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Posted: 5/7/2023 10:42:30 PM EST
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Posted: 5/7/2023 11:07:50 PM EST
[Last Edit: FlashMan-7k]
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 DARTH TRUMP - Auralnauts The very best part of it: "You're fired"  (those of you who get your knickers in a knot, note the release date, this is what the oldsters used to call humor) |
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Posted: 5/7/2023 11:12:10 PM EST
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Sputnik556: It does get very expensive. I have Deathwatch, ROTJ Boba, BOBF Boba, two Stormtroopers, Vader, Bo Katan and a Phase II clone. It makes me sick thinking about it. I’ll be adding the Scout Trooper as soon as it releases. Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Sputnik556: Originally Posted By HiramRanger: All I have is the Death Watch helmet... I think I'm going to stop with one because it will get damn expensive. As it is I have an infatuation with the X-Wing miniatures from the table top game. It does get very expensive. I have Deathwatch, ROTJ Boba, BOBF Boba, two Stormtroopers, Vader, Bo Katan and a Phase II clone. It makes me sick thinking about it. I’ll be adding the Scout Trooper as soon as it releases. I believe the Scout is coming this year |
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Posted: 5/7/2023 11:14:22 PM EST
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By HiramRanger: All I have is the Death Watch helmet... I think I'm going to stop with one because it will get damn expensive. As it is I have an infatuation with the X-Wing miniatures from the table top game. @HiramRanger I thought I was the only one. I don’t even play the game, I just love the super detailed little ship models 
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Posted: 5/7/2023 11:22:42 PM EST
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By MarkMustang: Truth. They won't say Slave Leia just like they won't say Boba Fett's Slave 1. |
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Posted: 5/8/2023 12:06:40 AM EST
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By colklink: Actually, if you own a shovel, the chances of getting Carrie Fisher to sit on your face can be 100% Just get the wife some costumes   I would post the metal slave bikini, but it's very NSFW. The good metal bikinis are $200 or more. |
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Posted: 5/8/2023 1:27:06 AM EST
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By FreefallRet: Just get the wife some costumes https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/20856/DSCF0006-114731.jpg I would post the metal slave bikini, but it's very NSFW. The good metal bikinis are $200 or more. BOTD is the way |
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Posted: 5/8/2023 7:05:12 AM EST
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Posted: 5/8/2023 7:47:38 AM EST
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By FlashMan-7k:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KU_Jdts5rL0The very best part of it: "You're fired" (those of you who get your knickers in a knot, note the release date, this is what the oldsters used to call humor) That was awesome. Thanks for sharing. I laughed loudest at the very end. |
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Posted: 5/8/2023 9:28:36 AM EST
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By von_landstuhl: That was awesome. Thanks for sharing. I laughed loudest at the very end. Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By von_landstuhl: Originally Posted By FlashMan-7k: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KU_Jdts5rL0The very best part of it: "You're fired" (those of you who get your knickers in a knot, note the release date, this is what the oldsters used to call humor) That was awesome. Thanks for sharing. I laughed loudest at the very end. That was pretty damned good! |
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Posted: 5/8/2023 10:31:40 AM EST
[Last Edit: macman37]
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[youtube]shorts/5azoEzwTi60[/youtube]
As goofy as SW can be at times… I do believe Lucas had this as a guiding principle all through creating the story and the mythos around it. Meanwhile KK is clueless as hell and just wants to believe in the good of everyone. Edit … our YT linker may not be able to handle shorts so here’s the link in case you want to copy/paste it - https://youtube.com/shorts/5azoEzwTi60?feature=share Edit 2: nice, it did work but I’ll leave the link just in case. |
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Posted: 5/8/2023 12:48:43 PM EST
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By macman37: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/5azoEzwTi60As goofy as SW can be at times… I do believe Lucas had this as a guiding principle all through creating the story and the mythos around it. Meanwhile KK is clueless as hell and just wants to believe in the good of everyone. Edit … our YT linker may not be able to handle shorts so here’s the link in case you want to copy/paste it - https://youtube.com/shorts/5azoEzwTi60?feature=share Edit 2: nice, it did work but I’ll leave the link just in case. Fantastic video |
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Posted: 5/8/2023 4:08:02 PM EST
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Did it mention that his star wars seven was literally going to be "meet the midchlorians" ...?
