Ep 17
Oct 12, 2016 10:21:34 GMT -8
Post by RudeAlert on Oct 12, 2016 10:21:34 GMT -8
Alrighty, I just finished watching the end of the episode, since I couldn't finish it last night due to it being too late in my time zone, and I have some comments. Interestingly though, unlike comments I've posted before, those are based on the Twitch chat and not rules corrections.
First: I'm still blown away by the perfect timing of my recommendation to Stu to get the "Fly Casual" book and it's near-immediate subsequent appearance in Kris' hands. That was awesome!! Way to prescience Bruce! (Yes, I am "OMFGSoManyUsedNames" on Twitch, now you know. ta ta tuuuuum! Now see if you can guess why/how I came up with that name.)
Second: The timing issue with the whole Jedi amnesia that seems to affect the entire galaxy is mostly a plot hole created by the prequels given how close in time they are set to the original trilogy. Luke and Leia were 19 in the first movie, and since they were born at the very end of Episode 3, this means that the Jedi had only been gone for 19 year at that point. It's hard to believe that people throughout the entire galaxy would all have forgotten about them in such a short time. Especially given that many species in the Star Wars universe have much longer lifespans. Chewie, at the start of episode 4, was 200 years old!
(Here's an interesting little character age chart to give some perspective: www.yodasdatapad.com/ages.html )
The main way that this can be defended, is mainly based on the argument that the Jedi were so rare that most people probably never even came close to one, so when they disappeared it was easy enough for people to just assume they were always full of it. This is even easier to swallow if we take into account the fact that imperial propaganda would have been pretty strongly focused on that point right after Order 66. Also, any talk of Jedi or the Force were strongly frowned upon by the Empire, and when the Empire frowns, people die!
But still, it's mostly just a plot hole created by the prequels, and hence another good reason to hate the prequels and disregard them entirely... except for Natalie Portman... cuz damn!
Third: Regarding the aging of clone troopers, as I recall they age twice as fast as normal humans. This was engineered into them so that they wouldn't take 20 years to be fully grown. Of course it also means that they keep aging faster afterwards, so a late batch of clone troopers fresh out of the tubes by episode 3 (I don't believe many more where grown after that) would be around 36 years old in actual time, but 72 in terms of biological aging but the time of this game. It's unlikely that many of them would still be in service and the few left would probably be officers I imagine... unless they were all sent on suicide missions to dispose of them.
First: I'm still blown away by the perfect timing of my recommendation to Stu to get the "Fly Casual" book and it's near-immediate subsequent appearance in Kris' hands. That was awesome!! Way to prescience Bruce! (Yes, I am "OMFGSoManyUsedNames" on Twitch, now you know. ta ta tuuuuum! Now see if you can guess why/how I came up with that name.)
Second: The timing issue with the whole Jedi amnesia that seems to affect the entire galaxy is mostly a plot hole created by the prequels given how close in time they are set to the original trilogy. Luke and Leia were 19 in the first movie, and since they were born at the very end of Episode 3, this means that the Jedi had only been gone for 19 year at that point. It's hard to believe that people throughout the entire galaxy would all have forgotten about them in such a short time. Especially given that many species in the Star Wars universe have much longer lifespans. Chewie, at the start of episode 4, was 200 years old!
(Here's an interesting little character age chart to give some perspective: www.yodasdatapad.com/ages.html )
The main way that this can be defended, is mainly based on the argument that the Jedi were so rare that most people probably never even came close to one, so when they disappeared it was easy enough for people to just assume they were always full of it. This is even easier to swallow if we take into account the fact that imperial propaganda would have been pretty strongly focused on that point right after Order 66. Also, any talk of Jedi or the Force were strongly frowned upon by the Empire, and when the Empire frowns, people die!
But still, it's mostly just a plot hole created by the prequels, and hence another good reason to hate the prequels and disregard them entirely... except for Natalie Portman... cuz damn!
Third: Regarding the aging of clone troopers, as I recall they age twice as fast as normal humans. This was engineered into them so that they wouldn't take 20 years to be fully grown. Of course it also means that they keep aging faster afterwards, so a late batch of clone troopers fresh out of the tubes by episode 3 (I don't believe many more where grown after that) would be around 36 years old in actual time, but 72 in terms of biological aging but the time of this game. It's unlikely that many of them would still be in service and the few left would probably be officers I imagine... unless they were all sent on suicide missions to dispose of them.