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[–]unreadable_captcha 694ポイント695ポイント  (57子コメント)

does it just sink in the sand if you use it upside-down?

[–]Mypopsecrets 392ポイント393ポイント  (51子コメント)

It's the equivalent to dropping a lightsaber

[–]Generictroll 430ポイント431ポイント  (45子コメント)

Actually lightsabers don't have an on/off button. It's more of a hold button down to keep it on. When they throw the lightsabers they use the force to keep the button held down. Jesus, I need to get a job

[–]gnoani 169ポイント170ポイント  (24子コメント)

Depends on the individual lightsaber design. I'm forgetting who, but I recall one darkside dude who made his activation button internal, so you could ONLY turn it on using the Force.

[–]KevlarBoxers 150ポイント151ポイント  (20子コメント)

That sounds like a better safety mechanism than the normal lightsaber. You're sure this guy was from the dark side? He's very conscious of babies always trying to find ways of killing themselves.

[–]gnoani 41ポイント42ポイント  (16子コメント)

I don't even remember what book this was in, but he had an apprentice who was barely force-sensitive, and he kept taunting the kid to turn it on, but he never could. He looked down on non-force users or something.

[–]greenw40 44ポイント45ポイント  (10子コメント)

Seems like a sith would have no use for an apprentice who was barely force-sensitive.

[–]Phaelanx 83ポイント84ポイント  (5子コメント)

A sith also wants coffee.

[–]Achitophel 6ポイント7ポイント  (0子コメント)

A Sith's bitches ain't no bitches. A Sith keeps company with other b'dazzes.

[–]ilikedroids 3ポイント4ポイント  (1子コメント)

Barely force sensitive apprentice intern.

[–]Kukri_and_a_45 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

caf

[–]sanfranpsychoz -1ポイント0ポイント  (0子コメント)

Sith Roast!

[–]stumblios 0ポイント1ポイント  (1子コメント)

Probably the son of someone on the board of directors.

[–]ColorMeDandy 1ポイント2ポイント  (0子コメント)

Like Charlie the intern from Bojack Horseman.

[–]Logan-ator 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

I always thought Maul and his brother were a little more brawn than brain. So they were more physical combat than force sensitive.

[–]Joegotbored [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

As an apprentice, perhaps not, but a small amount of sensitivity is probably enough to feel out other force users, as well as resist persuasion. Could make a great bodyguard or pilot.

[–]lordfransie 0ポイント1ポイント  (4子コメント)

Pre rule of two?

[–]gnoani 3ポイント4ポイント  (2子コメント)

Found him.

This book was of... questionable quality.

[–]kermi42 3ポイント4ポイント  (1子コメント)

The Crystal Star was the near pinnacle of an era of terribly shitty EU. I think it was surpassed only by Children of the Jedi, a book so tremendously dull and unlike Star Wars that I barely remember reading it. The only positive thing I can say about it is that it wasn't written by Kevin J. Anderson, who I am sure would have found a way to take that material and literally kill me with it, after leaving me weakened with the teenager fever-dream fan-fic he penned and called the Jedi Academy Trilogy.

[–]gnoani 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

I don't know that he was sith. I read the book like ten years ago, but I think he was part of the Imperial Remnant or something.

[–]gadget_uk 2ポイント3ポイント  (0子コメント)

You just know the Empire had a hard ass health and safety department though.

[–]frigginwizard 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

well if he also made it so you have to use the force to turn it off then it would be appropriately dangerous.

[–]Qapiojg [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

Hey the dark side needs younglings too. Do you think they just walk into the temple and murder them all or something?

[–]theghostofm 2ポイント3ポイント  (0子コメント)

I remember this being a plot element in The Crystal Star.

Man that book was weird. Luke gradually going crazy, Han assuming girls were hookers. 6/10 Would not read again.

[–]MjrJWPowell 1ポイント2ポイント  (0子コメント)

When Han and Leia's kids were kidnapped. The BBG had a light sabers he used to detect force weilders, the Solo kids knew he was suppressing a non human from turning it on.

[–]kinkyjedi [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

some just aren't able to perform the telekinesis feat to hold it down either. Corran Horn couldn't use telekinesis at all despite raising to the rank of Jedi Master.