Let's not let the disney era utter debacles make us forget how george was/is. |
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Posted: 5/8/2023 4:15:08 PM EST
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By FlashMan-7k: Did it mention that his star wars seven was literally going to be "meet the midchlorians" ...? Let's not let the disney era utter debacles make us forget how george was/is. Oh no, I still haven’t forgiven him for midichlorians. Reducing the Force to a bacteria. Ughhhhhh |
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Posted: 5/8/2023 5:29:21 PM EST
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By macman37: Oh no, I still haven’t forgiven him for midichlorians. Reducing the Force to a bacteria. Ughhhhhh Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By macman37: Originally Posted By FlashMan-7k: Did it mention that his star wars seven was literally going to be "meet the midchlorians" ...? Let's not let the disney era utter debacles make us forget how george was/is. Oh no, I still haven’t forgiven him for midichlorians. Reducing the Force to a bacteria. Ughhhhhh I don’t fundamentally have a problem with midichlorians, in the lore. There has to be a reason some people can use the Force and some can’t. Symbiotic microorganisms are as reasonable an explanation as anything. It was established in the first film there was a hereditary aspect. Would it really have been any different if it were a simple DNA trait? |
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Posted: 5/8/2023 5:38:05 PM EST
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Posted: 5/8/2023 7:07:31 PM EST
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By TacticalGarand44: I don’t fundamentally have a problem with midichlorians, in the lore. There has to be a reason some people can use the Force and some can’t. Symbiotic microorganisms are as reasonable an explanation as anything. It was established in the first film there was a hereditary aspect. Would it really have been any different if it were a simple DNA trait? Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By TacticalGarand44: Originally Posted By macman37: Originally Posted By FlashMan-7k: Did it mention that his star wars seven was literally going to be "meet the midchlorians" ...? Let's not let the disney era utter debacles make us forget how george was/is. Oh no, I still haven’t forgiven him for midichlorians. Reducing the Force to a bacteria. Ughhhhhh I don’t fundamentally have a problem with midichlorians, in the lore. There has to be a reason some people can use the Force and some can’t. Symbiotic microorganisms are as reasonable an explanation as anything. It was established in the first film there was a hereditary aspect. Would it really have been any different if it were a simple DNA trait? Here’s my take: Leave it be. Let it be a mysterious Force that binds us all… just don’t ruin the Macguffin. |
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Posted: 5/8/2023 10:40:43 PM EST
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 If the Galactic Empire is So Terrible Why Do People Join? |
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Posted: 5/11/2023 6:59:02 AM EST
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Anyone watch Visions Season 2 yet?
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Posted: 5/11/2023 7:25:20 AM EST
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By von_landstuhl: Anyone watch Visions Season 2 yet? Was Visions 1 the anime one? I’m assuming 2 is also anime. Then, no I haven’t watched either. |
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Posted: 5/11/2023 7:29:27 AM EST
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I've seen two episodes from it so far.
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Posted: 5/11/2023 8:03:00 AM EST
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By von_landstuhl: Anyone watch Visions Season 2 yet? |
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Posted: 5/11/2023 8:07:17 AM EST
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I’ve watched the first three. The first one is pretty cool, visually anyway. Anime isn’t really my thing though.
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Posted: 5/11/2023 8:46:39 AM EST
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Posted: 5/11/2023 10:57:34 AM EST
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By von_landstuhl: Anyone watch Visions Season 2 yet? Pretty meh compared to season 1. And season 1 was pretty meh itself. |
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Posted: 5/11/2023 10:27:35 PM EST
[Last Edit: FlashMan-7k]
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... Man, they just don't learn:
 Star Wars: The Acolyte Might Be VERY Campy and VERY Queer. Article the video cites: https://archive.is/AwJ6t The Acolyte creator and showrunner Leslye Headland recently explained why the upcoming Star Wars streaming series focuses heavily on its female villains. Headland discussed The Acolyte's baddie-centric approach to storytelling in an interview with Empire, revealing that it was her experiences as a pop culture fan growing up. "When I was a young queer girl, I was just hanging out with Ursula the sea witch [from The Little Mermaid]," she said. "As a queer girl growing up, if you don't identify with the heroes, and the villains show up and they're all queer-coded, you're like -- yes, that's me!" Headland also touched on how this will affect The Acolyte's tone, hinting that the show will offer a more arch vibe than Star Wars fans are used to. "As a queer filmmaker, you're gonna see some camp [in The Acolyte]. Inevitably! But I would say that tonally, our references are darker," she teased. The showrunner discussed The Acolyte's more morally ambiguous spin on the Star Wars franchise in a previous interview, noting that she took her cues for this from 1999's The Phantom Menace. Specifically, she singled out the film's portrayal of the Jedi Order as being more fallible than previously assumed as something that The Acolyte will explore in greater detail. "The Jedi really think they're right -- and [Star Wars creator] George [Lucas] tells us that they're wrong in [The Phantom Menace]," Headland said. "They missed a huge aspect of the dark side rising. That just felt like fertile ground to look into what's going on for all of us right now." ETA: stop hiring these people to write and run these shows. THEY ARE BORING AND UNCREATIVE. |
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Posted: 5/12/2023 11:36:32 AM EST
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Tony Gilroy stops work on Andor season 2 after being called out by Writers Guild members.
