General Star Wars Bizarre things

[Stephen]

Originally Posted by mariogolbee

I spoke of my disappointment with episode 1 to my older brother after first watching it in the theater. His response made sense. He mentioned a few things I have since forgotten, and that it culminated in a a land, space, and lightsaber battle, all of which follow the formula of the previous movies.

I'll give the Devil his due, Duel of the Fates was the best lightsaber battle of the franchise (although the convenient absence of Force Speed by Obi-Wan to get through the energy gates still vexes me).

Originally Posted by mariogolbee

The problem was that after so many years I was expecting more. Sure, Jar Jar is annoying as hell and Anakin was whiney, but so was Luke. Luke was a whiny little SOB.

Anyway, the first three episodes may not have been perfect, but at least we have them.

Yeah, Luke started out as a whiny, naive girl, that ended up being a badass Jedi who didn't blink in the face of Vader or Palpatine (all with minimal training might I add).

Anakin started out as a whiny girl that ended up being a...whiny girl. As I told my buddies a long time ago in a galaxy far, far, away..."Wah"nakin wasn't the Chosen One, he was the Chosen Whine.

[Starscream]

Originally Posted by Stephen

I'll give the Devil his due, Duel of the Fates was the best lightsaber battle of the franchise (although the convenient absence of Force Speed by Obi-Wan to get through the energy gates still vexes me).

Yeah, Luke started out as a whiny, naive girl, that ended up being a badass Jedi who didn't blink in the face of Vader or Palpatine (all with minimal training might I add).

Anakin started out as a whiny girl that ended up being a...whiny girl. As I told my buddies a long time ago in a galaxy far, far, away..."Wah"nakin wasn't the Chosen One, he was the Chosen Whine.

Vader wasn't whiny until Lucas went and added the "noooooooooo" effect at the end of Jedi.

[Stephen]

Originally Posted by Starscream

Vader wasn't whiny until Lucas went and added the "noooooooooo" effect at the end of Jedi.

Anakin in the prequels. Not Anakin as Darth Vader.

More Team Unicorn...

[Ratters]

Well, technically Darth Maul was not killed in the duel. Just sayin.

I for one welcome our new mouse eared overlords. Just sayin.

[Skywalker]

Originally Posted by Ratters

Well, technically Darth Maul was not killed in the duel. Just sayin.

I for one welcome our new mouse eared overlords. Just sayin.

Nope! Landed in a trash compactor!

[Starscream]

Originally Posted by Skywalker

Nope! Landed in a trash compactor!

Meh...
That's part of the Star Wars universe that I ignore. I'm not a fan of all the Mandalorian Boba Fett backstory crap either.

[T.G]

You know that $4 Billion that George Lucas is making on the sale of Lucasfilm?

Looks like he's planning on donating almost all of it to education.

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/new...as-will-384947

[Starscream]

Originally Posted by T.G

You know that $4 Billion that George Lucas is making on the sale of Lucasfilm?

Looks like he's planning on donating almost all of it to education.

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/new...as-will-384947

He went off the deep end with some story ideas, but he's a classy and stand up guy. This only proves it. Well done, Mr. Lucas!

[spectrrr]

I heard about that transaction. I had no idea Lucas Films was worth that much to anyone

[Starscream]

Originally Posted by ChicagoWhiteSox

I heard about that transaction. I had no idea Lucas Films was worth that much to anyone

ILM is part of LucasFilms LTD, so I'm assuming it was included in the sale. They are the premier special effects company in Hollywood, so I'd be willing to bet that the $4 billion was actually a steal for Disney.

[T.G]

Angry Birds Star Wars released yesterday.

http://www.ign.com/articles/2012/11/...ar-wars-review

[The Poet]

Re the Disney buyout, I'm of two minds. When The Mouse does something right, he does it right. When he drops the ball, it busts right through the floor.

The keys will be the right script, the right actors, and the right director . . . and just enough studio oversight to keep things rolling without screwing it up.

[Starscream]

Originally Posted by The Poet

Re the Disney buyout, I'm of two minds. When The Mouse does something right, he does it right. When he drops the ball, it busts right through the floor.

The keys will be the right script, the right actors, and the right director . . . and just enough studio oversight to keep things rolling without screwing it up.

Lucas wrote scripts for part 7-9 a long time ago. Hopefully they follow them.

Harrison Ford said he'd never do another Star Wars film, but money talks. I'd love to see the original cast in the new films, even if they are minor roles. Hey, the old cast worked for the Star Trek films. Why not have the original three Star Wars cast reprise their roles? Mark Hammil is still younger than Christopher Lee and Alec Guiness at this point. Carrie Fisher and Ford could be diplomats in the new films, since they are too old to be the focal points of the action.

[Stephen]

Originally Posted by Starscream

Lucas wrote scripts for part 7-9 a long time ago. Hopefully they follow them.

Michael Arndt will be penning the script for the new Star Wars movie.

Originally Posted by Starscream

Harrison Ford said he'd never do another Star Wars film, but money talks. I'd love to see the original cast in the new films, even if they are minor roles. Hey, the old cast worked for the Star Trek films. Why not have the original three Star Wars cast reprise their roles? Mark Hammil is still younger than Christopher Lee and Alec Guiness at this point. Carrie Fisher and Ford could be diplomats in the new films, since they are too old to be the focal points of the action.

Harrison Ford hated/hates the Han Solo charatcter (it's why he was frozen in carbonite at the end of ESB; he had only signed on to do two films and was reluctant to do a third so Lucas needed a way to explain Solo's absence in case he didn't participate in ROJ).

[chippewastud79]

Just ran across this in an article claiming that Harrison Ford has said he is interested in the new movies.

http://fullscalefalcon.com/

Pretty interesting attention to detail there

[BHalbrooks]

Originally Posted by T.G

Angry Birds Star Wars released yesterday.

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It's actually pretty cool. Good time waster. It's obviously a gimmick, but an easy way to burn some time if you're bored in line, or something.

Originally Posted by Stephen

Harrison Ford hated/hates the Han Solo charatcter (it's why he was frozen in carbonite at the end of ESB; he had only signed on to do two films and was reluctant to do a third so Lucas needed a way to explain Solo's absence in case he didn't participate in ROJ).

That's really interesting. Why did he hate the character so much? I could google it, but I'd rather hear it from someone who knows it themselves.

[Skywalker]

Star Wars toys foster learning?

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/nys-na...--finance.html

[Starscream]

Originally Posted by BHalbrooks

It's actually pretty cool. Good time waster. It's obviously a gimmick, but an easy way to burn some time if you're bored in line, or something.

That's really interesting. Why did he hate the character so much? I could google it, but I'd rather hear it from someone who knows it themselves.

Solo is a pretty flat character. Also, he thought the character had pretty much served the films' purpose and wouldn't be very relevent for future films after Empire. Ford wanted more challenging work from what I remember, but he has shown interest in reprising his role of late.