[–]couldwouldashoulda 8ポイント9ポイント  (13子コメント)

I'm loving this discussion.

I've never read a single Star Wars book. Where should I start?

[–]kermi42 9ポイント10ポイント  (10子コメント)

Honestly most of the EU is aimed at young adults and if you're already in your late teens you might be too late.

If you are determined though, I'd recommend Timothy Zahn's original trilogy (known as the "Thrawn trilogy") which consists of Heir to the Empire, Dark Force Rising and The Last Command. They're fairly good (I might be biased as I like most of Zahn's work) and re-introduce the main cast as well as new characters who will become important to the overall franchise. He also wrote a two-parter referred to as the Hand of Thrawn (Spectre of the Past and Vision of the Future IIRC). After that there's a series of books based around Rogue Squadron that introduces the Corran Horn character, who later features in I, Jedi, which is probably one of the best EU examples out there. Later on they changed publisher from Bantam to Del Rey and started a whole new series, which is about where I checked out. Not that these newer books were bad, I just kind of moved onto other things. It's at least worth checking out Vector Prime to see the new direction and see if it's for you.

Finally, stay away from Children of the Jedi, The Crystal Star, and anything written by Kevin J. Anderson.

[–]bigblackcouch 2ポイント3ポイント  (4子コメント)

They did some dumb shit, but the whole Yuuzhan Vong thing was where I completely checked out. Though whatever in the world was going on with the character Callista in those books was also insane.

Wasn't her entire arc like; Luke saved her from being a computer-ghost and put her into a hot blonde's body, but she couldn't use the Force so instead of getting help from the only dude in the universe who knew shit about the Force and wanted to MAKE LUV 2, she ran away to shovel pig shit for a while, then played Murder She Wrote on some shitball planet, then both her and Luke said "I love you, but nah"?

Even when I was a young kid who was in love with Star Wars, I remember thinking "What the hell is this crap?"

And then the prequels came out. OHHHHHHHHHH WE CAN DO A TON OF SHIT FROM THE OLD REPUBLIC ERA! That's when Star Wars lost me. Shame. :(

[–]Michelanvalo 1ポイント2ポイント  (3子コメント)

Another one that hated the fucking Vong! /r/starwars is in love with them and I get showered in downvotes every time I talk about how much I hated that series.

[–]bigblackcouch [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

Yeah, Yuuzhan Vong was the worst, and the dumbass justification that the Emperor was trying to save the galaxy from them or some dumb shit. No, don't try to make Palpatine a good guy, he was an evil old asshole and that's fine, not everyone needs to be a "grey-area anti-hero". Then we get almost-unstoppable Force-immune cockroach-Borg-Cenobite-BDSM-Predator-monsters and it's like, for fuck's sake could you at least try a little bit to do something creative? And then oh hey, they're just misunderstood, it was all a misunderstanding guys. :) Let's make peace.

Yeah, how 'bout no.

[–]Jace_09 0ポイント1ポイント  (1子コメント)

Yuuzhan vong doesn't exist, also Snake and Meryl snowmobiled off to their island with a cabin on it. :/

[–]bigblackcouch [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

NO IT WAS HAL AND DAVE <333 Fuck ole Manly Meryl, I want the Stealth suit!

[–]couldwouldashoulda 0ポイント1ポイント  (3子コメント)

I'm old. I saw Star Wars in the theater when I was 8.

Is it too late?

[–]kermi42 [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

Honestly it really depends how much you like Star Wars. I got into the EU when I was about 14 and I feel like if I started now I wouldn't be very engaged, but then again, my enjoyment of Star Wars waned somewhat as well. Now that I'm getting legitimately excited about episode 7, I can feel my inner geek reawakening.

[–]greggroth 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

I've been working my way through some Star Wars audiobooks on my commute to work. So far, I haven't felt like they were "too young" for me. I recently finished "Darth Plagueis" and just started "Path of Distruction". The former is a good prequel to the movies from the Sith's perspective while the later is 3000 years before the clone wars, so it an interesting perspective on what the Sith once were.

[–]Jace_09 [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

They're not, the EU books are great no matter what your age is. But disclamer, I've only read pre-prequel books.

[–]Iknwican [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

You have answered this question before the force is strong in the one!!

