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So the empire are raging Nazi sociopaths? Don’t care about life or death? Why did they orbit Yavin? Why not blast it out of the way and then the moon?
 
Joe Mac said:
So the empire are raging Nazi sociopaths? Don’t care about life or death? Why did they orbit Yavin? Why not blast it out of the way and then the moon?
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Yavin is a gas giant. I don't know how effective the Death Star would be against a surface less planet, or how bad the chemical reaction that follows would be.
 
Gavaxeman said:
Glad it’s not just me ..I didn’t think Andor was quite the beast it was cracked up to be..slowed paced and too long imo ..and we didn’t even get to the jumping off point for Rogue one....much preferred Kenobi, Mando and Boba Fett tbh ...

This latest episode of Mando was a bit clumsily done...the old shit sandwich approach ..fast dogfighting space ships and shoot out ..then hit the breaks and ..slow back story of Dr Clone and hints at underground empire activity ...then a Mando Coda .....

Overall though it’s intriguing..where did those fighters come from, and whose bumping off people and why ....
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"Andor takes place in 5 BBY, five years prior to the events of Rogue One and A New Hope. The first season will take place across a single year in the Star Wars timeline, while Season 2 will cover four years, so 4-1 BBY."
 
Mando spoiler from the last episode

I am really happy for Ahmed Best, especially after everything he went through. One thing you can't fault the Disney era on is giving redeeming performances to actors who were crapped on by the fanbase for the prequels. He and Hayden got a chance to shine.
 
mdmost said:
Mando spoiler from the last episode

I am really happy for Ahmed Best, especially after everything he went through. One thing you can't fault the Disney era on is giving redeeming performances to actors who were crapped on by the fanbase for the prequels. He and Hayden got a chance to shine.
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What’s the story with that actor?
 
Aww, hell yeah!

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I also got an email today that my paperback copy of Phase 2 novel Convergence is in - nearly 2 weeks early! I'll probably wait until Tuesday to pick that one up since I've got my work stop that's a block away again.

Now I just need to find the time to actually read all this shit!
 
avecigrec said:
Or, my wife will unexpectedly call me to come pick her up from work, which is  two blocks away, and I'll pick it up tonight. 😂

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You're ahead of me at this point! My shitty chronic illness flareup has been dying down over this month and I've started reading regularly again but still haven't started Phase 2 (Fell down a big rabbithole of reading 70's Avengers comics...) Might just wait till the phase ends at this point and people work out a solid timeline and where stuff takes place and then marathon it all. From my cursory reading of the HR reddit page it still seems like things are falling into place.
 
DJSJ said:
You're ahead of me at this point! My shitty chronic illness flareup has been dying down over this month and I've started reading regularly again but still haven't started Phase 2 (Fell down a big rabbithole of reading 70's Avengers comics...) Might just wait till the phase ends at this point and people work out a solid timeline and where stuff takes place and then marathon it all. From my cursory reading of the HR reddit page it still seems like things are falling into place.
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Glad to hear your flareup is dying down. It definitely sounded unpleasant. But then, anything pairing the words chronic and flareup seems to have propensity for unpleasantness. 70s Avengers comics are a very fun rabbit hole!

I've definitely found myself thinking a few times how nice it was to come into The High Republic right as the third wave of Phase 1 was hitting so I could marathon most of it in short order. I love and hate the waiting game - at least I have a good stack of stuff to carry me for a while now - including doubling back to finish Phase 1! As far as Phase 2 reading order goes I know Path of Deceit was the first out and mentioned in interviews a few times as a rather definitive starting point. The regular comic series definitely takes place later, and the first 5 issues seem to lead into The Battle of Jedha. I have absolutely no idea yet where Convergence falls within all of it, and even less of an idea of where the Adventures comic series ties in. As for The Blade it's technically in Phase 2 but I've yet to find it tying into the rest of the Phase 2 narrative rather than providing the back story for a Phase 1 character. Obviously, that may look different down the road but that's my view on things for now.

Also, I don't know if you've looked at The Art of the High Republic at all, but it's pretty damn sweet. I'd taken it out of my local library but then managed to get a copy for 35% off, which was still spendy but felt more reasonable - especially after having flipped through and starting to read a copy!
 
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