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Crazy Han Solo went from smuggler to General after just 2 battles
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Date: September 25th, 2023 11:33 PM Author: black stead Just bc he was sleeping w leia. Had to be demoralizing to other rebel military personnel (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5412875&forum_id=2Elisa#46843619) |
Date: September 25th, 2023 11:34 PM Author: Greedy clown famous landscape painting This is exactly how a modern military should work (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5412875&forum_id=2Elisa#46843621) |
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Date: September 25th, 2023 11:35 PM Author: Greedy clown famous landscape painting (Mark milley) (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5412875&forum_id=2Elisa#46843623) |
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Date: September 29th, 2023 10:02 AM Author: Naked principal's office sound barrier (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5412875&forum_id=2Elisa#46858747) |
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Date: October 4th, 2023 8:27 PM Author: magenta up-to-no-good meetinghouse (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5412875&forum_id=2Elisa#46885855) |
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Date: May 19th, 2024 10:37 AM Author: Supple people who are hurt telephone (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5412875&forum_id=2Elisa#47673616) |
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Date: September 25th, 2023 11:36 PM Author: black stead What did he do that was so great in the battles to show he was capable of leadership tho? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5412875&forum_id=2Elisa#46843627) |
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Date: September 25th, 2023 11:35 PM Author: bateful shaky hall Height is everything (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5412875&forum_id=2Elisa#46843625) |
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Date: September 25th, 2023 11:39 PM Author: racy scarlet generalized bond (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5412875&forum_id=2Elisa#46843637) |
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Date: September 26th, 2023 9:31 AM Author: Sinister set selfie (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5412875&forum_id=2Elisa#46844403) |
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Date: September 29th, 2023 11:15 AM Author: Mildly autistic flatulent liquid oxygen wagecucks he was a 5'10 jew? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5412875&forum_id=2Elisa#46859026) |
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Date: August 25th, 2025 12:32 PM Author: barnabyjones Fords under 6 foot. he just looks tall because mark hammel is like 5'5 and carrie fisher was 5'1. if it were all about height Chewie would have been laying pipe to princesses across the galaxy. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5412875&forum_id=2Elisa#49211244) |
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Date: September 25th, 2023 11:37 PM Author: dashing at-the-ready point skinny woman i knew something was up with him with that scared old face and dumb hoop earring. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5412875&forum_id=2Elisa#46843630) |
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Date: September 25th, 2023 11:39 PM Author: obsidian dilemma idiot (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5412875&forum_id=2Elisa#46843636) |
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Date: September 25th, 2023 11:41 PM Author: talking slimy coffee pot step-uncle's house Star Wars operates under kooky feudalistic rules, rank has more to do with connections and prestige than time in service/merit. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5412875&forum_id=2Elisa#46843638) |
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Date: September 26th, 2023 12:20 AM Author: heady house A sci fi representation of the modern corporate world (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5412875&forum_id=2Elisa#46843722) |
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Date: September 25th, 2023 11:42 PM Author: Vermilion slap-happy alpha Harrison Ford was born at the Swedish Covenant Hospital in Chicago, Illinois,[9] on July 13, 1942,[10] to former radio actress Dorothy (née Nidelman) and advertising executive and former actor John William "Christopher" Ford.[11] His younger brother, Terence, was born in 1945.[12] Their father was a Catholic of Irish descent,[11] while their mother was an Ashkenazi Jew whose parents were emigrants from Minsk, Belarus, then in the Russian Empire.[11][13] When asked in which religion he and his brother were raised, Ford jokingly responded "Democrat"[14] and more seriously stated that they were raised to be "liberals of every stripe".[15] When asked about what influence his Jewish and Irish Catholic ancestry may have had on him, he quipped, "As a man I've always felt Irish, as an actor I've always felt Jewish." (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5412875&forum_id=2Elisa#46843647) |
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Date: May 19th, 2024 10:44 AM Author: sapphire painfully honest lay lettuce had to check. this is actually on his wiki. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5412875&forum_id=2Elisa#47673628) |
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Date: September 26th, 2023 12:02 AM Author: Appetizing Garrison It is a kind of strange yet charmed trajectory.
