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  1. MarkB

    Spoilers SW: Skeleton crew discussion thread

    Perhaps. Clearly the barriers aren't impregnable given what happened to the other Ats, but whether one frigate is enough is hard to tell. He may need to ask for the barrier to be disabled. After his talk with Wim in which he quoted some Jedi doctrine, it seemed that although he was twisting its...
  2. MarkB

    Spoilers SW: Skeleton crew discussion thread

    Whether he has or not, he had to assume that there wasn't much chance he'd be able to bluff his way off-planet with a hold full of credits. Heh, that's what I guessed around episode 2 or 3. Not so sure I buy it anymore, though.
  3. MarkB

    Spoilers SW: Skeleton crew discussion thread

    Hostages, presumably. He wants to get the bigger ship through the barrier, because he's so wealth-obsessed that just stuffing the Onyx Cinder with enough credits to buy his own moon isn't enough for him, and he also doesn't want to be trapped there, so he needs leverage.
  4. MarkB

    Spoilers SW: Skeleton crew discussion thread

    No, they shot at X-Wimgs and barely grazed one. The Barrier took out the fighters. Certainly ruthless, but an excellent way to demonstrate that they took the wrong hostage.
  5. MarkB

    Spoilers SW: Skeleton crew discussion thread

    I agree about the first, but not the second. I don't know why so many people are focused on the mysterious Supervisor - the only reason to hide the face on that recording is if it's a face we would recognise from somebody we've already met, most likely on At Attin. EDIT: Unless it's someone...
  6. MarkB

    OOTS 1316: Reflection of a Reflection

    A sad consequence of the release rate of this webcomic is that I have only the vaguest recollection of who this guy was and what his deal is, even with the exposition layered into the dialogue.
  7. MarkB

    Mando season 3

    Random thought: It'd be a cool closed-loop of Star Wars / D&D crossover if it was mentioned that the Mind Flayer machines were originally developed by the Quarren.
  8. MarkB

    Spoilers SW: Skeleton crew discussion thread

    I was thinking in a shinier direction.
  9. MarkB

    Spoilers SW: Skeleton crew discussion thread

    They don't know anything about the X-Wings beyond what they've seen - they've just identified them as "good guys" from context.
  10. MarkB

    Spoilers SW: Skeleton crew discussion thread

    A fair amount of time certainly, long enough to have become overgrown and long enough for its captain's lair to have been turned into a spa destination. But not so long that the captain's legend has faded into obscurity - there wasn't a pirate in the room who didn't know every word of the rhyme...
  11. MarkB

    Spoilers SW: Skeleton crew discussion thread

    Offbeat theory: The real reason SM-33 said to never, ever use the hull destruction sequencer is that he's the one who has to put all the bits back on afterwards to re-disguise the ship when needed.
  12. MarkB

    Spoilers SW: Skeleton crew discussion thread

    It's got the shiny, but Naboo ships are also defined by smooth blended curves and very few straight lines. This one was all flat panels. With its vectored aft jets, if anything it has hints of Mandalorian design features.
  13. MarkB

    Spoilers SW: Skeleton crew discussion thread

    Yeah, finally a bit of character development for KB. True, but it seemed to be in the back of the spaceport area, maybe it's not overlooked from the public areas. And very authentically Star Wars style, consistently entirely of parts you'd be able to scavenge in a 1970s electrical repair shop...
  14. MarkB

    Spoilers 'Joy To The World' -- Doctor Who Xmas Special 2024

    He knew it because he'd heard him tell it to himself when he was past Doctor.
  15. MarkB

    Spoilers SW: Skeleton crew discussion thread

    True, and I realised after I'd posted that I'd forgotten about Spectre 7. One idea that kept playing in my head was if Wim's dad was the captain, and his passed-away mother was the concubine. But the dad seems way too not-cool under pressure for that to be the case.
  16. MarkB

    Spoilers SW: Skeleton crew discussion thread

    Why would they need to? It's a whole planet. Just because they have a singular focus doesn't mean they necessarily lack all the skillsets and resources to grow their society along with the population, or even if they do, there are always droids to put in the work. Having a mixture of species...
  17. MarkB

    Spoilers 'Joy To The World' -- Doctor Who Xmas Special 2024

    I liked the Doctor's collection of TARDIS models and memorabilia. Are they just police box models in-universe, or has the TARDIS been spotted around the world enough times that there's a subculture dedicated to it? The Doctor's reaction to being handed a sink plunger was fun. If the Time Hotel...
  18. MarkB

    Spoilers SW: Skeleton crew discussion thread

    I kind-of assumed it was set up to supplement or replace whatever minting facilities were already in place, not that it was the first and only mint for Republic credits. I guess we'll see.
  19. MarkB

    Spoilers SW: Skeleton crew discussion thread

    So, if At Attin was supposed to be a galactic mint, was it only supposed to stay secret until it established itself as such, or was it meant to continue staying hidden? Because I find it a little harder to believe that a planet can stay hidden when there are regular shipments of a galaxy's worth...
  20. MarkB

    Spoilers 'Joy To The World' -- Doctor Who Xmas Special 2024

    The TARDIS doesn't just come when it's called, it's not a puppy. Actually, I get strong cat vibes from it.
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