General Star Wars Random Thoughts Thread — Page 405

Author: SilverWook
Time: 20-Aug-2018 2:25 AM (Edited)
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ZkinandBonez said:

a_o said:

the clone war had thee lowest stakes for a fictional war
clones…versus droids
both expensive to produce, sure
but besides the jedi, there were few actual casualties

Clones don’t count as casualties?

And I’m sure there were civilian deaths as well in a war of that scale.

Lucas would likely never show a hint of it though. We never saw the prison camps or civilian casualties on Naboo that were talked about in TPM. It’s like playing Where’s Waldo just to spot any dead Gungans in the ground battle scenes.

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Author: ZkinandBonez
Time: 20-Aug-2018 2:28 AM (Edited)
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True. But these things still “happened” so-to-speak.

I’m sure the Clone Wars was meant to be devestating, regardless of what we were shown. Then again we hardly saw anything from the actual war in the movies. We only got the first and last two battles.

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Author: SilverWook
Time: 20-Aug-2018 2:38 AM (Edited)
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Not according to the Trade Federation delegates. Seriously, nobody on Naboo could take a cell phone video and send it to Padme so she could show the entire senate? 😛

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Author: CHEWBAKAspelledwrong
Time: 20-Aug-2018 2:45 AM
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SilverWook said:

Not according to the Trade Federation delegates. Seriously, nobody on Naboo could take a cell phone video and send it to Padme so she could show the entire senate? 😛

[Insert random dude saying “Our communications have been jammed” in an alien language]

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Author: DuracellEnergizer
Time: 21-Aug-2018 5:01 PM
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I wish I could be a SW '77 purist.

Author: Chewielewis
Time: 22-Aug-2018 1:15 AM
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Perhaps Valorum could have asked the Jedi that he sent. Was that not the point?

Author: DuracellEnergizer
Time: 22-Aug-2018 4:56 AM (Edited)
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Such a simple poster. A slightly different subtitle, reversed lightsaber colours. But it speaks tremendous volumes. This is the concluding chapter of the Original Trilogy. Accept no substitutes.

Author: Shopping Maul
Time: 22-Aug-2018 5:09 AM
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DuracellEnergizer said:
Such a simple poster. A slightly different subtitle, reversed lightsaber colours. But it speaks tremendous volumes. This is the concluding chapter of the Original Trilogy. Accept no substitutes.

Still waiting for this film (sigh)…

Author: joefavs
Time: 24-Aug-2018 9:08 PM
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Connix is the ST’s Wedge (I can’t remember if I’ve said so here before, so sorry if I made this exact same post three months ago).

Author: Possessed
Time: 24-Aug-2018 9:30 PM
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If only I knew who that was I might agree.

Author: joefavs
Time: 24-Aug-2018 10:10 PM
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Possessed said:

If only I knew who that was I might agree.

Author: Possessed
Time: 24-Aug-2018 11:10 PM
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Oh. I don’t agree. But I don’t disagree strongly enough to argue against it. This has been pleasant and professional, good luck in the coming business year.

Author: SilverWook
Time: 24-Aug-2018 11:38 PM
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joefavs said:

Connix is the ST’s Wedge (I can’t remember if I’ve said so here before, so sorry if I made this exact same post three months ago).

But who is the Ric Olie of the ST? 😛

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Author: NeverarGreat
Time: 25-Aug-2018 12:13 AM
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SilverWook said:

joefavs said:

Connix is the ST’s Wedge (I can’t remember if I’ve said so here before, so sorry if I made this exact same post three months ago).

But who is the Ric Olie of the ST? 😛

A pilot who almost exclusively remarks on things that the audience already knows?

Search your feelings.

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Author: Chewielewis
Time: 25-Aug-2018 12:36 AM
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I had a thought the other day that you could replace Anakin with Rick Olie and it would be a much more compelling film. A younger Rick Ollie, the only pilot left in Theed, has to help the Queen leave Naboo, but during so he makes a mistake that damages the ships hyperdrive, they land on Tattooine and out of desperation they enter the Podrace using Wattos podracer. His performance in the Podrace leads quigon to think that he has force powers and takes him infront of the Jedi council. In the third act, Rick joins the pilots taking on the droid control ship and using the techniques learnt in the podrace he flies into the heart of the ship and blows it up.

Author: SilverWook
Time: 25-Aug-2018 1:23 AM
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I like that idea! And You catch on pretty quick! would take it’s rightful place among SW catchphrases. 😃

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Author: SilverWook
Time: 3-Sep-2018 8:59 PM
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You know you’ve seen ROTS too many times when you realize Yoda, Obi-Wan, and Mace should be falling to their deaths in this sequence. 😛

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Author: NeverarGreat
Time: 3-Sep-2018 10:17 PM
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I’m sure that there are force fields in place so that people don’t just fall out of them with every sharp turn or light bump on a sand dune.

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Author: SilverWook
Time: 3-Sep-2018 10:24 PM (Edited)
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Isn’t that pretty much what happened in AOTC though? 😉

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Author: CHEWBAKAspelledwrong
Time: 3-Sep-2018 11:36 PM
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Holy shit these movies look really bad as isolated frames. that looks like a cartoon. Falling Natalie Portman looks like a Barbie doll.

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I would put this in my sig if I weren’t so lazy.

Author: paja
Time: 3-Sep-2018 11:50 PM
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Tell me about it!

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Author: Chewielewis
Time: 4-Sep-2018 12:27 AM
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Try looking at phantom frame by frame. It has some hideous compositing.

Author: Chewielewis
Time: 4-Sep-2018 5:58 AM (Edited)
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Oh here is a great one. These shots are two cuts apart.

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Flopped Obiwan. It’s incredible how many compositing mistakes there are in this film.

Author: SilverWook
Time: 4-Sep-2018 1:34 PM
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Maybe it was done for editorial reasons? We’ve had flipped shots in Star Wars before.

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Author: Chewielewis
Time: 4-Sep-2018 2:16 PM
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Oh they definitely had a reason. It’s diningenuous to call it a mistake but these things catch your eye. Especially when the floor flops too.