Go-Mer-Tonic

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Post: #253733
Topic: Here's my stance
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/253733/action/topic#253733
Time: 27-Oct-2006 12:54 PM

You must do what you feel is right of course.

Post: #253727
Topic: Here's my stance
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/253727/action/topic#253727
Time: 27-Oct-2006 11:35 AM

I was meaning to say that all of Star Wars is fiction.

Wether the first film Lucas made was Star Wars or A New Hope, it's all a big "what if".

Post: #253726
Topic: Star Wars most inconsistent plot point, in my opinion: Star Wars Lethal Alliance game
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/253726/action/topic#253726
Time: 27-Oct-2006 11:31 AM

Okay but there is a big difference between accusing Lucas of contradicting his own idea of what Star Wars is and contradicting what you assumed it was. Certainly we all have a unique point of view, and as such there is no way Lucas could ever hope to match up to the things all of us assumed around the edges, because it's different for everyone.

Post: #253725
Topic: McCallum on Jar Jar & Kids before TPM came out
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/253725/action/topic#253725
Time: 27-Oct-2006 11:30 AM

I kind of like the way the tone of the films matures with Anakin.

Post: #253713
Topic: Star Wars most inconsistent plot point, in my opinion: Star Wars Lethal Alliance game
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/253713/action/topic#253713
Time: 27-Oct-2006 10:25 AM

So either the difference in the PT was that there was no way to roll along with the inconcsistencies, or a lot of us just couldn't be bothered to roll along with them.

I for one thought it all connected up rather well. Better than a lot of single movies.

Post: #253712
Topic: Here's my stance
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/253712/action/topic#253712
Time: 27-Oct-2006 10:19 AM

This is a work of fiction. Every single bit of it is a "what if".

Post: #253670
Topic: Here's my stance
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/253670/action/topic#253670
Time: 27-Oct-2006 12:05 AM

I think the holiday special is required viewing. It literally lives up to the hype. When you watch it you can't turn away. It's like each scene is topping the next. You see Bea Arthur singing goodnight to the cantina aliens and you think to yourself: Wow, nothing could be worse than this. Then you get to the 20 minute sequence where the Wookies are all talking to each other without subtitles. Then you get to the part where the Empire breaks into their home and destroys the kid's bantha toy.

By the time you see Carrie Fisher singing "the life day song" to the main theme of Star Wars, you're just numb.

Post: #253658
Topic: Here's my stance
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/253658/action/topic#253658
Time: 26-Oct-2006 10:23 PM

I don't think it's possible to forget the holiday special.

Post: #253646
Topic: Here's my stance
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/253646/action/topic#253646
Time: 26-Oct-2006 9:38 PM

Yeah I think that hierarchy makes sense. You know if it's not contradicted by the higher rungs, then it can be considered "canon".

To me, what I happen to enjoy about Star Wars is my own personal canon, as in I only really get the stuff I like, and ignore the stuff I don't.

At the end of the day we are talking about a fictional universe, so I'm not even all that worried about what "really" happened, because none of it "really" did.

I love the films the most, and have enjoyed much of the video game EU stuff, but it's not like I'm worried about Jedi Knight "fitting in" with the movies.

Post: #253641
Topic: Revenge of the Nerds OR Punk is Dead...
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/253641/action/topic#253641
Time: 26-Oct-2006 9:06 PM

Naw, I'll have to pop it in again. There was the one guy who was first in line, and then this other guy who seemed like he was always getting all bent out of shape. The guy who confronted the hot topic guy seemed pretty reasonable.

I can't get to the clip either right now, I have the Star Wait DVD.

Post: #253632
Topic: Here's my stance
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/253632/action/topic#253632
Time: 26-Oct-2006 8:39 PM

I'm not sure what you mean, you mean like the separation between official cannon and EU canon? Or the hierarchy of canon where the films are at the top followed by the scripts followed by the novels followed by "official" EU followed by "non official" EU?

Post: #253631
Topic: Revenge of the Nerds OR Punk is Dead...
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/253631/action/topic#253631
Time: 26-Oct-2006 8:37 PM

Not the hot topic dudes, but that secondary dude who was almost as prominant as the main guy they were talking about. The one who was all angry most of the time.

Post: #253624
Topic: Here's my stance
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/253624/action/topic#253624
Time: 26-Oct-2006 8:22 PM

It's a work of fiction and if it evolves for better continuity, then I don't have any problem with it.

I agree that each one of us gets to pick and choose what we want from the Star Wars universe. I for example don't really get much into the EU. I like Shadows of the Empire, but didn't quite like Splinter of the Mind's eye all that much.

But "Canon", is something Lucas gets to decide because it's his universe.

Post: #253614
Topic: Here's my stance
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/253614/action/topic#253614
Time: 26-Oct-2006 8:10 PM

Of course. There are some things about the 2004 DVD set for example that I wasn't entirely pleased with. Mostly of an auditory nature.

