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Post by Kainguru on Sept 19, 2018 8:52:31 GMT -8
Well, you also have to remember he's Disney's Solo - George Lucas' anymore. So this sort of thing is part of the Disney formula - Han has got to be basically a 'good guy', that or lose the Disney tag of approval (ie: film it under one of Disney's more adult oriented studio tags). Though things might change - the next trilogy will be from the GoT guys and it's slated as being for a more adult audience. Aaron PS: much as I love a lot of Disney productions their Disney is a way of life mantra like stuff, I have always found a little creepy.
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Post by Kainguru on Aug 29, 2018 8:30:18 GMT -8
Got mine from FLGS last week. I think I might actually like it more than the current system. Very simple, elegant rules with just enough to make it Star Wars minus the need to read the runes or consult yet another supplement to find just the right skill tree to suit your vision Aaron still alive, still dealing (badly) with real life BS
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Post by Kainguru on Aug 18, 2018 1:17:27 GMT -8
It will have to be multiyear deal, as the article says,if only to pump out all the setting stuff across the huge breadth of the Dune Saga timeline. Wonder if they'll treat his son's later extrapolations from his dad's original notes as Canon? Aaron
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Post by Kainguru on Aug 17, 2018 12:05:07 GMT -8
I am...disappointed that they choose Ravinca only in that I would have preferred to see some of the other classic settings more. But, I also don't have a problem with them bringing it out either. After all, there are already four PDFs for 5e that convert other Magic settings. GreyHawk has a complicated licensing issue caused by the DnD 3.0 Living GreyHawk Campaign. That was actually done by another company on behalf of WoTC, however WoTC can't use anything GreyHawk that came from that timeline. Smart money says that when they do release it it'll probable be a complete reboot back to the original 576CY starting point - allowing them to reboot the likes of The Temple of Elemental Evil and build up to another GreyHawk Wars (introducing either a board game similar to Lords of Waterdeep, which is a hoot, or proper 5e Mass Combat Rules - Battlesystem anyone?) Aaron rumours of my demise are greatly exaggerated, just working thru real life personal issues
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Post by Kainguru on Jul 10, 2018 14:05:54 GMT -8
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Post by Kainguru on Jun 20, 2018 14:24:03 GMT -8
Twi'lek cities of Rhyloth are underground in vast caverns and caves, so that would prevent a naval bombardment. Another reason to select Rhyloth, as well as an already existent freedom movement separate from the Rebellion Aaron
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Post by Kainguru on Jun 19, 2018 15:33:01 GMT -8
I did think that Valjean could be a Force Exile (an Order 66 survivor) which would lead Javert to being, possibly, an Inquisitor. Perhaps, like the Inquisitor from Rebel's, a former jedi/padawan. Cosette would be Valjean's obligation The names would have to be changed Also set it on Ryloth - because, according to canon, native Twilek's appear to affect a French accent Aaron
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Post by Kainguru on Jun 13, 2018 4:31:18 GMT -8
Right I been off the gaming bandwagon for few months due to personal circumstances (unresolved). But I’m gonna climb back on with an Edge of Empire one shot - inspired in part by the latest Solo movie. Here’s the basic premise I want work on: Basically Les Miserables set before the Age of Rebellion - the Solo movie time period. I don’t want it to be obvious at first that it’s Les Mis bearing in mind most of the players have but a passing knowledge of the source Story. The best portion to lift is obviously during the barricade - which is easily translated as a pre-Rebellion revolt on some planet being put down brutally by the local Imperial forces. Characters will be pre-gens Ideas? Aaron
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Post by Kainguru on Jun 13, 2018 2:57:01 GMT -8
Yeah but it is very much in the mould of the old canon (now legends). In legends we even had the backstory for the Cantina band. It also reminded me of my favourite early legends stuff with early Han Solo (where we get our first glimpse of The Corporate Sector etc). - Han Solo at Stars End. Aaron
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Post by Kainguru on Jun 11, 2018 10:31:45 GMT -8
This movie was a mixed bag for me. I enjoyed all the actors EXCEPT the guy that played Han. I thought it felt very star wars like EXCEPT the sound (Why do all the speeders sound like prius?). I enjoyed the story EXCEPT the parts that felt like you missed things for not watching the cartoons. I think I need to watch Rebels and see if that helps. Watch Clone Wars first - the Rebel's Darth Maul stuff is AFTER Solo Aaron
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Post by Kainguru on May 26, 2018 23:21:16 GMT -8
Well they did own the originals Parsec error - they managed to fudge the Kessel run down to distance not time. A hard fudge to pull off: the legends explanation was similar involving navigating a path thru numerous black holes making the shortest distance the fastest and hardest to pull off. Hard pressed to think of a better fudge than the one we got. Aaron
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Post by Kainguru on May 26, 2018 4:25:01 GMT -8
It’s not perfect, Ron Howard had to obviously rush bits thru in the final re-edit and reshoots. BUT it is a jolly good fun movie. The best aspect? It ties itself neatly into the Clone Wars and Rebels tv canon plus we get answers to many questions - yep they both cheated at Sabbac and those dice mean something else entirely. Does it deserve a sequel? Yes. Is the new droid annoying? Yes, intentionally so. It serves the story well. Are the spice mines grim? Hell yeah I feel had they had more time to film it properly some aspects of the Kessel run would have been expanded on a bit better. I hope the Blu-ray has an extended cut to fill in some of the missing character development. Things were touched on but you could see the time constraints. Hard to tell what was Howard’s and what was from the original shoot - so it blended better than Rogue Ones hasty re-edit. Favourite moment? When Chewie first takes the co-pilots chair next to Han on the Falcon Alden Ehrenreich? Yeah, he works as a young Han. Starts a bit stilted then he warms to the role, gets a lot of the originals body language down right by about half way thru. The coaching from Harrison Ford obviously paid off. Still no confirmation if they used subtle CGI to help with facial expressions, if they did it was seamless. Darth Maul!!!! Say no more Han Shoots First. Aaron PS: there were more than a few less than subtle nods towards Firefly. Which was a good thing.
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Post by Kainguru on May 26, 2018 4:11:39 GMT -8
The deal has been done - Amazon CEO is an Expanse fan so he pushed it thru Aaron
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Post by Kainguru on May 11, 2018 2:03:42 GMT -8
Logistically he fouled up a bit - because he killed more than 50% of the universe's population due to collateral damage. All those driverless cars, and spaceships and heart operations etc. Thing is which direction will they take with part 2. In the comic story arc Nebula gets the gauntlet and turns time back 24 hours ... Aaron
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Post by Kainguru on Apr 25, 2018 2:55:46 GMT -8
Empire of the Petal Throne does have a long and interesting development history in it's own right. Sort of like parallel evolution - separate systems coming up with the same solution. In an alternate reality RPG's venerate M A R Barker as the grand daddy of RPG's and HJRPG bags on Empire (and it's high Barkerian prose) regularly instead of DnD Aaron
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