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#1056936
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The Random <em>Star Wars</em> Pics &amp; GIFs Thread
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Mocata said:

NeverarGreat said:

SilverWook said:

Now that I think about it, where did Ben’s boots go when he vanished?

Now that I think about it, I haven’t ever noticed what Ben was wearing on his feet. Perhaps he was barefoot.

This is going to bug me forever now. I looked for the visual dictionary and his picture is cropped on purpose at the bottom to mess with me.

Be bothered no more.

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#1056906
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Random Thoughts
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SilverWook said:

Jeebus said:

Handman said:

Jeebus’s new avatar has a lightsaber placed just right that I thought he was banned.

lol

Now I want to change it, but I made a promise to myself that I won’t change my avatars as often.

You could just flip it horizontally?

That would actually make it worse.

Just rotate it 30 degrees in any direction and it should be fine.

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#1056895
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Star Wars Despecialized Editions - Custom Bluray Set (Released)
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herbo4 said:

EDIT: I read the rules about invites, sorry about that blip here. Regardless:

I know this is a small contribution, but I’ve added in my own file structure in the BDMV folders on the AVCHD versions of the original thread files to make sure Playstation consoles that play Blu-Ray list these as their titles instead of BDMV and also display tile images of the cropped covers from the Harmy thread. Who should I contact to add this content / should I offer that help at all? I’ve considered making sure it works across other popular consoles too, but didn’t know if anyone would be interested or if it was so simple I’m just being silly to offer it as help.

A simple how-to would be nice, I want these to look as official as possible.

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#1056857
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The 'next Movie you have seen' thread...
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Handman said:

It’s not just the quality of the video, streaming doesn’t come with any bonus material, commentaries, and ownership. That’s part of what I meant about superiority. Of course, with Netflix you don’t really have the ownership part, but I’m still not quite happy with the internet tether and variabilities in quality streaming has.

I had read Netflix’s DVD service is still profitable, and have further read from various other sources that they have no plans to end it, but of course this may change down the road. It still has a user base of around 5 million people, and they keep refining their centers to help reduce costs, so ending it doesn’t seem to be in the cards.

Yes. I’ve just played around with a Roku, and am impressed by its capabilities, but wouldn’t give up physical media for anything.

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#1056266
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General Star Wars <strong>Random Thoughts</strong> Thread
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Interesting, I wish that scene made it in, and I can’t detract the criticism based on deleted material, as the issue is still prevalent in the film nonetheless.

You mention a good point with Vader, I suppose the dynamic between him and the Emperor just doesn’t really jive well with what he was doing in the previous films. It makes more sense that he’s sulking around, there’s just something off about it. I’ll have to ponder some more as to why that is.

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#1056245
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General Star Wars <strong>Random Thoughts</strong> Thread
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Continuing off from the Last Movie Seen Thread
Make sure to expand these for proper context.

Handman said:

darthrush said:

Handman said:

Lord Haseo said:

Handman said:

I started watching Return of the Jedi at about 6am, and its issues outweighed the good for the first time. Honestly, it gets worse each time I watch it.

I have been going through a similar experience with ROTJ but I don’t think I’ll ever see it as being anything less than okay. What was the one aspect of the film that caused you to change your opinion?

Nearly every character is misused and flat compared to their dynamic counterparts from the previous films. Han has nothing to do and is stupidly jealous, Lando’s betrayal is not addressed, Leia could be interchangeable with anyone, the sister plot twist has never sat well with me, Vader goes from wanting to overthrow the Emperor to being fine with having Luke kill him to prove a point that doesn’t make sense, the “I can turn him to the good side!” is incredibly naïve and sounds very childish, “A certain point of view?!”, Boba Fett didn’t need to be in the movie, the Ewoks ruin the film’s pacing, I could probably go on. These issues just got to me where the parts I usually enjoyed couldn’t save the film anymore.

Damn that was a good dissection of the films issues. You actually are the one of the first people to be able to fully articulate most of my issues for me. Nostalgia has partially blinded my vision 😉

Coming from a guy who’s gone out of his way to fix most of those issues, I’m very flattered.

ray_afraid said:

Lord Haseo said:

Handman said:

Lord Haseo said:

Handman said:

I started watching Return of the Jedi at about 6am, and its issues outweighed the good for the first time. Honestly, it gets worse each time I watch it.

