just DON'T WORK.
>>44839262
>cribbed from the entire original trilogy
FTFY, TFA was a love letter to the entire thing.
>>44839083
>Disney still has him as a creative consultant,
They actually don't. They literally took all of his stuff and tossed it out. He's washed his hands of Star Wars, and I think he has a right to be a bit bitter with the way he was treated after.
>>44839233
>there were great ideas in KotCS
But they weren't executed all that well. Which, really, is and was sort of the problem with George's career. He's got some great ideas but he needs editing and people saying no some of the time
>>44839228
Too over the top, for me personally. It was always pulpy, but pulpy is a professor who can knock out Nazi's with a single punch, not somehow survive a nuclear bomb by hiding in the fridge
>>44839262
>follows the heroes journey closely, just like ANH
>LMAO RIPOFF
>>44839291
>love letter
Is that what we call "rehashes" now? The Thrawn Trilogy was a love letter. TFA just straight-up copied shit.
>>44839285
I have never seen anyone not understand Indiana Jones this hard in my life.
>>44839233
>there were great ideas in KotCS
There weren't. The whole project was shit from the beginning.
>>44839324
Don't bother with the shills.
>>44839351
>I have never seen anyone not understand Indiana Jones this hard in my life.
Then what do you think Indiana Jones is supposed to be, oh disciple of the lord George Lucas, le master ideas man?
>>44839324
Shame people can't see what JJ trash TFA really is, everyone too excited cuz "lol no lucas".
>>44839294
He took his ideas in, but Disney's under no obligation to use them just because he made them. And whatever those ideas were, they weren't seen as worth pursuing
As for how he's been treated since, Disney done right by him. Certainly they haven't fucked him over or out of anything
>>44839285
Indy wasn't exacty young. He was in his late thirties and was a college professor right from the start.
And KotC WAS focused on the science - the crystal skulls have long since been debunked as anything but recent creations, but back in the 50s they were thought to be crazy shit. Mitchell-Hedges was all over it.
>>44839307
I can agree it was a bit too over the top, but remember that this is after Indy drank from the Holy Grail, plus the fridges back then were lead-lined so at least radiation wouldn't have been an issue. Remember also that in a previous movie they launched an inflatable boat out of a flying airplane and landed it safely, so it's not like the fridge is THAT far-reaching for Indy.
>>44838859
I already am
>>44839388
The plane boat thing actually felt like it could work, the bomb fridge took me completely out of the movie. Not least for the why it just sailed completely out of the blast zone and landed in the desert. It was like something from Wile E Coyote
>>44839323
They did copy a few too many elements (Cantina scene, Trench Run, Mcguffin is a droid with a map) but ultimately it worked as its own thing IMO
>>44839376
George is just bitter than people are enjoying the franchise more now that he's left. Rather than taking it gracefully he cries like a bitch nigga.
http://moedred.livejournal.com/2009/03/04/
>There's the above transcript from an Indiana Jones writing session between George, Spielberg, and Kasdan. In this transcript Lucas is the sane one who grounds the more outlandish ideas that the other two were proposing. It shows that at least early on Lucas had a handle on ideas and effective writing.
>>44839370
TFA is like every other JJ film: a homage to something from his childhood were he gets the idea but totally misses on the execution.
>>44839460
Hey, I'm not. But I didn't enjoy much of the George parts of it to begin with, just the EU.
>>44839376
The original deal was that he would be a consultant, and that the idea behind him selling Lucasfilm was that he wanted more Star Wars movies to come out without him having to direct them. He wrote the story treatments for the next trilogy. He was going to have Disney make his Episode VII, with Lucas remaining as a consultant to ensure the story gets a proper and authentic jump-start, and then fade more and more into the background which each subsequent film.
This was all abandoned completely as soon as J.J. Abrams was brought in. He and his team completely threw out George Lucas's story treatments. "The Force Awakens" has nothing to do with any of George Lucas's plans for the new trilogy. As soon as he realized they were going to completely disregard his input, he decided to simply wash his hands of it and completely walk away. You can tell he was bitter about it, too.
How do I know this? Watch the interviews with Lucas before and after J.J. Abrams was in the picture.
