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And now I have the mental image of two armies made up of gonk droids rushing into battle on a great big muddy field in my head ...
TV's Frink said:
The worst thread here continues to get worster...
Worster isn't a word, you moronist.
scruffy_looking said:
Seeing "4K" and "SE" in the same sentence makes me feel violently ill.
Urge to create a droid character named SE-4K for one of my SW screenplays rising ...
Global warming will turn the Earth into a hell hotter than Venus in a hundred years, anyway.
brash_stryker said:
fishmanlee said:
The crashed Star Destroyer reminded me of the Rouge Leader game.
I remember this game. I played it a few times in high school, but after some jocks found out and beat me to a bloody pulp, I tossed the game right in the trash.
^Are you saying you're waiting for more characters who are fun or waiting for more characters with fun tagging along as your companion?
INT. CORUSCANT -- JEDI TEMPLE/WINDU APARTMENT/LIVING AREA -- DAY
Mistress Gallia stands with her son Uzochi, her hand over the hilt of her lightsaber to prevent the child from plucking it from her belt, when a KNOCK is heard at the door.
ADI GALLIA: It's open.
Opening the door, Siri enters the apartment of the Windu family. Approaching her teacher, Siri bows in greeting. Mistress Gallia responds in kind.
ADI GALLIA: You didn't get stuck in traffic, I hope.
SIRI: I cut it close, but I managed to avoid the rush hour. (beat) Where is Master Windu?
ADI GALLIA: Mace couldn't be here. He's been in conference with the emperor and chancellor since 08:00. (to Uzochi) 'Chi, darling, this is Siri. She's a good friend of mine. You remember her, don't you?
Siri looks upon the child and smiles. Uzochi, a small child in spite of his age, looks almost cherub-like under the simple white tunic and pants he wears.
SIRI: (crouches down) Hi there, 'Chi. I'm gonna be your new caretaker from now on. You know what that means, don't you? It means I'll be spending a couple hours with you everyday for awhile. We'll play games, go out for treats, stuff like that. Does that sound like fun to you?
A shy child, 'Chi grabs hold of his mother's leg and clings close, gazing upon Siri warily with his brown-and-indigo eyes.
ADI GALLIA: (places her hand on Uzochi's head) It's alright, 'Chi. Siri's my friend, remember? She'll take good care of you while mommy and daddy are at work.
UZOCHI: Nan takes care of me.
ADI GALLIA: Nan's a machine, 'Chi. You need to be with living, breathing people once in a while.
Pulling her boy off of her, Gallia walks on over to the front door.
ADI GALLIA: (turns to Siri) I don't know when Mace will be back, but I should be here around 19:15. (waves to 'Chi) See you tonight, honey. Have a good time with Siri, okay? Love you.
UZOCHI: Bye, Mommy.
At that, the Jedi mistress leaves the apartment. Once she has left, Siri turns to Uzochi.
SIRI: So, 'Chi, what do you want to do? What do you and Nan usually do this time of day?
Wordlessly, Uzochi turns his back on the knight and runs off for a place to hide. Sighing, Siri sets off after him.
INT. PURIFIER/UIY-2249'S QUARTERS
UIY-2249 is seated in a chair, reading over the contents on a datapad, when the door to his quarters slide open. Standing there, a black silhouette in the doorway, is SGW-0027; having shorn herself of her robes and cloak, she now only wears her white armour and featureless mirrored helmet.
UIY-2249: (turns to SGW-0027) Ah, Captain. Come in, take a seat. I was just about to imbibe a glass of nectarwine. You are more than welcome to join me, of course.
Entering the quarters, SGW strides up UIY, takes him in a choke hold, wrests him up from his chair, and then hurtles him across the room. With a CRASH he hits the far wall then collapses to the floor.
UIY-2249: I also have Osskorn stout, if nectarwine's not to your liking.
Moving over to him, the armoured clone warrior grabs the commander by his hair, pulls him up by it, then throws him back across the room. He lands atop his desk, shattering his computer terminal before rolling over to hit the floor beneath him.
Pulling the black lightsaber hilt from her belt, SGW advances on UIY. Placing her boot under his ribs, she flips him over, affording her a view of his bashed and bloody face. Engaging the blade of her lightsaber, she positions the tip of the weapon directly over his trachea.
