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Episode 2689: Now My Thoughts Run Wild

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It's normally up to the GM to plan things in secret and pull surprises on the players. But as players you also have power to collude and do things that will eventually be a surprise for the GM!

Just be aware that most GMs hate this sort of thing.

Commentary by memnarch (who has not seen the movie)

It's probably just the repetition of the same perspective on Kylo, but that crack on the nose and mouth plate stands out a little too much in this instance. I guess I hadn't expected it to continue glowing this long. I wonder what it's made of, both in the movie and as a prop. I suppose it could just be a CGI addition if the whole helmet is CGI, but that would mean the lines standing out like this is an intentional effect.

Anyway, escape should be easy enough. Assuming the ship they arrived in hasn't been blown up yet. That said, with the noise made so far, I would expect it to be heavily guarded or exploded by this point. Which would then lead to needing to steal a shuttle of some kind; perhaps Jim gets the idea of calling the Steadfast's bridge and pretending to take Chewbacca away in order to keep him from being rescued by the invaders. That sounds just like the sort of crazy plan Jim would come up with that would still somehow work with the movie. All that leaves is pulling Rey away from wherever that Force Sense snipe hunt she's decided to go on has brought her to.

Transcript

Kylo Ren: {on Kijimi} They’re near. I can feel it.
Finn: {on the Steadfast} There he is! I see him!
Kylo Ren: Soon they’ll join the Wookiee in his cell.
Chewbacca: So nice of you to join me.
Kylo Ren: No rescue shall come, once abduced as such.
Poe: We’re here to rescue you!
Chewbacca: I had, in fact, deduced as much.
Kylo Ren: They’re so predictable. I can foresee their tactics forming.
Poe: Right. Let’s get out of here.
Chewbacca: How?
Finn: We don't know, we’re making this up as we go.
Kylo Ren: Nothing can slip past me. Nothing!
Poe: Looks like we slipped past Kylo Ren, anyway.
GM: Are you doing this deliberately to mess with my mind?
Kylo Ren: Have we ever had to be deliberate to do that?
GM: ... Now I have doubts about the entire last sixteen years.


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