That's why I would've rated it Spoiler, if I could've rated it Spoiler.I think it was just to be silly, not to indicate a request for spoiler tags.
That's why I would've rated it Spoiler, if I could've rated it Spoiler.I think it was just to be silly, not to indicate a request for spoiler tags.
I had a rather irritating morning, so nothing was funny at the time. Carry on!I think it was just to be silly, not to indicate a request for spoiler tags.
13:22This may be the hardest I've laughed at a video in a long time. Holy shit is some of this crap ridiculous.
Ha ha ha ha.. it's from the cringetastic season two Code Geass opening. The people aren't nearly noodly enough![DOUBLEPOST=1453484676,1453484493][/DOUBLEPOST]Star Wars The Force Awakens, Anime Opening style. This works insanely well.
http://digg.com/video/star-wars-anime-intro
Ha ha yeah.. We're gonna build a SECOND Death Star, even bigger than the first, but, you know, don't spend money on this one guy's battlesuit.13:22
The droids waxed Vaders helmet to distract Palpatine from the shortcuts they used on his suit due to the budgetary limitations imposed by Palpatine... Haha that sounds like a Dilbert comic.
I don't buy it. That sounds like more fanboy equivocational fill-in-the-gaps headcanon. First of all, stormtroopers were absolutely precise and deadly when they weren't under direct orders to let the targets escape. I'll grant you that tie fighters were cheap, but that's also because they had unlimited manpower. And while the fighters might have been cheap, the Star Destroyers (and Death Stars!) certainly were not.The Empire was run completely on a tiny budget... from stormtrooper rifles that were notoriously inaccurate to TIE fighters that had no shielding and no amtosphere (you flew in heated, air supplied flight suit), the Empire skimped on everything because they need MILLIONS of things. It doesn't even make sense to cut it; they are a pan galatic empire, they had MORE than enough resources for the best of EVERYTHING.
Vader was very much off the books. No one was supposed to know he was Anakin Skywalker except a chosen few because it would have raised questions about why a Jedi (who were enemies of the Empire and sentenced to death on the battlefield) was walking around. Fuck, no one knew Palpatine was a Sith except for the remaining Jedi and his own personal agents. The only reason to stick Vader in that suit instead of proper cybernetics was to torture Anakin and hide his identity... I mean, Vader had his own personal, tricked out TIE-Avenger. That most have cost the Empire more than a dozen of his suits.But even if they had millions of other things, they only had one Dark Lord of the Sith, and it only made sense to max his stats out as best they could.
Although, when he was put together, the empire wasn't really fully established yet, I guess... it was still in the transition between republic and empire, so... I dunno, maybe Palpatine had to hide Vader's surgery off the books or something? I dunno.
Quite so. That Vader had his own shielded prototype Tie Fighter undermines the whole "Vader on a budget" thing. I'm pretty sure that was just something somebody pulled out of their ass and put on a wiki.Vader was very much off the books. No one was supposed to know he was Anakin Skywalker except a chosen few because it would have raised questions about why a Jedi (who were enemies of the Empire and sentenced to death on the battlefield) was walking around. Fuck, no one knew Palpatine was a Sith except for the remaining Jedi and his own personal agents. The only reason to stick Vader in that suit instead of proper cybernetics was to torture Anakin and hide his identity... I mean, Vader had his own personal, tricked out TIE-Avenger. That most have cost the Empire more than a dozen of his suits.
Either way, it's fucking hilarious.Quite so. That Vader had his own shielded prototype Tie Fighter undermines the whole "Vader on a budget" thing. I'm pretty sure that was just something somebody pulled out of their ass and put on a wiki.
Apparently that came from Darth Vader: A 3-d Construction log, some children's cross-section/"Inside Darth Vader's suit" book. According to the wiki, the "budget" thing was an excuse even the droids working on Vader didn't buy, they suspected it was intended so Palpatine could keep Vader in check. So it looks like it was meant to be a not really convincing "official" reason in-universe to cover up the truth.Quite so. That Vader had his own shielded prototype Tie Fighter undermines the whole "Vader on a budget" thing. I'm pretty sure that was just something somebody pulled out of their ass and put on a wiki.
