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STUNNING MESSUP ON CLONE WARS:
BOTCHED BROADCAST GIVES PEEK AT NEW EPISODE
Last week's showing of Star Wars:The Clone Wars showed episode 9:Cloak of Darkness in which Seperatist leader Nute Gunray is freed from Republic imprisonment by Asajj Ventress and the a traitorous Captain Argyus of the Senate Commandos (the men in blue armor who follow Palpatine around) had been shown early on Starwars.com! The way that the website's Clone Wars archives work is that a week after the an episode has aired on TV it will be released for viewing on the website. In this manner you will be a week behind, but won't have to pay for cable TV. By the time that that episode 9 had aired on TV episode 10:Lair of Greivous had already been posted on the website. In episode 10 Kit Fisto and his apprentice Nahdar Vebb are sent after Nute Gunray but soon find that they have been tricked and are confined within the booby-trap ridden lair of General Greivous. The fact that episode 10 has been broadcast on the website before on television gives unique bragging rights to many fans who watch the clone wars via their computer's and allows for shocking (albeit early) revelations to those who have not yet seen episode 10.
STAR WARS TECHNICAL CORNER:
WHERE YOU SEE HOW ALL THOSE MACHINES WORK
This week on Star Wars Techinical Corner we are going to talk about the little-know Republic All-Terrain Personal-Transport (AT-PT). The AT-PT was designed decades before the Clone Wars, but was overlooked during the arming of the Clone Army. Sometime during the Clone Wars the republic found the need for a heavier walker than their All-Terrain Recon-Transport (AT-RT) and a lighter walker that the All-Terrain Tactical-Enforcer (AT-TE) and that was when they discovered the AT-PT. Unfortunately the AT-PT was never put into active duty due to the Katana Fleet incident in which a group of Dreadnought-class cruisers that had been slaved together (being slaved together means that the lead ship controls all the rest) was attacked by a deadly virus (this virus may have been a strain of the virus used against the clones of kamino) during a hyperspace jump. The crew of the lead ship died before they could disengage the hyperdrive and the rest of the crew onboard the ships died of the virus shortly afterwards. Most of the shipment of AT-PTs that the Republic had ordered for testing were onboard the Katana fleet and so when it disapeared that was pretty much the end of any chance that the AT-PT had of making it into active duty. The AT-PT was armed extraordinarily well for a walker of the pre-clone wars era. A powerful twin blaster-cannon was located on the walker's chin and a devestating concusion-grenade launcher was mounted on the lower section of the walker's chasis. The AT-PT primarily held only 1 man but could carry a passenger in emergencies and was modiefied in later versions to hold a gunner.
DISCUSSION CENTRAL:
WHERE YOU CAN VOICE YOUR OPINION
This week's discussion topic is the expanded universe of the Dark Empire series. Many controversial events occur within the pages of these 2 books including the spontanious bestowing of force powers to individuals, using the force to inhabit other people's bodies, new imperial superweapons, multiple romances, and new (and strange) characters. Be sure to write in to have your comments and paper's featured in the newsletter.
LINKS TO SOME OF THE ARTICLES DISCUSSED:
KATANA FLEET:
BOTCHED BROADCAST GIVES PEEK AT NEW EPISODE
Last week's showing of Star Wars:The Clone Wars showed episode 9:Cloak of Darkness in which Seperatist leader Nute Gunray is freed from Republic imprisonment by Asajj Ventress and the a traitorous Captain Argyus of the Senate Commandos (the men in blue armor who follow Palpatine around) had been shown early on Starwars.com! The way that the website's Clone Wars archives work is that a week after the an episode has aired on TV it will be released for viewing on the website. In this manner you will be a week behind, but won't have to pay for cable TV. By the time that that episode 9 had aired on TV episode 10:Lair of Greivous had already been posted on the website. In episode 10 Kit Fisto and his apprentice Nahdar Vebb are sent after Nute Gunray but soon find that they have been tricked and are confined within the booby-trap ridden lair of General Greivous. The fact that episode 10 has been broadcast on the website before on television gives unique bragging rights to many fans who watch the clone wars via their computer's and allows for shocking (albeit early) revelations to those who have not yet seen episode 10.
STAR WARS TECHNICAL CORNER:
WHERE YOU SEE HOW ALL THOSE MACHINES WORK
This week on Star Wars Techinical Corner we are going to talk about the little-know Republic All-Terrain Personal-Transport (AT-PT). The AT-PT was designed decades before the Clone Wars, but was overlooked during the arming of the Clone Army. Sometime during the Clone Wars the republic found the need for a heavier walker than their All-Terrain Recon-Transport (AT-RT) and a lighter walker that the All-Terrain Tactical-Enforcer (AT-TE) and that was when they discovered the AT-PT. Unfortunately the AT-PT was never put into active duty due to the Katana Fleet incident in which a group of Dreadnought-class cruisers that had been slaved together (being slaved together means that the lead ship controls all the rest) was attacked by a deadly virus (this virus may have been a strain of the virus used against the clones of kamino) during a hyperspace jump. The crew of the lead ship died before they could disengage the hyperdrive and the rest of the crew onboard the ships died of the virus shortly afterwards. Most of the shipment of AT-PTs that the Republic had ordered for testing were onboard the Katana fleet and so when it disapeared that was pretty much the end of any chance that the AT-PT had of making it into active duty. The AT-PT was armed extraordinarily well for a walker of the pre-clone wars era. A powerful twin blaster-cannon was located on the walker's chin and a devestating concusion-grenade launcher was mounted on the lower section of the walker's chasis. The AT-PT primarily held only 1 man but could carry a passenger in emergencies and was modiefied in later versions to hold a gunner.
DISCUSSION CENTRAL:
WHERE YOU CAN VOICE YOUR OPINION
This week's discussion topic is the expanded universe of the Dark Empire series. Many controversial events occur within the pages of these 2 books including the spontanious bestowing of force powers to individuals, using the force to inhabit other people's bodies, new imperial superweapons, multiple romances, and new (and strange) characters. Be sure to write in to have your comments and paper's featured in the newsletter.
LINKS TO SOME OF THE ARTICLES DISCUSSED:
KATANA FLEET:
hey everyone its good to be subscribed to the blog, it looks like it hasent gotten many views, and it actually seems that you dont have any sunscribers besides me. Well anyway so you know who this is, its Mat from the library. I got on to the website and it worked so i decided to make a Gmail account and join =)
ReplyDeleteI hope that your new blog on all things star wars becomes a huge it in the eyes of millions!! O_Ox1Mil, so good luck to you all and i bid you adoo, adu....... i dont know how to spell it =P