My Reaction to the Final Star Wars Force Awakens Trailer

I don't usually do trailer or movie reviews. I used to be a media critic and I got super burned out. Writing hurts that my hands so much that I barely feel up to correcting my grammar. But, when I watched this trailer, I got the same familiar chills that I haven't gotten since I watched the crawl in Star Wars Phantom Menace.

Star Wars was my childhood. It had everything a kid could want. A swashbuckling Han Solo, The beautiful but formidable Princess Leigh, The baddest villain of all time who (woah) became the Mystical Heroes Dad. Like many of you, I have seen the original Trilogy over 300 times.

Then came the prequel. Having read some of the early leaked scripts as a child, I expected to see the gritty dark fall of Anakin Skywalker as he perpetrated a Holocaust on the Jedi Order. Instead, I was rewarded with a racist-alien Jamaican named "Misa" Jar Jar Binks. Watching the Star Wars prequel felt like my childhood was ripped out of my chest like that poor guy's heart in Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom.

The force was no longer a mystical energy field that any of us could attain if we focused hard enough. I realized that I could not open Automatic Doors with my hand or  use the Jedi Mind Trick to force girls into giving me their phone number. It was nothing more a sexually transmitted disease and Anakin Skywalker aka Darth Vader (the Number 1 Villain of all time) was just some weird dark satire of Jesus Christ (virgin birth).

Then Disney bought them. And I was like here we go: Mickey Mouse with a Lightsaber. But, then, I had a little hope that they might rejuvenate the franchise before they suck every last drop of money and creativity out of it like the marketing vampires that they are. I'm talking about Tinkerbell vs. the Never-beast here.

And then they hired JJ Abrams and I got a little more hope. I admit that I was not a fan of JJ Abrams earlier work but his retake on Star Trek is magical. Before JJ worked his magic, Star Trek was an un-watchable cheese-fest (Just personal opinion, no offense to the millions of trekkers out there).

I was still unimpressed after I watched a few lackluster Force Awkans trailers. I wasn't very impressed even with a Geriatric Han Solo cameo. But then this trailer came out. Han Solo gave me chills and for the first time in a long time I could feel the force once more. It was like when he said "Its all real" that it was a validation of my childhood. That the prequels never happened and that Star Wars is Star Wars again. As long as Jar Jar Binks is buried in some forgotten hole on Naboo, I think this film has the possibility of living up to its name...Reawakening the Force.

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Apologies to Disney, George Lucas, Harrison Ford, JJ Abrams and whatever poor sap they duped into playing Jar Jar Binks. I usually try to avoid making enemies online but when it comes to Star Wars, I have to speak the truth.

Deck Heroes How to Collect 4 and 5 Star Hero Shards

I decided to do a post on how to get 4 and 5 star heroes in Deck Heroes to go with my post on How to Get 5 Star Cards. I will order them in order of relative importance in my opinion. I hope this helps some of the new players. Advanced players might not find this post as useful.

Deck Heroes How to Collect 4 and 5 Star Hero Shards

1. Tournament - This won't get a you a hero very fast (I still havent gotten my captivator) but it should be a top priority to start collecting Tournament Mall Credits ASAP. You need your 5 Star creature ASAP especially now that most of the Rich Kids of already fielded theirs.

2. Trials because once you get to level  45, you will get a substantial amount of mall credits a day, Then go to the mall and get yourself 3 and 4 star heroes shards.

3. Guantlets should be cleared because you can get Hero Shards in the Token mall. But also you can obtain great cards and shards from clearing the gauntlet which is possible for everyone now that your cards refresh after 12 hours and your enemies does not. Building a Sabotage Deck will really help you here.

4. Guild mall, In case you could get enough guild points through guild maps and battle, You can get 4 star heroes shards for 900 points each and get 3 shards. Participating in Guild Wars can earn you a lot of credits especially if you have a top 200 guild. This will probably get you your heroe the fastest. But Trials and Gauntlets have other rewards as well.

