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>>14242438
>Deathtroopers as the elite soldiers.
>No more Vader's Fist.
This canon makes me more and more depressed.
>>14242388
Better be decent empire porn.
>>14242457
What's with /m/ and impwank?
>>14242416
>he's going to die saving everybody
RIP Five-O
>>14242472
Because it looks cool
>>14242423
>>14242428
I like it, pretty much the only thing I've seen of this that I like so far.
>>14242472
Are you honestly surprised? This is the same board that worships Zeon.
>>14242445
Vader's Fist was great.
>>14242472
What >>14242503 said. I need any more of a reason?
>>14242416
>>14242388
robot is cool
>>14242511
I really like the TIE Striker, but while I like the prongs of the U-Fighter. I'm not big on the design as a whole. I think it's parts don't really meld well and it basically looks like someone stuck an X-wing to a snowspeeder and added some prongs to cover it up.
>>14242438
Why is the Death Trooper and Stormtrooper's description the same?
![ZZ35BF6AEE[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/22nEJbo.jpg "ZZ35BF6AEE[1].jpg")
>>14242597
It's like that with the hero synopses as well, just very basic info along with a stock description, guess they don't want to give away too much.
>>14242388
grrrrrrrrrl POWER!!
>>14242704
>triggered
>>14242611
>a highly skilled warrior and solider
Who's ready for the 2nd mary sue of the Disney Star Wars universe?
DONNIE YEN
>>14242438
>deathtroopers
nearly cut myself on all that edge
>>14242593
The U-Wing looks like a Y-Wing cockpit with X-Wing engines bolted to it. It's probably made of spares.
>>14242472
>Being Rebel scum
>On /m/
/m/ - /tv/ general
God I'm pumped for this
>>14242403
That tank really doesn't look Imperial at all.
>>14243525
It look imperial alright. Just not from this universe Imperium.
>>14242388
jesus christ those faces man
>>14243588
fuck i forgot the pic
X-Wing > TIE Fighter
It's a scientific fact.
>>14242472
As mentioned, people around here like Zeon too. But not without reason.
Stories pitting plucky rebels against a cruel, cold imperialist faction are as old as time. The heroes are earnest and optimistic, good guys that embody desirable traits like youth and humor and compassion and honor. The opposition are frigid bastards who forgo their humanity for a well-oiled overwhelming military machine. One side is colorful individuals, the other is drab samey uniformed soldiers. One side has pluck and ingenuity, maybe some magical mcguffin, the other has loads of training/tech/numbers to be threatening and nigh insurmountable.
That means that the villains resemble an actual freaking military with the best gear, and (unless they're just faceless fodder or mustache-twirlers) they get to have actual depth and character problems to show they're flawed people who deserve to lose. Meanwhile the heroes are often bland because they're either meant to be inserts for the audience, or are limited in their character palette because they still have to be paragons. Hell, a lot of shows the protagonist is boring as shit, and even his allies get better stories just because they're freer to be flawed or conflicted or morally grey.
> But they're still the bad guys! They did bad things!
But this is a board that admires robots, not necessarily what end they were put to. Cool ships and cool mechs and cool armor is more desirable than some bumpkin in a robe white-knighting.
>>14243664
>That means that the villains resemble an actual freaking military with the best gear,
Yeah nothing as realistic as a solid white plastic man who canonically cannot see out of his own helmet.
>>14242438
So are Death Troopers the new OC donut steel stand-in for Dark Troopers?
>>14242716
To be fair, they do describe Sheev's regime as an EVIL EMPIRE. Then again, that has all the subtlety of a brick to the face...
>>14243664
Actually the Rebels are a certified terrorist group and the only reason the Empire is called evil is that's because the movies say so.
>>14243697
Dark Troopers were robots though. These just look like a new death squad
>>14243728
Sheev pls
>>14242388
Watch this be the hobbit of the star wars franchise
>>14242397
So my interest in this movie is still reliant the "Vader kills everyone at the end" rumor remains true.
>>14242403
That tank really captures the "used future" look from the original trilogy.
>>14242388
I'm a bit disappointed most of the guns arent built off of WW2 ones.
And the way that bowcaster is built looks inconvenient as hell to actually use in a firefight.
