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SlackJawedMoron

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« Reply #320 on: 05-24-2005 00:40 »

Yes.

M0le's got a few, and here's a few more (for the hell of it):

The Ancient Sith, led my Naga Sadow, attack, but are pretty soundly defeated.

The less-ancient Sith, led by Ulic Qel-Droma and allied with the Manalorians, attack.

Tharwn's cloaked asteroid siege of doom.

A combined force of Imperials invade and conquer in the day's after the defeat of Thrawn.

The Galatic Alliance's attack on Yuuzhan'Tar (formally Coruscant).

M0le can take it,
M0le

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« Reply #321 on: 05-24-2005 01:51 »
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Pfff, you're talking about KOTOR with that first one. Points off!
During the time of Thrawn, how long was it thought to take, at a minimum, to grow a mentally stable clone?

   
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The Galatic Alliance's attack on Yuuzhan'Tar (formally Coruscant).
   
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5. New Republic retakes Coruscant from the Yuuzhan Vong.
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« Reply #322 on: 05-24-2005 01:59 »

Was it 5 years?
Nerd-o-rama

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« Reply #323 on: 05-24-2005 02:59 »
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Gah, now I'm gonna have to read the Thrawn trilogy again after you guys reminded me how much I enjoyed it.  Mara Jade = kickass.

I shall venture a guess of ten years, without the little sloths that became the EU's ultimate Deus ex Machina.  Well, them and cortosis, which I believe was also a Zahn invention.
SlackJawedMoron

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« Reply #324 on: 05-24-2005 03:10 »

Cortosis is a Stackpole thing, far as I know (though it caught on like wildfire)

@M0le: D'oh!
Pikka Bird

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« Reply #325 on: 05-24-2005 06:22 »

 
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Pfff, you're talking about KOTOR with that first one. Points o
The games are EU just like the books and comics, so you'd better embrace it. Just play KOTOR- it's absolutely marvellous.

 
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During the time of Thrawn, how long was it thought to take, at a minimum, to grow a mentally stable clone?

According to the databank, 15-20 days.
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« Reply #326 on: 05-24-2005 06:52 »

M0le hates KOTOR? Hang him!

Once you play the game, you wish Episode I was like that instead of a retarded pile of crap.
Nerd-o-rama

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« Reply #327 on: 05-24-2005 12:13 »

Pikka, I think he's asking about before Thrawn's so-brilliant-an-idiot-could-have-devised-it ysalmiri technique.  So a year.

I also like to see these databank types trying, in vain, to try and make the EU and the prequels coexist.  Can't be done...there are too many outright contradictions, particularly of the Thrawn trilogy.
David A

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« Reply #328 on: 05-24-2005 12:29 »

Pffft.  It's not possible to make the prequels coexist with the original trilogy.
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« Reply #329 on: 05-24-2005 15:17 »

 
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M0le hates KOTOR? Hang him!

Once you play the game, you wish Episode I was like that instead of a retarded pile of crap.

If episode I was like KOTOR 2 it would finish when maul knocked obi wan down the shaft. Have you seen KOTOR 2's ending it's pure crap both LS and DS.
Both games rock though.
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« Reply #330 on: 05-24-2005 19:45 »

I said KOTOR, not KOTOR 2.
M0le

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« Reply #331 on: 05-25-2005 00:04 »

Ricky gets it, as I asked how long it was thought to grow a stable clone, and nearly nobody except Thrawn and some of his buddies knew that you could grow one in 15-20 days.
I never said I hated KOTOR, I'm still trying to figure out how you came up with that Nurdy.  :p
Nerd-o-rama

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« Reply #332 on: 05-25-2005 02:36 »

Wow.  Not only did this thread go for more than 24 hours without everyone ignoring it again, but I got one right...

Hmm...what's a tricky one...

Q: Name the starship manufacturer spun off of Incom, Inc. after their primary design team defected to the Alliance.

Hey, looking through the Databank for ideas makes me want to read the NJO books.  Sure, they seem mostly depressing (memo to Mr. Salvatore: You Do Not Kill Chewbacca.) but at least my favorite Solo kid (Jaina) appears to kicks some serious ass.
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« Reply #333 on: 05-25-2005 04:04 »

I agree with Nerd-O, NJO might be depressing but it is a damn good read. Poor old Han though.

