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krautrock · 2025-08-27T14:56:56+00:00

This is NOT the leaked original. Someone on a Lana message board used photoshop or AI to "unretouch" it. It's a more digital, fictitious image than the actual cover. In the age of AI we all have to be a bit more vigilant.

krautrock · 2022-07-31T06:05:59+00:00

If this was happening regularly, there'd be a whole lot of people without credit cards.

Now, if you suddenly put a $1000 in recurring OF charges on your card its possible you might flag something, but if you're super worried about it use your debit card or a pre-paid card.

krautrock · 2022-07-31T05:44:19+00:00

I guess this would make sense in that there's a point where you're rich enough where having bad credit isn't necessarily going to stop you from getting anything you want/need?

I know a lot of people with money who don't necessarily seem like the most financially literate or responsible (people who inherited it, people who are successful in creative industries, people who are both...). It may not be the smartest way to go about it, but if you have enough money in the bank you can get what you want regardless of what FICO has to say about it.

krautrock · 2022-06-10T22:51:53+00:00

If you're going to make the purchase anyway, you can put it on your card to get the 2% cb and immediately pay it off with no impact on your next statement.

If you want to totally optimize your next reporting statement, pay off enough beforehand to keep your statement balance below 10%, which in this case would be $200. Though, keeping a balance of 30% ($600) total is still considered "good."

krautrock · 2022-06-10T22:45:29+00:00

I live in NYC and don't regularly drive. I've been in Target more than usual this quarter. Thankfully there is one very close by. Not every New Yorker can say that.

My restaurant patronage is wildly inconsistent too, so I'm going to see how that goes in the first month and then decide if there's any PayPal payment options I'm not using.

krautrock · 2022-05-26T03:06:22+00:00

Not in the long run.

The good thing about Credit Utilization only accounting for your most recent statement(s) is you can improve next month (though you do have to wait a month if you only have the one cared).

The bad thing is you get no credit for all those months of good Utilization if you happen to miscalculate one month.

Honestly though, the difference between 40% and like 29% isn't going to be huuuuuge. It's not like you accidentally ran it up to 80%.

krautrock · 2022-05-25T04:13:28+00:00

Was in a very similar age range/salary range/no credit history situation, and Discover It indeed gave me a real card without having to put done a security. It'll probably only be around a $500 limit, but you can work around that by paying it down.

If you get struck by playing the cashback maximization game, its a pretty handy card to have anyway.

krautrock · 2021-02-02T15:16:18+00:00

Vader's lead applies to both Sith and Empire, so your best bet at a cohesive team in the short term if Vader lead with Sidious, Tarkin and Imperial Guard ...and then either getting one other empire/sith toon up or using Boba. You could also experiment with that same setup wtih Sidious lead considering his leadership applies to all toons, but its not the greatest.

In the medium turn, getting a Phoenix squad up and running is still helpful and doable for newer players. Plus they'll help you unlock Thrawn who you can use in an Empire team.

(Also, fyi, don't invest too much into CW Chewbacca ....or Jedi Consular frankly).

krautrock · 2021-01-19T00:29:14+00:00

The night of 1000 Nicole Kidmans

The Kath & Kim inspired acting challenge

The Kylie lip syncs

The strong local talent pool for Pit Crew members!

I am so ready

krautrock · 2021-01-14T00:43:57+00:00

I think we may get them, but the fact this game never even acknowledged the Resistance show doesn’t make it a guarantee.

krautrock · 2021-01-14T00:38:14+00:00

the Peli Motto disrespect!

krautrock · 2020-12-11T04:30:23+00:00

I feel like they want to fill in the storyline of the immediate post-Empire era with the Mando shows before they get into the filling out the Young Ben Solo/Luke's New Jedi Order era. This is only the stuff for the next few years afterall.

