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Remember, it's "tauntauns" not "Tauntauns"

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12 hours ago, Khobai said:

Im still waiting for them to make Hantaun

Han solo on a tauntaun operative

Han and Luke.

I want someone charging with a lightsaber on a Ton-Taun

Also luke on tauntaun was a mini I loved from the star wars miniatures games and I would like to have it again with a fantastic sculpt

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Isn’t it also the title of the unit, and so when used in the forums and referring to the unit, wouldn’t it be capitalized?

And yeah I know the title is Tauntaun Riders, but since when do things not get shortened (even to the point of just “Tauns“)?

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1 hour ago, JediPartisan said:

Isn’t it also the title of the unit, and so when used in the forums and referring to the unit, wouldn’t it be capitalized?

And yeah I know the title is Tauntaun Riders, but since when do things not get shortened (even to the point of just “Tauns“)?

Exactly.  In Legion, we are referring to the unit, not the species.  Just as you capitalize ARCs, Stormtroopers, Pathfinders, etc, you should capitalize Tauntauns. 

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Actually Tauntaun Riders refer more to the riders than the tauntauns.

But a Tauntaun Riders with no Tauntaun to ride is no more a rider. And a Tauntaun is still a Tauntaun even if no rider on it.

I am very lost

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18 minutes ago, Krakus said:

Actually Tauntaun Riders refer more to the riders than the tauntauns.

But a Tauntaun Riders with no Tauntaun to ride is no more a rider. And a Tauntaun is still a Tauntaun even if no rider on it.

I am very lost

If only a roguish Tauntaun Rider could find you, sacrifice his tauntaun to save you, set up camp, and get you back to where you needed to be, you'd no longer be lost.

Edited by oreet

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I prefer to just call them dead when it comes to table top.

They are also lovingly referred to by some of my group as "Those stupid snow lizards" (for those of us who aren't Rebel players!)

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9 hours ago, Krakus said:

Han and Luke.

I want someone charging with a lightsaber on a Ton-Taun

Also luke on tauntaun was a mini I loved from the star wars miniatures games and I would like to have it again with a fantastic sculpt

dont forget emperor palpataun either.

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29 minutes ago, evo454 said:

If you aren't quipping and making weird noises every activation, are you even really playing?

Anytime Vader activates I hum the Imperial March.

7 minutes ago, Khobai said:

dont forget emperor palpataun either.

So this can expand out to the X-Wing game too. I love flying around in the Millenium Faltaun, shooting down Imperial TAUN Fighters while protecting the Tauntive IV.

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Tauntaun/Tauntauns is/are a proper noun, insofar as it refers to the species ridden in the movies. They had a rich and sophisticated culture of their own before contact with humans. This culture largely consisted of Wampa avoidance techniques, the location of known sources of geothermal heat, how to find lichen, and so forth. However these behaviors are not instinctive and have to be re-taught to each new generation of Tauntauns by the previous generation. Hence, it's a culture. So, it's capitalized like "Greek", "Roman", "Spartan", etc. However there are some 15 types of tauntauns, to which greater category Tauntauns belong, which means either is correct if you're referring to the ones we use in the game.

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