General Star Wars Random Thoughts Thread — Page 288

I need a clearer definition of “casual” fan to determine what I am.

flametitan said:

suspiciouscoffee said:

I need a clearer definition of “casual” fan to determine what I am.

To go with a phrase I like using on other discussion boards: It’s all relative. To somebody who only watches the movies when it comes out, and then doesn’t do anything beyond that, the fact that we’re on a forum at all might make us look like we’re die-hards. To somebody who reads everything there is to Star Wars and is keeps up with absolutely verything Star Wars related, this forum might be full of “filthy” casuals.

Personally, I consider myself somewhat more invested than a “casual moviegoer” but not that invested. I like the odd book or spin-off series. I enjoy the X-Wing Miniatures game. However, I’m not avidly looking forward to every release, or base my life around it. If Star Wars stopped existing, I still have other things to enjoy and discuss with others.

I’m definitely somewhere between the relative die-hard and filthy casual then. I was more excited for TFA than I’ve ever been for any movie/book/game/etc. release ever, but after that, I don’t have much “hype” for any future SW material since the movies are annual now, with spin-offs and the like saturating the franchise so much. After VIII and IX, I’m not sure I’ll even care about the future films, unless they do something really unique with the inevitable next sequel trilogy, say jump ahead 100 years or something.

I take sweet satisfaction in the fact that the most expensive Star Wars comic cover variant on the collector’s market has Jaxxon on the cover. 😃
http://www.ebay.com/itm/16mm-Feature-THX-1138-1971-Early-Sci-fi-from-director-George-Lucas-/351889206762

suspiciouscoffee said:

flametitan said:

suspiciouscoffee said:

I need a clearer definition of “casual” fan to determine what I am.

To go with a phrase I like using on other discussion boards: It’s all relative. To somebody who only watches the movies when it comes out, and then doesn’t do anything beyond that, the fact that we’re on a forum at all might make us look like we’re die-hards. To somebody who reads everything there is to Star Wars and is keeps up with absolutely verything Star Wars related, this forum might be full of “filthy” casuals.

Personally, I consider myself somewhat more invested than a “casual moviegoer” but not that invested. I like the odd book or spin-off series. I enjoy the X-Wing Miniatures game. However, I’m not avidly looking forward to every release, or base my life around it. If Star Wars stopped existing, I still have other things to enjoy and discuss with others.

I’m definitely somewhere between the relative die-hard and filthy casual then. I was more excited for TFA than I’ve ever been for any movie/book/game/etc. release ever, but after that, I don’t have much “hype” for any future SW material since the movies are annual now, with spin-offs and the like saturating the franchise so much. After VIII and IX, I’m not sure I’ll even care about the future films, unless they do something really unique with the inevitable next sequel trilogy, say jump ahead 100 years or something.

Didn’t Dark Horse comics do that already? 😉

SilverWook said:

suspiciouscoffee said:

flametitan said:

suspiciouscoffee said:

I need a clearer definition of “casual” fan to determine what I am.

To go with a phrase I like using on other discussion boards: It’s all relative. To somebody who only watches the movies when it comes out, and then doesn’t do anything beyond that, the fact that we’re on a forum at all might make us look like we’re die-hards. To somebody who reads everything there is to Star Wars and is keeps up with absolutely verything Star Wars related, this forum might be full of “filthy” casuals.

Personally, I consider myself somewhat more invested than a “casual moviegoer” but not that invested. I like the odd book or spin-off series. I enjoy the X-Wing Miniatures game. However, I’m not avidly looking forward to every release, or base my life around it. If Star Wars stopped existing, I still have other things to enjoy and discuss with others.

I’m definitely somewhere between the relative die-hard and filthy casual then. I was more excited for TFA than I’ve ever been for any movie/book/game/etc. release ever, but after that, I don’t have much “hype” for any future SW material since the movies are annual now, with spin-offs and the like saturating the franchise so much. After VIII and IX, I’m not sure I’ll even care about the future films, unless they do something really unique with the inevitable next sequel trilogy, say jump ahead 100 years or something.

Didn’t Dark Horse comics do that already? 😉

O yeah, I forgot about that.

If Endor were a desert, would Ewoks wear stillsuits?

If you want to understand Boba Fett’s character, don’t look at the Man With No Name. Look at Tuco Ramirez.

There are no humans in Star Wars, just aliens wearing stillsuits that look like human skin. The aliens in the cantina are what everyone looks like without them.

TV’s Frink said:

Since Tatooine is a desert, why doesn’t everyone wear stillsuits?

It’s a dry heat

TV’s Frink said:

Since Tatooine is a desert, why doesn’t everyone wear stillsuits?

Frank Herbert’s estate would sue? 😉

As far as the digital alterations to SW go, it’s increasingly clear that George Lucas has been deliberately seeking to make his films worse - turning himself into the villain he himself foresaw in his 1988 speech to the US Congress.

Playing both sides of that particular argument, rather like Darth Sidious, though it should be obvious where his sympathies actually lie. (And unless I’ve much misread things, despite all his public statements to the contrary, it’s not with the Special Editions.)

Are you saying that this all started as part of an elaborate plan just for him to prove his point from '88 and the power of such alteration got to his head?

I would’ve finished the sentence with that first clause, but the second might also be true.

No, but Dune did have a planet that’s one really long beach, creatures living under the sand, and spice. 😉

Lol even the special edition bd of the Iron Giant gives you the option to watch the theatrical cut, but we can’t get the same courtesy from Lucasfilm.

And to add now, I haven’t seen this movie since I was a kid. It just brought me to tears. And I must say the added scene in the signature edition is well done and a good addition. Apparently they didn’t have time and/or budget to animate it before but it was in the original storyboard. What George said about the OT except actually true here.

Who’s to blame for the questionable Sister Leia plot twist in ROTJ? Richard Wagner, apparently.

Better question: Why is the animal above identified as a living Krayt Dragon?

Robot Chicken did a somewhat better depiction of a living specimen. 😉
https://youtu.be/AV-oXomI_98