SGW-0027: (angry) You motherless kaj. They're going to send another Force-adept in to relieve me while I'll be returning to Cartao. I won't survive their evaluation.
UIY-2249: (smiles) Our society may appear to be a strong, well-oiled machine, but we both know all it takes is one defective cog to throw the whole mechanism out of alignment. You, my dear captain, are one such cog.
SGW-0027: This is all a game to you, isn't it? Your own twisted mental version of sabacc.
UIY-2249: (grins) And I hold the winning hand.
SGW-0027: No -- you don't.
Taking the white blade away from UIY's throat, SGW instead brings it down on his left arm, severing it just below the shoulder. The clone commander looks at his severed limb with disinterest.
UIY-2249: I can't feel pain, remember?
SGW-0027: It doesn't matter!
With her lightsaber, the clone captain proceeds to remove the rest of her disloyal subordinate's limbs.
The Merchant said:
Although the good thing is that story showed up in Tales I believe, stories that aren't supposed to be taken seriously.
Unfortunately, too many Tales stories ended up being shoved into official canon after the fact, including that ridiculous story where Vader fights a resurrected Maul. I wouldn't be surprised if they did the same for this story.
Or piss-poor writing.
Ryan McAvoy said:
Firstly, no he didn't and secondly... I've probably said this before but... ROTJ is probably the greatest and most wholly satisfying conclusion to a movie Trilogy that we have ever, or maybe will ever get.
There are plenty of original franchises with solid, or superior, second entries but only Star Wars is blessed with a third film as great as ROTJ... and that from a man who was trying his best to "deliberately sabotage" it ;-)
If ROTJ truly is "the greatest and most wholly satisfying conclusion to a movie trilogy that we have ever, or maybe will ever get", then Hollywood sucks more rectrum than I ever thought it did.
unamochilla2 said:
woofermazing said:
Dunno if this has already been brought up or not, pretty big thread.
The costuming reminds me of medieval Europe (Kylo looks very monk-like, the hilt swings him closer to feudal knight and away from feudal samurai). This makes me think the story draws from post-roman empire history for inspiration of what happened over the last 30 years. The first order may be more of a sith-based religious group, and they are in the middle of their own crusade for sith/jedi artifacts like Luke's lightsaber and Vaders helmet.
Although I do think that is Luke in the trailer looking at his fathers helmet, but that's just a hunch.
I'm not sure if that's the case. The teasers and leaked concept art don't show evidence of this. I imagine they would have more guys with red lightsabers than stormtroopers.
*shudder*
Some fans out there actually find this story touching:
How anyone can read this and even keep a straight face I'll never know.
At least they aren't the atrocious DVD covers.
Yet another round of bickering sparked off by a Nolan film. *le sigh*
TV's Frink said:
Neglify said:
Barton Fink
Neglify said:
Also surprised you have the Wayside School books!
I don't see why you'd be surprised. The Wayside books are weird books and I'm a weird person. =P
Mondess122 said:
TV's Frink said:
DuracellEnergizer said:
Mulholland Drive's pretty conventionalThis is why I hate Lynch...
To be honest, I was pretty 'eh' towards it. Most people either love it or hate it (a vast majority seems to love it however), but I was just in the middle. Some parts were very clever, some parts were really stupid. I get that it's a dream, a commentary on Hollywood culture and whatnot, but I generally just didn't care. Films like this (which also includes most of Kubrick's filmography) just don't do anything for me. I love analyzing themes in films like Barton Fink or The Big Lebowski, but analyzing the themes in this film and many of Kubrick's films (with possibly the only exception being (the American cut of) The Shining) very much feels like homework to me.
I prefer not to analyse most of Lynch's films. Taking them at face value -- as if they're literally about people being caught in worlds where the laws of physics are breaking down around them, unleashing all sorts of pseudo-Lovecraftian horrors -- just works better for me.
TV's Frink said:
Sometimes I think you are actually Lynch.
We are all Lynch.
^*shudder*
No, you hate Lynch because your miniscule Homo sapien mind can't withstand the transcendental music of the spheres that is (most of) his oeuvre.
Hayden Wonderland ... *shudder*
^It never was too much to ask for.
I'm not a stereotypical prequel hater. I hate the PT for what it is, not what it's presumed to be. =P
Adolfhipster said:
Please invite me, thanks
LOL
No Battlefield Earth!? What kind of ex-Scientologist are you?!
