Let Us Discuss the True Hero of The Force Awakens (spoiler)
If they ever do a Force Awakens set, I want THIS GUY in it.
Matthewjksullivan, can you craft a figure of him and someone else make a sweet deployment card?
sick spins
Oh please no, I had happily forgotten about him.... 
Feast upon the glory of the sick spins.
"Does he look like a traitor?" Cracked me up, especially with the little Finn card 
Careful guys or someone is going to call you a bunch of racists... (im in a friendly warning mood today)
Edited by KentaresCareful guys or someone is going to call you a bunch of racists... (im in a friendly warning mood today)
That would be an idiotic accusation considering race has nothing to do with anything in this thread.
You folks are awesome. I could not love this thread more.
As an IP, I'm thinking of adopting "TRAITORRRR!" as a close-combat stormtrooper battlecry.
Careful guys or someone is going to call you a bunch of racists... (im in a friendly warning mood today)
Race is bound to come up. Its not our fault Abrams appears to be a racist (based in his work)
You guys can have Riot Troopers after I get my Darktrooper.
He has a mace and his formal unit type is called a Mace Trooper...so VERY possible if they touch that area.
He has a mace and his formal unit type is called a Mace Trooper...so VERY possible if they touch that area.
... but he has a tonfa, not a mace. Source?
He has a mace and his formal unit type is called a Mace Trooper...so VERY possible if they touch that area.
... but he has a tonfa, not a mace. Source?
The Final Script, I can't link to the PDF but I have tried to post a new topic containing the link a while back, but it would reveal my personal files so I had to take it down.
Needless to say they describe him as a "Mace Trooper," but the weapon itself may not be a mace.
It's definitely not a mace. It's an oversized tonfa, or club/nightstick like law enforcement officers use. He has a riot club and shield; Riot Trooper is very appropriate in this particular case.
It's funny how it just so happens to be able to block a lightsaber, even though supposedly, there aren't really a lot of them left and Luke is gone along with his. Why would the empire (or New Order) even waste time constructing such a weapon? Why not just a standard riot stick?
Edited by aermet69He has a mace and his formal unit type is called a Mace Trooper...so VERY possible if they touch that area.
... but he has a tonfa, not a mace. Source?
The Final Script, I can't link to the PDF but I have tried to post a new topic containing the link a while back, but it would reveal my personal files so I had to take it down.
Needless to say they describe him as a "Mace Trooper," but the weapon itself may not be a mace.
Oh my Gosh! Movie people have named a weapon incorrectly! Call the Marines! ... or just TR-8R.
It's funny how it just so happens to be able to block a lightsaber, even though supposedly, there aren't really a lot of them left and Luke is gone along with his. Why would the empire (or New Order) even waste time constructing such a weapon? Why not just a standard riot stick?
If I were in charge of explaining fluff... I would say that the fact that it can block a lightsaber is by design, but it's not specifically against lightsabers. Probably creates a small field that repulses things, mini-shields or mini-tractor beams or something, so that whatever it's hitting or blocking doesn't actually come into contact with it. You never know what kind of super electrical weaponry someone might be swinging, or a vibrosword, or poisonous whip, or even a lightsaber.
On the flip side of that argument, it does say right in the opening scrawl that the First Order is obsessed with finding Skywalker, (despite what's shown in the movie) so perhaps specifically anti-lightsaber weaponry actually wouldn't be out of the question.
Perhaps this was inspired by;
The Royal Guard's Force Pikes can block lightsabres, too, even though all Jedi are thought to be dead by the time of the battle of Yavin.
Are you guys being ironic in some way I don't get, or do you actually like that "character"?
The Royal Guard's Force Pikes can block lightsabres, too, even though all Jedi are thought to be dead by the time of the battle of Yavin.
But... the emperor has a lightsaber-wielding power-hungry buddy with him all the time who could at any moment decide to become the sith master. I always liked the constant paranoia implied by his "I TOLD you to remain on the command ship" line. Never easy looking over your shoulder every second of the day.
Edited by tomkat364Are you guys being ironic in some way I don't get, or do you actually like that "character"?
I'm not being ironic. I friggin hate the lying cowardly traitor that infested the bulk of the movie. The audience would have been better served if our hero had simply killed, brutally and graphically, the idiot janitor and we move on with the narrative.
Are you guys being ironic in some way I don't get, or do you actually like that "character"?
It was one of the best parts in the movie. It was nice to see a jedi wanna-be put in their place.
I like to imagine that Finn is your stereotypical star wars nerd that pretends they are a jedi in their mom's basment.
Edited by patrickmahanIt was one of, if not the, worst bits! That weapon was ridiculous!