TR-8R's official name is Zeroes and he has beef with Finn from their Academy days cause Finn ruined his winstreak in baton class. Source: Before the Awakening
and no one cares.
>Zeroes
>he's standing on the ground
>Ground Zeroes
>C3PO has a red left arm
>Venom Snake has a red left arm
WHAT DOES IT MEAN???
>>13694448
found the traitor
>Ruining fancanon like this
Seriously why the fuck? Its retarded to make his beef personal with Finn. Would much rather enjoy the headcanon that he's just some zealous stormtrooper who buys into the propaganda so hard that he wants to beat the fuck out of a traitor. It not only makes his character insanely interesting, it makes stormtroopers all the more interesting.
>>13694586
it's expanded universe, doesn't count
>>13694603
all post acquisition side materials are canon short of The Old Republic MMO, my concern is this >>13694583 if it was stated outright, fine, if it wasn't then it might as well be OP's headcanon
>>13694603
Nope. The expanded universe died nearly 2 years ago. What we have now is a single cohesive continuity. It is just the universe.
Everything counts now. There's no "expansion".
>>13694427
Well is he dead?
Would be a waste of a character to just kill him in the same scene where he's introduced. And since from the comics him and the trooper who died and put that handprint on finns helmet are the only other character related to fin in the fiction that's even worse.
I guess Phasma can come back and have some beef with Finn but she's already proven herself to be inept.
>>13694619
>Well is he dead?
He took a bowcaster to the chest and literally went flying 360 degrees so yeah
>>13694625
In fiction, Star Wars has done some pretty dumb things with whether characters shit by red lasers are dead or not. Hell, Kylo took a bowcaster shot and didn't even go down. I was watching star wars rebels and the same shit occurred, where troopers didn't actually die.
It's not impossible.
>>13694586
His beef isn't just personal. They made it partially personnal to better explain why he fought him with a baton instead of shooting him, it doesn't cheapen his rage in the face of betrayal.
>>13694628
>Hell, Kylo took a bowcaster shot and didn't even go down.
Well that's probably more indication how strong he could get that he could tank that despite still bleeding out. Also the Force
>>13694650
Even so, I wouldn't be opposed to him not being dead.
>>13694427
Nice, I was going to come discuss this, good to see somebody else saw the video. Sounded like pretty solid speculah to me.
>FN-2000
I wonder if we'll see any /k/ memes crop up because of this.
>>13694628
>It's not impossible.
It's not impossible ONLY IF you're a main character. That's why it's pretty dumb in the first place.
i stick with starktrooper
>>13694427
>Finn, or FN-2187, was part of a four-man fire team that included three others: FN-2199, FN-2000 and FN-2003 known as Nines, Zero and Slip. Finn doesn’t have a nickname and he appears to be the leader. A seasoned stormtrooper figures him out in the book: “An outsider. You’re on the outside, and you’ll always be looking in and wondering why you don’t belong.”
>Finn is in the top 1% in exams, an expert with tactics, blasters and hand-to-hand weapons, and a good candidate for making officer. However, his empathy for colleagues convinces his direct superior Captain Phasma to not recommend him for fast-track officer training. Apparently, Finn cares even more for his teammates than the final mission.
>>13695034
FN-2003 must be the guy that got shot at the beginning right
>>13695034
>top 1% i nexams
>expert in tactics, blasters and hand-to-hand weapons, and a good candidate for making officer
>works as a janitor
>>13695066
He was not a reliable stormtrooper.
>>13695055
That's what the speculation is, yes.
>2187 turned traitor, and Zeroes and Slip are dead
>yfw you realize that Nines is the only surviving member of his squad
;_;
>>13695034
>Finn is super duper competent guys really
>spends most of the movie being a fairly useless idiot
>>13695066
he might even be lying about that, the his chapter in Before the Awakening ended just as phasma received the Jakku deployment order and Finn literally just became a full fledged stormtrooper, unless every stormtrooper cadet serves as the base Janitor when they're not training
>>13695091
They don't teach you everything you need to know in VR Training
>>13695066
he does it for free
>>13695111
And extra rations of hot pockets.
