User talk:MoffRebus

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Categories
Remember to categorize your articles. I know it can be a little difficult to know which article goes in which category, but you should browse the categories to get a feel of which it should go in. -- SFH 00:46, 18 Oct 2005 (UTC)

Republic article's "Behind the scenes"
Why must you constantly add in that worthless paragraph? It has nothing to do with the Republic. And if you hate what Lucas did, don't put it into the articles. Admiral J. Nebulax 21:34, 19 Dec 2005 (UTC)
 * I don't know if it's worthless, but anyway it's worth questioning :P I added it again and again only because I thought the save function did not work properly. MoffRebus 21:38, 19 Dec 2005 (UTC)

Skirmish
Thank you for adding in your "behind the scenes" thoughts on my Skirmish in Mos Eisley article. Haha, I see above that Nebulax is giving you a hard time as he often will. Thanks again. Wolfdog 04:29, 30 Dec 2005 (UTC)
 * You are welcome. I am also happy when someone other contribute in my articles. Games are underestimated and we can gather significant information when putting them together. MoffRebus 15:08, 1 Jan 2006 (UTC)

Claim
You claim you started Galaxy, however I copied that article from Wikipedia and you only added to it. Same with The Galaxy. Were you the creator of the article on Wikipedia? -- Riffsyphon1024 23:49, 9 Jan 2006 (UTC)
 * Yup, I am referring to Wikipedia, back when I looked Star Wars stuff there. Later I saw the Galaxy article was copied from there. I felt honoured MoffRebus 00:09, 10 Jan 2006 (UTC)
 * It was going to happen anyway, considering it was already a template of what we've expanded on. I wouldn't get too excited. -- Riffsyphon1024 18:29, 10 Jan 2006 (UTC)
 * That's not a reason not to feel nice though MoffRebus 20:46, 10 Jan 2006 (UTC)

Pointless Articles
Please don't make anymore fake, pointless articles like "Heavy weapon" or "Mech units" again. JimRaynor55 00:58, 10 Jan 2006 (UTC)
 * They are nor pointless nor fake, since they are classifications from Galactic Battlegrounds. So I can't promise because I don't know which you would describe as such in the future MoffRebus 01:05, 10 Jan 2006 (UTC)
 * That is game mechanics then, and if you haven't noticed, we are attempting to merge a bunch of mechanics with Star Wars: Battlefront II. -- Riffsyphon1024 18:30, 10 Jan 2006 (UTC)
 * I thought they could be game mechanics, but the information of the 'Database' feature of the game, was given in the form of some background history which explained, more or less, the advance of warfare and technology. Those descriptions made the classifications more important and interesting than some list that would go in the game's article, and definitely not 'pointless' or 'fake'. I will merge them in the game article then. MoffRebus 20:30, 10 Jan 2006 (UTC)

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Where form have you got those images?
 * Star Wars: X-wing MoffRebus 19:01, 11 Jan 2006 (UTC)

New articles
Hey, remember to add the appropriate stub tags (such as ) to new, short articles. Also, please add soures and/or appearances to them. Thanks! :) --Imp 23:27, 18 January 2006 (UTC)

Bryar Pistol
Howdy Moff. You seem to be one of the go-to guys when it comes to questions about Dark Forces weapons, so I'd love your input on this. Do you think the Bryar Blaster Pistol and the Modified Bryar Pistol are the same gun, or different models in the Bryar line? I haven't quite worked up the courage to just go ahead and merge the two articles.... SM-716 02:25, 20 January 2006 (UTC)
 * This has also confused me but I hoped there wold be a solution here. I was wrong. To me, there is indication that they are different. Bryar Blaster Pistol seems to come out as such, while Modified Bryar Pistol is just the Bryar Rifle sawed. If you look at the images, the MBP has a clip stuck on its left side, while there is no room for that in the pic of the BBP. Notice also that the name is inconsistent. However information and description hints that it's the same thing. MoffRebus 10:23, 20 January 2006 (UTC)