Before:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YyqlTi7lkhY
Lucas sounds excited. He thought up a new story! He wants to see it come alive, and sit in the audience to enjoy it as a spectator. He wants Disney to shepherd his baby and leave a lasting legacy. He's selling the company because he wants a big entity like Disney to nurture and protect his vision, and it all starts with putting his new trilogy of films into production.
After:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tLV9eQwvJaw
"I offered them my story ideas and J.J.'s team told me to fuck off. Whatever. They can go fuck themselves. Why did I even sell my baby. Oh well, I guess I'll retire and enjoy my billions now that I can't have anything to do with my creation. Consider it a divorce."
>>44839492
Jesus, all of Spielberg's ideas are fucking terrible.
>>44839570
Yep. Makes you wonder about how much of KotCS was Spielberg's ideas, now, doesn't it?
>>44839494
So maybe JJ needs to rewatch the stuff from his childhood with a more jaded eye, so that he can become a better writer.
>>44839660
JJ doesn't need to get better, he needs to leave.
>>44839509
Oh yeah, Lucas definitely took it gracefully, which is why he used "the fans will enjoy it" as a insult, and compared his decision to sell Star Wars to being forced to sell his child to slavers.
Lucas is an idiot and Star Wars has always been best with minimal Lucas input.
>>44839678
Thankfully he is doing, but the damage is done
>>44839678
Bingo. He's riding a wave of nostalgia mostly for Spielberg Amblin films. He needs to learn to be a little more original or GTFO.
>>44839494
Sucks that TFA will be forgotten like all his movies. Glad his gone.
I didn't know /swg/ disliked TFA this much.
>>44839747
If only they'd gotten someone else for 7. At least 8's got a good director, and even if 9's is kind of shitty they've got Johnson writing both 8 and 9 so hopefully Trevorrow can't fuck 9 up too much.
Hey guy, I've noticed a trend, why is it between 1pm - 5pm eastern time the general gets filled up with people bitching about movies or vidya games, sometimes, hell most of the time not even Star Wars. Is it board crossover time or something? Not one of those people that thinks we can only talk about traditional games all the time, just curious as to this weird phenomenon that seems to continue day after day at the same time range.
>>44839770
He ruined Star Trek and now he ruined SW, I hate him so much.
>>44839770
How new are you, buddy?
>>44839747
>implying TFA hasn't already become iconic in the public eye
>>44839770
It's been infested by the prequelfags from the /co/ general.
>>44839686
That white slavers comment rubs me up the wrong way, because if you're comparing your business partners to slavers, what does that make you, the guy who sold his "kids" in the first place?
>>44839770
No one here genuinely liked TFA.
>>44839803Actually pretty old but I sometimes take big leaves from the general.
>>44839460
Yeah, he even said it himself in that "white slavers" interview, you've just got to cut off all contact and let it go
I feel for the guy, he did some great work, and even the prequels at the very least pioneered special effects techniques that we still use now (seriously, Andy Serkis wouldn't have a career without Jar Jar proving mocap acting was possible)
>>44839825
Exactly. He sold it willingly, and a mature person, rather than whining and moaning when their choice doesn't pan out exactly like they want it to, accepts it.
But Lucas isn't mature, he's a fucking manbaby.
>>44839882
He sold it expecting to be consulted, expecting to still have a little input in the franchise, only for Jar Jar Abrams and co to tell him where to go.
It's like renting a car out to people and then suddenly some jackass just steals it for five hours and leaves it wrapped around a fucking tree.
The dust hasn't settled yet, but I might as well ask:
How do you deal with players who stat up a droideka PC as their backup character?
>>44839937
Must be tough having the original cast turn their back on him, too.
>>44839937
There was literally no guarantee they were going to use his ideas. He knows people dislike his latest efforts, he should have expected they would want to distance themselves.
>>44839940
Deal with it.
(there are stats for one in Chronicles of the Gatekeeper, you might want to show that to your player as some kind of guidance)
>>44839940
Droidekas don't have the intelligence motivator developed enough to be sentient, hence droidekas can't be PCs
How would you deal with players who stat up wampas as their backup character?
