| 1 | '''As a Moments subpage, all spoilers are unmarked [[Administrivia/SpoilersOff as per policy]]. Administrivia/YouHaveBeenWarned.''' |
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| 4 | [[foldercontrol]] |
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| 6 | [[folder:In general]] |
| 7 | * Outside the story itself, the OverlyLongGag keyed off from the link at the bottom of the rant for [[http://darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0050.html strip 50]] just goes on longer than you'd believe physically possible, thanks to another AU strip being added every 50 main strips. The wiki even has [[http://darthsanddroids.wikia.com/wiki/Alternate_Universe_strips a page]] cataloguing them all. |
| 8 | ** The best part is that one of the gags is saying that "(Actor) is known (barely) for doing voiceovers for poorly selling computer games, but gains widespread fame after his appearance in the first ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'' movie," which makes an appearance [[https://darthsanddroids.net/hypnotoads/0050.html in the actual Futurama page]], which ''[[MindScrew already states that Futurama doesn't exist in the Hypnotoads and Hyperchickens universe]]!'' |
| 9 | * Since the characters are just avatars of the players in-universe, this leads to plenty of funny moments where they act in ways that often contrast to how they're played in the movies. Examples include, but are not limited to: Qui-Gon trying to summon a bigger fish, Darth Maul being surprisingly talkative, and someone calling Jar Jar Binks a genius. |
| 10 | [[/folder]] |
| 11 | |
| 12 | [[folder:I. The Phantasmal Malevolence]] |
| 13 | * [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0004.html Strip 4]]: Trying to explain just what a Jedi is. |
| 14 | -->'''GM:''' Jedi is your character class. You're sort of warriors with arcane abilities— |
| 15 | -->'''Qui-Gon:''' Like fighter/mages? |
| 16 | -->'''GM:''' — fighting for justice. |
| 17 | -->'''Obi-Wan:''' Ah, paladins. |
| 18 | -->'''GM:''' No. You draw upon the power of the Force— |
| 19 | -->'''Qui-Gon:''' "The Force"? |
| 20 | -->'''GM:''' The Force is an energy field— |
| 21 | -->'''Obi-Wan:''' Energy? But energy is force times distance. |
| 22 | -->'''Qui-Gon:''' And "power of the force" would be distance times the derivative with respect to time. |
| 23 | -->'''GM:''' <sigh> You're monks. |
| 24 | -->'''Qui-Gon:''' Got it. |
| 25 | -->'''Obi-Wan:''' But monks can't wield— |
| 26 | -->'''Qui-Gon:''' Shut up. He'll take away our laser swords! |
| 27 | * As early as [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0015.html strip 15]]. |
| 28 | -->'''Qui-Gon:''' Hey Obi-Wan, when we land, you stay put and I'll find you.\ |
| 29 | '''Obi-Wan:''' Okay.\ |
| 30 | '''GM:''' You're in different ships; he can't hear you.\ |
| 31 | '''Qui-Gon:''' HEY OBI-WAN! WHEN WE--\ |
| 32 | '''GM:''' No. |
| 33 | ** The stage adaptation takes it a step further, with Jim leaning into Ben's ear to shout the line. |
| 34 | * Every time Jim tries to explain something to Ben whenever some Star Wars-related name comes into play: |
| 35 | -->'''Obi-Wan:''' ... "Padawan"?\ |
| 36 | '''Qui-Gon:''' A woven rug. |
| 37 | * [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0075.html "You know .. that would explain a *lot*."]] |
| 38 | ** Doubly funny given Qui-Gon makes the same statement in the film only for it to be brushed off. |
| 39 | * [[http://darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0079.html The answers to "What's a pod anyway?"]] |
| 40 | * Often caused by Qui-Gon's ridiculous incorrect explanations and insane out-of-nowhere ideas. |
| 41 | -->'''Yoda:''' Injected the boy with midi-chlorians, have you?\ |
| 42 | '''Qui-Gon:''' Oh, that! It's okay. We'd gambled all our money on a race so we could buy back the ship we used to bribe a gangster to throw it; so we had to doublecross him and fix the race instead. We got the kid to drive, and he needed some extra skill points or he probably would have killed himself.\ |
| 43 | '''Obi-Wan:''' You forgot to mention that the ship was never ours to give away in the first place. Or that you had no idea if Anakin would even survive the blood transfusion.\ |
| 44 | '''Qui-Gon:''' But it all worked out fine in the end. After I threatened Watto with my laser sword and we ran away from the authorities.\ |
| 45 | ''(beat)''\ |
| 46 | '''Yoda:''' Hmmm. Remedial course on Jedi ethics, you need. |
| 47 | * The entire podrace plan of Jim. |
| 48 | * [[http://darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0098.html This]] may possibly be the single most convoluted, self-defeating plan ever devised by Jim. The fact that it "works" is nothing short of a miracle. |
| 49 | ** Oh, and this was also technically the origin of the Tuskan Raiders. |
| 50 | ** It gets funnier when you realize that ''Qui-Gon created every major problem in the entire story.'' Or at least kicked it off. |
| 51 | * [[http://darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0116.html This]] CMOF makes friends with ParanoiaFuel. The deadpan delivery by Shmi just makes it better. |
| 52 | * A sort of meta one: Shortly after the above, Annie transitions to playing Anakin. The first big thing she says is what sounds like Anakin suddenly becoming overly wise and profound, possibly from his new midi-chlorians... But if you know West Side Story, then you know Anakin is reciting Somewhere. |
| 53 | * "[[http://darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0137.html I sense much fear in you.]]" "[-No you don't.-]" "[-Do too.-]" |
| 54 | * Annie and the readers learn [[http://darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0143.html something interesting about Jim.]] |
| 55 | -->'''Pete:''' Roleplaying is his downtime. He likes to turn his brain ''off''. |
| 56 | -->'''Jim:''' Chocolate dice! |
| 57 | * Anything suspicious about [[CreepyChild Anakin]]? [[http://darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0144.html Nope, can't think of anything!]] |
| 58 | * "I don't follow." "So, you don't follow, or Qui-Gon doesn't follow?" [[http://darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0157.html "..."]] |
| 59 | * Jim trying to interrupt [[https://darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0188.html Darth Maul's monologue to Obi-Wan.]] |
| 60 | -->'''Darth Maul/The GM:''' Look, you seem like a decent kid. Shame I had to off your hot-headed partner, but he wasn't listening to reason.\ |
| 61 | '''Qui-Gon/Jim:''' [[ImStandingRightHere I'm]] ''[[ImStandingRightHere right here]]''[[ImStandingRightHere , you know!]] Me and my -8 hit points!\ |
| 62 | '''The GM:''' ''(rolls)'' -9.\ |
| 63 | '''Qui-Gon/Jim:''' I'll be quiet. |
| 64 | * [[http://darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0196.html Qui-Gon's death]] |
| 65 | * The alternate take for Episode 37, in which [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0208.html the GM actually lets Qui-Gon summon the bigger fish]]. The blurb below even links to a recipe for said fish. |
| 66 | [[/folder]] |
| 67 | |
| 68 | [[folder:II. The Silence of the Clones]] |
| 69 | * Padmé meets her family. |
| 70 | * The Separatist meeting in ''Episode II'', especially the goofy French accent of Count Dookû and the similarly ridiculous speech patterns of the other leaders. Summed up best with the following quote. |
| 71 | -->'''Ben:''' You know those improv classes Annie and I went to?\ |
| 72 | '''GM:''' Yes?\ |
| 73 | '''Ben:''' I just wish they could've seen this. |
| 74 | * The [[https://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0236.html death sticks scene]] actually plays out exactly like in canon, but then: |
| 75 | -->'''Obi-Wan:''' "You want to leave your death sticks with me."\ |
| 76 | '''Elan Sel'Sabagno:''' I wanna leave my death sticks with you.\ |
| 77 | '''Obi-Wan:''' Anyone want to buy some death sticks?\ |
| 78 | '''GM:''' ''Hey!'' |
| 79 | * TheRant from ''Webcomic/DarthsAndDroids'' [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0240.html #240:]] |
| 80 | -->And then she dies in this scene, and quite clearly reveals her shapeshifting capability. Wow, there are shapeshifters in the ''Franchise/StarWars'' universe! We've been shown that fact quite explicitly. Surely this will become important later in the plot.\ |
| 81 | Only it never does. It's never mentioned again anywhere else in any of the movies. I think Creator/AntonChekhov just committed suicide with his [[ChekhovsGun gun.]] |
| 82 | * [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0242.html 242]] (though the next strip repeats the joke): |
| 83 | -->'''Anakin:''' I understand the importance of discretion.\ |
| 84 | '''Palpatine:''' Are you...accusing me of hiding something?\ |
| 85 | '''Anakin:''' Why? '''''Are''''' you?\ |
| 86 | '''Palpatine:''' Are '''''you'''''?\ |
| 87 | Two {{Beat Panel}}s: *are extremely well-placed* |
| 88 | ** For added amusement, the next strip has Palpatine saying he went through Jedi training, and warning Anakin that the midichlorians he was treated with can raise awareness too far. |
| 89 | --->'''Anakin:''' Are you calling me paranoid?\ |
| 90 | '''Palpatine:''' '''''Are''''' you?\ |
| 91 | '''Anakin:''' Are '''''you'''''?\ |
| 92 | '''Palpatine:''' Maybe.\ |
| 93 | [Beat panel]\ |
| 94 | '''Palpatine:''' They can also cause deja vu. |
| 95 | * [[https://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0272.html #272, on the clone army]]: |
| 96 | -->'''Lama Su:''' Two hundred thousand units, with another million well on the way. Each one absolutely identical to the next.\ |
| 97 | '''Obi-Wan:''' Wow.\ |
| 98 | '''Lama Su:''' You are impressed?\ |
| 99 | '''Obi-Wan:''' It's just... I've never heard a GM admit that about {{NPC}}s before. |
| 100 | * [[http://darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0278.html "Quiet, trashcan."]] |
| 101 | ** [[http://darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0318.html Later, Padmé/Jim struggles with UST for Anakin/Annie.]] [[CringeComedy Keep in mind that there are four other people in the room with them.]] |
| 102 | * [[http://darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0321.html "But if you fail, we'll chop you in half!" "Right....I'm glad I'm a recording and didn't hear that."]] |
| 103 | * [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0370.html "Also, kill R2-D2."]] |
| 104 | * The beginning of ''Episode II'', when Padmé and Palpatine are talking about Naboo's moon. |
| 105 | * Throughout Episode II, there have been hints at the fantasy campaign gone wrong that pissed off Pete so much. When Ep II is over, we find out that the game was ''Film/ThePrincessBride''. Pete is so angry because he was playing as Vizzini... who fits ''exactly'' into the kind of MinMaxing we've seen Pete do throughout D&D. |