>>13694586
>It not only makes his character insanely interesting
>soldiers who believe the cause their fighting for
>interesting as of itself
That's not how it works anon. I do enjoy it when people build headcanon together (like Madoka's poorfag, CIA,TPP or this), that's what makes him interesting, not the actual facts we know about him.
>>13694619
>Well is he dead?
Depends on whether Disney finds out about TR8R memes or not and decides to make more material about him and may get to be the new Boba Fett.
>I guess Phasma can come back
She will, she was too overhyped for a one time character, and we havent even seen her dying.
>>13695134
TRGR can be the new Boba Fett
Phasma can come back as the ineffectual villainous comic relief.
>>13695137
>TRGR can be the new Boba Fett
Do we really want that though?
>>13695141
I mean apart from all the dumb merch and gary stu extended universe bullshit
>>13695141
Yes, I want more First Order/Empire-wank.
>>13695137
> TR-8R can be the new Boba Fett
> come back as the ineffectual villainous comic relief
Those are both the same thing.
>>13695141
>https://msubsreleases.wordpress.com/2015/12/28/sage-h-s-msubs-gyrozetter-1-51-batch/
TR8-T0R did more in the movie than boba fett ever did
>>13694625
>literally went flying 360 degrees so yeah
I'LL TRY SPINNING
THATS A GOOD TRICK
>>13695222
Well they both get shot anti-climactically by Han Solo and die and embarrassing death..
>>13694625
>spinning
I AM THE FIRST ORDER!
>>13695345
Boba isn't true Mando'a, so of course he gets killed like a chump.
>>13694586
Why does he need to be that zealous to hate someone who turned his cloak and then started killing his former comrades?
>>13694586
>>Ruining fancanon like this
>>13695360
>charge<-, -> + P
>>13695066
In the real world all sorts of people with great skills and qualifications are forced to work shit jobs because our economy is so screwed up. In a world as advanced as Star Wars, I'd imagine those problems are even more magnified.
>>13695066
IRL, enlisted soldiers are employed to do all kinds of menial labor while deployed. Someone's gotta do that work, and not every soldier needs to be on guard duty at all times (especially in a secure base like Starkiller).
How do we get Disney to Orange-kun TR-8R?
>It's okay to bitch about Daigo from Kyoryuger being a Gary Stu
>Mention Rey is a complete Mary Sue and you're labelled horrible and sexist
What is with this world? Am I in some alternate reality where shit characters are allowed to exist as long as they're wimmen?
>>13695908
>>13695234
>TR8R subbed Gyrozetter
Based TR8R
>>13695903
Make into a shit character only memesters care about?
>>13695742
Is it really advanced then?
>>13695908
Finn, Han and Kylo had decent amount of screen time, relevance and a character arc, which was more than what you can say about the other kyoryugers.
And the words "Mary Sue" or "Gary Stu" have lost all meaning now.
And now he's dead so who fucking cares?
>>13695926
You mean like Boba Fett?
>>13695920
Bring him back from the dead by the power of Memeskull, smartass.
>>13695929
His death is unconfirmed.
What should happen is Rey dies and Finn becomes the REAL hero of the movie. The one we actually deserve since he's the only likable thing about that shit movie.
>>13694586
He can be both you know.
>>13694586
Are you autistic?
>>13694453
It makes sense in a way.
Even if you are a super neat and skilled Stormtrooper, if you can't mentally commit to the whole "fanatic drone in a fascist army" thing then you probably get sent to shit jobs as "punishment" to try to motivate you before they say fuck it and electrify parts of your brain in a re-indoctrination centre.
And even if he skilled in melee combat, lightsabers are supposed to require some kinda force power to wield in combat effectively.
Particularly Anakin Skywalker's, which was supposed to have some kinda wacky force feedback or some shit if I recall, due to his turbulent nature.
OF course, I don't know if any of that shit counts for anything anymore. But it's the only knowledge we can speculate from at this point in time.
>>13695908
Bitching about either makes you a faggot
>>13695982
>>13694427
That weapon looks awkward as fuck. I know police batons are a real thing but it looks like it would be way more effective if he held it like a regular stick. How does it keep from spinning around in his hand when he doesn't want it to?
>>13695920
So literally what he is now?
>>13695066
>women in charge of promoting people
>>13695908
Have you been going to tumblr or something?
>>13696002
I think it works like some kinda extended future tonfa.
