The thing about TWOK space battles that make them so striking is how the use phasers and show the damage they cause. It makes the battle between the Enterprise and Reliant feel at times like a close range knife fight. Each ship feels battered and cut up. Brilliantly done.

Posting once or twice a day in the fleet junkie thread, chatting with ThrawnMcEwok.

I only focused on the art yesterday, but looking at these cards again, I LOVE that the title for Home One is "Heart of the fleet" 💪

Bread and circuses while the republic crumbles

Man, I stopped collecting Star Wars: Unlimited, but I still LOVE looking at the art. Really top notch stuff!

I love that the New Republic navy and army/starfighter corps both have a colonel rank. Same number of pips, same title, but the appropriate colors. 😂🤷🏻‍♂️

Oh Pablo 😂

Today, Caileen used one of my “cute little tea cups” for the first time 👨🏻‍🦲

I think this is the last piece of background "junk" in ROTJ that hasn't been properly identified. 🧐 (As far as I am aware. I don't think that talented folks like EC Henry or others have played with this one yet)

The ugliest warship in the Alliance.

This letter from Mon Mothma to Admiral Ackbar following his assuming command of the Alliance Navy is one of my fav bits of WEG lore. With a few small tweaks, this could literally be what Ackbar was told following the death of Raddus. Telaris became much more prominent in the new canon too!

@admiraljello.bsky.social Your Mon Calamari doppelgänger just dropped

Yesssssssss

Huh, the Wook says that a Mon Calamari appeared in TMAG. I'm usually better at spotting my favorite fish, does anyone know where one appears? I'm guessing background at Adelphi Base?

Thanks to this article, I learned today about a Y-wing model made for ANH that is nicknamed "Red Jammer Y-wing" and how it inspired the Y-wings in TMAG. 🤓 (mild spoilers in this article) www.starwars.com/news/star-wa...

I have so many thoughts about the Hutts, the state of their affairs, and how some canon events from the New Republic Era tied really well into how they were shown on-screen in TMAG. We've got some hints about what has been going on in Hutt Space post-Endor, it is ripe for exploring in a story.

Those ears! 🐕

BREAKING: Ysanne Isard resigns

Too bad @fractalchurn.bsky.social doesn't have his website anymore, cause I'd treat you all to a typo strewn 2000 word essay on the political ramifications of the final battle in The Mandalorian and Grogu

Seeing shit that I believe was first shown in Dark Horse Comics Empire #17 in 2004 on the big screen was pretty fuckin cool 🔥

Just left the film. Caileen’s general post-movie thoughts: 1. Grogu is adorable 2. Lots of “pew pew” 3. She really liked Rotta As for me? It was fun, very ROTJ-coded, and I got to see Y-wings doing their job effectively 🔥🔥🔥

On our way to dinner then the movie!

Update: Apparently the tickets I bought were for 5:15pm (when I thought I was able to get off work early before a late-day meetings was scheduled), so I just had to buy another pair of tickets for the 7:00pm showing. you're welcome, Disney.

Apparently, I took this picture around four years ago, I believe this is the closest I’ve ever got to cosplay 😂😂

WEG sourcebook art was simply the best ❤️

I asked Caileen this morning if she wanted to watch the first few episodes of The Mandalorian to get a sense of the style and feel of what the film will be. She looked me dead in the eye and said "I'm gonna take a few gummies before we go, I think I'll be fine." 😂

We’re embracing our new seagull watching hobby

Caileen: What night are we seeing the Star Trek movie? Me: Star Trek movie? Caileen: Yeah, the one with Pedro Pascal and the cute green baby. Me:

Caileen and I are VERY invested in watching our “neighbors” Patty & Dave build their nest and raise a family on our actual neighbors roof. I can watch them right outside my second story home office window, we learned a lot about seagulls and their habits last year.

"featuring AdmiralNick22 screaming at the TV when Admiral Ackbar faces off with Grand Admiral Thrawn"

Ugh, never fun to have to fire someone.

Me, who hates/does not conventions, breathing the sweet spring air this afternoon: (As for the rest of you- Godspeed, Rebels 🫡)

ok, I'm headed back to my meeting now

Now I see why James Kahn's ROTJ novelization describes the battle in so much more vidid detail. He was working off the storyboards.

I’m guessing this shot was omitted due to it being too complicated to do the VFX for, but good god, what I would give to see these exact scenes done in modern CGI. 🤩 I can see why George DID do scenes like this in ROTS though. He finally had the tech to do it 🤓

I'm not making any purchases (stupid wedding), but holy smokes, I'm seeing stuff from the space battle over Endor storyboards that I've never seen before! Omitted and edited/expanded scenes. 😍 choicefineart.com/collections/...

This short video remains one of the coolest Star Wars battles of all time. 🔥🔥 I love battles that tell a story vs. a bunch of chaotic "pew pew pew" moments. This tells a GREAT story. Every time I watch it, I wonder for the millionth time why we haven't had a SW show about starfighter pilots yet. 🫡

Dark Empire is one of the best Star Wars stories ever told. It’s better than 90% of the stories in Legends

May 4. The one day of the year every single one of my friends and family members send me irritating Star Wars GIFs all day long. 🫠

Headed to San Francisco for the day with Caileen 🌁

In the case of AdmiralNick22 vs. Owen R. Dog, the jury (Caileen) finds the defendant NOT GUILTY 🐕😑

Star Trek: TNG Babylon 5 The Office X-Men (90's version + 97) ExoSquad (don't you fucking @ me) Fraiser The Simpsons The OC (S1-S3, fight me) Star Wars: Rebels Scrubs (show has so much fucking heart) Shrinking Ted Lasso (Bill Lawrence is good) Enterprise (I've got faith) Family Guy Futurama

I wish we knew what type of frigate the Alderaanian ship Sunspire was. Ditto knowing more about the Sullustan ringships, both of which appear in the Aftermath Trilogy

I was around 8 years old when this came out. My mom bought it to read, then gave the copy to me (I was already a voracious reader by this time). I distinctly remember the "crawl" on the back cover. My thumbworn, faded, and tattered copy (the same one from my mom) is among by most Sacred Jedi Texts.

@kelly-knox.com I just noticed your new avatar. I love it! Is it from your latest book? 👀

Well, the engagement ring was just paid in full. Guess it it time to sell Nick Pics on OnlyFins

Nothing sums up the current state of America better than the fact that the king of the country we declared our independence from used his speech to Congress to remind us of the rights and ideals that our Founders fought to gain. Washington, Adams, Jefferson, etc would fall out of their chairs.

I do love that the only capital ship vs. capital ship kill we see in ROTJ is a wingless MC80 knocking out an ISD with a salvo of turbolasers. 🔥