Superweapon VII

jedi_bendu said:

For example, “Some say Luke, Han and Leia fought many more years to end the Empire, before a destructive alien force invaded and Leia’s children became the future of the galaxy. Some say the Empire rose again, and a girl called Rey, the granddaughter of Palpatine, rose to become a Jedi and right the wrongs of her grandfh ather.”

“And some say the Clone Wars was a conflict between the Republic and Mandalorian clone shock troopers which ended in 35 BBY. And Palpatine wasn’t a Sith Lord. And lightsaber colours had no intrinsic meanings and varied by individual. And Kir Kanos did go on to have a confrontation with Luke and the Crimson Empire trilogy wasn’t just a pointless cocktease after all.”

I’ve been dissatisfied with official canon since I first watched ROTS. This is all old hat to me.

I used to stan for Kenneth Branagh, but James Spader is now who I picture as my ideal young Obi-Wan.

Everything interesting about the Sith ultimately came from Tom Veitch. Everything that came from the prequels is horseshit.

For a moment there, I was concerned they’d cancelled the show full stop.

Guess it’ll take extra time to shoot next season, finding a suitable new location or *shudder* going bluescreen.

Haarspalter said:

UNPOPULAR OPINION

Every single added Darth Anybody, Sith Inquisitor, Sith Witch, Sith whatever – the Emperor excluded – made Darth Vader less and less unique during the decades.

Don’t wholly disagree. That said, I’ll always defend the Imperial Inquisitor concept. Makes little sense that Vader would be the only Jedi to turn to the dark side and join the Empire.

Eleonora Dobrinina

The only entry in the Planet of the Apes franchise worth anyone’s time is Stop the Planet of the Apes. I Want to Get Off!

fmalover said:

Mocata said:

That is basically Filoni’s whole MO isn’t it, patching over things until people like it.

It’s part of the reason I don’t get the adoration many have expressed for him.

It’s the hat. Chicks dig the hat.

1. The Empire Strikes Back
2. Star Wars
3. Andor
4. The Clone Wars (2008)
5. Rogue One
6. Droids
7. Return of the Jedi
8. Clone Wars (2003)
9. Rebels
10. The Force Awakens
11. The Phantom Menace
12. The Star Wars Holiday Special
13. Attack of the Clones + Revenge of the Sith (tie)

But don’t ask me to rate EU material. There’s too much – too much I love, too much I loathe, too much in between.

I don’t know why so many women pluck their eyebrows. I think it’s stupid, and natural brows look better anyhow.

Mocata said:

Nobody grows hair or washes in these movies. How much food is on the ship? Where do they dump waste material? It’s just a movie.

*cue MST3K mantra*

Dead Can Dance: “Cantara”

Lisa Gerrard certainly has a set of pipes on her. I’m in love. ❤️

“What, you think you’re some kinda Jedi, waving your hand around like that? I’m a Toydarian. Mind tricks don’t work on me; only money.”

Annette O’Toole

Eyepainter said:

I got diagnosed with severe sleep apnea back in February, and I had been freaking out over it due to my fear of going to doctor’s offices mixed with my fears of dealing with health insurance. I went through a titration study a couple weeks ago where I got to sleep with a CPAP machine for the first time. The result was a sleep so good, that I was disappointed when I had to wake up. The study went very well, and I saw a lot of improvements with my sleeping patterns afterwards. I will be getting my own personal CPAP machine within the next 10 days, and if I use the machine for more than 90 days (which seems likely due to my diagnosis being labelled as severe), insurance will pay, and I won’t have to spend a single penny on the machine.

Haarspalter said:

Channel72 said:

Spartacus01 said:

I can’t imagine Vader saying “Liar!! You’re with him! You brought him here to kill me!”

No, he just said: “You are part of the Rebel Alliance and a traitor! Take her away!”

Prequel Anakin would have said something like “Traitor!! You’re with the Rebels! You’ve turned against us!! I will not let you get away with this!” or whatever.

Someone should do a fanedit of the OT with Vaders dialogue rewritten in a Prequel Anakin-esque fashion with James Earl Jones voice recreated by AI. Here are some suggestions:

When Vader interrogates Captain Antilles he could say:

“I’m haunted by the plans that you are hiding from me.” […] “Where are they? Tell us. TELL US NOW!”

The “Bring-my-shuttle” scene in Empire:

“This is outrageous! How can he lose a hand and not join me!? It’s unfair!”

Mocata said:

Superweapon VII said:
Well, if you’re willing to inject some hard sci-fi into your space fantasy

Certainly not.

The right answer.

Channel72 said:

Episode 5 seems to want to convey that Luke was on Dagobah for a while, and mastery of the Force is a slow, incremental process requiring training, even though it’s hard to understand how Luke could have been on Dagobah for long given the overall plot logistics.

Well, if you’re willing to inject some hard sci-fi into your space fantasy, without a hyperdrive, the Falcon would’ve had to travel from Hoth to Bespin in real space at near-light velocity, which would’ve subjected the crew to relativistic time dilation. So everyone aboard the Falcon may’ve only experienced an hours’-long trip while six months elapsed for the rest of the galaxy.

Channel72 said:

Spartacus01 said:

I can’t imagine Vader saying “Liar!! You’re with him! You brought him here to kill me!”

No, he just said: “You are part of the Rebel Alliance and a traitor! Take her away!”

Prequel Anakin would have said something like “Traitor!! You’re with the Rebels! You’ve turned against us!! I will not let you get away with this!” or whatever.

He’d also pace back and forth while saying it. Then an Imperial officer would inform him that an escape pod with no lifeforms crashed on the surface of Tatooine. After realizing what planet they were orbiting, Anakin would tell his crew to initiate an orbital bombardment to kill all Sandpeople and also destroy all sand, after suspecting Leia was here as part of some nefarious sand-related plot to overthrow the Empire. He would then yell out to nobody in particular, saying “I now see through their lies! I will make them pay for their coarse, rough and irritating plotting against my Empire!!!1! It’s all Obi Wan’s fault!!”

*chef’s kiss*

The Exorcist III is the best entry in the series. Yes, better than The Exorcist. William Blatty was a masterful filmmaker, and Brad Dourif is simply the GOAT.

But hey, if you don’t trust me…

(Spoilers ahead, so don’t watch if you’d rather watch the movie in full first.)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=prBXxurcSqc

adywan said:

we are buggerable