but wait you're assuming that all droids have unique names - maybe 'r2d2' is as common as 'steve' but we don't know because we've only seen one onscreen
phew, faith in star wars restored
― the greg evigan school of improvised explosive devices (bizarro gazzara), Tuesday, 24 January 2017 10:26 (seven years ago) link
The droids introduced in the Darth Vader comic are 0-0-0 and BT-1, which admittedly don't help much.
― Andrew Farrell, Tuesday, 24 January 2017 10:27 (seven years ago) link
*doesn't, though admittedly they don't help much either.
According to tvtropes.org, the following heroic droids have been featured in Episode VII and its spinoff media (comics and novels) so far:
C3-POR2-D2BB-8PZ-4COR2-KTGA-97PZ-99CO-342-MED-2VL-44R0-4L0R2-HAO-R10NR4N1-ZX
Surpised that Y0-L0 and B0-0B5 haven't yet shown up.
― Tuomas, Tuesday, 24 January 2017 10:58 (seven years ago) link
Guess moisture farmers can't afford personalised droids
― groovypanda, Tuesday, 24 January 2017 11:01 (seven years ago) link
4L-0K0
― how's life, Tuesday, 24 January 2017 11:58 (seven years ago) link
F-H8RS
― the greg evigan school of improvised explosive devices (bizarro gazzara), Tuesday, 24 January 2017 12:01 (seven years ago) link
XD
― how's life, Tuesday, 24 January 2017 12:08 (seven years ago) link
http://fxrant.blogspot.com.au/2017/01/the-death-star-and-final-trench-run.html
important trench location info
― mh π, Wednesday, 25 January 2017 15:24 (seven years ago) link
trenchant building meter data
― stein beck ii: the wrath of grapes (Doctor Casino), Wednesday, 25 January 2017 15:26 (seven years ago) link
the death star computer animation being completely wrong about the superlaser location is classic star wars and i'm glad george didn't fix it
― mh π, Wednesday, 25 January 2017 16:00 (seven years ago) link
And R2 units, for example, are all R2-??,
Yeah, but the R2 designation is only a subclass of the larger astromech droid class. Like in the graphic below, with only covers the subclasses beginning with R. "Chopper" on Star Wars: Rebels is clearly an astromech, but his designation is C1-10P.
https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/43/70/b7/4370b7a95ba81eb24b5c103f8179644c.jpg
― Lauren Schumer Donor (Phil D.), Wednesday, 25 January 2017 17:01 (seven years ago) link
I kind of assumed that R* units were from one vendor and the C* units are from a different one. Different vendors using different nomenclatures for product lines.
― mh π, Wednesday, 25 January 2017 17:13 (seven years ago) link
hey guys I'm worried about whether or not any more death stars are gonna get blown up
― Ξα½ΟΞΉΟ, Wednesday, 25 January 2017 17:26 (seven years ago) link
My understanding is that the next standalone movie following the Han Solo one is about the discovery that R2-D2's head has, all along, been one half of a new Death Star terrorizing the micro-universe inhabited by midichlorians.
― stein beck ii: the wrath of grapes (Doctor Casino), Wednesday, 25 January 2017 17:47 (seven years ago) link
I wonder if someday they are going to make a star wars movie with two death stars? would be crazy
― silverfish, Wednesday, 25 January 2017 17:53 (seven years ago) link
A new Death Star but, get this, inflatable.
― nashwan, Wednesday, 25 January 2017 17:59 (seven years ago) link
How about two Death Stars connected side by side, attached to a long, cylindrical ram?
― (The caption: βfine dining.β) (DJP), Wednesday, 25 January 2017 18:35 (seven years ago) link
I have a penI have a death starUHDeath star pen!
― how's life, Wednesday, 25 January 2017 18:37 (seven years ago) link
In the Italian version, R2-D2 was C1-P8. Chopper from Rebels is Italian. Duh.
https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/R2-D2
― The beaver is not the bad guy (El Tomboto), Wednesday, 25 January 2017 18:38 (seven years ago) link
we need an L-R0N droid
― carthago delenda est (mayor jingleberries), Wednesday, 25 January 2017 19:02 (seven years ago) link
http://vignette2.wikia.nocookie.net/marvel_dc/images/7/75/L-Ron_003.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20110619024316
L-Ron was already in Justice League International.
― Tuomas, Wednesday, 25 January 2017 19:06 (seven years ago) link
Nah, go four Death Stars and go this route instead:
http://vignette2.wikia.nocookie.net/mst3k/images/2/25/SatelliteOfLove.JPG/revision/latest?cb=20070604152959
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 25 January 2017 19:29 (seven years ago) link
Now that I think about it I would pay money to see a Star Wars film begin with the Lucasfilm logo and then:
"In the not too distant future..."