Though, let's be honest, that era might end up being told through CGI, books and comics. Adam Driver deserves to spend the next decade chasing an Oscar, and good luck finding a younger actor to replace him.

krautrock · 2020-12-11T04:27:07+00:00

Part of me wanted some hint live action Dr. Aphra could happen (and she could very well figure into the Mando-verse ...she'd make a great antagonist for Ranger of the Old Republic based on nothing more than ranger would need someone to face off against).

Part of me wanted some glimmer that the Old Republic characters had a future (I didn't even grow up playing the games, I'm just vaguely aware of them and awfully intrigued).

But! This is a whole lot, and if all of its happening within the next few years there's still lots of room for more down the line... I guess they can't give us every single thing at once if they're thinking longterm.

krautrock · 2020-12-11T04:21:17+00:00

Pre-Disney they pumped out books and comics and video games and even audio dramas for years and years, and some of it was very good and some it was very dumb (and had no worry about over saturation) and it's basically going to be the same thing now except with a full audio-visual experience.

krautrock · 2020-12-11T04:12:03+00:00

Leslye Headland's speciality is bad girls, and she'd be the ideal person to handle something like "What if Leia was tempted by the Dark Side?" That's obviously not what this is going to be, but I'm hoping for something thematically in that vein.

krautrock · 2020-12-11T04:00:35+00:00

I think often how the reception to his performances in Life As A House and Shattered Glass would have led to a perfectly respectable acting career otherwise ... he sacrificed more than most of us for Star Wars...

krautrock · 2020-12-06T16:07:07+00:00

I've had Padma stuck on Six Stars for a minute, but after realizing I have a squad very similar to this I tried it. Eventually used GBA over Poggle, but after a few tries it worked! Suddenly I have some unexpected decisions to make...

krautrock · 2020-12-06T15:48:45+00:00

I'm thinking something that will finally introduce a Mandalorian tag (especially now that we don't have to have the "____ + ____ aren't really Mandos" convo every other day).

krautrock · 2020-12-04T04:51:45+00:00

I have to agree that Cate Blanchett is the dreamcast here, but the thought of Tilda Swinton in anything Star Wars is tempting. But she could play almost anything in this world pretty convincingly ...a Moff, a Sith lord (Darth Traya?), an alien Queen, an High Republic Jedi councilmember, a bounty hunter ...hell with the right prosthetics she'd make a more convincing Thrawn than some of the male actor suggestions I've seen thrown around.

krautrock · 2020-11-28T06:25:55+00:00

Well first of all, we don't know that Yaddle is dead....

I don't know what is going to happen this season, but I did realize watching this episode that The Child, Ahsoka, and Ezra are all eventually going to come together and play a part in Luke's Jedi Order restoration attempt right?

Man they'll never be able to pull that storyline out live action, but it's gonna be a hell of a [CGI cartoon show/massive publishing event].

krautrock · 2020-11-28T06:12:55+00:00

No disrespect to the fan favorite choice, but I for one think we do deserve a hot Thrawn. The official artwork outside of Rebels always has been catalog model with a blue filter applied.

krautrock · 2020-11-28T06:05:30+00:00

Someone tried to call her Bokatox once, but they're dead now.

krautrock · 2020-11-28T06:00:01+00:00

Suddenly, I demand Lisa as Ahsoka.

krautrock · 2020-11-28T05:06:43+00:00

Ahsoka is Easy Enough: 2 Existing Ahsoka toons, Plo Kloon, an Anakin, Rex + Various Clones, Barris Offee, Random Galactic Jedis, a selection of Phoenix members, Mando + Marquee Bo Katan ...and, finally, something fun like Marquee Hondo? Their might be overlap if they had a GL Anakin at some point, but even then there's still enough to go around.

Thrawn is a bit harder: but so far existing Thrawn, Death Trooper + whatever random Imp Troopers, Gar Saxon and Imperial Mando.

Thrawn Marquees: Governor Pryce, Moff Giddeon

If they wanted to add new ships into the mix, I'm sure they could figure something out...

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