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#170674
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what'a good age to introduce kids to star wars??
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Originally posted by: kev
Originally posted by: Adamwankenobi
Let the kids watch the films in order. If you don't like the PT, don't watch, just let them. And just because you may have had a certain experience, doesn't mean the kids have to. Show the series 1-6 for the new generation.



let me ask you a question.

how in the name of Jesus Christ is a 4 year old supposed to know about taxation problems, midiclhrions, bullshit complex story points in order to watch a film. my 8 year old cousin did not have a singly clue what ep1 was about, darth maul probably was the only thing he thought was cool. over all he hated ep1 and ep2. he did like ep3

If you have just watched the most complex story in the first film of a saga, how in god's name are you supposed to understand the rest?

but however he understood quite a lot of what happened in star wars, empire and jedi. knew about the force, blah blah and Empire is his favourie of the lot.


Hmmm, so you're admitting that TPM was not made for kids?
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#170671
Topic
what'a good age to introduce kids to star wars??
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/170671/action/topic#170671
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Originally posted by: MeBeJedi

New? Yes. Greater? That's your opinion, and since you've only experienced it for the first time in one particular manner, you can't say one way or the other with any authority. Sorry.


Can you? I don't understand what you mean. You originally experienced it in one particular manner as well. And over time, we've both seen it both ways, I'm sure. And the level of emotional impact is your opinion as well.
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#170662
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Anomalous phenomenon thread
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/170662/action/topic#170662
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To me it would be a test to see if an afterlife exists, or at least some sort of supernatural force. If I can find one of those boards, I am going to attempt to contact some of my dead relatives. Yeah, I know it sounds crazy, and judging from what you guys posted, it would be a little creepy, but... interest has got the best of me here. It makes me even more curious when you say I might unlock something I might not want to. You see, it is quite likely that the entire experience from the board is from our imagination, and not from an outside source. It may be us consciously moving the piece over the letters of the board, etc. I don't know, but I would to test this board to see if I find the experience to be real.

BTW, what was it that made you feel you should have not used the board?
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#170628
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I don't care one bit about the fate of prequel characters
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/170628/action/topic#170628
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Originally posted by: Yoda Is Your Father

Anyway, whatever - I wasn't pulling a 'cheap joke'. AWK's post about crying really did make me lagh out loud. I jsut can't see how anyone bought Anakin's fall or his friendship with Obi-wan. Evidently some did, and I'm happy for them and wish I was one of them, but I'm not. The prequels done nothing for me.


It wasn't really the way in which it was pulled off by Hayden and Natalie that affected me, but more of what the point of those parts were. And the music helped a great deal to flesh out the meaning of the scenes. When I saw AOTC on May 16, 2002, I wasn't concerned about the acting, I was concerned about the story. And to me, AOTC delivered more than I had expected story-wise. Yeah, I know, that may sound odd to some, but that's how I've always felt about AOTC.
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#170622
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what'a good age to introduce kids to star wars??
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/170622/action/topic#170622
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Originally posted by: MeBeJedi
Millions of people did perfectly fine watching them out of order for 30 years. George's "vision" is not definitive or final. Sorry,

And many have done fine being introduced to the saga through episode I. Sorry.

Originally posted by: Master Sifo-Dyas
Well, even if I would love the PT as much as the OT, I would still prefer to show newcomers the OT first - the PT spoils far too many surprises (the only thing that isn't spoiled is the "hyperspace jump cockpitview" woohoo!)


BUT, it gives all of those events that it spoils, an ENTIRELY new feel, and a greater emotional impact.
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#170598
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Can someone please explain WHY the audio on the 2004 ANH DVD is so messed up?
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/170598/action/topic#170598
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Originally posted by: Knightmessenger
Hell, I wouldn't mind having "Jedi Rocks" in the Ep II nightclub. It's over the top, in your face style (literally) would be more fitting for the prequels than the ot. It sure would make better sense to have it at a time when the Jedi were guardians of peace and justice in the republic, not when they were "traitors" who tried to "overthrow the republic." Didn't Jabba hate the Jedi anyway?


