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DuracellEnergizer

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#1267475
Topic
The Place to Go for Emotional Support
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My father passed away last night.

To make a long story short, he was admitted into the hospital back in October for kidney problems; was soon diagnosed with metastatic bladder cancer; was discharged from the hospital in November; spent two weeks undergoing radiation therapy but was unresponsive to it; couldn’t undergo chemo due to the poor condition of his kidneys; spent the last couple months at home deteriorating until we had to place him in a hospice; was in the hospice for 14 days, rapidly deteriorated in his final two days, then he died with my grandmother at his side. I wish I, my mother and sister could’ve been there with him at the end to say our farewells, but my mother has her own health issues at the moment and it all happened so very quickly.

My father wasn’t a very good father, and neither was he a very godly man, contrary to whatever he may have believed about himself. But neither was he a monster. I may be very unorthodox when it comes to my practice of Christianity and my interpretation of the Bible, but I do believe in forgiveness, and I found it within myself to forgive him his faults and his failures. Now I pray God speeds him along to his next life.

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#1267328
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Let's fix Return of the Jedi - A brief outline
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JemLalux said:

Leia, who uses her latent Force abilities to communicate with the rancor. The beast turns on its masters and eats Jabba.

LOL. I like this.

Overall, I like your plot. However, I don’t like keeping Leia as Luke’s sister; it’s a bad idea which should just be discarded. As for the Luke/Vader/Palpatine conflict, I’d personally go a grayer route. Luke goes with Vader to see Palpatine with the intention of slaying the emperor; any attempt to sway Vader from the dark side is a secondary objective. I also wouldn’t show Vader as a redeemed Anakin. IMO, Vader has committed, ordered, and been compliant with too many war crimes for a single decent act to absolve him of his guilt. The farthest I’d go is showing Vader as a haunted Force ghost, still bearing his wounds in life, who’ll have to earn redemption in the afterlife.

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#1266940
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STAR WARS: EP VI -RETURN OF THE JEDI &quot;REVISITED EDITION&quot;<strong>ADYWAN</strong> - ** PRODUCTION HAS NOW RESTARTED **
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Hal 9000 said:

timdiggerm said:

Because after his redemption and death he is restored in the Force to the way he ought to be rather than the way he was.

Exactly. His ‘repentance’ was enough. When he died, he was restored, not merely regressed.

I see you put “repentance” in quotes.

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#1266086
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Movie and TV heroes who have gone through various incarnations
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TiddySprinklesPimpBillion said:

DuracellEnergizer said:

ray_afraid said:

My buddy Godzilla has been
a symbol of the horrors of nuclear war
a campy Earth saving hero
a symbol for environmental protection
a mindless, lost and scared creature
a reminder of the atrocities of war
a threat that must be dealt with
a protector worthy of praise
a spotlight on a stodgy government
and much more!
He’s the best!

Even when he’s a giant fish-eating iguana?

Zilla doesn’t count.

Oh sure, now he doesn’t. Convenient retcon much?

😉

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#1265968
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General Star Wars <strong>Random Thoughts</strong> Thread
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Tantive3+1 said:

DuracellEnergizer said:

SilverWook said:

Star Wars is a buffet, enjoy the stuff you want, and leave the rest. 😃

I want to agree wholeheartedly. If only someone would develop Kurtz’s ideas for ROTJ into a comic or animated film.

I want to see it developed into a fan film, like Vader Episode I.

So a low-budget production with amateur nobodies replacing Hamill, Fisher, Ford, etc.? Can’t say that’s my cup of tea.