Darths & Droids IV: Not in Numerical Order

[Keltest]

Huh. Okay, so Jim is Poe from the get-go. Wait, I get it.

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The GM is bringing Han back precisely because Poe gets captured and spends most of the movie AWOL! Wait, does he get captured before Han shows up? I don't remember. And I'm kinda giving up on Kylo being a PC, especially with him killing Han.

And speaking of which, I love Keybounce's commentary. I guess the only thing I could say about it that he could read is... he puts a lot more thought into this than the people who made the movies did. Which, I suppose, is par for the course for Star Wars.

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Poe gets captures almost immediately, at the end of this very scene. Finn helps him break out, but they crash and are separated. The movie follows Finn, but Poe survives and makes his way back to the resistance off screen.

[Rodin]

I love that Keybounce's mind went to exactly the same place as mine with the planet Ahch-To.

[The Glyphstone]

Keybounce commentary remains the absolute best part of this.

[Kantaki]

Nice to see that Jim is still the same guy who wanted to pillage while on a diplomatic mission.

[Morquard]

I wonder if he approaches his dayjob in the same way. He's a geologist, isn't he?

"So Jim, seen the new rock samples already that we got earlier today?"
"Yeah, so how much do you think one can get for one of them on ebay?"
"... What?"

[Kantaki]

I wonder if he approaches his dayjob in the same way. He's a geologist, isn't he?

"So Jim, seen the new rock samples already that we got earlier today?"
"Yeah, so how much do you think one can get for one of them on ebay?"
"... What?"

Astro-geologist* I think. There was something space related at least.
So, not much opportunity to sell the loot.

Also, he turns his brain off and relaxes while playing, so he probably would be smarter about it IRL.

*Xeno? Exo?

Edit:Geophysics is it.
I guess I was confused because of the NASA Job.

[Anonymouswizard]

Astro-geologist* I think. There was something space related at least.
So, not much opportunity to sell the loot

I mean, we already know that outside of gaming he's closer to 'rocks do not sparkle in the daylight!'

[Kantaki]

That face...
That Are you kidding me? look is just perfect.
Also, which Jim acting like this already I'm kinda expect him to outdo himself soon..

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The whole casino plan looks like it might exeed Qui Gon's podrace-plot in idiocy.
On the other hand that's in canon. The comic might turn the whole thing around.
Like with Jar Jar.

[Xihirli]

So now that we know most of the casting we’ve only got up for grabs:
Pete, Sally, and Ben’s actual character (once Tekka dies)
I see them going two ways with Pete:
Make Pete Rey “I optimized for maximum possible force power on a level one character,” which I think would be tired and unfunny; some of the weakest parts of the webcomic already are when Pete’s gameplay is framed as badwrongfun and making that the core of the central character could really damage at least my enjoyment. Plus I hate the “Rey is a Mary Sue” crowd and throwing them a bone is not something I’d encourage.*
I do like the “Pete is Kylo” idea following the idea he’s after the japor snippet, which leaves Rey as almost certainly Sally’s character which I am ready for.
Leaving Ben as I suppose Chewbacca after Tekka, which he COULD be in all of them... though since Poe doesn’t die we can be pretty sure Jim isn’t Holdo. Maybe Ben will be the “dies a lot” person this runthrough.

*She is not one at all in the only good film in the Trilogy, the Last Jedi**

**I will fight you.

[Kantaki]

Going by Pete's reaction to Annie playing a trooper I guess he doesn't play Kylo.
Laser sword beats blaster after all.
Rey seems unlikely too, for basically the same reason. (Well, she has no funky nightlight, but she's still a force user*)
So, who does that leave?

*Unless he has her try the Anakin treatment on herself. Sounds like something he'd do.

[Gez]

Going by Pete's reaction to Annie playing a trooper I guess he doesn't play Kylo.

Depends on whether his character is already set or not. I mean, he's not been introduced yet and now he knows you can play a bad guy.

[Morquard]

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I'm wondering how they pull this off now. Finn in the movie is reluctant to attack the village, Annie here isn't at all. (There are so many problems with the Finn from the movie being reluctant, but thats a different story) But in like 10 minutes he'll break Poe out and essentially join the filthy rebels.
I see two ways out of this:
a) Finn dies. He's the trooper that in the movie dies in Finn's arm, and Annie will then take over New Finn, who hates the First Order. We don't actually see his face till after that.
b) The scene with Phasma where he's ordered to report for reprogramming. That's where he gets orders to defect and spy on the rebellion. Of course that then doesn't really fit with the rest of the movie

I think a) is a bit more likely and feels like something the CI would pull off. But we'll see

[Anonymouswizard]

So now that we know most of the casting we’ve only got up for grabs:
Pete, Sally, and Ben’s actual character (once Tekka dies)
I see them going two ways with Pete:
Make Pete Rey “I optimized for maximum possible force power on a level one character,” which I think would be tired and unfunny; some of the weakest parts of the webcomic already are when Pete’s gameplay is framed as badwrongfun and making that the core of the central character could really damage at least my enjoyment. Plus I hate the “Rey is a Mary Sue” crowd and throwing them a bone is not something I’d encourage.*
I do like the “Pete is Kylo” idea following the idea he’s after the japor snippet, which leaves Rey as almost certainly Sally’s character which I am ready for.
Leaving Ben as I suppose Chewbacca after Tekka, which he COULD be in all of them... though since Poe doesn’t die we can be pretty sure Jim isn’t Holdo. Maybe Ben will be the “dies a lot” person this runthrough.