I don't know if it actually spins or is he just do it for effect.
>>13696002
Magic magnetic shit
So, can someone explain this guy to me? Why he's a traitor? I haven't seen the movie.
>>13696002
>>13696014
>>13696027
He's not the traitor, he's called that cause he fights the main character, who betrayed the First Order.
And the only line he has is the exclamation of "traitor!"
>black people twitter memes
when will it end?
>>13694448
>somebody is using my pic
Thanks anon
>>13696027
He's not a traitor. They call him that because TRAITOR! is the only line he has in the movie.
He's a stormtrooper extra, who sees one of the movie's MCs (a renegade trooper, hence the line) holding a lightsaber. You think he's just going to die like all stormtroopers do... and then he promptly screams TRAITOR, pulls out some kind of electric tonfa thingy and goes all martial arts master on Finn's ass. And would have actually won if Han didn't sneak in and shoot him in the back. It was just incredibly unexpected.
>>13696027
One of the main characters is a traitor stormtrooper.
This guy, who's basically any other stormtrooper, sees him, shouts "TRAITOR!", and fights like a bawse before Han shoots first.
I figured you would benifit from this.
>>13696067
>He's a stormtrooper extra, who sees one of the movie's MCs (a renegade trooper, hence the line) holding a lightsaber. You think he's just going to die like all stormtroopers do... and then he promptly screams TRAITOR, pulls out some kind of electric tonfa thingy and goes all martial arts master on Finn's ass. And would have actually won if Han didn't sneak in and shoot him in the back. It was just incredibly unexpected.
He's literally the best part of the movie and he's in it for 40 seconds.
>>13695735
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r5Sst_S6vHY
>>13696157
>>13695034
He comes the EU tier shit
Is this guy supposed to be the spiritual successor to CIA?
>>13696171
CIA is just a meme god.
>>13696162
>finn's face in this scene
>>13696171
No, he's the new Bank Manager from DKR.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yqvbv-SB4bg
>>13696184
/tv/ loved the trailer for TFA so much.
>>13695034
>>13695066
I do believe that finn actually its a great tacticioan, I mean he manipulated ALL of the rebellion forces to help him resque Rei, and he succeded until that point, everithing else that happenes after that was either for accident or true amazing skills of other characters
>>13695982
If you watch closely, Finn's an ace with whatever blaster he can get his hands on. He learned how to operate both a TIE Fighter's and the Millennium Falcon's gunner consoles within minutes of first encountering them.
My guess is that he has some sort of issue with melee combat. It could be either that he's just not as good at it, or that he has an issue when having to confront enemies face to face (because he can't depersonalize them?).
Even still, he held off a Stormtrooper in his first lightsaber battle, and managed to wound Kylo Ren. He's not hopeless.
First Order stormtroopers are best stormtroopers
I enjoyed Hux more.
Just a crazy Nazi asshole that wants to play with his deathray and didn't take crap from Kylo, the bitch.
>>13696317
the jackets tho
>>13695034
Good to know the EU retardation cannot be easily destroyed, it already has started to infest the new canon
>>13696343
Very stylish.
Hard to imagine that this guy was a goddamn Weasley and that weedy beta from Ex-Machina
>>13696393
And the computer guy in Dredd
>>13696317
Yes, i love how he is way more competent than kylo bitch.
>>13696431
But knowing who his father is, it's really no surprise that he can switch between lovable, meek and HUGE ASSHOLE between roles.
>>13696445
That's staying within tradition though.
Tarkin was way better at his job than Vader in ANH.
Poe was my main man.
Even if he turns out to be a poofter, this guy is my nigga.
>>13696008
I can't believe I managed to read three paragraphs of this
>>13696167
YOU TRAITOR
>>13696162
>Throws away his shield and gun to pull out a non-lethal weapon
Retard.
>>13696508
>throws away his death flag and does something cool
Nah if anything he's too smart for a grunt.
>>13694618
There's Star Wars Legends, which was the old EU, and now we have the official canon, the 7 movies and the various tie-ins and other material, like the Rebels cartoons and official novels, like Tarkin.
>>13696460
Poe and Finn's camaraderie was one of the best parts of the movie. They need more of that in the next movie.
>>13696167
TRAITOR
>>13696539
I really liked how much of a fucking sunshine Poe was.
