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  1. I've heard this several times now and I don't really get it. Even if they were roughly the same age (which, as others have said, is very unlikely), judging by this trailer they are very different characters. Jyn Erso seems like a more violent version of Ezra (before he joins the Ghost crew): she has been on her own from a young age and seems to "rebel" against the Empire by unapologetically committing petty crimes. Katniss on the other hand is in large parts motivated by protecting the people close to her (especially her sister) and her acts of rebellion are mostly reactions to situations she is pushed into. ( for comparison.)
  2. 1. How do you rate the The Force Awakens out of ten and in relation to previous Star Wars movies? 7/10. Better than the prequels, worse than the originals. 2. Who is your favourite (new) character so far and why? Kylo Ren. Him being unfinished and torn between the dark side and light side is a great idea and was portrayed really well. 3. Who is your least favourite (new) character so far and why? Snoke. I think the New Order would work better if there wasn't an uber-villain behind the scenes and they really were nothing but Empire fanboys who want to resurrect the glories of the past. 4. Out of the returning Original Trilogy cast, who gave the best performance? Chewbacca. 5. What was the most awesome/epic moment for you in the movie? I don't have a most epic or awesome moment yet. I have a favorite moment, though: Kylo talking to Darth Vaders mask. It shows what this character is about without telling us how he became this way. 6. What as the funniest moment for you in the movie? There were a lot of funny moments. My favorite were probably Poe and Finn in the Tie-Fighter. (But that might change on a rewatch.) 7. Do you think Rey might be a descendant from the Skywalker line, and if so is she Luke or Leia's daughter? I doubt she is Leia's daughter, given their interactions. Given that her family is obviously important and that the Skywalkers are the only known family line that appears in the movies, she probably is Luke's daughter. 8. The death of Han Solo, your thoughts? Should he have died, should it have been done differently? I think it worked well. Harrison Ford is probably happy to leave Star Wars behind and this was a tasteful way to do it that sets up internal conflict for Kylo Ren in the future. 9. How do you rate the lightsaber duel out of ten and in relation to previous lightsaber duels? 8.9 out of ten, compared to 9.0 for the ESB duel and 9.8 for the RotJ duel. (Anakin vs Obi-Wan, both of them, are the next highest and rate as 7.5.) 10. How to you rate the film score out of ten and in relation to scores from the previous movies? And if you have a favourite soundtrack/theme, which was it? Have to watch it again for that, which probably means that it wasn't memorable enough. 11. If you could change one thing with the movie, what would it be? Remove Starkiller Base (the superweapon). It doesn't add anything significant to the story line. My guess is that it was added rather late in the script development to create more parallels with ANH, but there the Death Star was a central plot point. Here it wasn't. 12. Finn is featured wielding a lightsaber in the film and in promotional material, but he is never actually depicted using the Force. Do you think he is Force sensitive? I'm sure he was originally planned as a Force sensitive. He was probably linked with the "Awakening of the Force" as it was originally planned, but through all the changes he lost it. They couldn't remove it entirely, though, so at the end left it ambiguous. Now the planning group for the next movie will decide if he is or isn't. I hope he is.
  3. The old Sith had Korriban and Ziost. They originated on Korriban and Ziost was the first planet they conquered. Ziost became the capital, but the Dark Lords of the Sith were still buried on Korriban in the Valley of the Dark Lords. At the time of SWTOR Dromund Kaas is now the capital, while the most prestigious Sith Academy is located on Korriban. I suspect that while Korriban is important for tradition the fact that it is primarily desert makes it unsuitable as center of an interstellar empire.
  4. As far as I can tell the AT-AT's cannons in this episode are noticeably different from those of the AT-AT's used on Hoth. So there is the possibility to handwave it. There might have been some improvements in between. Or Kallus' AT-AT's cannons sacrifice firepower for the ability to be rotated on these spheres. (Not an expert, but I think the standard AT-AT's main guns can't do that. Could be because it has a direct link to the reactor or something like that.)
