CaSe SeNsItIvE Posted June 14, 2002 Posted June 14, 2002 Can anybody tell me more information about them? I know very little about the Red guards. How hard are they?
Lord_FinnSon Posted June 14, 2002 Posted June 14, 2002 Here's the info from official site. Hopefully Lucas will write a scene of them fighting or at least training for Episode III, so that they won't be remembered only as "those red guys hanging around Emperor". This would be the last chance to show that they actually were elite soldiers.
The Truthful Liar Posted June 14, 2002 Posted June 14, 2002 hahahahha Yeah, a point must be made as to why they are in the movies, otherwise... something bad will happen like Epi 3 bombing just as the others!! *gasp*
CaSe SeNsItIvE Posted June 18, 2002 Author Posted June 18, 2002 They must be hard if they are the emperor's personal guards. It would be cool if lucas did write them into the next one.
obi Posted June 18, 2002 Posted June 18, 2002 The red guys are not really "Guards" They are the emporer's poker buddies.
BCanr2d2 Posted June 18, 2002 Posted June 18, 2002 Hahaha! The Star Wars movies bombed? Fair enough, didn't realise $345 Million US for The Phantom Menace was a failure, nor the $240 Million or so that is currently in the bank for Attack of the Clones was classified as a failure. Over $600 million, well over half a billion dollars for two movies is not what I would call a failure. If the three prequel movies bring in close to $1 Billion US, then would you still call them a failure? No doubt many still will................................................ Does it really matter as to why there are Red Imperial Gaurds? Is this just catering to the fanboy to let people know what they do? Personally, would only take away time to develop the plot of bringing in Vader, and showing the continuing building of the Empire, and hopefully the development of the Rebel Alliance.....
Fossil25 Posted June 18, 2002 Posted June 18, 2002 the highest guards in the empire and all under its control...and they are holding wooden/metal pikes...
CaSe SeNsItIvE Posted June 18, 2002 Author Posted June 18, 2002 It doesnt matter if the Emperors royal guards are in it but it would be good to see them 0wn
atinymonkey Posted June 18, 2002 Posted June 18, 2002 It's the simple truth. There couldn't be an evil emporer, Lord of the Imperial Realm, the most powerful man to have ever existed and 'his pals from down the pub' . He made them put on the red costumes to make them look hard. They wore log sleeves and tunic to cover the pints of beer and cigars. If you look at the 'weapons' they carry, you can see that they are just bongs with black paint on.
XERXES Posted June 18, 2002 Posted June 18, 2002 there is a page on them at the official star wars site.
Jedi2k2 Posted June 18, 2002 Posted June 18, 2002 Originally posted by CaSe SeNsItIvE Can anybody tell me more information about them? I know very little about the Red guards. How hard are they? Don't they have sexual relations with Darth Vador?
Lord_FinnSon Posted June 18, 2002 Posted June 18, 2002 Don't they have sexual relations with Darth Vador? Oh, that's why George cutted the scene from RotJ where Vader grips one of the guards! He must have been thinking that "if I leave it into the movie, people are going to believe that they had an affair and Vader thought this guy was cheating on him, so I better take it out. Who knows what it can do to the minds of those little children!"
Jedi2k2 Posted June 18, 2002 Posted June 18, 2002 Originally posted by Lord_FinnSon Oh, that's why George cutted the scene from RotJ where Vader grips one of the guards! He must have been thinking that "if I leave it into the movie, people are going to believe that they had an affair and Vader thought this guy was cheating on him, so I better take it out. Who knows what it can do to the minds of those little children!" WOW WHAT A STUPID SIG!
RoyalGuard Posted June 18, 2002 Posted June 18, 2002 Going by the graphic novel, Crimson Empire, and th Zahn Duology (spectre of the past and vision of the future) the Royal Guard are very, very hard! Hence me adopting the avatar. It would be nice to see them do stuff in ep3, it wouldn't have to be much, just them fighting in the background like the Jedi in Ep2...
Redwing Posted June 18, 2002 Posted June 18, 2002 Originally posted by Solo Act how long are they? 8 inches? 9? or the regular 6? Well, I imagine they'd be around 6 feet... *!* Waitasec...
SeraphimII Posted June 19, 2002 Posted June 19, 2002 Yea what is a force pike? Sounds kinda stupid. I mean they probably can't block blaster fire w/ it (Not jedi). So 1 guy with a baster and them charging at you down a long hall leaves a sence of pointlessness.
Kent H Posted June 19, 2002 Posted June 19, 2002 Force pikes are meant to be used in places where you wouldn't use or can't have a blaster, such as on a starship, or the imperial palace. A force pike is basically a pike, a spear like weapon, except you don't throw it. It's a vibro weapon, meaning the blade/point has a device that causes it to vibrate fast enough to pierce more easily. It can also function as a stun baton that can be set to deliver a stunning or lethal jolt of electricity.
Zindell Posted June 19, 2002 Posted June 19, 2002 basicly they don'T need a blaster, they'd kick your ass 10 times over before you could pull the trigger.
Fossil25 Posted June 20, 2002 Posted June 20, 2002 i wouldn't think so... after breaking enough defences, let's say they get in with a blatser and face these pike holders, i think the blaster guys will be able to shoot them down pretty easy... even if they had 'jedi' instincts and can dodge the fire, it's no deflecting so they're basically not guarding...the emperor would be left alone to use his powers...the guards are useless ! ...maybe their pike can generate power or electricity or something at the end to aim and fire...uh...maybe...
Lord_FinnSon Posted June 20, 2002 Posted June 20, 2002 You can see Captain Tarpals using Force pike on Jar Jar in TPM, so that is only time so far that we have seen it in use in the movies. BTW, if we presume that Royal guards ARE elite soldiers and know very well how to use different weapons, why did they then choose Force pike over others available to them? Because they are at the same time elegant AND deadly in right hands! Would you really believe that if Emperor doubted their ability to use them even a second that he would still let his PERSONAL guards keep them? I don' t think so!
VIO Posted June 20, 2002 Posted June 20, 2002 the pike are soposed to beable to kill with a touch there sort of ULTRA VIROBLADES
Fossil25 Posted June 20, 2002 Posted June 20, 2002 the emperor was a sith.... so why didn't he give them sabers instead? or a modification with that vibro-thing and a saber combined...and tech them to be dark jedis, at least with enough force powers to defelct lasers and crap...
Narlick Posted June 20, 2002 Posted June 20, 2002 Cause the Emperor is a cheap bastered, why do you think all the death stars have so many holes?
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