Note: LucasForums Archive Project
The content here was reconstructed by scraping the Wayback Machine in an effort to restore some of what was lost when LF went down. The LucasForums Archive Project claims no ownership over the content or assets that were archived on archive.org.

This project is meant for research purposes only.
 

Flying Beastie

Latest Posts

Page: 3 of 8
Posted in: Battle of Yavinin the ANH movie/ANH novel
 Flying Beastie
08-06-2001, 12:08 PM
#7
Actually, the wookiee thing came from RotJ. Lucas initially wanted to have tribal wookiees running around on Endor, but then he realized that, through Chewbacca, he'd already established wookiees as being intelligent, civilized, technically adept be...  [Read More]
Posted in: Battle of Yavinin the ANH movie/ANH novel
 Flying Beastie
08-05-2001, 3:23 PM
#2
Um, you do realize that movies can't possibly show everything, right? By their very nature. The movie is compressed into two hours. The three-day trip from Tatooine to Alderaan was compressed (symbolically) into about five minutes. The several days o...  [Read More]
Posted in: Does Darth Vader...
 Flying Beastie
08-02-2001, 3:49 PM
#6
Yes, but Boba had much better aim than your average stormtrooper (a five-year-old with a squirt-gun has better aim than your average stormtrooper). He would've been able to hit Chewie without damaging the droid. I think Vader stopped him because he...  [Read More]
Posted in: Does Darth Vader...
 Flying Beastie
08-01-2001, 11:43 AM
#3
I'll try this again since my comp just crashed. In Star Wars Tales #5 (I think), there's a short story explaining ESB in light of the 3P0/Vader connection. It's actually a fairly good explanation. Vader recognized Threepio, he just didn't acknowled...  [Read More]
Posted in: is it true ???!!!
 Flying Beastie
07-31-2001, 8:46 PM
#19
He hasn't actually contradicted anything, but he's succeeded in robbing some of the OT's finest moments of any dramatic impact. Think of the whole "I am your father" scene. To anyone who watches the movies in order, it'll be meaningless....  [Read More]
Posted in: is it true ???!!!
 Flying Beastie
07-31-2001, 1:24 PM
#17
That's the "Expanded Universe," made up of novels, comics, games, and a few other things. The EU is authorized and enforced (rigidly) by Lucasfilm, but is not considered actual canon. Only the "Episodes" are canon; the six movies...  [Read More]
Posted in: is it true ???!!!
 Flying Beastie
06-28-2001, 12:04 AM
#13
Yeah. Lucas is like a kid in a sandbox. He'll let the other kids play with his toys, but he wants everyone to remember that they're his, and he can do with them as he pleases. If that means "selling out," then he'll do it, you know he wil...  [Read More]
Posted in: is it true ???!!!
 Flying Beastie
06-26-2001, 12:05 PM
#11
I really hope that doesn't happen though. I just know that Lucas would feel compelled to smash the EU continuity to hell just to prove that it's his toy. ------------------ It's like I always say: When the going gets tough, the tough . . . switch t...  [Read More]
Posted in: is it true ???!!!
 Flying Beastie
06-22-2001, 1:07 PM
#9
Yes, but you see, I liked the Ewok movies. ------------------ It's like I always say: When the going gets tough, the tough . . . switch to artillery....  [Read More]
Posted in: is it true ???!!!
 Flying Beastie
06-20-2001, 12:20 PM
#7
Edlib's right. Lucas originally planned a trilogy of trilogies, but now he's only planning six movies (eight if you count the Ewok movies http://www.xwingalliance.com/forums/wink.gif ). I think it's both because it took so long to get TPM, Ep II and...  [Read More]
Posted in: EP2 is going to sux! if jar jar is there!
 Flying Beastie
08-02-2001, 3:58 PM
#7
I think JJ's role as an Innocent is significant. Note that he never once sets out intentionally to hurt anyone or anything. Even during the droid battle, JJ entered into the situation looking only to get out alive (if not for Boss Nass, he'd not ev...  [Read More]
Posted in: The New Jedi Order
 Flying Beastie
04-29-2001, 5:56 PM
#22
RadGreystone does the term SPOILERS hold any meaning for ya? Not everyone's read EOV I: Conquest. It's people like you who ruined Vector Prime for me. ------------------ "Do fish-people eat fish, or would that be like humans eating monkeys?&qu...  [Read More]