By the original effects artists, too, I think I read somewhere.TIL: The practical effects used in The Force Awakens even included using stop motion to recreate the Dejarik board.
(via Wired)
I agree it gets annoying. I feel like a lot of fandoms do it too but Star Wars has been around long enough that they have every little thing covered. Like in A New Hope there's the scene where Luke and his uncle are at the Jawa droid market, and they're about to buy this one droid but it shorts out so they get R2D2 instead. There's a comic that explains that scene and how the first droid was force sensitive and had a vision that R2D2 had to go with Luke to save the galaxy and so it purposefully shorted itself out.I don't buy it. That sounds like more fanboy equivocational fill-in-the-gaps headcanon. First of all, stormtroopers were absolutely precise and deadly when they weren't under direct orders to let the targets escape. I'll grant you that tie fighters were cheap, but that's also because they had unlimited manpower. And while the fighters might have been cheap, the Star Destroyers (and Death Stars!) certainly were not.
But even if they had millions of other things, they only had one Dark Lord of the Sith, and it only made sense to max his stats out as best they could.
Although, when he was put together, the empire wasn't really fully established yet, I guess... it was still in the transition between republic and empire, so... I dunno, maybe Palpatine had to hide Vader's surgery off the books or something? I dunno.
Really, the whole thing sounds like somebody not even affiliated with Lucasfilm just manufactured out of whole cloth to try and explain/tie together minute details from the movies and other canonical sources.
That's really the thing about Star Wars... SO MUCH of it is just shit fans made up and nobody said "no" so it stayed headcanon long enough to be thought of as actual canon.
Skippy the Jedi Droid by Peter David.I agree it gets annoying. I feel like a lot of fandoms do it too but Star Wars has been around long enough that they have every little thing covered. Like in A New Hope there's the scene where Luke and his uncle are at the Jawa droid market, and they're about to buy this one droid but it shorts out so they get R2D2 instead. There's a comic that explains that scene and how the first droid was force sensitive and had a vision that R2D2 had to go with Luke to save the galaxy and so it purposefully shorted itself out.
I agree it gets annoying. I feel like a lot of fandoms do it too but Star Wars has been around long enough that they have every little thing covered. Like in A New Hope there's the scene where Luke and his uncle are at the Jawa droid market, and they're about to buy this one droid but it shorts out so they get R2D2 instead. There's a comic that explains that scene and how the first droid was force sensitive and had a vision that R2D2 had to go with Luke to save the galaxy and so it purposefully shorted itself out.
Exactly. That's exactly what I'm talking about. There's so much stuff that I'd call canon-by-unrefuted-fanon and some of it is really groanworthy.Skippy the Jedi Droid by Peter David.
Too soon...
I'M NEVER GONNA DANCE AGAINToo soon...
Are these the original lyrics, or have you translated them from Shyriiwook?I'M NEVER GONNA DANCE AGAIN
GUILTY FEET HAVE GOT NO RHYTHM
Yes, yes, we all like Deadpool.I'M NEVER GONNA DANCE AGAIN
GUILTY FEET HAVE GOT NO RHYTHM
I'M NEVER GONNA DANCE AGAIN
GUILTY FEET HAVE GOT NO RHYTHM
So has anyone heard from these people? That movie is out now and getting bad to neutral-at-best reviews.Yeah, I know, I meant that it may be canon, but it's still extended universe, like the current run of Marvel comics or all the books that are sure to be released. Anything going forward is canon apparently.[DOUBLEPOST=1451765661,1451765488][/DOUBLEPOST]And because I'm having fun seeing some of the sadder shit being posted online about this movie, here's another gem.
Bluuuuebs.
"Butthole eyes" was my favorite quote.Bluuuuebs.