TK-8252 Posted September 23, 2004 Share Posted September 23, 2004 Anyone else notice how Chewie throws a fit anytime someone takes away his bowcaster? It's like taking away a toddler's favorite toy. Since Wookiees hand-craft their own bowcasters, I think that they have some sort of emotional attachment to their bowcaster. Heh, watch when an angry Imperial Officer rips away Chewie's bowcaster in the Endor bunker. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarthBuzzard Posted September 23, 2004 Share Posted September 23, 2004 lol I never noticed that...just another reason to watch the OT again I'll make sure to look for it though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Revlt Coranier Posted September 23, 2004 Share Posted September 23, 2004 I had always wondered why Chewie never had to cock his bowcaster between shots, but then I read that he installed an autococking mechanism. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kurgan Posted September 25, 2004 Share Posted September 25, 2004 Yeah, in the movies it's basically like Chewie's weapon is just a blaster rifle that happens to look like a futuristic crossbow. In the EU there's all this stuff about it that we never saw. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
primalunderdog Posted October 3, 2004 Share Posted October 3, 2004 Well i think that wookies don't like to be defence less,or just "LOVES" his bowcaster. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guybroom Posted October 4, 2004 Share Posted October 4, 2004 What sort of things did the 'Walking Carpet' (i love that line) do to his bowcaster? Also anyone notice how in the starwars databank the bowcaster does not have a page written about it, although lightsabers, balsters etc do Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rogue Nine Posted October 4, 2004 Share Posted October 4, 2004 According to most EU sources, a Wookiee bowcaster is a very powerful weapon wielded mainly by Wookiees, since it apparently requires great strength to use it. Most Wookiees have their own custom bowcasters and modify it to suit their tastes. So someone taking away a Wookiee's bowcaster is not only taking away one of its primary means of defense, but also a very personal item that is most likely very dear to said Wookiee. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guybroom Posted October 15, 2004 Share Posted October 15, 2004 In KOTOR all the important wookie character's have their own bowcaster. Also i think that the bowcaster has a lever or something which takes a lot of strenth to pull back or something like that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TK-8252 Posted October 15, 2004 Author Share Posted October 15, 2004 Originally posted by guybroom Also anyone notice how in the starwars databank the bowcaster does not have a page written about it, although lightsabers, balsters etc do Oh really? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lieutenant_kettch Posted October 15, 2004 Share Posted October 15, 2004 Originally posted by guybroom In KOTOR all the important wookie character's have their own bowcaster. Also i think that the bowcaster has a lever or something which takes a lot of strenth to pull back or something like that. its true, in many EU books, it describes the bowcaster as something not many species have the strength to handle i think the reasoning behind this is that if they had their 'caster stolen, their enemies could not use their weapon against them..Obviously, chewie wanted han to be able to use his weapon, so he put some mods on it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kurgan Posted October 16, 2004 Share Posted October 16, 2004 Could be. So essentially we have no evidence for the EU version of the crossbow except in the EU. That reminds me, they only call it a "crossbow" onscreen, never a bowcastor. But it's nothing like a crossbow, except how its shaped! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guybroom Posted October 17, 2004 Share Posted October 17, 2004 Originally posted by TK-8252 Oh really? I know what I did. I was on Chewbacca and it says his weapon is a crossbow, that doesn't have a link. But i never looked for wookie crossbow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheOutrider Posted October 18, 2004 Share Posted October 18, 2004 Wookiees definetly love there bowcasters! (P.S. I used to have a toy Bowcaster that shot fuzzy things) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedHawke Posted October 18, 2004 Share Posted October 18, 2004 Originally posted by Kurgan That reminds me, they only call it a "crossbow" onscreen, never a bowcastor. But it's nothing like a crossbow, except how its shaped! This is very true, the only refrence to it in the OT I recall is when Luke tells Chewbacca to give up his "crossbow." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TK-8252 Posted October 18, 2004 Author Share Posted October 18, 2004 It's spelled Wookiee, not Wookie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kurgan Posted October 18, 2004 Share Posted October 18, 2004 It's a good thing we have TK here to correct people when they misspell Wookie! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shok_Tinoktin Posted October 18, 2004 Share Posted October 18, 2004 Yeah, it would be a real shame if people kept spelling wookie wrong! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kasabian Posted October 19, 2004 Share Posted October 19, 2004 Originally posted by TK-8252 Heh, watch when an angry Imperial Officer rips away Chewie's bowcaster in the Endor bunker. [/b] Not forgetting when the Ewoks do it too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dark jedi 8 Posted October 19, 2004 Share Posted October 19, 2004 interesting seeing as how most games have gotten their design wrong as well. supposedly the bowcaster is a heavy weapon with a great amount of force needed to cock it. In all the Jk games and KOTOR they are easily wielded by humans with no re-cocking. but never does it say in any of the descriptions that they were installed with auto-cocking mechanisms. just a minor quarrel but an inconsistency nonetheless. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TK-8252 Posted October 19, 2004 Author Share Posted October 19, 2004 In Jedi Outcast and Academy the Wookiee Bowcaster had an auto-cocking modification. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jangofett804 Posted October 19, 2004 Share Posted October 19, 2004 I wonder how many wookies are going to lose thier bowcasters in ep3? If they all act like chewie... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shok_Tinoktin Posted October 19, 2004 Share Posted October 19, 2004 Originally posted by TK-8252 It's spelled Wookiee, not Wookie. I think that WOOKIEES in ep3 are gonna have bigger problems than getting their bowcasters taken away in ep3, what with the rise of the Empire and all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kurgan Posted October 20, 2004 Share Posted October 20, 2004 Originally posted by TK-8252 In Jedi Outcast and Academy the Wookiee Bowcaster had an auto-cocking modification. And the one you use in Jedi Knight and Mysteries of the Sith is a model of the Bowcastor modified by the Tuskens on Sulon (Kyle's home planet). Still, in all the games the Crossbow isn't really anything like the "Bowcastor" as described in the EU. And it's different from the one Chewie uses in the movies, which (like I said) is pretty much just a blaster rifle that's shaped differently. I think it sounds a little different too, but the behavior of the red "lasers" it fires is just like the weapons the Stormtroopers carry (the "E-11"). All this talk about the games vs. the movies has reminded me of something. For the longest time I insisted that "yellow lasers" like we see in JK2/JA for the Bryar pistol, and the Repeater weapons in all the JK series (minus Dark Forces) were something invented by the games. However, now watching the new ROTJ DVD, I see that in fact the lasers fired by the Speeder bikes are yellow. That is, assuming this isn't something that was changed in the 2004 editions... ; ) PS: Let's keep the Episode III discussion to a minimum. No offense but we have TWO dedicated Episode III forums (one for spoilers, one for not). Please be sure to use the appropriate spoiler tag as well. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shok_Tinoktin Posted October 20, 2004 Share Posted October 20, 2004 Originally posted by Kurgan For the longest time I insisted that "yellow lasers" like we see in JK2/JA for the Bryar pistol, and the Repeater weapons in all the JK series (minus Dark Forces) were something invented by the games. However, now watching the new ROTJ DVD, I see that in fact the lasers fired by the Speeder bikes are yellow. That is, assuming this isn't something that was changed in the 2004 editions... ; ) It is yellow in the middle, but it is still red around the edges (as far as I can tell) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prime Posted October 20, 2004 Share Posted October 20, 2004 Originally posted by Revlt Coranier I had always wondered why Chewie never had to cock his bowcaster between shots, but then I read that he installed an autococking mechanism. Since in Star Wars you can travel interstellar distances in the blink of an eye, a bowcaster that doesn't need loading seems feasible. Originally posted by Revlt Coranier cock [dumb look on face] Heh, Revlt said "cock." [/dumb look on face] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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