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Things that look familiar to adventurers can be great hooks to the past and provide intriguing clues to the present and future.
One trick is to tell the players that something looks familiar, but don't tell them why.
"You feel like you've seen the vizier before somewhere."
"Where? Do we know him?"
"You're not sure... His face just looks familiar, but you can't quite place it."
Commentary by memnarch (who has not seen the movie)
Ah hey! Confirmation that we've had a time skip! I knew there had to be some sort of time skip between Episodes! That's practically a tradition at this point. I wonder just how many times Pete's rewatched that clip over the years? It's definitely something that's been on his mind if he can recognize the setup and pull the clip out again this fast.
And I guess that ship is where we'll end up going next now that the troopers are gone. Maybe? Having that many attempts in a row for the one from Chewie would make for a reasonable way to handwave them as finished, especially since we thankfully don't need to see all of Chewie's separate dice rolls. Not to mention any dice rolls for shots by the other PCs at them.
I don't think I commented on it back when it first showed up, what with all of the other things going on in the visions, but that ship really looks like a giant droid head. Or maybe a giant pair of giant binoculars when the engines are off. I think it'd be neat if that's where the movie designers got inspiration for it.
Transcript
[SFX]: Pow! 20! {Chewbacca fires his crossbow}
[SFX]: Boom! {a jet trooper is hit!}
[SFX]: Splat! {and crashes to the ground}
Chewbacca: Well. That only took 37 attempts.
Rey: That’s good! You’ll be due for another natural 20 soon.
Chewbacca: Tosh!
[SFX]: vrrrumm... {the speeder heads towards a rock outcrop}
GM: You spot a ship parked on a rock outcrop. It looks... familiar.
Rey: I’ve seen it before?
GM: Not in reality...
{flashback to Rey’s vision when finding Luke’s sword}
GM: Lightning flashes! You’re in a blinding desert, looking down at a young girl.
Girl: Noo! Don’t leave me!
Restrainer: Quiet, girl.
Girl: Bring it to me.
GM: A firm arm restrains her as a ship flies away into the sky.
[SFX]: Frooosh!
{flashback ends}
Rey: The ship from the sword vision?!
Chewbacca: Did we need to rewatch ten minutes of a four-year-old session on your phone?
[SFX]: wubwubwub... {Poe’s speeder rejoins Rey’s one}
C-3PO: Gawd, my hair style...