>futuristic setting
>people still use melee weapons
Projectile weapons can't hit main characters.
>>317608464
This
Star Wars has had melee weapons since the first movie. Not to mention light sabers.
Also, blasters use missile projectiles. They're basically just 'super fast, charged bullets'.
>implying modern soldiers don't use knives
>>317608304
Is that a shield he has?
>>317608304
Is that a riot Storm Trooper
>>317608754
It's super heated gas.
>>317608754
pretty sure blasters use plasma shaped with electromagnetic fields, like with covenant guns in halo
>>317608754
Nigga, blasters use gas like Tibanna.
Originally all the stormtroopers where supposed to have lightsabers as well.
>>317608872
>>317608978
Yes, its a commentary on all those riots over the summer. Finally, a strong black male can overcome his oppressive white overlords
>>317608304
>wears armour
>still has a shield
>>317609139
>>317609241
Blasters use super heated gas around a projectile (bullet).
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blaster_%28Star_Wars%29
>>317608304
>futuristic setting
>can have anything explained by any ol bullshit
Can you even into fiction?
>>317609424
b-but its le epic
>>317608304
star wars is a samurai movie set in space to avoid legal issues.
But it's set in in the past, it says so right at the start
>real life modern soldiers don't carry bulletproof shields
Why the fuck not? Portable cover sounds like a good thing.
>>317609574
Only the first movie
>>317609424
It's probably to block lightsabers, likely with an energy field of its own.
>>317609336
Why didn't the emperor just clone himself, or at least use his DNA to genetically create an army of sith warriors?
>>317609653
you trolling or just dumb?
star wars is for autistic childrens without any logic
>>317609653
It's not useful at military ranges and situations, but it does exist
>>317609727
i think because he noticed how well it work for the god emps and said fuck that.
>>317609653
Swat teams do
>>317609727
>>317609727
1. because that would be too good of an idea for george
2. because the clone army was already made
3. because clonese take time to grow
4. because
>>317609653
You're a retard
second of all we don't have bulletproof shields just bullet resistant
>>317609727
He did though, but its non canon now :^)
Palpatine also did everything for the greater good of the galaxy because he forsaw the mary sue aliens that are immune to the force invading the galaxy.
>>317609828
entertaining oneself is illogical, you can just spend that time on sleep
which is what you should be doing, mr. logic robot-autismotron
Armour development is always one step ahead of weapons development. Soon we'll have suits that can completely block multiple hits from middle sized arms and then melee weaponry will see it's use againto a lesser extent.
![lead_large[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/R0Sl5wr.jpg "lead_large[1].jpg")
>>317608304
>Futuristic setting
>black people still exist
If evolution is real, all the apes should have evolved to humans by then
>>317609817
>>317609905
Seems like you're the stupid one here.
>Full body shield blocks bullets
Also see
>>317609887
>>317609863
>>317609359
I don't see why this would be effective in battle. I get maybe using that gear in cities to maintain order, after all you can't just unload into a crowd of rioting citizens without causing more panic. But why deploy that shit on an open battlefield? Wouldn't it be better to actually train stormtroopers how to deal with a lightsaber by simultaneously shooting in different spots with your squad to make it impossible to deflect? I don't know, just spitballing here.
Also, still mad JJ decided to cast a dindu just because he is a dindu. It is ironic, he said it was to add diversity as if racism were an issue, but by doing this he himself committed an act of racism.
>>317609727
Actually something like that happens in the EU.
It's fucking retarded and I'm pretty sure you meant that as a joke
>>317608304
I think the best way to handle this would be forcefield armor nonsense, but no setting ever goes this route to explain it.
>future setting
>people use melee weapons
>why?
>because the current generation of armor can't protect against high frequency blades or other melee impacts that cover a wide area of the body
>the armor is designed to take impacts from small ballistics fire and concentrated energy blasts, but loses protection against larger blunt attacks and high frequency weapons
Instead it's always like
>future setting
>people use melee weapons
>why?
>becuz it's cool lol
>>317609958
>Soon we'll have suits that can completely block multiple hits from middle sized arms
We have those already
They're a bitch to operate in
>>317609958
That's bullshit.
>>317609863
What use does the led pointer have? Make shield bashing more accurate?
>>317608304
>>317609359
I don't give any shit how bad anyone says this is, this is hype and you have no reason to think otherwise
>futuristic setting
>has retarded shit like melee weapons and mechs
>instead of rolling with it they invent retarded reasons why it totally makes sense
I get that it's a rule of cool type of thingalthough the only setting with them I can tolerate them is 40k, everything else is either retarded or anime shit. But leave it at that. Making up ultra specific reasons why it's viable (and even then 90% of the time it doesn't even make sense to not use anything else) is stupid.