  5. For the JC at least, yes, but only to a small degree. One thing Satele says to you at the end is different for light, neutral and dark. (Story wise it should have further consequences, but because the class story end there we don't see them.) In case you don't mind story spoilers, here it is:
  6. I don't intend to say much to the general topic, but I have a somewhat hypothetical question: Could it be that the problem is that there are people on these ships who don't want it to be moved? Even if they are not Force sensitive, their will might influence the Force in some manner. So to move a manned space ship, you would have to use telekinesis and mind domination at the same time, and mind domination is a completely different matter. Moving a ship wreck or an asteroid on the other hand should be the same as moving a stone. I doubt this is supported by the EU, but is there anything that directly contradicts it?
  7. Many abilities of the different classes were created to represent iconic moments from the movies. However, I think one iconic ability has been left out and should get its place in the game as well: The ability to hold onto something when you are falling down. We all remember when Luke was about to fall down after the lightaber fight on Bespin but managed to hold onto these antennas. Or think about Obi-Wan in Episode I. There definitely should be something like this in game. I think about an ability that all classes would have (just like the ability to break free from CC). When you are thrown back over the edge, if you activate the ability fast enough, you manage to hold onto something. After one or two seconds your character would manage to pull itself up again and continue fighting. The animation should be different for each class. My suggestions: 4:22 Jedi Consular and Sith Sorcerer respectively 5:40 1:34 (would need to be shortened) What do you think? Should this be added? Which animations should the other classes get?
  8. Luke's original plan did not involve meeting the Emperor. He wanted to see Vader and convince him to leave the Emperor and the Dark Side behind. Luke says to Vader: "I know there is good in you. The Emperor hasn't driven it from you fully. That is why you couldn't destroy me. That's why you won't bring me to your Emperor now." When Vader made it clear that he would bring him to the Emperor, Luke gave up hope: "Then my father is truly dead." From this point he had no plan besides hoping that his friends would succeed. In the Emperor's throne room he made decision on the fly. "I should attack the Emperor... no I shouldn't... yes I should, my friends will run into a trap... no I shouldn't... the Death Star is attacking the rebel fleet, die Emperor! ...Oh, I'm fighting with Dad now... there is conflict in him? Maybe I can convince him now... nope, didn't work, better hide... hey, he is looking for me, maybe tell him I won't fight... they want to turn Leia, the bastards! *bash* *bash* *bash* I hate you, Dad. *bash* *bash* *bash* Oh, dad is down. ...become the Emperor's apprentice? Oh sh*t, I'm turning into Vader.... no, I don't want you... screw you, Emperor, I'm not playing by your rules! *throws saber away*... Hey Emperor, I'm a Jedi, deal with it." If you want to call not having a plan "being a fool", then yes, Luke is a fool. I'd say he just ended up in a situation he wasn't prepared to deal with and tried to handle it as best as he could.
  9. It is there at some points, but it isn't conveyed well. And then there are points where OT and PT seem somewhat at odds. Compare telekinesis in ESB to telekinesis in AotC: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HMUKGTkiWik&t=1m40s Yoda knows that the the Force is his ally and that to the Force size doesn't matter. He closes his eyes and pulls the X-Wing out of the swamp like it is a normal thing to do. Yoda visibly struggles with the pillar, seemingly because it is heavy. It looks like this requires strength and effort. Compare Force lightning in RotJ to AotC: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_RFYoZ7H67A&t=5m00s The Emperor's hatred is palpable (pun fully intended). This really shows that he uses the dark side to make Luke suffer. The Emperor's state of mind and the lightning fit together perfectly. Lightning is a skill Dooku uses in battle. It seems like just another skill that can be learned by Sith. And I think it shouldn't be. Force lightning should come from the depths of the dark side, a manifestation of pure hatred. So my problem isn't when the Force is used in impressive ways. My problem is when these don't seem to be connected to the underlaying principles anymore. I'm not sure if that makes it any clearer, I'll have to think more about it.
  10. This would work with my theory that Luke doesn't know how powerful Palpatine is. He thinks he has three choices: 1. kill Vader and become Palpatine's apprentice -> Darkness 2. attack and kill Palpatine -> Darkness 3. refuse to fight -> not darkness Does the novel state at which point Luke realizes that the Emperor is much more powerful than him?
