#Rick the door technician

[corvidscreams]

Kicking off Mermay with violence and bad decisions.

[calkestis]

i offered him a warrior's death

[kanerallels]

Okay here are my many, many thoughts on Jedi Survivor. I'll keep the spoilers beneath the cut, so all who venture forward have been warned!

The way the game started out was so fun!! The stealth heist! The crew members Cal was teaming up with! Being on CORUSCANT of all places!

I really, really love the gameplay over all. It felt like they took the last game and just improved these tiny little details that I remember from the first one. Tiny things that would seem stupid but also made the game play that much smoother!

KOBOH MY BELOVED IT'S SO MASSIVE SO BEAUTIFUL SO GORGEOUS I LOVE IT THERE VERY VERY MUCH

Also I don't know who decided we should get Fast Travel but I would die for them

I'll probably make a separate post about this, but Cal introduced BD-1 to almost everyone he met-- ALMOST. Not Dagan, and not a couple other people that it was clear he didn't trust. And I for one LOVE that detail

Jedha was so fun other than the fact that I almost died every fifteen seconds

CERE!!!!!!!!! AND MASTER CORDOVA!!!!! WORKING TOGETHER!!!!! WITH THE HIDDEN PATH!!!!!

The Merrical was *chef's kiss* absolutely amazing. They are so April and Andy from Parks and Rec I love them

As a fan of the High Republic books, I thought the Nihil references, along with Dagan Gera and Santari Khri, were pretty neat! He was a fun villain to fight

I really really loved... pretty much all the Greez content? How happy he was to see Cal, and the fact that he had a room set aside for him, and the fact that he ventured back out into the fight just to keep Cal safe. I was mostly neutral on him during JFO, but Battle Scars made me really, really love him, and this game definitely built on that! Also I love that he named his saloon after his grandma (I think?)

Rayvis was an interesting villain! I liked him a lot, especially the final battle with him. They did a good job developing his character

Speaking of villains... I do be feeling some emotions about Cal's fight with Masana Tide. I'm a redemption arc girlie at heart, what can I say? But I see why they did what they did

RICK THE DOOR TECHNICIAN MY BELOVED

THE PONCHO!!!!!!!! THERE WAS A PONCHO!!!!!! I GOT TO WEAR MY BOSS BATTLE OUTFIT TO THE FINAL FIGHT!!!!! IT WAS AMAZING

That one scene where the whole crew was at the campfire together and for like five minutes it felt like everything was going to be okay warmed my heart so much

Yeah I don't remember what happened after that (obvious lie)

I like the new open world features, and the bounties you get to hunt, and the customization and stuff! And those Force tear things are terrifying, but I've completed two of them, and plan to do more as time goes on!

Kriff. Okay I gotta talk about the Horrors at some point. Thanks to my lack of self control, I'd seen some spoilers and knew that Bode was gonna betray us. I didn't know about Cordova (sad) and I didn't know about Bode's secret (SO MUCH SHOCK THAT WAS AN AMAZING PLOT TWIST)

I will say, Cere's final battle against Vader was SO FREAKING COOL IT WAS AWESOME PLAYING AS HER

I also love the fact she set Vader on fire. It's ironic

AULSDKFJLSDKJFLSDKJFLSDKJF AND HER LAST WORDS REALLY JUST SHOT ME IN THE CHEST I'M FINE OKAY I'M FINE (more lies)

Uhhh the Tanalorr plot line was pretty cool! I like the idea of there being somewhere safe from the Empire, to prevent Cal from being killed for plot convinience

Bode's betrayal... yeah I'm not gonna talk about that. I'm not ready, and honestly I have an objectively awful take on the whole situation that no one will like

OKAY THE SCENE WHERE BD-1 REUNITED WITH CAL AFTER HE CHASED AFTER BODE AND JUST LAUNCHED HIMSELF INTO CAL'S ARMS I DON'T THINK ENOUGH OF YOU GUYS KNOW THAT I WOULD DIE FOR THIS DROID

The part where BD-1 was going to scan the trontoshell, and Cal called him BD and THEN BD-1 like he was his mom, full naming him into safety. I love it so much

OH ALSO BD AND KATA'S DYNAMIC IS SO HECKING CUTE

(can you tell I love BD-1?)