>>317609998
They're literally the epitome of cumbersome. Also read again >>317609863
>>317610409
>retarded reasons why it totally makes sense
Elaborate please.
>>317609998
you realize those can only deflect small caliber weapons, right? they aren't cod magic shields
>>317610409
Suspension of disbelief. How does it work?
>>317609989
>JJ Abrams makes the main character a black guy to fill the diversity quota
>can't say anything negative against him as an actor or character or you're called a racist
Its brilliant.
>>317609460
Where does it says that?
Also
>linking to wikipedia's behind the scenes info
>not wookiepedia where the legit info's at
>>317610021
Looks like they could be effective in dealing with less trained jedi. Especially if there's more than one of them since the one in the gif seems to be holding his own fairly well for being cannon fodder
The ones with shields probably help the ones with guns advance on an enemy without getting shot.
>>317608828
They really don't
>>317609727
I thought cloning Jedi was leagues more difficult than cloning anything else.
Like you'd get them, but it'd be almost impossible for it to use the force.
>>317609359
wow just when I thought it couldn't be any more stupid
First the cross lightsaber and now this.
>>317610348
It's just to blind rioters so they either can't organize, or else can't do anything but stand in formation, blind.
Probably the most effective thing there. People lose composure when they can't see what is coming, so even those lines of interlocked arms break easily once they get pushed a little.
>>317610409
So whats the chainsaw for?
>>317610110
I think LoGH explained it like that, or at least similarly.
>>317610843
C'baoth cloned Luke (and god damn I still can't believe that Zahn just named him "Luuke"), but the Thrawn trilogy was written before the EU "canon" was really a thing
>>317610409
honestly once you invent that super battery every sci-fi universe has that has a huge battery life and doesn't take up a ton of room you might as well make melee robots cause the only thing that's gonna slow them down is running out of ammo.
>>317611042
For wrecking shit, obviously
>>317609424
>futuristic setting
>not realizing it takes place a LONG time ago in a galaxy far far away
Their technology isnt advanced compared what else is to come in their galaxy, hence why theres still junk ships, slums, and fucking cowboys
>>317610683
>ak rounds
>small caliber
lel
>>317611042
Chainsaws are "Badass"40k is written, designed, and enjoyed by people with the mentality of 14 year olds.
>>317610021
>>317609667
>dindu this, dindu that
You fags know how a beat a dead horse even faster and more efficiently than Reddit.
>>317610746
>The blaster is a science fictional weapon that appears in Star Wars media. Lucasfilm defines the blaster as "ranged energized particle weaponry".
Also, in this book.
>>317609359
jesus christ that's one of the ugliest fucking human beings I've ever seen
>>317610763
this. If I was ever told to "ready my bayonet" or some shit I'd freak out
thats how you know you're truly fucked
>>317610970
>>317609359
I assume it's a backup weapon, like a soldier today would have a knife or baton or w/e.
>>317611170
By the time full plate harness was in common use, most knights opted for a two-handed polearm instead of a shield.
>>317608304
>futuristic setting
>in a galaxy far, far away...
it has nothing to do with past present or future, it's a different fucking galaxy anyway
>>317609359
I hope the storm trooper beats the shit out of that gorilla.
>>317610021
>It is ironic, he said it was to add diversity as if racism were an issue,
Racism is a huge issue in Star Wars. Half the alien races are brazen racial caricatures. Are you trolling?
>>317610715
Did he ever explicitly say he cast Boyega just to fill in a diversity quota? Or is this just /v/'s obnoxious nega-SJW paranoia?
>>317611170
it's called 20 more pounds for something that protects what's already protected
>>317611474
Lotta bulk for a backup weapon.
>>317609553
>>317611170
Learn some history instead of posting drawings.
Everyone stopped using shields after plate armor became widespread because of redondancy.
>>317611474
It looks way too fucking large and clumsy to be carried as a back up with you.
I'm still extremely hype for the movie, I just hope they don't fuck everything up again.
Like, why isn't the trooper behind him shooting him in the back?
At least the coreography doesn't look too over the top yet.
>>317611605
nobody ever openly admits to hiring/firing to fill a diversity quota
>>317608304
>futuristic setting
>people still use melee weapons
>it completely makes sense
Ohh right, this isn't Star Wars
>>317608304
>futuristic settings
>white people still exist
>>317608304
>futuristic setting
>>317611410
But something being a particle weapon doesn't mean it fires bullets. Light can be a particle.
>>317610110
It's in Dune and Mass effect I believe.
But melee weapons are still needed. Not swords and spears but knives , machetes batons. They arent as much weapons as tools.
