Random Star Wars Thoughts

[Darth Logos]

No she survived that and came back in TCW (she tried to assassinate Padme afterwards and everyone thought she was dead, so nobody trusted Ahsoka's visions).

Guess I need to rewatch.

[Taegin Roan]

Cad Bane is, in my opinion, criminally underrated. I hope these last episodes of Clone Wars tells us, offically, what is his fate.

Agreed, plus his voice is just awesome.

And then there is Embo. Such a cool character that we saw like 3 times (not an exact count).

[Darth Logos]

Cad Bane is, in my opinion, criminally underrated. I hope these last episodes of Clone Wars tells us, offically, what is his fate.

Missed yesterday. I totally agree. Of all that I felt Filoni failed us on in TCW, Bane was certainly a welcome change. He was cunning and very resourceful, which made him an actual challenge for even a skilled Jedi. However, Aurra actually was once a Jedi.....which doesn't make a lot of sense as to why she is so dependent on weapons to do the job. The Huntress used the Force to track a target anywhere in the galaxy. Her ability was similar to Voss' ability to sense an object's past. And once she found them, she used to Force to subdue or kill.

[Darth Tepes]

However, Aurra actually was once a Jedi.....which doesn't make a lot of sense as to why she is so dependent on weapons to do the job.

That's simple enough to explain.....She wasn't a Jedi outside of the EU canon.   Can't blame that one on Disney though...that was done while Lucas was still head.

[Darth Logos]

That's simple enough to explain.....She wasn't a Jedi outside of the EU canon.   Can't blame that one on Disney though...that was done while Lucas was still head.

And we already know how well Filoni paid attention to that. Just look at the abortion he made the Slave I into.

[Darth Tepes]

And we already know how well Filoni paid attention to that. Just look at the abortion he made the Slave I into.

Considering I pay very little attention to Slave I....what are you referring to?

[Darth Logos]

Considering I pay very little attention to Slave I....what are you referring to?

They utterly butchered the functionality of the ship just to satisfy their lame narrative. It was the end of the arc where Boba infiltrates the cadets on the star destroyer to try to kill Windu. After failing, he escapes in a pod and they make it so that is docks with Slave I, but the idiots had it dock with the communications array.

[Infinit01]

Thought this is cool

As Rebels mow them down by the dozens in Star Wars movies it can sometimes be easy to envision the Empire's storm troopers as gnats being swatted away. Entomologists, apparently, have another idea and have instead named a newly-discovered genus of spiders after the white-armored space fascists. You can get a look at the arachnids, who were discovered in Colombia, over at LiveScience. The spiders are not, as you might expect, black and white. Instead, they were named for the Storm troopers -- "Stormtropis" -- because they are so alike in their size and markings, according to the article. The Stormtropis is part of the bald-legged spiders family, which are native to South America and Central America.

A genus is defined as a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, as well as viruses, in biology. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. As such, there are a variety of different species of Stormtropis, which are surprisingly common given that they were previously not catalogued. There are four species named in a new study (along with two other species that belong to existing genera). You can tell the Stormtropis apart from the others because, per the report, "Male Stormtropis spiders have just two claws on their feet, while other bald-legged spiders have three claws. Stormtropis males also lack the group's signature leg spines and have genitals that are more elongated. Female Stormtropis spiders' genitals have a tubular 'neck' and an overall mushroom shape, which also differs from the typical shape found in bald-legged spiders."

The other kind of Stormtroopers will make their next appearance this winter in Star Wars Episode IX, although little is known about the film so far. With Star Wars Celebration kicking off later this week, we'll likely get some of our first answers about the finale to the Skywalker Saga before the film hits theaters on December 20th.

[Darth Logos]

Thought this is cool

As Rebels mow them down by the dozens in Star Wars movies it can sometimes be easy to envision the Empire's storm troopers as gnats being swatted away. Entomologists, apparently, have another idea and have instead named a newly-discovered genus of spiders after the white-armored space fascists. You can get a look at the arachnids, who were discovered in Colombia, over at LiveScience. The spiders are not, as you might expect, black and white. Instead, they were named for the Storm troopers -- "Stormtropis" -- because they are so alike in their size and markings, according to the article. The Stormtropis is part of the bald-legged spiders family, which are native to South America and Central America.

A genus is defined as a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, as well as viruses, in biology. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. As such, there are a variety of different species of Stormtropis, which are surprisingly common given that they were previously not catalogued. There are four species named in a new study (along with two other species that belong to existing genera). You can tell the Stormtropis apart from the others because, per the report, "Male Stormtropis spiders have just two claws on their feet, while other bald-legged spiders have three claws. Stormtropis males also lack the group's signature leg spines and have genitals that are more elongated. Female Stormtropis spiders' genitals have a tubular 'neck' and an overall mushroom shape, which also differs from the typical shape found in bald-legged spiders."

The other kind of Stormtroopers will make their next appearance this winter in Star Wars Episode IX, although little is known about the film so far. With Star Wars Celebration kicking off later this week, we'll likely get some of our first answers about the finale to the Skywalker Saga before the film hits theaters on December 20th.

I hate you for making me do spider research, and more so because I'm not seeing these supposed similar markings.

[Saso Is-kor]

It's cool infinit, but as far as the markings go I stared at the picture for a while and just don't see it. Seems a big stretch on the naming but whatevs.  

[Infinit01]

From what I've read, it's due to the fact that they all look identical to each other.  And the article mentioned the Genus (subdivision or group) and not an actual species

https://www.mirror.co.uk/science/meet-stormtroopers-scientists-name-new-14135173

[Golden Fedora]

They utterly butchered the functionality of the ship just to satisfy their lame narrative. It was the end of the arc where Boba infiltrates the cadets on the star destroyer to try to kill Windu. After failing, he escapes in a pod and they make it so that is docks with Slave I, but the idiots had it dock with the communications array.

Oh God I remember that. I cringed so hard there.

[Darth Tepes]

They utterly butchered the functionality of the ship just to satisfy their lame narrative. It was the end of the arc where Boba infiltrates the cadets on the star destroyer to try to kill Windu. After failing, he escapes in a pod and they make it so that is docks with Slave I, but the idiots had it dock with the communications array.

Yea....I would not have known the difference. 

[Darth Logos]

Yea....I would not have known the difference. 

Yeah. I love that ship. I think that one thing made me drop a whole letter grade for the series.

[Darth Tepes]

Yeah. I love that ship. I think that one thing made me drop a whole letter grade for the series.

Like I said, ships aren't my thing, much like cars in real life.  Just a way to get from point a to point b