Hey there
I'm from South Carolina (sadly). What brings it up? Thanos6 08:43, 28 January 2006 (UTC)
 * Ah, the Greek thing. Yeah, I get tons of Greek people asking me that, sometimes they even greet me in Greek. :) Actually, I named myself after a Marvel Comics supervillain, see HERE. Thanos6 10:36, 28 January 2006 (UTC)

Animated starfighter gallery
Here is a page for all of those animated schematics: Animated starfighter gallery. It has the A-wing, B-wing, X-wing, and Y-wing currently. - Bwingfreak

Copyrighted images
If you are going to use images that are copyrighted, such as HUD sprites from Dark Forces, please use the template so we can't get in trouble over their use. -- TheDarkArchon 22:18, 1 March 2006 (UTC)

Relentless confusion
Perhaps you have better sources than I, but my sources don't explain which Relentless was at Gerrard V (though they did indicate the ones from Tatooine Manhunt, Otherspace, and the Thrawn Trilogy were the same ship.). Maybe you can help straighten out the confusion over on Talk:Relentless? Thanks, &mdash;Silly Dan (talk) 13:32, 8 March 2006 (UTC)

Formatting
When adding a behind the scenes section, please label it "Behind the scenes," and not "BtS." Kuralyov 23:20, 28 April 2006 (UTC)

RE: Calo Nord's demise location
No, the time and place is not fixed. -Moff Rebus

Please explain. --68.102.193.78 12:05, 2 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Look at the "Behind the scenes" section of Calo Nord article. MoffRebus 12:15, 2 May 2006 (UTC)

Gungan war dates

 * Hi. Thanks for your message. The 3,020 BBY date is mentioned at the Gungans article, (which has sources). The 3,032 BBY is implied at sites like Otoh Gunga, which was founded at the end of the War of Gungan Tribes 3,000 years before the battle of Naboo, making it approximately 3,032 BBY. I'm pretty sure I actually saw this last date written in one article somewhere, but I'm not sure.


 * Basically what I've done with these dates, along with many others, is taken them from articles all over Wookiepedia, including "specific years" pages, (like 1,000 BBY). I think it's a good opportunity for us to go to the relevant articles from the timeline and do some "fact-checking" in Wookiepedia. So your question for me is exactly what I hoped would happen.
 * Furthermore, I've seen contradictary dates in several articles. For example, the crash of the Chu'unthor on Dathomir had a different date in three different articles:Chu'unthor, Dathomir, and the Witches of Dathomir! I brought it to some people's attention, and I just read a post where the proper date was confirmed with a proper source, (The NEC and PotJ list it as 340 BBY). So, in my opinion, this thorough timeline has demonstrated a practical function for Wookiepedia. Again thanks for your message! Jaywin 12:50, 28 May 2006 (UTC)


 * Thanks for straightening that out! I'll go fix it in the article, the "year" page, and the timeline. Jaywin 13:25, 28 May 2006 (UTC)

