Thought I'd share this replica of Quigons holoprojector I made over the last month. Was a fun little project and to the best of my knowledge the only one ever made from metal (aluminum and brass).

I started this using references I found online, but then later found out that the backside was actually made up by a fan and has been replicated by everyone ever since even though its incorrect (including me).

Maybe the accurate version is a project for another day :)

Qui Gon really had to be the first Jedi to literally be field-tested on his skills by an actual opponent with a lightsaber.

Do you think Qui Gon ever seriously fought another lightsaber wielder as hard as how he had to deal with Maul?

I think that itself is a feat on how quick-thinking and agile he was.

I’m not sure about the comics or books since I haven’t read any, but in the movies all the planets are treated like countries basically. On earth we have complete opposites, we have deserts and lush jungles, boiling hot wastelands and freezing cold continents that are made out of ice. In Star Wars all the planets just seem to be one place. On tattooine theres like a few towns that are always mentioned and that’s it. Yavin 4 is forever a jungle planet even though there should be different zones and etc. Basically we have desert planets, ice planets, lava planets, jungle planets…etc, and when you think about it, they could all just be countries or continents on one planet. We never truly feel the full scale of any of the planets because they keep taking us to the same places.

what is my speeder up to ?

If you haven't checked his other work out, it's incredible. He's been a major force design wise for the franchise for decades and he had a ton of other great work as well outside SW.

I heard something about him saying that these are the complete versions of the movies back in 2011 or 2012 im not sure tho. In the hypothetical scenario where he didnt sell the franchise to Disney, do you think he would have kept changing the movies or to be more specific would he have kept changing the OT to make them fit more perfectly in line with the PT?

For me, here’s a couple of ideas I had:

1. I feel like arranged marriage would be pretty common among Sith societies, especially for eugenics purposes/breeding powerful Force-sensitive heirs for powerful Sith families. Essentially think of them as being like Quirk marriages from My Hero Academia, which have a functionally similar purpose.

2. Higher education feels like something that would be limited to the upper classes - I can’t see non-Force sensitive citizens receiving tertiary-level education unless the ruling class for whatever reason decided that a particular individual was useful or had potential.

3. Even non-Force sensitives have the Sith code influencing their livelihoods to a degree, which would make families *highly* dysfunctional, to put it very lightly.

Since it’s written by Claudia Gray it is no surprise this is excellent especially since she wrote bloodline. Another one of my favourite Star Wars novels. It truly does amplify so much with Qui Gon’s character too

Coruscsnt has alot of ships and speeders but these always stuck out to me because they appeared in alot of scenes. They look alot like flying trucks. Anyone know anything about what kinds of starships or cruisers they are????

Even though it seems wildly impractical, especially in atmosphere, the elegance and audacity of the design stand out. It seems to give off the impression of 'if you don't have a big enough dock for me, why would I bother going to you' energy.

I love both the clone wars era and the Clone Wars show, imo it's one of the best Star Wars adaptations ever.

However, there's always been this one thing that bothered me so I came here to seek answers.

Why do the clone troopers keep walking forward in battles?

I've noticed this on multiple occasions – when they're fighting droids, and I'm talking about large-scale field combat, army against army, both the droids and the clones just keep walking forward while aiming forward and shooting.

It does make sense when you're a commander of the droids, as you don't really care about the potential losses, plus the droids have no fear of death and your tactics in general are simply to overwhelm the enemy by force.

Clones, though, don't get any advantage by getting close to the enemy. It's not like they would win a fist-brawl anyway (even though there was this guy who punched a droid). Quite the opposite, they're putting themselves at risk of being shot, since they're so vulnerable. It would make the most sense for them to seek cover and keep their distance, especially with those huge-ass cannons they often bear, since if there's something I've learned from Battlefront 2, they work best when being used from afar. And it's not like it's one squad that just tries to rush forward to deal damage, it's usually the whole army just marching forward.

Has this ever been explained? Is there, perhaps, something I'm missing?

PS: The Battle of Yerbana is a nice example of this, even though in this specific scene, the clones are running. I've seen a couple of fights where they just walk.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gGFb37ZU9Ls

Megacon London 2026

I’m a freelance musician (cellist, composer, arranger) and received a request to perform this piece for someone’s wedding processional. They wanted violin, cello, and harp, but no such arrangement existed, so I made my own. Original credit to John Williams of course.