Star Wars is Space Fantasy not Sci-fi
>>317611748
i thought they just shouted at each other really loud
>>317609359
I think what annoys me the most is that the storm trooper is shown to be at all fucking competent.
>>317611323
Can't read? That's what he's saying.
The shields a police force uses can't block 7.76.
That's why the welfare babbies don't use them in the sandbox.
>>317611675
>plate armor
>widespread
This is either a good bait or you don't know your history. Full plate was never common, only plate body became widespread, but full plate was out of leagues for 99% of soldiers. Besides full plate knights rode on horses anyways and were the tanks of that time. They didn't do ground combat.
>>317611748
there's a valid reason melee weapons are used in that universe though
![3-BulletToothTony-Snatch[2].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/5BGWpIw.jpg "3-BulletToothTony-Snatch[2].jpg")
>>317609359
>jedi have been completely forgotten in the galaxy (again)
>stormtroopers happen to carry a weapon that can repel lightsabres
>>317611605
Obviously he never said it or else the black community would boycott the film.
But its not exactly a secret that Disney (and other companies) are putting tons of black characters into their productions to seem diverse. We've had a black person play the both Phantom of the Opera and Annie. Some of the whitest roles in history.
Just wait. In a few years, we'll have black Heidi and black Cinderella.
>>317611580
people are retarded, if i make up a fantasy world with monsters and aliens with no black people then theres no black people.
Its as simple as that, its like having s little black boy write a story with people. Chances are its gunna have black people in because thats what he can relate to
There is no racism its just imaginary things happining in an imaginary world.
I fucking hate out society today, alwyas gettig offended and wanting "equal representation" holy shit fuck off
You dont see a shit storm of korean men demanding to be in star wars or other shitty games, why does progressive ideas always seeem to be the opposite
>>317611748
>>317611916
Care to explain?
>>317609359
That thing looks way too fucking big to be practical.
>>317609989
>a long time ago in a galaxy far far away
>>317609359
>>317611748
light saber make sense as a secondary weapons, tools and ceremonial items. But every jedis should carry atleast a pistol into a warzone.
>>317611410
Energized Particles? Blasters use lasers to convert Tibanna Gas into Plasma and then project it using a directed magnetic field. They're not particle weapons, what the fuck.
>>317609359
>alien planet in another galaxy
>the botanist in me recognizes the trees
>>317610670
>well nukes somehow don't work and their blood is toxic is we might as well build giant robots, even though we have tonnes of other weaponry that could kill them or have static gun emplacements
>well we developed ultra advanced personal shields that can stop everything but slow mowing objects, the only obvious choice is that we give everyone swords now
>>317611042
For cutting things.
>>317611112
But every tech advancment that works in favor of mechs also works in favor of the vastly superior Combined Arms.
>>317611376You sure showed me buddy
>>317611952
>(again)
Only 3 people in the whole galaxy knew a Jedi was fighting Vader and the Emperor during the Battle of Endor. For everybody jedis were extinct and the force was a myth.
>rascist cunts push their agenda on me
>liberal cùcks who are still apologizing for shit their ancestors did, push their agenda on me
I hate you both.
>>317612159
>go to redwood forest
>there's no ewoks
>>317611980
>You dont see a shit storm of korean men demanding to be in star wars or other shitty games
They are too busy sucking corporate dicks and playing mmos.But the Chinese are albeit with their money
>>317611985
something along the lines of defence shields had been developed but have a very explosive reaction to the laser weapons like massive explosions that would take out everyone in the area not just the defender
>>317611862
Who do you think would be left in the Empire after the 30 year gap?
>>317611952
Exactly this. How the fuck does that make sense? Or do random rebel soldiers use lightsabers now, as well?
>>317608304
Because guns (especially slugthrowers) are gay and unheroic as fuck
>>317612246
Exactly!
>>317611952
It's not as if they were remembered again after the clone wars. Vader and Luke never made much of an impact after the Clone Wars anyway. Even the Imperial officers didn't believe the shit Vader could do in Ep IV, until he force chocked them.
Regarding the saber repelling batons, it might be something Kylo Ren or insisted them to carry, maybe?
>>317612168
How did they even forget all this in 50 fucking years. Something as big as jedi council just can't be forgotten, there are evidence of the jedi all over the universe and the empire just can't make sure everyone on every planet just forgets them.
This is the thing that gets to me most, it's like thousands of years went by while actually it has been less than a century since the clone wars.
This small bit of trying for new stuff and not being a slave to OT iconography is the only thing that's made me excited to see this movie.
>>317609359
>non jedi using lightsabers
Hol up, hol up.
>>317612327
There are energy shields that only kinetic things can pass, projectiles or, you know melee weapons. You can also run through them. Hence, melee weapons.
