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Han - Solo Movie ** Spoilers ** — Page 87

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L3-37? As in “leet” from “L3375P3@K”? Not sure if I think it’s a clever joke or a lame reference to internet nerd culture.

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Yeah, that feels like a holdover from Lord & Miller.

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ZkinandBonez said:

L3-37:

A “self-made droid”, L3-37 has cobbled herself together using an assortment of components from astromechs, protocol droids and countless other robotic sources, devising her own form and function to become something quite unique – with an impressive AI to match. L3-37 is Lando Calrissian’s enlightened navigator and co-pilot. Her programming makes for an indignant, spirited and somewhat eccentric companion, who cares deeply about droid rights. With a mind of her own (after all, she built it) L3-37 is subservient to no one.

Sounds worryingly lame.

*Times are tough under Imperial rule, with planets across the galaxy feeling the pressure of the Emperor’s iron grip. One such world that has seen better days is Corellia, transformed by the Galactic Empire into one of its principle starship production facilities, it’s famous shipyards now churning out TIE fighters, Star Destroyers and many other weapons of Imperial domination. To survive the harsh reality that has befallen his homeworld, a young street thief named Han spends his days running scams while working for a notorious Corellian gang, stealing what he can and cutting deals on behalf of his ill-tempered crime boss. Han is unrefined, reckless, and continuously getting himself into scrapes – then improvising his way out of them. Never one to plan too far ahead, Han goes where opportunity calls.

Sounds great!

Determined to become “the best pilot in the galaxy”, he enlists in the Imperial navy only to find himself kicked out of the flight academy for “having a mind of his own”.*

Ehh…

Ray’s Lounge
Biggs in ANH edit idea
ROTJ opening edit idea

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She’s probably a droid who was damaged and abandoned by a previous owner and modified and repaired themselves. Not much of a stretch as we’ve seen a droid who went into the bounty hunter business. None of this backstory may even make it into the movie. Did we take all the cantina alien bios as gospel?
The name could be a play on LUH-3417 who was THX’s roomate in THX-1138.
Vuffi Ra would have been a nice nod to the Lando novels though.

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DominicCobb said:

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Vuffi Ra would have been a nice nod to the Lando novels though.

Nah. Why recanonize elements people might actually care about?

Huh, I thought I was the only one who didn’t care about Thrawn.

Alright, so that’s one major element fanboys are in love with that was reinstated. Essentially everything else has been pointless minutiae.

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DuracellEnergizer said:

DominicCobb said:

DuracellEnergizer said:

SilverWook said:

Vuffi Ra would have been a nice nod to the Lando novels though.

Nah. Why recanonize elements people might actually care about?

Huh, I thought I was the only one who didn’t care about Thrawn.

Alright, so that’s one major element fanboys are in love with that was reinstated. Essentially everything else has been pointless minutiae.

There seems to be a conscious decision to not bring in characters. Characters carry the baggage of their past stories. Background minutiae is just that.

I do hope that in the future they’ll feel free to add in older characters. But then you’ll still get bitching. If this new droid was called Vuffi Ra, people would complain the he’s not supposed to be a she, and he’s supposed to have tentacles, etc. On the other hand they could have had Vuffi Ra in the film be just like in the books, but then your tying the hands of the filmmakers who wanted to create their own character, which was the whole point of the reboot anyway to avoid that.

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It reflects how I first imagined Corellia before I immersed myself in the EU.

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I question the need for that in the General section as well. OffTopic has some random NSFW threads, use those next time?

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I know right? It would be nice if my boss or kid didn’t have to see a wafer cooking screwing a donut, but maybe I’m oversensitive.

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Someone’s never seen a DEVO music video before!

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Far worse images have been posted around here than a 37 year old image of a french fry in a doughnut. 😉

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Looks like they erased his lower torso and some parts of his legs to fit him on the poster. Jeez.

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It’s unwise to digitally alter a Wookiee!

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