The Weekender XLBS: The Star Wars Special!
May 4, 2014 by dignity
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May the fourth be with you!
Happy Starwars Day Folks!
May the fourth be with you…..always.
Great way to start a day.
just keep an eye out for the revenge of the fifth
Yep, I see what you did there 😉
Games Workshop were approached about doing a Star Wars game back in the late 80s. They weren’t keen on it so sculpted up a stormtrooper in the Citadel style to show why it wouldn’t work and the idea died a death from there. Disney also own Marvel, and Knight Models are putting out Marvel minis, so I don’t think Disney have any intrinsic objections to minis based on the brand. KM may be the most likely place to see any future Star Wars minis.
Here (hopefully) is the mini. Sculpted by Jes Goodwin.
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I listen to the audiobooks of star wars while painting.
Han Solo was an admiral before he kidnapped Leia. Later they got married and had forcesensitive twins.
Leia is also forcesensitive.
May the fourth be with you!
I can’t speak for anybody else but I don’t really care what Lucas says about the expanded universe. The series like ‘The New Jedi Order’ or ‘The Trawn Trilogy’ will always be canon for me. @warzan if you’ll be able to find some time you should definitely read those. And if you love huge starship battles try Star Wars Rebellion – still one of the best SW games IMHO.
Happy Star Wars Day, guys!
After you two have slapped Justin around a bit for his lack of Star Wars Knowledge, I’d definitely recommend getting hold of a copy of Adywan’s fan edit of A New Hope: Revisited; it’s what the Special Edition should have been – I refuse to watch the Special Edition now because his version is sooooo good.
Now, where did I put my X-Wing miniatures and my Hoth Beer?
“Adywan’s fan edit of A New Hope” I’m going to check that out!
Takes a bit of torrent hunting (it’s all legit, as long as you have a legal copy of the original), and a bit of DVD burning jiggery-pokery, but it’s worth all the trouble!
Anybody read ‘the star wars’ from dark horse comics?
Aparantly it’s the first idea from Lucas. General kenobi is the uncle of luke and Leia and Han solo was an alien, as far as I heard.
Models Knights have done a range of Star Wars figures. They were 30mm but they seem to no longer produce them. I think at one point Battlefront were in competition for the miniature game licence, which I believe was one by Fantasy Flight Games…. So we got X-Wing rather than a 15mm Star Wars version of Flames. Airfix used to produce diorama set for the Battle of Hoth… http://www.kitpedia.com/dioramas/battle_on_hoth.htm Release Date for Ep VII is December 18, which is good for NZ, cause that is when we used to get them, being our summer. I believe there is supposed to… Read more »
Another great show, loving Star Wars day, however, Justin’s knowledge of Star Wars is shocking, I mean just SHOCKING! And on that note Warren it’s Gamorean Guards, not Gregorian lol
The Hoth table is awesome but get rid of the river and sculpt in some trenches, then it could be re-used for the 2nd world war battle of Bastogne ala Band of Brothers, both very cool ideas.
Love the X-Wing coverage, more of that please, happy Star Wars day guys, Justin go watch the films, again and again.
“Warren it’s Gamorean Guards, not Gregorian lol”
Opps 😉
Amen to what what @warzan said about Ender’s Game. Proof that some books are just to cerebral, rich, and textured to be dumbed down into anything like an effective movie.
Yeah, Gregorian Guards? Do they chant and sing at people who try to break into Jabba’s palace? 😀
Very funny though Warren and your Star Wars knowledge is not as bad as Justin’s, having said that my 8 yr old nephew has a better knowledge of the force than Justin!
If Judtin has seen all six films then he already has 33% more knowledge than I do.
Great show guys! A couple of things, CosPlay and Justin’s Family Guy comment…@warzan as peter griffon playing Han Solo…… I think that would be epic… Sam and Ben could be Ewoks!! Also on the Salute volunteers, I have some participation experience with running our club games at Games Day (back when we were allowed club participation games)
CosPlay for salute next year then? I can picture Han Solo interviewing Alessio already….
