Star Wars 7 shit talk

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Really they couldn't do anything until they had more utility data.

Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 2 December 2014 22:19 (nine years ago) link

it's not really an ILX Star Wars thread until Ned and I run a joke into the ground

the farakhan of gg (DJP), Tuesday, 2 December 2014 22:24 (nine years ago) link

Rather.

Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 2 December 2014 22:26 (nine years ago) link

it's not running a joke into the ground if you lacked utility data

guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 2 December 2014 22:30 (nine years ago) link

Utilty data reminds me of:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ftU5GfORvH8

guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 2 December 2014 22:32 (nine years ago) link

this is semi-intentional, isn't it? ie the "golden age" of the Republic giving way to the grimy oppressive nature of the Empire?

― the farakhan of gg (DJP), Tuesday, December 2, 2014 4:42 PM (25 minutes ago) Bookmark

Yeah you can do a little retconning and get there

Cloud City is meant to be the symbol of opulence I think in the trilogies but by today's standards it comes off as lol 70's

I was thinking more of the modular nature of the tech

Like tons of little extraneous things hanging off of everything, even the Star Destroyers, all this great detail of piping and tubing etched into the interstices

Like the X-Wing being so modular that it needs an astromech droid to set in the back and then the droid pops out and fixes shit while in battle!

Like compare the X-wing or even the TIE Fighter to the fucking Naboo starfighter that looks like it was carved from a solid piece of carbonite

, Tuesday, 2 December 2014 22:39 (nine years ago) link

mon cal cruisers were a bit more organic looking /nerdery

valleys of your mind (mh), Tuesday, 2 December 2014 22:42 (nine years ago) link

Yeah but there was backstory behind that

, Tuesday, 2 December 2014 22:43 (nine years ago) link

They grew those fucking ships in an ocean!

, Tuesday, 2 December 2014 22:43 (nine years ago) link

<3 u 龜

valleys of your mind (mh), Tuesday, 2 December 2014 22:44 (nine years ago) link

Have also heard a lot of people make car analogies in re late 70s/early 80s vs late 90s/early 00s -- the sleekness and curviness of the prequel tech matches this, as does the fact that shit in the original trilogy had lots of parts and people were always fixing things, whereas no one works on their own cars anymore.

18th Century Celebrity WS of Shame (Hurting 2), Tuesday, 2 December 2014 22:44 (nine years ago) link

http://i.imgur.com/Gd6xbgV.jpg

This ship is cool as hell. Probably my favorite starship

, Tuesday, 2 December 2014 22:45 (nine years ago) link

although there's the whole soapbox derby build-a-pod thing

18th Century Celebrity WS of Shame (Hurting 2), Tuesday, 2 December 2014 22:45 (nine years ago) link

Like compare the X-wing or even the TIE Fighter to the fucking Naboo starfighter that looks like it was carved from a solid piece of carbonite

when it debuted Threepio said, "Ohhh! They've encased it in carbonite!"

guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 2 December 2014 22:45 (nine years ago) link

that's one ship with a bunch others docked to the back, right? xxp
I concur

valleys of your mind (mh), Tuesday, 2 December 2014 22:46 (nine years ago) link

that thundercats thing will never not crack me up for some reason

a stupid red mute juggalo (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 2 December 2014 22:47 (nine years ago) link

No that's one ship

It's the Nebulon B Escort Frigate

, Tuesday, 2 December 2014 22:47 (nine years ago) link

is Star Wars set in the future or the past? i've still no idea. if it's 'a long time ago..' then how is it also 'the future'?

piscesx, Tuesday, 2 December 2014 22:47 (nine years ago) link

Relativity

jmm, Tuesday, 2 December 2014 22:49 (nine years ago) link

This thread is slowly working through everything already covered in the Red Letter Media series. Those who haven't should watch it, even if they find the "character" of Mr Plinkett(?) annoying.

Evan, Tuesday, 2 December 2014 22:50 (nine years ago) link

he's ready..

