Maybe, but that is not what Ginny Di is talking about in her video. She’s specifically talking about building a “sub-optimized” character specifically because of the character’s concept, and as a role-playing challenge, such as a Rogue with a low Dexterity, or a Warlock without that class’ signature “Uber spell”, or a “bookworm” wookiee with a comparably low Brawn. In other words building a character that is, in some ways, completely against type for that species, class, career, etc. or playing up to that character’s weaknesses, not to that class’ strengths, thus giving the character room to grow, often in surprising directions. By contrast, you always look to maximize your character’s effectiveness in everything that character does. You always look to play your character’s strengths, and work to maximize them. And when you postulate different career/specialization combos, it is always with the goal of maximum ability with minimal weakness. While that isn’t inherently a bad thing in and of itself, it is not the only “right” way to build a character. What Ginny Di is talking about is almost the complete opposite: she consciously builds weaknesses into her characters, even when those weaknesses make her character sub optimal for that race or class. She deliberately plays against type.

Yep. You can also see it in this video starting at the 1:28 mark. It also reveals some interesting information about Jango when the Mando’a of Boba’s chain code is translated.

Actually, no, I didn’t optimize anything. I simply removed skills that were essentially duplicates. For instance, the D6 Blasters skill covers both Ranged Light and Ranged Heavy. Originally, I put equal ranks in both skills during conversion. I simply removed the ranks of Ranged Heavy. I did the same with other such “duplicate” skills. However, once again, Korath is not the subject of this thread, so please keep on topic.

I’ll address the last part first. Star Wars doesn’t ignore the laws of physics unless it’s dramatically appropriate. Just the opposite. They only bend the laws of physics when it is thematically appropriate. And even then they provide some reason (be it some esoteric form of technology, or the Force, or some such) why it works in order to maintain suspension or disbelief. As for “hyperspace traveling planets, the only ones we know of from canon were the planets of the Correllian system, which were moved to their location by ancient technologies, and that was only in Legends, as far as we know. No, the planets and systems of the galaxy don’t suddenly move halfway across the galaxy.

That’s your assumption. I could just as easily been referring to my Ild Republic era albino wookiee Jedi, another “non-optimized” build, and one who started out as a starting character. He started out as a Sentry, but quickly had to branch out into Armorer because of an in game need to know how to build and repair his lightsaber, something he was woefully ill equipped for. I make “non-optimized” characters all the time because I let the story dictate where I end up putting my XP as my character advances. I don’t tend to min-max or “mean-max” as you like to put it. I don’t go out of my way to “optimize” a character, as a rule. You do. So, no, I was not specifically referring to Korath with this thread. You were.

Very simple. If Star systems could regularly move around the galaxy that quickly, hyperspace navigation would be impossible. The very fact that we have set hyperspace lanes with the sectors, and systems within them clearly demarcated, and that these maps and coordinates have been in use within the GFFA of millennia shows that canonically, the systems don’t move around that drastically over the eons, nor would it be even physically possible. In order for a planet or star system to move from one part of the galaxy to a completely different one in a very short period of time, it would need to travel through hyperspace. The laws of physics themselves don’t allow it. And, contrary to popular belief, SW does still at least play lip service to the laws of physics. It doesn’t through the whole book out.

Elias is referring to my signature character, Korath, who was never even brought up, nor is he the subject of this thread. That character was a D6 character, converted to D20 RCRB, and again to F&D. He started out as a focused lightsaber jockey, and, indeed, a lot of his XP in D6 went into that skill, but a lot more went into many other, more diverse skills as time went on playing him in an actual campaign. What Elias fails to understand, is my attempts to rebuild that character was never about building an “Uber” character. It was to quite literally do a faithful one for one conversion of the D6/D20 character with all of his skills, talents, and Force powers intact with the fewest XP using the rules and looking at how this system’s attributes and skill dice codes compared to D6 SW to make a sensible and workable conversion system, for which I used Korath as a test bed. And, for the record, I have since been able to reduce his XP total down even further without sacrificing anything critical to his character. However, once again, this has nothing to do with Korath, though he is a good example of a “non-optimized” character. But that’s because he’s a character who grew organically over years of game play, he wasn’t built from whole cloth.