https://www.comingsoon.net/tv/news/1287608-andor-season-2-tony-gilroy-defies-disney-order-stops-all-star-wars-work |
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Posted: 5/12/2023 12:03:25 PM EST
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By MarkMustang: Tony Gilroy stops work on Andor season 2 after being called out by Writers Guild members. https://www.comingsoon.net/tv/news/1287608-andor-season-2-tony-gilroy-defies-disney-order-stops-all-star-wars-work Sigh |
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Posted: 5/12/2023 12:14:56 PM EST
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I’ve found an addiction that might be worse than BRD…
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MI, USA
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Posted: 5/12/2023 12:19:11 PM EST
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By HiramRanger: I’ve found an addiction that might be worse than BRD… https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/218/F0662E0F-3EA7-49C8-AB8B-F3939C920052-2814252.jpg By God, that is beautiful. |
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Posted: 5/12/2023 12:22:33 PM EST
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Hunter-Killer: https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/258158/00E36562-AAEF-46D3-BCCD-CA568370A778_jpe-2809623.JPG That's a fair point. I mean Padme could have easily have purchased his Mother out of slavery. I mean she had a lot going on around Phantom Menace obviously, but there were years after Naboo when she could have repaid Anakin for saving her planet by taking up a collection to buy his Mom out of slavery. Figure there would be at least a few grateful families on Naboo willing to chip in. Maybe the Jedi Council though told them not to do it? Seems like the kind of jerk thing they would have done. |
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Posted: 5/12/2023 12:45:46 PM EST
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By KaerMorhenResident: By God, that is beautiful. Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By KaerMorhenResident: Originally Posted By HiramRanger: I’ve found an addiction that might be worse than BRD… https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/218/F0662E0F-3EA7-49C8-AB8B-F3939C920052-2814252.jpg By God, that is beautiful. They are, and also silly expensive. That's about $350 in miniatures and it is part of my collection. I'm having a custom 3D printed and painted model done of the VCX-820. Will look similar to this, but the red sections will be a weathered light blue like Death Watch Mando and there will be Mandalorian insignia on either side of the cockpit. The ship will be the focal point of some fan fiction I will be working on this summer. 
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Posted: 5/12/2023 12:52:39 PM EST
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By KaerMorhenResident: That's a fair point. I mean Padme could have easily have purchased his Mother out of slavery. I mean she had a lot going on around Phantom Menace obviously, but there were years after Naboo when she could have repaid Anakin for saving her planet by taking up a collection to buy his Mom out of slavery. Figure there would be at least a few grateful families on Naboo willing to chip in. Maybe the Jedi Council though told them not to do it? Seems like the kind of jerk thing they would have done. Do we know if Padme had any communication with Anakin between Ep 1 and E2? Their interaction in Ep 2 makes me think not. In her defense, she was Queen of a planet, was re-elected to a second term as queen and then moved on to the senator role. Given attitudes slavery in general in the Star Wars Universe, I really don't find it surprising that she never considered freeing Anakin's mother. And Naboo was a mid-rim world, so I suspect they didn't care to trifle with outer rim worlds much given the widely different governmental approached. Finally, there's no way that Palpatine woyld have allowed it, as he was in a position to keep a very close eye on both Padme and Anakin. |
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Posted: 5/12/2023 2:08:41 PM EST
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The TIE Fighter is unfairly maligned.
Fight me. |
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Posted: 5/12/2023 3:25:15 PM EST
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Fulcrum-5: The TIE Fighter is unfairly maligned. Fight me. 
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Posted: 5/12/2023 7:38:29 PM EST
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Nothing wrong with TIE fighters. TIE Interceptor is still my all time favorite.
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Posted: 5/12/2023 7:44:54 PM EST
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B-Wing > TIE Interceptor
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Posted: 5/12/2023 7:56:46 PM EST
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Fang fighter is the sexiest fighter.
