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Quoted: Fixed it. Didn't Lucas own the toy rights to the originals? View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: I'm sure other people feel this way as well, but I view Ewoks as a disturbing harbinger of Star Wars developments to come, especially after the release of the not Star Wars prequels. Shit, there was an entire full of fuck Ewok movie, that a lot of young people (including myself) were tricked into watching as a kid because it was a Star Wars movie, and Star Wars movies were awesome! Harrison Ford referred to it as the worst ending ever, having "a teddy bear picnic" at the end of the trilogy. Fixed it. Didn't Lucas own the toy rights to the originals? That was the beginning of the Christmas fights in stores to get the correct toy. Begun the action figure war has. |
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The uncle was instructed to keep Luke in the dark about his family history. Its why Luke was not allowed to "join the academy" and his uncle kept pushing that back. He had to keep Luke off the radar, or Vader would come calling to offer Luke a dark side apprenticeship. While the movies didn't make it all clear, the books certainly. did. |
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In 2000 years this saga could be taught like the bible.
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That part has always bugged me. When I saw the movie as an 8-year-old kid, I assumed he was dressing incognito and hiding out in bedouinish robes like they said, a hermit in the desert. 25 years later it turned out that was how the Jedi dressed. Why didn't people recognize him for what he was on sight? View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted:
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Why did Obi-Wan Kenobi continue to dress like a Jedi when he was in hiding?Why does he fondly remember a guy that killed 30 children and that he himself chopped in half and left to die in a volcano? Those are just some of the questions that are raised rewatching the original trilogy after watching the prequels. That part has always bugged me. When I saw the movie as an 8-year-old kid, I assumed he was dressing incognito and hiding out in bedouinish robes like they said, a hermit in the desert. 25 years later it turned out that was how the Jedi dressed. Why didn't people recognize him for what he was on sight? They were weak minded. |
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Personally, I would have expected him to notice the last name similarity, and probably even get teased about it somehow, and it would have taken little to no research to discover Anakin later became a hero Jedi of the Clone Wars where he often fought alongside Obi-Wan Kenobi, whose name Luke did not even recognize in A New Hope though he rightly guessed it was the same person as Ben Kenobi. Maybe Luke flunked history class. View Quote In the EU, almost everything Jedi related was censored by the Empire. |
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In the EU, almost everything Jedi related was censored by the Empire. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted:
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Personally, I would have expected him to notice the last name similarity, and probably even get teased about it somehow, and it would have taken little to no research to discover Anakin later became a hero Jedi of the Clone Wars where he often fought alongside Obi-Wan Kenobi, whose name Luke did not even recognize in A New Hope though he rightly guessed it was the same person as Ben Kenobi. Maybe Luke flunked history class. In the EU, almost everything Jedi related was censored by the Empire. I liked the EU. Too bad the story lines won't be used though. Dearth Bane was very fucking awesome. |
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Quoted: Regardless, even if 1-3 don't exist, someone still made the brilliant decision to hide Luke from Darth Vader and the Empire on Anakin's home planet with his family and the same name. You can't tell me that the Emperor and Vader were so retarded that in their hunt for the Jedi that they up and missed something that flipping obvious - Jedi powers run in bloodlines, they would have been wiping out most Skywalkers (and any other traditional families) even if Luke weren't there. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: The answer is: Star Wars is shitty as fuck and the story is stupid. The end. If you refuse to accept that the prequels exist this question becomes easier to explain. Pretty much this. Episodes 1 to 3? What episodes? Regardless, even if 1-3 don't exist, someone still made the brilliant decision to hide Luke from Darth Vader and the Empire on Anakin's home planet with his family and the same name. You can't tell me that the Emperor and Vader were so retarded that in their hunt for the Jedi that they up and missed something that flipping obvious - Jedi powers run in bloodlines, they would have been wiping out most Skywalkers (and any other traditional families) even if Luke weren't there. Vader thought that Paddy and the kid died in childbirth because that is what the Emperor told him. I'm pretty sure no one was looking for Luke. |
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Quoted: Vader thought that Paddy and the kid died in childbirth because that is what the Emperor told him. I'm pretty sure no one was looking for Luke. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: The answer is: Star Wars is shitty as fuck and the story is stupid. The end. If you refuse to accept that the prequels exist this question becomes easier to explain. Pretty much this. Episodes 1 to 3? What episodes? Regardless, even if 1-3 don't exist, someone still made the brilliant decision to hide Luke from Darth Vader and the Empire on Anakin's home planet with his family and the same name. You can't tell me that the Emperor and Vader were so retarded that in their hunt for the Jedi that they up and missed something that flipping obvious - Jedi powers run in bloodlines, they would have been wiping out most Skywalkers (and any other traditional families) even if Luke weren't there. Vader thought that Paddy and the kid died in childbirth because that is what the Emperor told him. I'm pretty sure no one was looking for Luke. |
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The answer is: Star Wars is shitty as fuck and the story is stupid. The end. Must be a trekkie Actually, with that level of hate, I'd bet a trekker. I know lots of trekkies, myself included, that also enjoy Star Wars. |
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Prequels are fucking retarded and is so is trying to rationalize the plot.
