inb4 the black guy is Rylo Jen of whatever that niggers name is.

IIRC the force lightsaber thing is more that force makes it easier to wield a saber. On account that the blade has no weight to it so you can't get power behind a swing, but the force helps with judging where to put the blade.  It makes jedi/ sith better at using them but anyone can use them, albeit not as easily.

I think that was from the Republic Commando books so I guess it's canon status is dubious, though. I don't see why it can't be canon but ehhh

IIRC the force lightsaber thing is more that force makes it easier to wield a saber. On account that the blade has no weight to it so you can't get power behind a swing, but the force helps with judging where to put the blade.  It makes jedi/ sith better at using them but anyone can use them, albeit not as easily.

I used a flashlight like a sword and I could get power out of my swings easily. Really how much power do you need behind them when this thing can melt through almost anything?

Quote from: baecunself on October 19, 2015, 02:19:26 AM

IIRC the force lightsaber thing is more that force makes it easier to wield a saber. On account that the blade has no weight to it so you can't get power behind a swing, but the force helps with judging where to put the blade.  It makes jedi/ sith better at using them but anyone can use them, albeit not as easily.

I used a flashlight like a sword and I could get power out of my swings easily. Really how much power do you need behind them when this thing can melt through almost anything?

I dunno. That's what they said in RC. I imagine that having the ability to react a lot faster would help in a sword fight though, or when deflecting blaster bolts.

For the Stromtroppers are they going to be all human or are they going to include non-humans which makes sense since there's more non-humans than humans?

Imperial Remnant factions (In old lore) used aliens and women because they couldn't get enough recruits, but the original empire was very human-centric. So I don't see why not, we've already got Brienne of Tarth (From GoT) playing one of the stormtroopers.

And we're apparently getting a new trailer today.

Buying my midnight tickets as soon as they are released.

Tickets have come on sale for me so I've got them for the first showing at 8am that thursday

I didn't want to get a boner in public dude

Quote from: Winy on October 18, 2015, 03:34:52 PM

Quote from: Ronnie Pickering on October 18, 2015, 12:57:20 PM

Is

Is that another Death Star?

It's called the Starkiller Base.

It's not a Death Star per se, it's a planet that was fitted with a weapon capable of destroying a star, therefore killing all of the inhabitants of the system. It's a death star times forty, basically.

Seems like their way of thinking seems to be; "If it fails make it bigger"

One day they'll build a weaponised dyson sphere.

then a series of weapons designed to wipe out the galax-

o wait