| 106 | * [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0324.html "Who's the Jedi Master here?" "Er, you are." "Don't you forget it!"]] |
| 107 | [[/folder]] |
| 108 | [[folder:III. Revelation of the Sith]] |
| 109 | * [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0415.html Strip 415]], where R2 decides to fire his laser cannons, rolls a 1 (with one of his "special" dice that has the 1's pre-rolled out, no less), and '''[[EpicFail misses everything in the whole battle.]]'''. |
| 110 | --> '''Obi-Wan:''' What are the odds of that, R2?\ |
| 111 | '''R2:''' '''[[RammingAlwaysWorks ...Ramming speed.]]''' |
| 112 | * Everything about the Homing Missiles in Episode III, from the way they act like some sort of extreme skateboarder to their really funny dialogues to their grand explosions. |
| 113 | * "[[http://darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0453.html I'll just call Jim and tell him not to come back next week.]]" |
| 114 | * Why is [[http://darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0506.html Strip 506]] so funny? Maybe because it's conducted entirely in questions? |
| 115 | --> '''Palpatine:''' ''(flashback)'' ... Well in that case, would cucumbers and sliced egg offset the saltiness of the kippers to your satisfaction? |
| 116 | --> '''Grievous:''' ''(flashback)'' Would doves cry? |
| 117 | * [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0530.html "Don't ever interrupt me when I'm monologuing!"]] |
| 118 | * Ben takes on the FridgeLogic of Grievous keeping his internal organs. |
| 119 | -->'''Obi-Wan:''' [[FridgeLogic Why, in a cybernetic body, have you kept your heart?]]\ |
| 120 | '''General Grievous:''' Without a heart, how am I to feel love?\ |
| 121 | '''Obi-Wan:''' Love? That's more human than I imagined you to be.\ |
| 122 | '''General Grievous:''' Without love, how am I to feel hate?\ |
| 123 | '''Obi-Wan:''' Okay... well... I guess that makes a modicum of sense.\ |
| 124 | '''[[CloudCuckoolander General Grievous]]:''' And without hate, how am I to know the exquisite sensation of [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking mild annoyance?]] |
| 125 | * [[http://darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0538.html "Ah, to take wing! Free of the surly bonds of—"]] |
| 126 | * [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0564.html Ben, Sally, and Jim having a conversation on Sally wanting to be President of the World while Annie is about to]] [[JumpingOffTheSlipperySlope jump off the slippery slope]]. |
| 127 | * Jim finally gets how Annie is playing Anakin. |
| 128 | -->'''Jim/Padmé:''' You're... '''[[http://darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0571.html EVIL!]]'''\ |
| 129 | '''Pete/R2-D2:''' Ding ding ding ding! Give the man a cigar! |
| 130 | * When Pete/R2-D2 declares his support for the party going evil: |
| 131 | -->'''Ben/Obi-Wan:''' Wait, Pete, when did you decide to be evil? ({{Beat}}) I can't believe I even said that. |
| 132 | * As Jim/Padmé explains how his/her relationship to Annie/Anakin can still work out even though Anakin's now officially evil. |
| 133 | -->'''Jim/Padmé:''' There have been good people married to evil people before. If they love each other enough they can work it out.\ |
| 134 | '''Ben/Obi-Wan:''' Um...\ |
| 135 | '''Jim/Padmé:''' Like [[UsefulNotes/AdolfHitler Hitler]] [[ArtisticLicenseHistory and]] [[Series/GreenAcres Eva Gabor.]] [[labelnote:Note]]Jim most likely meant Eva Braun, Hitler's longtime mistress who he married (and commmited suicide with) just before the Allied forces reached the bunker they were hiding in.[[/labelnote]]\ |
| 136 | '''Pete/R2-D2:''' [[FlatWhat What?]]\ |
| 137 | '''Jim/Padmé:''' Well she was a '''bit''' evil, but compared to Hitler... |
| 138 | ** This is topped by what happens in [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0577.html the following strip]]. |
| 139 | * Jim roleplays Padmé as being naturally horrified by what Anakin's done... until he learns how much exp those kids earned. |
| 140 | * Despite having already heard what Gunray's done to Naboo, Jim still doesn't get (or has already managed to ''forget'') when Palpatine recounts what he said. |
| 141 | -->'''Gunray:''' Don't worry, I have still solved Naboo's tidal ploblems. Permanentry. |
| 142 | -->'''Jim:''' Well, that sounds alright. |
| 143 | * Jim, having finally gotten the knack of staying in character, [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0599.html reacts to Obi-Wan telling Padmé that Anakin's evil.]] |
| 144 | * [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0601.html This exchange]]: |
| 145 | -->'''Obi-Wan:''' I sneak on board Padme's ship.\ |
| 146 | '''Padme:''' I roll a Spot check!\ |
| 147 | '''GM:''' What are you looking for, Padme?\ |
| 148 | '''Padme:''' Just... searching for hidden compartments. On the boarding ramp.\ |
| 149 | '''Obi-Wan:''' And I check my back for knives periodically. |
| 150 | * In [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0624.html this strip]], Ben is telling Annie in-character how Anakin wound up becoming so evil that he killed the one person in the universe he claimed to care about, and finishes it off by yelling '''"Your journey to the Dark Side is now complete!"''' Pete OOC'ly chimes in: "Achievement unlocked!" |
| 151 | ** [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0625.html During the same duel]]: |
| 152 | --->'''Obi-Wan:''' You've earned a failing grade in Jedi ethics.\ |
| 153 | '''Anakin:''' That's it, Obi-Wan! YouHaveFailedMe for the last time! |
| 154 | * Don't forget Pete's [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0629.html "special die"]], which apparently involves using ''goggles and rubber gloves''. One has to wonder what it ''actually looks like''. |
| 155 | ** And [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0633.html 4 issues later]], it turns out the die ''caught fire''. |
| 156 | * [[http://darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0638.html While Padme was dying in labour after being attacked by Anakin]], one of the medibots asked Obi-Wan if he's Padme's husband. He says no, and the bot immediately assumed that the children were born out of wedlock and tried to get the two to marry off immediately. |
| 157 | [[/folder]] |
| 158 | |
| 159 | [[folder:IV. A New Generation]] |
| 160 | * This one requires a little knowledge of the Star Wars universe, but: |
| 161 | -->'''Jim/Captain Antilles:''' We cut a pit trap in front of the entry point.\ |
| 162 | '''Rebel Soldier:''' With what, Captain Antilles, sir?\ |
| 163 | '''Jim/Captain Antilles:''' My laser sword.\ |
| 164 | '''R2-D2:''' That was when you were playing Kyle Katarn. Remember why this character ''doesn't'' have one?\ |
| 165 | '''Jim/Captain Antilles:''' Oh. Right. |
| 166 | * To prove that {{Irony}} is alive and well, we learn that Jim's (original) character at the start of the "A New Hope" campaign is Captain Antilles... whom, if you recall, gets killed by Darth Vader at the start. |
| 167 | * From comic 686, there's cover-ups, Vader-style: |
| 168 | -->'''Vader:''' Word will not get out, will it, commander? |
| 169 | -->'''Daine Jir:''' Won't it? |
| 170 | -->'''Vader:''' Everyone concerned will meet with an unfortunate accident. |
| 171 | -->'''Daine:''' Oh no, I'll inform our occupational safety committee immediately. |
| 172 | -->'''Vader:''' No, you're going to kill everyone who knows. |
| 173 | -->'''Daine:''' Oh dear, even myself? |
| 174 | -->''(Beat)'' |
| 175 | -->'''Vader:''' Yes. |
| 176 | ** In the following comic, Vader's informed about the plans. |
| 177 | --->'''Vader:''' So the plans would be...? |
| 178 | --->'''Praji:''' In... in the escape pod? |
| 179 | --->''(Beat)'' |
| 180 | --->'''Praji:''' So we should... um... find the pod? |
| 181 | --->''(Beat)'' |
| 182 | --->'''Praji:''' Aaand retrieve the plans? |
| 183 | --->''(Another beat)'' |
| 184 | --->'''Praji:''' And... execute myself? |
| 185 | --->'''Vader:''' Perfect. |
| 186 | * Pete versus the restraining bolt. |
| 187 | -->'''Pete:''' Man! This sucks!\ |
| 188 | '''GM:''' Actually, you think it's awesome. |
| 189 | * Corey, the new player of "Adam Lars" (Luke Skywalker) is pretty new to tabletop games. |
| 190 | -->'''Adam:''' That's a funny-looking dice. |
| 191 | -->'''R2-D2:''' Die. |
| 192 | -->'''Adam:''' Whoa, relax. |
| 193 | ** [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0701.html Though he quickly finds advantage to them]]: |
| 194 | --->'''Adam:''' Wait. I ''literally'' get to own Pete? I could get used to this game. |
| 195 | * Despite not being familiar with non-videogame [=RPGs=], [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0707.html Corey picks up player/character knowledge segregation faster and easier than Jim.]] |
| 196 | * Pretty much anything Beru & Owen say. And there is blue milk. |
| 197 | * [[http://darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0713.html The justification for for Adam having Survival: Snow.]] |
| 198 | * [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0719.html Strip 719]], in the midst of Ben's return: |
| 199 | -->'''R2-D2/Pete:''' Yes! Thank god you're back! Where's my frakkin' dreadnought?! |
| 200 | -->'''Obi-Wan/Ben:''' Crashed it, walked away. And you? |
| 201 | * [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0727.html "Adam Lars" learns about his true origins.]] |
| 202 | --->'''R2-D2:''' Congratulations. Your life expectancy just went from "senile pensioner with a space-bus card" to "missing your next birthday". Which, by the way, is actually tomorrow.\ |
| 203 | '''C-3PO:''' Happy Birthday! |
| 204 | * The other players were pretty straightforward with Corey/"Adam Lars"/Luke Amidala about his father. |
| 205 | -->'''Obi-Wan:'''Your father Anakin used his Jedi powers for his own gains. It corrupted him. He betrayed and murdered your mother, Padme Amidala.\ |
| 206 | '''Obi-Wan:''' That was the end of our friendship. We duelled, and he fell.\ |
| 207 | '''Luke:''' Whoa, let me get this straight. [[Film/ThePrincessBride My name is Luke Amidala? You]] '''[[Film/ThePrincessBride killed]]''' [[Film/ThePrincessBride my father?]] |
| 208 | ** Immediately followed up by them giving him something of his mother's, something very special to her: [[RunningGag her underwater oxygen extraction apparatus and grappling hook]]. |
| 209 | * After the introduction of Mos Eisley, and the discussion on how it's a Wretched Hive, there's this: |
| 210 | -->'''Jim:''' A perfect place to meet a new friend! |
| 211 | -->'''Ben:''' ''(As Obi-Wan, to Luke)'' We must be cautious. |
| 212 | * Pete realizing, to his horror, what's become of his dreadnought. |
| 213 | -->'''Pete:''' '''Mos Eisley is made of dreadnought!'''\ |
| 214 | '''Jim:''' So... technically you own the whole town.\ |
| 215 | '''Pete:''' '''But does it nuke things?''' |
| 216 | * Pete tries remote hacking the dreadnought's systems to get the troopers. He doesn't ''quite'' succeed. |
