Through the years, the Star Wars saga has been taken below the knife and chopped and edited—for higher or worse—many occasions, even past the Particular Editions of the ‘90s. And but one of many weirdest tweaks continues to be some of the current: the weird rally cry of “maclunkey!” when Greedo goes to shoot Han Solo in A New Hope.
Sorry, truly that’s “Ma Klounkee,” formally talking—a romanization of Greedo’s Rodese that has popped up a couple of occasions because the notorious 2019 addition, most notably within the 2022 Lego Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga, the place it was used as a part of the extremely titled aspect mission “Ma Klounkee Most Foul.” However in some way, Ma Klounkee has returned. Nicely, not likely in some way: it’s again because of the following set for the recently-launched Star Wars collectible card recreation, Limitless.
Shadows of the Galaxy is ready to launch this July, pulling Limitless away from the Rebels and Galactic Empire to give attention to the world of bounty hunters, smugglers, and extra seedy criminals out on the galaxy’s edge. Whatever the setting, nonetheless, poor Greedo simply can’t catch a break: he appeared in Limitless’s base set, Spark of Rise up, as a unit card virtually cruelly titled “Greedo, Sluggish on the Draw” in reference to his ill-fated try to herald Han. However now, as revealed this week, he’ll seem in Shadows of the Galaxy on a card merely titled “Ma Klounkee.”
It’s a enjoyable card, thematically, asking you to commerce one in every of your energetic Underworld models in play, sending it again to your hand, in alternate for dealing injury to an enemy one. It’s additionally simply hilarious. Really naming it Ma Klounkee is absurd sufficient, however simply take a look at that card artwork! Greedo doesn’t even get to look cool, he’s actually milliseconds from catching Han’s blaster bolt proper in his chest. Even in celebrating his infamy, Limitless, like most Star Wars followers, can’t assist however dunk on the poor man.
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