>>14242416
>>14242397
Did they repeat the text on the upper right here?
>>14242423
Why does this exist? It wasn't in the original movies, it must've been shit if the interceptor replaced it at Endor.
>>14243832
>Why does this exist? It wasn't in the original movies, it must've been shit if the Nemo replaced it at Gryps.
>>14243728
I like how some of the EU stuff tried to expand on this by having all kinds of criminals also branded as "rebels" or co-opting the label, and you occasionally had Imperial officers and soldiers whose main job was actually fighting pirates, slavers, genocidal xenos, etc. I'm hoping we get a counterpart comic book series or TV series about a band of brave Imperial officers fighting vile pirates or Separatist hold-outs who slowly come to realize their moral values are increasingly at odds with the men in charge.
>>14242428
This seems to only exists to sell toys. I'm not a fan of retroactively adding a bunch of variants to existing designs.
I cant think of any role existing Rebel ships dont already cover.
>>14243841
Isn't that just because the GM Cold is only good in arctic conditions?
>>14243849
Stealth fighter/stealth bomber.
Ground attack.
Gunship.
>>14242388
The chinese dude ruins it
>>14243948
Armour Man or the Monk ? (Even in space, you can still get typecast)
>>14243958
Not Space Ip-Man obviously
>>14243948
Im gunna raugh when he unsheathes his space katana
>>14242593
The U-fighter looks like something some artist from the Tie fighter/x wing games and rogue squadron came up with. It has potentially but needs a lot of work. The Tie striker just looks like an imperial sith fighter without the cool wing folding.
>>14243948
I don't understand why they want IPman to be in that movie i don't get it there taking this shared universe too seriously
>>14242388
The guy in red looks like he doesnt want to be there.
>>14244026
>why didn't they get Danny Trejo for this
>I wanted to meet ewoks
>that robot smells weird
>when do I get to use the Force
>>14244018
Disney is all about IPs these days. They bought the Marvel IP, the Lucasflim IP, now they wanted a hero to represent it and misunderstood and got IPman
I like the new ship designs and death troopers.
>>14243671
Pedantry doesn't detract from the point.
>>14243664
It's nice to know people still know nothing about anything.
>>14244209
He says when it's not.
>>14242445
Vader's Fist is still around. We even have an elite trooper from the Fist in the upcoming comic arc.
>>14244209
All I'm saying is rebel troops look much closer to actual soldiers.
>>14242593
I think it might double as a troop transport. We saw them land troops in the old concept art.
>>14242711
Isn't she the daughter of the guy who created the DS? They're getting her to find her dad's secret stash of plans or something.
>>14242677
That's the wrong model of X-wing...
>>14242716
Weren't they already in the EU?
>>14245057
In a way.
>>14245057
>>14245076
> "Death Troopers" first appeared in the Star Wars Legends novel of the same name as undead stormtroopers infested by a Sith plague dating back to the days of the Old Republic. They were later canonized in the mobile game Star Wars: Commander.
> canonized
> Disney mobile game
>>14242597
>>14242611
> The leak comes courtesy of the Edelweiss book catalog, an online depository for new and upcoming releases used by booksellers, librarians, reviewers, and journalists.
> On Monday, Edelweiss posted a digital catalog for Media Lab Books featuring 10 advanced images from Rogue One: A Star Wars Story: The Official Visual Guide, set for release on Jan. 24, 2017, one month after the Gareth Edwards-directed movie arrives in theaters on Dec. 16. There’s no credited author on the cover (Lucasfilm mainstay Pablo Hidalgo, who previously wrote The Force Awakens: The Visual Dictionary, issued a #VagueTweet that seemed to deny his involvement) and the publisher has emblazoned all pages with a “Not Final” note, making it clear the text and images could change before the book hits shelves. (And on a close read, the text is pretty repetitious, suggesting that there’s lots of editing and rewriting to be done over the next few months.) Nevertheless, this Visual Guide — which boasts 160 pages of pictures and other bells and whistles — offers some insight into the identities of the spies who help make the Rebels’ victory at the Battle of Yavin possible.
So basically germanbros copped some preliminary images.
>why am I here
>why do I hang out with these people
>I'd rather be back home hunting womprats and farming moisture
>>14243860
>>14243832
There's some shit about "high speed wings" my guess is air superiority, which matches some old cannon about tie-fighters being garbage in atmosphere.