>>44839836
>excuse me while I speak for everyone
Fuck you
>>44839961
Did they though? They were asked back as actors and they did their job. Are we talking some form of disloyalty here?
>>44839981
Couldn't a Droideka have one installed though?
>>44839981
you have them attack a wannabe jedi who hacks their arms off so that they can't eat and die of starvation.
>>44839978
>>44839981
Phew. Good to know that I got it right.
I basically worked with the player who tried that to make something similar, but more balanced with the party's level. He seemed pretty okay about it.
>>44839937
He sold the whole thing, lock and stock. There was no guarantee he was going to be listened to
>>44839988
On that one he's talking out of his ass. It was Lucas who approached Hamill and Fisher about getting back into it
Haven't heard how they wrangled Ford, though I'd guess a paycheck on a fishing line was involved
>>44839994
why would someone want to give sentience to a transform-and-roll-out murdermachine with deflector shields?
Making a droideka PC would bar the pc to do anything except shoot at things.
They don't even have hands
>>44840044
Neither does R2 unless you count retractable manipulators/tools, and he's a perfectly acceptable droid PC.
>>44840020
A sentient commando droid might be more applicable as a PC, there are stats for those in Chronicles too.
Thought /swg/ liked TFA.
>>44839981
>How would you deal with players who stat up wampas as their backup character?
I fucking let them.
You'd be a fucking terrible GM to not let them.
>>44839770
I didn't hate TFA as much as I did Attack of the Clones, but I'm not going around saying that its the greatest thing.
TFA is an adequate space adventure film with explosions and lightsabers and plot points lifted whole cloth from A New Hope. Its got some fun character beats, some fun action sequences, and some grating characters, but that's all its got. It lacks the tension, stakes, art direction, or even theadmittedly overblownmythic underpinnings that made the original trilogy memorable.
Its hard to articulate, but TFA reminded me a lot of the weaker entries of the 90s EU, particularly the Jedi Academy Trilogy, only without the batshit crazy elements that made up for Kyp Durron's bullshit.
>>44839961
You mean the original cast of Harrison Ford, who frequently told George that his writing was terrible, Carrie Fisher. who helped Ford in reworking most the romance in Episode V, or Mark Hamill, who walked out on the franchise more or less completely up until now?
I'm not saying that they hate him or anything, but given the way George treats actor I can't imagine there's a tale of betrayal there.
>>44840059
but Rs-D2 is a utility droid, basically the party's skill monkey.
Droidekas do one thing and one thing only. Shoot things dead.
They can't even talk
>>44839770
I don't hate it but I'm not crazy about it. Watching the movie feels great but after a while you realize it wasn't that great. 7/10 imo
>>44840066
I fucking hated it, myself.
Literally not one original thought in the entire movie. Everything good about it was done in ANH or done in the EU and done better in both cases.
>>44839937
Not really. If Lucas wanted to have a huge part, he should've demanded it and had it in writing as part of the contract agreements to sell the company. His expectations were off-base and it's more akin to somebody thinking they'll continue dating somebody that's a hooker after the payment is done and they've had their hour. That's not what was agreed nor is it the expectation for most sane people.
>>44840066
/swg/ is a mess of people, some of whom are trolling, some who just can't accept literally anything Disney makes for whatever reason
I for one enjoyed it. Its got flaws, but those flaws are completely overshadowed by how good it was. One of the few films I saw twice in a cinema, and it was actually better the second time
>>44840067
If anyone asks for the Wompa's ID, just tell them its a rare Snow Wookie. Works every time
>>44840039
Ford came back after he read the script apparently. Which I'm guessing means he saw the wordsHan Solo diesand took the pay-check right away
>>44839937
>It's like renting a car out to people and then suddenly some jackass just steals it for five hours and leaves it wrapped around a fucking tree.
>Completely sell a thing you own to another party
>"It's like renting----"
No, I'm afraid it's nothing like renting, anon.
>>44840039
They probably told Ford "Here's a lot of money, play the character one last time and we'll kill him off so you don't have to do it ever again."
>>44840091
Sounds like George just doesn't get people. Maybe he'sautisticas well as immature?
>>44840066
It's not worthy of Hate. At worst it's mediocre.