| 217 | -->'''GM:''' You access some controls, but you're not-\ |
| 218 | '''Pete:''' I activate it! 11!\ |
| 219 | ''(incredibly loud music starts blaring out)''\ |
| 220 | '''Trooper:''' That is ''definitely'' over local ordnance levels!\ |
| 221 | '''Trooper 2:''' Let's go! |
| 222 | * The introduction of [[http://darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0753.html Greedo]]. (Hard to explain, but what really makes this one is getting ''this'' after the long period of anticipation over Jim's new character. Especially as the writers teased the forumgoers by confirming, back in ''Episode I'', that Greedo had been KilledOffForReal... and then having Jim hint that his new character would be named "Greedo".) |
| 223 | ** Also, here, Greedo is more difficult to understand than Chewbacca, who speaks English fluently. |
| 224 | --> '''"Greedo:"''' Buongiorno! It'sa me! Greedo! |
| 225 | --> ''Cue Obi-Wan and Luke looking'' '''completely''' ''baffled'' |
| 226 | ** Then there's Obi-Wan's and Luke's reaction to Greedo wanting payment before transporting them. |
| 227 | ** After a few more minutes of listen to Jim's roleplaying, [[EveryoneHasStandards the GM explicitly apologizes for letting this happen.]] |
| 228 | ** Soon after Obi-Wan and Luke leave, Greedo is held at gunpoint by...Han Solo, captain of the Millenium Falcon (read-the original Greedo). |
| 229 | *** Which naturally leads to the question: Did Han shoot first, or did Greedo? Answer: [[MathematiciansAnswer Yes]]. |
| 230 | * Obi-Wan doesn't need a JediMindTrick to get past the stormtroopers in ''this'' story. [[http://darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0744.html These guys]] aren't just weak-minded, they're ''[[TheGuardsMustBeCrazy stupid.]]'' |
| 231 | -->'''Obi-Wan:''' So what does this lunatic look like?\ |
| 232 | '''Trooper 2:''' Well, he looks like... that kid there actually. Anyway, have you seen anyone by that description?\ |
| 233 | '''Obi-Wan:''' Besides this kid here that looks like him, no. No I haven't.\ |
| 234 | '''Trooper 1:''' That's a shame. We're all very concerned.\ |
| 235 | '''Obi-Wan:''' Luke, do you have a twin that you know of?\ |
| 236 | '''Luke:''' Huh? No, not that I know of.\ |
| 237 | '''Obi-Wan:''' Hmm. Well, you heard it from the kid himself. Sorry we couldn't be of more help.\ |
| 238 | '''Trooper 1:''' Say, kid, if you've got some spare time later, perhaps you could patrol with us and help give people an idea what this lunatic looks like. No insult intended. |
| 239 | * The [[LukeIAmYourFather big reveal]], [[http://darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0772.html comic 722]]... |
| 240 | -->'''Vader:''' I had your blood tested, Senator Princess Organa. DNA analysis. Midi-chlorian count. \ |
| 241 | '''Vader:''' Princess isn't your real name, is it? Your real name is Leia.\ |
| 242 | [snip] \ |
| 243 | '''Vader:''' You're not the Organas' daughter.\ |
| 244 | '''Leia:''' Duh! I've known that since I was, like, six. I'm the proud daughter of two heroes who died... fighting the likes of you!\ |
| 245 | '''Vader:''' No, Leia, you are '''my''' daughter.\ |
| 246 | '''Leia:''' That's not true. It's impossible!\ |
| 247 | '''Vader:''' Search your DNA report. I know it to be true.\ |
| 248 | '''Leia:''' ''No.'' '''Noooooo!!!!''' |
| 249 | * [[http://www.irregularwebcomic.net/draakslair/viewtopic.php?t=6932 The forums]] reaction to Naboo's destruction. Ranging from: mourning ''Jar Jar Binks,'' the complete destruction of all Tuna Booze Oil, and the fact Jim will never be able to cast SummonBiggerFish ever again. If you were someone who never read the comic before but had seen the movies, the sheer crazy-pants nature of it is freaking hilarious. Bittersweet though if you're a fan, where it feels like an actual death to a very unique part of the series but still freaking ridiculous. |
| 250 | * The general reaction to TheReveal that Annie is in fact controlling Vader. |
| 251 | -->'''Corey:''' Let me get this straight. Annie, you're now playing Princess ''and'' her evil dad? How does that even work?\ |
| 252 | '''Pete:''' If ''I'' was controlling a bad guy, you know what I'd do?\ |
| 253 | '''Ben:''' ''If?'' |
| 254 | * The destruction of Naboo gets more comedy than it should. |
| 255 | ** "[[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/789 Remember, nobody mention Naboo.]]" |
| 256 | ** "[[CrossTheLineTwice By the way, all shore leave on Naboo has been cancelled until further notice.]]" |
| 257 | * [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0797.html This strip]] has Pete trying to shut off one alarm after another to the point that he's triggered all of them! Han's position in the final panel sells it. |
| 258 | -->'''Sally:''' I'm pretty sure this does not match the definition of "sneaking in." |
| 259 | * [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0808.html What we have here]] is an ''exact'' transfer of lines from the movie, and it being ''completely fitting''. |
| 260 | -->'''Han''': Uh, we had a slight weapons malfunction, but uh... everything's perfectly all right now. We're fine. We're all fine here now, thank you. How are you? |
| 261 | * [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0810.html This strip]] has a running gag of Vader and Tarkin being interrupted by alarms giving confused reports on what's going on. The last line perfectly sells it. |
| 262 | --> '''PA System:''' [[ItMakesSenseInContext One of them may be a radioactive Wookiee-gram.]] |
| 263 | * [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0828.html Ben trolling two clone troopers.]] |
| 264 | * [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0834.html "Look,]] there is absolutely nothing weird about [[NeverLiveItDown Leia kissing Luke."]] |
| 265 | * [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0847.html "Hey,]] we made it out with as many people as we went in with!" |
| 266 | * [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0849.html This]] exchange, about Ben having stood up to his father about his future career: |
| 267 | -->'''Sally:''' And dad'll get over it soon.\ |
| 268 | '''Ben:''' You think?\ |
| 269 | '''Sally:''' We needed a new kitchen table anyway. |
| 270 | * Jim goes for the MoreDakka approach when it comes to [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0857.html shooting enemy fighters]]. |
| 271 | -->'''GM:''' Are you sure? You'd need a bucket of dice... |
| 272 | -->'''Pete:''' [[CrazyPrepared Here.]] |
| 273 | * [[StuffBlowingUp Pete's special die]] being mentioned again is in itself funny, but [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0890.html Jim's reaction]] when he learns the GM (and ''the police'') banned any other use of it or something similar is priceless. |
| 274 | * The [[InvertedTrope inversion]] of ThatsNoMoon [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0786.html in this comic.]] |
| 275 | * Pete's brings out another special die for the shot on the Peace Moon. And when the GM protests the use of explosions, Pete [[FalseReassurance reassures him]] that it's been [[NoodleImplements sitting under]] ''liquid Nitrogen''. |
| 276 | * The description of [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0917.html Jim's side campaign]] (which is based on ''Film/{{Airplane}}'') as the "GREATEST DRAMATIC STORY EVER." Presumably it was actually based on ''Film/ZeroHour1957'' (the movie that ''Airplane!'' parodies), and the other players derailed it. |
| 277 | [[/folder]] |
| 278 | |
| 279 | [[folder:V. The Enemy Let Slip]] |
| 280 | * The force ghost (aka a cloud of midi-chlorians carrying a consciousness) of Obi-Wan explains that he can only manifest for a short time due to midi-chlorians not existing like that naturally. Pete translates it to 1d6 rounds every day. Which Ben confirms when he says he only rolled a 4. |
| 281 | * The last part of [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0954.html this strip]] |
| 282 | * When the Imperial walkers attack, both sides can't stop complaining about how ridiculous they look. You can't tell who's more embarrassed, the Imperials for using them, or the rebels for losing to them! |
| 283 | -->'''Princess Leia:''' Are they ''mocking'' us?! |
| 284 | -->''later...'' |
| 285 | -->'''General Veers:''' Who the heck designed these monstrosities? |
| 286 | -->'''Imperial Tank Driver:''' I dunno, these controls seem like they're built for someone with four arms. |
| 287 | -->'''General Veers:''' And why is there a "chamomile tea" button next to the one labelled "trample puny humans"? |
| 288 | -->''later again...'' |
| 289 | -->'''General Veers:''' Lord Vader, this is farcical. I’m riding in a giant attack camel. |
| 290 | --> '''Vader:''' Is it ''working?'' |
| 291 | -->'''General Veers:''' Well... yes. |
| 292 | * [[http://darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0965.html "How exactly does one retire from a rebellion?"]] |
| 293 | * [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0990.html Oh crud]] [[Catch22Dilemma indeed]] |
| 294 | * [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/1044.html "Oh yeah? I'm fluent in over six million offensive gestures, and I'm making ALL of them in your general direction!"]] |
| 295 | * [[http://darthsanddroids.net/episodes/1048.html Luke and Yoda's combined]] BigNo when they respectively figure out a) Vader is Luke's father and b) Anakin is alive. |
| 296 | * [[http://darthsanddroids.net/episodes/1055.html Captain Needa's death]]. He goes to the ''Executor'', not to apologize for losing the ''Falcon'' like in the movie, but to '''[[TooDumbToLive try and chew out Vader for screwing up]]'''. [[YouHaveFailedMe You can predict how well that goes]]. |
| 297 | --> '''Needa:''' And I'll tell you another thi-- ''(Vader kills him)'' |
| 298 | --> '''Vader:''' [[BondOneLiner I doubt you will]]. |
| 299 | * On Dagobah, there's a tree that contains the spirits of dead Jedi. [[GoneMadFromTheIsolation Yoda]] calls it Lord Eric Fluffypants. Obi-Wan clarifies that the residents prefer simply "the tree". |
| 300 | ** In general, Yoda's exile has turned him from a wise (if slightly silly) old master into a complete nutcase who's good advice is barely recognizeable through his ramblings. |
| 301 | * As "Freddo's" former parole officer, Lando asks his aide to list the top ten Imperial bounties to make sure "Freddo" has been keeping his nose clean. The top three bounties are Luke Starkiller, Senator Princess Organa and Captain Han Solo. [[DramaticIrony Lando thinks that "Freddo" has kept out of trouble not knowing that he'd stolen Han Solo's identity and that Leia was actually Princess.]] |
| 302 | -->'''Lando:''' Who ''are'' these people? |
| 303 | * [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/1072.html Ben learns why people stay on Bespin:]] |