Like nothing can really spoil his mood for long, even being tortured.
>>13696167
T R A I T O R
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>>13695978
He's right. Shit like this ruins characters. Like this entire bullcrap about Finn how he's the bestest stormtrooper ever but his flaw is compassion.
It's like this shit was written by some 14y old.
>>13696508
Actually, it was a good idea. The standard gun and shield won't defend against a lightsaber, while his electro-baton would.
As well, Traitor probably knew that Finn was weak in melee combat from previous training, and thus fully capitalized on it.
>>13696556
I really hope Finn has been training his ass off to make up for losing twice in melee combat.I want him to go on his own journey in the next movie to make his own lightsaber.
Why was Finn the ONLY stormtrooper to defect? He didn't have any friends in the Order that were not keen on killing innocents?
>>13696588
That was shown to. There might be a planet full of deserters.
>>13696593
Why didn't the Order blow it the fuck up?
>>13696601
They don't know it exists.
>>13696593
huh? when?
This is already reminding me on why the EU was a mistake, and they're gonna repeat it again.
>>13696343
Makes him look fat desu.
>>13696588
Because he'sforce sensitive.
>>13694427
>>13695034
Have a hard time believing this. He didin't showcase anything that resembled the text.
>>13696588
Why do you assume Finn is the only defector?
Why do you think more troopers should have defected at that particular moment?
Would expect a large, technologically sophisticated military force that is dependent on abducted and conditioned conscripts to have a high defect rate, when that force has presumably spent years perfecting its indoctrination process? If so, why?
>>13696721
the Force
>>13696721
I'd expect anybody to defect from a large and sophisticated military force to at least have planned their shit and found likeminded people instead of just "lol might as well leave the only life I knew to most likely die on a fucking desert, that's a good trick"
>>13696732
But that's the whole premise of his character arc. Their conditioning isn't supposed to break. That life is all they know. So naturally, when a case like Finn arises, the trooper in question isn't exceptionally bright or wise to the world.
>>13696750
Even though he apparently aced every single one of his space exams and whatnot, he somehow didn't realize that deserts have no water and he needs it to survive, yep makes total sense.
>>13696732
Hey, he wanted to leave the system and hide somewhere else than the shitty pile of sand. It's Poe who was all like MUH DROID and had them go back to it.
>>13696757
How'd he know that he'd find a dude who wouldn't instantly murder him for being a stormtrooper?
>>13696756
He didn't want to go to Jakku.
>>13696759
Why should he be expected to have perfect knowledge? He took a risk. He wanted to escape, and he obviously knew Poe wanted to escape.
Zeroes more like heroes because TR-8R is da best m8
>>13696768
>don't want to go to desert planet and do mission
>"I know, I'll just defect and possibly stay here forever and most likely die"
He took a monumental risk that no sane person would have taken and then proceeded to be the least adventurous person in the entire movie, completely contradicting his actions earlier and being a complete coward. His character is all over the place and doesn't make sense when you look at it from his point of view at all.
>>13696796
>completely contradicting his actions earlier
He literally spends the first half of the movie trying to do the exact same thing. Find a pilot, a ship and fuck off to somewhere safe. Except Poe wants his droid and drags him back to Jakku, and then Rey wants to go hand it to the rebels and screws his plans again, and then when he finally gets a safe ride, everything fucking explodes, one of the only people he really knows gets kidnapped, and that's when he stops running. That's it.
>>13696796
What? No, it makes perfect sense. He was going to be "reconditioned," and he knew Poe was a pilot and needed help escaping himself. So he took the small risk that Poe would kill him when he got the chance, to break Poe out and get him to a spaceship. So, now he's away from the First Order, he won't be reconditioned, the urgency of that situation is gone. He wants to make that permanent by getting as far away from the FO as possible, but they crash land. With no way back to space, he wanders around, and at the first settlement he finds, he fulfills his most pressing need: finding water. Enter Rey.
The only other action he takes that doesn't flow directly from his desire to either get away from the FO or to protect Rey is his initial decision to help BB-8, and that's out of respect for the seemingly-dead Poe, who helped him break out. (This is also why they embrace on their next meeting despite having only known each other for about an hour total.)
It all makes perfect sense. Finn is very consistent as a character.