>>44840112
Well I heard he wanted that kind of finale even back in ROTJ so I can't say I'm surprised
Interestingly there's no consensus on why he wanted it to happen. I've heard he wanted a capstone to Han's arc of learning to fight for others instead of himself, and others saying he just wanted out of the franchise
>>44840066
Who'd have thought it, /swg/ isn't a homogenous blob of groupthinkLiterally the only things I liked about it were Fin and Poe, and the space reggae. The writing was shit, the special effects didn't have any real emotional weight to them, I can't take Autismo McTantrum seriously as a villain and Rey was shit
>>44840113
>I don't understand metaphor
Why does Ford hate SW again?
How much info do we have on the walkers on the far right here?
>>44840066
Why would we though?
If you're retarded enough to buy into marketing-manufactured hype, then that's on you.
I'm not saying you have to hate it with unbridled passion, but hopefully you can realize on your own that it's really nothing special. Certainly nothing worth all the people that praised it right before and after it started showing up in theaters.
I mean, take a look at how the reviews are turning, because people are no longer blinded by nostalgia and hype, they're seeing the flaws, which are fairly big.
>>44840140
Probably both.
But personally always though Ford was fond of his role as Solo.
He feared tho that his fans would remember him for that role and that role only
>>44840156
>I don't understand metaphor
Let me put it another way for him:
Your metaphor a shit
>>44840140
Honestly, he probably came up with the first to justify the second.
>>44840066
It's a remake, some nostalgia and not much more.
>>44840180
....Is that Lucien?
I guess the signature in the corner says it isn't.
Looked like him.
>>44840156
It's a shitty metaphor that doesn't work fuckface.
>>44840114
That and having Disney making more Indiana Jones was actually the big rumor of why he was signed up for the film in the first place when he got announced.
>>44840140
>>44840173
He wasn't super fond of the character, which is why Han was frozen in ESB in the first place, in case he just didn't come back for RotJ, they could use that as an out for the character. He finds Han to be kind of one-note and not really important enough since the character detracts from the main story of Luke and good vs evil and such.
>>44840177
I don't think we have any. I'm pretty sure they're not in the cross-sections book, might not even be in the visual dictionary.
>>44840225
No idea, I just found the image via Google.
>>44840173
He doesn't hate star wars, he hates crowds, popularity, that stuff. And star wars gave him way the hell more of it than he could handle
>>44840066
How can you like a movie where the main antagonist is an angsty retard who poses no real threat to the protagonists?
Even the final duel looked like toddlers waving sticks
>>44840177
Zero, beyond something similar showing up in the art book (which, for the record, is a somewhat sad read. SO many cool ship designs they didn't use. Hope the FO Interceptors turn up at least)
At a guess I'd assume its an AT-AT derived design, with greater forward firepower and armor at the expense of the AT-AT's flexible "head" turret
>>44840261
>>44840086
>they can't even talk
Neither can Polis Massans
>they do one thing, shoot things dead
Funnily enough that's my current PC's main job description, although now he's sidelined into killing things with lightsabers too.
>>44840261
>no real threat
>Kylo fucking ruins Finn in the final fight before starting on Rey
Seriously, Finn is going to need some serious surgery, probably cybernetics, to recover from the damage he took in that fight
As for Kylo more generally, he flips out over the exact same shit Vader flipped out over. Unlike Vader though Kylo isn't a twat who kills his own officers just for telling him bad news
>>44840156
Finn was the best new idea by far. A stormtrooper who's been raised by birth who defects and has to stumble through everything like an idiot because all he knows how to do is fire a blaster and push a broom. The movie really should have been Finn & Poe's Excellent Adventure,but if Poe was in the movie more that would be one less thing Rey would be great at, and we couldn't have that, could we?
I also kind of liked that Kylo Ren wants to be hardcore but his dad won't let him, so he gets played like a fool by Snoke who feeds his special snowflake fantasy. Then again, I doubt they're going to resolve that arc in a satisfying way.
Glad other people share my hatred for JJ and TFA. Here's hoping he doesn't ruin another series.