Nice episode guys, also wanting to see a star wars game and will be awaiting your views of your Hoth battle later. 🙂
How come we don’t celebrate May the 5ith? Two side to each story and all that. Besides, it prolongs star wars nostalgia by 100% per annum. 😀
The thing about the freighters and indeed any ship that isn’t specifically designed for combat.. is that unless it has some catastrophic accident it is always going to be a viable ship in it’s class that can be maintained and upgraded for less than it costs to buy a new one. It’s much the same with (naval) ships today. That’s one of the reasons I’d expect to see the Falcon in the new trilogy, and considering how the YT series has evolved, I wouldn’t expect a ‘new’ YT freighter to look dramatically different to the Falcon either. As for the… Read more »
Very interesting points, siegess. In World War II, new tanks were coming out sometimes every few months. But even during the Cold War, the M1 was introduced in 1984 and here we are 30 years later using the same tank (albeit a much-improved version). Our F-15 fighter fleet is 40 years old. Some B-52 bombers are so old that fathers have literally flown the same plane as their sons when they became Air Force officers 25-30 years later. I think USS Enterprise is being decommissioned this year (CVN-65, not NCC-1701 🙂 ) and she’s well over 50 years old I… Read more »
Because they talked about it on the show and I’m OCD that way … 🙂 … I went to FFG’s website, looked up their “official” starfighter scale as 1/270 … http://fantasyflightgames.com/edge_news.asp?eidn=3420 … a Relentless-class Star Destroyer (the classic one everyone knows) would be 19.5 feet long, about 5.5 feet high, and 6.5 feet wide at the base. The Executor-class Star Destroyer (introduced in Episode V ESB, crashes into the Death Star in Ep VI ROTJ), would be a ridiculous 160 feet long in that scale. And yes, the first Death Star would be 1,955 feet in diameter (I think West… Read more »
I presume everybody gets there smartphones out and donwloaded the Starwars soundboard apps, to have some nice soundeffects with the game.
Lloyd points out that the ships, vehicles, and equipment are as much a part of the cast as Harrison Ford and Mark Hamil. PREACH ON, BROTHER LLOYD! Absolutely couldn’t agree more. I’m sure (and hope) there will be lots of new stuff, but the occasional shot of an old-school X-Wing, Y-Wing, or the Millennium Falcon would just be solid gold. As Justin says sometimes: “Shut up, take my money!” I also agree with Lloyd in his approval of all post-Endor writing no longer being considered part of Star Wars canon. I made it through Truce of Bakura, the Timothy Zahn’s… Read more »
Whoa, I never saw Warren’s tattoo before. On his right arm when he’s unpacking the Star Wars Risk box. Awesome. 🙂
Thats Justin I think.
Oops, you’re right. He’s wearing a black and white shirt (not black and blue) and sitting where Warren was, the obviously filmed that part at a different time. Thanks for the heads up! 🙂
Love the Hoth table. I’ve always said I wanted to do something similar. Now that I’ve started playing Bolt Action, I think I could use those rules and Star Wars minis. Awesome XLBS as always.
this is what is going to make star wars successful… The Producer Kathleen Kennedy Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) (associate producer)[17] Poltergeist (1982) (associate producer) E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982) (producer) Twilight Zone: The Movie (1983) (associate producer) (producer) (segment 2) Gremlins (1984) (executive producer) Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984) (associate producer) The Color Purple (1985) (producer) Young Sherlock Holmes (1985) (executive producer) Back to the Future (1985) (executive producer) The Goonies (1985) (executive producer) Fandango (1985) (executive producer) An American Tail (1986) (producer) The Money Pit (1986) (producer) *batteries not included (1987) (executive producer) Empire of… Read more »
Happy Sunday Day and I refuse to say May the 4th Be With You!
Star Wars brings back some good memories of my own attempts to influence my kids preferences when they were small. Subtle brainwash or scar them for life maybe but it’s a great feeling when they get into all the same things as you.
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This is still the best version of Star Wars… But it’s not for kids. lol
http://youtu.be/vskHXtPuvBk
AUGH! Curse this website which will only allow me to “like” this video once! This deserves 100 thumbs up just for having Vader say “goodie gumdrops.”
The WofC collectible Star Wars Miniatures (28mm) are still sold in online gaming stores such as Coolstuffinc and Miniature Market (I live in the U.S.), and they are still pretty cheap. They are only a couple years out of production but the game is just as beautiful as ever, and community members like Armored Cartographers and Maps of Mastery are still making new maps and content for the game to keep it alive.