| 304 | -->'''GM:''' You've been outside a few minutes. Save versus poison at -4.\ |
| 305 | '''Ben:''' What? Why is everyone walking around without masks on?\ |
| 306 | '''Lando:''' Why do you think we live here?\ |
| 307 | '''Ben:''' I don't understand!\ |
| 308 | '''GM:''' Everyone who failed feels tipsy from the abundant alcohol in the atmosphere.\ |
| 309 | '''Ben:''' I understand everything and I suggest we never leave. |
| 310 | * The BlackComedy punchline of [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/1075.html #1075: Sniping Marxman]]: |
| 311 | --> '''Sally:''' ''(droid liberation speechifying)''\ |
| 312 | '''DM:''' Make a roll.\ |
| 313 | '''Sally:''' Persuasion?\ |
| 314 | '''DM:''' [[ShutUpKirk Dodge.]] |
| 315 | * After Boba's lengthy MotiveRant (to summarise: Find and get revenge on Obi-Wan), there's this: |
| 316 | -->'''Greedo:''' [-Do you wanna tell him?-]\ |
| 317 | '''Princess:''' [-Hell, no.-] |
| 318 | * Strips 1123 and 1124 reveal that, after Jim and Annie left, Ben ran a superhero campaign based on ''Film/TheDarkKnightTrilogy''... in which they played superheroes who attempted to lure out a vigilante by committing crimes, effectively becoming Franchise/{{Batman}}'s RoguesGallery. The usual GM was Harvey Dent, Corey played Scarecrow ''[[BewareTheSillyOnes and Sally was]]'' '''''ComicBook/{{the Joker}}.''''' |
| 319 | -->'''Ben:''' [[HeroicSacrifice It ended with the vigilante sacrificing himself.]] [[WhatTheHellPlayer To save the city. From a nuclear bomb. Which these]] "[[DesignatedHero heroes]]" [[WhatTheHellPlayer planted.]]\ |
| 320 | '''Jim:''' [[ComicallyMissingThePoint So it worked, then!]] |
| 321 | ** The best part is that Ben hadn't intended for it to be ''Film/TheDarkKnightTrilogy''; based on his describing the game as "a camp comical spoof of the genre, with people in silly costumes with underpants on the outside having "Bam! Pow!" fisticuffs," it had derailed from being ''[[Series/Batman1966 the 1960s version of Batman]]''. |
| 322 | * Strip [[http://darthsanddroids.net/episodes/1149.html 1149]]. Everyone has to do a "save against poison" roll after being exposed to the alcoholic atmosphere (ItMakesSenseInContext) of Cloud City. Ben rolls a 15, Annie rolls a ''1''. HilarityEnsues. |
| 323 | --> '''Leia:''' I'll drive! I'm ferpectly shober! |
| 324 | --> '''Chewbacca:''' But you've never piloted before. |
| 325 | --> '''Leia:''' Zigackly! |
| 326 | ** Later on, Luke falls out of Cloud City and has to make a save roll as well. [[https://darthsanddroids.net/episodes/1162.html Corey rolls a 3.]] HilarityEnsues as Luke and Leia, both ''absolutely smashed'', [[https://darthsanddroids.net/episodes/1163.html start communicating with each other through the Force]]. |
| 327 | * Strip [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/1151.html #1151]] is an almost perfect, word-for-word reproduction of the scene upon which it's based - except the characters' lines are [[MythologyGag completely reversed]]. |
| 328 | * Strip [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/1153.html #1153]] has Corey say what's on everyone's minds when Darth Vader is revealed to be [[NotHisSled Padme]]. |
| 329 | -->'''Luke:''' ...''[[BigWhat Huh??]]'' |
| 330 | -->'''Darth Vader:''' Your mother. |
| 331 | -->'''Luke:''' [[NotActuallyTheUltimateQuestion But...]]''[[NotActuallyTheUltimateQuestion how??]]'' |
| 332 | -->'''Darth Vader:''' [[TheTalk Well, I loved Anakin very much, and then...]] |
| 333 | * In strip [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/1178.html #1178]], a silly accent even extends to a ''sound effect''. |
| 334 | [[/folder]] |
| 335 | |
| 336 | [[folder:VI. The Jedi Reloaded]] |
| 337 | * How the infamous [[GoGoEnslavement Slave Leia outfit]] is handled: |
| 338 | -->'''GM:''' Jabba slumbers in his chamber. You see Princess on the throne platform, obviously his slave. |
| 339 | -->'''Luke:''' How so? |
| 340 | -->'''GM:''' Well, uh, she's [[{{Fanservice}} chained up and dressed as a slave]]. |
| 341 | -->'''Leia:''' Ah, like [[CallBack Shmi]]. [[RichesToRags Shapeless sackcloth sort of thing?]] |
| 342 | -->'''GM:''' [[SureLetsGoWithThat Yeah, um...]] [[BlatantLies something like that.]] |
| 343 | * It's easy to forget that Jim and Annie are playing this campaign via webcam until something like this happens: |
| 344 | -->'''Pete:''' Anyone want a drink? |
| 345 | -->'''Jim:''' I'll have one. |
| 346 | -->'''Corey:''' Um. You're in Los Angeles. |
| 347 | * Jim declaring he is out of his usual good idea so he is gonna do something crazy. |
| 348 | * [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/1258.html Strip 1258]]: The characters are attempting to entertain Jabba in order to stall for time. After Ben tries and fails with a story about failing to rescue a slug: |
| 349 | -->'''Jim:''' Time for my psychotic episode. Blargle blargle grargle!\ |
| 350 | '''Jabba:''' Now '''that's''' entertainment! |
| 351 | * During the battle at the sale barge, Pete warns the others that the guards are setting up a gun on the rail, and the entire party spontaneously launches into [[http://darthsanddroids.net/episodes/1264.html a]] HurricaneOfPuns. What really sells it though, is the entire party cheering in unison when it fires on the next page |
| 352 | -->'''Everyone:''' [[http://darthsanddroids.net/episodes/1265.html "Balustrade Blaster!"]] |
| 353 | * [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/1266.html Strip 1266]] |
| 354 | --> '''Boba Fett:''' Fool!! You should have chopped off my hand while you had the chance! |
| 355 | --> '''Luke:''' There are enough small arms around here already. |
| 356 | * Han finally reaches breaking point with Boba's monologues, telling him the truth about Obi-Wan, forgetting one teeny, tiny important detail... |
| 357 | -->'''Lando:''' Wow. Good memory, Mr. Amnesiac.\ |
| 358 | '''Han:''' ... or so Chewie told me, anyway. |
| 359 | * And then, after Boba's spectacular breakdown and death, comes the punchline. |
| 360 | -->'''Luke:''' Obi-Wan's not actually dead, you know. He just transcended into a cloud of midi-chlorians.\ |
| 361 | '''Han:''' Well ''now'' you tell me. |
| 362 | * [[http://darthsanddroids.net/episodes/1300.html Strip 1300]] |
| 363 | --> '''Luke:''' Well, [[BlatantLies that was a great swamp juice.]] |
| 364 | --> '''GM:''' Make a Bluff roll. |
| 365 | --> '''Luke:''' [[BadLiar 3]]. |
| 366 | * Yoda teaches Luke Force Transcend. It goes poorly. |
| 367 | -->'''Luke:''' How do you do this transcend thing anyway?\ |
| 368 | '''Yoda:''' Like this. ''Hnnnnngggggh''\ |
| 369 | ''[Yoda becomes one with the Force]''\ |
| 370 | '''Yoda:''' Only once can you do it though. |
| 371 | * In strip [[http://darthsanddroids.net/episodes/1317.html 1317]]: |
| 372 | --> '''C-3PO:''' Luke, who are you talking to? |
| 373 | --> '''Luke:''' Huh? You can't...? Oh... just... my invisible friend. |
| 374 | --> '''Han:''' I used to have one of those! |
| 375 | --> {beat} |
| 376 | --> '''Han:''' But then he vanished. |
| 377 | * The attempt to sneak on board the second peace moon, predictably, [[http://darthsanddroids.net/episodes/1328.html fails]]. This results in their shuttle being remote-controlled to land at an ambush point. Jim's solution: [[http://darthsanddroids.net/episodes/1330.html shoot out one of the engines]]. Of the shuttle they're in. That is in the process of landing. When pointed out that this will cause them to crash and die, he enacts his backup plan... of shooting out the ''other'' engine. |
| 378 | -->'''Chewbacca:''' [[SesquipedalianLoquaciousness Please allow me to express my heartfelt exasperation]] at this [[TooDumbToLive almost entirely self-imposed mass suicide attempt]] by [[MisBlamed prefacing my blame attribution with ]] [[AvertedTrope the request for the identity of the person]] who gave Han [[SophisticatedAsHell a bloody blaster]]. |
| 379 | * [[IdiotHero Jim's]] [[http://darthsanddroids.net/episodes/1347.html opinion]] on his past plans. |
| 380 | -->'''Luke:''' So... Turns out you need to have a good plan, not just good rolls. |
| 381 | -->'''Han:''' Whereas some of my plans were so good they didn't even need to succeed! |
| 382 | * In strip [[http://darthsanddroids.net/episodes/1363.html 1363]], R2 (Pete) tries to free the group from the net...by using a [[ImprobableWeaponUser pizza cutter]]. The explanation is also funny; |
| 383 | -->'''R2:''' I had it installed in Jabba's palace to serve pizza on his barge. |
| 384 | -->'''C-3PO:''' That seems a bit over-powered for cutting pizza. |
| 385 | -->'''R2:''' I put extra points into it. |
| 386 | * [[http://darthsanddroids.net/episodes/1310.html "I'M SO HAPPY RIGHT NOW"]] |
| 387 | * [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/1217.html The in-universe explanation]] for the random frog-thing outside Jabba's palace? |
| 388 | -->'''C-3PO:''' [What] are you doing with that sock puppet? |
| 389 | -->''{{Beat}}'' |
| 390 | -->'''Worrt:''' I got bored waiting for all of you to arrive. |
| 391 | ** Even better? The frog in this narrative ''does a Shakespeare soliloquy''. |
| 392 | ** Then the GM realizes that Jim and Annie had been connected via webcam for quite some time, and so saw the whole thing. |
| 393 | --->'''Jim:''' [[PassThePopcorn We made popcorn.]] |
| 394 | * Corey mentions having an idea for a campaign. The GM assures him that he can run it after Episode VI. |
| 395 | -->'''GM:''' What's it about? |
| 396 | -->'''Corey:''' [[{{BFG}} Big guns.]] |
| 397 | -->'''Jim:''' AWESOME. |
| 398 | -->'''Pete:''' I'm in. |
| 399 | -->'''Sally:''' I hope there's more to it than that. |
| 400 | -->'''Pete:''' Yeah. [[GonnaNeedMoreX Bigger guns.]] |
| 401 | -->'''Corey:''' Oooh, good idea. I'll make a note. |
| 402 | * The Ewoks are reinvented as ultra-capitalists, thanks to the influence of Nute Gunray. |
| 403 | * The Ewoc trap. Since the players are all fully aware of what an innocuous piece of meat on a stick in a forest means, they spend ten minutes debating what to do. |
| 404 | -->'''Jim:''' It's clearly a very elaborate trap.\ |
| 405 | '''Ben:''' ... it's a ''dead animal on a stick.'' |
| 406 | * The Ewocs agree to give the group transportation back to their village. Ben thinks this sounds fair. Cut to them tied to poles. |
| 407 | -->'''Chewie:''' Well this just isn't fair.\ |
| 408 | '''Paploo:''' Don't worry. [[FalseReassurance You'll be invoiced for the cost of these sticks.]] |
| 409 | * Sally, as C-[=3PO=] scamming the Ewocs by pretending to be Nute. ''Repeatedly''. Also counts as a moment of awesome. |
| 410 | * [[http://darthsanddroids.net/episodes/1404.html Han prods Paploo into going along with a crazy plan by calling him an NPC]]. Yes, in-character. Leading to this. |
| 411 | -->'''Paploo:''' {driving off} Non-Profit Company, my foot! |
| 412 | * [[http://darthsanddroids.net/episodes/1411.html The Emperor doesn't get why anyone would want to destroy the Peace Moon.]] |