I also really, really loved Merrin's entrance. Ten out of ten, the only thing I would change is that Cal should have immediately proposed

Oh! And Merrin and Kata's relationship is so fun I really really like it

Ummm yeah I think I've addressed everything there is to talk about (the most obvious lie yet) so yeah! The brainrot is still strong with me so I might end up posting some screenshots and more thoughts later on!

[breakfastteatime]

Obligatory

[grackle-draws]

This will all make sense in the morning :)

[legomocfodder]

I finished the main story of Jedi Survivor and wanted to make a minifigure of the game's hardest boss: Rick the Door Technician

NSFW blogs do not reblog!

[splitsabers]

Trooper Studies - Star Wars Jedi: Survivor

[darthskys]

You, uh, you sure fought...you fought... valiantly, Rick the door technician...good job

[wandringaesthetic]

Mild spoilers for Jedi Survivor and me taking jokes too seriously ahead:

So, at one point in the game, you'll go through a corridor that has one (1) stormtrooper in it. He has some nervous dialogue, he's shaking, he psychs himself up with a battle cry and a health bar like the ones that appear in boss fights appears at the top of the screen. There have been a couple of boss fights previously in the game that are higher powered versions of common enemies that were just in an elevator or something, so it's reasonable to think that this is a TR-8R situation and an actual boss fight.

But he goes down in one hit and you realize the name over the health bar is "Rick the Door Technician." Alas, Rick, we hardly knew you.

The stormtroopers in this game and in Fallen Order have unique dialogue that you can overhear that gives exposition and texture before you jump from a rooftop and press square, killing them instantly. So they feel a little bit individual. You are killing faceless cogs of the machine, but you are also killing Dudes. Dudes who mostly never had a chance against you.

There's usually a degree of dissonance between story and gameplay when it comes to Star Wars games. A Jedi uses the force for knowledge and defense, never for attack. Uh-huh, yeah, okay. It might not be the Jedi way when I have Cal jump from a rooftop and press square, but that and all those finishing animations prove that game thinks that using the force for attack is... Sweet.

And with that in mind along with the sheer number of stormtroopers you kill in this game and Fallen Order, even accounting for ~ludonarrative dissonance~, I think it's reasonable to say that Cal just likes killing stormtroopers. You can run past Rick and spare him or force push him out of the way. You could do this with a lot of mooks, probably, but the game doesn't have stealth mechanics and isn't really built for that.

Cal is apparently going through some Dark Side struggles and I'm judging will probably go through more later in the game. Rick the Door Technician is probably there for Jokes and not as part of Cal's Fall, but I wonder if, when Cal looked down after having that overreaction to someone who had no business trying to fight him, who he didn't even try to have mercy on, did he have a moment of self awareness?

What am I doing?

[last-knight-who-was]

I just got attacked by a Stormtrooper named Rick the Door Technician. He was classified as a boss and went door in one hit. I love this game lmao

[corvidscreams]

Days 13 + 14: Attend + Nurse

Rick is about to find out some startling facts about his repair pal this day. (And you all get to look at a crackship I share with a grand total of 2 other people. Look at them.)

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[voidcat-senket]

RICK??????

wait sorry have you not heard about this yet (the thing that is entirely Lio's fault? And then Star and I started reminiscing about Sentinel/Guide AUs? Oops?) Anyway, an old fandom trope for a new fandom baby. Rick is a Sentinel and Kylo is a Guide and Kylo is very bitter about that because Grandpa Vader was a Sentinel but don't worry he still has the Force. Here's a bit for you: --

Only the noise inside the wall matters. Is it something he can fix? Is it just the new part in the old gunk? It puts him on edge. He listens to it again, and again. Taps against them to nudge the cogs attached to the panel and hits the action. He can still hear it. He should’ve oiled it again, at least. And there, there’s a soft hiss like air escaping, and it burps when the door closes. He listens closer, closer, closer. He doesn’t have time to fix it. He has to come back. Where is it wrong? He listens and listens and listens. Only the noise inside the wall matters. He feels something sharp on his shoulder. “Wake up.” His head snaps around to the corridor.

[jupitersaturnapollo]

RIP Rick the Door Technician

[short-wooloo]

Lore Accurate Rick The Door Technician

[hecckyeah]

RICK THE DOOR TECHNICIAN

[shaved-wampa]

Rick the Door Technician

I have no idea if this is a tribute to Matt the Radar Technician (video), but that was my first thought and it sent me to the floor laughing xD

Tough boss, huh?