Star Wars 7 shit talk

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haha yes, there is faster than light travel, vehicles and robots that hover around, but one plausible yet impractical balance-on-a-ball thing that looks funny, dunno, man

valleys of your mind (mh), Wednesday, 3 December 2014 01:01 (nine years ago) link

Maybe it's a pinata droid and the base is full of delicious space candy.

Οὖτις Δαυ & τηε Κνιγητσ (Phil D.), Wednesday, 3 December 2014 01:02 (nine years ago) link

I'm watching "Lost" for the first time because of this trailer. I suppose we are in for a more documentary-style Star Wars?

©Oz Quiz© (Adam Bruneau), Wednesday, 3 December 2014 01:16 (nine years ago) link

Kind of crazy that after 6 movies no one has yet explained what lightsabers are or how they are made in any of them.

©Oz Quiz© (Adam Bruneau), Wednesday, 3 December 2014 01:18 (nine years ago) link

Anyone watched this Ralph McQuarrie doc? It looks pretty good.

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

jmm, Wednesday, 3 December 2014 01:18 (nine years ago) link

Episode Eight: The Saga of Sabermetrics

a stupid red mute juggalo (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 3 December 2014 01:33 (nine years ago) link

I thought of something

What if the vehicles we saw in the prequels were almost all atmosphere- and space-capable vehicles, so they had to have more aerodynamic exteriors and no stuff sticking off the outside like the Millenium Falcon had?

The x-wings are the multi-purpose tool of the rebellion so they have to be aerodynamic and work in both but are built less flashy because the rebels are broke. Other ships are repurposed transports or stuff like star destroyers that are meant to always be in space.

valleys of your mind (mh), Wednesday, 3 December 2014 01:51 (nine years ago) link

(No friction in space travel, shields help against friction on the ground)

valleys of your mind (mh), Wednesday, 3 December 2014 01:52 (nine years ago) link

M. Falcon seemed to fly okay around cloud city, kibblety bits and all.

Philip Nunez, Wednesday, 3 December 2014 03:00 (nine years ago) link

not understanding how something could have a rolling base and relatively stationary top in a robot form made me the most exasperated

to be clear my issue is primarily with how the two parts are attached, cuz it doesnt look like there's an axle, it looks like the top part is just balanced on the bottom.

Οὖτις, Wednesday, 3 December 2014 03:10 (nine years ago) link

If its using repulsor lift (lol) then why bother with the ball

Οὖτις, Wednesday, 3 December 2014 03:22 (nine years ago) link

http://i.imgur.com/xa4Tkkd.png

           (diamonddave85), Wednesday, 3 December 2014 03:29 (nine years ago) link

The new droid that accompanies Daisy Ridley and John Boyega’s characters on their journey through JJ Abrams' Star Wars: The Force Awakens is basically a ball with a small R2-D2 styled head. Inside the body of the droid, there is a weight on a pole. The weight is heavier than the head, which is constructed out of a light metal, allowing the head to always remain upright as the body rolls on the ground. The artist, Jason Ward, separated the sphere, as the official Lucasfilm concepts did, to show how the mechanisms work. However, the new droid does not do that in the film. An abundance of gadgets can be stored inside the droid, including many mechanisms and defenses. To allow the droid to operate functionally on screen as a puppet, the ball is allowed to role on two tracks that are either obscured or digitally removed.

           (diamonddave85), Wednesday, 3 December 2014 03:30 (nine years ago) link

There ya go

Οὖτις, Wednesday, 3 December 2014 03:32 (nine years ago) link

What's this droid's function supposed to be? It seems like it might work as an off-road one of these: http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/MSE-6-series_repair_droid

jmm, Wednesday, 3 December 2014 03:39 (nine years ago) link

imagine the top is a hat, with an inside rim filled with ball bearings

valleys of your mind (mh), Wednesday, 3 December 2014 03:44 (nine years ago) link

where does the hamster go

difficult-difficult lemon-difficult (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 3 December 2014 03:45 (nine years ago) link

up yr butt

valleys of your mind (mh), Wednesday, 3 December 2014 03:46 (nine years ago) link

Lol

Οὖτις, Wednesday, 3 December 2014 03:50 (nine years ago) link

rude

difficult-difficult lemon-difficult (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 3 December 2014 04:02 (nine years ago) link

...so wait, was it a predator ship or

Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 3 December 2014 04:05 (nine years ago) link

http://m.imgur.com/a/kbOh0

schwantz, Wednesday, 3 December 2014 05:33 (nine years ago) link

i like the chainsaw

difficult-difficult lemon-difficult (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 3 December 2014 05:42 (nine years ago) link

i kinda wanna rewatch the prequels now

linda cardellini (zachlyon), Wednesday, 3 December 2014 06:48 (nine years ago) link

they will be good this time

$0.00 Butter sauce only. No marinara. (Sufjan Grafton), Wednesday, 3 December 2014 06:55 (nine years ago) link