Zed 85

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« Reply #334 on: 05-25-2005 07:20 »

Nerdo: FreiTek Inc? I (think I) know FreiTek was setup by the primary design team after they defected - but that may not be the same as what you're talking about.  :confused:
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« Reply #335 on: 05-25-2005 09:19 »
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I agree with Nerd-O, NJO might be depressing but it is a damn good read. Poor old Han though.

Why what happens to Han ?

SlackJawedMoron

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« Reply #336 on: 05-25-2005 09:39 »

Both his best friend and his youngest son die.
Nerd-o-rama

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« Reply #337 on: 05-25-2005 12:37 »

I thought Jacen got whacked, not Anakin.

Oh yeah, spoilers.

Zed got it, even though I tried to phrase an easy question so it was hard.
Zed 85

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« Reply #338 on: 05-25-2005 16:17 »

@SJM: [Hermes]I didn't want to know!!!![/Hermes]

 :p
Nah, you can't exist on a Star Wars gaming forum without stumbling across the entire details of every single cliffhanger and memorable moment that's ever been told in either the films or the EU so... :rolleyes:

Right, question time.

Er, I'm out of decent ones so...
Name the Female Cathar Jedi who was alive around 3,986 years before the Battle of Yavin.
Pikka Bird

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« Reply #339 on: 05-25-2005 18:10 »
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Errr.. Juhani?  :rolleyes:
M0le

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« Reply #340 on: 05-26-2005 01:31 »

Sylvar!
Just yesterday I read one of the Tales Of The Jedi comics about that Ulic fella and she was in it. (She sucked)
Zed 85

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« Reply #341 on: 05-26-2005 04:05 »

Ding! Well done M0le!  :D

I was wondering how many people would think Juhani - but she lived around 3,946  years before Yavin  :p
David A

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« Reply #342 on: 05-26-2005 12:51 »

 
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memo to Mr. Salvatore: You Do Not Kill Chewbacca.

I'm thinking of writing a Forgotten Realms novel where Drizzt Do'Urden gets killed off.  Do you think that Wizards of the Coast would be interested in publishing it?
Nerd-o-rama

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« Reply #343 on: 05-26-2005 13:59 »
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See, Salvatore's used to novels where he has an infinite number of ways of Deus ex Machina-ing a character back to life.

Light yourself on fire and throw yourself into a gorge with a dragon (which is also on fire?) You survive because your buddy's magic scimitar somehow gives you fire reduction even when it's not equipped.

Get five tons of rock dropped on your head?  You survive because your Drizzt fucking Do'Urden.

Slain in honorable combat by a demon?  Nope, you're alive, kicking and ready to be arbitrarily brought back after several years of suffering in the Abyss because your author is obsessed with love triangles.

And hey, its the Realms.  Even if one of them was Sphere of Annihilationed they could just pop down to the neighborhood Archmage for a Wish to bring them back.

[/Salvatore Rant]

To bring my offtopic together with the topic (sorta) is the Star Wars d20 gme worth picking up at all?  I haven't yet, because I live nowhere near anyone who would want to play it (see also d20 Modern) but giantitp has introduced me to the wonderful world of PbP.
Nurdbot

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« Reply #344 on: 05-26-2005 14:40 »

There is a few of them, if you get a really good one  get a second and send it to SOE with a yellow sticky note with 'this is a fucking RPG you whores!' written on it.
David A

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« Reply #345 on: 05-26-2005 18:59 »

 
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See, Salvatore's used to novels where he has an infinite number of ways of Deus ex Machina-ing a character back to life.

Light yourself on fire and throw yourself into a gorge with a dragon (which is also on fire?) You survive because your buddy's magic scimitar somehow gives you fire reduction even when it's not equipped.

Who ever said that it had to be equipped to protect him from fire?  Besides, Bruenor's a dwarf; it takes more than that to kill a dwarf.

 
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Get five tons of rock dropped on your head?  You survive because your Drizzt fucking Do'Urden.

The rocks didn't fall on his head, though.  He fell down a chute, and the rocks covered the chute.  It only looked like he had been crushed.

 
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Slain in honorable combat by a demon?  Nope, you're alive, kicking and ready to be arbitrarily brought back after several years of suffering in the Abyss because your author is obsessed with love triangles.

And that's where he lost me.

The other two examples were clearly instances where the character in question wasn't dead, the other characters just thought that he was dead.  That's a perfectly valid plot device.  However, if you're going to actually kill off one of your main characters, you should have the guts to let him stay dead.  If he didn't want Wulfgar to be dead, then he shouldn't have had him die in the first place.