| 413 | -->'''Luke:''' Your last one destroyed Naboo.\ |
| 414 | '''Palpatine:''' This one is far bigger, far better, '''far more peaceful!'''\ |
| 415 | '''Leia:''' Has he ever thought about making his superweapons smaller, worse, and actually peaceful?\ |
| 416 | '''Sally:''' So, not actually super, and not actually a weapon?\ |
| 417 | '''Pete:''' Where's the fun in that? |
| 418 | * During the attack on the Peace Moon, Admiral Ackbar makes a realization. |
| 419 | -->''Oh my god! It's ''not'' a trap! We're just prats!'' |
| 420 | * The Ewocs declaring war. "Sound the Horn of Plenty!" "Booo-yah!" |
| 421 | * In strip [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/1498.html 1438]], when it's revealed that Darth Vader made it most of the way down the path to the Light Side: |
| 422 | -->'''Pete:''' Have you been planning this all out '''again''', Annie? That's way too much effort for a game.\ |
| 423 | '''Annie:''' [[HypocriticalHumor Doop]] [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/1180.html deep.]] |
| 424 | * [[http://darthsanddroids.net/episodes/1485.html I needed a lieutenant of unparalleled acumen; but alas, Jar Jar turned me down."]] |
| 425 | * Pete is a ''lawyer.'' [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/1516.html Criminal defense.]] |
| 426 | [[/folder]] |
| 427 | |
| 428 | [[folder:Butch Cassian and the Sundance Droid]] |
| 429 | * At the start of Butch Cassian and the Sundance Droid, the team tries to explain a session they played before Corey joined and Ben returned, but alas, Jim as usual derails what happaned. |
| 430 | -->'''Pete:''' You weren't even there Jim. |
| 431 | -->'''Jim:''' They were my minions who emerged victorious. Same thing. |
| 432 | -->'''Pete:''' Technically they were Jabba's minions. |
| 433 | -->'''Sally:''' And that wasn't even the start of the adventure! |
| 434 | -->'''Ben:''' Is anything Jim said true? |
| 435 | -->'''Jim:''' (With a shit-eating grin) [[ComicallyMissingThePoint It was definitively awesome!]] |
| 436 | * With "Kyle Katarn" (or Saw Garrera) making his appearance, we learn ''why'' Jim's not allowed lightsabers anymore: Kyle didn't just slice off his hand, but both of his legs as well. |
| 437 | * Galen's unconventional (and evil) parenting style: |
| 438 | -->'''Bria:''' He always used to do this. |
| 439 | -->'''Chirrut:''' He always used to develop giant apocalyptic superweapons? |
| 440 | -->'''Bria:''' No, lecture me with [=PowerPoint=]. |
| 441 | -->'''Chirrut:''' The fiend! |
| 442 | * The "Did you know that wasn't me?!" scene, where Sally approaches the group, only to take a CriticalHit from Jyn/Bria. |
| 443 | -->'''GM:''' Um, Sally, what's your HP total again?\ |
| 444 | '''K-2SO:''' 44. Way more than Threepio! That's a lot, right?\ |
| 445 | '''GM:''' Uh... Wow. Looks like Bria totally took care of that Imperial combat droid that K-2SO was right behind!\ |
| 446 | {beat}\ |
| 447 | '''K-2SO:''' Hey guys! It's me! |
| 448 | * K-2SO’s death. In the movie, it’s a moving, tragically unavoidable HeroicSacrifice to ensure the mission succeeds. Here? He dies because Cassian and Jyn stupidly lock themselves inside the vault by bringing the handprint they need to open it in with and ''[[TooDumbToLive having Kaytoo shut the door behind them]]''. As a result, he’s left to get shot to death by dozens of stormtroopers while Cassian and Jyn just sit in the vault like idiots. |
| 449 | ** Similarly, Chirrut’s death. An enemy’s CriticalFailure causes [[DisasterDominoes every stupid flaw Pete took for his min-maxing to cascade and destroy any chance Pete had at saving himself]], climaxing with [[BrickJoke his hemophilia flaw]] making him bleed out near-instantly, while his PsychicLink with Baze [[EpicFail makes the latter die with him]]. |
| 450 | * The big dramatic moment on which all of Jim's roleplaying of Jyn hinges: Galen Erso actually ''hated'' [=PowerPoint=] all along! Krennic tricked him into using it, the fiend. |
| 451 | -->'''Ben:''' But... [=PowerPoint=]?\ |
| 452 | '''GM:''' I'll take all the help I can get. |
| 453 | * From the non-canonical strips, there's Galen Erso's revenge: |
| 454 | -->'''Galen:''' No railings. '''Anywhere.''' Clone troopers will fall to their deaths by the thousands. |
| 455 | [[/folder]] |
| 456 | |
| 457 | [[folder:The Invisible Hands]] |
| 458 | * The AssPull improvised let's-just-kill-some-time nature of the latest campaign (based on the ''Star Wars'' episode of ''Series/TheMuppetShow'') becomes more and more obvious until [[http://darthsanddroids.net/episodes/1776.html this happens]]. Singing fish, floating on the stage. |
| 459 | -->'''R2-D2:''' Wait. Is the stage flooded then?\ |
| 460 | '''GM:''' Uh, no. They're... [[SomeKindOfForceField suspended by force fields]]. And they're holding their breaths.\ |
| 461 | '''R2-D2:''' [[VoodooShark While they're singing]]?\ |
| 462 | '''GM:''' [[CallBack If you guys]] [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0006.html can get away with it,]] [[BrickJoke so can I!]] |
| 463 | * Pete and Sally witnessing the GM's improvising improv theatre. |
| 464 | -->'''Pete:''' '''You''' suggested an improv theatre.\ |
| 465 | '''Sally:''' I regret nothing. |
| 466 | * Corey's leet interrogation skills. |
| 467 | -->'''Pete:''' Do you think he's actually stupid, or just roleplaying stupid?\ |
| 468 | '''Sally:''' He's learned a lot from Jim.\ |
| 469 | '''Pete:''' My question stands. |
| 470 | * The new-... er, núwsreader (as the transcript calls him) getting mobbed by sheep. |
| 471 | * Sally's opinion on the alignment status of paper. |
| 472 | -->'''Pete:''' Bills are lawful neutral!\ |
| 473 | '''Sally:''' Lawful neutral is just evil with extra steps! |
| 474 | * Who is Miss Piggy in this campaign? Wedge. Shapeshifted, naturally. |
| 475 | * Poor Corey as Luke trying to work out the many, many layers to Wedge's disguise. |
| 476 | -->'''Luke:''' Why are you wearing a disguise?????\ |
| 477 | '''Wedge:''' Otherwise they'll suspect I'm a shapeshifter! |
| 478 | * "The Force runs deeply in Anakin's family." "[[CrossesTheLineTwice So does getting burnt.]]" |
| 479 | * The Vader-knockoff is using an electronic signal to make R2-D2 dance, and Chewbacca figures out that the best way to jam the signal is to ''[[MakesJustAsMuchSenseInContext counter-dance]]''. When the clone turns his signal on C-3PO, Sally points out that dancing requires a Skill roll. |
| 480 | -->'''C-3PO:''' Although I'm fluent in six million forms of communication, interpretive dance is not one of them. [[ICantDance My Dance skill is -3]].\ |
| 481 | '''Chewbacca:''' Good, you need to ''fail!'' If you do the dance properly, the sleeper agents will get the activation signal!\ |
| 482 | '''R2-D2:''' Natural 1! Natural 1!\ |
| 483 | '''UnsoundEffect:''' ''([[SpringtimeForHitler 20!]])''\ |
| 484 | '''C-3PO:''' ''(dances for a couple panels)'' On the bright side, six million and one. |
| 485 | * And Corey's reaction is to [[WhyDontYouJustShootHim just resort to the combat system]]. |
| 486 | -->'''Luke:''' I quick-draw my laser sword, and...\ |
| 487 | '''GM:''' [[ExactWords Quick-draw]]? Make a skill roll.\ |
| 488 | '''R2-D2:''' [[NiceJobBreakingItHero A normal draw would have been fine]].\ |
| 489 | '''Luke:''' Don't panic.\ |
| 490 | '''UnsoundEffect:''' ''([[CriticalFailure 1!]])''\ |
| 491 | '''Luke:''' Okay, panic. |
| 492 | ** The end result of that 1? Luke ''[[EpicFail left his laser sword on the ship when they disembarked]]''. |
| 493 | * Pete successfully negotiates a +3 bonus to R2's dancing roll... that is, [[NiceJobBreakingItHero the dance that R2 is performing]] ''because [[DidntThinkThisThrough he's being controlled by the enemy]]''. TheRant sums it up nicely: |
| 494 | -->When claiming dice roll bonuses or any other sort of advantage for various circumstances, don't forget that those circumstances might also apply to your opponents.\ |
| 495 | Especially if you're currently working ''for'' the opponents. |
| 496 | * Pete dealing with the Vader knockoff via LogicBomb is impressive... until you notice Pete is quoting ''Star Trek'' (specifically, Kirk's logic bomb from "The Changeling"). |
| 497 | * After dealing with the Vader knockoff, Pete shares his chain of thought that led him to deduce Nute Gunray was behind it. |
| 498 | -->'''Pete:''' It's so obvious that something else was going on. Something deeper and more sinister.\ |
| 499 | '''GM:''' And not that I was [[WritingByTheSeatOfYourPants improvising by the seat of my pants]]?\ |
| 500 | '''Pete:''' That... [[HanlonsRazor never occurred to me]].\ |
| 501 | '''GM:''' [[SincerityMode Thank you]]. |
| 502 | * From the intermission strips, Pete and Corey trying to make sense of Wedge Piggy's clone being a shapeshifter... turned into a statue. |
| 503 | -->'''Pete:''' That just made less sense.\ |
| 504 | '''Wedge:''' You gotta learn to just stop asking at some point, good buddy. |
| 505 | [[/folder]] |
| 506 | |
| 507 | [[folder:VII. The Forced-Away Kin]] |
| 508 | * As the group finally start playing ''The Force Awakens'', they all roll up new characters. Who does Ben initially play as? [[RedShirt Lor San Tekka]]. No prize for guessing how that works out. |
| 509 | -->'''Lor''': Beware. There is a legend that whoever passes on the location of Ahch-To is doomed. |
| 510 | -->'''Poe''': (''[[LackOfEmpathy blissfully]]'') Cool. Hand it over, I'll take care of it. |
| 511 | -->(''[[OhCrap Lor stares at Poe nervously]] before reluctantly handing him the map, at which point BB-8 barges in.'') |
| 512 | -->'''BB-8''': Hey, guys, we got company! |
| 513 | -->'''Lor''': The First Order! They tracked you here! |
| 514 | -->'''Poe''': [[{{Jerkass}} Hey, you're the one who's doomed.]] |
| 515 | * LaserGuidedKarma locks on as Poe and BB-8 head back to their fighter ship with intent to use the guns; troopers hit the engines, and Corey is left with a point-defense swivel gun as Jim tries to get the ship moving. |
| 516 | -->'''GM:''' The ship won't start.\ |
| 517 | '''Poe:''' I hotwire it.\ |
| 518 | '''BB-8:''' The engines are ''on fire!''\ |
| 519 | '''Poe:''' [[ComicallyMissingThePoint Should be easy, then!]] ''(rolls)'' 3. [[BlatantLies Not great, not terrible.]]\ |
| 520 | '''GM:''' [[FromBadToWorse The gun stops working.]]\ |
| 521 | '''BB-8:''' ''How is that not terrible?!''\ |
| 522 | '''Poe:''' [[ComicallyMissingThePoint The engines are still warmed up!]] |
| 523 | * [[https://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/1828.html Knowing that Annie is playing one of the enemy troopers,]] Jim starts trying to shoot hers down, as another PC is a more difficult opponent than masses of Mooks commanded by the GM. The first trooper he shoots down after making that decision... isn't Annie's. |
| 524 | -->'''Finn:''' You shot my buddy! ''[[RoaringRampageOfRevenge Now I am become Death, destroyer of worlds]]!''\ |
| 525 | '''Poe:''' [[ThisIsGonnaSuck Uh oh]]. |