Mandalorian Wars
Please explain your recent changes to the article on the talk page or I will continue to revert it. Your recent slash-and-burn edits are unncecessary and not well written. And I do not appreciate you copying and pasting the entire 'origins' section verbatim into another article. I wrote that entire section from scratch just a few days ago. I know this is a wiki, but even here there are limits to how much you should take credit for another person's work...--Sentry 09:38, 31 May 2006 (UTC) '''I still consider that the sentences I removed did not harm your section. The explanation was and is that the 'context' is too long to exist as it is in the main article and the previous Mandalore and the war of Dxun are not relative at all; or else we should put a perilepsis of the Clone Wars in the Galactic Civil War article... Sorry again.''' What is too long? A lot of people on this wiki seem to have this bizarre notion that internal links should be used as a crutch to explain away all of the holes in an article. I, for one, believe that every article should be as self-contained as possible in order to make this wiki at least somewhat accessible to Star Wars neophytes, otherwise we are just preaching to the choir and that is pointless. I don't think that four brief paragraphs providing context for the Mandalorians' actions during the war are in any way overkill. If you think that the 'Origins' section in the Mandalorian Wars article is bad, I shudder to think what you would do to the Jedi Civil War, which is a Featured Article. As for providing a brief summary of "the previous Mandalore and the war of Dxun", they are vitally important to the Mandalorian Wars. Mandalore the Indomitable's actions tied the Mandalorians to the Sith while the Fourth Battle of Onderon explains exactly how Mandalore the Ultimate came to power and why Dxun was such an important location for the Mandalorians. Yes, this information can be copied and placed elsewhere, but there is no reason to remove it from the Mandalorian Wars article; detail is a good thing when attempting to describe an entire war and all of its intricacies.–Sentry 20:13, 15 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Well, it has been a year since you last started removing bits of the Origins section, but I might as well add comments here. As for using the word butcher to describe your edits, that was an overreaction and I apologize, but your edit added nothing to the article and it removed a number of sentences that provided necessary context to the text that you left behind.
 * Alright, after thinking this over, I just wanted to let you know that I regard you with no ill will. I don't want this to get personal. I know that you and I have had a few tiffs in the past, but I think they are all the result of bad communication. That is why I get frustrated at times. You tend to make major modifications to articles without discussing the changes first on the talk page. I am not just defending the article because I wrote it. I am not that petty. I simply believe that the major contributors to an article should be given the chance to discuss important changes. If you had brought up a discussion about the 'Origins' section on the talk page, I would have been more than happy to discuss it with you. Instead, we are forced to communicate through edit summaries, and frankly, that just doesn't work. Lastly, you were correct that the 'Origins' section was bloated the first time that you sliced it up last year. After you moved the text to Mandalore the Indomitable, I cut it down. I agree that it can probably be condensed further and I will make an attempt to cut it down to three paragraphs. Cheers, Sentry 22:05, 15 July 2007 (UTC)

Star Trek canon
Yeah, I was refering to Star Wars canon. :) Adamwankenobi Talk to me! My home. 14:12, 24 June 2006 (UTC)

"Reversions".
Why did you revert Asajj Ventress and Corellia back to how they looked before other edits improved the articles? Fleet Admiral J. Nebulax (Imperial Holovision) 13:14, 28 June 2006 (UTC)

Danuta, et al
Yes, I was going to post a comment on here anyway thanking you for the Death Star plans expansions. You surely know how I felt when I saw that the rebels facing the 501st Legion received sole credit for recovering them!

You have not played through Jedi Knight? Such a shame. After the duel with Jerec ends, the next cutscene is of a Lamba-class shuttle arriving in on an urban planet (Coruscant?) with two TIE escorts. Kyle descends with Sariss, whom we have not seen or heard from since Kyle decided to kill Jan but refused to join Jerec. Sariss says that their spies bring word of a small rebel uprising on Danuta (there is the mentioning). Kyle replies, "I have no time for petty uprisings. Extinguish them painfully." She responds, "Yes, Emperor." Kyle then ascends a long staircase, sits upon a throne, and after a moment retrieves a small holoprojector. It is the one we saw in the first cutscene of the game, of his father telling him how very proud he is (a picture of it appears early on the Kyle Katarn page). After replaying the first bit, Kyle appears obviously pained and drops it on the ground, smashing it with his boot. Wonderful.-BaronGrackle 00:47, 1 July 2006 (UTC)

The whills/Yoda/Supershadow
Hey. what was your source for the topps card not being named for the Whills? I'm pretty certain it wa. Thanks HavetStorm 17:53, 6 July 2006 (UTC)
 * I just know that Yoda's species is identified with the Whills by Supershadow, so I find it hard that a Topps card would be so misled. MoffRebus 18:12, 6 July 2006 (UTC)