Essentially a felon smuggler and a murderer. But he performed the follow deeds that made him an absolute legend: 1. Was involved in the improbable rescue of Princess Leia from the Death Star, was one of only three humans to make it out alive. Leia just happened to be the highest ranking politician involved in the Rebellion (via her father in the Senate and her essentially taking his place), it would be like Nancy Pelosi secretly being a top antifa captain. 2. This rescue caused the death star plans to be delivered to the Rebellion, with its weakness revealed. A huge victory for the rebellion that quite literally turned the tide of the war between the Empire and the Rebellion. 3. Han was also involved in the attack on the Death Star (kind of weird, he was basically flying a really fast cargo ship into battle against the most advanced fighters in the galaxy) and performed heroically 4. He gave Luke the assist in destroying the entire death star, and thus literally saving the lives of the entire Rebellion (preventing the Death Star from destroying the entire planet where the Rebellion was situated), when he shot Darth Vader's ship in the death star trench. legendary stuff
For this he and Luke were both awarded the highest honor in the rebellion.
By the time of the events in Return of the Jedi, Han Solo had obviously spent a bit of time in the rebellion and had reached the rank of commander (he is referred to in the film as captain a time or two, but he was a commander at this time). This is also around the time that his sexual relation with Leia begins. Don't forget that he was also the person who risked his own life to find and save Luke on Hoth, the only person who spent the night outside of the base at night.
Somehow he only becomes a general rank after he is rescued from Jabba's lair. This part is never explained but it is obvious that it has to do with (1) his relationship with leia and (2) the prestige that he had attained through multiple legendary deeds acting on behalf of the rebellion
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Date: September 26th, 2023 8:54 AM Author: Histrionic Weed Whacker Casino He still shouldn't have been a general. I never liked that. He never showed a penchant for tactics. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5412875&forum_id=2Elisa#46844294) |
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Date: September 26th, 2023 8:56 AM Author: Boyish twinkling background story locus thank you (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5412875&forum_id=2Elisa#46844302) |
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Date: September 26th, 2023 9:03 AM Author: black stead Yeah but he never had any official rank or even membership in the rebellion armed forces and goes right to a general? It’s be like some afghani guy helping out the us army in some missions and then becoming a general in the us army shortly after he started dating the Secretary of State (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5412875&forum_id=2Elisa#46844321) |
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Date: September 26th, 2023 9:04 AM Author: electric forum double fault Yeah, sounds about right (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5412875&forum_id=2Elisa#46844324) |
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Date: September 26th, 2023 2:00 PM Author: Appetizing Garrison as I said above, it is unclear how much time elapsed between Star Wars and Empire Strikes Back, but it is clear that a decent amount of time had elapsed by that point. Han was now a commander in the Rebellion, obviously knew how things worked within the Rebellion, and was obviously respected by the rank and file on the Hoth base, and he was not afraid to throw his weight around.
But yeah, making him a general in Return of the Jedi, after he had been entombed for what appears to be a long time (a few years perhaps?) after he was a Commander was strange and was never quite explained at all. |
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Date: September 26th, 2023 9:34 AM Author: navy blathering jap ticket booth Good work here (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5412875&forum_id=2Elisa#46844417) |
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Date: September 26th, 2023 2:00 PM Author: Appetizing Garrison that was not a c&p by the way.