There are a few ways that this discrepancy can be looked at. One is Fennic not really knowing their galactic location, another being them referring to them being followed from the outer rim. The logic for this is that Gideon has been operating consistently in the Outer Rim right under the Republic’s nose, and he did follow them to Tython, which, canonically, is still in the deep core. Dave Filoni would certainly know this. Anaxes. They don’t move around that much, and certainly not that quickly. Not even a rogue star could travel from the deep core to the counter rim, which is millions of light years away, within a few weeks, months, years, or even centuries or millennia. So, no, Tython couldn’t just jump from the Deep Core to the Outer Rim.

And has such a character been brought up? Nope. 😝

Where does it say Anaxes is in the outer rim in canon? What source? All of the information I found still lists it canonically in the core; specifically in the Azure system in the Azure sector. I do not believe Fennic’s statement about the New Republic controlling the Outer Rim was a reference to Tython. Rather, it was likely an inference to the fact that Moff Gideon was operating out of, and had tracked the Razor Crest from, the Outer Rim.

No, not from Legends. The map coordinates come from the TFA beginner game, as has already been mentioned. That map is a canon map, not a Legends one. Also, every mention in canon states that it is in the deep core region. These include The Complete Locations, and TFA Visual Dictionary. Nexus of Power also lists the planet as being in the deep core. That is a canon source. One line of dialogue by a character who most likely wasn’t really paying attention to the star maps, nor helping navigate, does not change that.

I’d say she’s more than likely confused about their location, given that I am sure she wasn’t piloting nor navigating. As for if the comic specifically mentioned the planet’s galactic location, I have no clue. I haven’t personally read it. I just looked up the information regarding Tython in canon. And canonically, it is still in the deep core.

Tython also appeared in current comics. In particular, in the Doctor Aphra series. It officially appears in issue 40.

I agree with @Jegergryte, you’re assuming that the “map” is of the whole galaxy. It is more likely a sector or even system map of local space. Canonically, it’s still listed as being in the deep core at coordinates L-10.

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Yep.

Told you.😝 I’ve been saying that from the beginning, but would anyone believe me? Nooooo. 😝 🤔😝

Except they’re not “fudging” his height at all. That’s my point. And it’s not splitting hairs. Anakin Skywalker, before he donned the suit, stood at 1.85 meters, but Vader’s height is 2.2 meters. So Christiansen’s boots had lifts built into them, and his helmet was also designed to add height to him, all to make him physically taller to match Prowse’ height.

No, they didn’t. The costuming department physically increased Christiansen’s actual height. Even Anakin/Vader’s official stats say that his cybernetics increased his height when he was put in the armor. That’s not a “camera trick”. Nope. 😝

I really should make an inventory of my “trophies”... at least the non-grizzly ones. 😈

Very true. That’s one thing I like about this video in particular. She never once tells people that they should build a non-optimized character, rather gives suggestions on how to go about doing so, why it’s not inherently bad to make a character that isn’t “optimized”, and how those choices can enhance role play.

The situation with Cheedle vs Howard is a significantly different circumstance dealing with Howard and Marvel having a falling out, and the fact that Howard was a relatively minor character in his film. Marvel had to make the best out of a bad situation. As it stands, most people don’t even remember Howard as that character. This is the same situation you had with Banner. Marvel would just as likely want you to forget Norton and Eric Bana before him. The problem arises when you have to replace someone who has fully embodied that role. Imagine trying to replace Robert Downey Jr as Tony Stark in the current MCU movies. This is why they went with de-aging technology to make Downey look younger for those scenes. With James Bond, you have a very different situation as well given that the franchise routinely changes the actor every few movies. As such Bond doesn’t have a “signature” appearance outside of being very “debonair. He doesn’t have a specific height, a specific hair color, or eye color. He’s not patterned after or completely identified by one actor (though it is generally agreed that Connery was the best).

Sebastian Shaw was only shown from the chest up while in the suit. Hayden wore lifts in order to match Prowse’ height in the suit. That’s your opinion, and you’re welcome to it. I happen to disagree, as did a large number of fans who were pushing for him to get the role of Han in the movie. IMO, he did a near perfect impression of Han: his voice, mannerisms, and appearance.

Yes, he can. He’s actually done so in a number of fan films available on YouTube, which is how he got started in acting to begin with. He also did a near perfect impression of him in this video: So, yes, he can indeed pull it off.

That or hard work and willingness to put forth that effort.