Techwright

I'm going to assume if you continue to read this, you saw the trailer. There will be spoilers ahead. SW lore has repeatedly stated and shown that clone trooper armor is vastly superior to other armor, Mandalorian armor being a notable exception. Yes, it does stand out a bit, but at least at the end of season one, not so much. There's still tens of thousands of clone troopers around, and many of them, even retired still wear their armor. For some, it's all they've got (See a recently dropped SW episode for confirmation.) It shouldn't be too much of a standout, unless they're going into a ballroom or something similar. 1. Kid Wookie with the custom wood-handled light saber is back! So he survived...for now. He was in Clone Wars, the same episode in which David Tennant voiced an ancient droid. 2. I'm wondering who is voicing Palpatine this season? Several have. Ian McDiarmid is the natural of course, but even Sam Witwer does a good Sidious. 3. The sound quality is drastically improved. First season, for example, sounded like Rhea Perlman was recording her lines in her basement, which might have been true due to COVID shutdown. 4. Omega is in the same room as Palpatine. Did the Batch get sent in to deal with some of the elites close to Sidious? 5. In the shot before the emperor, Omega seems to be hunted in Imperial chambers by droids that look different than Separatist droids, These look closer in design to the L3-37 droid that was Lando's navigator in Solo: A Star Wars Story. 6. I like the new orange/yellow/umber/aqua paint choices on the armor. Gives them less of a military feel and more of a band of mercenaries feel. 7. The TK trooper design might just be the best looking Stormtrooper armor. (Okay, I know TK's are the proto-Stormtroopers, but still...) 8. At 0:44 - clone trooper in armor trimmed in gray: a member of the Wolfpack? If so, they've removed the heavy stylization of their armor, which would be in keeping with the Empire shredding every vestige of individuality from the clones. If the pattern of Star Wars animated shows continues, first season is the "kiddie season". Second season will be a little darker and more serious. This darkening will continue with progressive seasons should there be any. I suspect there won't be a death among the team this season, but a character or two within their orbit might be a possibility. The Trandoshan Cid might be a good possibility, as this would severe an anchor in the Batch's life, forcing them into more run-and-gun living. I do suspect there might be changes to the team, though. I keep wondering, for example, why Tech doesn't build a cybernetic hand for Echo, one to go over his interface limb when not in use. Season 2 might be where Alpha (Boba) and Omega meet, as fans have speculated.

Startin' to feel like the old game with the twice weekly crashing. And in the middle of a Lambda badge run, too.

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As regards younglings escaping the Temple during Order 66: In regards to Jimmy Smits, I find nothing to indicate a health problem, but I did find a news blurb from March of this year that said he's starring in a pilot for a possible CBS show. That would imply his health is okay. Perhaps filming began as he was recovering from an illness like COVID or flu. I did get the impression that the makeup and hair department could have done a better job making him look like a wealthy, polished royal and Senator.

You are seriously the good guy if you're only asking $10/hr with that ability.

Just make sure you pick the healing factor before you pick the claws:

You've crafted all the alternates for each incarnate slot? I only ask because I've only recently become aware of the value of swapping out some of them between battles for better effect in some scenarios, rather than just deciding on one per slot and only building it. Destiny slot, for example, once held only Rebirth Radial Epiphany for several of my characters. Now, thanks to helpful comments by other forumites, I'm building an incandescent option. I also recall someone recently setting up a higher ranked incarnate trial who cautioned players to use a particular set of incarnate abilities, supposedly helpful on that trial, which I didn't have at the time. (I forget which ones, but then it was a trial I don't get offered often).

First off, thank you for bringing this to our attention. As always, comments within the spoiler in orange. As a fun note, memes of Obi-Wan Kenobi have already been surfacing, especially of one scene:

Sounds like an opportunity for those who work with audio mods for the COH Modder.

My understanding is the currently-released game is set 5 years before the events of Kenobi, so if Cal survives the game series, then yes, highly possible (and utterly cool if it happens.) There's still the teaser that...

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Okay, watched ep 2. My responses in orange in the hidden contents below:

Watched ep 1 and have just started ep 2. I'll not read others comments yet, just in case, but my thoughts on ep 1:

Yeah, that's how I run it. The trick though, is slipping past her without catching her attention. Not terribly hard, but a real pain when you goof up. Now if only I can figure out how to keep Twin Shot and the Shining Stars from orbiting me like some crazed, drunken fruit fly swarm.

I'd rather find the lab under a bar than under a veterinarian's office or a kindergarten.

