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#181965
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Things that you have always wondered about...
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Things I always wondered....

1. Do they have a bathroom on the Falcon?
2. Why did Irvin Kershner not seem to mind the actors pronouncing Han's first name (esp Carrie Fisher who said both versions)?
3. What were the conversations like when Han, Leia and Chewie dined with Darth Vader?
4. Why did George Lucas dub over so many of the British actors with American actors? I'm sure many of them could have used an American accent had they been asked.
5. Does Vader sleep with his mask and helmet on? If so, don't his breathing sounds keep him awake?
6. Did Luke and Leia sleep together before they found out they were related? (yuck)
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#181920
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I wonder how many silly kids are waiting for Episode IV to be released?
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Originally posted by: skye_solo
I have a friend whose older brother watched the originals a lot when she was a kid. Like most girls she didn't pay any attention, and says she didn't understand it. Now she has seen the PT and is a big fan of it, but doesn't bother to watch the originals because of memories that "they were hard to understand" (???????). It's extremely annoying to me, but I am trying to lead her to watch the OT. She doesn't have anything against it, just is lazy about it I guess. I know there are actually a lot of people out there like this. I've talked to them.


She thinks the OT is hard to understand and the prequels are easy to understand? Shouldn't it be the other way around?

The OT: boy meets droids, wizard, pirate and wookie. They save princess. Blow up space station. Go to ice world to hide. Boy meets muppet wizard. Pirate and Princess fall in love and get captured. Pirate gets frozen, boy fights evil masked man. Finds out evil masked man is his dad. The gang rescues the pirate. They have another space station to blow up. Meet up with a bunch of teddy bears. Boy faces evil masked man daddy. Tempted to become evil by old wrinled man. Evil masked man saves boy and becomes good again and then dies. Teddy bears help the good guys blow up shield, second space station blown up. They live happily ever after.

PT: Trade disputes, senate hearings, gambling on pod races. Slavery. Midichorians. Trade federation negotiations. Seperatists. Evil Sith Lord living a double life as a Senator and then the Chancelor of the Republic. Jedi Councel meetings. Hired assasins. Bounty hunter used to create clone army.

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#180486
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I wonder how many silly kids are waiting for Episode IV to be released?
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Great topic! I think it would be hillarious to find someone who's seen all of the prequels but has never heard about the OT, especially since the Special Edition came out just 2 years before Phantom Menace. I guess there are a few people out there who only see new movies and never bother to rent or even know about "old" movies. I pity the fool who's seen and loves the PT but has never even heard about the OT.
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#178532
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What If Ian Had Said No To Appearing In Empire Strikes Back?
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Originally posted by: Gaffer Tape
I was just wondering what George would have done if Ian McDiarmid thought like we do and refused to allow George to reshoot him for Empire Strikes Back. It's funny that George has all the power in the world when it comes to his Star Wars empire, but he would be completely thwarted if Ian had simply said, "No. I don't want to do this." What do you think his reaction would have been? I can almost see him holding his breath and jumping up and down like a toddler until Ian agreed. Or maybe going on an LFL killing spree because he couldn't have his way. Thoughts?


OMG I have images of Isla Fisher in Wedding Crashers in my head now! LOL.

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#177663
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Star Wars becoming "mainstream" and "popular"
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/177663/action/topic#177663
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If Star Wars is the only mainstream SW film that would mean that the Lord of the Rings trilogy, the Indiana Jones films, Shrek 1 and 2, Spiderman 1 and 2, the Harry Potter films, Jurassic Park and every film aside from Star Wars, Titanic and a couple others were little offbeat minor sleepers?! Hehe. That's not even remotely true. Hollywood would be in deep doodoo if that were true. With inflation, Empire is the 12th most popular film, and ahead of all of those other films I listed. Heck, even Menace ranks in the top 20 all-time with inflation.

The fact that all five SW sequels/prequels were mega blockbusters but still didn't sell nearly as many tickets as the first film shows that the first Star Wars was a mega-super-dooper-phenomenon to the 15th power! It was a phenomenon beyond description. Also, I think one of the reasons is so many more tickets was that it was the first of its kind and so almost everyone and their grandmother saw it at least once. It did tons of repeat business, stayed in theatres forever and just kept selling ticket after ticket. When Empire came out, you'd have to figure that maybe 20% of the people who saw the first film didn't like SW enough to want to see the sequel and of the people who did see Empire, most people probably saw it once or twice instead of 10, 15, 20 or 30 times.

