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* Han gives a FacingTheBulletsOneLiner that Jim immediately turns into a sequence of actions that should result in them escaping without any allies being frozen. "I break my bonds, flip out of the chamber concealed by the rising steam, rip open a hose, and freeze the bad guys!" Without any sort of objection, the GM starts listing the rolls he needs to make. Either (A) Jim came up with that on the fly, and the GM didn't even think to contest it, or (B) they talked about that in advance, and the GM thought it would be awesome.

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* Han gives a FacingTheBulletsOneLiner that Jim [[https://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/1109.html immediately turns into into]] a sequence of actions that should result in them escaping without any allies being frozen. "I break my bonds, flip out of the chamber concealed by the rising steam, rip open a hose, and freeze the bad guys!" Without any sort of objection, the GM starts listing the rolls he needs to make. Either (A) Jim came up with that on the fly, and the GM didn't even think to contest it, or (B) they talked about that in advance, and the GM thought it would be awesome. The actual act is [[NegatedMomentOfAwesome negated]] by a 2 on the second roll, but the fact that the GM would have gone through with it otherwise is still amazing.
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In [[https://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/2383.html this strip]], Jim dupes the GM into making it easier to escape the cell by having DJ use a foil chocolate wrapper to trick the optical lock.

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\n* In [[https://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/2383.html this strip]], Jim dupes the GM into making it easier to escape the cell by having DJ use a foil chocolate wrapper to trick the optical lock.lock.
-->'''GM:''' Curses! Foiled again.
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In [[https://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/2383.html this strip]], Jim dupes the GM into making it easier to escape the cell by having DJ use a foil chocolate wrapper to trick the optical lock..

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In [[https://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/2383.html this strip]], Jim dupes the GM into making it easier to escape the cell by having DJ use a foil chocolate wrapper to trick the optical lock..lock.
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In [[https://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/2383.html this strip]], Jim dupes the GM into making it easier to escape the cell by using a chocolate foil wrapper.

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In [[https://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/2383.html this strip]], Jim dupes the GM into making it easier to escape the cell by using having DJ use a foil chocolate foil wrapper.wrapper to trick the optical lock..
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In [[https://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/2383.html this strip]], Jim dupes the GM into making it easier to escape the cell by using a chocolate foil wrapper.
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'''Pete:''' That guy was found guilty. [[KickTheSonOfABitch After the fact, I'm glad he got put away.]] But more glad that it was done ''by the book'', and not by abuse of power.

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'''Pete:''' That guy was found guilty. [[KickTheSonOfABitch After the fact, I'm glad he got put away.]] away. But more glad that it was done ''by the book'', and not by abuse of power.
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** Even better, it wasn't a retcon. It was foreshadowed back in Wpisode VI when Palpatine arrives at the station and is told that the Peace Moon is nearing completion, and the defense platform is finished.

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** Even better, it wasn't a retcon. It was foreshadowed back in Wpisode Episode VI when Palpatine arrives at the station and is told that the Peace Moon is nearing completion, and the defense platform is finished.
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** Even better, it wasn't a retcon. It was foreshadowed back in episode VI when Palpatine arrives at the station and is told that the Peace Moon is nearing completion, and the defense platform is finished.

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** Even better, it wasn't a retcon. It was foreshadowed back in episode Wpisode VI when Palpatine arrives at the station and is told that the Peace Moon is nearing completion, and the defense platform is finished.



* [[https://darthsanddroids.net/episodes/2099.html Pete's reasoning for how]] [[https://darthsanddroids.net/episodes/2099.html Chandrila survived being destroyed by the Peace Moon]]:

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* [[https://darthsanddroids.net/episodes/2099.net/episodes/2098.html Pete's reasoning for how]] [[https://darthsanddroids.net/episodes/2099.html Chandrila survived being destroyed by the Peace Moon]]:
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* In [[https://darthsanddroids.net/episodes/2303.html this strip]], Leia overpowers Kylo's finger on the trigger to keep him from firing on the bridge. He one-ups her by reminding her that he has wingmen, and ''they'' fire instead.

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* After the GM keeps suspiciously giving benefits to Rey against Kylo, after Sally/Kylo starts complaining, [[https://darthsanddroids.net/episodes/2214.html Pete then deduces how it's possible:]] [[spoiler:[[ChekhovsGun the modulator cone Rey pulled from the hexagon building several panels before (No Name)'s fateful meeting with Ren]], and its time effects are giving her the advantages while also breaking down the Peace Moon II]].