I have been going through a similar experience with ROTJ but I don’t think I’ll ever see it as being anything less than okay. What was the one aspect of the film that caused you to change your opinion?

Nearly every character is misused and flat compared to their dynamic counterparts from the previous films. Han has nothing to do and is stupidly jealous, Lando’s betrayal is not addressed, Leia could be interchangeable with anyone, the sister plot twist has never sat well with me, Vader goes from wanting to overthrow the Emperor to being fine with having Luke kill him to prove a point that doesn’t make sense, the “I can turn him to the good side!” is incredibly naïve and sounds very childish, “A certain point of view?!”, Boba Fett didn’t need to be in the movie, the Ewoks ruin the film’s pacing, I could probably go on. These issues just got to me where the parts I usually enjoyed couldn’t save the film anymore.

The only point I disagree with is when you said Luke seeing good in Vader is naive. He surely should have felt something in Vader when he was offered a place at his side. I wish Luke could have said something like “Bringing our father back won’t undo all the things he’s done but it’s a start” or something stating the realistic nature of redeeming the right hand of The Devil.

I agree with this.

I disagree that there needs to be a scene with Lando and Han reconciling. Lando did the right thing and Han knows it. I would like a scene where that conversation happens.


I disagree that there needs to be a scene with Lando and Han reconciling. Lando did the right thing and Han knows it. I would like a scene where that conversation happens.

I never said there needs to be a certain way it needs to happen, all I said is Lando’s betrayal is unaddressed. I’d be fine with either of the things you suggested, but as is it just seems to be forgotten as if it didn’t even happen, which is weird. There’s simply nothing in the movie that gives us anything other than “How are you, old chum, tra la la!” when the dynamic between the two could have been much more interesting.

The only point I disagree with is when you said Luke seeing good in Vader is naive. He surely should have felt something in Vader when he was offered a place at his side. I wish Luke could have said something like “Bringing our father back won’t undo all the things he’s done but it’s a start” or something stating the realistic nature of redeeming the right hand of The Devil.

I just think it was done in a very black and white way, when it could have been much more complicated. Vader’s eventual turn is great, one of my favorite moments in the trilogy, but Luke just believing there’s good in him without really giving any reason (his reaction at the end of ESB didn’t really convince me he felt anything for being offered a place at his side, and that specific point isn’t really addressed in ROTJ), and just the phrase, “The good side!” rubs me the wrong way. It’s not something I felt would have been uttered in the previous films. Luke’s conversation with Ben could have really set up Luke’s motivations, but it’s also a missed opportunity.

In the original two films, it looks like Vader is slowly gaining power, rather than being the right hand of “The Devil”, as you say. His character is pretty different in ROTJ, he doesn’t do any of the dirty work he used to, he just sulks around. It’s odd to me.

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#1056236
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Last movie seen
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I disagree that there needs to be a scene with Lando and Han reconciling. Lando did the right thing and Han knows it. I would like a scene where that conversation happens.

I never said there needs to be a certain way it needs to happen, all I said is Lando’s betrayal is unaddressed. I’d be fine with either of the things you suggested, but as is it just seems to be forgotten as if it didn’t even happen, which is weird. There’s simply nothing in the movie that gives us anything other than “How are you, old chum, tra la la!” when the dynamic between the two could have been much more interesting.

The only point I disagree with is when you said Luke seeing good in Vader is naive. He surely should have felt something in Vader when he was offered a place at his side. I wish Luke could have said something like “Bringing our father back won’t undo all the things he’s done but it’s a start” or something stating the realistic nature of redeeming the right hand of The Devil.

I just think it was done in a very black and white way, when it could have been much more complicated. Vader’s eventual turn is great, one of my favorite moments in the trilogy, but Luke just believing there’s good in him without really giving any reason (his reaction at the end of ESB didn’t really convince me he felt anything for being offered a place at his side, and that specific point isn’t really addressed in ROTJ), and just the phrase, “The good side!” rubs me the wrong way. It’s not something I felt would have been uttered in the previous films. Luke’s conversation with Ben could have really set up Luke’s motivations, but it’s also a missed opportunity.

In the original two films, it looks like Vader is slowly gaining power, rather than being the right hand of “The Devil”, as you say. His character is pretty different in ROTJ, he doesn’t do any of the dirty work he used to, he just sulks around. It’s odd to me.