Is this the worst SW yet
>>13696854
no, the next one is, because it's more recent.
>>13696796
I think the problem is that you have a different mindset to Finn regarding risk assessment, and aren't sympathizing with his point of view. Consider his choices at the outset of the story.
>defect
>possibly (hopefully) leave old life behind and start a new life somewhere else--although obviously there is a risk of something going horribly wrong, such as crash-landing on a desert planet
OR
>don't defect
>GUARANTEED to remain stuck with the First Order, which is exactly what he doesn't want
As an aside, I agree with you that he wasn't consistently characterized, and broadly speaking the movie suffered from shit writing. But Finn's escape was understandable.
With that said, I don't want to defend the movie any more than I have.
>>13696854
No nothing will ever be as bad as Episode II
>>13696796
>>13696867
Finn was going to be reconditioned and he knew that. Saving Poe was risky but there was also an element of preservation of self involved - by being brainwashed he'd turn into a personality-less killer. He could either help Poe and maybe save himself, or do nothing and lose himself for sure - maybe not his life, but his sense as a person.
>>13696891
Why did they send a trooper that they plan on reconditioning for not following orders to guard the dude integral to their entire plan?
>>13696897
Because Abrams.
>>13696897
>tfw you fell for the same spiel as the troopers in the movie
they didn't send him, he went there on his own.
>>13696897
They didn't.
They told him to go get reconditioned, and he took a detour to the brig instead.
>>13696897
Why didn't Tarkin scramble the TIE fighters
Why didn't they take the eagles to Mordor
Why didn't they just take Tony Stark to see a licensed psychiatrist
>>13696556
>The standard gun and shield won't defend against a lightsaber, while his electro-baton would.
Maybe it was Rey he was going against, but Finn has subpar melee ability and if he is Force Sensitive, isn't a very strong one, so he couldn't deflect blaster fire at all. TR8 could have just shot him and called it a day, but he wanted to get personal with him I guess.
>>13696921
>>13696920
Why didn't they escort the dude who just defied orders instead of ordering him to go get reconditioned to not defy orders?
Battlefront II mod when?
>>13696929
Alternatively he wanted to drag his incapacitated ass in for reconditioning and you can't do that if he's dead.
>>13696932
He wasn't being reconditioned for defiance or insubordination, he was being reconditioned because he was seen as a coward - useless, but not expected to be a threat. They didn't think he would do anything as monumentally reckless as a prison break.
>>13696732
Finn only decided he'd had enough when his bro died and they ordered them to murder a villiage, which only happened a few hours prior, and he hadn't even been caught for not shooting yet. He was kind of desperate and freeing this dude was his only option. Pretty sure he didn't wake up planning to defect that day.
And even then his plan was just to get back to the Resistance with Poe and then get them to get him far away from the Order. But Poe got shot down and the rest was history.
>>13696932
What's her face says as much. It was his first offense, and they thought him weak and cowardly as opposed to blantantly hostile and treasonous. They didn't think he'd need an escort. They expected him to report to reconditioning like a good soldier because he otherwise had followed orders well up to that point.
>>13696960
>Named, highly-cast character = what's her face
>bit part one scene wonder = the Legendary TR-8R
JJ, you fucked it up big time.
>>13696980
Phasma was on screen longer than "TR-8R". Just that she got fucken wrecked mate
>>13696993
yeah, and for all that effort, apparently people can't be arsed to remember her name. Meanwhile, they're up and creating names for the other guy.
>>13696993
I think that was the point. Phasma had a fairly well known actress cast and was in several scenes who was completely immemorable, while Traitor man was a faceless extra in one scene and everyone remembers him.
It seems like the more obscure you were the more you stood out in the film, which is why everyone now loves the hell out of Daisy Ridley who was literally a non union student film actress before this movie.
>>13697006
>Daisy Ridley
Who?
>>13697012
Rey Tano.
Friendly reminder
>>13697017
>Tano
noice
>>13696452
>Tarkin was way better at his job than Vader in ANH.
Honestly it's amazing that Sith ever get anything done.
>>13696796
>He took a monumental risk that no sane person would have taken
I don't know, that depends on just how fucked he was going to be when they analyzed that blaster to find it was in perfect working order but hadn't been fired. Seizing what might be his only chance to get away before he's found out might have been perfectly rational.
