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Post
#160391
Topic
Your age in Star Wars math
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/160391/action/topic#160391
Time
Oh cool, this really worked!





Don't tell me your age; you probably would tell a falsehood anyway-


YOUR AGE BY STAR WARS MATHS

This is pretty neat.

DON'T CHEAT BY SCROLLING DOWN FIRST!
It takes less than a minute .
Work this out as you read ....
Be sure you don't read the bottom until you've worked it out!
This is not one of those waste of time things, it's fun.



1. First of all, pick the number of times a week that you would like to see a Star Wars movie
(more than once but less than 10)

























2. Multiply this number by 2 (just to be bold)





























3. Add 5































4. Multiply it by 50 -- I'll wait while you get the calculator





























5. If you have already had your birthday this year add 1755 .
If you haven't, add 1754.






























6. Now subtract the four digit year that you were born.














You should have a three digit number




























The first digit of this was your original number
(i.e., how many times you want to see a Star Wars movie each week).































The next two numbers are







YOUR AGE! (Oh YES, it is!!!!!)
THIS IS THE ONLY YEAR (2005) IT WILL EVER WORK, SO SPREAD IT AROUND WHILE IT LASTS.


tell me how you went!

OK, here is the proof. Spoilers for those who want the secret to remain a secret.








1. First of all, pick the number of times a week that you would like to see a Star Wars movie
(more than once but less than 10)

Let us call that number n

2. Multiply this number by 2 (just to be bold)

So, now we have 2n

3. Add 5

So, the total is now 2n + 5

4. Multiply it by 50 -- I'll wait while you get the calculator

Which equals 50 x (2n + 5) which simplifies to 100n + 250

5. If you have already had your birthday this year add 1755 .
If you haven't, add 1754.

Assume that in this late stage of the year, you have had your birthday, in which case, our sum becomes 100n + 250 + 1755 or 100n + 2005. If you haven't had your birthday, the sum becomes 100n + 2004

6. Now subtract the four digit year that you were born.

If we say that y is your year of birth, then the sum ends up being 100n + (2005 - y) or 100n + (2004 - y).

You should have a three digit number

Which is true, unless you are older than 100 years old.

The first digit of this was your original number
(i.e., how many times you want to see a Star Wars movie each week).

This is also true, since the first digit of a three-digit number is the number of hundreds. Since n was our initial number, and the first term in the equation is 100n this is therefore true.

The next two numbers are YOUR AGE!

If you've had your birthday this year, your age is this year (2005) minus the year you were born (y), i.e. 2005 - y. If not, your age is last year (2004) minus the year you were born (y), i.e. 2004 - y.

To form the three digit number, add the first term to the second term, i.e. 100n + (2005 - y). Lo and behold, that was our final sum at the end of stage 6.
Post
#160360
Topic
SW.com's apologetic press release (re the 2005 OT SE re-release set)
Link
https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/160360/action/topic#160360
Time
Originally posted by: Scruffy
I see a bunch of confused grandmothers getting this set for their grandkids for Christmas, then the grandkids bursting into tears. "This isn't the one I wanted Grammy!"

The marketers know this, and they see dollar signs in their eyes.

Originally posted by: Gaffer Tape
To be honest, I'm surprised they explicitly stated not to buy it if you owned the previous release. Isn't it usually their goal to get us to buy every single release?


That's exactly what I found to be so hilarious about the article, the fact that it wasn't written in their typical "you must buy this product" format.
Post
#160357
Topic
George Lucas is Darth Vader
Link
https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/160357/action/topic#160357
Time
Originally posted by: Darth Richard
Ok Now i got it. Lucas was once a kind man named Anakin. then after 1997 he became Vader. McCallum is Tarkin. and Papiltine is CQI.


McCallum can't be Tarkin, because Tarkin orders people around. McCallum would have yto be Vader in that situation, and Lucas would be Tarkin. And Palpatine I suppose would be, um, well, I don't know.
Post
#160347
Topic
Star Wars 2004 DVD question... (I have no clue where to post this...)
Link
https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/160347/action/topic#160347
Time
Originally posted by: Darth Richard
Originally posted by: Adamwankenobi
My certain point of view is that the series is a unified saga, therefore the coloring on the DVD's should be unified.


Adam shut the hell up your so annoying. The OT will always be better than the PT(thats why its Platium). Don't get me wrong i love the Pt yes even TPM but the OT is better!!!!


I never said the PT was any better than the OT. I said I consider all of the films one saga. I like all of the films equally. As, Kaal-Jhyy said above, they're meant to be entertainment and to be enjoyed.
Post
#160344
Topic
THE ALL NEW PSYCHO REVIEW HAS MOVED
Link
https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/160344/action/topic#160344
Time
Originally posted by: PSYCHO_DAYV
STAR WARS CLONE WARS VOLUME 2 REVIEW

PRESENTATION-WIDESCREEN ASPECT RATIO 1.78:1

AUDIO-ENGLISH 5.1 DOLBY SURROUND, ENGLISH DOLBY SURROUND, SPANISH DOLBY SURROUND, FRENCH DOLBY SURROUND, CLOSED CAPTIONED

SUBTITLES-ENGLISH

FEATURES:

"CONNECTING THE DOTS" WHICH LINKS CLONE WARS TO ROTS

AUDIO COMMENTARY BY TARTAKOVSKY AND HIS BAND OF ARTISTS
TWO GALLERIES OF CONCEPT ART, STORYBOARDS, AND SKETCHES

ROTS TRAILER

SW: BATTLEFRONT 2 VIDEO GAME TRAILER

SW: EMPIRE AT WAR VIDEO GAME TRAILER

"REVENGE OF THE BRICK" TRAILER FROM LEGO

PLAYABLE X-BOX DEMO OF SW: BATTLEFRONT 2

THIS IS A VERY NICE LOOKING DVD, AND LET'S NOT FORGET THAT IT COMPLETES THE CLONE WARS ANIMATED SERIES SET. PERSONALLY, I REALLY ENJOYED THE "REVENGE OF THE BRICK" LEGO TRAILER.

THIS IS A BUY.


DAVY, what is the quality (content wise of course) of the "Connectin the Dots" featurette? It sounds very similar to the "Bridging the Saga" featurette from Vol I. Thanks. Sounds like a cool DVD.
Post
#160257
Topic
Found this quote from Lucas about changing the Original SW
Link
https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/160257/action/topic#160257
Time
Originally posted by: JennyS1138
So how did a film that was 25% complete get Oscar nominations for Best Picture, director and screenplay? If George really believes that then he should have refused all the nominations and pulled the movie from theatres!!!


Because that 25% was groundbreaking for 1977, but still no where near what Lucas had in mind.