And in terms of the Special editions, the films came out every three weeks, so it was a lot to ask of people to shell out money for all three SW films in a period of 6-7 weeks when most people owned the movies at home. Regardless, the Empire SE still did much better business than the ET rerelease in 2002.
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#175686
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Weinstein Company producing Star Wars "Fanboys" movie (no joke)
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Check this out. It was on imdb pro:

Geek squad: Four join 'Fanboys'
1 Feb 2006 10:15am EST - By Borys Kit
Kristen Bell, Jay Baruchel, Chris Marquette and Sam Huntington are in final negotiations to play Star Wars geeks in Fanboys, a comedic drama that Kevin Spacey's Trigger Street is producing for the Weinstein Co. Kyle Newman is making his directorial debut on the feature. The movie, written by Adam F. Goldberg and Ernest Cline, follows four Star Wars fanboys -- geek parlance for extreme fans -- from the Midwest who drive across the country to honor the wish of their dying friend: to see the yet-unreleased Star Wars: Episode I -- The Phantom Menace in its most optimal setting, George Lucas' Skywalker Ranch. Dan Fogler already has been cast as one of the geeks, a hot-headed pizza boy. Shooting is scheduled to begin Feb. 22 in New Mexico. Visit HollywoodReporter.com for more ...
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#174764
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Star Wars: Tail of the Tape
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/174764/action/topic#174764
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In these matchups, who/what do you give the edge to?

1. George Lucas the director or George Lucas the writer?
2. Favorite Obiwan: Ewan or Alec?
3. OT Puppet Yoda or PT cgi Yoda?
4. favorite Leia trademark: hairbuns or Metal Bikini?
5. space battle: Battle of Yavin or Battle of Endor?
6. favorite prequel Anakin: Jake Lloyd or Hayden Christensen?
7. most pathetic death: Padme or Boba Fett?
8. best improv by Harrison Ford: "How are you?" or "I know." ?
9. Better Vader/Luke lightsaber duel: Empire or Jedi?
10. Cooler theme: Imperial March or Duel of the Fates?

feel free to add more after voting....
here are my picks...
1. George the director
2. Alec (although Ewan was very good in Sith)
3. PUPPET YODA!!!
4. hairbuns
5. Battle of Yavin (more suspensful)
6. Hayden (redeemed by Sith performance)
7. Padme's death by broken heart. Blech.
8. "I know."
9. ESB duel.
10. Imperial March.
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#172098
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Yoda talking in OT vs PT, way different
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I totally agree with everyone about Yoda. Lawrence Kasdan is the only person who should be allowed to write Yoda dialogue. He would never write something like "not if anything to say about it I have." UGH. Imagine how George might do Yoda's Empire dialogue...

"Teach him I cannot. No patience the boy has."

"Be afraid will you. Be afraid will you."

"Try or not you will try. Try there is not."

"Ready are you? What know of ready do you? For eight hundred years trained Jedi have I. Keep on my own counsel who is to be trained. A deep commitment a Jedi must have. The most serious mind he must achieve. This one a long time have I watched. All his life has he looked away... to the future, to the horizon. Never his mind on where he was. Hmm? What he was doing. Hmph. Adventure. Heh. Excitement. Heh. A Jedi craves not these things. Reckless are you!"

"Unlearn what you have learned you must."

"Matter size does not. Me look at. Judge me by my size, do you? Hmm? Hmm. And should you not. For my ally is the Force, and a powerful ally it is. Created by life it is. Makes grow it does. Surrounds us and binds us, it energy does. Luminous beings are we, not this crude matter. Feel the Force around you must. here, between you, me, the tree, the rock, everywhere, yes. Even between the land and the ship."

"Reason for your failure that is."







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#170800
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Does George Lucas have any redeeming qualities?
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/170800/action/topic#170800
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Redeeming qualities........

-He created Star Wars
-he respects the brilliance of John Williams
-he did a great job casting the original Star Wars films
-He hired Irvin Kershner to direct Empire and had Lawrence Kasdan finish the screenplay
-He didn't make a second Holiday Special starring Jar Jar Binks and family
-He seems like a really devoted father
-He hasn't replaced OT Yoda with a CGI version
-he changed the movie industry
-Deciding to keep Anthony Daniel's voice for 3PO instead of hiring Richard Dreyfus
-Jar Jar Binks was in Sith for like 2 seconds
-the last 1/3 of Sith was really good
-the Ewoks weren't in the prequels
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#170110
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Lucas was still reworking the turn scene after post production!
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/170110/action/topic#170110
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Originally posted by: greencapt
The other thing that struck me was the fear in the faces of the employees when Lucas was around them. They all look petrified to me. And the guy who says "George really suports us and our ideas- he'll look at something and say 'that's great- just not in MY movie'"- that doesn't sound very supportive to me. That sounds more like 'quit dicking around and do what I told you or you're out'..



Sounds similar to the way the Imperial officers feel when Vader is nearby. Hehe.