Maxwell Smart.............macadamia nut please.me,myself and I wrote:I would love to see him trying to explain it to his superiors.. "Honestly, it was one of our guys!" "I don't believe you" "Well would you believe 2 dozen Rebel Commandos swooped in and forced me to open the door?" "No" "Well...would you believe 2 dozen Boy Scouts with pocket knives jumped in and surrounded me?" etc.
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Ship of the Week: The Death Star
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They say that in the Army,
the women are mighty fine.
They look like Phyllis Diller,
and walk like Frankenstein.
the women are mighty fine.
They look like Phyllis Diller,
and walk like Frankenstein.
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Very nice. Now do you know him from the series, movie, or both?Mark wrote:Maxwell Smart.............macadamia nut please.me,myself and I wrote:I would love to see him trying to explain it to his superiors.. "Honestly, it was one of our guys!" "I don't believe you" "Well would you believe 2 dozen Rebel Commandos swooped in and forced me to open the door?" "No" "Well...would you believe 2 dozen Boy Scouts with pocket knives jumped in and surrounded me?" etc.
Cookie for the reference.
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Only the series.......never did see the movie. I'm almost afraid too. They likely ruined a legend.
They say that in the Army,
the women are mighty fine.
They look like Phyllis Diller,
and walk like Frankenstein.
the women are mighty fine.
They look like Phyllis Diller,
and walk like Frankenstein.
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Presumably Vader would have been a common enough sight for the crews of the Death Star, the Death Squadron and a few other elite units. I'd say the vast majority never even saw him, though.
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Meh, i never had a problem with the DS. Nor did i particularly like it. Just a big gun in space really.
The Imperial fleet was far more to my liking. I don't know why, but most capital ships of Star Wars just look epic. Apart from the Nebulon-B frigates.
The Imperial fleet was far more to my liking. I don't know why, but most capital ships of Star Wars just look epic. Apart from the Nebulon-B frigates.
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Aye, the Nebs' suck.
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The Star Destroyer in the opening scene in A New Hope did look enormous. It just kept coming and coming.
I do think they went overboard with the Super Star Destroyers, and the Eclipse.
I do think they went overboard with the Super Star Destroyers, and the Eclipse.
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I believe that the general formula in star wars was bigger is better, not sure though. So the reason for them is clear
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That applies to most naval crap, not just SW. But yeah, they were designed to fill much the same role as a RL batteship, plus so the Emperor could wave his wee-wee around by proxy.Reliant121 wrote:I believe that the general formula in star wars was bigger is better, not sure though. So the reason for them is clear
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Ha.....I often wondered if the Emperer was "compensating" with his bigger and bigger ships.
They say that in the Army,
the women are mighty fine.
They look like Phyllis Diller,
and walk like Frankenstein.
the women are mighty fine.
They look like Phyllis Diller,
and walk like Frankenstein.
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Perhaps there are other side-effects of using the dark side...Mark wrote:Ha.....I often wondered if the Emperer was "compensating" with his bigger and bigger ships.
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Force Steroids? It would explain the 'roid rage, too...
Anyway, Imperial ships are designed to be a show of force - an instrument of fear and awe - as much as powerful ships in their own right. Even if they could be as combat-worthy in a smaller size, they wouldn't be as visually impressive.
Anyway, Imperial ships are designed to be a show of force - an instrument of fear and awe - as much as powerful ships in their own right. Even if they could be as combat-worthy in a smaller size, they wouldn't be as visually impressive.
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I got the high gloss luster
I'll massacre your ass as fast
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I'll massacre your ass as fast
as Bull offed Custer
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Actually I think the EU has a fair bit on him having virtually no interest in sex. I might have seen it in Publius's work from SDN but I can't recall.Tsukiyumi wrote:
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Well, if we needed any more evidence that he's screwed up, there it is.Cpl Kendall wrote:Actually I think the EU has a fair bit on him having virtually no interest in sex. I might have seen it in Publius's work from SDN but I can't recall.Tsukiyumi wrote:
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There you have it - Force Steroids indeed.
I can't stand nothing dull
I got the high gloss luster
I'll massacre your ass as fast
as Bull offed Custer
I got the high gloss luster
I'll massacre your ass as fast
as Bull offed Custer