>>317612361
Star Wars Lore says that people have used Vibro-weapons for literally thousands of years, why would they stop just because there are no Jedi? They weren't using them to fight Jedi all the time, sometimes they just needed a fucking melee weapon.
>>317611985
In the world of Dune personal 'Shields' have been created, which are basically invisible barriers surrounding a person, ship or whatever, that can repel anything that goes 'too fast', so basically all projectiles bar laser weapons.
However to allow the user the function, touch things etc - slower stuff can pass through fine - like melee weapons.
Even their combat style accomodated for "slower strikes" because striking too fast would trigger the shield and get slowed to a halt or outright repelled
Laser weapons cause mini-nuke type explosions when hitting these shields, killing both the shooter and the receiver, so usage is generally avoided too.
>>317611605
One of the running rumors floating around in the various Star Wars leaks, that is consistent, amounts to this:
Finn was supposed to be the main male lead. Disney and JJ auditioned a bunch of actors, including Jesse Plemmons (of Friday Night Lights, Breaking Bad fame) and John Boyega, a no-name actor who's only real credit was a really shitty British film called "Attack of the Block".
Disney wanted Plemmons but JJ, dying to SJW-ize Star Wars as his "crowning achievement" as a director, basically hired Boyega "because he was the best actor who auditioned for the role" (which is what he told Disney) but then told the press basically, he cast Boyega to avenge how Star Wars "had no black leads" in episodes 1-6, in the name of spreading social justice. He did this without bothering to consult Disney, who were blindsided, as they had told JJ they liked Plemmons and assumed JJ would not hire a random black guy out of the blue like that.
JJ's bullshit with the press basically made it impossible for them to fire Boyega, but they rightfully panicked because Boyega was supposed to be the male love interest for Luke and Leia's daughter. But they knew fans would not like it, ESPECIALLY foreign fans. As Disney wants the film to do gangbusters at the box office overseas too, given how most films these days make their money not in the states, but overseas.
So they point blank told JJ that since he fucked them over, that they were redoing the film script so as to undo the damage done by JJ. Oscar Isaac's character is now supposed to be Daisy Ridley's love interest and Boyega is now going to be forced into a comic relief parody of Han Solo role.
>Weapons that can repel jedi
>Not shotguns, flamethrowers and regular bullets
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kRfrNeBspEE
It's a good story if you have an hour to spare
>>317612436
The jedis are a small portion of who actually fight and command in the wars.
Lucas is a hack who gives no shit.
I love how none of you realize this guy dies.
Go watching the korean trailer.
Fin snd kylo encounter eachother in the woods, few clips later the girl is uncheaed over someone in the woods sobbing.
Ggg
>>317609918
That is non canon also.
>>317612470
did you somehow miss like the last 20 years of star wars?
>>317611875
>being this dense
This pic >>317609887
shows a commando's shield after the attacks in Paris. These are ak47 bullets.
>>317612436
I'd suppose the jedi never demonstrated their Force skills to the public. People were wary of them even before and then when they died out no one gave a shit about them anymore. I think they're like a shaolin monks kind of deal.
Star Wars is a long long time ago.
>>317612560
Not canon.
>>317612436
Even ignoring all the EU, Star Wars is a fucking broken story. Its best not to try and make sense of it. People have made videos longer than the actual movies themselves just to explain all the ways the movies are broken.
After a while, we have to admit that Lucas and his team were just trying to make a fantasy story in a scifi setting. And it got way bigger than anyone expected it to.
>>317612663
He's Lando's son and Lando wasn't a force user.
>>317612568
Oscar isaac is hardly in the move though according to the leaked plot. He just sort of starts the movie, then you see him again at the end being a pilot but he's absent for the entire middle section
>>317612620
>>317612695
>>317612786
I NEED TO KNOW PLEASE I'M FUCKINODNASD NAIPUDBADÅADNÅF
>>317612563
Would something like a laser sniper rifle be viable in (long ranged) combat then? Or am I underestimating the size of a miniature nuke?
>nobody's mentioned this might one of Finn's old stormtrooper friends confronting him about his betrayal
>>317611410
>"ranged energized particle weaponry".
> a bulllet
You're so out of your mind you're proving yourself wrong.
>>317612560
The "explanation" in kotor is that people have shields that works against blasters but vibroblades go through them
>>317611056
I think LoGH explained old timey weapons, even crossbows, were used because of Zephyr particles which would ignite if they come in contact with energy beams. And the fact they rocked heavy duty armors also helped, even though anime fails to point out their weapons were POWER weapons.
