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| McBadgere |
 May 18 2014, 04:03 PM
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Apologies, I can't respond properly and do all the quote things...Faaaar too tired at this point...
 ...I think I've actually got those somewhere, but for some reason I never got around to reading them... They're very excellent books...I really enjoyed them a lot...But that's just me, isn't it?...  ..Rogue Squadron? They were Nintendo, not Xbox. N64 for the first, Gamecube for two and three. And of course there was Rogue Squadron for the PC. I've played both the Gamecube ones, still have the second, 'cos it's better Oh aye, fair enough...I just remember &^%$-ing brother playing it/them on something...And he has a truly absurd collection of consoles...Even more so than Crow-Boy... ...Wait, so this was the version where Greedo shot first? Yes, yes it was...Urgh...I never had a problem with Han shooting first...Pre-emptive self-defence is completely fine with me... ...Besides, it's not like Greedo wasn't going to shoot, was it?...Okay, technically it is murder...But, whatever...Laws of the Jundland Wastes and all that... ...Scum and villainy!!!... |
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| SubRosa |
May 18 2014, 06:27 PM
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QUOTE(McBadgere @ May 17 2014, 10:44 PM)  Having hung around him loads in The Clone Wars, why didn't R2 just rush over to Obi-Wan and basically start to hump his leg?... I think I recall that R2 and 3P0 had their memory wiped at the end of Revenge of the Sith? That is when Captain Antilles became their master, on the Rebel Blockade Runner. Though it does not account for Obi-Wan not recognizing them. Though I suppose that could be put down to there being other droids that look and sound exactly the same. Not that I recall ever seeing them in any of the movies mind you...  -------------------- |
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| McBadgere |
May 18 2014, 07:46 PM
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Actually, Bail Organa says "Have the protocol droid's memory wiped..." and nothing about R2...We discussed this with McBoy and he remembers the same...
So R2 remembers it all... Plus...That blasted Denning wrote a novel called Tatooine Ghost...Which, if I'm honest, was actually half decent...Dealt with Leia finding Shmi Skywalker's journal and going through it...And Luke managing to access some of R2s memories of Anakin... And his discovering the bit where Anakin strangles Padme on Mustafar... Anyways, yes...R2 still has his memories... Oh, yeah!!...Another wossname...Continuity thing... C-3PO was known to Owen and Beru...Okay, there was supposed to be many -3PO droids...But surely that one was tied to Anakin should have raised some sort of memory...He seems to remember enough about what happened to Skyguy... |
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| Callidus Thorn |
May 18 2014, 08:39 PM
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 Councilor Joined: 29-September 13 From: Midgard, Cyrodiil, one or two others. |
Yeah, Lucas amusingly enough had no regard for even his own works as far as continuity is concerned. And the majority of the fans had no problem with Han shooting first, but Lucas didn't like that fans liked Han for doing so. So the idiot meddled, and did a piss poor job of it.
All this talk of Star Wars is going to get me back into reading the books and watching the films, once I'm done with Lord of the Rings, I think... -------------------- A mind without purpose will walk in dark places
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| McBadgere |
May 18 2014, 08:56 PM
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*Applauds*...Yeah, I was going to read the Captain Nemo novel I bought the other week...A new one from Kevin J. Anderson, writer of the Jedi Academy trilogy from very early on in the SW novel run...
But I think I'm going to do Allston's Mercy Kill instead...Can't beat the X-Wing novels...Absolutely loved the Wraith Squadron ones...So different from Stackpole's Rogue Squadron ones, in that the Wraiths are more like covert ops than fighter pilots, though they can do that too... It was nice when the Wraiths turned up in the NJO briefly actually...That was cool... |
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| Callidus Thorn |
May 18 2014, 10:09 PM
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Councilor Joined: 29-September 13 From: Midgard, Cyrodiil, one or two others. |
I always preferred the Rogue Squadron X-Wing titles to the Wraith Squadron ones. I think Wraith Squadron would have worked better with someone other than Wedge Antilles in command. For a commando unit with a diverse skillset, he was easily the weak link in the unit, being only a fighter pilot.
I typically start a Star Wars novel run with the X-Wing series, then branch out from there. The Hand of Thrawn trilogy's on the list, as is The Jedi Academy, I, Jedi, The Thrawn duology that came later, the Correlin trilogy that I just rediscovered, and then I don't know what -------------------- A mind without purpose will walk in dark places
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| McBadgere |
May 19 2014, 01:11 PM
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Well, Wedge was never meant to be in the Wraiths in the first place...It was meant to be either Wes Janson's team from the off, or Hobbie Kilivan(sp?)...