straight from the dome |
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Date: September 29th, 2023 11:40 AM Author: Charismatic overrated roast beef rehab 180 (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5412875&forum_id=2Elisa#46859165) |
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Date: May 19th, 2024 10:47 AM Author: transparent water buffalo (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5412875&forum_id=2Elisa#47673632) |
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Date: May 19th, 2024 8:31 AM Author: Histrionic Weed Whacker Casino All of this happened in the first Film. Han was a Captain in Empire. In ROTJ he’s a general. So is Lando. Luke is a Commander. IMHO it’s because Luke is Short and a goy. Han is Jewish, Calrissian is a black guy. Basically it’s like a modern GC shitlib corporation. I think he’s just seen as a natural leader and Lucas wanted to give him something to do bc Harrison Ford was whining about being Pointless in the Film. |
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Date: May 19th, 2024 3:36 PM Author: saffron nursing home gaping Re #2 - The plans were smuggled out before the rescue, when Artoo escaped the little rebel ship in the beginning. Theoretically Obi Wan (once Luke showed him) could have gotten the info to the Rebellion himself. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5412875&forum_id=2Elisa#47674355) |
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Date: September 26th, 2023 8:32 AM Author: Appetizing Garrison (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5412875&forum_id=2Elisa#46844241) |
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Date: September 26th, 2023 8:39 AM Author: electric forum double fault The Empire was a large soulless corporation. You have to grind away for decades to make it to upper management.
The Rebellion was a startup company. Get in at the right time, make a couple good plays, BOOM! You're the CFO.
Oh, Lando has some management experience. He helped rescue Han? Make him a general and put him in charge of attacking the Death Star. |
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Date: September 26th, 2023 2:11 PM Author: Appetizing Garrison Lando was an interesting case as well.
Former criminal, turned highly effective capitalist. He probably managed tens of thousands of people in Cloud City.
Keep in mind that he threw it all away to double cross Darth Vader and (again) save Princess Leia. Obviously the Rebellion views her as a key component, and extra brownie points are given to anyone who helps her out.
Not only that, but Han and Leia obviously put in the good word for him.
Kinda bullshit that he rose so fast but it is what it is. Also bullshit that Lando outranked Luke Skywalker by Return of the Jedi (Luke was still a commander IIRC). and Luke was the most valuable member of the Alliance
but you have to wonder if Han and Lando's "general" rankings were more ceremonial, as Han was leading a small assault team on Endor and Lando was leading a small strike force on the death star, not usually a task designated to real generals. |
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Date: September 27th, 2023 10:11 PM Author: black stead Lando never should have been a general. He was a borderline rapist too (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5412875&forum_id=2Elisa#46852986) |
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Date: September 29th, 2023 11:22 AM Author: Mildly autistic flatulent liquid oxygen wagecucks "Luke was the most valuable member of the Alliance" is this true though? I thought he was basically awol after going to yodda for training. The jedi were not even known to exist anymore to most people. I thought of him more as an independant contractor/assassin than an enlisted officer. |
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Date: September 26th, 2023 8:41 AM Author: Chestnut crawly azn that was a serious plot absurdity.
weren't they even calling Billy Dee Williams 'general' in the last movie? wtf? he didn't even do anything.
i think the (((rebel alliance))) was kind of a jew scam where if you signed up and put your spaceship up for use, you could pretty much 'choose whatever rank' you wanted. it was all a bit loose. |
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Date: September 26th, 2023 9:49 AM Author: plum pungent heaven It's like in finance where everyone is a "VP". Meaningless title (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5412875&forum_id=2Elisa#46844470) |
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Date: September 28th, 2023 2:22 AM Author: fighting metal mediation took a lot of blathering upthread to finally produce the sole correct answer (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5412875&forum_id=2Elisa#46853641) |
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Date: September 26th, 2023 9:24 AM Author: Grizzly stag film many Civil War generals were in their 30s
OP's mindset is that of a box-checking HR shrew |
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Date: September 26th, 2023 1:29 PM Author: black stead They didn’t go from farmer loosely helping with union troops to a genera in the army though. Nothing in the OP was about age (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5412875&forum_id=2Elisa#46845585) |
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Date: August 25th, 2025 12:42 PM Author: barnabyjones george washington kinda did. I believe he retired a captain in the british army then went from farmer to general with the continentals.
