Not every important thing the rebellion does or needs is going to be a Johnny Space Rambo doing Johnny Space Rambo stuff. If nobody is out siphoning gas from imperial fuel tanks to keep the X-wings topped off, Johnny Space Rambo doesn’t get anywhere near Stormtroopers.
Those missions where the goal is to not get into a firefight? Turns out those missions are every bit as dangerous as being in a spaceship dog fight.
You a mechanic? I’mma need you to fix this tank.
You a thief? I’mma need to steal this tank.
You really good a driving things? I’mm need you to drive this tank.
That’s how the rebellion gets a tank, keeps it running, and uses it effectively.
hmmm… I can see that as a possibility but I’m going to counter with this.
When I was young and much dumber than I am now, I enlisted in the military. One of the tasks of my job was to mess with exploding things like landmines and dynamite and other stuff of that nature. Turns out, lots of people doing other jobs that were known for being dangerous in different ways were really, REALLY, uncomfortable messing around with those exploding things. And it always took me by surprise. Watching infantry nervously pick up crates of demolitions and cautiously loading it onto a truck, cautiously walking around the crates, when not actively loading anything standing very far away… all this caution slowing us down.
So there’s the dangerous thing, rydonium. Everybody knows its dangerous and they get really nervous around it. The nervousness makes handling the stuff more dangerous because you’re more likely to get so caught up in worrying about “being safe” you second guess yourself at a critical moment. Or your caution about the rydonium has you moving so slowly that other threats catch up to you.
For me, Saw’s speech is about embracing the thing as it is and not worrying about the worst possible outcome. Wilmon pulling his mask off isn’t about him becoming addicted to gas fumes or becoming an adrenaline junkie, its about embracing the situation as it is. The job was to break into a fuel depot and steal some space gas. You fuck up and the rhydo detonates and you die, you fuck up and the rhydo eats you from the inside, you fuck up and Imperial troops capture/kill you, you fuck up and the guerilla fighters don’t get the fuel to keep fighting.
Thing is, worrying about all that doesn’t matter, Wilmon just needed to focus on getting the siphoning gas out of the Imperial gas can.
So Wilmon was not cracking into a fuel line but a
tank?
“Taste the Revolution”
More like feel the revolution
I’m so confused how they did that, but then had it go nowhere. Like just to have him show off but never need again
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My thoughts:
Not every important thing the rebellion does or needs is going to be a Johnny Space Rambo doing Johnny Space Rambo stuff. If nobody is out siphoning gas from imperial fuel tanks to keep the X-wings topped off, Johnny Space Rambo doesn’t get anywhere near Stormtroopers.
Those missions where the goal is to not get into a firefight? Turns out those missions are every bit as dangerous as being in a spaceship dog fight.
You a mechanic? I’mma need you to fix this tank.
You a thief? I’mma need to steal this tank.
You really good a driving things? I’mm need you to drive this tank.
That’s how the rebellion gets a tank, keeps it running, and uses it effectively.
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True, but after ripping off his mask and getting exposed I was thinking they’re be some repercussions or addiction for wilmon.
It just seemed like they were building up something with wilmon and saw, then dropped it completely.
Was even expecting the ryhdo stuff to get mentioned after his checkup once wilmon finally made it it yavin
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hmmm… I can see that as a possibility but I’m going to counter with this.
When I was young and much dumber than I am now, I enlisted in the military. One of the tasks of my job was to mess with exploding things like landmines and dynamite and other stuff of that nature. Turns out, lots of people doing other jobs that were known for being dangerous in different ways were really, REALLY, uncomfortable messing around with those exploding things. And it always took me by surprise. Watching infantry nervously pick up crates of demolitions and cautiously loading it onto a truck, cautiously walking around the crates, when not actively loading anything standing very far away… all this caution slowing us down.
So there’s the dangerous thing, rydonium. Everybody knows its dangerous and they get really nervous around it. The nervousness makes handling the stuff more dangerous because you’re more likely to get so caught up in worrying about “being safe” you second guess yourself at a critical moment. Or your caution about the rydonium has you moving so slowly that other threats catch up to you.
For me, Saw’s speech is about embracing the thing as it is and not worrying about the worst possible outcome. Wilmon pulling his mask off isn’t about him becoming addicted to gas fumes or becoming an adrenaline junkie, its about embracing the situation as it is. The job was to break into a fuel depot and steal some space gas. You fuck up and the rhydo detonates and you die, you fuck up and the rhydo eats you from the inside, you fuck up and Imperial troops capture/kill you, you fuck up and the guerilla fighters don’t get the fuel to keep fighting.
Thing is, worrying about all that doesn’t matter, Wilmon just needed to focus on getting the siphoning gas out of the Imperial gas can.
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Would make sense. Idk if it was the writing or me just constantly seeing death flags in each episode.
Or maybe rumors of them wanting to have it be more seasons than 2 is why season 2 felt so rushed.
Yeah, it does feel like there’s a lot of story left to tell.