Captain in the Outer Rim Garrison, Aussie with a love for pre-Disney Star Wars. Man with a passion for writing and a love of storytelling.
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Captain Keeli retweeted
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"Hey CT-3109, look over there. Those guys are from the 212th and 501st."
"What are they still doing here?" "Command said they were leaving two rotations ago. Why are they out on patrol?"
"Heheheh. Well, HE doesn't look like he's doing much patrolling."
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Captain Keeli retweeted
Since Zoomers and young men are planting our flag upon Anakin Skywalker and the Star Wars Prequels as a whole, I thought this would also be a good time to direct this same audience to another masterful work that strikes those same perfect chords in us and that is Reinhard von Lohengramm of Legend of the Galactic Heroes.
I highly encourage those who love Anakin Skywalker to give it a shot, because this can show you a version of an Anakin-like character seizing his destiny but without a tragic fall.
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Captain Keeli retweeted
“That’s enough, Rex! It was workplace violence. Nothing more. There’s no evidence Dr. URoRRuR'R'R’s religion was a factor. Saying otherwise is just Tuskenphopia. And this command will not tolerate it.”
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Captain Keeli retweeted
There is really only one scene that is just Qui-Gon and Obi-Wan sitting down in the conference room discussing the trade dispute. It is about 20 seconds long, and it basically consists of the Jedi being served drinks by the protocol droid, Obi-Wan commenting on how long the Neimoidians are keeping them waiting, and Qui-Gon saying that he senses "an unusual amount of fear for something as trivial as this trade dispute."
Then we cut to Darth Sidious appearing for the first time to the Neimoidians, contemptuously upbraiding one of them for his cowardice (remember? he calls him "stunted slime"), and then ordering the Neimoidians to kill everyone immediately.
Then we cut to the Republic pilots panicking as a gun emplacement suddenly swivels toward them, right before the transport is blasted apart in a huge, fiery explosion--at which point we cut instantly to the Jedi in the conference room suddenly leaping up and dramatically activating their lightsabers.
This is essentially all there is of the boring trade dispute talk in conference rooms that supposedly had people falling asleep in their theater seats. There's like a single twenty-second scene. Obviously that scene is given a relatively calm and uneventful vibe (though with hints of something maybe being not quite right), because it is supposed to provide a contrast to the sudden carnage inflicted at the command of Darth Sidious, which causes the Jedi to instantly leap out of their seats and spring into action.
This is literally good pacing.
When you point out that the pacing here leads to an opening most similar RotJ they suggest oh but RotJ had so much more tension. The same folks suggest that prequels tension is lasting because lack of danger to certain characters. Ok then so who is in danger in that opening? Certainly not Vader. The imperial officer? "Is Vader going to choke this random nameless officer we just met for 10th time" is tension? The menace of the scene comes principally in the threat of the emperors arrival, and I would not say a verbal threat of a future event is exactly trying to go for maximum dramatic force. Which is not actually a problem, its meant to be slower build so that Jabba isn't overly eclipsed too quickly by the Empire. Much slower, in fact, than TPM.
The pacing of the scene here is meant to establish menace. You know, like in the title. We then go to the conference room and watch our intrepid heroes talk while we also watch a secret conspiracy plotting their death they are oblivious too. This is known as dramatic irony. But these guys do not know what that is. They do not know *anything.*
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Captain Keeli retweeted
"Hey CT-3109, look over there. Those guys are from the 212th and 501st."
"What are they still doing here?" "Command said they were leaving two rotations ago. Why are they out on patrol?"
"Heheheh. Well, HE doesn't look like he's doing much patrolling."
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Captain Keeli retweeted
“General Kenobi, a few of the troopers..uhh..lost their CAC (Clone Access Card) cards on Ryloth”
“Very well, chew them out and go take them all down to the card office on Coruscant”
“Yes General”
“Rex, make sure to submit your mandatory SAPR training by the end of the month. Send that to my .grandarmy email when it gets completed”
*sigh* “Yes, General”
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Captain Keeli retweeted
“Rex, make sure to submit your mandatory SAPR training by the end of the month. Send that to my .grandarmy email when it gets completed”
*sigh* “Yes, General”
“Commander Cody, have you completed your fiscal year Galactic Republic Cyber Awareness Training?”
“I have not general.”
“You should probably get on that.”
“Yes General.”
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Captain Keeli retweeted
One of the downsides of corporate consolidation is that it removes incentives to generate new IP. Mass Effect began because BioWare couldn’t get a license for a third KOTOR game. Hell, Star Wars began because Lucas couldn’t get a license for Flash Gordon
Bloomberg: main factor in BioWare shutdown = EA chose to invest in Star Wars Battlefront III over the new Mass Effect bloomberg.com/news/newslette…
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Captain Keeli retweeted
I’m gonna take this last opportunity to extend my offer once again. Not only is this subject the thesis of my Sci-Fi series James, you would get to debunk one of the most prominent fiction works on the woke right.
It’s available for free. It would be fun.
I'm sorry you don't like being told that truth and responsibility matter, but by the time I'm 80, you'll be 50 and agree with me. You might even appreciate me. You certainly won't be young men anymore. The young men by then will be threatening you instead. Have a nice day.
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Captain Keeli retweeted
The real genius of Kreia was showing that claims of being beyond good and evil are ultimately evil but this seems to have been lost of the broader fanbase.
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Captain Keeli retweeted
This is also an effective way of immediately establishing the duality of the Jedi as both peaceful diplomats and deadly warriors. They instantly transform from one into the other as a response to their tranquility being met with naked aggression, and then they become unstoppable horror monsters from the perspective of the Neimoidians:
There is really only one scene that is just Qui-Gon and Obi-Wan sitting down in the conference room discussing the trade dispute. It is about 20 seconds long, and it basically consists of the Jedi being served drinks by the protocol droid, Obi-Wan commenting on how long the Neimoidians are keeping them waiting, and Qui-Gon saying that he senses "an unusual amount of fear for something as trivial as this trade dispute."
Then we cut to Darth Sidious appearing for the first time to the Neimoidians, contemptuously upbraiding one of them for his cowardice (remember? he calls him "stunted slime"), and then ordering the Neimoidians to kill everyone immediately.
Then we cut to the Republic pilots panicking as a gun emplacement suddenly swivels toward them, right before the transport is blasted apart in a huge, fiery explosion--at which point we cut instantly to the Jedi in the conference room suddenly leaping up and dramatically activating their lightsabers.
This is essentially all there is of the boring trade dispute talk in conference rooms that supposedly had people falling asleep in their theater seats. There's like a single twenty-second scene. Obviously that scene is given a relatively calm and uneventful vibe (though with hints of something maybe being not quite right), because it is supposed to provide a contrast to the sudden carnage inflicted at the command of Darth Sidious, which causes the Jedi to instantly leap out of their seats and spring into action.
This is literally good pacing.
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Captain Keeli retweeted
Truth and responsibility means you owe something to the young and vice versa. A one-sided, parasitic arrangement kills civilization.
You should listen to my Sci-Fi series The Last Human. It’s available on all podcast platforms, and I discuss the topic at length.
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Captain Keeli retweeted
Revan and Malik wrecked Mandalorians so hard the Jedi council kicked them out. You fight low quality droids and go to wine bars with your senator girl friend. You are gay.
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