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TV's Frink said:

Imagine how many posts I could have if I had joined back then....

Hindsight's always 20/20. 

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Jay said:

So the archive restoration is a bit of a mixed bag. Comparing what I'm seeing from my archive to archive.org, there are definitely some holes on both sides. There are topics on archive.org that I don't have in my archive (like the topic none references above), but there are also topics I pulled from our archive that I can't find on archive.org.

I don't have time to dig through archive.org and do a full comparison, but my wheels are already spinning regarding a restoration of OT.com using archive.org sources. Could be done manually, could be automated. Labor-intensive either way.

I'd definitely like to pull old avatars for those that are missing in the new software so we don't have the ghostly figure in their place :)

 So...how about tranny surprise?

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TV's Frink said:

 So...how about tranny surprise?

I'm always down for a tranny surprise.

Forum Administrator

MTFBWY…A

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So…nobody ever found out what the oldest thread or post was?

Not enough people read the EU.

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I think we all got distracted by tranny surprise.

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I arrived in early 2005. The place was already thriving. Jay has done a real service to everyone by allowing this to flourish. I learned the art of filmmaking on this site, including actually being coached by working screenwriters (Star Wars fan of course). What a wonderful place for a teenager to grow up. Thank you, Jay, and all those who have made this such a wonderful place over the years.

-TM

Jar-Jar is the Emperor in the extra special edition of ROTJ (scenes 1, 3, and then 6 to the end).

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By the way, I really like the new forum design. Very much in the same spirit as the old software. TM

Jar-Jar is the Emperor in the extra special edition of ROTJ (scenes 1, 3, and then 6 to the end).

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It says on your profile page that you joined in April 2016.

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yhwx said:

It says on your profile page that you joined in April 2016.

Buzzkill.

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He managed to lock himself out of his original account, or something like that. The 37 is new but the Trooperman is not.

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TV’s Frink said:

He managed to lock himself out of his original account, or something like that. The 37 is new but the Trooperman is not.

Right. My avatar is even the same-the yellow stormtrooper from Empire Strikes Back. It was that movie that made me fall in love with filmmaking back in 2001-I saw the carbonite scene and replayed it over and over and said, “This is good.”

Jar-Jar is the Emperor in the extra special edition of ROTJ (scenes 1, 3, and then 6 to the end).

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none said:

Don’t know if it’s from that first week, but the earliest i’m finding:

http://web.archive.org/web/20030428230602/http://www.originaltrilogy.com/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=4&threadid=5

<a><span>Thread Title: Where do you stand on revisionist cinema?</span></a>

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The URL suggests that was the 5th thread on the forum. Here is the 4th thread, started earlier on the same day:
http://originaltrilogy.com/topic/Attention-web-site-owners-please-lend-your-support-and-link-to-us/id/4

Topics 1,2 and 3 don’t seem to exist anymore.

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I think I started reading topics here in about 2006, and was an off-and-on visitor for the following few years before deciding to create my account. I’ve enjoyed a lot of the things that have happened here.

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This is a fun topic. I signed the petition long before I joined.