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* After the GM keeps suspiciously giving benefits to Rey against Kylo, after Sally/Kylo starts complaining, [[https://darthsanddroids.net/episodes/2214.html Pete then deduces how it's possible:]] [[spoiler:[[ChekhovsGun [[ChekhovsGun the modulator cone Rey pulled from the hexagon building several panels before (No Name)'s fateful meeting with Ren]], and its time effects are giving her the advantages while also breaking down the Peace Moon II]].
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--> '''General Hux:''' Galen Erso has pulled another of his stunts. The Cataclysm Beam doesn’t work as we thought.
--> '''Snoke:''' Did it not destroy Chandrila?
--> '''General Hux:''' We’ve decrypted some of his notes. It seems he designed the weapon to impress Imperial officials. They wanted to see a nice explosion. Erso realized if there were a significant time delay, it’d be his head on a platter. Rather than go to the bother of explaining the physics, he thought it would be easier to just make the Beam travel backwards in time. If it takes minus 10 years to reach a target, light from the explosion reaches the viewer 10 years later, just after the button was pressed. Our Beam traveled 50 light years, moving back in time. Fifty years ago, Hosnian was in the direct line of sight to Chandrila. So the Hosnian catastrophe of 50 years ago was caused by, well... us.

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--> ---> '''General Hux:''' Galen Erso has pulled another of his stunts. The Cataclysm Beam doesn’t work as we thought.
--> ---> '''Snoke:''' Did it not destroy Chandrila?
--> ---> '''General Hux:''' We’ve decrypted some of his notes. It seems he designed the weapon to impress Imperial officials. They wanted to see a nice explosion. Erso realized if there were a significant time delay, it’d be his head on a platter. Rather than go to the bother of explaining the physics, he thought it would be easier to just make the Beam travel backwards in time. If it takes minus 10 years to reach a target, light from the explosion reaches the viewer 10 years later, just after the button was pressed. Our Beam traveled 50 light years, moving back in time. Fifty years ago, Hosnian was in the direct line of sight to Chandrila. So the Hosnian catastrophe of 50 years ago was caused by, well... us.
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'''Finn:''' '''Woof.'''

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'''Finn:''' '''Woof.''''''
* After the GM keeps suspiciously giving benefits to Rey against Kylo, after Sally/Kylo starts complaining, [[https://darthsanddroids.net/episodes/2214.html Pete then deduces how it's possible:]] [[spoiler:[[ChekhovsGun the modulator cone Rey pulled from the hexagon building several panels before (No Name)'s fateful meeting with Ren]], and its time effects are giving her the advantages while also breaking down the Peace Moon II]].

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** [[https://darthsanddroids.net/episodes/2102.html And Hux has figured this out too]]. Which makes this another posthumous Awesome moment for Galen Erso.
--> '''General Hux:''' Galen Erso has pulled another of his stunts. The Cataclysm Beam doesn’t work as we thought.
--> '''Snoke:''' Did it not destroy Chandrila?
--> '''General Hux:''' We’ve decrypted some of his notes. It seems he designed the weapon to impress Imperial officials. They wanted to see a nice explosion. Erso realized if there were a significant time delay, it’d be his head on a platter. Rather than go to the bother of explaining the physics, he thought it would be easier to just make the Beam travel backwards in time. If it takes minus 10 years to reach a target, light from the explosion reaches the viewer 10 years later, just after the button was pressed. Our Beam traveled 50 light years, moving back in time. Fifty years ago, Hosnian was in the direct line of sight to Chandrila. So the Hosnian catastrophe of 50 years ago was caused by, well... us.

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* When Corey called out his gaming group for hassling a female gamer, they responded by doxxing him and sending him threats and then hacked Annie's website to replace all her videos with misogynistic rants. As soon as it came to light, Pete immediately left to help Annie fix it by contacting her webhost to reset her password, and then collected evidence and made legal requests to the hackers' [=ISPs=] in order to file charges against them.