Sequel trilogy
Rather than get into a revert war, can I just ask you to give a source for the idea that the Thrawn Trilogy "officially" takes the place of the sequel trilogy over on Talk:Sequel trilogy? I've never heard this fact outside of Wookieepedia. &mdash;Silly Dan (talk) 22:25, 7 July 2006 (UTC)

"Seven Dark Jedi" name
I've just looked through an online copy of the Jedi Knight game manual and posted some thoughts on the Seven Dark Jedi talk page. You originally suggested it might be a conjectural name; I'd appreciate your input on it now. I won't object if you care to add the template yourself, either; I just wanted to get some consensus from other gamers first. -BaronGrackle 09:23, 17 July 2006 (UTC)

RA II expansion
Thanks for the praise. I'm still not quite done yet. I'll add images on Merrick, Rece and Till soon.-Challenger STA 14:40, 28 July 2006 (UTC)
 * whoa. not much more to do in terms of Rebel Assault II, I guess. --Challenger STA
 * Added the requested Murleen portrait. --Challenger STA 10:51, 29 July 2006 (UTC)

Re: Template:Familytree
Hey there, I was just wondering if you were planning on doing anything further with Familytree or if it could be deleted. Thanks, RMF 22:23, 5 August 2006 (UTC)

RE:The One
Do you have any evidence that "The One" was a title that was inherited from the time period of the Infinite Empire? If not, I am afraid that it is pure speculation.– 20:44, 7 August 2006 (UTC)

Galactic Battlegrounds Unit List
That's the SWGB given names for all units, except for the Confederacy's animal units, reek, acklay & whatsit, nexu. Enochf 00:21, 15 August 2006 (UTC) Oh, & Imperials (only) also have a Probot unit recruitable at the command center.

Takara

 * No one. I just made the infobox. I know nothing about him, and he's only ones of two "Hutts" I don't. Though why he's under List of Hutts is beyond me. I just went down the list and added boxes. -- Jabbathehuttgartogg [[Image:Desilijic Clan (Jabba’s Tattoo) .jpg|20px]] [[Image:Desilijic Clan (Jabba’s Tattoo) .jpg|20px]] 22:47, 4 September 2006 (UTC)

Hi MoffRebus!!!

 * I would thank you Moff if you help me with my image. Kisses. Hammu Naberrie (Talk)

Images for X-wing articles
The strategy guide has got some black and white renders of missions next to some of the walkthroughs (the attack on the Talon, the death of Breth Gart, etc). Being black and white, they're not great, but they're canon and in the absense of any other pictures do you think it's worth me scanning them in? Green Tentacle (Talk) 12:05, 6 October 2006 (UTC)
 * I've put a bunch of the better ones up which you can see here, including a couple from Stele Chronicles. There might be some more to come, but most just show fighters in combat without any named ships or anything. Green Tentacle (Talk) 12:28, 9 October 2006 (UTC)
 * Hey. I found a trading card with a colour version of the Intrepid picture which I've put up instead of the black and white one. The only thing is I had to blow it up with the scanner (a lot, it was tiny) but the black and white one was already a full page in the strategy guide so it came out clearer. Have a look and see what you think. We can always revert it if the old one looked better. Green Tentacle (Talk) 17:00, 18 November 2006 (UTC)
 * Yeah, the original probably did look better. LucasArts did render them in colour, just the strategy guide was printed in black and white. The reason that version looks Photoshopped is probably because of me trying to make it look clearer after blowing it up from about 2cm x 3cm! I'll revert it back to the old picture, but I'll keep an eye open for any larger versions of the colour one which might scan better. By the way, I created those articles on the ATK shuttles; ATK 253, ATK 592, ATK 664. Green Tentacle (Talk) 22:28, 19 November 2006 (UTC)

Battle of Forest Cities
Sorry about that, I'm just trying connect every battle through the next and previous buttons. I'll fix it back. Bonko 15:50, 13 October 2006 (UTC)

