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Darth Id

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#882865
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If you need to B*tch about something... this is the place
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Possessed said:

He probably just meant that in the interest of being a decent human being, a concept that is probably lost on you anyway.

As one would expect, given that I am a post-human, transubstantiated, incorporeal meta-sentient cyber-imp.
Both decency and human beingery have fallen by the wayside during my ascension into the etherweb.

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#882008
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Episode II has the best story of the prequels. Discuss.
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Hilariously unhinged backread.

Fundamental, unredeemable problem with the “story” of AotC (such as it is) is that the “detective” arc of Obi Wan shows an absolute lack of the ability of the writer to see things in the world he is creating from the inside out, rather than the outside in. Obi-Wan bafflingly finds “no motive” of the Clonozoids (or whatever the “cloner” aliens are) to make an attempt on Padme’s life–even though they have a multi-googol dollar contract to provide the very army that she is expected to vote against.
Instead, because Georgie-poo thinks he has left his character in a completely ambiguous fog of lies, Obi-Wan chooses to pretty much just say fuck it I guess the “changeling” and Kiwi Fett were just a “lone nutter duo”???
And then he has no lingering uneasiness about assuming command of a clone army, knowing that the purchase order was fraudulent and that the source of genetic material for the clone had been evil and tried to kill him and been complicit in feeding the heroes to the lions?
WWWWWWW!!!
TTTTTTT!!!
FFFFFFF!!!

This movie doesn’t have the “best” story of anything. It has no story.

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#882004
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Random Thoughts
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Possessed said:

I take Darth IDs side but in content only, not in spirit or tone.

I apologize if I inadvertently gave the impression of conveying any content whatsoever. My intent was solely to vent spirit (of the bitter variety) and tone (of the vicious and inexcusable type).
Thank you for your constructive critique, and I will strive to express myself more precisely in the future.

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#879167
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What if TFA is awful?
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generalfrevious said:

Lord Haseo said:

darklordoftech said:

Before TPM was released, people said that it couldn’t possibly be worse than ROTJ.

I’ve talked to many people who were at least teenagers/young adults when TMP came out and no one had such discussions…

Still no one expected a Star Wars film to be not only bad, but a complete failure of a film.

I sure as hell did, after seeing the Desecrated Editions in the theater. I couldn’t even stomach RotJ😄E, and given that Lucas had managed to make my three favorite films unwatchable, I saw the writing on the wall as to Georgie-poo’s “vision”.

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#793078
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Implied starting date of the Empire from OT dialogue
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Wow, Z&B, thanks for all that.

I'm frankly astounded that the 1984 Guide dates the formation of the Empire to only 18Y BBY.  I really can't fathom a sensible reason why this would be, except that Lucasfilm figures Darth's turn must have coincided with its formation so that he could be good before and evil after.  However, it would make a lot MORE sense if he became evil while the Empire was in full swing--after all, wouldn't that be when going dark would be the "easier, quicker path," i.e., the path of least resistance?  Seems that to turn evil in a just Republic and to then go on to participate in the transformation of the Republic is more ambitious and driven than it is "quicker and easier".

Yet if the "Republic falls" some indeterminate time before the "Empire forms", I suppose that means there was some intervening period of the "New Order"?  I guess that some proto-Empire fascist order might serve as a good political milieu in which it would be personally expedient for Little Orphan Ani to break bad.   

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#792334
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What if TFA is awful?
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Lord Haseo said:

hairy_hen said:

At this point I want the blasted movie to just come out already, so I can know the exact quantity of rat scrotum that it inhales, rather than having to wonder about the amount.

You're implying that the movie is going to suck by default which is unknowable at this juncture. 

 It can be reasonably inferred.

In fact, any inference to the contrary would be an extraordinary implausibility.