[Trivial Psychic]

So I see that the poster for SW7 went up today, and it depicts something in the background that looks suspiciously like some kind of Mega Death-Star.
Not associated with Dave Mustaine, David Ellefson, Kiko Loureiro, or Chris Adler, who are or have been members of the thrash metal band Megadeth, which makes them by definition "MegaDeth Stars"
Take a look for yourself.

[Bobboau]

you know it's entirely possible it's a mini-deathstar, it's sorta hard to tell scale from that poster.

[karajorma]

Yeah, mega-deathstar would be stupid. You'd never get J.J Abrams involved with a film starting with the world "Star" where the bad guys had managed to secretly build a stupidly overpowered mega-anything.

[watsisname]

And it only weighs five hundred pounds.

[Black Wolf]

It's the weapon from Starkiller Base, isn't it?

http://www.starwars.com/databank/starkiller-base

So it's probably both. The fact it kills stars rather than planets makes it more powerful than the Death Star, but the fact that it was built on a planet, as opposed to in orbit, seems to suggest it might be smaller.

[EDIT]Actually, looks like there's some speculation that the weapon has been built into the planet... which might make it a tad bigger, yeah.

[Bobboau]

well, you can make out individual windows, it couldn't be more than... like 700 meters in diameter.

[Scotty]

well, you can make out individual windows, it couldn't be more than... like 700 meters in diameter.

Unless those are docking bays, like on the Death Star in Episode IV.

[Bobboau]

ok, say each docking bay is 50 meters tall, at best you've got something around 10km

[z64555]

ok, say each docking bay is 50 meters tall, at best you've got something around 10km

It which case, it would be a bonifide moon. 

[Bobboau]

that's no moon

sorry

the original deathstar was supposed to be like 250km.

[Colonol Dekker]

Anyone else got a boner for the new star destroyers?

[karajorma]

Who the **** is that little alien kid in the goggles? That's the new jar-Jar, right?

[Luis Dias]

Anyone else got a boner for the new star destroyers?

No, not really.

I think the more important question is -which one is supposed to be the likeable and charismatic lead character?

The girl in the middle. Come on that was easy.

[Grizzly]

Anyone else got a boner for the new star destroyers?

No, not really.

I think the more important question is -which one is supposed to be the likeable and charismatic lead character?

The girl in the middle. Come on that was easy.

Actually, I'd go with the guy on the right for the likeable and charismatic character. He gets a blue lightsaber and everything, whilst the Sith guy on the left is obviously evil. The girl in the middle divides the poster between the two, signifying an internal conflict between the temptation of easily accesable power that the dark side offers and the morally good balancing power that the light side offers.

[swashmebuckle]

1. Where's Lando?
2. Kicking that volleyball droid would be sooo wizard
3. Lando

[General Battuta]

Huh, Joshua made me have a thought

The Star Wars universe is a clever and tragic myth about Meditations on Moloch/cancer/the tragedy of collective action: while the Force ('light side') is better for civilization in the long run, the dark side is always dominant in the short term because it's easier to get. So history will be a constant cycle of Dark Side eruptions against the status quo. That's harsh and deep and true.

[Luis Dias]

Dunno, empires seem to be built to last. I say it's all these rebels' fault, with their diseases about freedom and ****. I once heard someone speak of these fauxters "Some men just want to see the word burn".

[Luis Dias]

Also, I like Leia's hair. The gorgeous-fash Leia's hair tradition continues!

[StarSlayer]

Forget the Nu SDs and Laser Moon.  Those Storm Troopers actually have butt stocks for their blasters, they might be able to hit something now thats a game changer.

[Scotty]

Forget the Nu SDs and Laser Moon.  Those Storm Troopers actually have butt stocks for their blasters, they might be able to hit something now thats a game changer.

They had stocks on Tatooine, too.  They apparently didn't last through the movie.