Darths and Droids V: Thread IV Was Eaten By Dogs

[Kantaki]

New comic.

Ben is a music teacher now. Interesting. And now I'm imagining Chewbacca in front of a bunch of kids, showing them how to play a guitar.

Was it ever established what Pete works as? Or does Ben mean that he changed jobs during the last time skip?

Sally's advice is very helpful and a nice callback to "Revelation of the Sith".

[Peelee]

I don't know why, but i always had Pete pegged as a lawyer.

[Rogar Demonblud]

He used to be IT--he had to bail early one game because the server went critical. He wears a suit, which others found weird. Beyond that, we know little else.

Also, did they ever put up the cast page for Ep. VI?

[Kantaki]

The cast page only goes up to "The enemy let slip" right now. "The Jedi reloaded" doesn't have a cast page yet.

[ThePhantom]

Oh dear. We seen what's Jim's ideas are normally like, what's a crazy idea going to be?

[Rogar Demonblud]

Sally's got the right song, that's for sure.

[Kantaki]

Oh dear. We seen what's Jim's ideas are normally like, what's a crazy idea going to be?

Obviously a plan that Jim considers crazy will be something that is perfectly sane and reasonable by normal standards.

[Olinser]

New comic.

Ben is a music teacher now. Interesting. And now I'm imagining Chewbacca in front of a bunch of kids, showing them how to play a guitar.

Was it ever established what Pete works as? Or does Ben mean that he changed jobs during the last time skip?

Sally's advice is very helpful and a nice callback to "Revelation of the Sith".

Not specifically, but from what we've seen, he apparently wears a suit and tie, gives speeches, and at one point gave a speech immediately after flying.

My interpretation of that is he's some variety of professional speaker/lecturer (he's alluded to being bullied previously in life as well, potentially an anti-bullying speaker?)

Or maybe a politician. Cause that would be hilarious.

[ObadiahtheSlim]

Politician Pete would be hilarious.

[DataNinja]

Politician Pete would be hilarious.

"Hold on, this is an important event. Let me pull out my special speech."

[The_Snark]

Or maybe a politician. Cause that would be hilarious.

That is looking increasingly plausible. Combined with wearing a suit, I'd figured he's in business, politics or law. I'd missed some of those other clues you mentioned, though, those are interesting...

[Kantaki]

New comic.

That plan is more reasonable than Jim’s usual ideas, but it is still very jim-ish. The heroic sacrifice part almost makes sense - especially from the player’s perspective. Telling Luke to run away to get reinforcements? Overlooking that Luke will be thrown in first? Those things turn it into a Jim-plan. At least this time he called it a crazy plan. He is learning.

[Morquard]

I admit it's far less crazy than I would have imagined. Not really any crazier than usual Jim-plans anyway.

So I guess the struggle at the Sarlacc will be "I go in first! No me! No, I do! Throw me in now!"

[Emperordaniel]

And Luke's grabbing onto the springboard at the last second as "wait, I don't want to be sliced up by that thing!"

[137beth]

Maybe a later step in Jim's plan will involve Annie running around Jabba to kill him with the chain.

[Kantaki]

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I think there is a chance that it is possible that Luke might have a plan. Well, it can't be worse than Han's. It is possible that he is prepared for a situation like this? Could it be that he has brought a new lightsaber and only pretends to be unarmed?

[Nerd-o-rama]

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I think there is a chance that it is possible that Luke might have a plan. Well, it can't be worse than Han's. It is possible that he is prepared for a situation like this? Could it be that he has brought a new lightsaber and only pretends to be unarmed?

He's figured something out. My bet based on what I know is going to happen in the movie would be:

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He passed a note to Corey telling him to kitbash the Lost Orb of Phanastacoria into a new laser sword and throw it to him. Since they already got around the "laser proof" obstacle, a laser sword will logically take out everything else, especially one dealing several hundred thousand d6 of damage.

[Lethologica]

He's figured something out. My bet based on what I know is going to happen in the movie would be:

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He passed a note to Corey telling him to kitbash the Lost Orb of Phanastacoria into a new laser sword and throw it to him. Since they already got around the "laser proof" obstacle, a laser sword will logically take out everything else, especially one dealing several hundred thousand d6 of damage.

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That would make the climactic scene where he batters his mother with said laser sword somewhat more like that scene from Scanners than anyone is comfortable with.

[memnarch]

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That would make the climactic scene where he batters his mother with said laser sword somewhat more like that scene from Scanners than anyone is comfortable with.

I'm comfortable with it. That's probably because I've never heard of whatever "Scanners" is though.

[Lethologica]

I'm comfortable with it. That's probably because I've never heard of whatever "Scanners" is though.

You've probably seen the clip, though. (NSFW, I guess.)

[Kantaki]

New comic.

I hope for our heroes sake that their plans don't hinder each other.

I hope for our amusement’s sake that this ends in complete chaos.

And I hope for Leia’s sake that whatever happens happens fast.

[ObadiahtheSlim]

New bonus strip is out.

[AdmiralCheez]

New bonus strip is out.

Strangely enough, my gaming group once did that. It got weird and confusing very quickly.

[Emperordaniel]

New bonus strip is out.

I'm reminded of this xkcd comic.

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[Gez]

Let's Update The List

1. Harry Potter (50)
2. The Sound of Music (100)
3. X-Men (150)
4. Aliens (200)
5. The Wizard of Oz (250)
6. 300 (300 -- how appropriate)
7. Avatar (300)
8. Terminator (350)
9. Jaws (400)
10. Casablanca (450)
11. The Muppets (500)
12. Inception (550)
13. Pirates of the Caribbean (600)
14. Back to the Future (650)
15. Futurama (700)
16. Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (750)
17. Forbidden Planet (800)
18. Ghostbusters (850)
19. Jason and the Argonauts (900)
20. Thunderbirds (950)
21. Indiana Jones (1000)
22. Jurassic Park (1050)
23. Bridget Jones's Diary (1100)
24. David Attenborough's The Life of Mammals (1150)
25. National Lampoon's Vacation (1200)
26. E.T. (1250)

I'm curious about this campaign, knowing it starts with two "aliens are cool and friendly" stories and then ends with War of the Worlds.

[Peelee]

That is looking increasingly plausible. Combined with wearing a suit, I'd figured he's in business, politics or law. I'd missed some of those other clues you mentioned, though, those are interesting...

That is exactly why I figured he was a lawyer.

[Landis963]

I'm curious about this campaign, knowing it starts with two "aliens are cool and friendly" stories and then ends with War of the Worlds.

Wait, how do we know this?

[Emperordaniel]

Wait, how do we know this?

Each of the parody strips has a parody-FAQ linked at the top of the page - this one mentions, among other things, that "they plan to continue the story with other Spielberg-directed alien films, following this film with Close Encounters of the Third Kind before concluding the story with War of the Worlds."

[Kantaki]

Wait, how do we know this?

The FAQ-page for the E.T.-comic says so. Of course we don't know how the parody would have turned out but the movies are two "Aliens as hippies good guys" and then War of the Worlds.

I think there would either be a twist and the aliens are evil from the start or someone manages to mess the situation up.

[Rodin]

Knowing their party, one of Jim's plans gets E.T. killed, Pete steals the alien spaceship and the rest of the aliens come in force for horrible retribution.