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2022-08-12, 08:48 AM (ISO 8601)
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Likely some mixture of going undercover as a normal junker and being incompletely trained by Luke. I'd guess that Pete took some can't of 'can't disguise psionic presence flaw, mitigation: blue milk' flaw and the GM is just getting better at working his flaws into the game.
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2022-08-14, 09:44 AM (ISO 8601)
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Han's backstory is epic."If it lives it can be killed.
If it is dead it can be eaten."
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2022-08-14, 09:51 AM (ISO 8601)
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He used large margins, but I'm guessing it's also printed in 30 point text.
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2022-08-14, 10:40 AM (ISO 8601)
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I wonder if we'll actually get to see the full backstory Jim made?
Spoiler: Disney moviesMaybe using Solo?
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2022-08-14, 11:21 AM (ISO 8601)
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There's a link under today's comic.
(In the transcript)
Edit: Jim: "Here it is."Last edited by Kantaki; 2022-08-14 at 11:24 AM.
"If it lives it can be killed.
If it is dead it can be eaten."
Ronkong Coma "the way of the bookhunter" III Catacombium
(Walter Moers "Die Stadt der träumenden Bücher")
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2022-08-14, 12:23 PM (ISO 8601)
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Haven't read the Solo spinoff comic yet, but I hope at some point there is a reference to Old Man Henderson.
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2022-08-14, 12:33 PM (ISO 8601)
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How far into Solo have they come? Memnarch, how long have you kept this from us?
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2022-08-14, 01:07 PM (ISO 8601)
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Originally Posted by Memnarch
I can only assume they spent some time trying to figure out how to turn this movie into part of the game, realized all their ideas kind of sucked thanks to the working material, and decided to roll with that :)Last edited by Kornaki; 2022-08-14 at 01:43 PM.
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2022-08-14, 03:07 PM (ISO 8601)
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So did they bring the session to a complete stop in the middle of an escape scene just to go over Han's backstory?
Also, Jim came up with all that while he was still playing Kyle Katarn, right? Kind of understand why he didn't do much to save him.Forum Wisdom
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2022-08-14, 06:10 PM (ISO 8601)
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Hmm. Jim spent several sessions working on Han's backstory at the beginning of Ep. IV while Captain Antilles was dead, right? And that was after having played Kyle Katarn, Bria Tharen/Jyn Erso, and Bail Organa?
Also just noticing that Captain Antilles had an epic backstory of his own. Hmm, I wonder...
Archive trawl time ...
For Kyle Katarn, the GM asked Jim to make a character with a backstory. He told it to the group. (Next page, when asked for more, he had to start making things up.)
Next session, Jim had prepared a new character... but we wouldn't meet him until much later... And it turned out he was cribbed directly from the GM.
Since that character couldn't be introduced at that point, the GM gave him the NPC's sheet. He immediately started making modifications .
So I guess Jim had a few models for making a backstory before he got to Greedo/Han, and he had a few chances to practise. Plus he got a couple of great character deaths.I'm pretty much the opposite of concise. If I fail to get to the point, please ask me and I'm happy to (attempt to) clarify.
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2022-08-15, 01:06 AM (ISO 8601)
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I just finished reading the backstory. That was incredible.
Spoiler: For anyone who hasn't watched the movieIt's amazing how many lines they left as is, and how well it works with the blanket excuse that Jim wrote them.
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2022-08-15, 03:29 AM (ISO 8601)
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Well that was a whole two hundred and thirty four pages of backstory, and no references to Old Man Henderson's backstory. But there was a reference to the Chewbacca Defense, and we find out that Pete learned Latin.
That was quite a huge project to do on the side to reveal by surprise. Makes sense that the nested universe joke was discontinued.Hark! An avatar drawn by Kate Beaton!
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2022-08-16, 06:02 AM (ISO 8601)
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Wait, Corey ran Evangelion? I'm guessing that Sally played Gendo and that the 'lets replay the last two sessions' is referring to End of Eva.
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2022-08-16, 09:38 AM (ISO 8601)
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"If it lives it can be killed.
If it is dead it can be eaten."
Ronkong Coma "the way of the bookhunter" III Catacombium
(Walter Moers "Die Stadt der träumenden Bücher")
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2022-08-16, 10:16 AM (ISO 8601)
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2022-08-16, 10:35 AM (ISO 8601)
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About that backstory:
Aren't Annie and Jim living in the U.S. now? Did he send a pdf to everyone?
Spoiler: Solo plus Sequel Trilogy speculationSo, I'm guessing Snoke is Maul. Also, I'm going to need to read the Rathar/Saarlac scenes in reverse order now.
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2022-08-16, 11:05 AM (ISO 8601)
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Spoiler: A-F: An Alphabet StoryMy guess is, because the Kessel Run is now part of Han Solo's backstory, not Han Solo's.Spoiler: Check Out my Writing!
