tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9138626138333949773.post7304391511531361983..comments2023-11-12T01:18:13.517-08:00Comments on The Star Wars Chronology Project: 32 BBY: Tales # 3: The Death of Captain TarpalsMikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17906673835138277328noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9138626138333949773.post-59597043201552858322012-07-08T16:56:16.021-07:002012-07-08T16:56:16.021-07:00I remember liking this comic story, too. Tarpals ...I remember liking this comic story, too. Tarpals is definitely my favorite Gungan.Plaristesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9138626138333949773.post-44971629920615974882012-07-08T12:47:36.534-07:002012-07-08T12:47:36.534-07:00Those pesky Russians ;) As it is, I look forward ...Those pesky Russians ;) As it is, I look forward to your return. Your comments will be missed.MKBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17185603415301036071noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9138626138333949773.post-86460605074939998762012-07-08T10:17:41.759-07:002012-07-08T10:17:41.759-07:00I'll try. It's mandatory in a sense that e...I'll try. It's mandatory in a sense that every male in Finland has to go through either military or civil service. Females can volunteer, and there's some hundred every year. Civil service is a two-week training period about home front and then a year of working in a civil building. In military service you get off with 6 months, or 12 if you pursue a career as officer (I won't, it's enough to get through it in one piece).<br /><br />All of this is to have enough trained troops (350 000) to discourage any neighbor (Russia). Since our first rule of politics is to not make any reason for anyone to attack us, no one has since World War II.Lugijanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9138626138333949773.post-71090786108852751162012-07-08T09:22:48.499-07:002012-07-08T09:22:48.499-07:00I think the fact that nothing came from Tarpal'...I think the fact that nothing came from Tarpal's sacrifice makes it that much more tragic. That episode left me feeling melancholic. Truly, he's one great Gungan.<br /><br />Good luck and stay safe in your military service. Here's to hoping it's 70 years + 6 months without war. Is it mandatory service?MKBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17185603415301036071noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9138626138333949773.post-79404895618897076732012-07-08T08:51:28.917-07:002012-07-08T08:51:28.917-07:00I really liked this story. I already thought that ...I really liked this story. I already thought that Tarpals was one great Gungan, but this made him an even better character. I didn't like his death at the hands of Grievous, because that episode felt like a filler, especially the quick return to status quo at the end.<br /><br />Tomorrow I'll start my military service (6 months, weekends off, in a country that hasn't seen war for 70 years, so it won't be that hard). I can read your blog from a phone but commenting doesn't work for some reason. So I will listen but not talk that much.Lugijanoreply@blogger.com