Posted in: The New Jedi Order
 Flying Beastie
04-22-2001, 4:51 PM
#18
Originally posted by K_Kinnison: The Vong are Xenophoic, stubborn, Religious Zelots, who highest form of morality is self mutalation, sacrifices, and Suicidal tendicies. can you find a group on earth that belives the same? XWA.net posters? *runs a...  [Read More]
Posted in: The New Jedi Order
 Flying Beastie
04-16-2001, 9:33 PM
#15
Originally posted by Nute Gunray: They should try call up Tom Clancy, slap down a pile of reference material, and say "write us a SW novel" and see what happens. What would happen would be The Black Fleet Crisis all over again. Once was en...  [Read More]
Posted in: Researching.
 Flying Beastie
05-14-2001, 12:31 PM
#6
*digs up copy of X-Wing Strategy Guide* What you have to realize is that Ackbar was feeding data to the Rebels before he was rescued (just like Madine did in DF). Ackbar wasn't "rescued" (as a prisoner) so much as he was "extracted&qu...  [Read More]
Posted in: Researching.
 Flying Beastie
05-10-2001, 3:23 PM
#2
I haven't seen anything, but there are numerous references to his early days. In Heir to the Empire, Thrawn comments on a sculpture made by Ackbar, seeming to imply that Ackbar has some artistic roots (hardly a surprise considering the typical Mon C...  [Read More]
Posted in: The One Year Thread
 Flying Beastie
08-05-2001, 4:51 PM
#24
*suddenly, a phone booth, with a funky-looking antenna appears* <FONT COLOR = "white">*gets out of phone booth* Whoa. Cool ride.</FONT> Whoa! Dude, you're me! <FONT COLOR = "white">From the future, dude.</...  [Read More]
Posted in: In Search of ZT
 Flying Beastie
07-30-2001, 10:52 PM
#1
Okay, I've got XIS, but now I need something that can generate a zt file in order to make my own Xmods (well, not my own, but to package some of the loose opts I've downloaded so I won't have to manually install 'em everytime I want to use one). The...  [Read More]
Posted in: Buck Rogers Opts??
 Flying Beastie
07-01-2001, 4:49 PM
#2
Forget Buck Rogers, I wanna see Captain Proton! http://www.xwingalliance.com/forums/biggrin.gif Actually, I have tonnes of cool opt ideas, but since no one seems to be making opts these days. . . ------------------ It's like I always say: When the...  [Read More]
Posted in: Mission start problem
 Flying Beastie
06-27-2001, 11:59 PM
#2
Did you add it to your missionlist? Is the player flying an added craft (if so, chect the strings/shiplist/everything else)? Does the mission include any added ships? ------------------ It's like I always say: When the going gets tough, the tough...  [Read More]
Posted in: Starships firing at torpedoes
 Flying Beastie
05-28-2001, 12:50 PM
#6
Maybe in the objects list? ------------------ "Do fish-people eat fish, or would that be like humans eating monkeys?" "Humans do eat monkeys. In fact humans eat other humans. . . Y'know, as a species, we are really quite unpleasant.&q...  [Read More]
Posted in: Starships firing at torpedoes
 Flying Beastie
05-25-2001, 5:29 PM
#4
*ding* Try setting torps as being invulnerable. ------------------ "Do fish-people eat fish, or would that be like humans eating monkeys?" "Humans do eat monkeys. In fact humans eat other humans. . . Y'know, as a species, we are real...  [Read More]
Posted in: Starships firing at torpedoes
 Flying Beastie
05-22-2001, 7:45 PM
#2
Fair warning, it's been eons since I've toyed with any XWA editing, but: Try setting the 'vette's orders to "Destroy all craft of type X" where X = TIE Bombers (or whatever enemy craft are likely to get close). Problem is, this could resul...  [Read More]
Posted in: Hardpoints
 Flying Beastie
04-27-2001, 2:47 PM
#1
Can anybody point me to a program that'll let me edit weapon hardpoints on an opt? I've already ransacked the files area of Darksaber's site, and neither Opt Explorer or OpTech will work on my machine. I'm trying to modify a fan-made opt so I can u...  [Read More]
Posted in: mp3s in xwa?
 Flying Beastie
04-27-2001, 2:39 PM
#2
XWA plays .wav files. ------------------ "Do fish-people eat fish, or would that be like humans eating monkeys?" "Humans do eat monkeys. In fact humans eat other humans. . . Y'know, as a species, we are really quite unpleasant."...  [Read More]
Page: 3 of 8