>>13697047
Why didn't he just shoot at nothing?
>>13697057
>expecting someone to believe stormtroopers miss
>>13697060
kek
>>13694625
Unless they want to bullshit him into survival.
Gotta sell them loyaltoys.
>>13697057
He comes across as rather emotionally overwhelmed in the scene, I can buy that he wasn't really thinking through the consequences of his actions yet.
>>13696002
He can spin it because he has mastered the Spin side of the Force.
>>13696167
TRAITOR
>>13697094
Fuck man we need an entire squadron of storm troopers dedicated to jojo poses.
>>13697099
This is a Kamina-sensei pose from Kill la Kill, but I get your point and I agree.
>>13696928
>Why didn't they just take Tony Stark to see a licensed psychiatrist
What?
>>13697030
>Honestly it's amazing that Sith ever get anything done.
The whole Sith ethos is about being an ultimate edgelord control freak. Why would they ever succeed?
>>13696929
Trying to shoot at someone using a lightsaber is historically a terrible idea, unless you want to get killed by your own lasers
>>13697118
>>13697099
someone here MUST have a enough SHF stormtroopers (old and new) to pull that off on a display
>>13696880
>EP2
man, I'm tempted to rewatch the prequels
I remember it being bad, but is is THAT bad?
and I'll probably rewatch the OT to get that out of my mouth, but still
>>13697025
> JB-007
Okay, that made me smile. It's an obvious one I know, but still.
>>13696880
Not bad enough.
I watched it in a cinema.
Twice.
>>13696880
I love EPII, but I haven't seen it since it came out.
>>13697119
Iron-man 3 I assume, where the entire plot is that Tony is overwhelmed by the responsibility of being a hero in a world where aliens could attack at any second and wipe out humanity and he has no idea how to cope with it, so he freaks out and becomes obsessed with building super specific armors for every occasion as a way of not thinking about it.
>>13697150
An arrogant faggot like that usually tends to think they can solve such mental issues by themselves. I would know.
>>13697139
about summer last year I decided to catch up on the clone wars cartoon then went to watch eps.2 and 3, says a lo when your cartoon counterpart is better at portraying the character better.
also I know the cartoons have the benefit of hindsight and time to develop the character but it's weird to see Anakin being more subservient and clueless in Revenge of the Sith after you see his more mature and yet still cheeky approach to things in Clone Wars
>>13697150
It also extends into Avengers 2.
>>13697154
Oh, I'm not saying they should have taken him to a psychiatrist or anything - just explaining what I think the reference is too. It was obvious why Tony wasn't seeing one. Tony was also feeling inadequate in that movie in another way I'd forgotten, in that he thought it was Iron-Man that was the hero and that it was the armor that was important and the movie was basically about him coming to terms with the idea that even without his armor he could be a hero and do something. Which was why there were several scenes where he was either entirely unarmored or had only small bits of armor that he'd cobbled together.
>>13697099
>>13697087
THAT'S NOT TRUE
THAT'S IMPOSSIBLE
>>13697129
That's only if they have the skill to actually hit them back at you.
Finn almost certainly does not, since it requires both the force and badass sword slinging skills. ESB Luke wasn't capable of doing that yet, nevermind Finn.
>>13697158
They also get visions of the horrible fate awaiting everyone in Clone Wars several times and still fall straight into Sheev's hands in Revenge of the Sith. Anakin himself basically gets his future as Vader shown to him and still makes the poor choices he does.
>>13695132
>Madoka's poorfag
???
>>13697310
>>13697275
TR-8R has no reason to know that with a certainty. He might suspect it, but if he's sure of his skill with an electro-baton he's better off going with that than risking that Finn is actually good with it or found the Force in the meantime. Especially if you disregard EU stuff and see him as someone who has no clue who Finn is beyond that he's holding a lightsaber and those guys are usually trouble if you shoot them.
>>13697284
He had no memory of his future though, it was wiped away in the very next episode.
>>13697336
I preffer invisiblefag
>>13697730
\a/utism!
>>13697119
>>13697150
Mostly because they can't have him be a drunkard.
>>13695911
>not the kakuranger one
>>13695034
This seems like a really bad fanfic
>>13696213
he's right
>>13696249
bingo
No one else is bothered the literal JANITOR of star wars knew how to use a light saber? Didn't even use it like a club.
