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Look no further than Fett Man's post up above, muwhahaha
They certainly arent in a GOOD position, but not so bad as I think yoo think.
Particularly when counterbalanced with the loss of Starkiller Base. That right there was a huge investment for the FO. If the Death Star strained the Empire, then the much larger weapon built by the small FO we can assume was a huge undertaking. It is not unreasonable to assume too that one of the reasons the only Star Destroyer we see is Hux's command ship is that the FO's fleet numbers have been sacrificed to build the weapon.
So even if the NR is hurt badly by the Coup de Main that took place, the FO is hurt bad too.
Plus with Leia and Ackbar alive that is at least one group of experienced leadership that can come back to fill the void now that a shooting war has presumably begun.
Bronco will go into loluva having lost his last two bowl games (one a rivalry game the other to his future nemesis at VT)
#NewHoos
Welcome to a worldof pain!!!
The other thing I just realized is that the narrative of choice is paramount in Star Wars. You can choose light or dark. If Rey is Luke's daughter, it sort of undermines that narrative - it could be argued that her lineage decided for her that she was destined to be good. If both Rey and Ren are Han and Leia's kids, they have the same lineage and can make the same choices. One chose the dark, one chose the light. We are a product of our choices and actions.
OK, I'll stop making the argument now :)
I was really hoping she was Luke's daughter until you made this argument. Stop making good and well thought out arguments!
And his 5* CB teammate Shaun Wade who is committed to Ohio St
It also sets up a much better showdown. We've already seen the master vs. padawan thing happen a few times over, and we've seen father vs. son, so would they set us up for the epic battle of *gasp* first cousins? Or would they set us up for brother vs. sister, in a battle of the one who chose the light vs. the one who chose the dark (but is still conflicted about it)?
Twins do run in her family.
Norman has broken OBJ.
I might be in trouble.
Edit: Disregard that, OBJ is elite.
Loved the movie. Not a hardcore Star Wars fan but really enjoyed the film and will probably go watch again.
I thought the trailer for Independence Day 2 before Star Wars was pretty good too. The movie might not turn out really great but i was ready to run thru a wall and shoot down some aliens
Interesting theory, Rey being another child of Han and Leia. Certainly not out of the question. It'll be interesting how this shakes out.
Love the idea, but the name of the program is "Sports Center" not "Sport Center".
I highly recommend it. The plot does a great job breaking down the traditional Star Wars light/dark dichotomy, and the weapon modification system is much, much better.
Edit: I misread your post. Either way, play it with the mod, but don't bother with the droid planet mod. It's pretty boring.
I came away (as did my wife, before we talked about it) that Rey is Han and Leia's daughter. Rey takes after Han so much, intuitively flying the Falcon and being all tech-savvy. Though of course Luke (and Anakin before him) had tech proficiency, but she seemed so much more like Han to me. I think Rey and Ren were split when Ren went to train with Luke, because I read somewhere that Luke was insecure about his ability to train padawans. So Han and Leia hedged their bets by having one kid trained and the other sent off for her own protection in case something went wrong. Maybe Luke insisted on it. I think Leia doesn't tell Rey the truth because she wants Rey to figure it out own her own and discover herself.
Never played it with the content it was missing. Might have to purchase as well
When I said "destroyed the New Republic," I meant they destroyed the government center. I think your assessment of it simply being a faction vying for its place is accurate, and that would imply that destroying the system in which it was headed would essentially end that faction, since it would be entirely headless. And armless if we're to assume it's fleet was concentrated in that system as was implied.
Another gem on the Sabre site.
The Ugly
He SUCKS at clock management. He has tried to ice the kicker on PATs. He has called timeouts one minute into the third quarter for his defense, and that timeout proves critical late in the game. Just be prepared for that.
This from a self described BYU fan.
As of today the team is alos int he "Others Receiving Votes" category in both the Coaches and AP Poll!
AP has us 30th, Coaches tied for 36th. The true test will come in a few weeks with ACC play but the hot start has not gone unnoticed nationally.
From what I think is implied is that only the capitol was destroyed along with the rest of tis system.
No obviously that will put that command and control into huge confusion and probably destroyed a good deal of their fleet.
Leaving the sponsored proxy fighters in the Resistance the only ones who could act before Starkiller was used again as they knew what it was, and its location. While the NR Fleet pulled itself together.
I took it as the Resistance fighting a proxy war and not officially endorsed by the NR, as evidence suggests this version of the NR has been much less successful and is sort of only in balance with the FO and other factions.
Thus while anything from political indecision to slow rearmament might make open war undesirable for them at present, funding the militant wing of the NR as the Resistance was an attractive option.
So while the Prequels were WAY to heavy on the political exposition I sotrt of wish JJ hadnt gone this far away from it.
But from what I can gather, and some of the solicits of the new EU books seem to support:
1. The New Republic has not been anywhere near as successful as the old now "Legends" EU was in half the time, after 30 years they are still only one major player among several, with the First Order being the primary Imperial Remanent faction.
2. After the Battle of Jakku a year or so post Endor, an armistice is signed between the New Republic and the Imperials at the time. This has mostly held while the NR has grown, and the more extreme and aggressive FO formed on the other side.
3. However neither is in a position of being able to dominate conventionally, hence the development of Starkiller Base, and the NR is probably at a loss for political consensus.
4. Thus we have Leia and the more militant minded folks in the NR break away to form the Resistance which we can assume ignores any De-Militarized zones or treaties that may be in effect and receives clandestine support from the NR. Hence the nice new X-WIngs and location relatively close to NR territory(since they kind of see the destruction after all).
I like this interesting new dynamic and am willing to see what the new EU does with it, with the Rebels transition from insurgency to ruling seemingly much less universally successful this time around.
And it is an interesting social commentary when looking of the 3 trilogies depiction of conflict. OT- Brave valiant freedom fighters, PT- Weak Democracies co opted by special interests and faceless soldiers doing the fighting. JJT- Proxy war between super powers.
I figured he wouldn't sign his grant-in-aid if he wasn't 100% certain, but its nice to get absolute closure on it.
Lol. The students rushed the court, and they still had to play overtime.
Imagine if that happened in college ball. They'd call the game.
Why? We just hired the hottest up and coming offensive mind in the college game, signed the top JUCO QB in the country, who will be competing with another four star QB for the starting job, have four well-regarded WR verbals, three of whom will be enrolling early, and who will all be competing yo complement the top receiver in the ACC in 2015, plus a glut of talent at the tailback position and finally some depth on the OL to the tune of eighteen bodies to fill the five spots.
We will be fine with or without this kid. This kid, however, might have a far better college career if he switches to the good guys.
Welp. Consider me convinced.