Re: Deleted transports

 * Yeah, I will but I think they were in the next mission (the one where you rescue Biggs Darklighter's X-wing), not that one. The ones in the Ojai mission had the standard Lambda, Kappa, etc names. I'll hopefully get around to them tonight but it might be tomorrow. Green Tentacle (Talk) 09:21, 16 November 2006 (UTC)
 * I played both missions to double check the strategy guide; the four transports that attacked the Jeffrey in T2M6 (Ambush in the Cron Drift) are Lambda, Kappa, Omicron and Sigma, the shuttles that attack Bigg's X-wing in T2M7 (Protect a Disabled X-wing) are ATK 253, ATK 592 and ATK 664 (no dashes in either the game or the guide). Replay the missions if you want to check. Green Tentacle (Talk) 20:52, 20 November 2006 (UTC)

Invitation
Feel very welcome to join the discussion at Forum:Disabling creation of pages by anons and new users. MyNz 22:10, 15 December 2006 (UTC)

Priam
Hey, MoffRebus. Do you have any idea what the bit about the Imperial counterstrike from Priam is about? It's been in the article since the start but I just checked the capture mission and they don't launch a counterstrike in that and I can't recall the Priam appearing again. It's been copied into Battle of Kalla VII too and I was wondering if we should remove it. Green Tentacle (Talk) 22:49, 19 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Cheers. I'll take it out, then. I can always put it back if it shows up during Imperial Pursuit or B-wing. Green Tentacle (Talk) 15:18, 21 January 2007 (UTC)

Frigates
Hey. On Frigate, you added the line: ''Historically, space frigates evolved from aquatic war vessels called Frigates. Their purpose was to protect aquatic transports from the Destroyer warships''; I was wondering what the canon backing for this was (something in a game or manual?), or if it was just based on real-world usage? Thanks! --McEwok 22:12, 6 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Thank you very much for your reply here!! Do you know how I could get hold of the direct quote from the Star Wars: Galactic Battlegrounds "encyclopedia", by any chance? Thanks! --McEwok 22:54, 6 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Thanks again, all the same!! --McEwok 23:33, 6 February 2007 (UTC)

Source request
I've been sourcing Pre-Republic era and came across something that I didn't know the source for that you added; I was wondering if you could tell me or just add it to the article. Specifically, the part about the Devaronians entering space 300,000 BBY and the Coruscanti 200,000 BBY. - Lord Hydronium 07:54, 10 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the response. In trying to unravel this mystery, I turned up the following: The user who added the info on the Devaronians to the page you got it from seems to have gotten it from Timetales, which states it's conjecture from Galaxy Guide 4; GG4 doesn't have anything that I can see regarding that, so I'm calling that one a bust.  Same thing with the Taung, again traced back to conjecture from Timetales.  So I'm deleting some and tweaking the rest, but thanks for helping me get to the bottom of it. - Lord Hydronium 10:48, 10 February 2007 (UTC)

Thanks
Thanks for the cookie. One day I'll actually finish it all, then – TIE Fighter! Green Tentacle (Talk) 13:28, 18 February 2007 (UTC)

Revan Revert
Fair enough. I think it looked better in the main biography section, but Wookieepedia policy is Wookieepedia policy I suppose. (Ulicus 09:59, 9 March 2007 (UTC))
 * That's how I've always seen it done too but I'm not sure I agree with it. I mean, if it's non-canon (as opposed to ambigiously canon), does it really matter if it contradicts anything else in the article? It didn't happen. Oh well, I appreciate the quick response, cheers. (Ulicus 10:10, 9 March 2007 (UTC))

Tikal
Hi. I saw you knew wich towers are seen in Tikal. Have you been there? Do you know on wich towner the camera stands? Thanks steinninn

Sith Jedi Statues
Hey. You wrote in the article that the statues are only vulnerable to lightsaber attacks. Can you provide a source for that, please, since the game itself makes no mention of this, nor do the manual. And there are no other sources in the article.

