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Someone on this site has that as an avatar...not sure who.

May 9:

1457 B.C.: The Battle of Megiddo between Thutmose III's Epyptian forces and a Canaanite army. This is the earliest battle that has been recorded in reliable detail.

A.D. 328: St. Athanasius is appointed bishop of Alexandria.

A.D. 1386: The Treaty of Windsor between England and Portugal. This is the oldest diplomatic alliance in the world that is still in force.

A.D. 1502: Columbus leaves Spain on his fourth voyage to the New World.

If the GOUT's bad quality isn't obvious enough, you should downscale it/use a lower quality version to exaggerate the difference.

Ah, that must be it.

I don't know if you'll be up to it, Frink, but you should cover up the SE additions in Mos Eisley with low quality frames from the GOUT. I don't mean replace the whole frame, but just that section of the frame--if you can do it.

You didn't even notice when I pointed it out.

Palpatine would presumably be able to bend Luke to his will if Luke gave into the dark side. It is possible, however, that he would be able to resist Palpatine's domination and die instead.

darklordoftech said:

Easterhay said:

What?

By striking down Vader in anger, you're saying that those means would achieve the end of the Emperor and his empire. And I'm saying you're wrong, based on... well, take your pick, really, from various lines of dialogue throughout the films about striking out in anger and using your powers for attack, not knowledge or defence.

Those means could fail to bring down Palpatine and the Empire, but neither would those means lead to Luke joining Palpatine. 

 Yes it would. Do you not understand the movie? Luke would be going over to the dark side by bringing down Vader, and there's no way he could overcome Palpatine, since Palpatine is so powerful and Luke is inexperienced.

SP-6d

No, I didn't. The bishight moves backwards as a knight. It was on e5 previous to my last move.

If you're sticking the castle move, Bxf5

http://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/morality-prevents-crime

http://thechristians.com/?q=node/1398&utm_source=TheChristians.com+Subscribers&utm_campaign=288dfcc94e-TCH-Issue0271&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_e2d8bf6d30-288dfcc94e-61077257

That seems like common sense to me, but I guess it isn't to many.

CE-8e

B-d3

May 8:

A.D. 1847: The rubber tire is patented.

A.D. 1879: George Selden applies for a patent for the first gasoline-driven vehicle.

A.D. 1933: Mahatma Ghandi begins a 21 day fast in protest of British oppression in India.

A.D. 1942: The U.S.S. Lexington, an aircraft carrier, is sunk by Japanese fighter pilots.

I'm glad you were able to overcome your writer's block--at least temporarily.

My only complaint (which could be considered a fairly big one) is that the dialogue before they arrive at the prison is really clumsy and unnatural. You've had a lot of good dialogue before, but this time it feels too much like the style of the narrative rather than dialogue. Star Wars dialogue in the OT tends to be similarly clumsy or unnaturally wordy like that in places, especially when Leia is speaking, but I think you could improve the flow of it at least a little more.

Looking over it a second time, I think a big problem with it is that you fall into "as you know..." type of dialogue, having Siri and Ben explain things which they would both already know.

Here's a slightly revised version of that dialogue, just to give you a better idea of what in particular seems awkward to me (it isn't the best either, but hopefully it helps):

SIRI: (smirking) Impossible to tell without knowing more about the environment and terrain of this place. What little we saw of the spaceport when we were unloaded isn't enough for us to figure out where we are. For all we know, we're deep inside the Unknown Regions.to indicate where in the galaxy we are. We could be deep inside the Unknown Regions, far from any charted system.

OBI-WAN: (regarding the walls of the transport) They've incorporated Mandalorian iron into the walls of the transport.

SIRI: Looks like [a]n alloy with Mandalorian iron as a component, I'd wager. Not as strong as the pure stuff,  but still incredibly strong.

OBI-WAN: That makes it a bit more difficult to escape. Making a conventional breakout unfeasible.

SIRI: The framework is probably the same way also laced with Mandalorian iron, making the armour even stronger.

OBI-WAN: But if we -- the two of us along with the other prisoners -- could establish a rapport, pool our collective power in the Force --

SIRI: (shaking her head) It's not going to happen. Were everyone aboard a fully trained adept, it'd be possible, but most of the prisoners are too inexperienced, untrained, undisciplined. And [t]here simply isn't enough time to teach them how to coordinate their hearts and minds for such an effort.

OBI-WAN: (sighing) I suppose it wouldn't be an advisable course of action, anyway, without knowing more about the world outside. The air could very well be toxic and unbreathable, or there could be intense radiation. filled with deadly corrosives, toxins, or contagions. The surface could be bathed in intense radiation or teeming with extraordinarily vicious creatures. We could be flying high in the sky, or diving deep under an ocean. Breaching the walls of this transport could mean certain death.

SIRI: All melodrama aside, you're correct. (beat) Even if we were to make a clean getaway, there's no guarantee the Mandalorians wouldn't be able to track us all down and round us all back up.

OBI-WAN: This is their home ground, they have the advantage. (beat) Perhaps our horizons will broaden once we reach our destination.

Your mistake was typing VW instead of TF, not moving your TF to a bad spot.

I'd rather not keep my move, and instead move TF-4c

B-e5

How did it go? It's too bad I couldn't join--it was a busy weekend.

May 7:

A.D. 558: The dome of the Hagia Sophia collapses.

A.D. 1429: St. Joan of Arc and the French army end the siege of Orleans by the English army.

A.D. 1824: Beethoven's 9th Symphony premieres in Vienna.

A.D. 1832: Greece becomes independent.

You like people based on their looks? I can only determine how attractive a person is based on looks, but I have to get to know them a bit before I decide if I like them or not. ;)

B-b2

Well, I'm not trying to use my regular chess strategy, but I have to move my pawns to get most of my pieces out. That's what I'm trying to do, without exposing my forequeen or my king like I did last time. Since you don't have the disadvantage of having to move your pawns first, it's especially difficult to get my stronger pieces out without losing them.

I'm assuming you meant to move your FG.

TF-7d

Just today, I was wondering what was happening with this. You answered my question before I had a chance to ask it. Hopefully you get some new ideas and can continue writing.

Good luck.

Something new is what I want to see (but not entirely new--the species, locations, time period or something(s) has(/ve) to be familiar). I hope they go that direction. It's really impossible to say what they'll do, but I doubt any will have to do with the Clone Wars, rise of the Rebellion, Boba Fett (I think LFL & Disney probably know that many of us are sick of him by know--at least in the EU), Ewoks (they made two movies and a cartoon series already), etc.

I know the other thread would be better for this, but at this point I would like to see films about:

the Old Republic,

the Hutt Empire (with Jabba making an appearance at some point, if not being the main character),

and the history of the Trade Federation, Commerce Guild, and other commercial giants in the Star Wars universe.

Just kidding, I don't really know what I want from the third film yet. I'll have to think about it (maybe a space Pirates of the Caribbean?).

A Hutt movie would be interesting (focusing on Jabba, but not limiting itself to him), but I doubt they'd do that, unfortunately. According to the EU, Jabba is something like 900 years old (either that, or that's a Hutt's maximum lifespan) at the time of ROTJ, so he'd have plenty of backstory to be explored.