>>317611829
Dune was something to above, except only for laser weaponry. Reason why they employed melee weapons was because of how shielders worked in-universe - they let a slow moving object pass while blocking fast moving objects. Of course, this threshold could be adjusted so you could prevent air circulation but in turn get the equivalent of full plate armor. At least until you suffocate.
>>317612542
Then why not just fire bolts like APCR rounds at them?
>>317612568
>a really shitty British film called "Attack of the Block"
you wat, m8.
>>317612885
Imperial Propaganda.
That's all there is to it.
People who know arent allowed to talk
Young people dont know at all.
>>317612915
You are underestimating its size - basically you wouldn't engage in ground combat - where you are fine triggering that nuke
Also nukes themselves have a universe wide BAN with an agreement of everyone killing the people who employ them.
>>317608304
Why are people so mad a black guy is a main character? Do you have that much autism that you care about the race of the character?
I seriously can't imagine anyone complaining that the main character is black to their real life friends.
![latest[9].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/jnjmrwl.jpg "latest[9].jpg")
>Star Wars universe
>people refuse to realize that the Force has been the cause of all major wars so far and that the world would be much more peaceful if it died out
>>317612159
no. 1: The larch
>>317612436
In the novels there was a story tidbit in the book that takes place immediatley after Endor, The Truce at Bakura, which states that during the 20-odd years he was in power Palpatine ran an extensive propaganda and re-education campaign which claimed that the Jedi had been basically a bunch of magicians, using smoke and mirrors to simulate magical powers, and that he personally did not even believe The Force existed. This would thus explain why many people who grew up under the Empire like Han and Admiral Whatshisface on the Death Star referred to belief in the force as a Hokey Religion. Since the Jedi were relatively rare to begin with, Palpatine was such a Cult of Personality and there was nobody to refute this claim or demonstrate it's falsehood publicly other than Vader, who obviously wouldn't, it came to be accepted as fact in only a few decades.
I always thought that made a lot of sense. Maybe they kept it when they wiped out the Expanded Universe.
>>317612563
>mfw baron Harkonnen surprises everyone by bringing up a long forgotten weapon to simply cause a cave-in and get everyone hiding in a cave behind a shield to slowly suffocate - mortar
>>317612054
Laughed ALOT harder than i should have
>>317613129
Its not that he's black its that he's ugly and definitely not lead role material. Same goes for the girl too, neither have any charisma. Oscar Isaac begin in the background while those two steal all the limelight actually hurts since he's actually got talent.
>yfw star wars wont do as well as other movies due to the inclusion of a black main lead character as every other black male lead character movies always do poorly overseas (except for will smith)
>yfw boyega will be rewritten out of the story and kylo ren be rewritten as lead male character on the path of redemption while boyega becomes comic relief
Can't wait
>>317613064
>Also nukes themselves have a universe wide BAN with an agreement of everyone killing the people who employ them.
Not only nukes as much as atomics in general. Which is why everyone actually plays by the rules of "oh shit, someone is using shields = change to melee weapons and charge". Because it doesn't matter if you actually fired a nuke or were stupid enough to use a laser weapon on a shield when end result is exactly the same.
>>317613161
damn, not even attempted to extend it with some cgi parts.
>>317613287
I'll give you that, he's pretty ugly.
>>317613156
She did nothing wrong.
>>317613287
Sounds like typical Star Wars casting to me. Every secondary character overshadowing Luke and Anakin.
>>317609359
>being able to block a light saber
wtf is this shit
light sabers are supposed to cut through anything
>Disney's faces when Star wars 7 bombs while Rogue One becomes a smashing box office success and critical success
Also, asians in a samurai scifi setting? Finally.
The cast looks a lot better too.
>>317613180
>Since the Jedi were relatively rare to begin with
But they weren't!
They were everywhere before the clone wars.
They handled all sorts of assignments, diplomatics, hostage rescue, business negotiations gone awry and shit.
They were the jack of all trades and were called upon when there was a situation that could not otherwise be solved without their wisdom and insight.
>>317613329
Well yeah, pretty dope in any case that it made complete sense.
>>317612568
>John Boyega, a no-name actor who's only real credit was a really shitty British film called "Attack of the Block".
Just 30 seconds of research leads me to realize you're full of shit.
>>317613287
Could you at least watch the movie before deciding that the actor and the actress did a bad job?
A person being ugly means absolutely nothing to me and still sounds like thinly veiled racism.
>>317613485
vibro blade andmagicmagnetic field disagree
>>317612828
Force sensitivity is not purely genetic. Also, Lando is easily a badass enough dude that his son can be whatever the fuck he wants.
>>317613064
But I didn't use a nuke, I just fired a laser.