[–]conradical30 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

the beginning

[–]Hardyboyee -1ポイント0ポイント  (0子コメント)

most of the books are being ignored by the new movies. there are some amazing books but don't expect them to be part of the official story anymore.

[–]Arknell 4ポイント5ポイント  (0子コメント)

Actually, no, Luke does a clear and conscious "switch on" thumb movement when igniting his saber in the Emperor's throne room, and Darth Maul has four buttons on his saber staff, he doesn't need to hold them down when holding the staff in one hand.

[–]thatoneguy889 [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

Heir to the Jedi indicates that Anakin/Luke's lightsaber has a lock on the power switch to keep it on/off.

[–]Macismyname -1ポイント0ポイント  (0子コメント)

Actually Corran Horn described his lightsaber as requiring one press to turn on and two presses to turn off.

I have a job, and read about star wars instead of working.

[–]MurphyZX -1ポイント0ポイント  (0子コメント)

Well that doesn't sound right....

[–]Beta-7 [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

What if you tie it with a rubber band?

[–]skekze -2ポイント-1ポイント  (0子コメント)

http://www.theverge.com/2015/8/15/9158739/star-wars-land-disneyland-d23

[–]JBHUTT09 90ポイント91ポイント  (3子コメント)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ZMmbYUi_dg

[–]Mypopsecrets 24ポイント25ポイント  (2子コメント)

You can't watch just one Star Wars robot chicken, I just watched ten

[–]cinosa 3ポイント4ポイント  (0子コメント)

Must.... keep.... clicking!

[–]RagingNerdaholic 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

Woah... I can't believe I never thought of this.

[–]RhodesTone 13ポイント14ポイント  (2子コメント)

yes if you're not careful you can go all the way to the centre of the earth

it's a new way of digging mine shafts too

[–]5_sec_rule 4ポイント5ポイント  (0子コメント)

It turns it into quicksand.

[–]imanAholebutimfunny 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

i like where were going with this....someone test the theory.

[–]Cypharius 376ポイント377ポイント  (34子コメント)

I also have one of these and the statement about wet sand is true, but it is fun showing off by piling a huge mound of dry sand on the blanket before heading into the ocean and coming back when a lot of people are around and picking it up and having it all just filter through.
Also one does not want to lay directly on this material as it is almost the consistency of a Brillo scour pad.

[–]where_is_the_cheese 349ポイント350ポイント  (11子コメント)

Also one does not want to lay directly on this material as it is almost the consistency of a Brillo scour pad.

So what's the point of it? If you put another blanket on top, the sand would just gather on that?

[–]Synaps4 250ポイント251ポイント  (0子コメント)

Yes lol. Product gets terrible reviews.

[–]Cong0 63ポイント64ポイント  (8子コメント)

This product is made by Towelly. It's slogan is "Don't forget to bring a towel."

[–]not_towelie 26ポイント27ポイント  (3子コメント)

you're a towel

[–]PinkishObject 3ポイント4ポイント  (2子コメント)

That's the episode that is actually on right now weirdly enough

[–]KerbalGoBoom 1ポイント2ポイント  (1子コメント)

Which one? There are a couple towelie episodes IIRC.

[–]PinkishObject -1ポイント0ポイント  (0子コメント)

The camp/intervention episode

[–]TheSkeletalMinion [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

Of course. A towel is just about the most massively useful thing any interstellar Hitchhiker can carry.

[–]Cypharius 13ポイント14ポイント  (0子コメント)

Pretty much. I use it as a sand free island and put my blanket in the middle so I just step on this and wipe away what I can. It really does help keep most sand off the main blanket and if you have kids who love to dump sand it really is a headache saver.

[–]banjotec 73ポイント74ポイント  (14子コメント)

So it's uncomfortable AND you can't use it to dry off with AND it costs more?

[–]fizikz3 67ポイント68ポイント  (12子コメント)

you don't seem to understand... you NEED this to be happy. your life without this item is black and white. with it it's COLOR. don't you want to live in a world with colors?

[–]Phalanges_Sex 1ポイント2ポイント  (2子コメント)

Would one know a difference had there not been colors in the first place? Are our eyes assigning signals to our brain to tell us what we want the object's hue to portray? Does color even exist?

