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ArthurEld Since: May, 2014
#2051: Apr 27th 2017 at 5:32:19 PM

While its not canon (anymore) the Bothan stuff has been fairly detailed in various forms.

X-Wing Alliance is the first one that comes to mind, but I know there are more, I just love that game.

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#2052: Apr 27th 2017 at 5:44:53 PM

I stand by my statement I want a sequel to Rogue One focusing on the Bothans stealing the plans for the second Death Star.

If Rogue One was galactic The Dirty Dozen of sorts, I want this movie to be Oceans Eleven IN SPACE. Have it be more of a heist movie than a gritty war drama.

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#2053: Apr 27th 2017 at 5:47:23 PM

In the Legends EU many bothans did die after the Death Star plans were stolen even if they weren't involved.

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theLibrarian Since: Jul, 2009
#2054: Apr 27th 2017 at 5:48:21 PM

Yeah, that was an Empire mission in Empire at War.

TheAirman Brightness from The vicinity of an area adjacent to a location Since: Feb, 2011 Relationship Status: Historians will say we were good friends.
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#2055: Apr 27th 2017 at 5:48:39 PM

IIRC, the Bothans didn't get the Death Star II plans, they got the information about the Senate being there.

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ArthurEld Since: May, 2014
#2056: Apr 27th 2017 at 5:49:40 PM

Given what we know about the Bothans and all it was probably less Ocean's Eleven and more Hackers.

Although that would be "Slicers" in Star Wars-probably not anymore though with the nan-canon and all.

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#2057: Apr 27th 2017 at 6:22:09 PM

I stand corrected and second the notion of a Bothan movie. Those furry guys would look hilarious pulling this off.

Did anybody die in the Oceans movies? I've never paid attention to them because I hate those kinds of convoluted plots.

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#2058: Apr 27th 2017 at 6:29:11 PM

I'm sure some people died when they used an EMP to blackout all power in Las Vegas in 11.

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HamburgerTime Since: Apr, 2010
#2059: Apr 27th 2017 at 7:28:18 PM

TLJ may or may not have a casino heist, by the way. At the very least, there'll be a scene in a casino.

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#2060: Apr 27th 2017 at 7:42:08 PM

  • Marzgurl: Many Bothans died to bring us this information.
  • Sage: What the hell's a Bothan?
  • Marzgurl: Nobody knows. They're all dead.
  • ~To Boldly Flee

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HamburgerTime Since: Apr, 2010
#2061: Apr 27th 2017 at 7:44:16 PM

You know it actually isn't clear that Bothans are a species in ROTJ. Could've just been the name of the spy network for all we knew black then.

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#2062: Apr 27th 2017 at 7:45:23 PM

But nope! Hats for everyone!

All bothans are spies! All Hutts are crimelords! Even though Jabba the Hutt makes as much sense as saying Capone the Human.

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KnownUnknown Since: Jan, 2001
#2063: Apr 27th 2017 at 7:47:04 PM

To be fair, he's only known as that to non-Hutts, and criminals being known by nothing but their nationality is an old cliche.

Though I definitely agree about how stupid the series' Planet of Hats fixation can be.

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#2064: Apr 27th 2017 at 8:13:15 PM

[up] Second that.

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KnownUnknown Since: Jan, 2001
#2065: Apr 27th 2017 at 8:22:16 PM

TLJ may or may not have a casino heist, by the way. At the very least, there'll be a scene in a casino.

Too bad Qui-Gon isn't there to abuse his abilities by cheating at games of chance.

edited 27th Apr '17 8:22:23 PM by KnownUnknown

EndlessSea LEGENDARY GALE from oh no you don't Since: Jul, 2012 Relationship Status: Showing feelings of an almost human nature
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#2066: Apr 27th 2017 at 10:15:14 PM

"IIRC, the Bothans didn't get the Death Star II plans, they got the information about the Senate being there."

I had to think for a moment before I realized you meant Palpatine. Prequel memes are slowly assimilating the internet, I see.

(also how do I make quoteblocks and stuff)

but HOW?
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#2067: Apr 27th 2017 at 11:21:38 PM

"[[quoteblock]]stuff[[/quoteblock]]" results in

stuff

See Text Formatting Rules for all the fancy formatting tricks.

edited 27th Apr '17 11:23:44 PM by Nohbody

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CrimsonZephyr Would that it were so simple. from Massachusetts Since: Aug, 2010 Relationship Status: It's complicated
Would that it were so simple.
#2068: Apr 28th 2017 at 6:31:45 AM

Borsk Fey'lya will be recanonized as the Token Evil Teammate of the Death Star II Bothans.wild mass guess

His catchphrase will be "This is how we do it on Bothawui!" every time he betrays someone. In one scene, he will commit seventy betrayals in one second. He will lie so hard that the fabric of reality, both within and beyond the fourth wall will begin to tear.

edited 28th Apr '17 6:33:00 AM by CrimsonZephyr

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#2069: Apr 28th 2017 at 12:46:44 PM

Backstabbing more people than Revolver Ocelot.

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EndlessSea LEGENDARY GALE from oh no you don't Since: Jul, 2012 Relationship Status: Showing feelings of an almost human nature
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#2070: Apr 28th 2017 at 11:01:12 PM

If such a thing is even possible.

but HOW?
Zendervai Since: Oct, 2009
#2071: May 5th 2017 at 6:44:40 AM

Hey, I just had a theory about the Death Star flaw. wild mass guess

Okay, so Galen Eros built a subtle flaw into the Death Star, and his message states that it's the thing with the reactor. He clearly didn't expect anyone to be able to use the exhaust port, but it happened anyway.

My theory is that when the Empire built the second Death Star, they removed the exhaust port, but they didn't remove the actual flaw in the design, they just scaled it up, since the second Death Star is apparently a lot bigger than the first one. The core is weirdly fragile in the Return of the Jedi so maybe the scaled up flaw meant that pretty much any damage done to the core directly was enough to destroy it.

Basically, the Empire assumed the flaw in the design was the exhaust port, not whatever Galen did to the power core.

edited 5th May '17 6:44:56 AM by Zendervai

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#2072: May 5th 2017 at 7:00:42 AM

I recall in Legends that the Death Star II had thousands of mini-exhaust ports centimeters wide, instead of one big one.

CrimsonZephyr Would that it were so simple. from Massachusetts Since: Aug, 2010 Relationship Status: It's complicated
Would that it were so simple.
#2073: May 5th 2017 at 7:31:44 AM

[up][up]It would be kind of hilarious if the Death Star and Death Star II had a catastrophic flaw in its exhaust that made it so, upon completion, firing the superlaser would cause a meltdown of the battlestation. Like being incomplete was what made DSII functional.

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Bocaj Funny but not helpful from Here or thereabouts (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: Pining for the fjords
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#2074: May 5th 2017 at 7:44:12 AM

Death Star I blew up Alderaan

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Memers Since: Aug, 2013
#2075: May 5th 2017 at 7:53:01 AM

[up][up] Both were fully operational and fired in the original trilogy.

All Galen did was make it so the reactors would cascade when one was damaged, the exhaust port is never brought up in Rogue One.

That flaw could have made it into 2 as well, it would be an interesting story to find out that the Empire thought it was just the port that was the problem and not the reactors themselves but the Rebels knew to go straight for them.


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