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It doesn’t look quite like that GIF in the movie, no…

ray_afraid said:

I’m with you about the new forum though… Was this thing really ready to launch?

It only happened because of the fairly frequent outages that were happening. If we didn’t have that problem, I’m sure Jay would have waited a while before making the update (and it probably would have been just an update, with no change of servers).

You been busy? 😉

Luke’s “Force kick” should be in slow motion, with a “slow-motion yell” coming from Fett as he swims by.

Why no face paint?

I went to work, then I did homework, then I helped my dad move a couple 10-foot long fish tanks into the basement, then I did more homework.

I've still got a ways to go before I experience that feeling. ;)

As I said in the other thread, the only problem I had with it is that it felt too dark. I'm hoping there are some more lighthearted moments in the actual movie.

That would be great, because I wouldn't miss 10+ pages of discussion in my thread while I'm waiting to see the movie.

DuracellEnergizer said:

I wish "daft" would make its way into North American English.

 I use it, so it is therefore part of North American English.

The only thing I don't like about the trailer is that it seems too dark and serious. Star Wars and ESB were often lighthearted, with jokes thrown in here and there. Hopefully the movie will have some of that.

^^That's the most logical way of looking at it that I've seen. The lack of belief in the Force by the time of the OT seems a lot more plausible now.

They may not be any good for offense at the moment, but if you use them right, you'll be able to keep me away from your king for a while (unless I think of something clever ;)).

N*5d

B3e-4d

B-3e

Bx1g

I'm really not looking forward to a third Death Star, but the rest looks great.

B-1h

I've still got your gold general there....

Bx1i

Well, you do have two rooks now...

Nx4e

Correct, though I don't know that it was really my best option.

L*8b

Rx8i (check)

There's a reason so many Canadians go down to Arizona for at least part of the winter. ;)

I think the only regular shogi game I won was when you played without a rook. :P We'll see how it goes this time. You've still got a fairly good defense around your king.

Bx2i

Depends on your definition of "mistake." ;)

B-4g+

I didn't know too much of the history of Canadian Thanksgiving before looking it up, but it seems that we in Canada only started celebrating Thanksgiving annually in 1879. Before that, there were years when it was celebrated in May-August, often in response to specific events, like the ends of wars. It was either in October or November for a while, finally ending up on the second Monday of October for most years after 1931, which became official in 1957.

I think the choice of date is mostly due to the fact that the harvest is long over and it is winter by the time the American Thanksgiving rolls around. Our first snowfall is generally in October, with the snow coming to stay in early to mid November (by which point it is regularly ten degrees below, which I think is about 15 degrees F).