http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Repulsorlift
― Οὖτις Δαυ & τηε Κνιγητσ (Phil D.), Wednesday, 3 December 2014 03:19 (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
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
http://www.starwarsunderworld.com/2014/10/massive-amount-of-episode-vii-concept.html
― the joke should be over once the kid is eaten. (chap), Wednesday, 3 December 2014 15:22 (nine years ago) link
Enjoyed a lot of the writing in this:http://grantland.com/hollywood-prospectus/lightning-round-star-wars-the-force-awakens-trailer/
― 18th Century Celebrity WS of Shame (Hurting 2), Wednesday, 3 December 2014 15:26 (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
― 龜, Wednesday, 3 December 2014 15:31 (nine years ago) link
I'm gonna have to revoke your nerd credentials
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
are flamethrower barrels flameproof?
― 18th Century Celebrity WS of Shame (Hurting 2), Wednesday, 3 December 2014 15:53 (nine years ago) link
Checked the concept art. So much T&O.
― Frederik B, Wednesday, 3 December 2014 15:54 (nine years ago) link
Stormtroopers in trailer are very T, not sure if that was already pointed out
― 18th Century Celebrity WS of Shame (Hurting 2), Wednesday, 3 December 2014 15:54 (nine years ago) link
Definition of T&O please?
― jmm, Wednesday, 3 December 2014 15:56 (nine years ago) link
idgi, weren't stormtroopers and every vestige of the Empire destroyed when the Jedi Returned? or am I being naive?
― things lose meaning over time (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 3 December 2014 15:57 (nine years ago) link
yeah the lightsaber light beam is collimated so the photon density drops quickly away from the beam center. and if it uses a lens that is some sweet material that isn't destroyed by the lightsaber, that material would be transparent to lightsaber and would be useless as armor.
― $0.00 Butter sauce only. No marinara. (Sufjan Grafton), Wednesday, 3 December 2014 15:57 (nine years ago) link
killing the emperor and blowing up their giant space weapon (mark II) doesn't mean the rest of the apparatus just disappeared into thin air?
I'd imagine there'd be tons of surplus armor, guns, and ships to sell to local police departments, too.
― valleys of your mind (mh), Wednesday, 3 December 2014 16:00 (nine years ago) link
Lightsabers use a jewel xp
― 龜, Wednesday, 3 December 2014 16:00 (nine years ago) link
guess I'm sayin 'not destroyed by lightsaber' /= 'useful as armor against lightsaber'. you need a material that reflects lightsaber. so the armor would have to be made of whatever the fuck is reflecting the lightsaber beam at the tip.
― $0.00 Butter sauce only. No marinara. (Sufjan Grafton), Wednesday, 3 December 2014 16:01 (nine years ago) link
xp does the jewel focus the beam? or is the jewel just the source of all of the lightsaber photons?
― $0.00 Butter sauce only. No marinara. (Sufjan Grafton), Wednesday, 3 December 2014 16:02 (nine years ago) link
― 龜, Wednesday, December 3, 2014 11:00 AM Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Nah they were supposed to get saphire but the supplier couldn't produce so they went with a specialized glass
― 18th Century Celebrity WS of Shame (Hurting 2), Wednesday, 3 December 2014 16:02 (nine years ago) link