Star Wars Griefing Thread (SPOILERS) - Safety off

The Gangster Computer said:
Its been getting a surprising amount of attention and it couldn't have come at a better time what with the sudden rise in redditors trying to use the resurgence of Mr. Bones to shill Chuck's garbage.
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King Dead said:
I was also a bit worried that Krimson was giving Mr. Bones so much praise since it's just a poor man's HK-47, and I thought he was completely unaware of the latter's existence as he did mention he wasn't an EU turbo-autist. But he did include a clip of HK from KOTOR, so he at least heard about the superior homicidal droid. Hope someone recommends he give the game a playthrough so he can get the full experience.
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That was like the one thing I disagree with that KrimsonRogue guy about, him thinking Mr Bones is a good character. He's not, not in the slightest, he's just some forced meme "character".
 
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Cactuar King said:
That was like the one thing I disagree with that KrimsonRogue guy about, him thinking Mr Bones is a good character. He's not, not in the slightest, he's just some forced meme "character".
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To be fair, if you just had to read through Wendig's abomination, any character which leaves an impression is a good one. Even if it is a really shitty meme knockoff.
 
I’m not surprised. What did anyone expect?
 
Cactuar King said:
That was like the one thing I disagree with that KrimsonRogue guy about, him thinking Mr Bones is a good character. He's not, not in the slightest, he's just some forced meme "character".
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I think I just found out why he loves Mr. Bones so much.
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Imperial Citizen said:
Anakin Skywalker is redeemed even for all the evil he did, so unless Reva’s backstory is that she genocides galaxies in her spare time, she can be too.
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Vader/Anakin was someone we cared about and was created as a symbol for many of George's concepts, from failed messiah to redeemed father.

Re-charactersnameicantgiveafuckabout is the result of a PR department analysis and based on pre-approved tropes to try and see how they can steal the spotlight away from the humiliated white dude people actually cared about.
 
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The Gangster Computer said:
Re-charactersnameicantgiveafuckabout is the result of a PR department analysis and based on pre-approved tropes to try and see how they can steal the spotlight away from the humiliated white dude people actually cared about.
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Her name is Reva. Like Revan. I KNOW WHAT THAT IS!!! I REMEMBER KOTOR!!! I CLAPPED WHEN I SAW GREY JEDI HECKING REVANARINO BIG KEANU CHUNGUS 100!!!!!

God I hate Disney.
 
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Midwit said:
Her name is Reva. Like Revan. I KNOW WHAT THAT IS!!! I REMEMBER KOTOR!!! I CLAPPED WHEN I SAW GREY JEDI HECKING REVANARINO BIG KEANU CHUNGUS 100!!!!!

God I hate Disney.
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Or they are getting really blatant with their desire for female characters that they just named her the Finnish slang for vagina.
 
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Man I just caught up on the current Darth Vader comic. I read the first arc when it came out and liked it. forgot about it for a year and a half and man that book fucking sucks after that initial arc. I feel bad for the writer because he seemed to be going somewhere but then marvel probably corporately mandated to do an awful rise of shitwalker tie in, and then got roped into a bounty hunter then the current crimson dawn crossover and they're both terrible. I feel like the Ochi and Sabe storylines were probably planned out much more interesting but got screwed by having to be part of those. the last two vader series fared better by being pretty standalone. the episode 9 tie in was dumb too because in retrospect if palpatine had the exagol fleet or whatever why was he wasting his time building another death star and also why didn't vader tell luke before he died to go to that planet and blow it up. it's not really the comics fault, but it still sucks. besides the 3 vader series and the fallen order game I haven't checked out any other new canon material is any of it worth a fuck? I tried to read the high republic comic and in the first issue somebody gets a lightsaber stuck in a tree like it was a regular sword and i shut it and threw it away.
 
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Imperial Citizen said:
Anakin Skywalker is redeemed even for all the evil he did, so unless Reva’s backstory is that she genocides galaxies in her spare time, she can be too.
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Your description was referring to a character who didn't have it in them to commit any real evil yet rather than a character that already had atrocities under their belt.
 
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Sneed F91 said:
Doomcuck had an exclusive interview with someone stupid enough to spend money on the Galactic Starcruiser.
The verdict? It's not worth the money. Too bad nobody pointed this out before the Starcruiser even opened.
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I'm not rating you late with that sticker. I'm rating the corporate agent who finally was given allowance by his masters to shit on the newest product after others have already done the work for him weeks ago.

Seriously, Doomcuck is so slow to the punch on this hotel being shit that it almost is comical. It also really does make you think he's a corporate shill, since he didn't say shit until weeks after the opening happened. I legit would not be shocked if he's like those idiots at Collider with that reflex speed. Either that or he's just so lazy he needed people to do the work for him so he can copy their talking points. Either way what a joke.
 
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Adamska said:
I'm not rating you late with that sticker. I'm rating the corporate agent who finally was given allowance by his masters to shit on the newest product after others have already done the work for him weeks ago.