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 25 January 2017 19:30 (seven years ago) link
next movie should just be 2 1/2 hours of death stars blowing up other death stars, non-stop exploding death stars w John Williams score
― Ξα½ΟΞΉΟ, Wednesday, 25 January 2017 19:35 (seven years ago) link
Death Stars stealing each other's schematics. "Many Death Stars exploded to bring us this information."
― jmm, Wednesday, 25 January 2017 19:47 (seven years ago) link
lol ned
― how's life, Wednesday, 25 January 2017 19:50 (seven years ago) link
jmm too.
― how's life, Wednesday, 25 January 2017 19:51 (seven years ago) link
next movie begins with luke poised to accept his lightsaber from rey - as his fingers make contact the camera zooms way out, off the surface of the planet, zooming faster out across the whole star wars universe until it exits a familiar-looking grey metal aperture, pulling back even further until it become clear that everything that happened in the previous seven star wars movies all happened inside one mammoth death star
then the death star explodes and a feature-length episode of supernanny begins
― the greg evigan school of improvised explosive devices (bizarro gazzara), Wednesday, 25 January 2017 20:34 (seven years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/UbIf75e.gif
― Philip Nunez, Wednesday, 25 January 2017 21:44 (seven years ago) link
there it is
― the greg evigan school of improvised explosive devices (bizarro gazzara), Wednesday, 25 January 2017 21:59 (seven years ago) link
So I like this movie more and more in retrospect and really looking forward to watching it again at home.
One criticism though is of the 'Rogue One' shuttle itself. Obviously Jyn is the "rogue one" but the design for the namesake shuttle is deeply boring when compared to the shuttle Tyderium or the U-Wing which is I guess the "signature" ship of the film.
― Spencer Chow, Thursday, 26 January 2017 00:40 (seven years ago) link
it's the everyshuttle
― mh π, Thursday, 26 January 2017 00:41 (seven years ago) link
I think the main problem with all the recent shuttles is they don't look like they have cockpits. I know they do, but the glass on them is very small and it almost looks like they're drones.
― Spencer Chow, Thursday, 26 January 2017 01:00 (seven years ago) link
Also, the wing sweeps are all over the place. Can't tell if it's coming or going.
― Spencer Chow, Thursday, 26 January 2017 01:01 (seven years ago) link
Chris Miller tweets from the set of the Solo, uh, solo movie. Look at the working title.
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/C3blfykWcAAjtOx.jpg
― Lauren Schumer Donor (Phil D.), Monday, 30 January 2017 17:11 (seven years ago) link
red cup?
― Flamenco Drop (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 30 January 2017 17:22 (seven years ago) link
https://i5.walmartimages.com/asr/ccce4bb5-6e0f-416b-9ba7-8e6c26a6ee8f_1.53886e1beb26ae7a256cf9d354f0852f.jpeg
― bayland rippenkroeger, stunt artiste (bizarro gazzara), Monday, 30 January 2017 17:23 (seven years ago) link
http://media.npr.org/assets/img/2016/12/30/red-solo-cup_custom-fa6ab5bdd6daa0d4aa83d693e7823f22a42e6bd0-s300-c85.jpg
― mh π, Monday, 30 January 2017 17:23 (seven years ago) link
Did not know that OSCAR NOMINATED CINEMATOGRAPHER Bradford Young was DP-ing this.
― Lauren Schumer Donor (Phil D.), Monday, 30 January 2017 17:26 (seven years ago) link
https://youtu.be/BKZqGJONH68
― how's life, Monday, 30 January 2017 17:27 (seven years ago) link
ohhhhh i get it
:/
― Flamenco Drop (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 30 January 2017 17:30 (seven years ago) link
https://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/v5atoak4xjva3cqtwj1h.jpg
― nomar, Wednesday, 1 February 2017 02:06 (seven years ago) link
Completely separately, Veg Grrl has explaining to do
http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2017/02/australians-love-boning-to-the-cantina-band-from-star-wars
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 15 February 2017 23:03 (seven years ago) link
aussie blokes are stereotypically not known for slowing things down the sack so up-tempo + short run time actually kinda makes sense to me
:D
― Flamenco Drop (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 16 February 2017 00:11 (seven years ago) link
Oh my
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 16 February 2017 00:20 (seven years ago) link
journalistic standards at gizmodo so low that the writer of this article didn't even note that the genre the band play is called 'jizz'
― lazy rascals, spending their substance, and more, in riotous living (Merdeyeux), Thursday, 16 February 2017 00:31 (seven years ago) link
The American Gizmodo share of said story went there...again and again.
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 16 February 2017 00:51 (seven years ago) link
I assume they'll all just look like this in the movie because why not. Then again...
https://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/s--3CMFEeNY--/c_scale,fl_progressive,q_80,w_800/jjopl2v6wmjy8qgxaw1h.jpg
Woody's looking...intense.
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 21 February 2017 17:58 (seven years ago) link
Woody looks hungry.
― the Rain Man of nationalism. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 21 February 2017 18:00 (seven years ago) link