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What's the most heated Star Wars argument you've gotten into?

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Ah, Star Wars day. The day the non-Star Wars people join in on the discussion. And that makes me think of arguments that can arise with so-called “Star Wars fans” (TFN type people)
What’s the craziest argument you’ve gotten into with someone about prequels, special editions or something of that sort(with someone who has a different perception of what SW is).
I’d like to make this just real-life face-to-face arguments, so no internet/forum arguments please.

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Over the Last Jedi. I defended it as a good movie. Not sure i was right. I desperately wanted it to be. It still has elements of a good movie in it even with all its mixed parts good and bad.

I’m not going to take back what i said about Mark Hamill’s performance i think it was great and i still do.

The Abrams movies i really have to be in a sort of mood to watch, they are bad fanfiction. But can be fun if you turn your mind off.

My brother and i never really don’t like the same things in regards to SW. He hated the EU wouldn’t even give Heir to the Empire 5 minutes of his time because it wasn’t real Star Wars. He likes the Disney TV stuff, beyond the animated stuff i don’t. I like the SW comics he won’t bother with them or the novels or games because they aren’t real SW.

He likes the prequels i despise them, except for a soft spot for Phantom Menace. He says Episode III is the best one. He doesn’t mind Han shooting second or Hayden in ROTJ i do.

My brother in law also loves Disney SW and hated the prequel, and he liked the Last Jedi and honestly thought people were crazy over hating that movie. His own son hated it so much.

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Never had one. I’ve been socially isolated longer than I’ve cared enough about SW to argue about it, and none of my family members were/are even casual SW fans.

“The Anarchists are right in everything; in the negation of the existing order and in the assertion that, without Authority there could not be worse violence than that of Authority under existing conditions. They are mistaken only in thinking that anarchy can be instituted by a violent revolution… There can be only one permanent revolution — a moral one: the regeneration of the inner man. How is this revolution to take place? Nobody knows how it will take place in humanity, but every man feels it clearly in himself. And yet in our world everybody thinks of changing humanity, and nobody thinks of changing himself.”

― Leo Tolstoy

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Fortunately, I don’t recall ever having a real-life argument about Star Wars. It’s not really something that’s worth getting heated about, whether IRL or online, and while I’ve gotten in online arguments before sometimes, I’d prefer not to.

Right after TFA as well as after TLJ came out, I talked with a few friends about our thoughts on the movie. The people I talked to generally liked it, we respectfully disagreed and discussed our thoughts on it, and that was the end of it. Even if I actually did get heated (which I wouldn’t), I’d never want to jeopardize a friendship over something trivial like that. I knew this guy online once who had a violent hostility toward ST fans. Like, he’d refuse to even associate with them, and would want them out of his life. To me, that’s just so small-minded and sad.

But we can’t turn back. Fear is their greatest defense. I doubt if the actual security there is any greater than it was on Aquilae or Sullust. And what there is is most likely directed towards a large-scale assault.

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The most annoying Star Wars argument I had was an argument about the CGI of the Prequel Trilogy.

Now, I want to make an important premise: I’m NOT one of those people who bitches about the CGI in the Prequels. Yes, I think they should have used more practical effects and big sets instead of miniatures, but I still think the Prequel CGI looks great for its time, even though it didn’t age very well.

With that being said, the most annoying argument I had about this subject was an argument that I had some months ago with a dude on the internet. In summary, I said that they should have used more big sets instead of miniatures, and that casting more real actors for the Clones would have been a good idea. His reply? “The Clones are supposed to be equal and have the same proportions, therefore doing them in CGI was the only solution to make them look equal.”

That’s the dumbest argument I’ve ever seen in my life. I mean, the Clones are supposed to stay in the background. They just have to pretend to shoot laser rifles and eventually pretend to die. You don’t need to get great actors to do something like this, just get stunt people who are all the same height and proportions as the original actor who plays Jango Fett. You don’t need CGI at all, you just have to cast 40 or 50 people with the same proportions. Hell, you don’t even need to search for people who look similar to the original actor, because the Clones have their armor and helmet put on 90% of the time, so we don’t even see their face. Just use the original actor when there are Clones without the helmet, and that’s it. But no, creating the Clones by using CGI was the only way to do the Clones apparently.

I know you said no internet arguments, but I never discuss Star Wars with real people. So…

“Sometimes we must let go of our pride, and do what is requested to us.”
–Anakin Skywalker, Star Wars Episode II - Attack of the Clones

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My favorite pro-Prequel argument is “But the Prequels have even more practical effect shots than the OT!” I mean, who cares about the concept of percentages?

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Channel72 said:

My favorite pro-Prequel argument is “But the Prequels have even more practical effect shots than the OT!” I mean, who cares about the concept of percentages?

This is the absolute DUMBEST argument I’ve ever seen about the Prequel Trilogy. Because nobody stops to think that’s just because there are more effects in those movies in general. Like saying Revenge of the Sith has more model sets than Citizen Kane; like c’mon.

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rocknroll41 said:

When TLJ came out I told some old guy “idk I thought it was fine” and then his face turned red and he started crying and screaming “no! No! I’ve been a Star Wars fan since 1977! I KNOW Star Wars!! You’re wrong for liking Last Jedi. You’re WRONG!!”

I didn’t speak to him about Star Wars after that.

Damn. He turned into a real life Wojak.

“The Anarchists are right in everything; in the negation of the existing order and in the assertion that, without Authority there could not be worse violence than that of Authority under existing conditions. They are mistaken only in thinking that anarchy can be instituted by a violent revolution… There can be only one permanent revolution — a moral one: the regeneration of the inner man. How is this revolution to take place? Nobody knows how it will take place in humanity, but every man feels it clearly in himself. And yet in our world everybody thinks of changing humanity, and nobody thinks of changing himself.”

― Leo Tolstoy