| 526 | * Pete's massive FreakOut when Sally, as Kylo Ren, kills Lor San Tekka. |
| 527 | * Kylo's interrogation of Poe, which Poe turns into a ''job interview''. |
| 528 | -->'''Kylo Ren:''' I believe you may be the Resistance pilot I'm looking for.\ |
| 529 | '''Poe:''' Possibly. So tell me, what's the worst thing about working for the First Order?\ |
| 530 | '''Kylo Ren:''' Dealing with Resistance scum like you.\ |
| 531 | '''Poe:''' What's the best thing?\ |
| 532 | '''Kylo Ren:''' I get to kill anyone who stands in my way.\ |
| 533 | '''Poe:''' Walk me through a typical day.\ |
| 534 | '''Kylo Ren:''' What?\ |
| 535 | '''Poe:''' You know what my greatest weakness is?\ |
| 536 | '''Kylo Ren:''' You talk too much?\ |
| 537 | '''Poe:''' I come up with a lot of crazy ideas. I mean ''kerr-azy''. It takes someone with a firm hand to keep me in check.\ |
| 538 | '''Poe:''' But on the plus side, I'm the one who can see through a screen of obfuscation and deliver that ''one blinding realisation'' that we've been doing everything wrong, and need to change to something ''nobody'' else could conceive.\ |
| 539 | '''Poe:''' In short: I'm the guy your organisation needs. |
| 540 | * In one of the most delightfully bizarre and inexplicable character changes yet, Captain Phasma is portrayed as speaking almost entirely in poetry quotations. |
| 541 | * In general, the sheer amount of AdaptationalVillainy hurled at the Sequel cast so far. Finn is a revenge-driven SociopathicSoldier who only complains about the mass murder of villagers because his target isn't among them. Poe is [[{{Jerkass}} an unsympathetic douchebag]] who [[TheQuisling turns traitor at the first sign of trouble]]. BB-8 is a PragmaticHero who manipulates Poe into a StupidSacrifice that gets him captured. Even Kylo Ren is more of a villain, killing Lor San Tekka [[ForTheEvulz just because]], instead of being provoked into it by Lor pressing his BerserkButton. Its like everybody decided to try and play like [[TokenEvilTeammate Pete]]. |
| 542 | * Speaking of Pete, he's playing Rey, who [[https://darthsanddroids.net/episodes/1860.html took "Never Gets a Good Parking Spot" as a flaw]], [[https://darthsanddroids.net/episodes/1862.html meets an old woman who saw Anakin kill Greedo]], [[https://darthsanddroids.net/episodes/1863.html gets compared to Anakin]], [[https://darthsanddroids.net/episodes/1864.html and botches up a bargaining roll]]. |
| 543 | -->'''[[PromotedFanboy memnarch]]''': And now Rey is out of parts, needs some water both to drink and to reconstitute her food, and wants to leave town tomorrow on a hoverbike that's probably been stolen for parts by now. Half the players are on Team Antagonist, and the other half are scattered about or busy finding a new character.\ |
| 544 | ...\ |
| 545 | [[https://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0098.html This]] [[https://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/1188.html campaign]] [[CallBack is]] '''awesome'''. |
| 546 | * For that matter, in a meta sense, addressing some of the fan reactions to Rey by having her, in the strip, be a character played by [[{{Munchkin}} Pete]]. |
| 547 | * Kylo Ren torturing Poe using Force Coercion. |
| 548 | -->'''Kylo Ren:''' Now... do the hokey pokey and turn yourself around.\ |
| 549 | '''Poe:''' ''(who is tied to a chair)'' Argh! These restrains!! '''I CAAAN'T!!!''' |
| 550 | * Finn sees Rey for the first time while she is fighting against two thugs. Since she is played by Pete, Finn is initially skeptical at her cry for help and wonders if she's a thug who is assaulting two innocent peddlers. |
| 551 | -->'''Rey:''' ... [[Film/MontyPythonAndTheHolyGrail I'm being repressed!]]\ |
| 552 | '''Thug:''' Bloody peasant! |
| 553 | * [[https://darthsanddroids.net/episodes/1914.html Strip 1914]]: The GM knows his players. |
| 554 | -->'''GM:''' As Chandler's Law says, when in doubt, have a man come through the door with a gun in his hand. I have a '''lot''' of doubts about the ability of you guys to stay on track. |
| 555 | * [[https://darthsanddroids.net/episodes/1915.html In an excellent example]] of delayed in-character introductions, Finn, Rey, and BB-8 end up on the same side of a combat situation before they get each others' names. |
| 556 | -->'''Finn:''' [[HeyYou You]], check out over there! Droid, see if there's anything we can use as a weapon!\ |
| 557 | '''Rey:''' My name's Rey!\ |
| 558 | '''BB-8''' And I'm BB-8.\ |
| 559 | '''Finn:''' Finn. Pleased to meet you. [[DeadpanSnarker Now unless we ditch these troopers I think this is the beginning]] of a ''really short'' friendship! |
| 560 | * [[https://darthsanddroids.net/episodes/1946.html Episode 1946]] sees the return of Han and Chewie... [[RunningGag with]] ''[[https://darthsanddroids.net/episodes/1948.html Jim]]'' [[TemptingFate playing Han.]] |
| 561 | -->'''Sally:''' [[LampshadeHanging You’re letting Jim bring Han back?]] |
| 562 | -->'''GM:''' [[DramaticIrony Of all the characters Jim’s played, he’s the only one who hasn’t died relatively quickly.]] |
| 563 | ** It quickly turns out that Han/Greedo is ''still'' going around stealing people's identities for no reason, as he currently [[MythologyGag goes by the name]] [[https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Xasha Xasha]]. Rey complains that he was using the name Vittorio when she last saw him, and not long after he steals the identity of a random henchman he killed, changing his name to Yanni. |
| 564 | ** Jim also reveals that the reason he's bringing Han back is because the character he rolled up as a replacement for Poe was supposed to meet Rey, Finn, and BB-8 in jail on Tatooine, but he got caught in the First Order airstrike the party accidentally brought on the town, dying before they even knew he existed. |
| 565 | * The [[https://darthsanddroids.net/episodes/1957.html reactions to the gang named "Kanjiklub"]]. |
| 566 | -->'''Corey:''' Kanji Club?\ |
| 567 | '''Sally:''' They started learning Space Japanese, fell in with a bad crowd of anime fans, and turned to crime.\ |
| 568 | '''Corey:''' Ah, a timeless classic.\ |
| 569 | '''Sally:''' This is why people get [[MsImagination me]] to help with worldbuilding. |
| 570 | * As the party reaches Takodana, Han casually reveals to Finn that he knows the latter is [[TheMole a First Order double agent]], but tells him not to worry about it because Han's been a traitor plenty of times himself (he even implies that he's a traitor ''right now'') and thus won't tell on him out of sympathy. Finn is nonplussed. |
| 571 | * [[https://darthsanddroids.net/episodes/2035.html Insight into Corey's "big guns" campaign]] (via sharing with Annie and Jim, who missed it) seems to indicate that he ran ''Anime/{{Voltron}}'', complete with CombiningMecha. The problem? Pete wanted his ''own'' HumongousMecha, which doesn't mesh with the PowerOfFriendship, AllYourPowersCombined way that Voltron works. |
| 572 | -->'''Pete:''' ''([[UnsoundEffect door]])'' Hey, everyone! Sorry I'm late.\ |
| 573 | ''(BeatPanel as Sally, Corey, and Ben stare)''\ |
| 574 | '''Pete:''' [[DefensiveWhat What?]] I just got here, I can't have ruined everything ''already'', can I? |
| 575 | ** Not only that, but given the revelations of future strips, it eventually becomes clear that (in the grand tradition of the characters taking off-screen campaigns based on one movie and morphing it into a different one) Corey’s campaign, originally implied to be ''Anime/{{Voltron}}'', [[GoneHorriblyWrong turned into]] '''''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion '''''. |
| 576 | * [[https://darthsanddroids.net/episodes/2056.html The comic's take]] on [[Memes/TheForceAwakens "TRAITOR!" scene]]. Instead of being angry that Finn is a traitor, the "TRAITOR!" trooper instead says that he never believes Finn actually is a traitor. The reason he throws away his blaster and shield in the comics? He wants to give Finn ''a hug''. |
| 577 | * The running gag of Jim's characters dying continues with a twist on Poe's survival. How did he survive the crash here? Well... he didn't. [[KilledOffForReal He died.]] Fortunately, the Resistance has his ''[[ReplacementGoldfish twin brother]]'', Allan. |
| 578 | ** Finn, not knowing this, runs over to Allan to hug him. Allan returns the hug... because, just like how Finn thought he was Poe, [[TooDumbToLive Allan thought]] ''[[TooDumbToLive Finn]]'' [[TooDumbToLive was Poe.]] |
| 579 | --->'''Finn''': What about this face? Do you recognise this face? |
| 580 | --->'''Allan''': Yeah, I always thought you were the ugly twin. |
| 581 | * Pete is late to a session, and tells the others to start without him since Rey is kidnapped anyways. [[https://darthsanddroids.net/episodes/2087.html When he arrives]], we get this exchange: |
| 582 | -->'''Pete:''' Hey! Sorry I'm late. What's happening?\ |
| 583 | '''Jim:''' We're deciding if we want to rescue you.\ |
| 584 | '''Pete:''' I brought cookies!\ |
| 585 | '''Sally:''' [[FoodAsBribe I change my vote to yes.]] |
| 586 | * Pete finds he can't use the force to escape the rack Rey is trapped in because it's designed to hold a force user. He promptly argues that there absolutely should be a guard because leaving force users unguarded is foolish. And then when the DM agrees he promptly uses ''force suggestion'' against the guard. |
| 587 | ** [[https://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/2105.html The way]] the guard ''just'' appears without transition the moment the DM agrees. |
| 588 | ** On a related note the guard, who in the film was played by Creator/DanielCraig, has every line of his be one from ''Film/CasinoRoyale2006''. |
| 589 | * Rey escapes, but Pete isn't interested in anything to0 predictable as making a clean getaway from the army of fanatics. |
| 590 | -->'''Pete''': Why would I do that? I'm free, I'm not a droid so Nute can't infect me, and I'm '''on the Peace Moon'''. I start looking for the command room.\ |
| 591 | '''GM''': [[OhCrap Ohhh...]] I '''really''' [[ThisIsGonnaSuck should have seen that coming...]] |
| 592 | * More insight into Corey's campaign: |
| 593 | -->'''Pete''': Look who's talking, Mr. "Let's Replay The Last Two Sessions So The Story Makes More Sense."\ |
| 594 | '''Corey''': Well, I didn't expect Sally to trigger the apocalypse!\ |
| 595 | '''Sally''': Hey, you gave me means and motivation. I wanted to see my dead wife! What else would I have done?\ |
| 596 | '''Corey''': [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything Someone turned evil by trying to circumvent the death of their wife is a]] [[TakeThat pretty bad story hook. I see that now.]]\ |
| 597 | '''GM''': [[IResembleThatRemark Don't sweat it, Corey. Every GM makes mistakes in their first game. And every game thereafter.]] |
| 598 | * The explanation for why they're called the First Order. In ''Star Wars'' proper, it's taken from the admiral saying the restoration of the Empire was their "first order". Here? It's because Nute Gunray founded them, so... |