>>13696544
well when you're born during the later days of the rebellion to alliance members, life's gotta be a weird ride
>>13694692
What video is this?
>>13695090
It's confirmed that 2003 is the dead trooper at the beginning of the movie in the visual dictionary.
>>13699381
>I guy with military training having ANY possibility of knowing vaguely how swords do a thing? outrageous!
>>13695066
The visual dictionary clarifies that he was a janitor during his training on star killer base. He is a grunt when you see him in the movie.
>>13699405
>trained in blaster proficiency
>light sabers are literally antiques rivaling muskets
>are the LEGENDS true?
Remember Phasma?
>>13699411
You mean that one character that Disney forced?
Wait you mean. That character that was brain washed for combat, the order, death stars, and never betraying the order? That one?
>>13699414
The will of survival of organisms override her judgement, making her drop shields. Without understanding the Force, you are a slave to it.
>>13699409
>martial artists can't swing sticks anymore because they've been around millions of years.
>kendo is a fraud!
>>13699471
>obviously parried and riposted
>swinging sticks around
anon pls
>>13699483
I don't even know what you're trying to say at this point.
>>13699483
Those are common sword techniques
>>13699411
>You will never be a first order trooper
>Phasma will never dom you as punishment
>>13694427
>Finn ruined his winstreak in baton class
well looks like Zeroes got the winstreak back because he shits on Finn in TFA
>>13696139
https://youtu.be/VOC0ig2Rk1g
>>13699573
>phasma
>domming anyone
she's the Fubuki of Star Wars
she's for bullying and garbage disposal
>>13699411
That looks pretty stupid
>>13699657
looks like Phasma alright
>>13699635
And being an undercover operative of Admiral Thrawn.
Shut up, I want this to be true.
>>13699483
He's trained in those baton things since they're standard First Order Stormtrooper equipment, it's not like he's coming at this with no melee weapon training at all.
Anybody who complains about stormtroopers being able to use lightsabers is just exposing their ignorance.
>>13699713
Nigger, that is pre-New Hope concept art.
>>13699720
so, it's clearly always been an idea. that's my point.
>>13699685
>being an EUfag
2-1B/DRX likewise ordered for Vader's helmet to be waxed with woodoo hide in the hopes that the resulting shine would distract Palpatine from the shortcuts they were forced to implement during the surgery.
>>13699713
>Anybody who complains about stormtroopers being able to use lightsabers is just exposing their ignorance.
Remember when Chewbacca was Slenderman?
>>13699573
>>13699728
And it's clearly not meant to be the actual case within the franchise or even just within Force Awakens, since Finn is the only one with a lightsaber, only after he defects and only because of a coincidence that gave him access to one. Stormtroopers are not meant to have lightsabers and some old McQuarrie art doesn't mean different. That said, there's no reason he shouldn't be able to do something with it, especially if stormtroopers are given basic melee weapons training in stuff like electro-batons. There's even possibility he got training with a vibro-sword or something in the past and has some idea of the basics even if he's not particularly skilled.
>>13699877
I didn't mean to imply that stormtroopers have canonically ever had inherent lightsaber training, just that the idea is as old as the franchise, an therefore its appearance in TFA is as valid as anything else.
It sounds like you're basically agreeing with that, so can we just bypass this whole "we're saying the same thing, but you're saying it wrong" bullshit?
So, was Luke on Rakata Prime, Lehon or Tython?
>>13695066
He was a cadet, and like all cadets, he did shit jobs while training.
>>13699905
>Legends planets
bad news, bruh...
>>13699914
>expecting JJ not to liberally steal from Legends
>>13699914
I am under the impression that KOTOR remains canon and, therefore, Rakata Prime/Lehon is still canon (albeit B Canon).
Tython I'm not so sure about, though.
Also, Awakens cribbed heavily from KOTOR; Starkiller is blatantly based on the Starforge.
Luke was said to be on the planet from which the Jedi originated; That would be Tython. However, the depiction of the planet he was on was more akin to Rakata Prime.
>>13699917
I'm still patiently waiting for anything remotely major from EU to show up in any medium.
And JJ's done with the hands-on contributions to Star Wars.