I expect this is a misunderstanding due to the fact that the lightsaber is the only weapon you can use on the Dromund Kaas levels. But this has been canonically shown to be because of the dark side aura of the planet or Dark Force Temple. Since no other weapons work at all, it is conjecture to say that only the lightsaber could affect them, since we don't know that. DarthMRN 12:34, 23 March 2007 (UTC)

Sourcing the Human article
Would you like to add some footnotes to the Human article? It's currently the main obstacle to making it a featured article. I'm sourcing what I can from my own memory, but as you've written more of the text than I have, you'll be able to source much more of it than I can. &mdash;Silly Dan (talk) 23:35, 25 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Well, the origins and humanocentrism sections are probably the ones which need the most sourcing, so any help there would be appreciated. Thanks in advance, &mdash;Silly Dan (talk) 22:30, 26 March 2007 (UTC)

Darth Vader and Grand Moff Tarkin
I updated the discussion page of the Grand Moff article in elaborating on the response to your inquiry into Vader's rank with respect to Grand Moffs. The focus is on Grand Moff Tarkin. I thought you would like to be informed of such. --Shon Kon Ray 22:10, 30 March 2007 (UTC)

Ballet
Just did. Din&#39;s Fire 997 17:26, 29 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Uploaded Image:DarkForce.jpg and added it to the Dark Force Temple article. That what you had in mind? Din&#39;s Fire 997 23:29, 27 May 2007 (UTC)

Screenshots
If you are going to upload images from games (ie. Devastator.gif) for use in an article, not the article about the game itself, then please take screenshots without the HUD/score/lives remaining, etc information present. That information in the image makes it OOU and therefore inappropriate for use in an IU article. Also, it's pretty much agreed upon that we never, never want to use images in GIF format. You should either make them JPG or, if less than 256 color, PNG format. Thanks. - JMAS 14:26, 27 May 2007 (UTC)

RE: Divad and Corvettes
I see you've already added the corvettes. For future reference the timeline as shown in the Strategy Guide goes like this:
 * T3M11: Defend the Independence
 * Independence arrives at Yavin IV, transfers Red, Gold and Blue Squadrons to Yavin Base, squadrons augmented by Wedge, Biggs and co.
 * Falcon arrives and they start to analyse the plans.
 * Farlander gives Luke a crash course in X-wings.
 * Death Star arrives.
 * T3M12: Begin Death Star Assault (attack on the comsat to buy time for analysing plans)
 * Farlander returns to base.
 * T3M13: Attack Death Star Surface (the hangars and turbolasers one)
 * Farlander returns to base, transferred to Gold Squadron.
 * T3M14: Death Star Trench Run/Battle of Yavin as shown in Episode IV

Hopefully that's all covered in the relevant articles now. Green Tentacle (Talk) 18:30, 3 June 2007 (UTC)

Greek alphabet
By Jove, you're right. Should've read the article more carefully. Enochf 13:35, 18 June 2007 (UTC)

Norvech or Norvach
Admiral jolyon to MoffRebus Do you read me? 12/07/07 23.00

E-Mail in Episode IV
yes well in the book that gives you the details and shows you the buildings in Ep. IV it shows lukes Copmputer which he uses to E-Mail his Friends.

Death Star II plans

 * Hey, I thought I would direct you to the category "Acquiring the Death Star II plans" on the Death Star II page. I put that together a while ago with the intent of creating the Death Star II plans page you're working on now. I was directed by the admins to just put it on there, though your page is needed as well. I believe my category to be pretty damned in-depth, and just about the best collective amount of info on it you're going to find. Toprawa and Ralltiir 22:32, 2 September 2007 (UTC)
 * I'll try to get most of it over to your page. And I did know the difference between "category" and "section." My bad! =D Toprawa and Ralltiir 23:44, 2 September 2007 (UTC)

Star Wars: Rebellion
You wouldn't happen to be a player of the PC game Star Wars: Rebellion would you? Toprawa and Ralltiir 01:47, 3 September 2007 (UTC)