u/KitKatCrane

Does anyone think Devon ditched Maul on Malachor?

It could absolutely not be the case, but Maul's training took him to Malachor a few times and when he shows up in Rebels, he says he hasn't spoken to anyone in years and he pretty aggressively tries to recruit Ezra as his new apprentice.

It makes me wonder if maybe Devon left him there upon (presumably) finding out about Daki. Him being stranded implies his way to the planet was cut off, and he kills 2/3 Inquisitors that he encounters there pretty easily so it's hard to believe they were keeping him there in any capacity. Presumably he could've just killed the one who's after him (the Tenth Brother I think?) and taken his ship to go try to recruit somebody to open the temple on Malachor, instead of waiting literal years for anybody to happen upon him and getting lucky that the person who did eventually happen upon him is both willing and able to help him.

So given all that, he presumably can't get off the planet until the Inquisitor(s) show up, which means he was somehow stranded there and has not been there entirely deliberately. It seems like he would trust her a lot, as he already seems to (and seemed to trust his previous apprentice a lot), especially given that he would have longer with Devon than he did with Savage by far. So, if he trusts her a lot, then he would be more vulnerable to being betrayed by her. Plus, he talks a whole lot on Malachor about how there are always 2 Sith, invoking the Rule of Two a whole lot. The Rule of Two also always results in the apprentice beating the master (if the master wins, they find another apprentice until eventually they are in theory killed by the apprentice), but Maul's death is already written, so perhaps she beats him here as a completion of her apprenticeship. Maul isn't a Sith anymore, but he was raised as one and believes much of what they teach, but not all of it, so it's possible he still saw this as a way to teach, but it could just be good writing that he's defeated in what is effectively a Sith ritual. It would also definitely explain why he's alone at a temple he quite possibly knew required 2 to activate and even enter.

It would be a good way to tie up Devon and Maul's interconnected story while letting her continue after, and Maul obviously also continued after for some time. It would mean that Maul quite possibly teaches Devon using some methods he was taught with, which would also narratively explain why Devon hasn't shown up in other stories, because Maul was a shadowy agent of Sidious, and so he would quite possibly have her learn by going off and doing her own thing pretty regularly. It would explain why Maul seems to have not gone looking for Devon when he's back off Malachor, because he may quite possibly have just accepted her leaving on some level. He hates Sidious for what he did to Savage (and other reasons), so he may well understand Devon hating him for essentially killing Daki. He already obviously understands that concept enough to keep it a secret from her.

So, what do you all think? I know this is speculation that could totally be wrong, but I think it would be cool! It would be really ominous any time they go to Malachor if you think she's gonna find out about Daki on that planet. It explains lots about each character separately and together. I'm happy to be wrong but I'd be happy to be right too. Honestly I'm pretty confident this show will be done properly regardless, so this is just fun speculation.

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u/KitKatCrane — 5 days ago

Some Kind of Super Battlefront

I have been really into the classic Battlefront games recently and I've loved them and the new ones since each of them released, and I've spent a while thinking about what another Battlefront game could be.

It's hard to evolve that series further because it's practically gauranteed to have less content to start with than Battlefront 2 (2017) has now and that alone makes it something of a hard sell. Plus, they'd have to come up with new game modes or ways to revamp old ones, some new spin on progression and weapons and upgrades and all that.

But like, what if they didn't? Imagine if the next Battlefront was not a strictly "new" game, but a collection of *all* the Battlefront games, or as many as possible, all wrapped into one. All the EA Battlefront maps wrapped into one game would be wonderful to begin with, but imagine getting updated visuals for the old ones too. Not even new design, just a visual update to the classics, and all the gameplay tied into one game as different Star Cards and potentially different classes or special units. They could have the *best* Star Wars multiplayer game of all time, it would print money for years and years, and while they would have to do visual updates and change some heroes (or just remove them until some time after release or something) and put some minimal design into the game.

And the storyyy, we could have it so good. This would increase the scope, but imagine getting a new version of the originals Battlefront 2 story but with Dee Bradley Baker (or even Temura Morrison again) that fits into the new canon. It doesn't have to be as nuts in production value as the Battlefront 2 2017 story, it could just be done in the same way as it was before with voice over and cool little snippets of stuff. The Battlefront 1 classic story could be the same too.

Plus I'd die of excitement if this happened and they also incorporated Rogue Squadron and Elite Squadron stuff.

I know this is so very unlikely for a lot of reasons but it could be such an efficient way to make another game. It would be using design that people already love, with the newer style of gameplay that exists now in Battlefront, mechanics and assets that already exist now in Battlefront 2015 and its sequel, and would be a super nice way to tie in old Star Wars to new Star Wars.

This isn't speculation about what's next, just my heart wistfully considering what could be, even though it really *really* almost certainly will not happen.

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u/KitKatCrane — 8 days ago

Can you restart levels after playing them?

Hi! I think this is the right spot to ask this, I certainly hope so. I am wondering if you can restart levels after starting. So, could I play a bunch of say, an rpg level, and eventually decide I want to reset my progress and play from the beginning again?

I replay games a lot so I've been very curious if that's possible in Fortnite levels.

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u/KitKatCrane — 11 days ago

Hi! I'm thinking about recording audiobooks and releasing them on YouTube and *NOT* monetizing them at all. Perhaps monetizing other videos but right now I just want to create a resource online for anyone to use freely. Of course, I'd credit the author and publisher and all that in the description at the very least, though I'm not sure if I need to otherwise or not (like, in the videos) but I probably still would.

I've seen a few channels do this, such as Fulcrum Entertainment and Holocron of the Galaxy, but I'm not totally sure if there's something they're doing that makes it okay. I mean, they literally title the videos as audiobooks so maybe it's fine. But perhaps reading verbatim isn't allowed but changing a few words is? Perhaps it's allowed if you do a little chat before and/or after reading, so it counts as commentary?

Any insight would be very much welcome, whether you have a full answer or just part of one!

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u/KitKatCrane — 17 days ago