That's a scary villain? Doc Hopper wanted Kermit as the pitchman for his fried frog legs franchise, and was willing to resort to drastic measures to force him to do it.
Listen to his early work on Battle Beyond The Stars sometime. ;)
Do you mean The Muppets, as The Muppet Movie came out in 1979? ;)
Leonardo said:
SilverWook said:
Droid armies are nothing new in Star Wars.
I don't see how it could be done in the new films without reminding people of the prequel battle droids though. Maybe if they were absolutely terrifying?
The use of droid armies seemed to have fallen out of favor by the OT, as the Empire didn't use them.
hang on a second, is that a crystal skull????
IIRC, it's the emblem of a long dead evil despot, whose ancient treasure laden spacecraft certain characters are trying to find. I really need to reread the Daley books one of these days.
Droid armies are nothing new in Star Wars.
I don't see how it could be done in the new films without reminding people of the prequel battle droids though. Maybe if they were absolutely terrifying?
The use of droid armies seemed to have fallen out of favor by the OT, as the Empire didn't use them.
Jabba doing implied icky things to Leia was the price of rescuing Han.
DuracellEnergizer said:
No gonk droid? I call foul!
Now that you mention it, I don't see the mouse droid or any other imperial robots in there.
They may have actually had more limits on what they could do at that point. I don't think anyone besides George knew how far off new films really were.
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You'd think they would have brought him back on The Clone Wars series. Maybe we can lobby J.J. to have an aged Ric or his descendant in the sequels?
;)
Random thought. When Vader's helmet "switches on" as it's being lowered, maybe we hear the sound of an old PC booting up? A Microsoft logo flashes in the eyepieces perhaps?
russs15 said:
As much as I will hate myself for it someday, it looks like I will have to be getting this release, although at 15 quid, it is not that much money to throw away!
The DVD and Blu Ray versions are bad enough as they are but played at PAL speeds, they are even worse!!!
I will also probably end up with the US Combo packs too...
I would be curious if they put any effort into the menus on these. Other studios are doing them as cheap and plain as possible these days.
In the early days, I don't think Marvel had too many directives from Lucasfilm save for not treading on ESB's potential storylines, or setting off George's Leporiphobia. ;)
Jetrell Fo said:
SilverWook said:
Peter Cushing's ghost would like to have a word with you. ;)
Lol!!
It is my guess that, while the Death Star was being built, Vader and Tarkin found a mutual respect for each other and evil. Maybe Tarkin befriended Vader in a way no other human or Sith could .... maybe even did him some solids ya know. Then again, maybe the Emperor commanded Vader to defer to Tarkin due to his own plans for the future.
It's anyone's guess.
If you've seen The Clone Wars, Tarkin and Anakin have a history together, so you're not far off.
If it's in service to the story and not a cheap stunt, I can live with it. I doubt it would happen in the first sequel though.
DominicCobb said:
Well Luke dying would not have to be gruesome. It's not like Star Wars is too dark for character deaths SPOILERS the aforementioned Larses, Ben, Tarkin and co., Jabba, Boba, Yoda, Palps, Qui-Gon, Maul, Shmi, Jango, Dooku, Mace and co., and Ric Olie. END SPOLIERS
Boba's death is debateable. I can't recall Ric dying outside of the Frinkverse?
If we're going with all of those, might as well include the biggest single bodycount shot in motion picture history, Alderaan blowing up.
Nitpicker! ;)
Tack said:
I say not. Too dark for Star Wars.
Peter Cushing's ghost would like to have a word with you. ;)
Sounds like Walmart. ;)
I saw The Tripods on PBS many years ago.
Google is the Borg.
Depends on your point of view. Prequels notwithstanding, the Death Star seems to be his baby, and he's the only one seen ordering Vader around.
He could be considered a co-villain.
Whoa.
Reegar said:
Criticism of ESB is fresh air. I occasionally visit John Byrne's forum to see people nitpick at it. And it's an excellent film, in my opinion.
Some people also feel the inexplicable need to take potshots at a classic film just to generate some attention. I predict someone will "reevaluate" Lawrence of Arabia in the new year.