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TV-9D9 / Re: Kenobi (Disney+) - (SPOILERS possible)
« on: June 20, 2022, 11:17 AM »
I just chalk it up to him being much closer to the transport than he was to the Falcon or the Blockade Runner. Plus they were moving faster.
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TV-9D9 / Re: Kenobi (Disney+) - (SPOILERS possible)
« on: June 17, 2022, 10:30 AM »
Agreed!
And the biggest offender for me: the Yuzhan Vong. Not everyone will agree with me, but I'll go to my grave saying that whoever created the Yuzhan Vong concept can go eat a Yuzhan Dong.
Let's also not forget that the official name for the cantina music was "**** music." Who the hell let that through?
And the biggest offender for me: the Yuzhan Vong. Not everyone will agree with me, but I'll go to my grave saying that whoever created the Yuzhan Vong concept can go eat a Yuzhan Dong.
Let's also not forget that the official name for the cantina music was "**** music." Who the hell let that through?
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The Vintage Collection / Re: 2022 TVC Wave 5 (New TVC Wave 26)
« on: June 17, 2022, 10:26 AM »I wouldn't discount that train of thought. In the video Emily said that this Vader was the first all-new effort on Darth Vader that they had done in 10+ years. Previous releases, like the ROGUE ONE Vader, were based on previous sculpts. When Hasbro made that 500th edition Darth Vader they kept on cranking out Vader releases based on that figure for years to follow.
Honestly if they just want to tweak it and give us the different versions we need (inner robes over the armor for ANH, whatever changes needed for ESB, ROTJ, removable helmet, etc) I'd buy them in a heartbeat. This is a great scenario, where they've created a perfect template and now they can iterate on it.
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TV-9D9 / Re: Kenobi (Disney+) - (SPOILERS possible)
« on: June 16, 2022, 02:30 PM »Over in the Obi-Wan Wednesday thread I didn't realize that the whole 4-LOM vs 1-JAC thing was such A THING.
I'm still pretty happy to see callbacks like this to the OT, especially the bounty hunters. IIRC, the Legends backstory for 4-LOM was that the droid had been a protocol droid that was somehow re-programmed and became a bounty hunter, and partnered up with Zuckuss.
There are some distinct differences between the two droids - the differing weapons, and the holsters and bandolier on 1-JAC. The idea of this model of droid being a "Bounty Droid", as Din Djarin referred to IG-11, seems to expand the world of Star Wars a bit.
Yeah I like the idea that there were hunter droids and bounty hunting was constantly being automated. It makes the idea that the organic bounty hunters had to be that much better because someone was always looking to come up with a cheaper option using droids.
To be honest, I was never really a big fan of 4-LOM's backstory, and I thought IG-88's backstory was absolute, unsalvageable ****.
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The Vintage Collection / Re: 2022 TVC Wave 5 (New TVC Wave 26)
« on: June 16, 2022, 01:06 PM »
Thanks for the link, I just ordered four!
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TV-9D9 / Re: Kenobi (Disney+) - (SPOILERS possible)
« on: June 16, 2022, 10:00 AM »
They found a really great way to keep little Leia out of the action scenes, which would have made it clunky. Really great episode. I watched it twice (once with my wife and again with my wife and the kids) and then we all watched the last 10-ish minutes again. You know the part I'm talking about.
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TV-9D9 / Re: Kenobi (Disney+) - (SPOILERS possible)
« on: June 14, 2022, 09:49 AM »
Meh...I've seen worse disguises.
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TV-9D9 / Re: Kenobi (Disney+) - (SPOILERS possible)
« on: June 13, 2022, 09:28 AM »The toxic negativity of every online fandom is almost suffocating.
Truth!
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TV-9D9 / Re: Kenobi (Disney+) - (SPOILERS possible)
« on: June 4, 2022, 09:18 PM »
Honestly if you could have reached into my mind from 1979 onward, that's the Darth Vader I imagined hunting down the Jedi before ANH. I was disappointed that ROTS didn't feature a full cybernetic Vader doing what he does in this latest episode. That's the Vader I had nightmares about.
We'll see what happens in the next episode, but I got the impression Vader isn't all that concerned that Kenobi got away for now. He seemed to know where he was through the whole pursuit, and there's supposed to be no way off planet. He's already gravely injured Kenobi, and plans to hunt him all over the imperial-controlled planet he's stuck on.
My thought is now that Vader knows Kenobi had help from the town, will he use their suffering to draw him out. And he also now has Leia, so Obi Wan will have no choice but to put on his big Jedi pants and confront Vader. I want to see why Vader uses the line "Obi Wan once thought as you do..." The dueling is always appreciated, but I want to see some of the emotional drama between the two that didn't come across in ROTS. And I didn't see that exchange as a fight, I just saw it as Vader beating the crap out of Obi Wan for his own enjoyment. Obi Wan didn't have the upper hand or even an actual defense other than "run for my ******* life" during that. It was not a duel...it was Vader being sadistic, and enjoying it.
We'll see what happens in the next episode, but I got the impression Vader isn't all that concerned that Kenobi got away for now. He seemed to know where he was through the whole pursuit, and there's supposed to be no way off planet. He's already gravely injured Kenobi, and plans to hunt him all over the imperial-controlled planet he's stuck on.
My thought is now that Vader knows Kenobi had help from the town, will he use their suffering to draw him out. And he also now has Leia, so Obi Wan will have no choice but to put on his big Jedi pants and confront Vader. I want to see why Vader uses the line "Obi Wan once thought as you do..." The dueling is always appreciated, but I want to see some of the emotional drama between the two that didn't come across in ROTS. And I didn't see that exchange as a fight, I just saw it as Vader beating the crap out of Obi Wan for his own enjoyment. Obi Wan didn't have the upper hand or even an actual defense other than "run for my ******* life" during that. It was not a duel...it was Vader being sadistic, and enjoying it.
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The Vintage Collection / Re: 2023 TVC Deluxe TM Darktrooper
« on: June 3, 2022, 08:40 AM »
I ordered 3 from Dorkside and 3 from Amazon. I'd pick up more if they discounted it, but I feel like I'm doing my part with 6.
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The Vintage Collection / Re: 2022 TVC Troop Builder - Echo Base Rebel Soldier 4-Pack
« on: June 3, 2022, 08:36 AM »
I know it's not canon, but I wouldn't mind a few female and alien versions of some of these characters. I get that'd greatly increase the tooling costs, but my rebel army is kind of a sausage party at this point. Leia, Toryn Farr, Mon Mothma and the 2 or 3 female pilots can only do so much.
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TV-9D9 / Re: Kenobi (Disney+) - (SPOILERS possible)
« on: June 2, 2022, 09:47 AM »My wife is out of town and I can’t watch until Friday night.
Alright, then I'll hold off.
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The Vintage Collection / Re: June 1st Pre-Orders?
« on: June 1, 2022, 03:19 PM »Is there a new Vader out today too?
Vader and Meatcutter BlueShirt Obi-Wan are tomorrow at 1pm ET
Wait...there's a new TVC Vader and Obi-Wan tomorrow?
Edit: Never mind, I just realized it's black series.
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TV-9D9 / Re: Kenobi (Disney+) - (SPOILERS possible)
« on: June 1, 2022, 12:58 PM »Just watched episode 3.
Ho. Lee. ****.
Me too. I thought it was out on Friday and I was pleasantly surprised. Then I was ecstatic. I'll give it a day, then I want to wallow in all the spoiler goodness.
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The Vintage Collection / Re: June 1st Pre-Orders?
« on: May 31, 2022, 07:51 PM »
Thanks for the info!