rebel armies are not bureaucratic machines with pensioners and civil employees. you get ahead by being damn good, damn lucky, or damn connected. han was all three. |
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Date: September 26th, 2023 2:05 PM Author: Appetizing Garrison like all of those guys were prestigious West Point grads and had spent their entire career in the Army. Most of them were very smart, well connected, and knew the US tactics better than a lot of northern generals. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5412875&forum_id=2Elisa#46845793) |
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Date: September 26th, 2023 2:21 PM Author: Grizzly stag film you could be named general just be being the local landowner and general hnic, and being rich enough to supply some horse and maybe sponsor a couple of artillery pieces. Lots of people did this |
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Date: September 26th, 2023 2:08 PM Author: Yellow low-t center hominid Just goes to show how a real military works (star wars) vs a fake military getting into fake wars (us military) with box checking hr shrews for officers (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5412875&forum_id=2Elisa#46845808) |
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Date: September 27th, 2023 10:27 PM Author: Abnormal internet-worthy business firm milk Sadly true. The Taliban probably have people like Han and Lando. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5412875&forum_id=2Elisa#46853068) |
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Date: September 29th, 2023 9:05 AM Author: Yellow low-t center hominid Actual heros for the people. What do we have? Nothing. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5412875&forum_id=2Elisa#46858590) |
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Date: September 29th, 2023 10:01 AM Author: black stead Imagine what the 9/11 dudes would’ve been promoted to if they had lived (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5412875&forum_id=2Elisa#46858742) |
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Date: September 28th, 2023 12:33 AM Author: Fiercely-loyal Comical Box Office Thread title reads like a Trump tweet. "Crazy Han Solo" (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5412875&forum_id=2Elisa#46853430) |
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Date: September 29th, 2023 9:21 AM Author: electric forum double fault "I like people who weren't captured." (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5412875&forum_id=2Elisa#46858627) |
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Date: September 30th, 2023 4:38 AM Author: fighting metal mediation (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5412875&forum_id=2Elisa#46863003) |
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Date: October 4th, 2023 8:13 PM Author: Slate effete fat ankles (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5412875&forum_id=2Elisa#46885799) |
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Date: October 4th, 2023 8:28 PM Author: Laughsome native kitty (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5412875&forum_id=2Elisa#46885859) |
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Date: September 29th, 2023 11:25 AM Author: Mildly autistic flatulent liquid oxygen wagecucks the Empire is the future for this world. One unelected ruling body governing over everyone in sight and forcing globohomo. Soros=Palpatine, Vader=Klaus Schwab, Jabba = Epstein, etc.. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5412875&forum_id=2Elisa#46859087) |
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Date: May 20th, 2024 10:19 AM Author: diverse roommate therapy CR and the rebellion was like a start up where they made up preposterous titles for everyone. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5412875&forum_id=2Elisa#47676313) |
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Date: August 25th, 2025 12:43 PM Author: barnabyjones (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5412875&forum_id=2Elisa#49211263) |
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Date: September 29th, 2023 11:40 AM Author: Charismatic overrated roast beef rehab banger of a thread ty (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5412875&forum_id=2Elisa#46859166) |
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Date: September 29th, 2023 11:44 AM Author: racy scarlet generalized bond (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5412875&forum_id=2Elisa#46859184) |
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Date: October 4th, 2023 8:11 PM Author: black stead (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5412875&forum_id=2Elisa#46885797) |
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Date: May 18th, 2024 11:52 PM Author: black stead (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5412875&forum_id=2Elisa#47673096) |
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Date: May 19th, 2024 7:41 AM Author: saffron nursing home gaping Why was Akbar an Admiral? How is he the Navy and Solo/Calrissian are the Army? Seems like they all fly ships and attack things, so what’s the Army/Navy divide here? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5412875&forum_id=2Elisa#47673402) |
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Date: May 19th, 2024 7:46 AM Author: Cracking University Solo commands ground forces (Hoth, Endor). He’s a great pilot but he’s not leading the fleet. Akbar commands a fleet in space. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5412875&forum_id=2Elisa#47673406) |
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Date: May 19th, 2024 10:53 AM Author: Histrionic Weed Whacker Casino Lando is a "general" and leads the battle of Endor iirc.
I just consider general as an "honorific" title in Star Wars in practice, and also a squadron of fighters is somewhat like a cavalry charge.