>>13699921
>B canon
stop making things up.
KOTOR and all its sequels are Legends, just like anything produced before mid-2014. Don't kid your self otherwise, that's a stone-cold fact.
>Starkiller is blatantly based on the Starforge
yeah, no. Let me know if you need me to list how many ways it isn't.
>>13695102
thanks snake.
>>13699933
KOTOR isn't, because Rakata Prime clearly isn't.
>>13699889
I don't think that's anything like the McQuarrie concept art for the simple reason that Finn is no longer a stormtrooper by the time he's using it. He doesn't think, act or look like one and is not considered one anymore within the film. If TR-8R had used one then the concept art might be a thing to point too. As is it's more similar to Han using one out of desperation and need in Empire and nothing more.
>>13699945
taking things from kotor doesn't make the whole of kotor canon again
>>13699933
KOTOR is set so far before the films that it wouldn't be that difficult to recanonicalize it and bring it back in, even in part - it's what, 4000BBY?
>B Canon
By which I meant Legends. Disney are treating it as an AU.
>>13699923
>I'm still patiently waiting for anything remotely major from EU to show up in any medium.
Honestly if it does you can expect it to just be the general gist of it rather than being lifted whole cloth. Honestly as mad as people are about it, I think killing the old EU canon was necessary for the health fo the franchise. We'll see if they can actually manage to not fuck everything up as time goes on.
>>13699635
>You will never bully a 6'3" armored woman
Feels bad man
>>13699713
I do like how they clearly revisited this image when designing Cloud City.
>>13695908
Feminists are cancer.
>>13700302
plastic is a vegetable.
>>13695334
thnx 4 a laff
>>13695034
>Finn cares even more for his teammates than the final mission.
>Brutally guns down them once he gets a gun
>>13701177
they're not on his team anymore
>turncoat logic
>>13699966
>wouldn't be that difficult to recanonicalize
it wouldn't but it still isn't canon, nor is The Old Republic MMO, KOTOR series was great but it's no longer canon, get over it
>>13700322
>there's a movement trying ti make Poe actually gay
>"it's not about what it adds to the character it's about inclusion"
I've no problems with people being gay or whatever but this is fucking bullshit
>>13701769
It's dumb as hell. I wish people would just watch the movie instead of projecting their shit on it.
I've no problems with it either, but seeing all of those blogs, I just want Poe to kiss some girl to spite those blogs.
>>13701769
I don't care who loves who. The important thing is that they are all working hard for their side.
>>13701777
I actually know people who wants this so I asked them what they'd think if Poe is robosexual and I get this dejected look, and I thought they wanted inclusion.
>>13701811
I wish there were more robosexual role models in fiction. Often get assigned role of comic relief or seen as degenerate.
>>13699905
Ahch-to, actually. I wish I was joking.
Rakata Prime was recanonized on a map, though, but not KOTOR in its entirety.
>>13701869
>Ahch-to
what's its moon? Dhee-to?
>he really wasn't joking
what the fuck
>>13701908
>Ahch-to
"Act two"
>it's pottery
>>13695370
xXxBoba fettxXx has been banned by The force2581(admin) for spamming himself.
>>13701777
>>13701769
>2016
>still triggered by fujos
One a Gundam board no less.
>>13701827
We suffer so in silence.
Did someone said....sick spins?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0c8Q04pAJuc
>>13694628
>Hell, Kylo took a bowcaster shot
He took one to the side and was basically forcing himself to keep fighting.
The trooper took one straight to the chest that sent him flying.
Also, did you see that battleground when the First Order withdrew? They left their dead and wounded behind. That means, best case scenario, that wounded trooper is at the mercy of the Resistance.
This isn't even a 'no body, no death' deal. This trooper is no more. He has ceased to be. He has run down the curtain and joined the Jedi invisible. He's a stiff. Had you not propped him up with fanon, he'd be pushing up the daisies. He's expired and gone to become one with the Force.
This is an ex-trooper!
>>13702635
>Sith agents manage to make off with his body and the bodies of other near-death troopers.
>All are cyborg'd into new Dark Trooper-like armor with enhanced anti-Jedi equipment and armor.I just want New Phase 3+ Dark Troopers armed with Phrik shields and electrostaffs giving the Jedi hell.
