Darths & Droids

Doesn't make a difference if the activated grenade still explodes.

Spelunking through a Halo Ring is something else...

I will note a discrepancy: In the comic, Bria says "Him! He's going to grenade the tank!" While the transcript reads "Him! He's going to throw a grenade at me!"

(Annoyed grunt)

Fixed. Thanks for pointing that out.

EDIT: That's one of the cases where we changed the comic dialogue at the last minute, and the transcript wasn't updated to match.

edited 15th Sep '17 3:23:59 AM by Dmmaus

Hey kids! It's proof that David Morgan-Mar is human and makes mistakes like the rest of us! <applause>

Expergiscēre cras, medior quam hodie. (Awaken tomorrow, better than today.)

It's proof he makes mistakes, he could still be a sentient AI.

"And the Bunny nails it!" ~ Gabrael "If the UN can get through a day without everyone strangling everyone else so can we." ~ Cyran

Episode 1549: Walk This Way

First appearance of a "chicken walker" (aka AT-ST) in the comic's continuity? I guess it is.

"It's Occam's Shuriken! If the answer is elusive, never rule out ninjas!"

Aren't AT-RTs technically chicken walkers too? They were used in ROTC on Kashyyyk if memory serves.

edited 17th Sep '17 7:56:51 AM by G2BattleConvoy

Spelunking through a Halo Ring is something else...

I'm noticing that the GM is causing time to pass while the party is bickering this time around. Also there's a lot of bickering.

Apocalypse: Dirge Of Swans.

They showed up in the movie Revenge of the Sith, but I think in the comic they were just part of the background flavor that the players ever noticed.

I didn't write any of that.

Which smells to me like the GM continuing to work out their frustrations with player behavior.

Chicken walkers? Chicken walkers.

I didn't write any of that.

Episode 1551: Tonfa Tough

That title pun is bad and you should feel bad. Also, are we officially using "stun" blasters in this entire scene, now?

edited 21st Sep '17 4:54:13 AM by Fighteer

"It's Occam's Shuriken! If the answer is elusive, never rule out ninjas!"

Well, duh a scrawny mystical monk does more damage with his bare hand than a knight with a greatsword. The monk has studied his art for untold years, the knight is just some guy with a sharp metal stick, and any schoolkid can swing a stick around.

Unless his metal stick is actually a sword called the katana. In which case it's the ultimate weapon. Unless it's the real ultimate weapon—the bokken.

...which swings around back to the stick? I've confused myself...

"But don't give up hope. Everyone is cured sooner or later. In the end we shall shoot you." - O'Brien, 1984

....So let me get this straight. In the original canon, they defend themselves from the Partisans just as much as the Stormtroopers, but here they're stunning everyone?

Something tells me that Cassian (Annie) decided to "stun" that contact too.

Spelunking through a Halo Ring is something else...

Episode 1552: Critical Mass of Paranoia

(Annoyed grunt)

Huh. Keybounce actually called out Bria's character here.

Spelunking through a Halo Ring is something else...

1553
1554

Captured?

Looking forward to Chirrut actually doing something for once.

I didn't write any of that.

1555

Clone Troopers are still (were always) way too trusting.

Can I call foul on that "Commander Krennic" exchange in the first two panels? If the Trooper is trying to be helpful, why does he suggest an answer and immediately point out it's a silly answer? It reads like the sort of "Gotcha!" you'd pull to sniff out an infiltrator... but the Trooper doesn't accuse K-2 of anything. Feels like some ham-handed exposition on the GM's part.

edited 1st Oct '17 4:54:19 PM by MetaFour

I didn't write any of that.

I'm reading the trooper's responses as scathingly sarcastic and/or pretending to believe K-2, while actually taking steps to get them properly arrested. Note that the trooper's actual actions after K-2 flubs the shibboleth are to (a) call for backup, and (b) order the "prisoners" handcuffed. No reason to tell the imposter you're arresting that you're onto them if you don't have to, and the P Cs may just be dumb enough to fall for it (except Pete can tell what's up, and decides to intervene).

edited 1st Oct '17 8:26:57 PM by Shinziril

Seconded on that. The trooper did point out, "He's not even in the system, so why bother taking them that far?"

Spelunking through a Halo Ring is something else...

Episode 1556: Attacks Dodge

Enter Pete. Enter Pete's grotesquely min-maxed Dodge skill.

"It's Occam's Shuriken! If the answer is elusive, never rule out ninjas!"

I know where that's going to come into play.

And where it will fail. You know, I always felt Bodhi's death was kind of cheap.

He just fulfills his narrative plot oppose and then gets grenaded not moments after.

I really liked Bodhi

He was really cute in an earnest, sweet kind of way.

edited 3rd Oct '17 4:54:00 PM by blkwhtrbbt

Say to the others who did not follow through You're still our brothers, and we will fight for you

Well, this strip does support into the interpretation that the GM is playing the Clone Troopers with Obfuscating Stupidity this time.

I didn't write any of that.

I also like how aurilee seems to be under the impression that Cassian isn't a killer or experienced in the Rebellion when his character in the movie is a cold-blooded sniper and Bria-Jyn's actually the naive newbie. Also, Keybounce's insistence that one of the characters has to secretly be a Jedi, which is funny regardless of whether or not it turns out to be true. It's not true. None of the main characters is a Jedi.

edited 3rd Oct '17 5:37:06 PM by PushoverMediaCritic