Anyways, Hobbie's mentioned in the first one as taking over the running of Rogue Squadron while Wedge got on with the forming and running of Wraith Squadron... But Allston's idea had nothing to do with Wedge...Lucasbooks and whichever the woman was...I forget...Put her foot down and insisted that Antilles was the hero of the X-Wing books so he had to lead the team... I think he did alright, but yeah, he was a much better pilot than operative...Though Allston did excellently making him do both, I thought... I sometimes wish I didn't have so many books that aren't SW to go through...Putting off a new one to go back to Children of The Jedi (another favourite) or the Black Fleet Crisis ones is very difficult to do...Sadly...  ...This post has been edited by McBadgere: May 19 2014, 01:11 PM |
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| Callidus Thorn |
May 19 2014, 02:01 PM
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I always thought he was a little too passive in the Wraith Squadron books, which isn't really surprising. Personally I think they should have thrown Corran Horn in charge. Out of all the Rogues he was the most useful outside of an X-Wing.
I keep meaning to get hold of The Black Fleet Crisis trilogy, they're some of the only pre-NJO, and now post Old Republic, books that I haven't got. Never manage to get around to it though. Maybe this time I'll remember  -------------------- A mind without purpose will walk in dark places
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| Callidus Thorn |
May 20 2014, 01:24 PM
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I'm watching Star Wars!!!
Han just shot Greedo! Greedo didn't get a shot off!! @%#% you Lucas!!! -------------------- A mind without purpose will walk in dark places
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| mirocu |
May 20 2014, 09:31 PM
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QUOTE(Callidus Thorn @ May 20 2014, 02:24 PM) I'm watching Star Wars!!! Han just shot Greedo! Greedo didn't get a shot off!! @%#% you Lucas!!! Thatīs how itīs done!! -------------------- Lol bird
It matters not how strait the gate, How charged with punishments the scroll, I am the master of my fate, I am the captain of my soul. |
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| McBadgere |
May 20 2014, 10:11 PM
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QUOTE(Callidus Thorn @ May 20 2014, 01:24 PM) I'm watching Star Wars!!! Han just shot Greedo! Greedo didn't get a shot off!! @%#% you Lucas!!! *Applauds*... ...I much enjoy many of the redone effects in the '97 version...But the whole Greedo/change some of the cantina patrons...Not so much... |
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| Callidus Thorn |
May 20 2014, 10:22 PM
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QUOTE(McBadgere @ May 20 2014, 10:11 PM) QUOTE(Callidus Thorn @ May 20 2014, 01:24 PM) I'm watching Star Wars!!! Han just shot Greedo! Greedo didn't get a shot off!! @%#% you Lucas!!! *Applauds*... ...I much enjoy many of the redone effects in the '97 version...But the whole Greedo/change some of the cantina patrons...Not so much... This is the only upside I credit vhs with: that only on video can you see the proper version of Star Wars -------------------- A mind without purpose will walk in dark places
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| mirocu |
May 20 2014, 10:24 PM
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Iīm so happy I got the trilogy on VHS! Such a nice box it is and fun to have
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It matters not how strait the gate, How charged with punishments the scroll, I am the master of my fate, I am the captain of my soul. |
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| Callidus Thorn |
May 20 2014, 10:27 PM
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Councilor Joined: 29-September 13 From: Midgard, Cyrodiil, one or two others. |
I'm just glad I don't have to put up with Lucas' bs.
Han didn't shoot first  Han just shot Greedo just died -------------------- A mind without purpose will walk in dark places
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| mirocu |
May 20 2014, 10:28 PM
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QUOTE(Callidus Thorn @ May 20 2014, 11:27 PM) I'm just glad I don't have to put up with Lucas' bs. Han didn't shoot first Han just shot Greedo just died PERIOD! -------------------- Lol bird
It matters not how strait the gate, How charged with punishments the scroll, I am the master of my fate, I am the captain of my soul. |
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| McBadgere |
May 21 2014, 04:20 AM
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Yeah, I've got them on VHS too...Sadly, I've not got a VHS player anymore...
...So it's DVD all the way, baby!!... ... |
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| mirocu |
May 21 2014, 07:32 AM
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I still have my VHS from before the new millennium..
On topic: To watch Star Wars on  -------------------- Lol bird
It matters not how strait the gate, How charged with punishments the scroll, I am the master of my fate, I am the captain of my soul. |
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| Callidus Thorn |
May 21 2014, 11:23 AM
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Councilor Joined: 29-September 13 From: Midgard, Cyrodiil, one or two others. |
QUOTE(McBadgere @ May 21 2014, 04:20 AM) Yeah, I've got them on VHS too...Sadly, I've not got a VHS player anymore... ...So it's DVD all the way, baby!!... ...*Shakes head* Once you start down the dark path, forever will it dominate your destiny McB has fallen to the darkside  -------------------- A mind without purpose will walk in dark places
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| mirocu |
May 21 2014, 11:31 AM
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Why? He said he used DVDs
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It matters not how strait the gate, How charged with punishments the scroll, I am the master of my fate, I am the captain of my soul. |
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| Callidus Thorn |
May 21 2014, 11:33 AM
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QUOTE(mirocu @ May 21 2014, 11:31 AM) Why? He said he used DVDs Original Star Wars on DVD is the Lucas remastered version. That is the darkside... -------------------- A mind without purpose will walk in dark places
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