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    Originally posted by DigiFluid View Post
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    Oh and I suppose Boba Fett technically debuted in the Holiday Special, but it's best if we all just agree that the Holiday Special never happened
    That never happened. I made thje mistake of looking it up and holy heck the CGI is terrible

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      ...CGI? That wasn't a thing in 1978
      "A society grows great when old men plant trees, the shade of which they know they will never sit in. Good people do things for other people. That's it, the end." -- Penelope Wilton in Ricky Gervais's After Life

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        Originally posted by DigiFluid View Post
        ...CGI? That wasn't a thing in 1978
        That explains why it was so terrible

        This is the Assassin's Way part 17 complete
        "Elegant beauty is Nature. but only for the gentle and soft Flower" ~Hu Ge
        "The one thing every new hairstylist must learn is how to do hair in a combat zone!" Bob; owner of Bob & Weave's Combat Salon in Red Dust Club, an original story currently in progress

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          Interesting bit of trivia to come out of the TROS Visual Dictionary: the planet that housed/was Starkiller Base in TFA was actually Ilum--the location of the Jedi temple with all the kyber crystals in it, which was visited in the Younglings arc of The Clone Wars, and then again in Jedi Fallen Order.

          The idea, apparently, is that the kyber crystals that make up the planet's core were the magnifying element through which solar radiation/material was filtered, turning it into a planet-killing death ray.
          "A society grows great when old men plant trees, the shade of which they know they will never sit in. Good people do things for other people. That's it, the end." -- Penelope Wilton in Ricky Gervais's After Life

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            Like the
            Spoiler:
            ships on Exagol that destroy planets?

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              Originally posted by DigiFluid View Post
              Interesting bit of trivia to come out of the TROS Visual Dictionary: the planet that housed/was Starkiller Base in TFA was actually Ilum--the location of the Jedi temple with all the kyber crystals in it, which was visited in the Younglings arc of The Clone Wars, and then again in Jedi Fallen Order.

              The idea, apparently, is that the kyber crystals that make up the planet's core were the magnifying element through which solar radiation/material was filtered, turning it into a planet-killing death ray.
              Aren't Kyber crystals an integral part of making a lightsaber work also? I think I recall reading such in some of the books.. The Jedi Academy series?

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                Originally posted by Annoyed View Post
                Aren't Kyber crystals an integral part of making a lightsaber work also? I think I recall reading such in some of the books.. The Jedi Academy series?
                Correct. The pre-2014 books may not count in the new regime, but that function of the crystals has been carried over into nuCanon, eg: the Younglings arc of the CGI Clone Wars series, them being described in Rogue One as powering lightsabers, etc. The kyber crystals are the focusing element, whatever energy the mechanism in the hilt generates is fired into the crystal and the blade comes out the other side.

                Somehow or another, the Empire found a way to modify that so a destructive energy beam came out the other side and could be used to destroy planets (Rogue One, the Death Star). Now it seems, according to the new TROS Visual Dictionary, apparently the First Order skipped mining and putting them into a constructed space station and just turned a whole damn planet into the focusing lens.
                "A society grows great when old men plant trees, the shade of which they know they will never sit in. Good people do things for other people. That's it, the end." -- Penelope Wilton in Ricky Gervais's After Life

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                  Originally posted by DigiFluid View Post
                  Interesting bit of trivia to come out of the TROS Visual Dictionary: the planet that housed/was Starkiller Base in TFA was actually Ilum--the location of the Jedi temple with all the kyber crystals in it, which was visited in the Younglings arc of The Clone Wars, and then again in Jedi Fallen Order.

                  The idea, apparently, is that the kyber crystals that make up the planet's core were the magnifying element through which solar radiation/material was filtered, turning it into a planet-killing death ray.
                  It cant be possible because Ilum was always barren lifeless frozen rock like Hoth, only with less if any daylight. So why was there trees ?

                  Ah well, I am now at the "Believe what is canon as you will" stage, the new stuff is good yes, but I like the original stuff just as well if not better

                  Cant please everyone

                  This is the Assassin's Way part 17 complete
                  "Elegant beauty is Nature. but only for the gentle and soft Flower" ~Hu Ge
                  "The one thing every new hairstylist must learn is how to do hair in a combat zone!" Bob; owner of Bob & Weave's Combat Salon in Red Dust Club, an original story currently in progress

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                    Originally posted by Princess Awinita View Post
                    It cant be possible because Ilum was always barren lifeless frozen rock like Hoth, only with less if any daylight. So why was there trees ?
                    The only part of the planet surface we've seen in any media (prior to TFA) has been the area in walking distance of the Jedi temple there. Despite what [pretty much every other film in the series] would have you believe, it's just not believable that there's a single climate/ecology on an entire planet.
                    "A society grows great when old men plant trees, the shade of which they know they will never sit in. Good people do things for other people. That's it, the end." -- Penelope Wilton in Ricky Gervais's After Life

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                      Originally posted by DigiFluid View Post
                      The only part of the planet surface we've seen in any media (prior to TFA) has been the area in walking distance of the Jedi temple there. Despite what [pretty much every other film in the series] would have you believe, it's just not believable that there's a single climate/ecology on an entire planet.
                      Well, I am always at the point now of "Believe what you want" which again everyone can do if they want to do so. So for me, I believe that Starkiller Base was a failed project using a moon. I like Ilum to just be roped off from the public and/or entirely lost to hyperspace routes, thanks to Palpatine when he became Emperor.

                      But that's just me, you dont have to believe what I believe as canon, that's what so great about Star Wars!

                      This is the Assassin's Way part 17 complete
                      "Elegant beauty is Nature. but only for the gentle and soft Flower" ~Hu Ge
                      "The one thing every new hairstylist must learn is how to do hair in a combat zone!" Bob; owner of Bob & Weave's Combat Salon in Red Dust Club, an original story currently in progress

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                        They don't seem to be doing a media blitz for this, but I walked into a Target the other day and there was a display of Rise of Skywalker Blurays, So its out on video now.

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