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yBEdgPFoBjY

piscesx, Tuesday, 2 December 2014 22:51 (nine years ago) link

I stand corrected xxxp

valleys of your mind (mh), Tuesday, 2 December 2014 22:52 (nine years ago) link

Star Wars is _futuristic_ but it happened a long time ago

valleys of your mind (mh), Tuesday, 2 December 2014 22:52 (nine years ago) link

i have a coworker who says she likes the prequels better than the original

i threw her out a window, she's better now

difficult-difficult lemon-difficult (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 2 December 2014 22:53 (nine years ago) link

Since when was THIS

http://i.imgur.com/QTBbDzk.jpg

Cooler than THIS?

http://i.imgur.com/zmCjNLP.jpg

, Tuesday, 2 December 2014 22:55 (nine years ago) link

#thingsonly70skidsunderstand

18th Century Celebrity WS of Shame (Hurting 2), Tuesday, 2 December 2014 22:55 (nine years ago) link

#thingsonly4ABYkidsunderstand

, Tuesday, 2 December 2014 23:00 (nine years ago) link

soccerball droid confuses me

Οὖτις, Tuesday, 2 December 2014 23:01 (nine years ago) link

I know you guys expended all your engineering/intellectual energy on the lightsaber design but seriously how does that robot work it makes no sense

Οὖτις, Tuesday, 2 December 2014 23:07 (nine years ago) link

Inspired by nature.

http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/files/2012/10/Dung-beetle.jpg

jmm, Tuesday, 2 December 2014 23:10 (nine years ago) link

Who controls the Twin Pod? What if the pilots disagree on where they should go?

Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Tuesday, 2 December 2014 23:11 (nine years ago) link

haha don't get me started about that

Οὖτις, Tuesday, 2 December 2014 23:12 (nine years ago) link

so a la the dung beetle, the top part is propelling the bottom soccer ball part? assuming that's even possible (since the top part does not appear to have any appendages or attachments to move the soccer ball part with) what would be the point of that?

Οὖτις, Tuesday, 2 December 2014 23:14 (nine years ago) link

I'm assuming that there's a vertical disk that is kept static that the head sits on top of, and it spins the half-balls each side?

Andrew Farrell, Tuesday, 2 December 2014 23:22 (nine years ago) link

i'll be honest, the soccerball droid gave me a fleeting moment of ~the phear~

aaaahh more cutesy bullshit droids nooo

difficult-difficult lemon-difficult (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 2 December 2014 23:22 (nine years ago) link

I don't mean to say that I'm right of course, just "If I had to build something like that, and I knew anything about building robots"

Andrew Farrell, Tuesday, 2 December 2014 23:22 (nine years ago) link

take 1 soccerball
1 saucepan lid
magnets

go

difficult-difficult lemon-difficult (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 2 December 2014 23:23 (nine years ago) link

The entire series starts with cutesy bullshit droids, they're kind of its thing.

Andrew Farrell, Tuesday, 2 December 2014 23:23 (nine years ago) link

I take it you are not an engineer by day xp

valleys of your mind (mh), Tuesday, 2 December 2014 23:24 (nine years ago) link

yeah Andrew I can't see how it would work without an axle connecting the upper and lower halves

xp

Οὖτις, Tuesday, 2 December 2014 23:24 (nine years ago) link

i know but

difficult-difficult lemon-difficult (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 2 December 2014 23:24 (nine years ago) link

1 rollers moving in opposite direction of travel
2 gyroscope in ball

valleys of your mind (mh), Tuesday, 2 December 2014 23:26 (nine years ago) link

I don't think the ball is part of the droid fwiw

18th Century Celebrity WS of Shame (Hurting 2), Tuesday, 2 December 2014 23:32 (nine years ago) link

hurting you're all right but that post makes me want to kick you through a fishtank

goole, Tuesday, 2 December 2014 23:34 (nine years ago) link

GO PLAY OUTSIDE ALL OF YOU

goole, Tuesday, 2 December 2014 23:35 (nine years ago) link

occurred to me it could be a lil droid on top of a ball, sure

valleys of your mind (mh), Tuesday, 2 December 2014 23:35 (nine years ago) link

MacGyver never needed no gyroscope

Evan, Tuesday, 2 December 2014 23:36 (nine years ago) link


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