It's somewhat feasible as long as we get to see them mostly in atmosphere. Unlike the U-wing, which looks like shit with no rhyme or reason.
>>14245088
It's not like the old EU made shit like the Droids cartoon canon or anything.
>>14245178
Old EU had layers of canon. Stuff didn't just become canon because it was in a product. It became canon enough, which meant it could be overwritten by better material.
Though it was never managed all that well, it was still miles better than the "everything is equally canon regardless of where it was featured!" shit disney is pushing.
>>14242428
>blah blah custume designer
>SUDDEN SUBJECT CHANGE check out this Starfighter!
This book is all over the place. Random paragaphs unrelated to each other are just being thrown together.
>>14243697
No. They're just the logical 'we need something new and stronger than stormtroopers for this' creation. Nobody is going back and looking at the EU for this.
Next thing you'll be saying the lead is a replacement for Jan Ors and her loser sidekick is supposed to be Kyle Katarn. That's a very popular delusion.
>>14245088
> "Death Troopers" first appeared in the Star Wars Legends novel of the same name as undead stormtroopers infested by a Sith plague dating back to the days of the Old Republic.
That already sounds worse than anything Disney can come up with.
>zombie stormtroopers
AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
At least Dark Troopers were /m/.
>>14246260
Mobile Command has Dark Troopers. There's also nothing saying the Death Troopers are Zombies, only that they originally were, since Lucasarts approved the idea several years before the Disney buy out.
>>14246276
Wasn't that when the whole "Empire is making space zombies" series was being published in the EU?
We're gonna see Magma Troopers because they were in Battlefront someday right? I liked those
>>14246289
No idea, only going off Wookiepedia and vague EU knowledge. Which to me says the Death Troopers in the trailer and pics don't look anything like zombies. What series was that?
>>14244018
probably to tick off the PC diversity cast, and to please the chinese viewers.
>>14242423
AAAAA THEY'RE BRINGIN' HER BAAAAACK!
honestly, I'm hoping for a Dirty Dozen in space movie.
I want nutjobs, psychos and weirdos all grouping together and using their unconventional skills and nasty bad attitude to save the universe that doesn't want to acknowledge them.
>>14247608
Well I hope you like your rebel chick with an attitude showing the rebels how to rebel in style cause it's a rebellion and she rebels. Also she's totally a badass and can do anything cause she's a kick ass chick rebel. REBEL!
>>14245166
>this blaster is too heavy
>why am I standing in front of a grid?
>>14242416
I am Groot.He's going to die, isn't he?
>>14247643
>triggering yourself
>>14246213
What part of "Sith plague" sounds bad to you?
>>14243671
>Plastic
REEEEEEEEEE! It's not plastic, you fucking casual!
Man, I just don't care about Star Wars anymore.
>>14249864
Not that guy, but the whole OOGA BOOGA Sith sorcery plus science part was fine.It was Han Solo showing up and an evil flower in the prequel that was the bad part.
>>14246299
It was literally "Death Troopers."
An evil sentient Dark Side-using plant from the Unknown Regions already known for "zombifying" people was found by the Empire and Vader commanded them to start experimenting on weaponizing it.
>>14242388
>Has china
>No curry rapist.
Racist privileged checked!
>>14251591
No comprendo
>>14250060
Oh, I thought you meant there was a series of books or comics or something being pushed, not just the one book. Yea, I knew about Death Troopers, though I haven't read it.
>>14242438
thanks m8
>>14242388
Fuck Disney.
>>14243841
Remember when the Hygogg's just completely stomped their shit? I'd dump those types of GMs too.
>>14242388
So how much of a mary sue is JYM going to be? Rey set the bar extremely high in Force Awakened.
Is she going to be able to pilot the first time she gets into a U-wing better than trained pilots and single handedly wipes out a squad of TIE Strikers?
>>14252065
iRebel
>>14252065
In fairness, Imps are almost universally portrayed as horribly incompetent except when killing other faceless mooks, so it wouldn't defy tradition too greatly.
>>14245178
Droids was overwritten iirc. Like most of the worst EU stuff actually. Very few absolutely shit things were left in canon before Disney swept it to the side.