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Just because it was never brought up doesn't mean he didn't know. A podrace won Thirty to Forty years before also would not maintain a man's celebrity. It would be known by hardcore enthusiasts, but likely no one else. Can you, off the top of your head tell me the quarterback of the winning Superbowl XII team? View Quote Jim Plunket ETA: Not very close |
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How did the Death Star move from system to system? In EP IV it takes FOREVER for the damn thing to get into firing position.
Oh, and why in EP IV didn't they launch more Tie-Fighters? WTF? Only three Tie-Fighters? The Death Star must have had at least a full squadron. |
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How did the Death Star move from system to system? In EP IV it takes FOREVER for the damn thing to get into firing position. Oh, and why in EP IV didn't they launch more Tie-Fighters? WTF? Only three Tie-Fighters? The Death Star must have had at least a full squadron. View Quote It had hyperdrives. Also, Tarkin was so certain that the Rebel fighters weren't a threat that he refused to launch fighters. Vader took his personal squad out anyway because he recognized the threat, especially since he could feel one of the pilots was strong in the Force. |
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Could you do me a favor? Since I'm currently force choking you through the internet I'm going to need you to go ahead and choke yourself. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted:
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The answer is: Star Wars is shitty as fuck and the story is stupid. The end. Could you do me a favor? Since I'm currently force choking you through the internet I'm going to need you to go ahead and choke yourself. I find your lack of faith disturbing. |
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What was the name of a movie that came out in the 80s, were some family crash landed on that planet with all the Ewoks?
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Yep.............and Luke first found that out when Obi-Wan told him Vader killed his father............probably intentionally kept in the dark to prevent Vader from finding him
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IIRC, Luke KNEW Anakin was his father, but that he was killed by Vader. The fact that he was a local celebrity for winning the race would have been an irrelevant point. The detail of Anakin BECOMING Vader is something that wouldn't have been well known given the chaos going on at the time and Vader hoping to conceal his past. Posted Via AR15.Com Mobile View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted:
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Anakin Skywalker was the only known human to podrace, and he won the Boonta Eve Classic which was a really big deal on Tatooine. Since Luke also grew up on Tatooine, why didn't he know anything about his father who would have been a local celebrity? I suppose Uncle Owen could have sheltered him, but I'd think he'd have to have no knowledge of local history or pop culture to miss this one. He did not know Anakin was his father at all. IIRC, Luke KNEW Anakin was his father, but that he was killed by Vader. The fact that he was a local celebrity for winning the race would have been an irrelevant point. The detail of Anakin BECOMING Vader is something that wouldn't have been well known given the chaos going on at the time and Vader hoping to conceal his past. Posted Via AR15.Com Mobile |
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Because episode 1 contributes absolutely nothing to the Star Wars series, and never should have been made.