>>44840323
You dumb fuck, Vader killed his men for incompetence. Ozzel fucked up the approach to Hoth, Needa couldn't find a single scrapheap freighter hiding in an asteroid belt.
>>44840355
To be honest, while that Ozzel moron had it coming, Needa's death was pretty unfair.
>>44840323
>Unlike Vader though Kylo isn't a twat who kills his own officers just for telling him bad news
So Kylo Ren is like babby's hugbox version of Darth Vader, gotcha
Shhhh honey it's okay that you dropped out of lightspeed too quickly and alerted the rebel forces, you tried your best that's all that matters
>not muh darkside power fantasy!
>>44840044
Why would someone have an entire army of droids with the intelligence of a dimwitted child?
Seeing as B-1 and super battle droids were able to operate independently it stands to reason droidekas were too.
>>44840392
Did you forget to quote something or did you just need to post that?
>>44840376
Think about it. If you didn't know about all of the Falcon's capabilities and you didn't know that was Han motherfucking Solo piloting, would you be as forgiving for letting it get away? When the damn thing literally charged you?
>>44840429I'd be quoting far too many posts.
>>44840392
The best part is that kylo is almost exactly what sithfags would be like if they actually got force powers
>>44839770
It's either a vocal minority or people just stirring shit. Probably both
>>44839847I think I should be doing that, it's been a long time since I had fun coming here.
>>44840310
bringing up a shitty movie agains another shitty movie is not a great move.
But at least that fight gave you the idea that maybe, just maybe, Anakin could've won
>>44840323
Still, no real threat. Kylo kills exactly two elderly and defenseless men in the movie.
He defeats finn, who isn't per se a great challenge, after a boring and anticlimatic fight.
He has no charm, desn't transmit any sense of danger or evil.
Vader on the contrary almost kills Luke during the battle of Yavin, traps Solo on Bespin and wrecks the shit out of Luke the first time they fight. He command absolute loyalty from his generals and everyone fears him and his power. Those who don't end up dead.
That's why Vader is a better antagonist than Kylo Ren.
Hadn't the planet rupture under their feet, Ren would've died there and there
Ren is just, flavourless. He's not dangerous, he's not charming, he doesn't have the aura of power and respect Vader had.
He is considered powerful just because people say so and because he allegedly killed a bunch of children offscreen with his buddies
>>44840452
Speaking of Force powers, what kind of person would refuse to use them even when pushed to the limit?
>>44840421
>Before the Federation's defeat following their Invasion of Naboo, these droids were usually slaved to a central control computer.[1] This technique fell out of favor in the aftermath of said battle, however, and they would later function independently like the B2 super battle droids did.
That is from Legends, there is nothing talking about Destroyer Droid intelligence in nucanon. So yeah, Droidekas are as intelligent as Super Battle Droids in legends settings.
The intelligence of B-1s though, you are right, why the hell would you have your army run on that.
I bet its actually a pretty good movie and I plan to watch it theaters when I get out of the countryside..
>>44840499
Don't expect anything going in, and only judge the film by what you see and hear in the theater. Only then will you achieve enlightenment.
>>44840499
You'll probably end up enjoying it. It's a 7/10 movie. Not amazing but not horrible and still worth a watch.
>>44840323
>As for Kylo more generally, he flips out over the exact same shit Vader flipped out over.
You know what Vader didn't do?
Throw a tantrum and wreck equipment.
Equipment costs money; people are paid money.
Killing incompetent officers saves money.
Destroying equipment burns money.
Fuck Kylo Ren, he is literally a whiney little bitch.
>>44840421
Because droids aren't meant to think. Droids function because of the routines set within them that dictate what they should or should not do in a given situation. They cannot think for themselves, only base things off of probability while operating independently and from direct orders. Of course, Super Battle Droids have better programming than standard TF battle droids, but they're still limited in what they can process.
>>44840498
Apparently its because they weren't built to run without being slaved to a computer. Their constant chatter is their brains attempts to process more information then they can handle.
>>44840498
The B1s aren't supposed to BE an army. They're literally just security droids. The ones from AotC on have been upgraded from their TPM counterparts, but still you're looking at cheap pieces of shit cannon fodder meant to look like they can overrun anything given time.
