Also in one of the the newer films two grunts are walking around on patrol. They hear Kylo Renn having a hissy fit, turn around and walk the other way.
This is one of the finer moments in the Sequel Trilogy. With all its issues they did land a lot of the humor.
The other great bit is in The Mandalorian where the two stormtroopers are trying to shoot a rock.
I still think redhead dudes entire motivation boiling down to ‘yo fuck that guy’ was great.
“They may be called the Palace Guard, the City Guard, or the Patrol. Whatever the name, their purpose in any work of heroic fantasy is identical: it is, round about Chapter Three (or ten minutes into the film) to rush into the room, attack the hero one at a time, and be slaughtered. No one ever asks them if they want to. This book is dedicated to those fine men.” ― Terry Pratchett, Guards! Guards!
The formatting shows different depending on what app/style/extensions are being used.
On my screen, the “.” Shows as a link, with the rest of it as a note underneath with the link preview.
On a different app, it doesn’t show anything but the entire thing, not as a link.
But I use a text expansion to insert the entirety, which goes back to the Clacks overhead. In markdown, it normally shows as , depending on exactly what markdown a given site uses.
I should probably set up a lemmy specific version that’s GNU TerryPratchett, but it just seems weird to change the standard format for it considering why it came into being in the first place.
Shift ends in 10 minutes? Whatever it is, it’s been the next shift’s problem for 50 minutes already.
If only the CEO of the Death Star had treated them properly, they might have been more interested in their jobs.
Treating them properly doesn’t bring value to the Sith shareholders though.
It actually does, though! Employees, much like milk cows, are more productive if they’re happy.
A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away (called Finland) a translator somewhat famously used the word for a hole making tool in the subtitles instead of a word for training exercise.