Perhaps Star Wars is learning from their sibling company Marvel. Many of the MCU movies reflect certain film genres, such as Ant-Man being a heist movie or The Winter Soldier being a political intrigue thriller. SW also has Dave Filoni. I'm not sure how much he contributed to Andor, but his Clone Wars also reflected certain film genres at times, or even specific movies. One, for example, was a kaiju movie-like story, while another was clearly influenced by Magnificent Seven and of course Seven Samurai. I have to wonder, if Mon Mothma is deeply tied to this story, can Jimmy Smits' Senator Bael Organa be in it as well? Interesting you bring up a spy thriller. While no doubt "dark spy thriller" is probably more in the vein of a Bourne movie, I got the distinct impression that some shots and locations in the trailer were influenced by the production designs of Ken Adams, who created a distinctive look, especially with the use of space and occasionally mimimalism, for the James Bond franchise, starting with Dr. No. You can see what I mean with the white conference room hosting the white uniformed men around the 0;54 mark. I'm intrigued by the soldiers in HoJo colors ("HoJo" as in Howard Johnson's, a former hotel and restaurant chain known for Googie styling and their distinctive use of dark aqua and orange). I'm trying to figure out if they're a previously unseen branch of the Imperial Army or Navy or if they're another previously unseen concept: a planetary army or militia in league with the Imps. The color choice doesn't really strike me as imperial. Imps tend to favor shades rather than color, with the possible exception of the use of red among certain elite troops or a couple of environmental colors, essentially camouflage for shoretroopers or mudtroopers. Disney seem to be determined to fill in all of the 19 year gap between Episode III (19 BBY*) and Episode IV (0 BBY): -- 19-18 BBY The Bad Batch -- 14 BBY (approx.) Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order - the canonical video game. -- 12 BBY (approx.) Solo: A Star Wars Story -- 11 or 10 BBY (probably) Miniseries Obi-Wan Kenobi -- 5 BBY Miniseries Andor -- 5-1 BBY Star Wars: Rebels (maybe to early 0 BBY) -- 0 BBY Rogue One -- mere weeks prior to the Death Star destruction. * "BBY"= Before the Battle of Yavin, a.k.a. the destruction of the first Death Star. EDIT: Oh, I'd also add that I think it hilarious that IMDB.com is not giving character names for many of the actors in Andor, but if you watch the trailer at Star Wars' official YouTube channel and have the CC on, you can see the names. Oops.

Fantastic costume to fit the name.

Actually that's not half bad. Have Sally deliver a massive sonic death howl. Not something I can recall seeing in game.

See the problem there is that folks like me would not want fire or electricity. I was thinking when I first saw the thread that a chain whip channeling ice powers would be nice. I've even got a name for it (no, not sharing). But then you'd have your water benders wanting a whip made from water and channeling water powers, radiation would want...yadda, yadda...

Peregrine Island and Striga Island. Perhaps it was the lack of war walls, but these two vastly different islands have a different feel than the rest of blue side, including Talos Island

It wouldn't have to be tied to holidays and such would it? Just something that is run in the summer. Here's an example (just whipping up something): "Shades of the Past" Summer sunspot activity is unusual and has wreaked havok on the Ouroboros portaling system. Now weirdly-colored O-portals have been spawning randomly throughout the city and the islands. Superpowered types who've dared to venture to touch them have been whisked away to key moments in past times: Brass Monday, the 5th Column/Council War, the first appearance of the Banished Pantheon, etc. They've found if left unchecked, threatening groups will eventually touch the portal at the other end of time, and begin spilling into the present. It will be up to those who dare to enter the portals to drive back the threat and set a charge to destroy the portals after they themselves return through them. Because of the surge of opponents, they'll have a limited time before the portals are overrun. Admittedly that's big, but in essence, a scenario like this probably uses some things we already have, like O-portals and their graphics to accomplish a different look, say purple O-portals (purple is gold's opposite), and a different task - directing adventurers to a random instance with a growing number of opponents. If the requirements are not met in a limited amount of time, an invasion begins, but might not be limited to just Rikti or Nemesis. If the mechanics for those invasions can be applied to other groups, we might get a Banished Pantheon invasion, or a Sky Raiders invasion with Col. Duray filling the AV appearance role that Nemesis now plays. Etc., etc., etc. Badges for stopping each group involved in the event in time, and for clearing the groups if not in time.

You're not alone, I too, thought it was 1. Just to be sure, are the parties that posted the answer reliable? They're not some flippant video-obsessed teenagers just spouting answers, or scam callers branching out into a new line of work are they? They're honest-to-goodness math professors, or at least stayed at a Holiday Inn Express last night?

Hmm... (checks Excelsior name availability) Interesting... Has anyone ever actually seen Spaghetti Betty at the same time as Major Event?