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2 and 3 Star Heroes Who Don't Suck

As you move on to bigger and better things most of your 2 and 3 star heroes plus all of your 1 stars will be used as enhancement fodder for your 4 star hero. But not all the 2 and 3 star heroes suck and there are a few that you should consider keeping. I am not suggesting that you forego using a four star hero at all. But these are the lesser Heroes that I have kept around for special occasions.

I wouldn't sacrifice any Hero that is 2 stars or above that you have developed and definitely no 3 stars. Because with enough cards you can build courier decks for Guild Battles/Wars. But these are the Heroes that have other uses beyond that. If u have enough quality cards who knows maybe we will start rocking 1 stars in the guild wars but I am not sure you could plunder anyone with 1 star heroes.

Update Guild Wars: You should  be keeping all your heroes now so this post is a little bit outdated. You want as many couriers as you can possibly send out. So as long as you have a Hero and some Creatures left you should send them out.

2 and 3 Star Heroes Who Don't Suck

Agni's shards are cheap and she is easily developed. I was working on a curse deck and her boom feature can really do alot of damage to a hero. I am not sure if I will ever use her again but she might come in handy for gauntlet or guild wars with a curse deck when other cards are destroyed.

Elder Mawrek remains useful for guild maps so I would develop this guy all the way. There are times when I prefer him over my 3 and 4 star heroes. I only wrote 2 sentences on this guy but THIS GUY ROCKS. He is my favorite lesser Hero.

Gladiator is very useful against a spam-healing Predator like the one you face on 9-10 and maybe Faen Chamber 4. Dont play any cards until your special Chainz is ready and then deploy high damage cards via battleblow, warlust, sweeping blow, or flamey brave type skills. Sometimes you can kill the entire deck. Just make sure you have some blessers like oracles to step in after you launch your attack cause your Gladiator will be weak.

Note: If you have a good Wight, then you should be able to take down a Predator. Most of the people who beat map 9-10 are all rocking Wights. But if you were like me and got Devil Hunter then you are going to struggle. I tried a bunch of different Hunter Decks and just couldn't get it done. So I am developing Spartacus to try and take down.

Tauro Brute has spikey bits which is arguable the most powerful hero skill in the game. You can switch him out with a berserker but not many people play him as of yet myself included so I just don't know much about the Berserker. I had like zero neander cards when it came time to choose a 4 star.


Update May 19th

***I was totally wrong about Balrog he is perfect for Sabotage Decks for gauntlet and certain higher map levels with Hypollata and Great Mystic. I think there is a 5 star hero with corpse disposal bet getting 5 star heroes takes a long time unless ur spending boo koo bucks.

Honorable Mentions

Chaos Witch and Balrog are not bad but both kind of superseded by Wight in my opinion. Chaos Witch can stay competitive however with the right enhancements and Deck. My Devil Hunter has lost to a Chaos Witch with much less power. But especially after Guild Wars making 4 Star heroes so much quicker to come by, I would just dump them and move on to your Wight if that is the four star hero you have chosen. Chaos Witch can reduce rage as well which can come in handy in the right situation.

Chaos Witch can be used successfully in Guild Wars with Curse Decks as another Team.

I have seen Bowmaster remain competitive pretty far. She has occasionally beaten my Deck Hunter but I think most 4 star creatures (mine included) will take her out. But I suspect these were on the top edge of development on their way out.

Captain Crook. I haven't used him in weeks but for experimentation purposes I have kept him around. Maybe for a lockdown/weaken deck. I dont think it will pay off but I am still curious.  Patriarch also makes the Captain superfluous but I don't have one so. Patriarch is not competitive at higher arena levels so he does not make this list really. But if you have him then you don't need Crook.

The rest of the 2 and 3 stars I have no use for (personally) I might be wrong but I sacrificed them for glory points to enhance my 5 stars.

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