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Tell me the Fate of Captain Needa....

Started by Spike, July 03, 2007, 04:57:17 PM

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Spike

July 03, 2007, 04:57:17 PM
As in...


"Apology accepted, Captain Needa."

 Which shouldn't require any more than that, or else I'm in the wrong geek room.
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Sosthenes

#1
July 03, 2007, 05:18:43 PM
Erm, he died, giving his live freely for one of the best quotes in movie history?
 

Spike

#2
July 03, 2007, 05:32:49 PM
Aha...

but did he really die?  I am of the impression that Vader stopped before death. He FORGAVE Needa, 'cause he had the stones to own up to the failure.

Besides, my memory might be playing tricks on me, but wasn't Needa an ADMIRAL before that scene? As in: You live, but fuck that admiral shit... CAPTAIN Needa...
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TonyLB

#3
July 03, 2007, 05:37:04 PM
Quote from: Spikebut did he really die?  I am of the impression that Vader stopped before death. He FORGAVE Needa, 'cause he had the stones to own up to the failure.
Dude ... does that sound like Vader?  He's not some nineties-sensitive-ponytail guy who measures strength in being able to face his own failings.

Vader's the guy who has the stones to own up to his own failure AND to kill the stupid mother-fuck who brings it to his attention ... and to accept the moron's apology as he kills him.
Superheroes with heart:  Capes!

Sosthenes

#4
July 03, 2007, 05:38:33 PM
Erm, yeah. "Apology accepted" wouldn't awesome if he really meant it. Search your feelings, Spike!

Et, voila!
 

beejazz

#5
July 04, 2007, 02:30:23 AM
We all know Vader was just killing off scores of officers, because he happens to favor Liet. Look at this... all these officers fuck up and die. Liet gets a stern lecture about "the emporer is not as forgiving as I am." Yeah.

Or am I remembering that wrong?

Spike

#6
July 05, 2007, 11:23:44 AM
Sos: your link suggests the reason for my confusion. Needa just doesn't act completely dead  when they drag him out.   I always felt he looked too alive.

Now: is this a failure of the actor, or is it actually indicative that Vader is ruthless enough to choke the shit out of an officer then let him live to promote efficency?

That's not ponytail leadership, thats machiavellian 'fear is better than respect' shit.
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#7
July 05, 2007, 11:41:54 AM
Quote from: SpikeNow: is this a failure of the actor, or is it actually indicative that Vader is ruthless enough to choke the shit out of an officer then let him live to promote efficency?
Or maybe Vader's not done choking him yet!  "Take this guy away ... by the time you get to the incinerator chute I'll be done choking him to death.  Meantime, I'm multitasking." :D
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Sosthenes

#8
July 05, 2007, 11:51:10 AM
Quote from: SpikeNow: is this a failure of the actor, or is it actually indicative that Vader is ruthless enough to choke the shit out of an officer then let him live to promote efficency?

Darth Vader was not able to force choke someone. The crew just played along, as he was damn well able to chop them to bits with a lightsaber.
 

Spike

#9
July 05, 2007, 04:47:29 PM
Quote from: SosthenesDarth Vader was not able to force choke someone. The crew just played along, as he was damn well able to chop them to bits with a lightsaber.

Someone was telling me about a 'Robot Chicken' cartoon they saw where that was the very plot. They had this one guy they always sent up in various disguises to get 'choked to death'.  My understanding of it goes that there was no force, just a bunch of people playing along with a very scary dude, humoring his insanity...
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Sosthenes

#10
July 06, 2007, 02:25:36 AM
That's what I was alluding to. I'm not that original ;)
 

hgjs

#11
July 08, 2007, 04:37:56 PM
Quote from: SosthenesDarth Vader was not able to force choke someone.

That's understandable, given that each cybernetic limb gives a cumulative -1 penalty to Use the Force rolls.
 

ElectroKitty

#12
July 08, 2007, 10:40:05 PM
Quote from: beejazzWe all know Vader was just killing off scores of officers, because he happens to favor Liet. Look at this... all these officers fuck up and die. Liet gets a stern lecture about "the emporer is not as forgiving as I am." Yeah.

Or am I remembering that wrong?
I'm pretty sure that's Piet, but yeah, I got that feeling too. Vader's really a big softy, giving his pet Piet a rise to the top.

Remember when the Falcon actually gets away, right after Piet had asured Vader that the hyperdrive was deactivated? Anyone else there would be dead before the Falcon was fully out of sight. Not Vader's golden boy.

Of course, it's possible that Vader knew that R2D2 was on the Falcon and had to have fixed it, being that R2 was his favorite droid before he fell to the dark side....

Nah. Even then, anybody else standing there would have been hamburger.
 

beejazz

#13
July 08, 2007, 10:51:32 PM
D'oh! I had a feeling I had the name wrong when Wookiepedia didn't have anything!

Curse my lack of foresight in having left the tapes in DE for my younger sisters to find and absorb...

jrients

#14
July 09, 2007, 10:02:54 AM
I agree that the actor playing Needa doesn't look completely dead as they drag him away, but I always assumed he was supposed to be.  However, a live, demoted Captain Needa would make a very interesting character to encounter in a post-Empire Star Wars campaign.
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