| 599 | -->'''Phasma:''' The '''First Order!'''\ |
| 600 | '''Finn:''' "Retail"?\ |
| 601 | '''Phasma:''' '''YOU GET 25% OFF YOUR FIRST ORDER!!!''' |
| 602 | * TheReveal of who Captain Phasma really is in this version of events; [[BrickJoke A digital back up of General Grievous in a cloned body]]! |
| 603 | * As the attack on the Peace Moon begins, Hux demands answers: |
| 604 | -->'''Hux''': What happened to our shield?!\ |
| 605 | '''Officer''': It was deactivated from an auxiliary control room.\ |
| 606 | '''Hux''': Send a squad to check it out! And launch PIE fighters!\ |
| 607 | '''Officer''': [[ComicallyMissingThePoint PIEs might be a little cramped in a control room]].\ |
| 608 | '''Hux''': I mean ''out there''!\ |
| 609 | '''Officer''': Yes, General! You need to give clear orders in a military command chain! |
| 610 | * After Sally has Kylo stab Han, the GM [[PetTheDog asks if she really wants to go through with it.]] [[SkewedPriorities But the literal second]] [[RefugeInAudacity he becomes delighted with the turn of events,]] [[SureLetsGoWithThat they let the scene play out.]] |
| 611 | -->'''GM''': Do you ''really'' want to do that, Sally? |
| 612 | -->'''Han''': Cooool. Time for some awesome last words! |
| 613 | -->'''GM''': Okay... I guess so. Go ahead. |
| 614 | ** [[KickTheDog And then it turns out Sally was never going to give Han the chance.]] |
| 615 | --->'''Kylo''': Hondo Ohnaka’s daughter sends her regards! |
| 616 | --->[[DisneyDeath (shoves Han off the catwalk)]] |
| 617 | --->'''Chewbacca''': [[FlatWhat What?]] |
| 618 | --->'''Rey''': Who? |
| 619 | --->'''Han''': Dang. She ''[[CassandraTruth did]]'' try to warn me... |
| 620 | * Corey cheerfully shows up with pizza mid-session... [[MoodWhiplash right after Sally as Kylo murders Han in cold blood]]. |
| 621 | ** The title of the strip where this happens is "[[Series/{{Community}} The Darkest Timeline]]". |
| 622 | * [[ARareSentence "Either Zeppo is dead, or he just killed a bunch of people one after the other."]] |
| 623 | * With Han dead, Jim decides to finally reveal his character's backstory. [[{{Doorstopper}} It makes a "slam" noise when he puts it on the table and Ben thought it was a copy of his thesis.]] |
| 624 | * Naturally, reading through that backstory slaughters the time left for the game session. Parting dialogue reveals that Corey's campaign ''somehow'' ended with a [[Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion "global goo of human consciousness".]] |
| 625 | -->'''Corey:''' I still don't know how a campaign about giant fighting robots defending the universe ended that way.\ |
| 626 | '''Ben:''' That's all right. [[GainaxEnding Neither does anyone else.]] |
| 627 | ** In the commentary, memnarch raises the question of how ''that development'' [[https://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/1530.html ended with Corey still believing the party should never fail]]. |
| 628 | * HamToHamCombat, [[https://darthsanddroids.net/episodes/2201.html complete with a pun on that]]. |
| 629 | --> '''GM:''' (Finn) slice(s) Kylo’s shoulder!\ |
| 630 | '''[SFX]:''' Whooom!\ |
| 631 | '''[SFX]:''' Sliiice!\ |
| 632 | '''Rey:''' Did someone order a ''sliced ham?'' |
| 633 | * The reveal that [[spoiler:Han/Xasha/Yanni/Zeppo/(No Name) isn't Rey's father, but Luke]]. Pete's reaction sells it. |
| 634 | --> '''Rey:''' Wait... what?\ |
| 635 | '''GM:''' Cliffhanger!!\ |
| 636 | '''Rey:''' No, seriously... What?? |
| 637 | * From the intermission strips, Zeppo's original reaction to being told the base has no door on this side. (Which was apparently based on an actual campaign experience the Irregulars had.) |
| 638 | -->'''GM:''' It's an ultra-secure military facility. There are no doors here on the side where you've approached from the snow-bound forest that nobody ever ventures into.\ |
| 639 | '''Zeppo:''' There's a wall, right?\ |
| 640 | '''GM:''' Of course.\ |
| 641 | '''Zeppo:''' A wall is just a door I haven't blasted open yet! |
| 642 | * Another from the intermission strips, [[https://darthsanddroids.net/episodes/2233.html the twist where]] Luke [[spoiler:is actually dead, and it's Wedge whom Rey is meeting]]. |
| 643 | [[/folder]] |
| 644 | |
| 645 | [[folder:Han's Backstory]] |
| 646 | * The very premise is that ''Solo'' is Jim's backstory for Han. As written by '''[[TheDitz Jim]]'''. It's [[StylisticSuck exactly as]] [[RandomEventsPlot well-written as]] [[SuckinessIsPainful that suggests]], with the others desperately trying to make sense of it - in as much as that's possible - as they go. |
| 647 | -->'''Corey:''' This backstory... it's... like watching a train wreck.\ |
| 648 | '''Jim:''' Oh, we haven't got to the train wreck yet! |
| 649 | ** And the official title for the strips sounds pretty much like what Jim would call it: [[https://www.darthsanddroids.net/solo/ Multiple: One Rogue, Many Identities - Greedo’s Awesome Epic Backstory]] |
| 650 | * The Imperial Recruitment ad is just solid gold: |
| 651 | -->Be a part of something. Join the Empire. [[Franchise/StarTrek Explore strange new worlds.]] Learn valuable skills. [[Franchise/StarTrek Boldly go and]] [[TheEmpire bring order to the galaxy.]] [[WeComeInPeaceShootToKill Seek out new life, and new civilizations, and teach them who's boss!]] |
| 652 | * When describing Han's time in the battlefield of Mimban, Jim asks Ben to play Staz, a character with a major role. Staz is blown up just three panels later. |
| 653 | -->'''Ben:''' I thought you said Staz had a major role.\ |
| 654 | '''Jim:''' Yeah, [[ExactWords he was a Major]]. |
| 655 | * When "Chi'ra" and Qi'ra [[https://www.darthsanddroids.net/solo/solo120.html have a romantic moment,]] the dialogue used is ''word for word'' from Anakin and Padme's scenes in ''Attack of the Clones''! The reaction from the rest of the players is ... accurate. |
| 656 | -->'''Jim:''' ''(as Han/"Chi'ra" to Qi'ra)'' If you are suffering as much as I am, please, tell me.\ |
| 657 | '''Pete:''' Oh, we're suffering all right.\ |
| 658 | \ |
| 659 | '''Jim:''' Do you like my romantic dialogue?\ |
| 660 | ''(four panels of deafening silence)'' |
| 661 | * This bit: |
| 662 | -->'''Jim:''' We landed on the noxious industrial Gehenna of misery that is Orron III. Sally, can you tell us what it looks like?\ |
| 663 | ''(panels of the bleak environment of Kessel from the film)''\ |
| 664 | '''Jim:''' Thanks! I couldn't come up with anything that bad myself.\ |
| 665 | '''Ben:''' I beg to differ. |
| 666 | * When it's revealed that Chi'ra and Chewie were stuck on Orron III for six months, the rest of the group questions why Beckett's team stayed on the planet as well. Turns out, Lando wouldn't let them take Chi'ra's ship (that'd be theft), there are no supply drops (it's a luxury the prison doesn't afford) and the only cargo pick-up happens once a year. |
| 667 | -->'''Beckett:''' So ''we’re'' stuck on this hellhole prison planet too?\ |
| 668 | '''Jim:''' Not stuck, you could have left any time you liked. Except you didn’t have a ship.\ |
| 669 | '''Beckett:''' In what sense is that not stuck?\ |
| 670 | '''Jim:''' ''Technically''. The best sort of not stuck. |
| 671 | * Chewie rips a guard's arms off, and Ben says Chewie ''does not'' want to do that. Jim says this is when Chewie got his aversion to ripping arms off. . . because he ruined a perfectly good guard uniform. |
| 672 | -->'''Ben:''' This makes less sense than [[Film/IndianaJonesAndTheLastCrusade a boxcar full of snakes.]]\ |
| 673 | '''Jim:''' Ooh. . . that's an idea. . . |
| 674 | * Jim dispenses some advice: |
| 675 | -->'''Jim:''' Adding humor is a good trick to tell a compelling story.\ |
| 676 | '''GM:''' I'm ashamed to say he learnt that from me. |
| 677 | * [[https://www.darthsanddroids.net/solo/solo141.html When it's pointed out]] how both Alberto and Benito, the first two people whose identity Chi'ra/Enrico/Han stole, just happens to end up in Orron III like him. |
| 678 | -->'''Jim:''' No, that’d be ludicrously implausible. [[BaitAndSwitchComment It’s three, counting Qi’ra.]] |
| 679 | * [[https://www.darthsanddroids.net/solo/solo158.html During the chase]] in the Mutara Maw, Beckett suddenly catches a bad case of HoldYourHippogriffs. Even funnier if one remembers the detail that ''Star Trek: The Next Generation'' doesn't exist in the ''Darths & Droids'' world. |
| 680 | * The GM got an early look at "Han's" backstory (and still let him inflict it on everyone else), but like the good, easy-going GM he is, nabbed an element from it to propagate through the rest of the campaign. Namely, the creature they encounter near the Maw is the Rathtar, which is also the Sarlacc, which is also the rathtars from The Forced-Away Kin. It progresses through time in reverse of everyone else. After several pages explaining this, the players wonder how it can speak to them. |
| 681 | -->'''Pete:''' Wait, wait, wait. How can we '''hear''' the Rathtar? Sound can't travel through space.\ |
| 682 | '''Jim:''' The gas density of the nebula was high enough to support acoustic waves.\ |
| 683 | '''Pete:''' Okay.\ |
| 684 | '''Pete:''' Wait wait wait wait '''wait'''. If it moves backwards in time, how can it speak intelligibly?\ |
| 685 | '''GM:''' It hears words in reverse, so it pronounces them backwards. And it's learnt backwards grammar, so constructs sentences and contextual paragraphs in reverse order. So in your forwards time-frame, everything it says sounds normal.\ |
| 686 | '''Pete:''' That. . . hang on. . . That actually makes perfect sense.\ |
| 687 | '''GM:''' It does? [[VerbalBackspace I mean]]. . . '''thank you.''' |
| 688 | * Ah. . . the puns. |
| 689 | -->'''Jim:''' Savareen was a beach world.\ |
| 690 | '''GM:''' Okay, desert, snow, swamp, or forest I can see, but a '''beach''' world?\ |
| 691 | '''Jim:''' Endless tracts of sand, all right next to endless ocean vistas.\ |
| 692 | '''GM:''' There's no other terrain type? It's all beaches?\ |
| 693 | '''Jim:''' Of course. It wouldn't be a beach world otherwise. All of the land is narrow isthmuses.\ |
| 694 | '''Pete:''' You'd need an infinite branching fractal. . . Some kind of isthmus tree?\ |
| 695 | '''Jim:''' Yeah.\ |
| 696 | '''Ben:''' In fact, the coast of isthmus vast.\ |
| 697 | '''Sally:''' It's like all our isthmuses have come at once. |
| 698 | * A ''glorious'' metatextual pun. |
| 699 | -->'''Jim:''' Dryden's contact was, wait for it. . . Darth Maul!\ |
| 700 | '''Ben:''' What?\ |
| 701 | '''Corey:''' Who??\ |
| 702 | '''Pete:''' Why???\ |
| 703 | '''Sally:''' '''How???'''\ |
| 704 | '''Ben:''' I mean, Obi-Wan killed him!\ |
| 705 | '''Jim:''' Not quite.\ |
| 706 | '''Pete:''' He sliced him in half!\ |
| 707 | '''Jim:''' It was [[OnlyAFleshWound just a flesh wound]].\ |
| 708 | '''Sally:''' [[TotemPoleTrench Maybe he was two retired Jedi standing on top of one another, in a trenchcoat]].\ |
