My Star Wars is an orange/green color palette, the crispest 1080p subtitles you’ve ever seen, Yub Nub, ambivalence towards TCW. An unconditional love for Disney and everything they do, the realization that TFA is not only better than the Prequels, but better than the OT, and my discovery of breasts.
The pathetic thing is that this post is no better than the troll’s OP.
I’m truly saddened that you didn’t enjoy my post.
I said his post was pathetic. The rule says to attack the posts, not the user personally.
Could be argued that you already have.
Y’all gimme the thirst for alcohol.
I like Star Wars.
Not enough people read the EU.
Y’all need Jesus.
It seems like people are really embracing the new characters. In fact, the big question people ask me now about Star Wars is, “Are Finn and Poe gay lovers?” And really how the f*ck would I know? My second husband left me for a man, so my gaydar isn’t exactly what you’d call Death Star level quality. ----Carrie Fisher
The wrath of Han
I said his post was pathetic.
Is a lack of awareness also pathetic? I only ask because you’re displaying it.
I was really hoping you people would be a bit more.
That’s an interesting.
Y’all need Jeebus.
Much more relevant.
My Star Wars?
I choose…
The Force. A brown bath robe. A life of contemplative solitude. Choose a laser sword, choose bleeping robots, airspeeders, stolen data tapes and tractor beam controls. Choose good health, low cholesterol, and being a mentor to the son of the guy you left limbless and slowly cooking on the side of a lava lake. Choose a stupid rat tail mullet for the peak years of your career. Choose a hovel, Choose your friends. Choose mind tricks and matching lies. Choose a trip to Alderaan for almost the price of starship. Choose a rubbish alias and wondering if you ever owned a droid and where you put that lightsaber you pinched off that friend you left for dead. Choose sitting on that commode chair watching mind-numbing, spirit-crushing senate and council meetings, stuffing jawa juice down your neck. Choose fading away at the end of it all, pishing your last as a ghost in a swamp, nothing more than an embarrassment to the selfish, freak faced, big eared gnome-thing written into the sequel to replace yourself.
While I think lots of the criticism directed towards Jesta’ isn’t unfounded, I like the idea of this thread a lot. Gives us a chance to talk about what Star Wars means to the individual.
For me, Star Wars is:
-The story of a boy, a girl, and a universe. I can’t get enough of this original trailer line! Says so much about the original fantasy, Flash Gordon-y element present in the first film.
-The Original Trilogy. I actually wore out my SE VHS back in the day to the point where I had to turn off the hi-fi audio or deal with a serious hissing problem.
-The Heir to the Empire trilogy. I really enjoyed seeing Luke struggle with the Force even as an adult, let alone the entire New Republic having trouble with just one branch of the Remnant. The Xanatos Gambit (TVTropes it) really ought be named for Thrawn instead.
-Episode VII. For all the rehash involved, still love it and it left me wanting more
-Any story involving Kyle Katarn. I have a large soft spot for the Dark Forces series and its subsequent spin-offs. Plus, it’s a real treat seeing a member of the New Jedi Order that’s NOT Luke be the focus of more than just one story. These games were my first dip into the EU as a kid – but I’d argue it’s more than nostalgia that leaves me with strong feelings towards them.
My Star Wars doesn’t necessarily need to match up canon wise. My Star Wars is a fantasy universe that I enjoy any story involved in it that grabs my attention. I don’t know how unique I am in that (or not) but I feel that’s worth sharing.
A Goon in a Gaggle of 'em
^Best post in thread thus far.
As for my Star Wars, in a nutshell it’s these
For me, I don’t know how much there is to tell but I’ll try. Star Wars is:
Gives us a chance to talk about what Star Wars means to the individual.
Exactly. Glad to see this thread is starting to work the way I was intending it to.
-Special edition featurette where Lucas and his crew put their feet in their mouths and admit the whole affair is nothing but an ego project, where the original trilogy was used as a testing ground for the prequels.
-Irving Kershner’s cameo in said featurette.
-Convention where Lucas said Star Wars was originally envisioned as “The Trageduh of Darth Vadah”.
-The Star Wars Ring Theory.
-The notion that them prequels were smarter than the original trilogy because they dealt with political machinations.
I’m still not acostumed to Dinseywars, but I’m sure their films will age gracefully.
Caligula’expanded OST, V2 Released
The Shining’s complete OST
Ghidorah, The Tree-Headed Monster (English dub synched to Toho cut)
Star Wars is:
All the usual stuff…
PLUS…
A close-up of Salacious Crumb saying “Hello in TV Land.”
Which appeared in the From Star Wars to Jedi ad that played before each of the original movies on the Star Wars VHS boxed set that I owned and watched on a daily basis all through High School…and beyond!
Star Wars is a cheap copied cassette tape of the ESB score, taken from a CD found in a city library. A dozen polystyrene box liners used to make everything from the Echo Base to the Death Star. Empty cereal cartons that build anything from the Hound’s Tooth to new parts for used Kenner Y-Wings. Re-enacting the death of old Ben with bathrobes and cardboard tubes. By the time Dark Forces II came out it had solidified into an entire media library complete with posters and flight sticks. It was rekindled by Tazos and then again by Phantom Menace stickers, in a time when teenage brain patterns cancelled out rational critiques. It’s just a movie I guess.
“My” Star Wars is maybe best expressed through images:
This was the iconography of Star Wars as I knew it, growing up in the 70s and 80s. My understanding and memory of the films came as much from read-along books, promotional images, toy packaging, and commercials as it did from the movies themselves. When I think back to some of my earliest thoughts and memories of the franchise, these images are what come to mind before almost anything else.
“It’s a lot of fun… it’s a lot of fun to watch Star Wars.” – Bill Moyers
My Star Wars is late 70s/early 80s popcorn entertainment milked through merchandise, comics, novels, video games, TV shows and prequel movies designed to give the illusion of a large “universe”.
^Doesn’t sound like a very cromulent personal Star Wars.
^Doesn’t sound like a very cromulent personal Star Wars.
At this point I don’t believe I’ll see the franchise any differently.
Just like the young child who wanders into their basement and discovers their parents’ BDSM paraphernalia and sex tapes, you must unsee what you have seen.
The original ideas are the core of my SW-exemplified by the radio drama and novelizations.
I adore the open feeling of the EU and how even despite some silly or bad entries-everything still felt connected in some fashion.
I don’t hate the prequels but I dislike the way they were made and produced.
But I do hate Force Awakens and despised R1…but none of that compares to how much I hate that Star Wars itself feels so damn empty and hollow these days as merely a commodity designed to cater to both fans and the general public to entice them into purchasing endless merchandise.
VADER!? WHERE THE HELL IS MY MOCHA LATTE? -Palpy on a very bad day.
“George didn’t think there was any future in dead Han toys.”-Harrison Ford
YT channel:
https://www.youtube.com/c/DamnFoolIdealisticCrusader
As if star wars wasn’t a commodity from the beginning. Your own signature affirms that.
I would put this in my sig if I weren’t so lazy.
My Star Wars growing up were Betamax recordings of HBO broadcasts that my Grandparents did for me.
My Star Wars growing up was Kenner action figures, vehicles and playsets.
My Star Wars growing up were mediocure Atari games and the pretty cool wireframe arcade game (where you shot the fireballs)
When I got a little bit older My Stars included X-wing and Tie-Fighter; to this day these are 2 of the best video games every made.