 
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And hey, its the Realms.  Even if one of them was Sphere of Annihilationed they could just pop down to the neighborhood Archmage for a Wish to bring them back.

[/Salvatore Rant]

To bring my offtopic together with the topic (sorta) is the Star Wars d20 gme worth picking up at all?  I haven't yet, because I live nowhere near anyone who would want to play it (see also d20 Modern) but giantitp has introduced me to the wonderful world of PbP.

My friend Marc has the Star Wars d20 rulebook.  I've looked through it a few times, but I haven't had a chance to play it yet.  It looks pretty interesting.

Of course, if you've played KOTOR then you probably know more about the rules than I do.
M0le

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« Reply #346 on: 05-26-2005 20:15 »

Zed: Yes! I'm the best!  :D
I can't think of any hard questions at the moment and I always phrase them so you can answer it in thirty different ways, so whoever's next gets it.
Nerd-o-rama

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« Reply #347 on: 05-27-2005 00:08 »

David: Really, it was the overuse of the "I thought you were dead" bits that got to me.  He started it again in Thoudand Orcs, and that's when I got sick of it and decided not to buy any more of that crap (which I really should have done after Servant of the Shard, but what can I say?  It's addictive.)

Anyhow, seeing as I'm the next post...

What semi-traditional lucky charm does Han Solo have hanging in the cockpit of the Millenium Falcon?
David A

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« Reply #348 on: 05-27-2005 00:38 »

 
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David: Really, it was the overuse of the "I thought you were dead" bits that got to me.  He started it again in Thoudand Orcs, and that's when I got sick of it and decided not to buy any more of that crap (which I really should have done after Servant of the Shard, but what can I say?  It's addictive.)

I quit reading long before that.  The last one that I liked was The Legacy.  I think that I read the next two after that one, but I don't really remember much about them, other than the fact that they weren't very good.

 
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Anyhow, seeing as I'm the next post...

What semi-traditional lucky charm does Han Solo have hanging in the cockpit of the Millenium Falcon?

A rabbit's foot?  Wait, where would he get the rabbit?  A horseshoe?  Wait, where would he get the horse?  Fuzzy dice hanging from the rearview mirror?
Nixorbo

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« Reply #349 on: 05-27-2005 00:40 »

Not fuzzy dice, but metallic dice.  They're only there for like a scene in ANH, though.
Spacedal11

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« Reply #350 on: 05-27-2005 00:47 »

Spacedal who likes to talk in third person, has a Spacedal Question. Spacedal has seen the first two original Star Wars movies. And she knows that when those movies came out that Jabba the Hut was just this fat man. But how is he a worm in the 3rd movie? Unless they used the fat man for a stand in and replaced him with the worm.
David A

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« Reply #351 on: 05-27-2005 00:55 »

Spacedal probably should have asked her question in the regular Star Wars thread, not the triva thread.

In the original original trilogy, Jabba the Hut is mentioned in the first two films, but is never actually seen until Return of the Jedi.
Spacedal11

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« Reply #352 on: 05-27-2005 00:58 »

Well than who was Han Solo talking to in the first one before he meets Luke?
SlackJawedMoron

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« Reply #353 on: 05-27-2005 01:04 »

No one.
Nixorbo

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« Reply #354 on: 05-27-2005 01:20 »

That scene wasn't in there, originally.
Spacedal11

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« Reply #355 on: 05-27-2005 01:27 »

 
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That scene wasn't in there, originally.

Thank you. I'm surprised it took Nixorbo to answer my question but thank you.
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« Reply #356 on: 05-27-2005 01:37 »

I'm not entirely sure what's that supposed to mean.

Anyway, since I know I'm right with the small metallic dice (the Star Wars CCG finally came in handy!),

Should be pretty easy:

How many limbs have the Skywalker men lost?
winna

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« Reply #357 on: 05-27-2005 01:49 »

5?
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« Reply #358 on: 05-27-2005 02:13 »

*smacks Winna in the back of the head*

Luke and Anakin combined? 4 in the movies, Luke's daddy got used to it. Not sure about the EU.
SlackJawedMoron

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« Reply #359 on: 05-27-2005 02:15 »

No, it's 5 in the movies.

Anakin lost all his limbs, and Luke lost his right hand. That's 5.

EU wise, Vader also lost one of his mechanical hands to the Emperor when the first Death Star kerploded... presumably, he can still feel pain through those things.
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