Many Bothans Died To Bring You THE STAR WARS THREAD

[The first Galactic Republic]

It seems to go something like this, from my recollections of the film:

Empire is gone. New Republic formed. Luke formed a new Jedi Order.

Snoke, for reasons unknown, convinced Kylo Ren to betray Luke and murder his students. Luke, for reasons unknown but likely related to this massacre, went into what appears to be a self-imposed exile.

Snoke set up a neo-Imperial group called the First Order in the backwater reaches of the galaxy (the NR clearly is not strong enough to control the entire galaxy, which should be no surprise given the chaos that would likely have followed the Empire's collapse and the relatively small size of the Rebel Alliance forces that presumably formed it). The NR avoided open war, likely for political reasons (perhaps after just having had two galactic civil wars in a generation, the public is just tired of war). However, they quietly supported the Resistance under the table to wage a proxy war against the First Order.

Leia, leading the Resistance, sent her operatives to find Luke. Thus the events of the film.

The two big questions are how the First Order managed to get a weapon as powerful as Starkiller Base, and why Luke vanished.

The latter will likely be answered in subsequent films. The former, I suspect, will never be (outside of EU material at least), but in fairness, technology can develop far over a few decades, and the political situation for the last seventy years or so would warrant a focus on military developments.

Is the Resistance pretty much a continuation of the Rebel Alliance?

In some ways, it's a different war and several decades later. The Resistance also gets some unofficial support from the Republic for what it's worth.

[Nirvash Type TheEND]

I believe blue, green and red are the true classics.
Those are the colours that apear in the OT.
I don't really have a preference for any colour though.

White appears too. I think lightsabers were originally supposed to be white actually.

They were originally envisioned as like a glowing silvery white.

[Havl]

I believe blue, green and red are the true classics.
Those are the colours that apear in the OT.
I don't really have a preference for any colour though.

White appears too. I think lightsabers were originally supposed to be white actually.

You don't really count that, do you? That's clearly not intentionally white.

[Nirvash Type TheEND]

White appears too. I think lightsabers were originally supposed to be white actually.

You don't really count that, do you? That's clearly not intentionally white.

Chances are if someone cites something like that, it doesn't matter if it's accurate or not so long as it furthers their argument.

So no, I doubt Anollasia really cares.

[Bearstin]

Jar Jar Binks is my favorite character

[Bearstin]

Let the rage begin (My actual favorite character is Obi-Wan Kenobi and favorite era is Clone Wars)

[Eol Sha]

Have we already done a poll on favorite lightsaber colors? Favorite alien species? Favorite capitol ship or starfighter?

Yellow and red. Green is in a close third.

Zabraks and female Twi'leks.

Venator-class Star Destroyers and TIE Interceptors.

[The first Galactic Republic]

Who is everyone's favorite droid character?

My favorite is the B1 who had its head placed on C-3PO's body. A true underdog story.

[Nirvash Type TheEND]

The 000/BeeTee power couple can't be beat.

[Bearstin]

Have we already done a poll on favorite lightsaber colors? Favorite alien species? Favorite capitol ship or starfighter?

Yellow and red. Green is in a close third.

Zabraks and female Twi'leks.

Venator-class Star Destroyers and TIE Interceptors.

Does anyone think of a male when people say Twi'lek? I certainly don't

[The first Galactic Republic]

Have we already done a poll on favorite lightsaber colors? Favorite alien species? Favorite capitol ship or starfighter?

Yellow and red. Green is in a close third.

Zabraks and female Twi'leks.

Venator-class Star Destroyers and TIE Interceptors.

Isn't it weird that male Twi'leks often have human ears and females often have large stubs?

[Eol Sha]

Yellow and red. Green is in a close third.

Zabraks and female Twi'leks.

Venator-class Star Destroyers and TIE Interceptors.

Does anyone think of a male when people say Twi'lek? I certainly don't

That's sexist!

[Eol Sha]

Who is everyone's favorite droid character?

My favorite is the B1 who had its head placed on C-3PO's body. A true underdog story.

C-3PO. He's consistently shown himself to be a valuable member of the Skywalker-Solo clan in the old EU.

[Eol Sha]

The 000/BeeTee power couple can't be beat.

(Image)

Yeah. They're pretty great.

On the melancholic side, though, Vader clearly has separation issues.

[The Romulan Republic]

It seems to go something like this, from my recollections of the film:

Empire is gone. New Republic formed. Luke formed a new Jedi Order.

Snoke, for reasons unknown, convinced Kylo Ren to betray Luke and murder his students. Luke, for reasons unknown but likely related to this massacre, went into what appears to be a self-imposed exile.

Snoke set up a neo-Imperial group called the First Order in the backwater reaches of the galaxy (the NR clearly is not strong enough to control the entire galaxy, which should be no surprise given the chaos that would likely have followed the Empire's collapse and the relatively small size of the Rebel Alliance forces that presumably formed it). The NR avoided open war, likely for political reasons (perhaps after just having had two galactic civil wars in a generation, the public is just tired of war). However, they quietly supported the Resistance under the table to wage a proxy war against the First Order.

Leia, leading the Resistance, sent her operatives to find Luke. Thus the events of the film.

The two big questions are how the First Order managed to get a weapon as powerful as Starkiller Base, and why Luke vanished.

The latter will likely be answered in subsequent films. The former, I suspect, will never be (outside of EU material at least), but in fairness, technology can develop far over a few decades, and the political situation for the last seventy years or so would warrant a focus on military developments.

Is the Resistance pretty much a continuation of the Rebel Alliance?

I don't think its a direct continuation.

Ie, the Rebellion became the New Republic, which then sometime later had the Resistance split off, with backing from the Republic, to fight the First Order.

