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EXT. LARS HOMESTEAD - COURTYARD - SUNSET

Descending from the sky, the Twilight comes in over the Lars homestead, touching down on the ground just beyond the outlying moisture vaporators. Once the freighter is firmly down on terra firma, the hatch pops open and lowers, allowing the Larses and Whitesuns to climb out into the open air.

BERU: (puts her arm around Nellith's shoulder) It'll be nice to have a good, long shower again, won't it, Mom?

NELLITH: (laughs lightly) I'd settle for a tall, cool glass of bantha milk.

Stepping up behind the two girls, Anakin places his hands on their shoulders.

ANAKIN: (grins) I think both can be arranged.

Together, the Larses walk off toward the homestead, leaving Obi-Wan and Owen alone together by the Twilight.

OWEN: How long have you known Anakin was ... (trails off)

OBI-WAN: Like me?

Owen nods.

OBI-WAN: (cont'd) I knew almost immediately.

OWEN: When did you tell him?

OBI-WAN: After Mir's funeral.

OWEN: Why?

OBI-WAN: (runs a hand through his hair) I don't know.

OWEN: (cocks an eyebrow) You don't know?

OBI-WAN: I honestly don't know why I told him. (beat) I regretted it as soon as it was done.

OWEN: But what's done is done.

OBI-WAN: (puts his hands on Owen's shoulder) Owen, nothing has to change.

OWEN: (smirks) I know Nik too well to believe that, Ben. (beat) Now that you've opened his eyes to a greater universe, he won't be content staying here as a moisture farmer. (beat) He's like you in that regard.

OBI-WAN: I can't train him, Owen. You know that.

OWEN: But you can take him to someone who can, can't you? (beat) Just do me one favour.

OBI-WAN: What is it?

OWEN: Don't get him mixed up in the war. Take him to Yoda's planet or wherever, just don't get him involved with the war. (beat) He's my best friend -- I don't want him getting killed or harvested fighting those goddamn whitefaces. Do you understand me?

OBI-WAN: I understand, Owen, and I won't pressure him to join the fight. You have to understand, though, that if Anakin chooses to join of his own free will, I can't stop him.

OWEN: Just take him as far away from the war as possible. (turns to look after Anakin with the women in the distance) God willing, the war'll be over by the time any damn fool notions of defending the galaxy from the Clonemasters enter his head.

Hollywood itself needs a remake; it's dated and no longer relevant.

SilverWook said:

I like Dexter. I don't think he's been seen in TCW, either. The less said about his appearance in Detours the better. ;)

I like Dex, too. I just wish he was a guy in a suit/animatronics instead of ugly, fake, plastic-looking CGI.

TheBoost said:

"The Wizard of Oz" with Judy Garland was the reboot of a series of remakes going back 20+ years.

"The Maltese Falcon" with Bogart is the remake of a remake.

"Frankenstein" with Karloff was remake, as was Lugosi's "Dracula."

Hitchcock remade his own movies. 

I'm pretty chill on the idea of remakes. Judge a movie by its own merits. 

 None of those movies were made in 1998-2014.

^Since there was more chemistry between the two than there was with with Hayder, I'll go ahead and say yes.

Darth Darth Binks went to town riding on a eopie. Stuck a hydrospanner in his t**t and called it Little Orphan Ani.

Is that random enough fer ya?

darklordoftech said:

RicOlie_2 said:

re-occurrence of the Sith who had been thought to be extinct.

Thank you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! If the Sith keep coming back, why do the Jedi keep thinking that they're extinct?

 http://originaltrilogy.com/forum/topic.cfm/Is-the-SW-Universe-an-Idiocracy/topic/15439/page/1/

Personally, I've only read the first story arc of the Dawn of the Jedi comics, but it doesn't seem like a bad series at all; Ostrander and Duursema don't seem as preoccupied with making it as prequeltastic as the others they've done *cough*Legacy*cough*.

I only wish the proto-Jedi weren't called "Je'daii".

LexX said:

Is he a moisture farmer too with the vaporator?

Maybe he'd rather harvest his own water instead of paying for someone else's? This isn't exactly an unanswerable mystery of the universe, you know.

SilverWook said:

They only deal with UFO stuff. ;)

Your point being?

