Star Wars 7 shit talk

I'm gonna have to revoke your nerd credentials

of course the handle is lightsaber proof

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

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

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.

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

so obviously not the same thing god

Clowning Hurting talk

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

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

are flamethrower barrels flameproof?

Checked the concept art. So much T&O.

Stormtroopers in trailer are very T, not sure if that was already pointed out

Definition of T&O please?

idgi, weren't stormtroopers and every vestige of the Empire destroyed when the Jedi Returned? or am I being naive?

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.

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.

Lightsabers use a jewel xp

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.

xp does the jewel focus the beam? or is the jewel just the source of all of the lightsaber photons?

Lightsabers use a jewel xp

― 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

Definition of T&O please?

― jmm, Wednesday, 3 December 2014 15:56 (7 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

tits & oss

from here, it sounds like the crystal is the source of the lightsaber photons. but the jedi has to supply energy to the crystal via Force. I'd guess that Force has to be what reflects the beam at the end or even guides the beam to form a blade. so you'd need armor made of Force.

WELL THEN MAYBE THE FORCE CAN PROTECT HIS HANDS TOO DUH

yes, that is very true and equivalent to what i am saying pls pay attn ty

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 (8 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

dunno, but the concept art of the repurposed AT-AT is cool as hell:

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-CY_cruBQXN4/VD4GoA_jwWI/AAAAAAAAFHk/BzJNbV4B2VA/s1600/534b11c37959a2bb815f7f9664cf7df1.jpg

why not make everything out of force geez

One of my favorite conceits of Star Wars is the sort of indefinite nature of the use of Force in combat, like how they seem to have to strain a lot to make the lightsaber come to them but then sometimes they can just fire themselves up into the air like nothing. There seems to be some sort of limitation placed on its use by mental energy and focus but it's not exactly clear, but it seems sort of believable, like how a basketball player might have "hot" moments.

everything is made out of force, innit? "The force is an energy field created by all living things, it surrounds us, it penetrates us, it binds the galaxy together" xp

Man, I can out-nerd all you nerf-herders: http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Cortosis

Cortosis ore was a very rare, brittle, fibrous material whose conductive properties caused lightsabers to temporarily short out upon contact. This effect made cortosis a useful material for anti-lightsaber melee weapons, though with repeated strikes, a lightsaber could still cut through it. Cortosis, due to its energy resistant properties, was also resistant to blaster fire.

. . . Cortosis ore was used extensively in shadowtrooper armor, as well as the C-B3 cortosis battle droids during the Clone Wars, and the Force-using group known as the Jensaarai. The cortosis used for this armor was smuggled out from Bespin's Cloud City. The walls of the Imperial Palace were also lined with cortosis ore. It was also used to strengthen starfighter and capital ship hulls, and was woven into body armor.

Cortosis was expensive to mine because it was so rare and it had to be absolutely refined. Pure, unrefined, cortosis ore was for unexplained reasons, energized, killing anyone who touched it with his/her bare skin, even Hutts, who had energy resistant enzymes in their sweat. Miners had to have filtering equipment, or else the cortosis particles would accumulate in their systems, causing hair loss, sickness, and eventually death. The substance was energy resistant, meaning energy tools (such as plasma torches) were virtually useless. The brute force of hydraulic jacks were used to mine it, though it quickly wore the head of the jack to uselessness and its dust would clog the pistons. Pockets of highly-combustible lethane gas often formed near cortosis deposits.[1]

This cortosis stuff does not sound so realistic

anyone can quote Wookiepedia Phil. Look

Teloberry bushes were plants native to Misnor. They were eaten by chiilaks.

Chiilaks, dude.

this shit is just so fuckin funny

ah yes lethane gas, adjacent to unobtainium on the periodic table iirc

https://burndownblog.files.wordpress.com/2011/05/simpsons-genius-at-work.gif

at least they put SOME minimal effort into "lethane gas", as opposed to NOTREALium

I kind of want to know how the Falcon flies like that within gravity, while we're at it, although I feel I am inadequate in both my flight dynamics and star wars knowledge to properly debate this

dunno, but the concept art of the repurposed AT-AT is cool as hell:

Ha, that could be a callback to the repurposed Tauntaun.

it's covered in hoverboards iirc xp

turns out the ball droid is a McQuarrie concept too btw

“I think Artoo was just described as a small robot. I thought of him as running on a giant ball bearing — just a sphere, a circle, wheel-like. He had gyros so he could go in any direction on this ball.”

that's so cool.

I liked Lisanti's description of R2 in the Grantland piece as a "squealing bipedal diaper genie"

tried to rewrite "Moses Supposes" from Singin' in the Rain for cortosis, gave up

with gyros in my balls, i could go in any direction

My ball gyros keep them in the same position/direction no matter which way I turn.

Super painful if I turn too fast.

white sauce joke

how did no one make the "they should make the whole plane out of the stuff they use to make the black box" joke in Hurting/SaberGate

prob bc it wouldn't be funny