Shawn Levy would "love" to see a BACKROOMS and STAR WARS crossover.
"I can’t help but be captivated by a ‘Backrooms’ x ‘Star Wars’ mashup—and luckily, I’ve got a little involvement in both so I’ll see what I can do"
(Source: @vanityfair)
@MJediB03 I do think Sean Stewart was given quite an early version of the rough CWMMP timeline/list of key events, because there’s a couple things like that in an otherwise amazing and EU-friendly book
You see, the snowtroopers use the same shoulder armor as the Imperial Army pilots and shares the same chest plate as Army General Veers
Also they use military plaques instead of stormtrooper rank pauldrons. Them inspiring the look of the Army trooper later helps the theory too
@Luke_Maxxing It’s mad that the lore explanation is still bonkers. So so many corporations and workers were essentially sworn to secrecy for 10 years about this MASSIVE armament initiative that a lot of higher ups in the Republic were seemingly unaware of??
Snowtroopers shouldn’t be Stormtroopers in Cold Assault armour, they should actually be Imperial Army Troopers
Their design language matches, and it makes sense that Army Troopers would be sent to face the Rebel trenches on Hoth
Getting to know Star Wars stuff by reading Wookieepedia entries will make you just know "facts" and "lore" but it's not gonna communicate *stories* and *themes* and *ideas* nearly as well.
It's like trying to lick a popsicle through a sheet of tissue paper.
Right before Porkins is shot down, Biggs yells "Eject!" at him as if they aren't all wearing open helmets and wouldn't just die anyway in the vacuum of space