The Death Star Outsourced Pt 1

Most shows rehearse what they'll talk about pre-show.  Have a format.  We... Don't.

Here's a morning IM convo between us from a about month ago.  (we back and forth fast so forgive the pacing).  It spanned about 25 mins and it's pure nerdom. 

Often times the sports Fan and the Geek battle.  On the frozen gridirons of Hoth <see what we did there?> Sometimes the Fan wins.  Sometimes the Geek does.  Clearly with this convo the Geek won...

PART 1

J-Rod: “I consider myself in that class (of great quarterbacks),” Manning told WEPN-AM radio. “Tom Brady is a great quarterback. He’s gotten better every year. He started off winning championships and I think he’s a better quarterback now than what he was, in all honesty, when he was winning those championships.

Ron Automatic: this was Eli?

J-Rod: yes

Ron Automatic: i agree

J-Rod: LOL

Ron Automatic: how come Boba Fett's cape never caught on fire from his jetpack?

J-Rod: fire resistant

Ron Automatic: why does he wear a cape? he has a jet pack!

J-Rod: why does vader?

Ron Automatic: vader wears it as a sign of elite status

Ron Automatic: like a king would

J-Rod: dooku?

J-Rod: lando?

J-Rod: LOL

Ron Automatic: BF is bounty hunter, no fucntionaly purpose

Ron Automatic: again, the time period

Ron Automatic: jedis, imperial gaurd, landos

J-Rod: he worked for jaba

J-Rod: required dress code

Ron Automatic: that chick thrown down the pit <jabbas palace> wore next to nothing, she had a dress code?

J-Rod: she was a slave whore

Ron Automatic: <see Leia>

Ron Automatic: true

J-Rod: LOL

Ron Automatic: it appears Boba also had WiFi attached to his helmet

Ron Automatic: or BT

J-Rod: their tech was much advanced

J-Rod: had cylon gear

Ron Automatic: hmm, he does seem very cylon like

J-Rod: so say we all

Ron Automatic: LOL

Ron Automatic: BF also had many "battle scars" on his armor

Ron Automatic: i was thinking it was blaster-proof armor

J-Rod: think that was jango's gear

J-Rod: he just changed the colors

J-Rod: jango's gear was fresh

J-Rod: new

Ron Automatic: yet vadar couldn't get that guy to use that <same> alloy for his stromtroppers, who take one shot and die?

J-Rod: LOL

J-Rod: well

J-Rod: if u look at the first 3 eps

Ron Automatic: the troopers are based off Jango

J-Rod: the star troopers were good fighters

J-Rod: and didnt just get killed

Ron Automatic: "use my likeness but don't use my tech"?

J-Rod: somewhere between ep 3 and 4

J-Rod: the batch changed

J-Rod: LOL

Ron Automatic: ah, i see, the emperor outsourced his factory to another country, cheap labor

Ron Automatic: lower quality

Ron Automatic: makes sense

Ron Automatic: he had to build a whole new death star, needed some xtra capital

Ron Automatic: cut cost

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