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SilverWook

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#1284485
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Admiral Ackbar deleted scenes - new Tim Rose interview
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DominicCobb said:

SilverWook said:

Wedge was the first one to take down an Imperial Walker on Hoth, and he helped blow up the DSII, that’s not important?
Oh yeah, he also saved Luke’s butt in the battle of Yavin. 😉

No, those aren’t important. Cut him out and the movies are almost exactly the same.

I get why SW fandom overemphasizes background characters and bit players - these are movies we’ve seen hundreds of times so we know who says every line, plus EU/action figure/imagination potential - but when it gets down to the actual content I think fans need to remember to put things in perspective.

Blame Kenner. 😛

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#1284432
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Admiral Ackbar deleted scenes - new Tim Rose interview
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Yeah, I think they forgot an actor gets attached to a character, and their “death” can be an emotional experience. Rose has lived with Ackbar for three decades. On one level Ackbar’s death is as cavalier as Boba Fett’s in ROTJ. A decision made without regard to what the fans had invested in a character in spite of little screen time, and they’ve been trying to walk that one back ever since.

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#1284022
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All Things Star Trek
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Do you think Riker ever asked the Bynars if he could get a copy of the Minuet program? 😛

And random Tribbles are nothing new. 😉

I’ve been re-watching the movies lately, and my copy of The Undiscovered Country has vanished. I’m starting to question if I actually had a DVD copy at all. The Laserdisc will have to do if it doesn’t turn up.