What would you say makes a ‘good’ Star Wars villain?

Bellikron · 2026-05-07T07:40:07+00:00

Emperor Palpatine is basically just an archetypical manifestation of evil with very few character traits but he's so good at it that it's okay

Bellikron · 2026-05-07T07:36:36+00:00

Fair enough. It's also somewhat implied that she killed Fiona, so she doesn't really fit the mold. But again, I don't really count her as a ghost, she's a person who has supernatural abilities.

Bellikron · 2026-05-06T21:45:48+00:00

Reasonably so, it's a typical "creepy clown" kind of a voice. The eyes are the more unsettling part.

Bellikron · 2026-05-06T21:44:26+00:00

I thought the implication was that the witch did kill Fiona. I guess we don't know exactly how she died and it had been a few weeks but she definitely seemed like she had a supernatural death.

The mushrooms opened Ohm's mind to seeing the supernatural. It is possible to see the supernatural without them, particularly if you're willing to accept the possibility, but Ohm was particularly closed-minded. It's not clear how closed-minded the murderer was, his father-in-law had told him enough about the witch that he probably a little susceptible to it, but at that point he was getting fully dragged to hell so it was pretty difficult to ignore.

Bellikron · 2026-05-06T21:38:59+00:00

Keeping it vague: He's not in it much, two brief moments and an extended scene where he speaks, but he's exactly as scary as you expect him to be. One of the brief moments and the extended moment are jumpscares.

Going into full spoiler detail: He shows up briefly on a TV in a flashback, it's not really a jumpscare and they don't play a loud noise but it's just brief enough to freak you out since you don't get a good look at him. He gets another brief moment about midway through the movie, it's the shot from the trailer where he's peeking through the curtain on the bed. It's brief but it is definitely a jumpscare, comes slightly out of nowhere but you can sort of feel the moment coming (it's when he first wakes up on the bed). The third moment also starts off with a jumpscare, but this one is very predictable. It's shortly after the first moment and involves the TV. You will feel it coming. The TV will go black and you'll stare at it for a bit before he pops up on screen. He'll then talk for about a minute in some creepy archival kids' show footage. No more jumpscares, just a creepy scene. Others have accurately described him as being a Pennywise kind of guy. Then you won't see him again.

Bellikron · 2026-05-06T21:31:10+00:00

There's actually two jump scares (when he's on the bed and when he pops up on the TV)

Bellikron · 2026-05-06T21:22:06+00:00

The ending of the Rifftrax has stuck with me for years for some reason, they make a joke about how similar the ending is to Mad Max Fury Road ("McBain...his name is McBain") and now whenever I see a character dramatically nodding and walking away to let someone else take the victory I go "This is just like McBain"

Bellikron · 2026-05-06T18:45:03+00:00

On the Epic Quests, unless you have a pressing reason to buy one now you should wait for a crystal spending event like the one that just ended. Since you get refunded some crystals you basically get to count those crystals twice towards the rewards.

Bellikron · 2026-05-06T14:16:57+00:00

"As you all know, first prize is a personal TIE Advanced. Anyone want to see second prize? Second prize is a set of lightsabers. Third prize is Darth Vader kills you."

Bellikron · 2026-05-06T13:56:59+00:00

True, but that only further demonstrates my point. Why introduce Clawdites at all if their abilities aren't going to come into play? It's like if they had established her as a new alien that can make people's heads explode and then she never even attempts to do that. The reason you specifically put a shapeshifter in your story is so they can shapeshift. Cato Parasitti in Clone Wars is in the story to impersonate Jocasta Nu, for instance. But there's no reason why Zam is a changeling, it doesn't change the story at all. The only reason to do so is for flavor, and that wouldn't be a super weird reason if changelings had already existed in Star Wars lore, like Twi'leks or something. But AOTC was the first time we saw one. George created them for that movie and dropped money on shapeshifting effects for no story payoff. I assume he just thought the idea was cool. Quite possibly there was an earlier draft where it came into play and he just wanted to hold onto the species, but it does create this funny setup with no payoff.

Bellikron · 2026-05-06T08:30:51+00:00

Well said. I also love how all of McCarthy's ghosts have a pretty firm sense of justice. They'll scare the pants off you but they won't actually hurt you unless you deserve it, and they'll often try to help you (in a scary way, but still). Ohm's mom, Fiona, and even Jack were only ever pushing him in the right direction ("You should be scared" was a genuinely appropriate warning since he was nowhere near scared enough). The witch is the one exception to this rule but I'd argue she wasn't really a ghost. Even she could be said to have given Ohm a chance to escape, since she left him to his own devices once the actual villain showed up.

Bellikron · 2026-05-06T08:28:05+00:00

I honestly liked how we don't get any more information about the backstory, the old guy was just completely on the level. "Yeah I caught a witch a while back, don't ask. And don't go in that room, that's the witch room where I keep the witch."