Admiral implies they command big af Capital Ships |
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Date: May 19th, 2024 9:13 AM Author: Unholy hot becky Maybe it was just a field promotion to a rank suitable for commanding what was technically a ground campaign.
There was also like a three-year gap between eps IV and V, during which he might've done a lot. In Empire, he seems like the only guy willing to take charge and get shit done while everyone else is whining about frozen tauntauns and speeders. |
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Date: May 19th, 2024 9:38 AM Author: saffron nursing home gaping I think the dorks here understand brevet promotions. It’s a little weird to go from smuggler to General though. Pirates had Letters of Marque but they weren’t promoted to run the fucken Royal Navy. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5412875&forum_id=2Elisa#47673522) |
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Date: May 19th, 2024 10:11 AM Author: Unholy hot becky Well, that's the thing, isn't it? The Rebel Alliance isn't the Royal Navy. It's a patchwork of raw recruits, shady operators seeking refuge, transplants from various local militias, and disavowed politicians. Sometimes, you want your rank and file to feel better by being led into battle by Generals.
I agree that smuggler to General in 2 to 3 years is a little much, though. Han was a natural leader though and the alliance's higher ranks had been gutted by recent setbacks. |
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Date: May 19th, 2024 9:41 AM Author: Know-it-all Zombie-like Stain State In the Clone Wars, all of the random jedi were generals afiak (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5412875&forum_id=2Elisa#47673529) |
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Date: May 19th, 2024 9:45 AM Author: saffron nursing home gaping Jedis aced OCI though. So all of them get to be General, a Coruscant version of MBAs getting auto VP titles at McKinsey. Han Solo was the equivalent of a Bergen County Community College —> Rutgers striver. Guys like him don’t get the auto VP title. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5412875&forum_id=2Elisa#47673538) |
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Date: May 19th, 2024 10:43 AM Author: Histrionic Weed Whacker Casino Han Solo is Scum imo. No degree. Maybe "some college." (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5412875&forum_id=2Elisa#47673626) |
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Date: May 20th, 2024 9:45 AM Author: saffron nursing home gaping Yeah, you’re right. Han would have dipped from community college by the second semester. No way he’s getting through College Math 102. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5412875&forum_id=2Elisa#47676203) |
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Date: May 19th, 2024 11:06 AM Author: Know-it-all Zombie-like Stain State (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5412875&forum_id=2Elisa#47673670) |
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Date: May 19th, 2024 10:49 AM Author: transparent water buffalo There should be a YouTube channel that features hyper-autistic people with questions like these into an actual face-to-face interview with someone like george lucas.
The artist (eg. lucas) would have to agree beforehand to take the person seriously tho, and not just "lol get a life".
I think it would be a massively popular channel. |
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Date: May 19th, 2024 3:31 PM Author: black stead I’d watch (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5412875&forum_id=2Elisa#47674341) |
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Date: August 25th, 2025 12:55 PM Author: gedood persoon just do get george lucas to answer fanboy questions for your youtube channel (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5412875&forum_id=2Elisa#49211286) |
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Date: May 20th, 2024 10:21 AM Author: citrine embarrassed to the bone abode somewhat unrelated but LMAO at anakin getting NOBREAKFASTED by the council (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5412875&forum_id=2Elisa#47676316) |
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Date: May 20th, 2024 3:00 PM Author: Unholy hot becky More like being named NON-EQUITY partner. Or might getting equity but no partner title.
He did get a council seat. Not getting the rank is more like a bullshit snub than anything else |
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Date: May 21st, 2024 7:19 PM Author: Cracking University Council seat is like getting one of those glorified head of practice group titles that means they make you do all the bs admin work and hope that the title gives you a business development boost. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5412875&forum_id=2Elisa#47681347) |
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Date: August 25th, 2025 10:44 AM Author: George Jetson (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5412875&forum_id=2Elisa#49210941) |
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Date: August 25th, 2025 11:03 AM Author: you\'re the puppet Relevant work experience bridging the gap... (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5412875&forum_id=2Elisa#49210987) |