I recently was introduced to the "Machete Order," of watching the Star Wars series, and episode 1 is pure and utter shit. Throw it straight in the trash. |
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To be fair, it seems like some of the EU may yet survive. We will see. I am optimistic for some Zahn elements in the new movies. Posted Via AR15.Com Mobile View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted:
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If the new Star Wars movies are good then there will be six episodes. Right now there are only three. IV, V, and VI. Disney canned the Expanded Universe first. The three new movies are dead on arrival as far as I'm concerned. To be fair, it seems like some of the EU may yet survive. We will see. I am optimistic for some Zahn elements in the new movies. Posted Via AR15.Com Mobile Zahn, Rogue/Wraith Squadron and Mara Jade better all be coming back or Disney can fuck itself to death. Corran Horn was a badass |
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[#29]
Episode one is to Star Wars what episode 2 is to Highlander - it's best to ignore.
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My son Luke and my dog Leia said this in unison to you.... "You shut your whore mouth!!!" View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted:
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The answer is: Star Wars is shitty as fuck and the story is stupid. The end. My son Luke and my dog Leia said this in unison to you.... "You shut your whore mouth!!!" This. |
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Ah, a sad story that. It all goes back to the moisture collectors. They got infected with fungus. Luke's job was to clean them. He inhaled a lot of spores so he was basically tripping balls for most of his childhood. He had an invisible friend named Obi Wan Kenobi who liked to tell Luke that he was special. The truth is the fungus rotted his brain to the point where the walls between fantasy and reality completely broke down. He concocted wild stories about space travel and talking droids. All of it was just the hallucinations talking. In one violent hallucination he murdered his foster family, screaming that Stormtroopers had done the deed. He spent the rest of his days at the Vader Clinic For The Criminally Insane ranting about the "force" and how he was a man of destiny. View Quote |
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Because episode 1 contributes absolutely nothing to the Star Wars series, and never should have been made. I recently was introduced to the "Machete Order," of watching the Star Wars series, and episode 1 is pure and utter shit. Throw it straight in the trash. View Quote Amen. I actually like 3 (heresy to some, I know), and I can stomach 2. 1....is a living abortion of a Star Wars film. It seriously felt like a Michael Bay 'movie' than anything else. |
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http://media-cache-ec0.pinimg.com/736x/d1/31/d3/d131d327b8f5cfcc98fce1535974041f.jpg Eyebrows too low goofy hair wears hijab 5/10 View Quote You shut your whore mouth! That there is female perfection. |
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Quoted: He did not know Anakin was his father at all. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted: Quoted: Anakin Skywalker was the only known human to podrace, and he won the Boonta Eve Classic which was a really big deal on Tatooine. Since Luke also grew up on Tatooine, why didn't he know anything about his father who would have been a local celebrity? I suppose Uncle Owen could have sheltered him, but I'd think he'd have to have no knowledge of local history or pop culture to miss this one. He did not know Anakin was his father at all. Luke's mom was a skanky hoodrat |
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I liked the EU. Too bad the story lines won't be used though. Dearth Bane was very fucking awesome. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted:
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Personally, I would have expected him to notice the last name similarity, and probably even get teased about it somehow, and it would have taken little to no research to discover Anakin later became a hero Jedi of the Clone Wars where he often fought alongside Obi-Wan Kenobi, whose name Luke did not even recognize in A New Hope though he rightly guessed it was the same person as Ben Kenobi. Maybe Luke flunked history class. In the EU, almost everything Jedi related was censored by the Empire. I liked the EU. Too bad the story lines won't be used though. Dearth Bane was very fucking awesome. What did he do besides wipe out all of the Sith in the gayest manner possible and reintroduce the Rule of Two? |
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Double Tap crap Internet disturbance in the force let the wookiee win bantha poodoo.
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I believe that Luke knew that Anakin Skywalker was his father but he was brought up believing that Anakin was dead.
What he didn't know was that Anakin was actually Darth Vader. |
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Someone convince me to watch the Star Wars series. I've never watched a whole movie. Pretty sure I've watched about 1 hour of 1 part(don't remember which one) and that was it. Other than that, I've seen small bits and pieces of some of them.