Seriously, Doomcuck is so slow to the punch on this hotel being shit that it almost is comical. It also really does make you think he's a corporate shill, since he didn't say shit until weeks after the opening happened. I legit would not be shocked if he's like those idiots at Collider with that reflex speed. Either that or he's just so lazy he needed people to do the work for him so he can copy their talking points. Either way what a joke.
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I can't tell if word's getting out that the Disney Wars hotel is an overpriced cringetastic waste of time, but I did notice some slight changes from the last time I looked at the reservation dates. Before, everything through June was booked solid, and things began to taper off in July, but now, there are a couple free dates in May and June, a couple more slots are blacked out in July, and there's a date in September that's available again. Other than that, no other fully-booked dates for the rest of the year.
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Again, take this with a sizable grain of salt, because there are still a lot of unknowns here. We have no way of knowing how many people have booked a stay on dates that aren't fully reserved, so for all we know, any other date is at 99% capacity (though I doubt that). We also don't know how early people are generally planning their vacations for, so we might see more reservations as the year progresses. However, someone in the thread did mention how it's standard practice these days to plan a Disney vacation long in advance, so that does raise questions about demand for the rest of the year. It also doesn't seem farfetched for many of these dates to remain fully booked, since it's during the summer when families are going on vacation anyway, as well as the consoomers that absolutely had to experience this first. And finally, we don't know how many people are canceling due to word of mouth or whether a Disney vacation is out of their budget this year, what with the economy being in the state it is.

That said, while it's too early to go grave dancing yet, I do find it fascinating that there isn't a single new date blacked out from August to December, and even one less than there was. Not even in August when there are still kids out of school. We'll have to keep an eye on the calendar and see how this changes over time.
 
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Mississippi Motorboater said:
I nearly missed this in the flurry of things going on this week.

Yesterday marks the 20th Anniversary of the seminal lightsaber combat game and sequel to Dark Forces II, RavenSoft's masterpiece that is Jedi Outcast:


What is considered by many to be the greatest and most emotional chapter in the escapades of smuggler-turned-Jedi Kyle Katarn, the game remains an enduring classic of LucasArts gargantuan library of games. Top notch level design, uncompromising challenge, and arguably the greatest mechanical realization of authentic lightsaber combat of any SW game ever made.

Now, much like its predecessor, Dark Forces II, the plot is a cheesy romp--very indicative of the New Republic era in which it is set. It's no small irony that, timeline-wise, this game is set between Darksaber and Planet of Twilight, because that's the kind of early 90's SW storytelling that Jedi Outcast embodies. Truce At Bakura had life-stealing lizardmen, the Jedi Academy books had Luke's Temple under attack by an ancient Sith Ghost, the Callista novels had a decades-dead Jedi Spirit trapped in a computer mainframe...and this game has an army of artificially created Sith Acolytes being bred from the font of Force Energy overflowing the Valley of the Jedi. So, in that sense, Outcast really fits in with the stories surrounding it. But I would add that out of all of the Kyle Katarn games, this one probably has the best emotional drive for the plot: a quest to avenge Jan Ors. Everyone, myself included, had grown attached to Kyle's plucky, lovable pilot waifu, and having her axed by the main antagonist created a really strong emotional drive to take down the main villain, Desann. I think the writers at RavenSoft made a smart move in making this the focal point of the story, as it brought out the best (and coolest) out of Kyle as a character.

Star Wars games have come a long way since this title, and have frankly eroded under the watch of the Mouse. But if you want to hearken back to the days where lightsaber combat was deep and nuanced, the setting and story felt authentic, and the protagonist was a Bearded GigaChad instead of some freckled redheaded autist in a rain poncho, pop this game in for some well-worn and enduring SW nostalgia.

(Fanmade Anniversary Trailer from 2015)​
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Late and gay, but the bit where Luke shows up to supply story exposition, which swiftly becomes an all-out brawl where it's you and him vs. a battalion of Stormtroopers followed by several Reborn to turn the party into a macabre Cirque Du Soleil show is probably one of Star Wars gaming's best moments. Think I'll pop it in and play it this week. Still have my install disc, so no need to pay the Mouse for it.
 
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No way Obi-Wan will be as bad as Picard. Yes, we'll get the black Inquisitor who is really a good person who inspires Obi-Wan to not give up. Making her responsible for the events of the OT. The series will be about how Obi-Wan isn't actually a hero, but despite that chooses to try and do the right thing after strong diverse female shows him "the way." It will be dumb and predictable.

There's just no way it will be as badly put together as Picard. Which I am only hate watching at this stage to see how dumb and bad it is. Picard's female ancestor is a brilliant 24-year-old astronaut who may not go on a mission because she has self-doubt and depression. Picard gives her a pep talk which solves that. It's then promptly forgotten from the script. Data's creator's ancestor runs Picard over in a Tesla making him unconscious. Then the writers don't know how to deal with the fact they made him a robot and dance around it before forgetting that. Then someone goes into his mind, where he is trapped in a memory and is played by a 12-year-old. So Patrick Stewart can lay down in a bed for most of the episode. While other actors lead the "character" to realise his mum had mental illness. His dad had to deal with her shit and maybe wasn't the bad person Picard thought he was as a kid. Then Picard awakes and him and black panther Guinan try to summon Q from a genie's bottle before getting arrested by law enforcement. Where the actor who arrests them played a character from the future in Voyager and you honestly don't know if the producers and writers of the show know this. Whether they just cast the same guy, or if he's the same character. As currently that future doesn't actually exist in this time travel mess that makes no sense.
 
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