[–]fizikz3 4ポイント5ポイント  (0子コメント)

Does color even exist?

depends on how you define exist I suppose. it's just how our brains interpret different wavelengths of electromagnetic radiation... kind of like asking do words exist or are they just sound waves/changes in air pressure.

Are our eyes assigning signals to our brain

...what? the rods and cones on our retinas are sensitive to specific wavelengths of light and depending on which are activated (short, medium, or long wavelength cones) they send different signals (red, green, blue or a combination to create a different color) through the optic nerve to your occipital cortex in your brain where vision is processed. the eyes don't "assign" anything, they translate light waves into electrical impulses which is then interpreted by your brain as an image

i know you were probably just trolling but I'm procrastinating writing a paper so .....yeaaaaaaah.

[–]cuteintern -1ポイント0ポイント  (0子コメント)

Try some Enchromas. They seem to work miracles.

[–]Abnorc 0ポイント1ポイント  (1子コメント)

Good point. Do you accept sand as payment?

[–]fizikz3 -1ポイント0ポイント  (0子コメント)

I accept seed donations.

[–]gbrenneriv [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

Yah, but, but. . .TWO hot girls.

[–]5_sec_rule 19ポイント20ポイント  (0子コメント)

Oh, so you need another blanket on top of it to catch the sand?

[–]ChitterChitterSqueak 8ポイント9ポイント  (2子コメント)

That explains why they laid down so gingerly.

[–]mylilponyranger 5ポイント6ポイント  (1子コメント)

It seems like it's made for sex on the beach. Sure you get rug burns, but you're not making pearls.

[–]ChitterChitterSqueak 4ポイント5ポイント  (0子コメント)

The only Sex on the Beach I like involves alcohol.

[–]DoctorJihad 3ポイント4ポイント  (0子コメント)

It's also heavy as fuck

[–]AzbyKat [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

Why don't they just create a floor Matt size that you put at the bottom of the blaket/towel.

[–]10010101 44ポイント45ポイント  (1子コメント)

I already hate the texture

[–]AssHaberdasher 31ポイント32ポイント  (0子コメント)

You can see how they gingerly set themselves down on the blanket. I suspect it would rip off elbow skin like sandpaper.

[–]Zibby_Z 85ポイント86ポイント  (3子コメント)

They only work if it's not wet.

[–]Infinite__Jester 59ポイント60ポイント  (2子コメント)

So don't take to the beach.

[–]zerodb 100ポイント101ポイント  (1子コメント)

From what I'm reading here, this is the perfect beach blanket for people who don't go to the beach and don't want to lay on a blanket.

[–]tunatoboggan 29ポイント30ポイント  (0子コメント)

It's a desert blanket

[–]reetesh88 43ポイント44ポイント  (4子コメント)

So...if you put that on sand and put pressure on it will the sand come through the top?

[–]Fiendish_Ferret 14ポイント15ポイント  (0子コメント)

Sweet! Now I can lay on pure seashells!

[–]tomo_650b 8ポイント9ポイント  (0子コメント)

Am I the only who watched in anticipation to see them fall through a sand pit

[–]ListenhereMeoww 19ポイント20ポイント  (5子コメント)

so this is an ad?

[–]marx051 32ポイント33ポイント  (3子コメント)

No, its a beach blanket.

[–]chroniclesofswag 6ポイント7ポイント  (1子コメント)

At first I totally thought the blanket was a slip-n-slide

[–]StinkinFinger 5ポイント6ポイント  (0子コメント)

Instead it turns out to be a slip and rip your skin off.

[–]Hannu_Chan 4ポイント5ポイント  (0子コメント)

The beach experience isn't complete without getting sand in every crevice of your body and having to violently whip your towel next to unfortunate people downwind of you.

[–]Pineocerous 3ポイント4ポイント  (0子コメント)

This title.

[–]wee_knee 3ポイント4ポイント  (0子コメント)

I wonder how hot it gets in the sun.

[–]Phil_Mimouf-Wifarts 11ポイント12ポイント  (0子コメント)

A guy laying face down on the beach? Someone is hiding a boner.

[–]XFX_Samsung 5ポイント6ポイント  (0子コメント)

They came running from ocean and none of them have a drop of water on them, classic /r/wheredidthesodago

[–]PepeSilviaMD 2ポイント3ポイント  (0子コメント)

If you accidentally put it upside down does it sink into the sand?