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* [[https://darthsanddroids.net/episodes/2099.html Pete's reasoning for how]] [[https://darthsanddroids.net/episodes/2099.html Chandrila survived being destroyed by the Peace Moon]]:
--> '''R2-D2:''' Remember on Takodana we saw the destruction of a planetary system?
--> '''BB-8:''' Some of us did, but sure.
--> '''R2-D2:''' Light from that explosion would have taken years to reach Takodana. Ergo, the explosion must have happened ''years ago''. I posit that the system we saw explode was Hosnian, not Chandrila. It was 50 light years from Takodana, so it must have blown up 50 years ago. Furthermore, Hosnian was 50 light years from Endor, where they fired the Peace Moon blast. The beam should have taken 50 years to reach Hosnian. And it did. ''Propagating backwards in time.'' The First Order aimed at Chandrila, but didn’t realise Hosnian was in the way, because it isn’t there any more. The beam arrived 50 years ago, when Hosnian ''was'' there. It destroyed Nute Gunray’s bases on “Caldota” and “Courtsirius”. i.e. Cardota and Courtsilius in the Hosnian system. Check and ''mate.''
* When Corey called out his gaming group for hassling a female gamer, they responded by doxxing him and sending him threats and then hacked Annie's website to replace all her videos with misogynistic rants. As soon as it came to light, Pete immediately left to help Annie fix it by contacting her webhost web host to reset her password, and then collected evidence and made legal requests to the hackers' [=ISPs=] in order to file charges against them.
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--> '''Han''' Suddenly, the ''Millennium Falcon'' appears behind Vader!\\

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--> '''Han''' '''Han:''' Suddenly, the ''Millennium Falcon'' appears behind Vader!\\
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* Han and Chewie [[BigDamnHeroes returning at the end of the attack on the Peace Moon]] as Vader and his controlled pilots are lining up their shot on Luke. The pair take out one of Vader's wingmen and break his concentration, causing him to lose control of his other wingman and make it spiral out of control, clipping Vader's fighter and sending it spiralling out of control into space.
--> '''Han''' Suddenly, the ''Millennium Falcon'' appears behind Vader!\\
'''Chewbacca:''' All for'ard cannons fire!
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* The revelation that Jim has been ObfuscatingStupidity the entire time (as Han- Qui-Gon, Padme, Saw, and Jyn have ''no'' excuse) since he was staying in character and wanted to convincingly roleplay his character as a guy who always comes up with idiotic schemes.

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* The revelation that Jim has been ObfuscatingStupidity the entire time (as Han- Han -- Qui-Gon, Padme, Saw, and Jyn have ''no'' excuse) since he was staying in character and wanted to convincingly roleplay his character as a guy who always comes up with idiotic schemes.
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-->'''GM:''' Remind me never to hack Pete. Except in ''Shadowrun'', of course.

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-->'''GM:''' Remind me never to hack Pete. Except in ''Shadowrun'', of course.course.
* [[https://darthsanddroids.net/episodes/2197.html Kylo Ren vs Finn]] is excellent just for the sheer demonstration of how one good roll can make a difference. Finn's history of laser swordsmanship consists of one clash with a friend who was trying to make sure he didn't hurt himself with it, which most likely means he is swinging that thing around without modifiers. Kylo is an experienced Force user with much greater laser sword experience, and is rightly handing Finn a CurbStompBattle. [[https://darthsanddroids.net/episodes/2199.html Enter the natural 20]].
-->'''Kylo:''' [[SmugSnake I am a lithe and adroit cat, playing with a feeble mouse]]. [...]\\
''(Finn locks laser swords with Kylo)''\\
'''Finn:''' '''Woof.'''
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* The fact that Jim/Han was [[TheMole The Mole]] and had given the Empire information on all Rebel activities, and was the reason they escaped the [[ThatsNoMoon Peace Moon]], and even the droid situation on Hoth. [[ManipulativeBastard Give this guy a medal!]] And for [[UpToEleven bonus points]], give Ben a medal too. Not bad for ObfuscatingStupidity!

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* The fact that Jim/Han was [[TheMole The Mole]] and had given the Empire information on all Rebel activities, and was the reason they escaped the [[ThatsNoMoon Peace Moon]], and even the droid situation on Hoth. [[ManipulativeBastard Give this guy a medal!]] And for [[UpToEleven bonus points]], points, give Ben a medal too. Not bad for ObfuscatingStupidity!

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