Would it be best for me to start in the order they were produced or should I go in chronological order? |
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Someone convince me to watch the Star Wars series. I've never watched a whole movie. Pretty sure I've watched about 1 hour of 1 part(don't remember which one) and that was it. Other than that, I've seen small bits and pieces of some of them. Would it be best for me to start in the order they were produced or should I go in chronological order? View Quote Machete order - 4,5,2,3,6 (I left 1 out on purpose.) |
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Someone convince me to watch the Star Wars series. I've never watched a whole movie. Pretty sure I've watched about 1 hour of 1 part(don't remember which one) and that was it. Other than that, I've seen small bits and pieces of some of them. Would it be best for me to start in the order they were produced or should I go in chronological order? View Quote Try the "Machete Order" It goes 4, then 5, then 2 and 3, and finally 6. The reason for this is that Episodes Two and Three are meant to serve as an extended flashback. Notice how I did not include 1? That is because the story has no use for it. Believe it or not, it actually makes it more enjoyable to watch, as 2 and 3 will now better fit into the story. ETA: Beat by 87 seconds, but here's a link: Machete Order |
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Why is it that Lando has the same outfit as Han? View Quote I thought about asking him that this weekend if I make it to the Bangor Comicon. I think they were Han's clothes. He took Han's ship - and he had to change his clothes after all the running and battling. You think that smooth motherfucker was going to wear sweaty old clothes around Princess fine as hell? |
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Try the "Machete Order" It goes 4, then 5, then 2 and 3, and finally 6. The reason for this is that Episodes Two and Three are meant to serve as an extended flashback. Notice how I did not include 1? That is because the story has no use for it. Believe it or not, it actually makes it more enjoyable to watch, as 2 and 3 will now better fit into the story. ETA: Beat by 87 seconds, but here's a link: Machete Order View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted:
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Someone convince me to watch the Star Wars series. I've never watched a whole movie. Pretty sure I've watched about 1 hour of 1 part(don't remember which one) and that was it. Other than that, I've seen small bits and pieces of some of them. Would it be best for me to start in the order they were produced or should I go in chronological order? Try the "Machete Order" It goes 4, then 5, then 2 and 3, and finally 6. The reason for this is that Episodes Two and Three are meant to serve as an extended flashback. Notice how I did not include 1? That is because the story has no use for it. Believe it or not, it actually makes it more enjoyable to watch, as 2 and 3 will now better fit into the story. ETA: Beat by 87 seconds, but here's a link: Machete Order It also preserves the surprise of Vader being Luke's father - if kids watch 1-6 in that order, they lose out on the big "HOLY COW" at the end of Empire. |
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You shut your whore mouth! That there is female perfection. http://www.starwars-union.de/bilder/lexikon/20070913PrinzessinLeia.jpg View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted:
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http://media-cache-ec0.pinimg.com/736x/d1/31/d3/d131d327b8f5cfcc98fce1535974041f.jpg Eyebrows too low goofy hair wears hijab 5/10 You shut your whore mouth! That there is female perfection. http://www.starwars-union.de/bilder/lexikon/20070913PrinzessinLeia.jpg Seems that site was upset you tried to link their scheisse porn to here. |
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When you have a bunch of Sith, they fight each other. That's why the rule of two was put into place, too much infighting. http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Rule_of_Two View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted:
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Agreed. And that whole "only two Sith" thing just makes no sense at all. What happens if there's an accident and both are killed in some spaceship crash or something? That just seems ludicrously unrealistic. Once they killed off the Jedi, why wouldn't the Sith have set up their own academies, etc. and ended up with hundreds, or even thousands of Sith? Since the dark side relies on using emotions, they don't seem to need the time-consuming hassle of starting with toddlers. When you have a bunch of Sith, they fight each other. That's why the rule of two was put into place, too much infighting. http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Rule_of_Two Yeah, that's great and all, but unfortunately that's bullshit because it's completely inconsistent with what actually happens in the Empire Strikes Back. In Empire, the Emperor originally contacts Vader and tells him to kill the "young Skywalker" (which btw. is also inconsistent with the prequels in which the emperor tells Vader that Padme is dead and mentions no children) - but when Vader says that if the young Skywalker is turned, he could make a "powerful ally" the Emperor agrees and says to not kill him. That makes no sense, because it's already known to them that Luke is powerful in the force. So he will either be a Jedi or a Sith. If he's a Jedi, he should be killed - but if he has potential to be a Sith, then he should also be killed, because there are ALREADY two, and there's no room for another apprentice, Just another example of how a lot of the crap made up after the fact is just crap. |
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