Also, I really miss the part in TPM where Watto waves his hands in the air and says "Sebulba" when the race is about to start. It's still there on the 2nd disc of the DVD, but I really wish that was still in the main picture.

That said, I have a Japanese Laserdisc that maintains the original theatrical cut, so I'm not totally out in the cold or anything.

As far as not accepting something as canon, that was never up to me in the first place. This is Lucas party and he gets to say what is and isn't canon in the universe that he originally created.

Post: #253608
Topic: Here's my stance
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/253608/action/topic#253608
Time: 26-Oct-2006 8:00 PM

I don't think Darth_Evil is being stupid. He asked a legitmate question.

Post: #253606
Topic: Revenge of the Nerds OR Punk is Dead...
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/253606/action/topic#253606
Time: 26-Oct-2006 7:53 PM

What was the deal witht that angry guy? I think he might have had blue hair or something.

Post: #253599
Topic: Here's my stance
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/253599/action/topic#253599
Time: 26-Oct-2006 7:22 PM

I don't think Lucas will make it to 91 years old, but even if he did want to change them further, I'd still want to see them.

And by the way, I have been collecting all of his versions that he has officially released, so if he ever happens to put howard the duck into one of the versions, I'll just go back to my 2004 DVD if need be.

Post: #253598
Topic: Revenge of the Nerds OR Punk is Dead...
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/253598/action/topic#253598
Time: 26-Oct-2006 7:07 PM

Oh man, were you in that video?

Post: #253588
Topic: Star Wars most inconsistent plot point, in my opinion: Star Wars Lethal Alliance game
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/253588/action/topic#253588
Time: 26-Oct-2006 6:25 PM

Mark Hammil looked entirely different in ESB and ROTJ than he did in ANH. That's on par with Yoda's appearance change.

http://www.starwars-tw.com/story/character/jedi/luke_skywalker.jpg

http://www.internationalhero.co.uk/s/skywalk1.jpg

Hell for a while I was convinced Gilda Radner came in to do Leia's lines on the ewok bridge in ROTJ.

http://www.telcom.es/~jcastjr/starwars/sister.jpg

Leia didn't remember anything more than images really. Something that could have even come to her through the Force as is shown to happen to force sensitives.

Jedi -do- become one with the Force after death. Dying = becoming one with the force.

I shit you not.

Post: #253582
Topic: Star Wars most inconsistent plot point, in my opinion: Star Wars Lethal Alliance game
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/253582/action/topic#253582
Time: 26-Oct-2006 6:12 PM

I think Lucas did an admirable job of making the prequels fit in with the classic trilogy.

I think he did a better job of that than he did at making ESB and ROTJ fit in with ANH.

Say what you want about Qui-Gon taking Obi-Wan on as his padawan, Yoda is still the Jedi Master who instructed Obi-Wan before he became a Padawan.

Nobody had to get around something by saying that truth is a point of view in the prequels.

Post: #253536
Topic: McCallum on Jar Jar & Kids before TPM came out
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/253536/action/topic#253536
Time: 26-Oct-2006 2:11 PM

I don't know, I think Jar-Jar worked and was very funny. It's just the kind of humor some people grow out of being able to tolerate.

Post: #253522
Topic: Here's my stance
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/253522/action/topic#253522
Time: 26-Oct-2006 1:00 PM

I personally primarily attribute Star Wars to George Lucas. If he wants to further refine these movies to his taste, I would want to see what he would do.

I do collect the versions he has put out so far and enjoy maintaining this collection each time he releases new changes. While I do think that it would be nice if Lucas could keep up all of the various versions in high quality, I'm still going to be able to enjoy the previous versions on Laserdisc and VHS (and now non anamorpic DVD).

I am just lucky in that I think that overall Lucas' changes have improved the film even if not all changes were for the better.

Post: #253520
Topic: McCallum on Jar Jar & Kids before TPM came out
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/253520/action/topic#253520
Time: 26-Oct-2006 12:24 PM

1) Obviously Lucas isn't surrounded by people who won't question him, as McCallum himself questioned Lucas about his use of Jar-Jar in TPM.

2) Lucas knew exactly what kind of reaction he would get from Jar-Jar, yet he used him anyway.

Post: #253502
Topic: Here's my stance
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/253502/action/topic#253502
Time: 26-Oct-2006 10:21 AM

I know most of you guys would rather he leave it alone, which is why I'm for making the original available in better quality. That way you guys could have it the way it was and Lucas can still make it the way he wants it to be.

Post: #253448
Topic: Lego Star Wars II
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/253448/action/topic#253448
Time: 25-Oct-2006 10:56 PM

I could see myst being cool on the PSP. Have you ever played the real time 3D version on PC? It's like the way I always wished Myst was in the first place, where you could really just look anywhere and move freely.