>>317613287
Yeah, and what the fuck is with this babyface blonde skinny hippy-looking faggot they cast as the Male Lead in A New Hope? He doesn't have any charisma and he delivers every line like a fucking whiny teenager, why is he the main character while a proven actor with actual talent like Harrison Ford is a B-tier buddy character?
There's no way Star Wars will succeed casting a complete unknown as the male lead like this.
>>317613634
Makes we wonder: will we see midichloreans again?
>>317613502
Is the dude on the bottom right blind?
>>317613529
Have you watched attack of the block? it's a decent movie but Boyega was barely in it.
>>317613485
*unsheathes vibroblade*
you can't cut through honor
>>317613502
is the guy in the button right ip man?
>>317613751
Yes.
Also,
>The plot revolves around a band of resistance fighters uniting to steal the plans to the Death Star, the Galactic Empire's planet-destroying battle station. The theft of the Death Star plans was first referenced in the opening crawl in A New Hope
>>317612828
anyone can use a lightsaber, m8. idk how you missed the minor big bad in all the prequels or the black lightsaber the mandalorians have.
>>317613846
Yep, that's Donnie Yen.
>>317612915
>>317613064
Also reminder, shields attract sand worms. So the only place a gun or crossbow is totally viable is in the deserts of Arrakis
>>317613589
>>317613829
>stormtroopers
>using vibroblades
>>317608754
The whole point of there being lightsabers in the OT is because of an old Jedi tradition, literally everyone made fun of lightsabers and treated them like ancient weapons, or at least until the prequels where it's like a video game, you can either choose to be a jedi or a guy that uses the blaster
>>317613548
Well of course, I'm not going to complain if Boyega ends up being the only good thing about VII, but im not too impressed so far with whats shown in the trailers or the recent clip.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SSjkUzlHxK4
>LOOK AT US. WE. ARE. ACTING.
Granted JJ does this with all his films
OP is a fag
>>317613485
No, certain alloys can withstand a lightsaber.
There are numerous scenes in the movies in which a lightsaber couldn't cut through everything.
>>317613740
>Mark Hamill
>has been acting in TV shows for about 7 years before being casted in star wars
>compared to a guy who's only been in one movie but got put in cause he black
Nice comparison
>>317613515
I don't think you're thinking on the scale of A GALAXY. Even if there were a hundred million jedi, or a BILLION jedi, they'd still be ridiculously rare when you're talking about a Republic that stretches across most of the Galaxy and is composed of, what, THOUSANDS of inhabited worlds? TENS OF THOUSANDS? Almost every one having a MUCH higher population than modern earth's measily 6 billion?
>>317613751
>blind swordsman err.... monk
how original
>>317613740
>He doesn't have any charisma and he delivers every line like a fucking whiny teenager
His character was a whiny teenager though, so your criticism isn't really valid.
>>317608304
>futuristic setting
>long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away...
>long time ago
>>317613502
Fuck you, Kyle Katarn was the one who stole the Death Star plans
>>317613548
It sounds more like you're willing to throw around accusations of racism whenever you can't understand something. I know 4chan is for funposting, but don't ever do that in real life.
>>317612560
Pretty sure Kotor invented vibro-blades. I don't remember anyone in the OT or Prequels mention them even once.
>>317613485
Muh made-up OC donut steel metals can block your shitty lightsaber.
>>317613161
Billy, do you think you could identify a larch tree if you saw one?
>>317613742
If we do, they will probably be explained away as not being as important as people previously thought or something. I'm fairly certain the Disney crew is aware that people didn't like them in the prequels.
I'm betting we never see them again though, and it will just be said that knowledge of midichlorians died with the old Jedi.
>>317613994
He managed to cut that same thing 10 seconds later after the "LUKE SMASH!!" moment.
>>317614107
>caring about a marty sue
>>317612624
Might as well be Han.
>>317613994
more like an oversight of lucas than anything.
quick google search show that the tube is cut later.
>>317611414
That's donkey kong.
He plays in the new movie
>>317613984
The fact that characters are actually DOING something in this Star Wars movie has already won me over that it won't be the fucking disaster the PT was.
There's nothing wrong with Boyega in that scene. The girl does come off as really weird and stiff though.
>>317613848
>literally making a movie about what the prequels should have been in the first place
>>317613502
Where are the Bothans?
>>317614107
There's still hope for that....r-right guys?
>>317614107
>not canon
>>317613742
>>317614192
They were already explained in the last episode arc of The Clone Wars, the episodes were never aired due to Disney cancelling the series so the artists could work on Rebels,b but you can view them on entflix
>>317614107
>>317614123
They existed in background materials before KOTOR, or any modern Star Wars videogame. I remember when I was a wee little lad reading someplace, maybe a Magazine or an early novel, about those mysterious red-armor Imperial Guards and it mentioning their Vibro-pikes as anti-Lightsaber weapons.