*She is not one at all in the only good film in the Trilogy, the Last Jedi**

**I will fight you.

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So I think Ben will miss the next session or two due to teaching stuff, play Chewbecca for the rest of the episode, switch to Holdo or Rose for Episode 8, and then picks up possibly Lando for E9.

Honestly, one of my favourite bits of Rogue One was them dropping the Pete is wrongbadfun angle, and going for more of a 'as long as everybody is having fun' angle. So I could see them going for 'Pete minmaxed Rey for combat skills, but actually gave her some secondary skills this time', although I think it's unlikely as Pete is shown to have an oppossing stance on crossplaying to Annie. So yeah I'm still going for Sally as Rey, who's intentionally been built as a jack of all trades character.

As for Pete, we need a character who could be at least reasonably minmaxed, so I'm going to throw a wild card out there:

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General Hux, with maximised Stealth and Bluff skills, and high Rank in both the Resistance and the First Order, playing the spy from Episode VII. He wanted to be a bad guy but didn't realising just playing one was an option, so he instead came up with the spy backstory to justify it.

[Morquard]

As for who Pete is playing...

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He came up with this min-maxed force user. Son of Han and Leia. Price student of Luke, yada yada. But now he just learned he can be evil... and guess who's stepping off that shuttle in the next one or two comics? :)

[137beth]

The Rise of Skywalker is finally available to rent digitally on Prime Video (it was already avilable to purchase). I haven't seen any of the Sequel Trilogy yet, so I am probably going to rent all three and watch them this weekend. I have fairly low expectations, although I liked Rogue One a lot more than I expected, but I think that watching them will improve my enjoyment of D&D.

[Kantaki]

Jim has a plan.
The Force have mercy on their souls.

[Rogar Demonblud]

Given Jim's plans, the Force have mercy on HIM.

[Morquard]

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His plan is probably "I'm going to get captured"

[PoeticallyPsyco]

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His plan is probably "I'm going to get captured"

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Oh man, I wonder if he's planning to trick the First Order into 'doom'ing itself by just giving the coordinates to them.

[Gez]

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Oh man, I wonder if he's planning to trick the First Order into 'doom'ing itself by just giving the coordinates to them.

But it's those who give the coordinates who doom themselves. He'd have to trick the first order into giving him the coordinates he gave them, then. How would that work? "Excuse me, I'm far-sighted. Can you read me what's written on this datapad? I think it's my wife's grocery list but I can't tell how many wash tablets she wants. Value seems weird so I must have misread, damn the lack of accessibility settings in Space OS."

[Kantaki]

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Oh man, I wonder if he's planning to trick the First Order into 'doom'ing itself by just giving the coordinates to them.

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I'm more expecting a repeat of the pod-race brilliance, resulting in the Peacemoon 3.33 blowing up those worlds.

[PoeticallyPsyco]

But it's those who give the coordinates who doom themselves. He'd have to trick the first order into giving him the coordinates he gave them, then. How would that work? "Excuse me, I'm far-sighted. Can you read me what's written on this datapad? I think it's my wife's grocery list but I can't tell how many wash tablets she wants. Value seems weird so I must have misread, damn the lack of accessibility settings in Space OS."

Yeah, but whoever he gives the coordinates to has to pass them on to their superior, who probably has to pass them on to their superior, who has to talk to both their cartographer and whoever they want to actually send to the location...

Point is, since the First Order is a large organization, you could potentially doom a significant portion of it by passing data to one of them and letting it distribute through the bureaucracy.

[Morquard]

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Oh brilliant plan. Hence the first step: I get captured. I'm not passing on the coordinates, they take it! I'm safe. They're dooomed... Hey why is my stolen TIE Fighter breaking apaaaaaaaaaa.....

[DavidSh]

I see what keybounce did there. A village....

[Morquard]

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Seems I was wrong, his first plans wasn't "get captured"

[Kantaki]

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Seems I was wrong, his first plans wasn't "get captured"

Would have been the better plan.
I mean, getting into the starfighter and shooting people?
Did he really expect that to work?

[Rogar Demonblud]

Another Jim plan is unfolding and unraveling at the same time.

[Kantaki]

Another Jim plan is unfolding and unraveling at the same time.

Jim is the kinda guy who would shoot himself in the foot so he can't be walked off the plank and start planning the next steps afterwards.
Completely forgetting his shot foot in the progress.

But that's why we love him. Watching him digging the party deeper is fun.

[137beth]

Whelp, I just finished watching The Force Awakens for the first time. I won't say it's the worst Star Wars movie I've seen (VI, I, and II were all a lot worse IMO), but it's a far cry from the best. But now I feel like I am "prepared" for the next 2ish years of D&D.

I'll probably watch VIII and IX this weekend.

[Kantaki]

To be fair to the DM, Ben could have phrased this better.
Also, Annie sounds like she's having fun.