[–]infinitezero8 1ポイント2ポイント  (0子コメント)

This shit has been dis-proven too many time too count now.

[–]burnSMACKER [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

The last time this was posted, people who own them were saying it sucks.

[–]Researchingchemicals [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

How does sand not get forced through the bottom and form piles in between the layers when you push down on the top of the blanket and the material rocks from side to side?

[–]cascadeorca 2ポイント3ポイント  (1子コメント)

To be honest, Kind of curious about this blanket.

[–]alphasquid 2ポイント3ポイント  (0子コメント)

The texture of this would rip off your nipples.

[–]lgbteaparty 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

I want that. Friends

[–]EwanMe 3ポイント4ポイント  (1子コメント)

As you can see the upside is blue and the downside is orange. This is because they use Aperture Laboratories' Portal Technology to achieve this effect.

[–]Beta-7 [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

That explained it better than any other explanation. Thanks mr Cave.

[–]lampskerm 1ポイント2ポイント  (0子コメント)

I thought it was a blanket that created a pit in the sand to conceal your boner.

[–]rfc1118 1ポイント2ポイント  (0子コメント)

http://www.tubechop.com/watch/6610066

[–]karinashevchenko 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

Cool

[–]myheadhurtsalot 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

These are really nice for muti-day raft trips where sand gets into everygoddamnthing, helps keep it out of the tent.

[–]Masturb8tingBear 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

I live across the street from the beach. I wish everything I owned was made of this.

[–]you_could_be_cool 0ポイント1ポイント  (1子コメント)

I mean, if it let's sand through one way...

[–]trillionsin -1ポイント0ポイント  (0子コメント)

as soon as you sit on it, the sand is going to come through. Not sure why this is even a big deal. The only thing I can think of is easy clean up... but it still doesnt even make much of a difference.

[–]tootsie_rolex 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

That is cool.

[–]jackwoww 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

i want that

[–]Leigero 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

What happens if you lay it down upside down?

[–]crestonfunk [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

I would just rather the people who don't like sand stop coming to the fucking beach. Plebs.

[–]kylersm6 [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

My first thought was Shamtowel

[–]dardanmm [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

That texture does not look comfortable

[–]Yufu81 0ポイント1ポイント  (11子コメント)

Brilliant! Where do I buy one?

[–]Sippingin[S] -1ポイント0ポイント  (10子コメント)

http://www.amazon.com/CGear-Sand-Free-Multimat-CS001-Cgear/dp/B003YFNBOU

[–]Dynamiklol 9ポイント10ポイント  (9子コメント)

$88 for a large, goddamn.

[–]palfas -3ポイント-2ポイント  (2子コメント)

I hate to upvote a repost, but at least OP didn't make up some stupid sob story about how this blanket saved his niece's life or some shit.

[–]sick__and__tired 2ポイント3ポイント  (1子コメント)

A sea turtle choked on this blanket and died :'(

[–]ShadowBlitz44 -1ポイント0ポイント  (0子コメント)

And OP just stood there watching as he posted this gif.

[–]samsvader 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

That shit works both ways though... Either that or it is hell when you use it upside down...

[–]VaginalBurp 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

What kind of black magic is this!?

[–]PM_ME-YOUR_SECRETS [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

I did not think at first that was sand

[–]SilverFirePrime -1ポイント0ポイント  (4子コメント)

Very cool. If I lived closer to/went more frequently to the beach, I'd get one.

[–]PaddyO666 6ポイント7ポイント  (3子コメント)

I live on the mainland to a barrier island. I'm thinking of recarpeting my home with this material. Sand is life, life is sand.

[–]xOGxMuddbone 2ポイント3ポイント  (2子コメント)

The single reason I couldn't live primarily at the beach. It would kill my soul.

[–]PaddyO666 5ポイント6ポイント  (0子コメント)

What soul? There is only sand. Come, embrace the sand.

[–]myster0n 2ポイント3ポイント  (0子コメント)

Anakin? Is that you?

[–]unhappyfaceisunhappy -2ポイント-1ポイント  (0子コメント)

I need this in my life!

[–]jareyjareyjareyjarey -1ポイント0ポイント  (0子コメント)

People are so precious.

[–]read1ng [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

/r/shutupandtakemymoney