| 709 | '''GM:''' It ''is'' a [[TakeThat cheap way]] [[{{Pun}} to get him into a movie]]. |
| 710 | * Han appears in front of Beckett and Chewie, leading them to wonder how he got ahead of them. Jim says Han took a shortcut, Pete points out they're still on a narrow isthmus, and Beckett and Chewie travelled in a straight line along the shore. Jim says they went through a boggy bit that slowed them down, while Han went around it. Pete calls this not a shortcut, but a "longer-but-faster cut." Ben just can't help himself: |
| 711 | -->'''Ben:''' With which you a marais isthmus had a happy detour.[[note]]"Marais" means "boggy," and the whole thing is a clever stretch to "We wish you a merry Christmas and happy new year."[[/note]] |
| 712 | [[/folder]] |
| 713 | |
| 714 | [[folder:VIII. The Jedi List]] |
| 715 | * [[https://darthsanddroids.net/episodes/2236.html Allan flies off to confront the First Order warship that is in orbit above the rebel base alone with BB-8.]] He identifies himself as Snoke in an attempt at a BavarianFireDrill... but he's doing so from his fighter, which has already been identified as a Resistance ship with its guns and shields in attack mode. |
| 716 | -->'''Allan:''' Attention! This is Administrator Snoke of the First Order. I have an urgent communiqué for General Hux.\ |
| 717 | '''Hux:''' [[DeadpanSnarker Well. This should be good.]]\ |
| 718 | '''Allan:''' [[SarcasmBlind Glad you share my optimism!]] |
| 719 | * Jim tries to bluff by claiming he's Snoke. Bluff only works on [=NPCs=], so he has to try and convince ''Ben'', resulting in a moment where even Jim realizes how much trouble he's in... sort of. |
| 720 | -->'''Corey:''' You're doomed.\ |
| 721 | '''Jim:''' Incorrect. ''We're'' doomed. |
| 722 | ** Pete then chimes in on how he feels this is unfair, until the GM points out there ''is'' a chance Ben could roleplay Hux being convinced. |
| 723 | --->'''Pete:''' Hmm. Okay. I take it back. You guys are ''so'' doomed. |
| 724 | * While both Leia and Hux are in contact with him, Allan tries to flip his radio to single transmission so he can speak privately with Leia, only to have it land on Hux. [[AmbiguousSyntax Because both of them hold the rank of general, Hux assumes he's still talking to him.]] He tries again to fiddle with the radio so he can talk to Leia... [[EpicFail and instead connects his line with Hux to his line with Leia.]] |
| 725 | --> '''Allan:''' What’s up with this stinking radio?! |
| 726 | * Captain Canady, in a total inversion of his long-suffering grouch portrayal in the actual movie, is depicted as [[CourteousCanadian a stereotypical hyper-polite Canadian]]. |
| 727 | * As the battle commences, Leia tells Allan that he needs to take out the First Order ship's last gun for the bombers, but Allan's weapons are disabled by damage. He decides the only "logical" option now is to [[SenselessSacrifice heroically sacrifice himself]] (based off Threepio ''sarcastically'' suggesting that) by ramming his fighter into the gun. When Leia countermands it, Allan's response is… interesting: |
| 728 | -->'''Allan''': Are you developing feelings for me, General? |
| 729 | -->'''Leia''': What?! [[NoYay That's highly inappropriate]], ''[[NoYay commander]]''! |
| 730 | -->'''Allan''': [[CrossesTheLineTwice You]] ''[[CrossesTheLineTwice are]]'' [[CrossesTheLineTwice a widow now]]… |
| 731 | -->'''GM''': More sparks start flying. |
| 732 | -->'''Leia''': But not '''those''' sort of sparks. |
| 733 | ** When BB-8 manages to get the fighter weapons back online and destroys the gun, Allan is actually disappointed he didn't get to crash into it and be a hero. Jim seems to be killing his characters for fun now. |
| 734 | * [[https://darthsanddroids.net/episodes/2249.html A case of backseat piloting from all the way in a different ship]]. |
| 735 | -->'''GM''': I am '''not''' arguing with that. |
| 736 | * Just like this version of Yoda before him, Luke seems to have become rather nutty, playing games with Rey rather than answering her questions. |
| 737 | * And when Rey finds Luke's X-Wing under the water, she realizes where she inherited that “Never Gets a Good Parking Spot” flaw from. |
| 738 | * Continuing on from the space fight, [[https://darthsanddroids.net/episodes/2275.html Allan decides to take over the Resistance]]... by trying to ''marry Leia''. |
| 739 | -->'''Annie:''' Finn has no coherent response. Can we [[GilliganCut fast-forward to Leia's reaction to that]]?\ |
| 740 | '''GM:''' Sure.\ |
| 741 | ''[[UnsoundEffect SLAP!]]'' |
| 742 | * Luke begins explaining his history with Mara Jade: |
| 743 | -->'''Luke:''' I loved her. But I didn’t realize what she was.\ |
| 744 | '''Chewbacca:''' She wasn’t a Wookiee, was she?\ |
| 745 | '''Luke:''' ''That'' I would have noticed. No. |
| 746 | ** Then he explains how Mara Jade killed an evil clone of him, and it was LoveAtFirstSight. |
| 747 | --->'''Ben:''' If that counts as first sight then I have very dire expectations about your future love life, Corey. |
| 748 | * Jim, as Allan, wants to die heroically when Kylo Ren blasts the ship's hangar and is disappointed when the GM told him that he ''didn't'' get blown up. When Finn tries to help Allan, Jim tells him that Allan had actually died in the explosion, and that he's [[Creator/EdgarAllanPoe Edgar]], another Dameron twin. |
| 749 | -->'''GM:''' ...Corey, add a -2 penalty due to cognitive dissonance. |
| 750 | * All the invertebrate puns on [[https://darthsanddroids.net/episodes/2302.html this strip]]. |
| 751 | * One of the other things that can stop Kylo Ren; [[https://darthsanddroids.net/episodes/2305.html bureaucracy]]. |
| 752 | * Chewbacca's exasperation with [[https://darthsanddroids.net/episodes/2311.html the Porgs wanting some of his meal]], which are ''some of their own kind''. |
| 753 | * [[https://darthsanddroids.net/episodes/2320.html This strip]] highlights just how stupid Edgar's proposed plan is; when Holdo says it's up to her to point out any potential flaws in it, she's ''figuring out how to sort them all first''. [[https://darthsanddroids.net/episodes/2321.html And then he makes a plan involving a lot of money]] ''without any of it to start with'', if he even knows what money is. [[https://darthsanddroids.net/episodes/2322.html And he manages to sell her to his plan anyway somehow]]. |
| 754 | -->'''BB-8''': ''[[YouHaveGOTToBeKiddingMe How]]'' [[YouHaveGOTToBeKiddingMe did this person get to be an admiral?]] |
| 755 | -->'''GM''': ''[[DeadpanSnarker You]]'' [[DeadpanSnarker try derailing freight train Sally.]] |
| 756 | * "[[https://darthsanddroids.net/episodes/2326.html I know the voices in my head aren’t real, but sometimes their ideas are absolutely awesome.]]" |
| 757 | * The table upon realizing [[https://darthsanddroids.net/episodes/2327.html how crazy Ben's new character Rose is]], and that he had what it took to actually make such a character. |
| 758 | -->'''Admiral Holdo''': [[{{Foil}} It’s like looking in a mirror.]] |
| 759 | -->'''Edgar''': We’re missing the much more baffling thing here. |
| 760 | -->'''Rey''': What? |
| 761 | -->'''Edgar''': [[SkewedPriorities How did the shock prod knock Finn back without]] ''[[ArtisticLicensePhysics any recoil?]]'' |
| 762 | -->'''Admiral Holdo''': A really ''dark'' mirror... |
| 763 | * After Luke "disconnects" the "Force Call" between Kylo and Rey, we get this exchange. |
| 764 | -->'''Luke:''' Remind me. Who was that? |
| 765 | -->'''Rey:''' Kylo Ren. [[spoiler:Han’s murderer.]] He works for the First Order. |
| 766 | -->'''Luke:''' Ah, geez. I had an unlisted number here for years. Now their telemarketers are going to be able to find me! |
| 767 | * Ignoring Luke's warnings, Rey tries to tap into the Dark Side during training. [[https://darthsanddroids.net/episodes/2362.html And something interesting happens.]] |
| 768 | -->'''Luke:''' The Dark Side ''rejected'' you... This is worse than I thought. |
| 769 | -->'''Rey:''' Yeah, how can I use its power if it won't let me succumb to temptation? |
| 770 | * The infamously {{Anvilicious}} Canto Bight sequence where Finn and Rose complain about [[EatTheRich the rich]], war profiteering, and animal abuse in the original movie [[https://darthsanddroids.net/episodes/2368.html is replaced here]] with a conversation between the duo about ''[[CrossesTheLineTwice profiting off the abuse of the fathiers for their own ends]]'', with Rose cheerfully concocting a plan to make credits by betting heist money on the races and Finn being [[LackOfEmpathy totally unconcerned about the poor animals being whipped]]. |
| 771 | -->'''GM''': Finn sees jockeys lashing the fathiers with electrowhips. They're large horse-like creatures with eerily humanoid faces. |
| 772 | -->'''Finn''': [[BaitAndSwitchComparison And what do the fathiers look like?]] |
| 773 | -->'''GM''': [[WhatTheHellHero ... I expect better from you, Annie.]] |
| 774 | -->'''Finn''': [[{{Jerkass}} And that’s what makes it worthwhile.]] |
| 775 | ** When the DM actually manages to get Ben and Annie to acknowledge the abused animals and child slaves, the two are more ambivalent than anything about it; Annie [[ComicallyMissingThePoint gets hung up wondering what purpose the abuse even serves to the narrative]] and Ben immediately calls it out as nothing but an attempt to [[TheWarOnStraw make Finn and Rose robbing the casino look morally justified]]. Annie responds to ''that'' by pointing out that robbing the rich people isn't actually doing anything to help the poor, while Ben notes that if the DM expected them to save the slaves, he probably should've remembered what happened ''last'' time they did that (i.e., Anakin). |
| 776 | * [[https://darthsanddroids.net/episodes/2374.html Sally tries to cut to Kylo during a boring scene]]... and the DM has her roll [[BrickJoke to finish the admin work]]. |
| 777 | -->'''Sally:''' Ugh. [[CriticalFailure A 1.]]\ |
| 778 | '''DM:''' Wow. [[EpicFail I was gonna let you have that on a 2 or better.]] |
| 779 | * [[https://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/2382.html Jim creates a new character to be in the cell.]] He proceeds to ask if they’re only wearing loincloths while the readers can see they are not. |
| 780 | * [[https://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/2413.html Sally (or possibly Kylo Ren, it depends on who they were asking) asks why the Dark Side rejected Rey.]] |
| 781 | -->'''GM:''' Narrative reasons. Game balance. [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking My sanity]]. Take your pick. |
| 782 | * [[https://darthsanddroids.net/episodes/2432.html When Rey decides to fight Luke]], declaring her intent to take him to Kylo as her prisoner, [[SkewedPriorities Cory is more upset over the fact that Pete is railroading him despite not being the GM]]. |
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