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Posted: 5/12/2023 8:06:00 PM EST
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By KaerMorhenResident: That's a fair point. I mean Padme could have easily have purchased his Mother out of slavery. I mean she had a lot going on around Phantom Menace obviously, but there were years after Naboo when she could have repaid Anakin for saving her planet by taking up a collection to buy his Mom out of slavery. Figure there would be at least a few grateful families on Naboo willing to chip in. Maybe the Jedi Council though told them not to do it? Seems like the kind of jerk thing they would have done. She was not a member of the cult, no reason to save her. If she was alive she would be a distraction to him. |
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Posted: 5/12/2023 9:34:23 PM EST
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Posted: 5/12/2023 9:47:13 PM EST
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By HeyCoach: B-Wing > TIE Interceptor 
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Posted: 5/12/2023 10:10:50 PM EST
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By HeyCoach: B-Wing > TIE Interceptor I love me some B-Wing. The Rebels episode where Hera picks it up from (Ralph Mc)Quarrie was great. I have a motorcycle helmet that I bought just because it reminded me of the B-Wing.   Attached File  |
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Posted: 5/12/2023 10:27:55 PM EST
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By HeyCoach: B-Wing > TIE Interceptor Tie Defender > All |
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Posted: 5/13/2023 11:50:08 PM EST
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 Imperial March on Lego motors |
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Posted: 5/14/2023 2:02:02 AM EST
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 Top Gun | Tie Fighter |
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Posted: 5/14/2023 2:40:26 AM EST
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By HeyCoach: B-Wing > TIE Interceptor Fighter/Bomber vs a purpose built fighter for speed? |
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Posted: 5/14/2023 7:50:21 AM EST
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By 110: Fighter/Bomber vs a purpose built fighter for speed? Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By 110: Originally Posted By HeyCoach: B-Wing > TIE Interceptor Fighter/Bomber vs a purpose built fighter for speed? I think the X Wing is the best all around fighter in the series. Lots of anti ship firepower, great survivability, good fighter to fighter characteristics. I know I know, that’s a pretty hot take. I wish the Star Wars universe never gave fighters Hyperdrives. It makes them a little too OP. IMO they should be reliant on carriers to move around the galaxy. The smallest ships capable of hyperspace should be something like a Skipray Blastboat, and it should pay for that capability with reduced weaponry for its tonnage. As the universe sits from a logistical standpoint, there’s no reason to build any warship bigger than a strike fighter, and a few tenders capable of rearming them and giving the pilots a place to live, hidden in deep space. |
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Posted: 5/14/2023 7:59:22 AM EST
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By HiramRanger: I’ve found an addiction that might be worse than BRD… https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/218/F0662E0F-3EA7-49C8-AB8B-F3939C920052-2814252.jpg Do you play x-wing or armada, or just collect the figures? The models are all pretty excellent.  Attached File Attached File Attached File |
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Posted: 5/14/2023 8:55:21 AM EST
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By TacticalGarand44: I think the X Wing is the best all around fighter in the series. Lots of anti ship firepower, great survivability, good fighter to fighter characteristics. I know I know, that’s a pretty hot take. . The X-Wing is basically the F-15E. A heavy strike fighter. The TIE is kind of the F-5E/F-16 pure fighter, without all the additional gear, overhead, and nonessential capabilities (the Empire has 20k Star Destroyers, so TIEs don't need hyperdrives, and shields only slightly increase fighter survivability, etc). The X-Wing and Y-Wing were favored by the Rebels because they could operate independently from carrier/mother ships. Jump in, hit, and jump out. The X-Wing also flew more or less exactly like the ubiquitous T-16 airspeeder, so the Rebels had a big pool of farmboys with so applicable experience. |
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Posted: 5/14/2023 6:32:46 PM EST
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By TacticalGarand44: I think the X Wing is the best all around fighter in the series. Lots of anti ship firepower, great survivability, good fighter to fighter characteristics. I know I know, that’s a pretty hot take. I wish the Star Wars universe never gave fighters Hyperdrives. It makes them a little too OP. IMO they should be reliant on carriers to move around the galaxy. The smallest ships capable of hyperspace should be something like a Skipray Blastboat, and it should pay for that capability with reduced weaponry for its tonnage. As the universe sits from a logistical standpoint, there’s no reason to build any warship bigger than a strike fighter, and a few tenders capable of rearming them and giving the pilots a place to live, hidden in deep space. Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By TacticalGarand44: Originally Posted By 110: Originally Posted By HeyCoach: B-Wing > TIE Interceptor Fighter/Bomber vs a purpose built fighter for speed? I think the X Wing is the best all around fighter in the series. Lots of anti ship firepower, great survivability, good fighter to fighter characteristics. I know I know, that’s a pretty hot take. I wish the Star Wars universe never gave fighters Hyperdrives. It makes them a little too OP. IMO they should be reliant on carriers to move around the galaxy. The smallest ships capable of hyperspace should be something like a Skipray Blastboat, and it should pay for that capability with reduced weaponry for its tonnage. As the universe sits from a logistical standpoint, there’s no reason to build any warship bigger than a strike fighter, and a few tenders capable of rearming them and giving the pilots a place to live, hidden in deep space. E-wing destroys X-wing |
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