>>317612568
Fucking filthy kike.
>>317609359
why the fuck would a stormtrooper who are military have a fucking baton?
and why the fuck would he have it on his arm like that
is this what cück wars faggots are getting exited about? looks like shit
>>317614306
Alright, will check them out.
>>317613984
>Boyega's static screaming
>the Girl's disjointed accent that doesn't even stand up to Boyega's screaming
>>317613548
>thinly veiled racism.
where the fuck do you think you are?
>>317613980
The actual point is that when you have superhuman speed crossed with precognitive ability to detect where a shot will land, using a weapon that can cut through virtually anything and reflect any blaster bolt that hits it actually makes a whole lot of sense.
>>317609727
Because there us a limited amount of dark side energy. The sith lord is so powerful because almost all the energy lives in him and then his apprentice. Any other dark force user will make the siths weaker.
It is explained in some of the novels.
>>317613994
>There are numerous scenes in the movies in which a lightsaber couldn't cut through everything.
That's because they couldn't or they would've
>>317614520
couldn't they just use their precognitive ability to shoot people before they shoot
>>317614306
That last arc was so fucking good. CG Clone Wars is god damn criminally underrated for the crime of not being the original Clone Wars shorts. As if it's even fair to compare 15 minute hyper-artsy hand-drawn shorts made by Animation God Tartakovsky to ANYTHING else.
Couldn't theu cast a dindu that didn't look ugly? Hell, even the main villain looks like a chimp.
>>317614524
>mfw Darth Bane and two Rule of Two are not canon anymore
>>317608828
The knife today serves as more of a utilitarian tool that is the absolute last resort in a combat situation. Soldiers don't charge into battle with the knife.
>>317613515
There were less than 10,000 jedi (according to the Jedi in Rebels which is 100% canon according to Disney) at the time of Episode 3 in a galaxy of billions. Jedi have never been an insanely huge force even dating back thousands of years BBY (lol EU).
>>317611042
Other titans
>>317614609
Rule of cool. A sword in a world of guns is much cooler than another gun.
>>317614609
that doesn't make a very good moive
>>317608304
But that's my favorite trope.
>>317614678
in a Galaxy of Hundreds of Trillions* sorry Im running on fumes.
>>317614110
The general arc of this conversation was:
>(in response to hearing about the specifically racist uproar about Boyega) Why do people care he's black?
>It's not that he's black, it's that he's ugly.
I don't paint with a broad brush. I'm not calling you a racist. If it offends you that I think "he's ugly," amid the very obviously racist noise surrounding it, sounds like veiled racism then I don't know what to tell you.
I totally accept, and did in the post you're responding to, "As a result of previous works, I don't think he has any charisma," as a valid reason a person might not like Boyega, but I'm reserving my judgment until I see the movie.
>>317614659
They are though, rule of two is basically taken straight from the movies and Bane is in the Clone Wars but he now has samurai-type armor isntead of bug exoskeletons
>>317614659
Bane?
>>317614659
Bane appeared in TCW and Yoda said he was the one who created the Rule. They're canon
>>317611862
>Stormtroopers suck meme
You do realize the escape of Leia was engineered to happen, right? They had a beacon on the Falcon, thus the Stormtroopers had orders to miss, thus they found the Rebel Base on Yavin IV.
Stormtroopers are ordinarily not clone tier, but pretty good shots.
>>317614609
A blaster can only shoot where it points. A lightsaber also allows you to defend yourself significantly better against multiple opponents.
If the lightsaber didn't have the blaster bolt reflection gimmick, I'd be in complete agreement.
>JJ Abrams completely kills Star Trek
>Star Wars fans tell trek fans to shut up and enjoy a nice action movie
>JJ Abrams takes over Star Wars
>now they get to feel the pain of their favorite series fall apart
Sad thing is, the Star Wars fanbase is so dillusional, they'll actually say the movie is good. I mean, after the prequel movies, Star Wars fans have proven they'll hype anything with the Star Wars name. No matter how bad it is. Disney might as well just have a two hour shot of a guy holding a lightsaber and talking about politics and the Star Wars fans would still act like its the best movie ever made.
>>317614659
Darth Bane IS canon though. He appears as a ghost in the Clone Wars CG series, where Mark Hamill voices him.
>>317611802
"Now that's a name I haven't heard in a long time..."
>>317613548
He is ugly though, There are better looking blacks in Hollywood.
>Snoke
>Snake
>Darth Venemous
Maximum pottery
>>317609901
>1. because that would be too good of an idea for george
>too good
Oh shut the fuck up. The villain cloning himself 100 times and creating an army is pretty fucking stupid.
