Strange Conversations: Part Two Hundred and Sixty-Six
Posted 26 February 2010 in Strange Conversations by Catriona
ME: You’re Rogue Leader?
NICK: I am now!
ME: Did you promote yourself?
NICK: Well, I wanted to be in Rogue Squadron.
ME: Why?
NICK: Because that’s Wedge’s squadron after Star Wars.
ME: Yeah, if in doubt, shadow Wedge. You know he ain’t going down.
NICK: Exactly. Actually, he’s Rogue Leader. So, I’m covered both ways.
ME: Even after he totally wimped out of the attack on the original Death Star? They still promoted him? I suppose there was a lack of pilots after that debacle.
NICK: Survivors get the glory. Ones who don’t walk straight into Imperial fire are few and far between.
ME: Which surprises me, given that stormtroopers are notoriously lousy shots.
NICK: Tie Fighter pilots have much better aim.
ME: True. I guess they’re cloned from a batch with better hand-eye coordination.
NICK: The main problem for them is that Han and Luke are much better pilots.
ME: Maybe they switched batches? Maybe the stormtroopers are all excellent pilots?
NICK: I think we’re going to have to delve into the tie-in novels for more information.
ME: Well, you know how it is. You have these two billion clones, and you can’t tell the Emperor that you’re pretty sure you started labelling them the wrong colours halfway through. Next thing you know, your soldiers can’t shoot and your pilots can’t fly. It’s the only explanation that makes sense.
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Tim wrote at Feb 26, 06:33 am
Brilliant. :)
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h wrote at Mar 3, 12:21 pm
So basically the empire’s mistake can be traced back to some scientist who couldn’t get a requisition for a Dymo. Stingy stationery supply: it’s a killer.
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Catriona wrote at Mar 3, 01:10 pm
Well, the scientist who couldn’t get a requisition for a Dymo and that Star Destroyer gunner who didn’t shoot down the droid’s escape pod in the first film. Don’t forget him.