  11. I'll try my best to give you my reasons, which are probably not the common reasons. (It should be noted that my ideal of the Force is primarily shaped by the OT, and the PT contradicts it at several points.) I actually agree with what Vader and Yoda say about the Force. There shouldn't be any limits to what the Force can do. What bugs me is the way this is presented in most of the EU. The Force should be something mystical that can't be reduced to simple "Force powers". Example: In RotJ the Emperor wants Luke to die after he rejected the dark side. He hates Luke for this decision/rejection and he wants him to die slowly, painfully. There are shorter, cleaner ways to kill Luke with the Force (snap his neck), but that is not what the Emperor wants. So he materializes his hatred in the form of lightning. This should not be an ability you can learn and train and it shouldn't be a combat move. It should be more like a state of mind that manifests in the outside world. Lifting the X-Wing out of the swamp is a state of mind as well. Yoda has rid himself of the notion that size means something to the Force. There is no difference between lifting a stone, lifting a starfighter or lifting a star destroyer. If you truly realize this, Yoda slamming transport ships together is not any more impressive than lifting something smaller. But in the EU it is often used as a feat to show how strong in the Force he is. No, this shouldn't be about strength, not even about mastery of the Force. It is mastery of his own thoughts. This introspective, mystical approach is very difficult to convey. Most SW writers seem to treat using the Force basically as superpowers. This is also the case in most of the prequels as well (see the end of AotC). Jedi and Sith use "Force abilities" at will, the stronger they are in the Force, the stronger their abilities. Arguably it is still the state of mind that counts, but this isn't visible anymore. There are exceptions which present the mystical aspects of the force quite well in the EU. Darth Sion's immortality for example. Much thought is given into how his thinking enables him to do that. There are no limitations to it, he simply cannot be killed. He only dies after he decides to let go. I hope you understand what I'm trying to say. If not, I'll try to clarify more.
  12. May I present an alternative view to Luke knowing that his lightsaber was useless against the Emperor? Luke had no idea how powerful the Emperor was. He saw an old man who depended on Vaders protection. With Vader down he had the choice between killing the Emperor and falling to the dark side or refusing to fight entirely. The Emperor says: If you will not be turned, you will be destroyed. (lightning) Young fool...only now, at the end, do you understand. (lightning) Your feeble skills are no match for the power of the dark side. You have paid the price for your lack of vision. I'm not sure what the implications of that would be. I guess in a certain point of view it would make Luke a fool like the Emperor says. Not for the reasons the OP mentioned, but for not taking heed of Yoda's warning ("Do not underestimate the powers of the Emperor.").
  13. Luke probably wouldn't have these thoughts on his mind. What he had on his mind was what Palpatine told him again and again: "Attack me (or Vader) and you fall to the dark side." At this point Luke did not have a clear enough mind to separate his thoughts from what the Emperor had told him.
  14. Hutt businessman / crime lord I guess. If you want to know what professions (crew skills) are the best for credits in SWTOR, I can direct you to this thread in the crew skills section. I'm not sure if it is up to date, though.
  15. A little off-topic, but this is what I meant when I said "dark" isn't always good for Star Wars. The original trilogy gives the impression that before the Empire, things were good. And after the Empire is defeated, things will return to good. The EU somewhat contradicts that. Often the writers follow the story structure from the movies, which require the bad guys to be overwhelmingly powerful. Almost all stories start with the Sith in a superior position and the hero has to save the galaxy from them. I'd like to see more creativity. There have been centuries of peace in galactic history. Why can't we explore those from time to time? Lighthearted is probably the wrong word. What I meant was that it could be more optimistic. With the different set of characters, the Ghost's crew could have a more idealistic mindset than the Clone Wars Jedi. "Yes, these are the Dark Times, but if we work together we can fix the galaxy." Then the Empire's reality punches them in the face, but they don't give up. Well, that's what I would like for Rebels, your preferences could very well be different.
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