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2022-08-16, 08:41 PM (ISO 8601)
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2022-08-16, 09:11 PM (ISO 8601)
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Also, they referred to "Han Solo's son" being murdered the same day Anakin won the pod race way back in Episode IV.
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2022-08-17, 11:32 AM (ISO 8601)
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Say what you want about the movie, but Enfys Nest's theme slaps.
Ah, thanks. It's confusing to remember what happened to who sometimes.Forum Wisdom
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2022-08-19, 02:39 AM (ISO 8601)
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Hey nice that's Mutants and Masterminds style phrasing.
Spoiler: TLJI can't wait to learn Luke's Darth name.
Yoda's was Sain.
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2022-09-07, 04:05 AM (ISO 8601)
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Originally Posted by memnarch
And if I'm correct and we haven't - it says something about the writing of Da&Dr that we have this constant expectation that someone will maim themselves, to the point where it not happening feels odd, even though that's all we've ever seen.I'm pretty much the opposite of concise. If I fail to get to the point, please ask me and I'm happy to (attempt to) clarify.
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2022-09-07, 08:26 AM (ISO 8601)
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It's the kind of thing that's always said, and is an assumed facet of the setting since forever, but I can't remember anyone ever actually hurting themselves, even in the old EU (which isn't saying a lot as I didn't consume everything, and those that I did were last read loooong ago.)
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2022-09-07, 08:40 AM (ISO 8601)
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And also available in pretty much every bar. Although being incredibly dangerous isn't unusual for the stuff you find there.
In fact laser swords weren't meant to be the iconic weapons of Jedi. If Jim had made a difference decision they could have had the entire order wielding energy maces.
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2022-09-07, 09:17 AM (ISO 8601)
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The movies never state at any point that Jedi are the only people who can wield ligtsabers are Force sensitive. The closest they come to is in ANH and RotJ where lightsabers are described as "Jedi weapons" (the Emperor even implies he doesn't use them). ESB shows Han using Luke's to eviscerate a tauntaun (which hardly requires any skill) and RotS shows Grievous wielding four despite being about as Force-sensitive as a particularly enlightened pile of coal (but he has mecanical arms, which would imply that droids could wield lightsabers without issue). Also in TPM Qui-Gon suggests non-Jedi could kill a Jedi and loot the lightsabers, which may imply the possibility of non-Jedi using them as weapons.
In the Original Trilogy lightsabers aren't necessarily presented as the ultimate weapon as no one ever use them to deflect blaster bolts back at the ennemy, lending some credence to Han's claim that blasters are better weapons.
The idea that only Force-sensitives may use lightsabers safely/efficiently only comes from the EU, as far as I can tell. Probably as a way to explain why more fighters don't use them, especially in video games.
I don't think Disneycanon has really weighted on the issue so far, but the existence, a'd continued appearances, of the Darksaber, a lightsaber that is also a Mandalorian heirloom and status symbol and therefore usually wielded by people with no affiliation to any Force cult whatsoever, makes me think they lean towards (anyone could use a lightsaber). Then again, the Darksaber is an abnormal lightsaber.Forum Wisdom
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2022-09-07, 01:03 PM (ISO 8601)
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Okay, thank you for confirming this concept doesn't come from the movies. I actually thought "Only Jedi can safely wield [lightsabers/laser swords]" was a pure Darths and Droids invention, along with its corollary "Untrained wielders of laser swords will severely injure themselves". Even having it confirmed that the latter never happened in the original trilogy or the prequels, it still feels inevitable now, because of the way the comic has built on the idea since Episode I.
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2022-09-07, 01:10 PM (ISO 8601)
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The EU somehow tied it into the Jedi micro-combat precognition, in a way I still don't fully understand. Does seeing the future make you better at wielding a blade without mass or momentum?
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2022-09-07, 01:40 PM (ISO 8601)
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Last edited by Kantaki; 2022-09-07 at 01:43 PM.
"If it lives it can be killed.
If it is dead it can be eaten."
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2022-09-07, 06:22 PM (ISO 8601)
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On that point, the EU just ran with what was in the original Star Wars movie. Remember Luke's training on the Falcon with the little hoverball, when Obi Wan has him deflect shots while blindfolded?
I'd say that lightsabers don't require having Force powers to wield them, but they do require them to become pertinent weapons when everybody else has blasters. So yeah, sure, Jedi can deflect blaster shots with their lightsabers. And that, I think, is both what requires having combat precognition and what makes lightsabers actually useful. Without this capacity, the Jedi knights would be better off with blasters.
One could imagine that after the Great Jedi Purge, there were a lot of lightsabers in circulation, looted from dead Jedi and used by people with no Jedi powers and therefore no special capacity to actually deflect blaster shots coming their way. And that such people who thought they could impress by claiming to know how to wield them when in fact they didn't, helped forge Han Solo's opinion that blasters are better.Hark! An avatar drawn by Kate Beaton!
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2022-09-08, 03:10 AM (ISO 8601)
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