Though they share similar tactics and leadership.

Their strategic situations are somewhat different though.

[Eol Sha]

Disney XD released a trailer for Season 3 of Star Wars Rebels. Two weeks ya'll!

To be honest, I didn't realize just how close we were coming to the season premiere. I'm so stoked.

[Nirvash Type TheEND]

oh good lord they're dragging the good name of Thrawn through the mud

can Darth Vader just kill them all already please lordy jesus

[Trumpostan]

Meanwhile I still don't completely understand the situation in Force Awakens...

It seems to go something like this, from my recollections of the film:

Empire is gone. New Republic formed. Luke formed a new Jedi Order.

Snoke, for reasons unknown, convinced Kylo Ren to betray Luke and murder his students. Luke, for reasons unknown but likely related to this massacre, went into what appears to be a self-imposed exile.

Snoke set up a neo-Imperial group called the First Order in the backwater reaches of the galaxy (the NR clearly is not strong enough to control the entire galaxy, which should be no surprise given the chaos that would likely have followed the Empire's collapse and the relatively small size of the Rebel Alliance forces that presumably formed it). The NR avoided open war, likely for political reasons (perhaps after just having had two galactic civil wars in a generation, the public is just tired of war). However, they quietly supported the Resistance under the table to wage a proxy war against the First Order.

Leia, leading the Resistance, sent her operatives to find Luke. Thus the events of the film.

The two big questions are how the First Order managed to get a weapon as powerful as Starkiller Base, and why Luke vanished.

The latter will likely be answered in subsequent films. The former, I suspect, will never be (outside of EU material at least), but in fairness, technology can develop far over a few decades, and the political situation for the last seventy years or so would warrant a focus on military developments.

Why would they call themselves the resistance? The FO isn't in charge now are they? Resistance would imply opposition to the New Republic.

[Nirvash Type TheEND]

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You nerds might like this. Look inside the mask that inspired a generation of badguys.

[Occupied Deutschland]

It seems to go something like this, from my recollections of the film:

Empire is gone. New Republic formed. Luke formed a new Jedi Order.

Snoke, for reasons unknown, convinced Kylo Ren to betray Luke and murder his students. Luke, for reasons unknown but likely related to this massacre, went into what appears to be a self-imposed exile.

Snoke set up a neo-Imperial group called the First Order in the backwater reaches of the galaxy (the NR clearly is not strong enough to control the entire galaxy, which should be no surprise given the chaos that would likely have followed the Empire's collapse and the relatively small size of the Rebel Alliance forces that presumably formed it). The NR avoided open war, likely for political reasons (perhaps after just having had two galactic civil wars in a generation, the public is just tired of war). However, they quietly supported the Resistance under the table to wage a proxy war against the First Order.

Leia, leading the Resistance, sent her operatives to find Luke. Thus the events of the film.

The two big questions are how the First Order managed to get a weapon as powerful as Starkiller Base, and why Luke vanished.

The latter will likely be answered in subsequent films. The former, I suspect, will never be (outside of EU material at least), but in fairness, technology can develop far over a few decades, and the political situation for the last seventy years or so would warrant a focus on military developments.

Why would they call themselves the resistance? The FO isn't in charge now are they? Resistance would imply opposition to the New Republic.

Resisting the New Order within what is otherwise New Order territory/sphere-of-influence?
Though considering Organa's situation in the Resistance and as a pariah in the Republic, some measure of disagreement with the Republic could be indicated by the name as well.

[The Romulan Republic]

The Republic evidently does not control the entire galaxy.

The Resistance is against the First Order. Their status with the New Republic seems to be that they are officially disavowed, but given some covert backing under the table.

[New haven america]

Meanwhile I still don't completely understand the situation in Force Awakens...

It seems to go something like this, from my recollections of the film:

Empire is gone. New Republic formed. Luke formed a new Jedi Order.

Snoke, for reasons unknown, convinced Kylo Ren to betray Luke and murder his students. Luke, for reasons unknown but likely related to this massacre, went into what appears to be a self-imposed exile.

Snoke set up a neo-Imperial group called the First Order in the backwater reaches of the galaxy (the NR clearly is not strong enough to control the entire galaxy, which should be no surprise given the chaos that would likely have followed the Empire's collapse and the relatively small size of the Rebel Alliance forces that presumably formed it). The NR avoided open war, likely for political reasons (perhaps after just having had two galactic civil wars in a generation, the public is just tired of war). However, they quietly supported the Resistance under the table to wage a proxy war against the First Order.

Leia, leading the Resistance, sent her operatives to find Luke. Thus the events of the film.

The two big questions are how the First Order managed to get a weapon as powerful as Starkiller Base, and why Luke vanished.

The latter will likely be answered in subsequent films. The former, I suspect, will never be (outside of EU material at least), but in fairness, technology can develop far over a few decades, and the political situation for the last seventy years or so would warrant a focus on military developments.

Luke vanished because he felt shame.

He lost an entire generation of possible new Jedi, and he was unable to save his own nephew from the dark side.

He also didn't want to face Kyle's parents because he felt he had responsibility for protecting Kylo from the dark side, and he failed.

[Nirvash Type TheEND]

Lesbihonest though, the dark side will be much better for Kylo in the long run. Aside from the whole obligated-to-die-because-western-fiction thing.

[Nirvash Type TheEND]

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[The first Galactic Republic]

Lesbihonest though, the dark side will be much better for Kylo in the long run. Aside from the whole obligated-to-die-because-western-fiction thing.

What do you mean.

Personally I like the idea of a Star Wars character who's trying to be bad, even to the point of being an in-universe Vader clone, but still can't quite do it because they feel the pull of the light.