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Jacen said:

I very much like the "Legacy of the Force" series. The rise of Darth Caedus struck me as a good example of how evil does not start out as black, but sort of an off-white. By the time you recognize it as black, it is too late.

I thought that the Boba Fett subplot was also supremely well handled. Karen Traviss turned Fett into a flawed and scarred human being, and as a result, his character was that much more badass, even though he's in his seventies!

Again, I suspect that many fans don't want Fett to be "humanized." To each his own.

 I didn't love the  humanizing of Boba, but I admit it was interesting to read.

Although with Jacen/Caedus, while the arc had it's ups and downs, I was never able to get over his initial evil act, where he looked into the future and basically said "If I don't commit murder, the plot will never happen!"  :)

Put Captain Solo in the Cargo Hold said:

King Kong (1976)

Liked Charles Grodin, Rick Baker's make-up and John Barry's score.

 I'm gonna second what a great score that was.

xhonzi said:

Same here.

 Liar. You never wrote a 600 page textbook!

georgec said:

 

I haven't played The Force Unleashed but know that the main character in the game challenges Vader for his seat with the Emperor or something like that. You have all these super powerful, important characters that seem to come along every week in the EU timeline but it's all inconsequential because what you have in the OT is all that matters (at least to me).

 

 Isn't that a little circular? You dislike the stories that aren't the OT because they don't matter because it doesn't matter because it's not the OT.

theprequelsrule said:

It cannot be said enough: Zahn's genius was in creating great villains that were not Sithlords, 

 Zahn wrote before the idea of Sith Lords was really even designed. He did have an evil lightning shooting Jedi though.

I rather enjoy a lot of the EU

Recently the TOR novels, Death Troopers, and Judgement were all good reads.

The EMPIRE and CLONE WARS comics were a lot of fun.

Ive found big chunkcs of the Clone Wars TV show to be enjoyable.

Whatever happened to Pennsylvania Jones? That dude just vanished.

digitalfreaknyc said:

I don't understand why so many of the deleted scenes for the OT are in black and white. Can anyone explain this?

  From the POV of fanedits, and possible extended editions, could these be colorized, Ted Turner style?

Mielr said:

Seriously, do we care what the people at TFN think of us?! LOL! Those people are beyond delusional- they have ZERO credibility so I hardly think they're in a position to judge us.

 That someone dares to like the PT or the SE is delusional? I someone with less discenring tastes about color-seperation really crazy? Does liking the dug in Jabba's palace really cost someone their credibility?

An animated feature based on this story, Conan: Red Nails, is currently in production. Actor Ron Perlman will provide the voice of Conan. Tolkemec is voiced by Mark Hamill in this version. However, there have been no updates to the film's website ^[19] since December 2007. IMDB currently lists the film for release in 2010.

How does this happen? Does somebody get enough capital to record dialogue and open a website, then just hope they get more money?

I hadn't realized how many YEARS it's been since I first heard about this movie being 'made.'

Pity.

EyeShotFirst said:

 

Star Wars and Empire used nature and made them alien. Deserts and Tundra are all over the world, but they made them work. They sold regular things as irregular things.

Jedi just doesn't sell the woods of California as very alien, simply because most people probably drive by woods very similar every day or live near woods like that.

For what it's worth, I'm from the Southwest US, and Tatooine never seemed that alien to me. In fact, I think I liked Luke more because he grew up in a place that was so much like my hometown.

I thought Endor was the most amazing place I'd ever seen. I think I went to college in the Pacific Northwest because of a desire placed watching ROTJ when I was little.

I have nothing but a dry wit to offer, but I stick around.

Feel free to hang and chew the bull. Sorry about the piracy thing. It's a sticky subject.

For what it's worth, I kinda like Secret of NIHM too.

Promus said:

Well to be fair, he didn't edit ROTJ.

 But he paid for it, so hypothetically he had final cut.

jonathan7 said:

My biggest gripe;

Obi-Wan "There you will learn from Yoda, the Jedi Master who instructed me."

I would like to point out there is a bigger line hinting at Yoda being Obi-Wan's MAster which people missed in the ESB:Revisited thread... When trying to explain the line or suggest a change to it;

Obi-Wan "Was I any different when you taught me?"

.... Actually Luke I learned from Qui-Gon.... >.>

 The other day my wife came to my work, and I introduced her to a colleage who was actually my teacher when I was in the 8th grade.

"This is Mr. Koffman, my old science teacher." is what I said. I didn't say, "This is Mr. Koffman, one of several science teachers who taught me over the years." I think she still understood me just fine.

This bugged me the other day. It's so painfully obvious I never thought about it until now.

The CLIMAX of ROTJ is Luke throwing his lightsaber away, rejecting violence, and taking his mantle as a Jedi.

Luke is not stupid. He beat Vader, refuses to kill him, and apparently thinks he won.

This is great... but it hinges on the fact that neither Yoda nor Obi, both of whom have first hand knowledge of how this works, mentioned to him that the Emperor can shoot freakin lightning, and Luke could block it with his lightsaber.

Just one more way the PT totally drops the ball.

The REAL issue is what Digital-Fanedits.com think of us!

dark_jedi said:

So this thread topic is something that makes OT look good?

http://originaltrilogy.com/forum/topic.cfm/What-do-you-want-to-see-if-George-Lucas-cared-died/topic/13277/

 

 I asummed Penn threw that up just to F with this thread.

in the film "Twilight" there's a sequence where the vampire family is trying to make dinner, but because they're vampires they don't know how.

It was actually extremely funny (intentionally).

My wishes are very humble.

Each film, including the PT

• Restored Theatrical Version
• Newest Special Edition

I think isolated score tracks would be the icing on the cake.

I'd like to see a fitting tribute to a visionary artist and humanitarian.

Perhaps this community has swung a little further towards HATE on the "Haters"/"Gushers" pendulum, but not IMHO much further than many other comparable sites.

Given that the basic building block of this site is OOT Preservation, which is sadly antithetical to Lucas and Co's main stance, a little venom is perhaps to be expected.

And sadly, the occasional "Raped my childhood" or "Lucas should die" nonsense is always louder and more noticable than reasoned discourse.

Lucas helped popularize the work of Joseph Campbell.

Nien Nunb said:

I do think George and MJ are similar in more ways than one though.

 Because they both ROCKED when they made Captain EO?

TV's Frink said:

Alexrd said:

TV's Frink said:

Did you not read the tweet above where he said:

"I tried it once and I learned to regret it" - Spielberg on changing ET

Isn't it his right to NOT include a SE?

Of course he is. But then again, so is Lucas in his right to not include the original. Personally, I would like to see both versions released.

A director withholding a previously released SE and a director withholding a theatrical version is not comparable.

 I don't know. Is it a question or ORIGINAL INTENT or is it a question of film history? The ET SE is still a piece (arguably a notable piece) of film history.

Having lived near Modesto, California, it's humble, humble beginnings.

By that I mean it's kinda a hole.