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#991863
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General Star Wars <strong>Random Thoughts</strong> Thread
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ZkinandBonez said:

LexX said:

It was great when people used to have artistic license which made their stuff unique and interesting. Now every little detail is controlled and people get angry if R2’s panels don’t match. Ugh.

I know what you mean.
Current SW comics’ fixation with getting every detail screen-accurate is one of the many things that makes me uninterested in them. The old comics had hit or miss stories as well, but they spent more time trying to craft interesting stories, than they spent on making sure that every detail on Han’s DL-44 blaster was exactly as it was in the movies.

It may bug a lot of current SW fans, but I find a certain charm in these old Marvel comics where Luke’s lightsaber colour changes every other issue. They’re fun stories, and I get that it’s a lightsaber, so why would it matter if it’s blue, or yellow, or red?

And sometimes they did it blatantly on purpose. Imagine how dull Dark Empire would have been if they were forced to make everything scree-accurate.

I agree with all of the above.

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#991860
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The Retro Star Wars Thread
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ZkinandBonez said:


(That guy with the knife is actually supposed to be a TIE-Pilot. It’s hard to tell why Infantino drew him like that, considering how the TIE-Pilots were featured so prominently the movie. Then again Marvel did seem to often use the Kenner toys as reference, and the TIE-pilot figure didn’t exist at this point.)

I think Infantino just took a lot of creative liberty with his renderings. Everything from ships to stormtroopers looks off compared to their counterparts in the original film.

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#991708
Topic
Ranking the Star Wars films
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I think I’m going to alter my rankings for the films now.

  1. The Empire Strikes Back
  2. Star Wars
  3. The Force Awakens & Return of the Jedi
  4. Caravan of Courage: An Ewok Adventure
  5. Ewoks: The Battle for Endor
  6. The Clone Wars
  7. The Phantom Menace
  8. The Star Wars Holiday Special
  9. Attack of the Clones
  10. Revenge of the Sith

ROTJ & TFA are perfectly tied. They both have nice production values, some decent character moments, lack originality, and otherwise disinterest me into boredom. The likelihood of me watching either movie again is low.