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Anyone else notice during mission Gasko Blues??

tyranthraxisiityranthraxisii Member Posts: 0 Arc User
edited April 2014 in Feature Episodes, Events and PvE Content
the first guy you talk to on the station is name Tobol, and has a visor on his head, and in Star Wars:The Empire Strikes Back, when they land on Bespin Cloud City, there is a man with cybernetic implants over his ears named Lobot? They're both bald even, and the sum of the mission is that people you thought might be your friends betray you to the Tal Shiar. I expected Billy Dee Williams to pop out with a Colt 45....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?NR=1&v=TREQGl54BU8&feature=endscreen
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  • starswordcstarswordc Member Posts: 10,966 Arc User
    edited April 2014
    tyranthraxisii wrote: »
    the first guy you talk to on the station is name Tobol, and has a visor on his head, and in Star Wars:The Empire Strikes Back, when they land on Bespin Cloud City, there is a man with cybernetic implants over his ears named Lobot? They're both bald even, and the sum of the mission is that people you thought might be your friends betray you to the Tal Shiar. I expected Billy Dee Williams to pop out with a Colt 45....

    No, I didn't notice, but it wouldn't surprise me at all if that was an intentional shout-out.

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  • rahmkota19rahmkota19 Member Posts: 1,929 Arc User
    edited April 2014
    Intended reference. Well, its not the first Star Wars reference in Star Trek. The Falcon popping out of a Borg cube near an Akira nacelle comes to mind.... (once seen, never unseen)
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  • berginsbergins Member Posts: 3,453 Arc User
    edited April 2014
    Yep.
    "Logic is a little tweeting bird chirping in a meadow. Logic is a wreath of pretty flowers which smell BAD." - Spock
  • starswordcstarswordc Member Posts: 10,966 Arc User
    edited April 2014
    Well, hell, they named one of the accolades after Top Gun for Pete's sake. That's not even the same genre. :D
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  • tacofangstacofangs Member Posts: 2,951 Cryptic Developer
    edited April 2014
    Nerds, working on a Sci-Fi game, making references to other franchises?
    Perish the thought!
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  • phenomenaut01phenomenaut01 Member Posts: 714 Arc User
    edited April 2014
    Yeah, I caught that. Of course, the subtle visual nod is made more apparent when you realize that Tobol is Lobot spelled backwards. :D Humorous little nod which I really appreciated. Thanks to the writers for that one, and keep it up!
  • jslynjslyn Member Posts: 1,790 Arc User
    edited April 2014
    rahmkota19 wrote: »
    Intended reference. Well, its not the first Star Wars reference in Star Trek. The Falcon popping out of a Borg cube near an Akira nacelle comes to mind.... (once seen, never unseen)



    And R2-D2 in both of the new Trek films.
  • truewarpertruewarper Member Posts: 930 Arc User
    edited April 2014
    tacofangs wrote: »
    Nerds, working on a Sci-Fi game, making references to other franchises?
    Perish the thought!

    Nerds? Where did the Geeks go?
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  • tenkaritenkari Member Posts: 2,906 Arc User
    edited April 2014
    jslyn wrote: »
    And R2-D2 in both of the new Trek films.

    I musta missed that one.... where?
  • grylakgrylak Member Posts: 1,594 Arc User
    edited April 2014
    tenkari wrote: »
    I musta missed that one.... where?

    In the first one, he floats past among the wreckage when the Enterprise warps to Vulcan.

    In the second, he gets sucked out into space when Enterprise gets the hull breach when at warp. I still haven't caught this one in the film itself.





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  • berginsbergins Member Posts: 3,453 Arc User
    edited April 2014
    Yoda attacked me in ESD the other day.

    It was awesome.
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  • burstorionburstorion Member Posts: 1,750 Arc User
    edited April 2014
    Now we just need a few dozen futurama references (such as the alien language from futurama appearing in game)
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  • gamerwookiegamerwookie Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited April 2014
    While on the subject of references, I did have a bit of a fanboy reaction during the Romulan mission, Smash and Grab when you beam into the torpedo storage of one of the ships and one of your Bridge Officers (in my case, it's always been Satra) says: "Be careful what you shoot in here, some things don't react well to weapons fire."
    A nice reference to The Hunt for Red October.
  • bendalekbendalek Member Posts: 1,781 Arc User
    edited April 2014
    gamerwookie wrote: »
    While on the subject of references, I did have a bit of a fanboy reaction during the Romulan mission, Smash and Grab when you beam into the torpedo storage of one of the ships and one of your Bridge Officers (in my case, it's always been Satra) says: "Be careful what you shoot in here, some things don't react well to weapons fire."
    A nice reference to The Hunt for Red October.

    I always say that line to myself ... in Sean Connery's voice ... Lol.
    Oh, hoho hohhhhh, Oh,, hoho, hohhhhh
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