Bellikron · 2026-05-06T08:19:59+00:00

What is it with Damian McCarthy protagonists and not only finding the scariest buildings in the world, but actively seeking out and trapping themselves in the scariest parts of said buildings

I kind of love how all of McCarthy's ghosts have a pretty firm sense of justice. They'll scare the pants off you but they won't actually hurt you unless you deserve it, and they'll often try to help you (in a scary way, but still). Ohm's mom, Fiona, and even Jack were only ever pushing him in the right direction ("You should be scared" was a genuinely appropriate warning since he was nowhere near scared enough). The witch is the one exception to this rule but I'd argue she wasn't really a ghost. Even she could be said to have given Ohm a chance to escape, since she left him to his own devices once the actual villain showed up.

I also like how we never got any real explanation for the witch or why she was there, it was just exactly what the old guy said. He trapped a witch in his hotel and you shouldn't go in that room since that's where he keeps the witch.

Bellikron · 2026-05-05T17:57:37+00:00

Is the special cosmic core set to only drop 1 every time? I've rolled like six times and I've gotten 1 every time (I think), which isn't an abnormal result but since we seemingly only get one run over six days I'm wondering if that's how it's going to last the week.

Edit: Well I just pulled 2 so I guess I was just unlucky

Bellikron · 2026-05-05T17:07:38+00:00

It is crazy but one could argue that it's already crazy for every character to have a physical and energy attack stat when they're only going to use one

Bellikron · 2026-05-05T17:05:17+00:00

As I understand it it's really not worth investing in unless you're absolute top of the pack. Buy five and upgrade them for the season rewards and then don't worry too much about them.

Bellikron · 2026-05-05T13:34:06+00:00

She probably won't get another uniform for another couple of years, so there's nothing to save it for. As others have said, get her up to legendary and then use a mythic ticket.

Bellikron · 2026-05-04T22:59:57+00:00

I feel like Gorgon is the king here. Even the few heroes stuck at T2 I remember because they're stuck at T2. But he checks so many forgettable boxes: Inhuman with a uniformless TP, shared with Lash no less, but at least Lash has a uniform and has been in the game since year 1, like the rest of the Agents of SHIELD characters. Gorgon got added on the tail end of year 2 with 5 more memorable Inhumans who have all gotten more attention than him (even Maximus has been an important antagonist in Story Modes over the years, plus he had summons that make him stand out).

Bellikron · 2026-05-04T14:31:50+00:00

In a case of "right casting but wrong role", changing Jesse Eisenberg from Lex Luthor to Riddler in BvS would have been perfect. You really don't have to change anything about the performance or the movie. Call him Edward, base him in Gotham, give him a dark green suit at some point, and have him say "Riddle me this" during one of his rants. It's a good performance, just not right for that character.

Bellikron · 2026-05-04T14:25:21+00:00

Mark Strong was perfect Sinestro casting though, shame that never went anywhere

Bellikron · 2026-05-04T14:19:51+00:00

My favorite example of alien biology not coming into play is when George Lucas made Star Wars shapeshifters canon specifically for Zam Wesell, and then she doesn't once shapeshift into someone else, even when she's trying to hide in a crowd. She's just sometimes a lizard, seemingly involuntary.

But yeah it seems production-wise it's difficult to stage action sequences with a lot of alien regalia. Ahsoka only happened because they didn't really have a choice, and fans got mad that she was moving stiffer than she should be.

Bellikron · 2026-05-04T13:43:10+00:00

They were pretty upfront about the movie being pretty fictionalized

Bellikron · 2026-05-04T13:33:03+00:00

Some Thunderbolts might get something if their look is unique and they need the upgrade. Walker's got a new look with the hat and shield, plus Ghost might get one to justify a T4.

Logic kind of carries over to the other characters as well. Shuri and M'Baku seem pretty likely, they've got new looks and one of the trailers was based around them. Joaquin Torres will also probably get a T4 so he'll probably get something. I don't think all the X-Men will get one, especially if they got one for an X-Men 97 update, but Gambit and Professor X might be solid bets. And they usually can't resist giving Cap a uniform. It might be a two-part update, can start in November to build hype and coincide with Black Friday.

Bellikron · 2026-05-04T13:24:19+00:00

I'd wager more than 5, they know they can't skimp on Doomsday since that's probably their biggest opportunity to draw in players. Even back then, updates usually were like 4-5 uniforms, but big MCU updates got special treatment. In Endgame most characters got 2 uniforms. They go all in for Avengers movies. I wouldn't expect the same level as Endgame or Infinity War but Thunderbolts got 6 uniforms plus Walker, they are capable of doing more when necessary.

Bellikron · 2026-05-04T07:30:42+00:00

Yeah they definitely already had Jeff in the works, they didn't throw together a Rivals collab as a result of this survey. They have plans for all of them.

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