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Childhood Misconceptions (aka The Trap Thread, but misconceptions still welcome) — Page 9

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Wow, it took me a minute... but it's definitely there.

IT'S MY TRILOGY, AND I WANT IT NOW!

"[George Lucas] rebooted the franchise in 1997 without telling anyone." -skyjedi2005

"Yeah, well, George says a lot of things..." a young 1997 xhonzi on RASSM

"They're my movies." -George Lucas. 19 people won oscars for their work on Star Wars (1977) and George Lucas wasn't one of them.

Rewrite the Prequels!

 

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I know this was brought up before...

...but not in animated gif form!!!

http://www.gifsoup.com/webroot/animatedgifs/263060_o.gif

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Molly said:

Didn't Alan Dean Foster say right out he made up the grappling hook miss out of whole cloth?

When I was a kid, I thought Luke's miss with the grappling hook was real.
No, I'm mistaken.  I never thought about it.

 

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Since ADF has been cited, I thought I'd back it up with a few quotes from the scripts:

Star Wars 4th draft:

They look for an exterior bridge control while the stormtroopers on the opposite side of the hatch begin making ominous drilling and pounding sounds.

LUKE

They're coming through!

LEIA

The controls must be on the other side.

Luke notices something on his stormtrooper utility belt. He pulls out a thin nylon cable, swings it across the metallic gorge and it wraps itself around an outcropping of pipes. He tugs on the rope to make sure it is secure, then grabs the princess in his arms swings across the treacherous abyss to the corresponding hatchway on the opposite side.

Just as Luke and Leia reach the far side go the canyon, the stormtroopers break through the hatch and begin to fire on the escaping duo. Luke returns the fire before ducking into the tiny sub hallway, closing the hatch behind him.

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Star Wars Revised 4th Draft:

 

They look for an exterior bridge control while the stormtroopers on the opposite side of the hatch begin making ominous drilling and pounding sounds.

LUKE

They're coming through!

LEIA

I'm afraid the controls are on the other side!

Luke notices something on his stormtrooper utility belt.  He pulls out a thin nylon cable, swings it across the metallic gorge and it wraps itself around an outcropping of pipes.  He tugs on the rope to make sure it is secure, then grabs the princess in his arms.  Leia looks at Luke, then kisses him quickly on the lips.  Luke is very surprised.

LEIA

Just for luck.  We're going to need it.

Luke pushes off and they swing across the treacherous abyss to the corresponding hatchway on the opposite side.  Just as Luke and Leia reach the far side go the canyon, the stormtroopers break through the hatch and begin to fire on the escaping duo.  Luke returns the fire before ducking into the tiny sub hallway, closing the hatch behind him.

Evidence seems to be lacking from the pen of Lucas.  No miss here.

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Family Guy: It's a Trap (Blu-ray Disc)

First I've seen of this.

IT'S MY TRILOGY, AND I WANT IT NOW!

"[George Lucas] rebooted the franchise in 1997 without telling anyone." -skyjedi2005

"Yeah, well, George says a lot of things..." a young 1997 xhonzi on RASSM

"They're my movies." -George Lucas. 19 people won oscars for their work on Star Wars (1977) and George Lucas wasn't one of them.

Rewrite the Prequels!

 

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I can't see that picture... maybe that is why.

IT'S MY TRILOGY, AND I WANT IT NOW!

"[George Lucas] rebooted the franchise in 1997 without telling anyone." -skyjedi2005

"Yeah, well, George says a lot of things..." a young 1997 xhonzi on RASSM

"They're my movies." -George Lucas. 19 people won oscars for their work on Star Wars (1977) and George Lucas wasn't one of them.

Rewrite the Prequels!

 

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Okay, first childhood misconception I can remember about SW:

In the early days before I'd seen the movie or even much in the way of stills from the film, I remember seeing the cover of the original Star Wars novel (which my uncle bought before the film came out)...

Original SW novelization

...and I was absolutely certain that Darth Vader was a giant evil robot, bent on eating and/or crushing those little characters down below him.  Subsequent movie posters and promotional material featuring a giant Vader (or Vader head) towering over characters in the foreground did little to dispel that theory.

I thought the Stormtroopers were robots as well, of course, when I saw pictures of them.  What else would they be?

--SKot

Projects:
Return Of The Ewok and Other Short Films (with OCPmovie) [COMPLETED]
Preserving the…cringe…Star Wars Holiday Special [COMPLETED]
The Star Wars TV Commercials Project [DORMANT]
Felix the Cat 1919-1930 early film shorts preservation [ONGOING]
Lights Out! (lost TV anthology shows) [ONGOING]
Iznogoud (1995 animated series) English audio preservation [ONGOING]

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none said:

As part of the dying breed who saw the Holiday Special first, we are warped.  and a tad stoopid.

none, did you really see the Holiday Special before any other Star Wars film, when it aired?

I thought I was the only one!

Interesting...maybe it's time to start a thread/poll on this subject.

--SKot

Projects:
Return Of The Ewok and Other Short Films (with OCPmovie) [COMPLETED]
Preserving the…cringe…Star Wars Holiday Special [COMPLETED]
The Star Wars TV Commercials Project [DORMANT]
Felix the Cat 1919-1930 early film shorts preservation [ONGOING]
Lights Out! (lost TV anthology shows) [ONGOING]
Iznogoud (1995 animated series) English audio preservation [ONGOING]