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Ranking the Star Wars films — Page 107

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Are you trolling? Yes you are.

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When is Kashyyyk mentioned in the OT?!?

It’s not. Chewie’s home planet is not mentioned once.

TV’s Frink said:

chyron just put a big Ric pic in your sig and be done with it.

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It’s a TV special. And it’s a horrendous piece of shit TV special at that.

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I see nothing in the thread title about the films having to be theatrical.

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Ranking TSWHS (and the Ewok movies) higher than any entry of the PT is just trolling, people shouldn’t pay attention to that.

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DuracellEnergizer said:

TV’s Frink said:

The HS isn’t even a film.

IMDb considers it a film. Rotten Tomatoes considers it a film. Wikipedia considers it a film.

It’s a film.

Wrong. Wikipedia considers it a “musical television film”. IMDB considers it a “TV movie”. Rotten Tomatoes doens’t use the words “film” nor “movie”, but “television”.

Hollywood Report considers it a “show”. House Next Door considers it a “nightmare vision” (which is probably the best word to describe it).

MalàStrana is definitely right, you are trolling.

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ZigZig said:

DuracellEnergizer said:

TV’s Frink said:

The HS isn’t even a film.

IMDb considers it a film. Rotten Tomatoes considers it a film. Wikipedia considers it a film.

It’s a film.

Wrong. Wikipedia considers it a “musical television film”.

I see “film” in there.

IMDB considers it a “TV movie”.

I use “film” and “movie” synonymously, as do most people.

Rotten Tomatoes doens’t use the words “film” nor “movie”, but “television”.

When I visit the page, I see “MOVIE INFO” highlighted in yellow, but whatever.

MalàStrana is definitely right, you are trolling.

No. It’s called having a difference of opinion. Shame you can’t tell the difference between the two.

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DuracellEnergizer said:

ZigZig said:

MalàStrana is definitely right, you are trolling.

No. It’s called having a difference of opinion. Shame you can’t tell the difference between the two.

Hey, listen to Mala! He’s the expert here on ranking films super low to troll people.

Ceci n’est pas une signature.

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As time goes on and the novelty wears off, Rogue One is starting to slip a little for me. For whatever reason, it’s the (non-PT) film I find myself popping in the least frequently. I still like it a lot, it just doesn’t scratch my SW itch as well as the others do. I guess it might be the characters. Jyn and Cassian are nowhere near as fun to spend time with as Luke, Han and Leia or Rey, Finn and Poe.

Current ranking:

SW = ESB > TFA > ROTJ > R1 > TPM > AOTC = ROTS.

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John Doom said:

[…] Not sure about Kashyyyk, but IIRC it was already considered as a setting for the original SW or mentioned in Chewie’s background.

ray_afraid said:

ZigZig said:

According to John Doom, Kashyyyk IS mentioned in the OT.

That’s not in the OT.

Well, I didn’t say it is actually mentioned in the movies, just that I remember it was mentioned in the scripts. So today I checked everywhere to find the source of this rumor and found this essay on the development of the Star Wars script:

http://www.starwarz.com/starkiller/the-development-of-star-wars-as-seen-through-the-scripts-by-george-lucas/

Chewbacca (now with the nickname “Chewie”) is “an eight-foot-tall-savage-looking creature resembling a huge bushbaby monkey with fierce baboon-like fangs. His large blue eyes dominate a fur-covered face and soften his otherwise awesome appearance.” 140

With his production paintings, Ralph McQuarrie had convinced Lucas to soften the two-hundred-year-old Wookiee’s frightening features and eliminate his clothes, leaving the two chrome bandoliers. 141

Beside the script, Lucas constructed a detailed culture for the Wookiees. They live in giant trees (just like the “Ewoks” in Return of the Jedi) on their homeworld Kashyyyk, and they have their own version of the Force based on their empathy with plant life. Their most sacred custom is the life debt, which Wookiees pledge to those who save their lives. When Chewbacca was saved from Imperial slavetraders by Han Solo, he pledged a life debt to Han, and now he travels with his saviour in order to carry out his sacred obligations. 142 (See also Appendix, p. 54.)

The Original Trilogy’s Timeline Reconstruction: http://originaltrilogy.com/forum/topic.cfm/Implied-starting-date-of-the-Empire-from-OT-dialogue/post/786201/#TopicPost786201

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[checks thread]

[sees Mala accusing others of trolling]

[dies laughing]