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Commentary by memnarch (who has not seen the movie)
Okay, definitely getting some big World War I vibes here. Why’s this a part of the movie? Even if these new people aren’t actually fighting in a war, trench warfare seems so..... wrong for Star Wars. I mean, I know Star Wars the original movie was meant to have lots of parallels to World War II with the way the Empire was presented and such. Heck, there’s even lots of ties to WWII just with the aircraft dogfights matching spacecraft fights.
A quick job? Are these people bounty hunters as well? With that description of Jim’s, this Beckett guy seems like he’ll stick around for a while at least. Why they’d want to put up with Han or Chi’ra is a question I hope gets answered reasonably well.
I’d guess that Rio’s gonna die in the next comic or two as they’ve got a faceless helmet on, but that didn’t help Staz at all, so here’s hoping the group’s got a better survival rate as a whole.
Transcript
Jim: Seeing this pointless death and destruction, I fled for my life across the battlefield and jumped into a trench.
[SFX]: Pow! Pow! Pow!
Jim: That’s when I saw the coolest dude ever.
Jim: He was firing twin blaster pistols and twirling them on his fingers as he stood exposed on the ridge amidst the crossfire.
[SFX]: Pow! Pow!
[SFX]: Pow!
Jim: His name was Tobias Beckett. He came down into the trench with his companions, Rio and Val.
Jim: Beckett I imagined played by Pete, so you can read his lines. Annie, since Qi’ra’s definitely gone for good, you’re now Val.
GM: I’ve only had a decapitated droid and a PA system.
Jim: Yep, you’re Rio. It’s your line next.
Rio: Cool! Hey, Beckett! You said we were here to pull a quick job.
Beckett: Yeah.
Rio: Well, this ain’t a quick job! It’s a war!
Beckett: I know, what a bonus, right?