>because bullets always hit their mark before the mark can ever get to you
That's not how the chaos of combat works. Infantry is a shitty place to be because you'll more than likely come within 5ft of the enemy target.
>>317614609
Thats most definitely not the jedi way. The lightsaber is a tool not inherently a weapon. Carryin a gun means you intend to hurt someone.
How did niggers even come about in Star Wars? People get darker and darker as you get closer to the equator, but Shit Wars has planets waaay further and closer towards their respective suns, so the equator rule wouldn't exactly apply. Tatooine seems like one of the few places where niggers would actually exist, but it's just filled with white people and Jews.
In an age where there are various alien species and ease of interplanetary travel, I find it highly unlikely for any significant amount of niggers to exist. Nigs in Africa probably wouldn't even be black if they figured out how to make proper homes. It's not like they're the only place on the equator.
>>317610715
>claim to be unable to say critical things about an actors portrayal of character because you'll be called racist
>people do nothing but call the actor an ugly nigger since the first trailer.
>film isn't even out yet
I mean I can totally understand the frustration of people hiding shitty acting/production behind some kind of social message shield.
People aren't worried about that though, they just want to call someone a "dumb nigger lel"star wars hasn't really had any great acting performances
>>317612159
Maybe our trees came from a galaxy long ago and far away.
You damn nigger
>>317614373
product placement for their shitty toys
>>317614668
This guy isn't using a knife, it's like a retractable stun baton slash quarterstaff.
Shouldn't a lightsaber be more like a blunt weapon since the beam is surrounded by a forcefield? Or are they using the same forcefields they operate in their hangars, which leave air in, but spaceships through?
Makes me wonder what happens if a more powerful lightsaber overloads the forcefield of the opponent.
>using your gun as a club
>>317614943
yeah, all those jedi totes started carrying lightsabers to cut their space bread with
>>317614851
Is it the same Bane from the rule of two campaign?
>>317608304
1. If you are in close quarters combat, what would you prefer, a blaster rifle, or a blade that comes out of nowhere and cuts your opponent in half in a snap?
2. No fun allowed.
>>317608304
Melee weapons will never go out of style. People always need a way to fight up close.
>>317614837
>Stormtroopers suck meme
>Stormtroopers kill nearly everyone at Tantive IV
>Effectively track down the droids
>Brutally murder the Jawas and destroy Luke's home and uncles using nothing but their guns and a handful of explosives
>Damn near got Luke and his gang if it wasn't for Han Solo escaping
>Successfully cornered the heroes in the Prison cell floor if it wasn't for the garbage disposal vent
>Out of the 30 Rebel Ships that attacked the Death Star, only 3 escaped
>Stormtroopers miss the heroes because well, you can't just kill the fucking protagonists
hurr Stormtroopers are dumb xD try to clean your visors to lay a better shot, dummies xd
>>317613994
In ESB, Vader slices through a piece of equipment tougher and thicker than that pipe like nothing.
They just fucked up on the detail of it
>>317614970
There is a planet (or was) full of dark-skinned people in star wars. They talked about it in one of the Obi-Wan books. They had cat-like eyes as well.
It's fucking fiction, your rules don't apply. Not saying I like the cast decision, but it's retarded to explain it the way you are.
>>317615148
Yep. Just a different design.
>>317615063
>American and Japanese flag patches
The best.
>>317614795
>>317614817
>>317614851
Wait, really? I guess I need to start watching that.
>>317614809
Why does he wear the mask?
>>317615148
Yes hes just not wearing the Shredder/Shao Kahn armor anymore.
>>317615202
They did lose to Teddy Bears.
>>317614107
who?
>>317615202
We were in agreement, pal.
I agree there was a bit of plot armor in Jedi, but in Empire most of the fights were completely one-sided, and in A New Hope as I previously mentioned the entire fight on the Death Star was engineered around allowing Leia to escape and reveal the location of the Rebels.
>>317614980
>people do nothing but call the actor an ugly nigger since the first trailer.
Random people on sites like this. But in real life or in the media? They wouldn't dare because their careers will be killed and they'd have to go into hiding.
>>317614839
The fact that people are hyping Force Awakens up just because it looks better than the Prequels is already a sign of shit, everything about it seems like it's going to be a glorified toy commercial that's going to cynically pander to Original Trilogy fankids to make it seem like they care about making a good movie.
>>317615209
>It's fucking fiction
This excuse can't be used. I can suspend my disbelief for the Force because it's fiction. I can't suspend my disbelief for niggers. You have to be logical and consistent within your own world or people stop getting immersed.