=P

Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008)

I found this to be a pretty average movie -- which means it was leaps and bounds ahead of the prequels; Anakin actually comes across as likeable here. I doubt I'd be able to stand it if it were a live action film, though -- the antics with Anakin and Ahsoka with the baby Hutt would have been intolerable to watch with live actors handling what would most likely than not have been a glob of CG shit.

Oh, and Dooku's still a shitty villain. I hope the series proper actually gives him some depth as a character, 'cause I can't stand his "evil for the sake of being evil" schtick for even a minute.

6/10

Truth be told, I also prefer Ben's SE home over his original. I just wish it -- along with virtually 95+% of the other SE changes -- had been made to visually mesh better with the original film stock and effects.

NeverarGreat said:

DuracellEnergizer said:

I would have preferred one colour for both the Jedi and the Sith or one colour for the Jedi and Sith each over the unbalanced mess utilized by the PT. Sith get only red while Jedi get blue, green, and the occasional purple? Give me a break!

From a philosophical standpoint, it would seem like a Jedi wouldn't care in the slightest what color their lightsaber was. Their first, second, and third priorities would be to have a functional weapon, and their teaching would make them reluctant to use the lightsaber except in great need. As the Jedi are all a part of an ancient order, they may have standardized the blades to a blue color as well. The Sith/agents of evil would make their weapons into a more personal statement, so it doesn't make sense that they would all have the same color lightsaber.

It would be neat to see a unified force of Jedi with identical blades as opposed to numerous self-styled Force users, all with lightsabers which differ based on their personalities.

A problem with that, though, is that it makes the Jedi look too homogenous, a problem the PT blatantly has.

EXT. JUNDLAND WASTES - EVENING

Obi-Wan -- with Beru and Nellith beside and behind him -- steers his landspeeder over the rocky terrain of the Jundland Wastes.

Suddenly, without warning, a mechanical cough issues forth from the vehicle and the repulsorlifts go dead. Without antigravity to suspend it, the landspeeder collapses to the ground, hitting the ground with a strong jarring jerk.

BERU: (weary) What now?

Wordlessly, Ben hops out of the speeder and walks over to the engines in back. Looking them over, he recoils as oily black smoke billows out in his face.

OBI-WAN: (coughs) I don't think we'll be going any further with this speeder.

BERU: (looks back over her shoulder at the Jedi, frowning) Are you sure?

OBI-WAN: (waving smoke away) I can't fix something like this out here. (beat) We have to continue on foot.

BERU: (climbs out of the speeder and walks over to Ben) We can't walk through this! The farm's two -- maybe three -- weeks away from here! We'll die long before we ever get home!

OBI-WAN: (puts his hands on her shoulders) Beru, we can make it. (beat) If we rest in the shade during the day and move only at night, we can just make it.

BERU: But water --

OBI-WAN: We can stay hydrated on the prey we catch. (beat) It won't be much, but it should be enough to last us the rest of the way.

BERU: (looks over at Nellith, who looks back at them) What about her?

OBI-WAN: As bad as they look, Nellith's wounds are merely flesh wounds. If we can continue going, so can she.

Resigned, Beru sighs. Silently, the three individuals proceed to retrieve as many supplies as they can carry with them from the speeder. Then, exchanging glances, they start about on their trek through the desert on foot.

EXT. JUNDLAND WASTES

Time passes. Working together, Ben, Nellith, and Beru manage to cover ground, finding shelter during the day and hunting down prey during the night as they find themselves closer to home. As the days roll into weeks, though, they grow wearier and wearier, their bodies growing gaunt with the lack of adequate food and water.

EXT. DESERT - SUNSET

After more than two weeks, the trio finally crosses the boundary separating the rocky Jundland Wastes from the flat, sandier desert. A fierce sandstorm has picked up, however, and they have no cave or hollow to protect themselves from the powerful sand-filled wind.

As the wind blows stronger and the sand begins to accumulate around them, Nellith is the first to falter and then collapse, Beru quickly following after her. The only one remaining conscious, Ben turns and heads back to the two women, unwilling to abandon them. He can do nothing to help them, though, and in moments he, too, succumbs to the sandstorm.

Moments pass, and soon the three travellers are nearly completely buried beneath the sand. A low drone begins to barely resound through the thick air, though, drawing Obi-Wan out of his semi-conscious fugue. Looking upward, he watches as a familiar G9 Rigger freighter descends from the brown sky over them.

As the freighter touches down beside them, the main hatch lowers and Owen comes out from the ship. Running over to Ben, he helps pull the Jedi knight up.