+ had no idea there was a ton of leaked concept art?? incl like 10x the Shit To Ponder than the trailer? this thread should have 15,000 more posts

linda cardellini (zachlyon), Wednesday, 3 December 2014 06:55 (nine years ago) link

if anything i think JJ's gonna play things too carefully for fear of resembling the prequels and the universe is gonna be lacking in all the wonky WTF shit from the originals like that spaceship posted upthread (also my favorite thing ever as a kid)

linda cardellini (zachlyon), Wednesday, 3 December 2014 07:02 (nine years ago) link

I wonder how the purchase will affect Star Wars 1313, still in development.

― the max in the high castle (kingfish), Thursday, November 8, 2012 6:30 PM (2 years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Whelp, so much for that

Delbert Gravy (kingfish), Wednesday, 3 December 2014 07:13 (nine years ago) link

http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_me5m8hIVWv1rani6a.gif

WOW CAN'T WAIT FOR MORE PENETRATING INSIGHTS FROM MORBS AND SHAKEY

― Diddley Hollyberry (Phil D.), Friday, May 2, 2014 11:48 AM (7 months ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Delbert Gravy (kingfish), Wednesday, 3 December 2014 07:15 (nine years ago) link

I've come to grips (lol) with the new light saber hilt by treating it as a muzzle brake.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muzzle_brake

bollnality of weevil (brownie), Wednesday, 3 December 2014 13:36 (nine years ago) link

i feel like i should be uploading the USS Enterprise blueprints i once owned, but wrong thread

things lose meaning over time (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 3 December 2014 13:42 (nine years ago) link

Au contraire. There's no better way to troll Star Wars fans than with Star Trek stuff, e.g.

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-7gB0uizWgbI/UAZ2QpA-l-I/AAAAAAAAA84/cefRQ2F23z4/s1600/star-wars-600.png

Οὖτις Δαυ & τηε Κνιγητσ (Phil D.), Wednesday, 3 December 2014 13:55 (nine years ago) link

+ had no idea there was a ton of leaked concept art?? incl like 10x the Shit To Ponder than the trailer? this thread should have 15,000 more posts

Okay, now I'm excited. This is really nice art.

jmm, Wednesday, 3 December 2014 14:38 (nine years ago) link

wait what art

gbx, Wednesday, 3 December 2014 15:17 (nine years ago) link

FWIW occurred to me that the theory that a lightsaber could just slice through the cylinder on the hilt is very silly -- the handle/cylinder has to be "lightsaber proof" or else it wouldn't be able to contain the lightsaber.

18th Century Celebrity WS of Shame (Hurting 2), Wednesday, 3 December 2014 15:27 (nine years ago) link

No

That's likes saying a gun is bulletproof and can't be injured by a bullet fired at it

, Wednesday, 3 December 2014 15:31 (nine years ago) link

I'm gonna have to revoke your nerd credentials

, Wednesday, 3 December 2014 15:31 (nine years ago) link

of course the handle is lightsaber proof

i blow goat farts, aka garts for a living (waterface), Wednesday, 3 December 2014 15:33 (nine years ago) link

if the handle is light saber proof then they should make a suit of armor out of that material

bollnality of weevil (brownie), Wednesday, 3 December 2014 15:36 (nine years ago) link

Properties of matter in the Star Wars universe: solid, liquid, gas, Force, lightsaber, lightsaber handle.

Rubies! And Emeralds! (Old Lunch), Wednesday, 3 December 2014 15:36 (nine years ago) link

Actually I guess it could be like the energy or whatever is focused through lenses and only achieves full strength as it leaves the handle.

18th Century Celebrity WS of Shame (Hurting 2), Wednesday, 3 December 2014 15:37 (nine years ago) link

did you know that planes are missle-proof and tanks are artillery-proof

valleys of your mind (mh), Wednesday, 3 December 2014 15:48 (nine years ago) link

so obviously not the same thing god

18th Century Celebrity WS of Shame (Hurting 2), Wednesday, 3 December 2014 15:48 (nine years ago) link

Clowning Hurting talk

valleys of your mind (mh), Wednesday, 3 December 2014 15:49 (nine years ago) link

how many midichlorians can dance on the head of a pin?

things lose meaning over time (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 3 December 2014 15:51 (nine years ago) link

space, that's where I'm a viking.

how's life, Wednesday, 3 December 2014 15:53 (nine years ago) link


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