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A Blast From (My) Past: "A Watto Fan Site"
A Blast From (My) Past: "A Watto Fan Site"
doubleofive
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Chief Architect of Cynical MoralityBack after Episode I first came out, I wanted to know more about Watto, and was disappointed that he seemed to be the least documented character in the movie. So I made "A Watto Fan Site" on Geocities, still the only website dedicated to Watto (behold the archive!). I still have my collection of most of the Watto items released for Episode I, which is a surprising amount.
Anyway, I wanted to share with you my trivia page, which Young 005 made one day out of boredom:
A Watto Fan Site said:
FACTS
1. Which of the following is not a Jedi?
A. Qui-Gon Jinn
B. Yoda
C. Obi-Wan Kenobi
D. Watto
2. Which of the following is not a Sith?
A. Darth Sidious
B. Darth Maul
C. Darth Vader
D. Watto
3. Mind Tricks don't work on Hutts and:
A. the weak minded
B. Stormtrooper
C. Gungans
D. Toydarians
4. The only Toydarian seen in any Star Wars movie is named:
A. Chewbacca
B. C-3PO
C. Wicket
D. Watto
5. The shop visited by Qui-Gon is owned by:
A. Richard Simmons
B. Sith and Co.
C. Wal-Mart
D. Watto
6. Anakin Skywalker and his mother are slaves to:
A. Walt Disney
B. R2-D2
C. the Internet
D. Watto
7. (from the novel) Who does Anakin Skywalker say is a better master than Gardulla the Hutt?
A. Captain Kirk
B. Darth Maul
C. Mary Poppins
D. Watto
8. Sebulba is often betted heavily upon by:
A. Donald Trump
B. Donald Duck
C. Ronald McDonald
D. Watto
9. Who does Qui-Gon Jinn refer to as "my blue friend"?
A. Darth Maul
B. Richard Simmons
C. Yoda
D. Watto
10. Where is the only place Qui-Gon could get a T-14 Hyperdrive Generator?
A. Castle Rock, Maine
B. Mos Eisley Cantina
C. Taiwan
D. Watto's junkshop
11. Who is fluent in both Huttese and Basic?
A. Jar Jar Binks
B. R2-D2
C. Dr. Evil
D. Watto
BEHIND THE SCENES
1. Andrew Secombe voiced whom in Episode I?
A. Austin Powers
B. Jim West
C. Darth Vader
D. Watto
2. Who is the only totally-CG character who flies about?
A. Al Gore
B. Crash Bandicoot
C. Batman
D. Watto
3. The character with the least coverage in "The Making of Episode I" is:
A. Queen Amidala
B. Jar Jar Binks
C. Sebulba
D. Watto
4. Of the following, which has the least merchandise?
A. Jar Jar Binks
B. Anakin Skywalker
C. R2-D2
D. Watto
5. Who had the most screen time in Episode I?
A. Luke Skywalker
B. Princess Leia
C. Boba Fett
D. Watto
6. Which character is missing a large part of one of his teeth?
A. Jabba the Hutt
B. C-3PO
C. Mace Windu
D. Watto
7. Who is the coolest character in Episode I?
A. Dr. Evil
B. Tom Servo
C. Mr. Scott
D. Watto
8. Who is the character in Episode I who is last shown betrayed, sad, penniless, and friendless?
A. Queen Amidala
B. Jar Jar Binks
C. R2-D2
D. Watto
BONUS QUESTION!
What is "ottaw" spelled backwards?
A. Wicket
B. Pooh
C. Spock
D. Watto
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Ointment FlyI approve of this quiz, and I pick "B" for each question. How did I do?
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Chief Architect of Cynical MoralitySurprisingly well!TV's Frink said:
I approve of this quiz, and I pick "B" for each question. How did I do?
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Ointment FlyYippee!
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Hand Of JudgmentI miss those older sites like that. They were content driven instead of attack on the senses, scripts and pop-ups, short attention span driven.
originaltrilogy.com is still like that, which makes it much more pleasurable to read and interact with.
Well done, Double 0.
Crimson. Eleven. Delight. Petrichor.
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Chief Architect of Cynical MoralityI used Word 97 and saved the files as .htm. Crappiest way to make a site ever. ;-)
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(Aside) The geocities fiasco is an important lesson of internet history. Yahoo bought geocities. Then in 2009 or 2010 their financial troubles gave them the reasoning to "sunset" the place. (corporate speak for deletion)
Then the ARCHIVETEAM! stepped in:
http://ascii.textfiles.com/archives/2720
(much better retelling then i've done)
and now a large percentage of geocities is available as a torrent. Although a big torrent; the size with current HD prices should make you annoyed at Yahoo and these other big content housing places. Yahoo set the trend, MySpace/Facebook/etc will follow...
The ArchiveTeam also saved much of 'starwars.yahoo.com' before it went by by:
http://www.archiveteam.org/index.php?title=Starwars.yahoo.com
Yeah ArchiveTeam!
WhatsMyName
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Here's another question:
"In Episode One, who is Toydarian?"
- Yoda
- Jar Jar
- Frink
- Watto
TV's Frink
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Ointment FlyI'm only Toydarian in Ep 2.
Alexrd
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Great site. Never knew they made this poster for Watto:
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Chief Architect of Cynical MoralityUK Underground stations or something, if I recall.Alexrd said:
Great site. Never knew they made this poster for Watto:
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Ce n'est pas DuracellEnergizerI answer "A" to every question, and will now write up a Daliesque fanfic inspired by the results.
God doesn't think in terms of black or white - or even shades of gray - but in big, bright, bold hues of blue and orange.
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Anchorhead said:
I miss those older sites like that. They were content driven instead of attack on the senses, scripts and pop-ups, short attention span driven.
originaltrilogy.com is still like that, which makes it much more pleasurable to read and interact with.
Well done, Double 0.
Definetly! Back then it seemed like anyone could have a website and it seemed that most people did. Most wernt professional and didnt look fancy but they had something that most dont have now - heart.
Sadly when the 'professionals' took over with the sole intention of making money our world wide web changed forever.
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Sadly when the 'professionals' took over with the sole intention of making money our world wide web changed forever.
...and at any time you can make a website of your own and change the WWW forever...
*EDIT*
(Aside2) oh and it seems another site is being sunsetted:
http://ascii.textfiles.com/archives/3011
To recap: Yahoo are fucks. Wait, let me try again.
Yahoo! are about to delete all user-generated content on Yahoo! Video and that is really busting my crank, as well as the crank of a lot of people that have joined Archive Team to rescue it.
Please read the post for details and how to help.
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Token Linguistics NerdOh wow, that was you? I remember running across your site quite a few years ago. Blast from the past for me, too...
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Chief Architect of Cynical MoralityI was hoping someone would recognize it!
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A Blast From (My) Past: "A Watto Fan Site"