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Post by Science Fiction Movie on Nov 17, 2023 5:42:44 GMT
Specially designed for deep space exploration and reconnaissance, probe droids are employed in science and military applications. Tenacious hunters and searchers, probe droids (or probots) have a variety of sensors, and the ones employed by the Empire are armed with powerful blasters and, in some models, shields. Upon arrival at their target location, they gather information. If confronted after their main mission has been completed these droids can self-destruct. Imperial probes are vaguely arachnid in shape, with a dark metal finish, bulbous sensor "eyes" and spindly manipulator arms.
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Post by Science Fiction Movie on Nov 17, 2023 5:43:20 GMT
Once the heroic Jedi Knight named Anakin Skywalker, Darth Vader was seduced by the dark side of the Force. Forever scarred by his defeat on Mustafar, Vader was transformed into a cybernetically-enhanced Sith Lord. At the dawn of the Empire, Vader led the Empire’s eradication of the Jedi Order and the search for survivors. He remained in service of the Emperor -- the evil Darth Sidious -- for decades, enforcing his Master’s will and seeking to crush the Rebel Alliance and other detractors. But there was still good in him…
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Post by Science Fiction Movie on Nov 17, 2023 5:43:55 GMT
The Empire’s combat drivers are trained to handle everything in the Imperial ground arsenal, but AT-AT pilots see themselves as elite, controlling their massive four-footed assault vehicles in combat against Rebel targets. While driving early models of their massive walking tanks, AT-AT pilots nearly annihilated the Ghost crew and three surviving clones on Seelos, and later obeyed General Veers’ orders during the Empire’s advance on Hoth’s Echo Base, destroying numerous snowspeeders and blasting apart the Rebels’ ground defenses.
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Post by Science Fiction Movie on Nov 17, 2023 5:44:34 GMT
A cool and efficient officer, General Veers led the Imperial assault on Hoth, marching his AT-AT walkers across the planet's frozen plains and destroying the massive generators powering the Rebel base's protective energy shield.
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Post by Science Fiction Movie on Nov 19, 2023 3:01:39 GMT
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Post by Science Fiction Movie on Nov 19, 2023 3:02:42 GMT
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Post by Science Fiction Movie on Nov 19, 2023 4:03:32 GMT
Despised by starship captains, mynocks are leathery-winged parasites found winging through deep space, roosting in asteroid fields and sometimes lurking in damp locations, including the innards of space slugs. Mynocks chew power cables and devour energy conductors, and can drain a starship’s energy reserves. Wise captains check for power fluctuations and other signs of infestations, cleaning off mynocks in port before raising ship.
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Post by Science Fiction Movie on Nov 19, 2023 4:04:09 GMT
Space slugs are a staple of cantina tales told by pilots, but these monstrous creatures are more than legends, as Han Solo and the crew of the Millennium Falcon discovered while seeking refuge from the Empire in Hoth’s asteroid belt. Han hid his ship in a cave, but became suspicious of his surroundings after the cave turned out to be infested with mynocks, curiously damp, and oddly spongy underfoot. The Corellian had unwittingly flown down the gullet of a massive space slug, which tried to devour the Falcon as the ship fled.
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Post by Science Fiction Movie on Nov 19, 2023 4:04:55 GMT
Ugnaughts are a species of diminutive humanoids who divided themselves into a tribal heirarchy. They have pink skin, white hair, upturned noses, and thick layers of jowls. They found work across the galaxy everywhere from the Jedi Temple and Coruscant to Cloud City and Lothal. One notable Ugnaught scholar and antiquities expert was Korin Pers, a sava at the University of Bar’leth.
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Post by Science Fiction Movie on Nov 19, 2023 4:05:35 GMT
Lando Calrissian may have come late to the fight against the Empire, but his role in destroying the second Death Star cemented his reputation as a hero. In his youth, Lando was a sportsman seeking a fortune at the sabacc tables. After he lost his beloved ship to Han Solo, Lando spent years living the high life and pursuing get-rich-quick schemes, with uneven results. He went semi-respectable as the baron administrator of Cloud City, only to be drawn into the fight against the Empire. After a personal tragedy, Lando sought solace in isolation on Pasaana, unaware that the galaxy would need him again.
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Post by Science Fiction Movie on Nov 19, 2023 4:06:35 GMT
Never far from Baron Administrator Lando Calrissian's side was Lobot, Calrissian's aide and Cloud City's computer liaison officer. Lobot is a human male with a shiny, brain-enhancing device wrapped around the back of his skull that allowed him to contact directly with the city's central computer.
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Post by Science Fiction Movie on Nov 19, 2023 4:15:41 GMT
Wampas are powerful furred bipeds that dwell in the snowy wastes of the ice world Hoth. These hulking predators have razor-sharp fangs and claws, yet move with surprising stealth, relying on their white fur for camouflage while hunting prey such as tauntauns. A wampa attacked Luke Skywalker outside Echo Base, killing Luke’s tauntaun and dragging the rebel commander away. An injured Luke awoke to find himself upside-down in the wampa’s lair, his feet frozen into the cavern ceiling. Luke used the Force to call his lightsaber to his hand, cut himself free, and severed the wampa’s arm with a quick stroke.
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Post by Science Fiction Movie on Nov 19, 2023 4:16:25 GMT
Tauntauns are a species of snow lizard found roaming the windswept snow plains of Hoth. The Rebel Alliance domesticated the swift creature during their stay on the ice planet, and used the animals for patrol duties outside Echo Base. The animals came in useful as the rebel technicians had difficulty adapting their repulsorlift speeders to the subzero temperatures. Though tauntauns are sure-footed and well equipped to handle Hoth's daytime temperature, the chilling extremes of a Hoth night will prove deadly.
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