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A slideshow of his work can be watched here: http://starwars.com/news/ralph_mcquarrie_remembered.html I've never been aware of him and watched his work for the first time now. I like his ability to create depth. The lightsabres from ANH sketch have truely deserved this name, and the slender Y-Wings are simply fantastic.

Hmm...that's what I'd call a summary of the plot and a little bit of interpretation: “The story is about a girl that is forced to marry a man she doesn't love, and her brother who tries to rescue her from this destiny. It turns out that Assajj Ventress, who recently became part of a band of bounty hunters, is the one to make the ultimate decision of the girl's future. Ventress and the bounty hunters were hired by a henchman of the ruler of an unknown planet in order to protect the cargo of a train. It turned out that the cargo consisted of a girl that was stolen from her family and forced into a future that she didn’t choose, and that the attackers are lead by her brother who tries to get his sister back to her family. Ventress is able to defend the cargo against the attackers and to capture their leader, the brother of the kidnapped girl. The girl accuses Ventress of not knowing what it’s like to be ripped of her family, to being forced to live up to circumstances that were not chosen by herself. Ventress realizes that the girl and herself are of the same kind, and that the girl’s future resembles Ventress’ past and present. In the following events, Ventress is going to take control of the situation that she was forced into and that she is part of: she confronts Boba with what she determines to be a fair share of the bounty; since he doesn’t give in, she confronts him with the fact who is the true master of the situation and who she really is. In the end, Ventress has changed: the bounty hunters stick to their role of bounty hunters without being able to reflect this role, its implications for their actions, and the question of personal control of the factors that determine who they are. Ventress on the other hand is not “that worse anymore”: she has realized what made her act like she acted and that she is able to control these conditions. That’s why she truly has a future, while the bounty hunters are determined by their past.” I think you guys are too obsessed with details Personally, I liked the episode a lot.

You're right. Well, I'd say that probably Boba hit the button

The box was locked and could not be opened from the inside, but by pressing the white button located at the front side. During the struggle in the train, the box fell on the frontside. Thus, the button was "pressed" and the box opened. Indeed, Ventress has become quite a character. Again, she has lost everything, and that makes her free to make her own choices. From the point she decided not to hand over the girl onwards, she is in control of each subsequent situation and of her emotions. Ventress realizes that somehow, she has changed, which is inconsistent with the motto of the episode: "Who we are never changes, wo we think we are does." Until recently, "who she thought she was" was determined by the circumstances. Now, as these circumstances are gone, she is able to live up to her own rules: She accepts her past and who she is, and she allows her emotion to control her action to some extend, to give it impuls and direction. But she doesn't allow that emotion to carry her away: she doesn't hand over the girl, but she wants to get paid for it, and she makes the rules: "You pay my price first, then you get the girl!" To the question of the brother, "how do I know that you don't take the credits, and then hand us over?", she simply replies: "You don't!" In avoiding attachements that'd determine her actions, she is the opposite of Anakin, who cannot overcome his past and whose actions are determined by his past. He is never fully able to realize and to overcome the factors that determine his actions. In this, Anakin and Ventress are different, and this difference is expressed in her final words: "Now, I have a future." Anakin, on the other hand, has none: Unlike Ventress, he cannot set his own course of action.

I generally agree on that. When using spoilers, I was thinking of those who prefer to download the full arc before watching it.

Damn. Ventress definetly is my favorite character I wonder if we'll see her in the past two episodes and if her destiny and her new freedom are connected to Mother Talzin's plans and Savage Opress.

The same here. What caught my attention on the first picture is not the dragon, but the upper left corner of the cave. It looks so...curvy. Pretty well done I think the dark green of the dragon fits in there pretty well. I cannot make any further statements about the dragon, I'm too distracted by the cave

Ah! A classic

I like it, and I always think it's a good idea to keep think simple in the beginning. I think is a pretty approximation of the scene without getting lost in details. Basically, the whole scene can be reduced to one "room" (part of the corridor and a closed that marks the end of the corridor) with Leia and R2, two corridors (vertical/horizontal) and one passage in a second wall in front of the "room".

Thanks Next question: Does anyone have/can get more pictures of this AT-AT? edit: Dumb question, I forgot that google is my friend... Here, I found a foto stream.

Does anyone know if the the Dropship (set 10195) is compatible with the Turbo Tank (set 8098)? If so, can anyone explain to me the general mechanism how vehicles are attached to the dropship, and why they keep attached to the dropship? I don't understand it Thanks. edit: Due to this picture/comments, it works. That leaves me with the question how the mechanism functions precisely. If anyone feels inclined to explain it to me I'd be very gratefull

I paid roughly 17 British Pounds for four Sandtroopers on Bricklink (shipping included). I still think that it is a fair price, but learning about prices in other countries, mainly the U.S. and GB, often makes me breathless.

Well, I mean the pattern (not the colour) of the Horn Company troopers' legs, not the pattern of the Bomb Squad troopers'

That's an insane discount, and you are lucky to have gotten them for such a low price

Yes, it is.

Well...seems like a solid guess to me

I have no idea about the logic behind it. The patterns of Cody's leg printing is the same as the pattern of the Horn Company Troopers. Lego gave them printed legs, but not Cody.

I have to agree that the sample is pretty short. Personally, I don't get why she doesn't escape if she can escape. It simply doesn't make any sense to me. So without any further information, this passage cannot be evaluated. That's why I had to read the first pages rather than a brief passage that was practically summoned out of nowhere.

Found this on www.fbtb.net, and I liked the idea The user Shannon Ocean posted it on www.flickr.com. I wasn't sure were to post it, though:

I do not think that the degree of painting determines the colour of the arms of the minifigure. Just think of Commander Cody:

Actually, I think the ARF in 9488 is meant to represent this one from Rancor Batallion: The Wolfpack ARF has a slightly different (imo cooler) face printing (more red around the "mouth"):

I'm fine with the pictures, thanks I like the "comparison merged" idea; it's precisely what I had in mind. Before you get lost in the chaos of bricks in order to redesign certain aspects, I'd make a short list of things you want to fix. Before adressing further issues, I'd stick to them first.

Thanks. I think the head is fine, and I think you got the relations pretty well. One might argue about details, but the shape is decent. The front "shoulders" seem to be too close to the "throat" of the modell, but that's just an impression. I'd like to see more pictures from several angels, beginning with a frontal view of the back and ending with a frontal view of the front. Do you have a gallery somewhere?

It looks pretty good so far I'm very curious about the legs and feets, and how they'll fit to the overall shape of the modell.