>>44838923
>TFA was an awesome movie that finally got what Star Wars is supposed to be.
>>44840553
Training officers in the first place costs money.
>>44840493
>Be normal person
>Chillin at home, watching Star Wars
>Suddenly FORCE GHOST
>YOU HAVE THE POWAH.jpg
>sith come out from the dark corners in your hous, from under the couch, out of the toilet, everywhere
>You knoy you are fugged
>ghost talks to you
>use the force to save yourself
>you're all like nah
>why.jpeg
>force users a shit
>>44840554
If they can think well enough to panic they can think well enough to be playable.
>>44840066
I liked it.
But yeah, is not the masterpiece people wanted
>>44840581
But in a galaxy-wide military force, manpower is cheap. Why else do the Imperials use wave tactics with TIEs?
>>44840620
Bridge officers on capital ships probably cost more than TIE pilots.
>>44840619
It's kind of like this:
>I like sandwich
>sandwich company promises new and improved sandwich
>turns out to be old sandwich, stale from back of fridge, with new bread
>>44840553
>mfw I'm the First Order officer who has to do the bills each month
>That fucking edgy kid broke ANOTHER fucking computer with a tantrum
>Can't report him; he has absolutely no accountability or fiscal responsibility
Fuck my life
>>44840642
I do not understand.
>>44840620
Because TIEs aren't actually that bad of a fighter, they only got that reputation thanks to the books and games being made by people who decided that the TIEs were stupid and should blow up lots. TIE pilots aren't supposed to be expendable, they are supposed to swarm and enemy and suffer minimal causalities from the fact that the enemy either gave up, never had a chance to shoot back, or were flying in inferior craft that couldn't manage to take out the high tech mil-spec TIEs.
>>44840675
TFA is not Star Wars, anon.
>>44840675
He's hiding nearly everyone's posts because he can't handle dem hot opinions, I think
>>44840620
Crumple zones, ejector seats, massed firepower, superior numbers, pick up survivors after the battle yadda yadda.
Reward the better pilots with better fighters.
>>44840697
I see.
>>44840692
I am pretty sure its as star wars as you can get.
>>44840604
the intelligence thing is diminutive.
Why would you be able to play as a B-1 and not as a Droideka?
Because you have hands, a generic humanoid form, and can persorm a numerous set of tasks to help your party in situations outside of combat.
Droidekas don't. Not having any appendage except for blasters, not having eyes and not even having the option to talk make you role strictly limited to combat.
Unless you're in a party of murderhobos in a heavy combat campaign, you're gonna get bored really really fast, because you are completely useless outside of your specific field, and bring no help to the party
>>44840009
>Wampa now has an excuse to find cyberarms
You fool, all you've done is create a Wampa street samurai!
>>44840697
He is hiding the posts because this is /swg/ on /tg/, we don't need to discuss the movie or other movies every fucking day. Its the same damn discussion every day too, its never about lore, or usability in our games, stories, ect, its just about what people wanted or the quality.
>>44840650
But that pales in comparison to the power they wield.
Ozzel's incompetence likely cost many lives on Hoth, not to mention credits, for example.
>>44840664
Eh, at least is a sandwich. And i do like sandwiches
>>44840724
It cant be that hard to install a couple of R2 style gripers and something to make a few beep-boop noises.
>>44840765
So do I, just not when they're stale.
>>44840009
but anon, the wampa maimed by luke did not die.
It survived and swore vengeance
Finished Jedi Outcast very recently.
On top of that game being shit, why did they make a new race for Desann? It would have been cooler if he were of one of the many reptillian races that already existed in Star Wars lore.
>>44840786
>Jedi Outcast
>shit
Get out
>>44838463
I mean... you can go Ssi-Ruuk (I'm not even sure if that's spelled right), which are basically talking dinosaurs with guns. See Truce of Bakura. They attempted a limited invasion of the Galaxy from the assend, using droid starfighters powered by the souls of their religious captives. They're pretty xenophobic and zealous, but I'm sure you could play one post-Bakura if you really stretched your justification.
>>44840753
aren't you the one arguing that lives are cheap?
