New RotS TV spots on sw.com (spoilers obviously)

Stravo · Post by **Stravo** » 2005-04-21 12:18pm

Old Plympto wrote:
Vympel wrote:
3rd Impact wrote:Voiceovers aside, very nice. I liked that shot of a Venator flying along in Imperial Grey.
Yeah shit, didn't notice that, they got rid of the Republic paint-job!
How much paint remover they used for the whole fleet, you think?

Well, clearly this shows a superiority of Star Wars painting technology as opposed to Trek painting technology. Some Trek ships have been seen to sport some very shoddy paint jobs for episodes or throughout a movie while the Empire can repaint thousands of ships at a moment's notice.

PWNED!!!!

Spanky The Dolphin · Post by **Spanky The Dolphin** » 2005-04-21 02:06pm

My apologies to everyone. I didn't know that showed up in one of the themes.

VT-16 · Post by **VT-16** » 2005-04-21 03:34pm

Well, clearly this shows a superiority of Star Wars painting technology as opposed to Trek painting technology. Some Trek ships have been seen to sport some very shoddy paint jobs for episodes or throughout a movie while the Empire can repaint thousands of ships at a moment's notice.

PWNED!!!!

I´ll drink to that!

YT300000 · Post by **YT300000** » 2005-04-21 08:01pm

Stravo wrote:
Old Plympto wrote:
Vympel wrote: Yeah shit, didn't notice that, they got rid of the Republic paint-job!
How much paint remover they used for the whole fleet, you think?
Well, clearly this shows a superiority of Star Wars painting technology as opposed to Trek painting technology. Some Trek ships have been seen to sport some very shoddy paint jobs for episodes or throughout a movie while the Empire can repaint thousands of ships at a moment's notice.

PWNED!!!!

Maybe the Venators just had removable decals?

Spanky The Dolphin · Post by **Spanky The Dolphin** » 2005-04-21 08:30pm

Yeah, huge giant dry transfers.

Hardy · Post by **Hardy** » 2005-04-21 08:44pm

Old Plympto wrote: How much paint remover they used for the whole fleet, you think?

Likely between 1E5 and 1E6 litres per ship based on some assumptions of the area being covered by that paint. It's hard to be any more precise that that without making more assumptions.

Though Imperial painting capabilities would make a nice topic on the Commentaries.

But seriously, it is possible that those Venators are really just new ones. Frugality doesn't seem to be one of the virtues of the Empire.

VT-16 · Post by **VT-16** » 2005-04-22 02:50am

Wasn´t the ones earlier in the film just part of Open Circle Fleet? (With the red and yellow circle on the hull.)

Spanky The Dolphin · Post by **Spanky The Dolphin** » 2005-04-22 03:14am

Yeah, that would be the fleet under the command of Obi-Wan and Anakin.

Old Plympto · Post by **Old Plympto** » 2005-04-22 07:47am

Spanky The Dolphin wrote:Yeah, that would be the fleet under the command of Obi-Wan and Anakin.

"Third Fleet" or somethin like that?

Post by **Vympel** » 2005-04-22 11:32am

No, Open Circle fleet. Depending on the markings on the ship, it lets us know which squadron number they are.

VT-16 · Post by **VT-16** » 2005-04-22 11:38am

"Third Fleet" or somethin like that?

The fleet is Open Circle Fleet. You´re thinking of the Third Army, which Anakin was in command of.

Old Plympto · Post by **Old Plympto** » 2005-04-22 12:00pm

Thanks. Man I can't wait for a Clone Wars Order of Battle someday.

Stravo · Post by **Stravo** » 2005-04-22 12:16pm

VT-16 wrote:
"Third Fleet" or somethin like that?
The fleet is Open Circle Fleet. You´re thinking of the Third Army, which Anakin was in command of.

So Anakin was a General in the Clone wars as well? How does a Padawan become a general in the span of what? Two years between AOTC and ROTS? Was attrition rates that high for Jedi Masters?

Lord Revan · Post by **Lord Revan** » 2005-04-22 12:19pm

Stravo wrote:So Anakin was a General in the Clone wars as well? How does a Padawan become a general in the span of what? Two years between AOTC and ROTS? Was attrition rates that high for Jedi Masters?

it's 3 years and (during and) after "Jedi Trial" Anakin will a a General (also he's promoted to Jedi Knight after "Jedi Trial")

Stravo · Post by **Stravo** » 2005-04-22 12:22pm

Lord Revan wrote:
Stravo wrote:So Anakin was a General in the Clone wars as well? How does a Padawan become a general in the span of what? Two years between AOTC and ROTS? Was attrition rates that high for Jedi Masters?
it's 3 years and (during and) after "Jedi Trial" Anakin will a a General (also he's promoted to Jedi Knight after "Jedi Trial")

So do Jedi Knights automatically become Generals? I always assumed that it was Masters who were Generals and Knights were something less, like platoon or battalion leaders.

Lord Revan · Post by **Lord Revan** » 2005-04-22 12:27pm

Stravo wrote:So do Jedi Knights automatically become Generals? I always assumed that it was Masters who were Generals and Knights were something less, like platoon or battalion leaders.

Knights and Masters are the General (Aayla Secura is one of the Generals in Geonosis and she's just a Knight) and Padawans Serve as Second in command or spec-op and Clones or conscripts take care of the lower ranks

Old Plympto · Post by **Old Plympto** » 2005-04-22 12:34pm

Didn't Obi-Wan call Anakin "Commander Skywalker" in the toon, just before the Battle of Muunilist?

Firefox · Post by **Firefox** » 2005-04-22 02:24pm

Old Plympto wrote:Didn't Obi-Wan call Anakin "Commander Skywalker" in the toon, just before the Battle of Muunilist?

That was before his knighthood. He's apparently a general in RotS, at least.