OBI-WAN: Get Beru -- I'll help Nellith.

Quickly, the Jedi and the moisture farmer help the two women to their feet. Together with the girls, they climb aboard the ship.

INT. FREIGHTER/COCKPIT - SUNSET

Entering the dingy cockpit of the freighter, the three desert-weary travellers collapse to their knees on the deck. The pilot of the ship -- Anakin, his shoulder wound covered in a bacta patch -- rises from the pilot's chair, a pair of canteens in his hand.

OBI-WAN: (frowns) Anakin?

ANAKIN: (tosses the canteens to Owen) Welcome aboard the Twilight.

OWEN: (hands the canteens to Ben and Nellith) Don't drink too much -- you might get sick. (to Anakin) Get us the hell out of here!

Getting back into his seat, Nik closes the hatch and proceeds to bring the craft back up into the air.

OWEN: (notices Nellith's wound) God, Nellith -- what did they do to you?

NELLITH: (takes a gulp from her canteen before handing it to Beru) Nothing compared to what I've seen done to others.

OBI-WAN: (to Anakin) What the hell are you doing out here? You should be in Anchorhead recovering from your injury!

ANAKIN: And leave you and my two favourite girls in the world to die out here in the middle of nowhere? Forget it, Ben.

BERU: How did you find us?

Anakin doesn't answer right away. After a moment passes, he turns around to look behind him, making direct eye contact with Obi-Wan.

ANAKIN: I brought myself in touch with the greater reality surrounding me.

EXT. SANDSTORM - SUNSET

As the Twilight climbs higher into the sky, the winds of the sandstorm intensify immensely, and the freighter begins to rattle with incredible turbulence.

INT. TWILIGHT/COCKPIT - SUNSET

NELLITH: What's happening?

ANAKIN: The sandstorm's growing stronger. I don't think --

Before he can finish his sentence, he looks directly out the viewport, freezing at what he sees before him.

OWEN: Nik, what is it?

ANAKIN: (eyes wide) Oh, shi --!

EXT. SANDSTORM - SUNSET

Without any warning whatsoever, three immense tornados of swirling sand-filled air have taken shape in the path beyond the spice freighter. Though there is some room between the sand twisters to allow passage, the immense size and force of the combined swirling vortices will make such passage incredibly difficult.

INT. TWILIGHT/COCKPIT - SUNSET

Standing up, Obi-Wan leaves Owen and the women and walks up beside Anakin, looking out the viewport at the titanic twisters.

OBI-WAN: You can do this, Anakin.

ANAKIN: (incredulous) Are you crazy?! In case you haven't noticed, the Twilight is an old, slow spice freighter long overdue for a date with the scrap heap, not a T-7 Skyhopper! She's not exactly made for navigating multiple sand twisters!

OBI-WAN: You can do it, Anakin, if you put your mind to it.

ANAKIN: Tell me how, and I'll try.

OBI-WAN: You'll do.

ANAKIN: (frustrated) Yeah, yeah -- just tell me!

OBI-WAN: First close your eyes, then relax.

ANAKIN: (laughs scornfully) That'll be easy!

OBI-WAN: (frustrated) Goddammit, Anakin!

ANAKIN: Alright, alright! I'm relaxing! (closes his eyes)

OBI-WAN: Good. (beat) Now visualize yourself reaching out toward the twisters, feeling the spaces between them. Explore them all. (beat) Now, find all the possible routes you can take through them. Abandon all but the safest, and fly on through.

His face oddly serene amongst all this chaos, Nik responds to Ben's commands and pushes the controls of the ship forward.

EXT. SANDSTORM - SUNSET

The Twilight surges forward, banking left and plummeting into the space between the two left-most twisters. Entering the rending wind currents, the ship twists first left, then right, falling headlong towards the central tornado.

INT. TWILIGHT/COCKPIT - SUNSET

OWEN: I have a bad feeling about this.

EXT. SANDSTORM - SUNSET

Just when it seems that the freighter is going to get swept up into the twister, it instead twists around it, corkscrewing around to the top, where it is then thrown upward, clear out of the reach of the triplet tornadoes.

INT. TWILIGHT/COCKPIT - SUNSET

OBI-WAN: (pats Nik on the back with a pleased smile on his face) Good work, Anakin. I told you you could do it.

Turning to look up at the Jedi, Anakin grins, pleased with his piloting and Ben's praise.

