SilverWook

Who wants to lay odds we get Turkish Star Wars on Blu-Ray first? 😛

ChainsawAsh said:

RogueLeader said:

Who created the golden path?

The great God Emperor Leto II, obviously.

…wait, wrong series.

The spice must floooow!

RogueLeader said:

SilverWook said:

Sounds good to me. I presume the Jedi archives never had all the information, or were badly damaged during Order 66.

Yeah, it is possible that some Jedi before the Empire were trying to find the origins of the Jedi. Presumably the origins of the Jedi were lost to time. I believe in the recent audio drama, Dooku: Jedi Lost, a character refers to the temple on Ossus as the first Jedi Temple, so it does seem the origins of the religion became lost even to the Jedi over the 25,000~ years of their history.

So maybe the Jedi had started the anthropological research for one purpose, the Empire continued it for another, and then Luke and Lor San followed their footsteps.

Obviously this is more of a head-canon than theory I guess, but you could say it is a head-canon that attempts to be grounded in what we know. And it is kind of cool because it has its own story behind it, like it could be covered in a novel or comic.

Or a limited streaming series? 😃

Jesta’ said:

SilverWook said:

Considering that Adywan has been threatened online and even harassed in person, you can understand why we might not be laughing at this. 😕

Really? Why would someone even bother doing that?

Some people just want to watch the fandom burn? Damned if I know…

Sounds good to me. I presume the Jedi archives never had all the information, or were badly damaged during Order 66.

Considering that Adywan has been threatened online and even harassed in person, you can understand why we might not be laughing at this. 😕

TiddySprinklesPimpBillion said:

This doesn’t need to happen, especially with the 4K UHD release.

https://www.blu-ray.com/movies/Alien-4K-Blu-ray/230308/
https://caps-a-holic.com/c.php?go=1&a=0&d1=5205&d2=13061&s1=48549&s2=130852&i=2&l=1

Then you should have no problem ignoring the thread.

Is there some sort of polling data on that?

People back in 1977 said our beloved heroes were poorly developed too. The circle is now complete!

Rodney-2187 said:

I find thinking about the prequels better than watching them.

I used to try and ignore them entirely, but since The Clone Wars animated series factors into Star Wars so greatly with characters like Ahsoka, that era is pretty much impossible to ignore. Also, there are some really great aspects such as lightsaber battles, soundtracks, and memorable quotes from the prequels, I find myself referencing them often.

Over time, my opinion of the prequels has grown more tolerant. I have an appreciation of them as being unique products of their time and circumstances, even though I consider them to be poorly made.

I tried watching them again and just couldn’t. They’re too bad. Best to just remember the fun times I had during the hype leading up to them and just recall the good parts from time to time. I’ll just rewatch The Clone Wars instead.

The Ridiculous edits are my go to versions. 😉

Vader throwing a punch seems pretty low even for a Sith. Technically impressive though!

SomethingStarWarsRelated said:

I think we can all agree AOTC probably has the most issues. And while it’s hard to pick THE worst scene, the one that drives me crazy is Padme (NOT a Jedi but a regular human-type character) drops from who knows how many feet in the air, lands on her…um…crotch…and without missing a beat, gives her new boyfriend a peck on the cheek.

Yeah I cringe at the thought of how much that would hurt in real life.

Maybe it’s a low gravity planet? And Anakin subconciously cushioned her crotch with the Force? Yeah, that’s the ticket! 😛

A gentle reminder that this is an Episode IX thread.

I’d be up for movies based on Ballblazer and Rescue On Fractalus. 😃

George had his animated film Strange Magic, which Disney unceremoniously dumped in theaters with practically zero promotion. The Mouse thinks so little of it there isn’t even a Blu-Ray release.

Not sure I want to see Indiana Jones and The Curse of The Broken Hip. 😉

As for Willow, I guess you guys missed this post…
https://originaltrilogy.com/topic/Star-Wars-News-articles-that-may-not-have-enough-interest-for-their-own-threads/id/62111/page/2#1279615

He can go to any Disney park he wants free for life, and probably cut the lines too. What’s not to be happy about? 😛

So, George is secretly the random critics we’ve never heard of that studios love to quote in ads and on video covers? 😉

His animosity was directed at the company, I doubt he would badmouth a fellow movie director or turn down a request to help out. Why even visit the set if he’s that hostile towards the whole thing? I doubt he was just driving past the studio on vacation.

I’d be surprised if Lucas didn’t do some second unit stuff as he did on ESB and ROTJ, only it’s been kept secret.

Jesta’ said:

George also could be sabotaging the movie. It’s a possibility.

That would be kind of like shooting yourself in the foot though?

IIRC, Gene Roddenbery got that sort of credit on the post TMP Trek movies he otherwise didn’t have much script input on.

Mocata said:

I don’t get it. SW is full of “anachronistic” dialogue. Especially anything Han has to say when he calls Leia “sister” in a very 70s way and references things like crop dusting.

Tatooine has farms, and Luke is clearly a farm boy. Crops must get dusted somewhere, even if it’s not on Tatooine. It’s no more anachronistic than Owen’s referring to a harvest. And that use of sister goes back to the 1930’s in movies at least.

Is there any dialog in the OT scripts that got changed on the set, (or ended up the cutting room floor) that would have stuck out in this way?

One point of view to take is that nobody in Star Wars is actually speaking English anyway, and we’re just hearing an imperfect translation of the original Whills text. Or maybe SW just needs it’s own profanities like Battlestar Galactica had. Big Frakkin’ door. 😉

Seriously though, is Poe’s line different in any foreign dubs?

I think crank calling existed in some form before telephones did. Something as zany as the French taunting sequence in Monty Python and The Holy Grail has a historical basis, even the catapulting of livestock over castle walls or dumping chamber pots on unwanted guests. So a form of crank calling existing in a galaxy far, far, away is something I’m perfectly chill with.

Mind you, big ass door sounded a bit out of place to me.

DominicCobb said:

ChainsawAsh said:

DominicCobb said:

ChainsawAsh said:

SilverWook said:

Is it really any worse than Leia saying Tarkin smells, to his face?

I think the difference here is Leia using language/phrasing that is less contemporary than what Poe uses.

Is “Hugs” especially contemporary though? I’m not sure I understand.

Nothing to do with the “hugs” thing. It’s the way the dialogue is written overall, and if you don’t see it, I’m not sure what to say. “Okay, I’ll hold” sounds like modern, quippy humor, while “I recognized your foul stench when I was brought on board” could be from whenever and not feel out of place.

I don’t know, maybe it depends on your definition of quips. In my mind “modern quipy dialogue” is the all of avengers tossing out one liners every other line. I think people conflate that kind of humor with what’s going on in TLJ, which is a film with a lot of humor, sure, but just because it’s a lot of humor doesn’t mean it’s the same kind of humor.

The “foul stench” is a weird comparison is because it’s a very theatrical insult, in keeping with the haughty tone Leia has in that scene. Elsewhere in the film she and other characters have more casual “quips” that I think are comparable to what’s in TLJ. Honestly again it depends on your definition but I’m not even sure Poe saying “I’ll hold” is a quip? It’s a funny line but it’s not exactly him making a joke, he’s fucking with Hux and pretending he can’t hear.

I mean I’m getting into the minutiae of it but maybe the more offputting aspect of it is the way the scene plays out (Domhnall’s hammy reaction) and it’s length.

I only brought it up because I recall that line being groaned about in some magazines back in the day. Not sure why that and not Luke talking about Power Converters. 😉