[Grief]

Bless the LORD, ye his angels, that excel in strength midichlorians, that do his commandments, hearkening unto the voice of his word. - Psalms 103:20

[Nicodimas]

Briar King, on 05 December 2014 - 12:47 AM, said:

The ability of Angels is insignificant next to the power of the Force

An Angel is just a passed on Jedi--reconstituting himself when the Force gets pulled too far to the Dark Side.
You know St Michael...that sword..yea that is a saber.

[Brujah]

I don't know who I look down at more - those of you mentioning the fact that our light-sabre discussion is Nerdvana, or the others of you who feel the need to preemptively defend yourselves for either taking part in our discussion, or NOT taking part in the discussion while blaming it on the level of nerdiness achieved.

If you guys really think we've hit the pinnacle of Nerdvana in just our breakdown of light-sabre engineering, then I suggest reading over some of our threads in the Polls:subforum. Any thread involving a one vs one battle between elite malazan opponents will do, however Rake vs Draconus is a personal favorite.

This post has been edited by Brujah: 06 December 2014 - 08:10 AM

[Morgoth]

I think we all hit the level cap on nerdiness long ago.

[HoosierDaddy]

Is the "International Teaser" legit? Because if it is I just shat myself.

[Slow Ben]

I don't know, but it was holy fucksticks awesome either way.

[HoosierDaddy]

[HoosierDaddy]

Hmmm. I had been under the impression just the Stormtrooper, Kira, Droid, X-Wing, Falcon teaser had been released. If not, this thing spoils a shit lot of the movie but, then again, ok. Mon Calamari Cruiser going down is AWESOME.

[worry]

I think you accidentally posted the wrong link. That's the same teaser we've all seen.

[HoosierDaddy]

You're right. I'll edit into this post.

This post has been edited by HoosierDaddy: 07 December 2014 - 12:34 AM

[Brujah]

HoosierDaddy, on 07 December 2014 - 12:32 AM, said:

You're right. I'll edit into this post.

That's a real trailer?

If so, I just Ascended.


I've claimed the Throne of the Force, therefore I rule it as Jedi Master, King of High House Force.

Grab available spots in the ranks if you're feeling the flow.

[QuickTidal]

No, that's super fakery fake. It's a DECENTLY done fake. But it's fake nonentheless. That was one of the ones that was circling before the actual teaser dropped.

[Brujah]

QuickTidal, on 07 December 2014 - 01:52 AM, said:

No, that's super fakery fake. It's a DECENTLY done fake. But it's fake nonentheless. That was one of the ones that was circling before the actual teaser dropped.

Have to give the guy props. It was decently done for fan-made.


Guess I relinquish the Throne of the Force.........for now.


Plus, after all our debating about the functionality of the new light-sabre, I can't wait for there to be a scene where Character X uses one of the side emitters in combination with some sick swordsmanship to stab a foe in the jugular.

[Silencer]

Incidentally, a friend and I were messing around with his greatsword today, and based on the length of those emitters...I hope he turns them on and off a lot and really fast because...yep...your movement set is unbelievably limited with the length seen in that video. Like, 90% of the movements you normally see in saber fights are ruled out because otherwise you're crossing your own body. XD (And yes, I'm aware most sabers have the ability to length adjust their blades to some degree...)

(Either that, or the Sith in question is of a hyper-flexible race of beings similar to the Forkrul Assail...now THAT would be badass...hard to film though)

[Andorion]

A Forkrul Assail sith would be awesome but then we would need a facebiter jedi

[QuickTidal]

Silencer, on 07 December 2014 - 06:43 AM, said:

Incidentally, a friend and I were messing around with his greatsword today, and based on the length of those emitters...I hope he turns them on and off a lot and really fast because...yep...your movement set is unbelievably limited with the length seen in that video. Like, 90% of the movements you normally see in saber fights are ruled out because otherwise you're crossing your own body. XD (And yes, I'm aware most sabers have the ability to length adjust their blades to some degree...)

(Either that, or the Sith in question is of a hyper-flexible race of beings similar to the Forkrul Assail...now THAT would be badass...hard to film though)

Sith training is and always was punishing. I could see the crossguards being a form of discipline. Weild the sword WELL and WITH those crossguards...or you deserve to lose your hand.

[QuickTidal]

Not ENTIRELY sure how I missed this, but Abrams announced some character names.

Daisy Ridley's character is actually named Rey (not Kira as previously thought)

John Boyega's is Finn

The Sith with the crusader saber is Kylo Ren

Oscar Isacc's X-Wing pilot is Poe Dameron

and the little ball droid that I love is called BB-8.

This post has been edited by QuickTidal: 22 December 2014 - 07:29 PM

[Whisperzzzzzzz]

The name Kylo Ren is just as bad as Kylar Stern.



EDIT: And neither are as good as Kyle Katarn.


Can we all name our favorite character names from SW? My vote is for Talon Karrde. Not because Talon is a cool first name — it's not. But because his ship is named Wild Karrde, which is dope.

This post has been edited by Whisperzzzzzzz: 22 December 2014 - 09:39 PM

[polishgenius]

QuickTidal, on 22 December 2014 - 07:25 PM, said:

and the little ball droid that I love is called BB-8.

The best thing about that little droid is that apparently they built an actual working prop. So to all the people who complained about it being a silly use of CGI.

[worry]

I like Kylo Ren. Sounds like Rilo Kiley. His girl probably left their successful indie rock band to become a solo alt-country chanteuse and that's why he's mad.