OBI-WAN: (cont'd) Now get us up over this storm and head on back for home.

As Anakin does as he's told, Ben rejoins the others.

OWEN: What just happened? How did he do that?

OBI-WAN: (serious) Don't you know?

Owen returns Obi-Wan's serious expression. He knows exactly.

EXT. SKY - SUNSET

Breaking through the top of the sandstorm, the Twilight emerges into the clear darkening sky of Tatooine, the vermilion light of the setting suns gleaming off its hull as it rockets toward home.

Someone's gonna get visited by the Men in Black pretty soon, methinks.

I would have preferred one colour for both the Jedi and the Sith or one colour for the Jedi and Sith each over the unbalanced mess utilized by the PT. Sith get only red while Jedi get blue, green, and the occasional purple? Give me a break!

imperialscum said:

DuracellEnergizer said:

I just finished watching the entire Clone Wars microseries (that 2-D series that premiered before the CG version), and all I can say is this:

I liked that one scene where they showed a Jedi weilding a red lightsaber. No, it wasn't a red lightsaber briefly borrowed from a Dark Jedi or Sith -- it was the Jedi's own lightsaber. I don't know who thought to do that, but I commend them regardless -- I love Jedi with red lightsabers, and it's certainly hard to find any in the franchise since AOTC came out.

Yep, that's it -- a Jedi with a red lightsaber is the only thing I liked about the series.

What is with you and darklordoftech and your bizarre lightsabre colour fetish?

I got into the EU prior to the release of the PT, when the Jedi, Dark Jedi, and the Sith got to play with multiple lightsaber colours. That aspect appealed to me instantly and I've been in love with multiple lightsaber colours ever since.

As far as I am concerned, red colour has been a Sith trademark since May 1977.

One character with one lightsaber doesn't define an entire religious order in my book.

And there hasn't been any indication that Jedi should use red colour.

imperialscum said:

DuracellEnergizer said:

Ya know, I've really come to dislike KOTOR. The prequelization of eras outside of the PT began in earnest with this damn video game.

Drew Karpyshyn's a shitty writer, though, who like screwing established continuity over just so he can paint things the way he wants to paint them, so why should I be surprised?

I will be honest here. What KOTOR did was take the decent stuff from PT and made something great out of it. For example, Revan's fall to the dark side is exactly what Anakin's fall should have been.

The story could have worked just as well if Revan and Malak hadn't been Darths, hadn't even been Sith, or weilded red lightsabers.

And JFTR, it isn't the general storyline of the game I take issue with (I haven't played the game, but from what I've read about it, it doesn't sound bad), it's the unnecessary prequelisms I've already mentioned.

If the established continuity is not too good, I am actually happy that someone takes it and paint it in a better way. I had never particularly liked stuff like TOTJ until KOTOR and SWTOR presented it in a better way.

Tomato, tomahto. I still say that if you want to write about PT-styled Sith, stick them in the PT era where they belong.

^LOL. I think the duel was described better in the actual novel, but it's been awhile since I read it, so I can't say for sure.

I LOLed at "That '70s Drug Lord".

I've played A Link to the Past, Ocarina of Time, and Majora's Mask. A Link to the Past didn't do much for me (the overhead graphics didn't appeal to me), but I loved Ocarina of Time and Majora's Mask; if they ever make a movie(s) based on the franchise, I hope they use those two games as inspiration.

Knowing DeGeneres soley from the TV commercials she's been in and all that jibberjabber about her being a lesbian, I personally have no real opinion on her one way or the other (I think she has amazing eyes, though).

I think an index would be useful. But like you said, cataloguing all those threads is a daunting task.

SilverWook said:

So Vader was never actually on the planet? Who turned Grammel into bookends then?

 He was on the planet. He just never fought Luke and Leia in the Temple.

That still leaves Luke and Leia acting in ways siblings ought not to, (thanks George!) and a crazy old lady who may or may not be a Jedi, running off with a Force controlling gem. You'd think Luke would want to keep both around...

As I've mentioned before elsewhere, the romantic tension between Luke and Leia doesn't bother me, as I don't feel as negatively towards incest as most others do (frankly, if two relatives actually love each other and there's no prior history of sexual abuse or coercion between them, I'm happy for them).

As for the rest, well, I accept the EU explanation that the Kaiburr Crystal loses its power the farther from the Temple it gets.

I think Adrian Paul could've made a good Kun.