>>44840724
>Play a Droideka, live with the constant struggle of not having hands, constantly strive against the constraints put upon you by your creators, spend every credit you make for upgrades to both your intelligence and your body, buying hulks of other droids to work as drones linked to you to act as your hands and eyes and mouth, finally achieve what you were looking for, a life free of the constraints of ONLY WAR
Droideka sounds fun.
>>44840786
>Shitting on glorious Kyle Katarn
>Baiting this hard
here's you reply
>>44840808
They are. It doesn't mean spending them needlessly is acceptable.
>>44840786
Your opinion is garbage and therefore I will not be engaging in discourse with you, as you are clearly of horrible taste.
>>44840825
Probably shouldn't be killing your own guys then.
>>44840802
>>44840821
Kyle Katarn is cool, Dark Forces is my second favorite FPS ever.
But Outcast, and to a lesser extent Academy, are ass.
>>44840818
but then why not simply make a generic droid who likes to shoot things?you just want an excuse to say 'transform and roll out' don't you
>>44840484
Well, that's the point. Ren is only where he is because he has Snoke holding his hand and sponsoring him within the First Order. But besides that he has nothing. Hux only tolerates him because of Snoke, and even Snoke is likely only keeping him around in an attempt to kill Luke once and for all. That aside, Ren has no value within the First Order.
That aside, Ren is internally conflicted not only by the fact of 'muh light side', but the fact that he ISN'T the equal of Darth Vader, not by a long shot. No one respects him. People fear him like one would fear a loose rabid dog. His actions result in as many or more failures than successes. He has heard all of the stories of the Empire, and of Grandpappy Vader, and every attempt of his to emulate it just results in more failings. And because he was never shown how to learn from his mistakes, or react to problems like a normal human being, he lashes out and explodes when things don't go the way he wants. Because he isn't Darth 2.0, that's most of the time.
>>44837106
speaking as one of the people who the leadership class would be volunteering to die in flames to suit their honor, yeah, no, I'll have a double serving of rot and decay, thanks
>>44840786
I'm sorry not every game can have Rosh in it, Anon.
Also
>Hating on Chistori
Countless bullshit ridiculous races are part of the charm of Star Wars
>>44840802
>>44840821
>>44840840
Not him but I couldn't stand the shitty level design. Combat was never hard but that level design was atrocious.
>>44840867
No shield generators maybe? Also they are probably fairly cheep being pretty old.
>>44840859
Why?
>>44840859
I enjoyed Academy way more than Outcast.
>>44840873
don't worry anon.
The ruling class will be right beside you while buring in a final blaze of defiance
Such is the way of Mandalore
>>44840785
DESOLATION
DEVASTATION
>>44840867
I was just explaining to you why one might, I am not someone who actually wants too. Though now I kind of want too.
So then I have to figure out a why for you, which is difficult because I didn't come into this wanting that and instead I just want to because I really like the story I just crafted to explain to you how one could play one. This is all now very confusing and I think I shall have a cup of tea instead.
>>44840900
you can just buy a shield generator with your starting credits.
and no, Droidekas are not cheap. Not by a longshot.
In Saga a single droideka costs more than 20,000 credits
>>44840988
Then they are probably worth the money so you would want one rather than a random droid with a shield generator.
>>44840683
yeah, TIEs are actually really sensible from a grand military strategy approach
numerical advantage and maneuverability are EVERYTHING in air-to-air combat. sure, an individual TIE takes less direct hits to bring down than an X-wing. this means less than nothing when for the cost of an X-wing you can put two and a half fighters in the air, one of which WILL be behind the target.
if TIEs are engaged in even numbers with the enemy, the enemy stands a decent chance of winning. if TIEs ever engage in even numbers with the enemy, someone at Command has fucked up big-time.
>>44840933
WHAT A MESS WE MADE
>>44840926
oh hey, some random jackasses I've never met have walked up to my house to set it on fire on grounds their space-honor commands it.
yes, this is definitely something I, a humble shit farmer, am not going to raise any objections to.
>>44840896
>Literally cannot get good
>Has to play on easy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0v5TM70Zr0g
>>44840848
If they're going to be incompetent fuckups and get people killed for no gain, they probably deserve a case of Diet Choke.