The title "Jedi Rocks" was meant as a joke by Ben Burtt and those who wrote it. It's referring to the movie "Jedi."
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#170479
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I don't care one bit about the fate of prequel characters
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/170479/action/topic#170479
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Originally posted by: CO
Originally posted by: Mr Bungle
I felt a little sad the first couple of times through Order 66 especially for Yoda when he drops his cane, but I didnt feel a thing for Anakin or Padme, though a little for Obi Wan maybe, though i thought the actual ending and the montage was good.


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Mr. Bungle, I bet we were effected by the same things in the montage, nostalgia parts that tied to the OT, and the PT shouldn't have relied on this to affect us. Anakin and Padme should have been the parts that effected us the most, with her dying and Anakin being resulted to wearing a suit all their life, that was the reason for the PT, but the moments that we felt worked, bringing Leia to Alderran, and bringing Luke to Tatooine was there to just to show the viewer seeing it 1-6 where the future of the new characters are headed, not to have us feel nostalgic.

Again, it is sad, cause there are times that really work for me in the PT, the ones that tie into the OT, but that proves its failure in the end, cause it shouldn't rely on the OT , with the exception of Yoda, every character is different than they were in the OT. Kenobi is younger, and very different, The Emperor is more of a politician, and Vader isn't in the suit yet. The PT stars of the show were Padme & Anakin and it seems like most of us liked the ending cause it showed Luke & Leia at their foster homes, in the end if thats what worked for us, than Lucas really failed.


Yeah, I agree. But still, none of us saw ROTS through the eyes of someone who had only previously seen TPM and AOTC. I'm curious to see how that would turn out. I'm not entirely convinced that they wouldn't care about the characters.
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#170340
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Jokes thread : Reloaded
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/170340/action/topic#170340
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Originally posted by: oojason
A lad has just copped off with some bird after a night out and takes her back to his new flat, as he showing here round he takes her to his bedroom and shows her his big brass gong...

'whats that' the girl asks
'its me new talking clock' says the man
'talking clock? how does that work?'

And with that the man grabs a sledgehammer and twats this big brass bong as hard as he could
'listen'

then a few seconds later he hears a cry from next door
'its quarter past 3 in the fuckin morning!'









Brian came home from the pub late one Friday evening, as he often did, and crept into bed beside his wife who was already asleep. He gave a peck on the cheek and fell asleep. When he awoke he found a strange man standing at the end of his bed wearing a long flowing white robe.

"Who the hell are you?" demanded Brian, "and what are you doing in my bedroom?"
The mysterious man answered "This isn't your bedroom and I'm St Peter".
Brian was stunned "You mean I'm dead!!! That can't be, I have so much too live for, I haven't said goodbye to my family.... you've got to send me back straight away".
St Peter replied "Yes you can be reincarnated but there is a catch. We can only send you back as a dog or a hen."

Brian was devastated, but knowing there was a farm not far from his house, he asked to be sent back as a hen. A flash of light later he was covered in feathers and clucking around pecking the ground. "This ain't so bad" he thought until he felt this strange feeling welling up inside him.
The farmyard rooster strolled over and said "So you're the new hen, how are you enjoying your first day here?"
‘It's not so bad" replies Brian, "but I have this strange feeling inside like I'm about to explode".
"You're ovulating" explained the rooster, "don't tell me you've never laid an egg before".
"Never" replies Brian
"Well just relax and let it happen"

And so he did and after a few uncomfortable seconds later, an egg pops out from under his tail. An immense feeling of relief swept over him and his emotions got the better of him as he experienced motherhood for the first time. When he laid his second egg, the feeling of happiness was overwhelming and he knew that being reincarnated as a hen was the best thing that ever happened to him ... ever!!!

The joy kept coming and as he was just about to lay his third egg he felt an enormous smack on the back of his head and heard his wife shouting "Brian, wake up you bastard, you're shitting in the bed"


ROTFLMFAO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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#170336
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A possible version of Han Solo in ROTS
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/170336/action/topic#170336
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Originally posted by: Kaal-Jhyy
Originally posted by: Adamwankenobi
Maybe they should have shown Itchy instead of Chewie in ROTS.


Itchy is surely too old for having been able to fight in ROTS. After all, Wookiees live a long time, and ROTS takes place only around 20 years before HS, IMO...


Well, the ROTS Incredible Cross-sections book actually says he flew one of the wookiee catamarans in the film and didn't actually fight because he was told old. But still, ROTS didn't actually show him, so...