Alexrd

Akwat Kbrana said:

nevertheless everyone on this forum knows that every thread he starts is basically identical to any/all of his other threads, both in tone and oftentimes also in substance. So for you to read one such thread knowing full well that it's going to be, in your view, a "whambulance," only to respond with a complaint that such threads are getting tiring, is a little silly.

But I didn't respond only with a complaint, and this seems to be the right place to state how I feel about his threads. They lack substance and it's just to bash for no good reason. There is a name for that, but it seems doing that here is okay, so...

TheBoost said:

skyjedi2005 said:

they completely destroyed the mythology built up carefully over thirty years plus in the EU.

 Have you been seeing the same EU I've been seeing?

Of course not. He seems to be the kind of people that would create a thread to say "Lucas crossed the road! Oh no, he just destroyed Star Wars by doing that".

TheBoost said:

Alexrd said:

From what I understand, the Hutts took over certain planets and sectors, which were previously in control of some governments.

They are the Star Wars mafia.

 Doesn't that make them conquerers?

If a gang and its leader took over your home, does that make them gangsters or conquerers?

TV's Frink said:

Sorry, didn't see the point in reading the rest of your post.

But you still read it. I have forseen it.

EyeShotFirst said:

ESB was the reason I love Star Wars, so I have to go with the Asteroid Chase.

You have a wonderful score, wonderful action, great dialogue, wonderful effects, and more tension than any scene in the whole saga. It is wonderful.

That's my favourite chase/action scene of the whole saga.

Filthy Pierre said:

I can see that Lucas probably thought Jar Jar was funny but he is just plain annoying.

The comedy which even children get comes in the form of 3PO and R2 bickering.

I don't know. Personally, I don't have any problem with Jar Jar or C-3PO. But back then, 3PO was criticized by many as being annoying. And we all know how he's seen today.

skyjedi2005 said:

The prequels sucked and are not real star wars, so to me their is no shrinking universe because the star wars canon is the original trilogy circa 1977-1983.

 

The Special Edition changes and the prequels as released are not a part of the original continuity as it existed in 1983.  So i declare them garbage and worthless.

Ironically, you seem very concerned with PT canon on the other thread. Why do you buy and watch "garbage" then?

TheBoost said:

Anchorhead said:

At the age of 15 - and to this very day - this is the only Stormtrooper that ever stood out to me.  He changed the course of the entire story.  He overlooks that tiny piece - they leave the planet.  He found it - so our story began.

I love the way the shot is framed - the desolation, the sound, the voice, all of it.  A really fantastic scene that has moved me for 34 years.

 

His name is Waggo Borathyon. According to the EU he was the lost prince of a planet of sky-surfing hunters of giant flying fish. He returned to the Star Destroyer after saying "look sir, Droids" and eventually became enthralled in a conspiracy with an undercover rebel operative and the brain of an ancient Sithlord in a jar. He died 50 years later single handedly holding off part of an extra-galactic invasion by biological sadist aliens. His son is now a Jedi master working the reformed Empire.

See, doesn't the EU make everything cooler!

I laughed.

Vader being Luke's father.

skyjedi2005 said:

In Season 2 via the bonus material Filoni explains that Boba Fett and Jango fett are just random bounty hunters and not Mandalorians anymore.

George Lucas decision

Yes, they were never born Mandalorian.

skyjedi2005 said:

Karen Traviss was right they completely destroyed the mythology built up carefully over thirty years plus in the EU.

Karen Traviss was wrong. She was the one who destroyed their mythology by "turning them into a bunch of Boba Fett's" as Filoni puts it. Which is true.

And the whambulance is getting tiresome.

TheBoost said:

How can they be gangsters? Whose laws are they breaking?

From what I understand, the Hutts took over certain planets and sectors, which were previously in control of some governments.

They are the Star Wars mafia.

I don't understand the shame either...

Bingowings said:

Here are two visually and narratively synthetic characters and yet they show more humanity than any of the 'real' people in the PT and in most dramatic representations generally.

Can't say I agree with this, but whatever... To each his own.

The scene where Owen says: "Well, he better have those units in the south range repaired by midday or there will be hell to pay!"

:)

Seriously, it's probably the scene when Yoda dies and Luke feels all alone with such a huge task ahead for him, and some interesting revelations.

none said:

Where'd PPoR go.  (Post Proof or Retract)

I do hate stuff like this.  It keeps me stupid.

I agree. It's one article here, other post there, and real proof remains to be seen.

Quackula said:

Star Wars is a family film that appeals to adults just as much as it does for children.

This.

@ hal: And no, the OT is not more serious than the PT, and vice-versa.

CO said:

He has preached and preached for the past 10 years that it is one big movie that is supposed to be watched from 1-6, yet he releases the OT seperate from the Saga?

Because even if he does, he knows that not everyone views the saga as a single movie.

And it's not just the OT seperated from the saga. It's the PT too.

That's very interesting. The guy should really come here to give us some insight.

Fang Zei said:

Let's assume TPM-3D does well at the box office. I would love for the Blu-ray 3D release to be an all-inclusive ultimate edition, complete with the theatrical cut (yeah, getting my hopes up on that), and the same goes for AOTC in 2013 and ROTS in 2014. When ANH hits, LFL should at the very least make the blu-ray a two-disc set that includes the theatrical version, same goes for Empire in 2016 and Jedi in 2017. I think it just needs to be made clear to Lucasfilm that we'll pay a premium to see the OOT restored.

It's not one movie per year. The breaks between them will be around a couple of months.

What the...

Just found him for the first time on TF.N. Some grammar mistakes and his nickname gave him away.

The only discs I would like to buy are Episode I and the other 3 full of extras. Let's hope some store over here opens a package and sells them separately.

^ That.

And LucasArts, Lucasfilm Animation, etc...