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anchorhead,

can you take a picture of yourself wearing a bucket-hat like Luke had in your old avatar. Help ease the transition.

TV's Frink said:

An expecially dangerous dug.

 I dig dugs.

Sluggo said:

Was I unclear?

 ... ... ...  doesn't Warbler have his picture up?

Or do you mean you want a recent pic with him rocking a beard?

Hey, it's me!

I'm tempted to follow suit, but the thing is I'm REALLY good looking. I don't want to intimidate any of my fellow posters.

SpenceEdit said:

Plus if he had told Luke this in the first place, would Luke have gone with him? Would he have tried to reason with Vader and be killed, thus ending their last hope at restoring balance? If I were Obi-Wan, I wouldn't have told him till he was ready, and unfortunately he found out from Vader himself long before that time.

 It's also worth noting how much Luke didn't know. Dude didn't even know what the Force was, probably didn't know what a Jedi was and didn't know his dad was one. Add on that there's a Dark Side that made his dad evil and that kind old Ben tossed him in a volcano and he's now the evilest man alive... .... talk about a mind blowing experience. If I was Luke I'd go to the cantina and drink myself to oblivion.

Alexrd said:

Bingowings said:

It didn't deserve a cinema release

I think that was the main reason for being so badly recieved. It was not made for cinema, it wasn't "the 7th Star Wars movie", and most reviews didn't realized it was a pilot for a TV series. Hence the surprise to many when they saw the premiere of the series.

But yes, the movie wasn't so bad. I enjoyed both Christophsis and Jabba's Palace parts. And they got Christopher Lee, so that's a plus.

 I agree. If it had been a TV movie I think people would have looked more kindly on it.

As it was, I'd view it as a middle-of-the-road episode. A fun ride, nothing ground shaking.

Pity they didn't keep Lee on for the show. The dude who does Dooku is ok, but NO ONE is Christopher Lee.

Rogue-theX said:

 WOW! I remember that movie!!!

On topic: I think I got either high or sick from licking stamps for thank you notes after my wedding. Why aren't more stamps stickers? Haven't we advanced stamp technology in the last century?

MTHaslett said:

B) it eliminates the most painful OT moment for me when we had to watch the once noble and honorable Obi Wan use lawyer speak to excuse his manipulative lies.  He didn't tell Luke the truth because he thought he could use Luke against Vader and that lying to Luke would make that easier. Watching his self-serving explanation only debases Obi Wan further. 

I always saw it that Obi didn't tell Luke because he was both ashamed of his own failure, and wanted to spare the boy's feelings. Perhaps if he hadn't been killed very soon after, he would have told the truth when Luke was more ready and they had more time.

asterisk8 said:

I'll never understand the way some folks spend their time, but then I don't have to understand it to find it amusing!

I used to spend all my time trying to get into an exclusive club. Only it was open to everyone and only exclusive because I got kicked out for peeing in the punch bowl. So I tried ever more elaborate disguises to get back in and even when I made it in, instead of enjoying the party I just peed in the punchbowl again. Then I drank the punch and waited to get recognized by the bouncer and thrown out again.

Good times.

ChainsawAsh said:

Yep, physical mail.  He got my previous address from when I sent him a copy of ANH:R.  Next time, I won't write down a return address...

That just boggles the mind. Peeps be crazy.

TV's Frink said:

Warbler said:

no way,  Boon would never allow it, and I can't say I blame him. 

Warb, boon gave up running the place.  He's no longer involved.  I could put a good word in for you if you are interested in getting reinstated.

Can you put in a good word for Janskeet?

There's a decent resemblance I guess.

And Carrie Fisher is still a beautiful woman. Nuts to you all.

Tobar said:

Alexrd said:

I like it, and watch it regularly. It's good, despite some flaws here and there. And the animation has been greatly improved.

This.

More of this.

I'll say that since the show is so widely aimed, with Jar Jar episodes, Clone episodes, fake Darth Maul episodes, it's kinda hit-and-miss with me. Overall I enjoy it.

We joke, but I guarantee that dude has some elaborate backstory in the EU, and probably an action figure and a wookieepeedia article.

Ghostbusters said:

I changed my mind, I'm not leaving. I've given up trying to study. I'm just going to ask my instructor if I can drop the class.

Seems like giving up to me. Couldn't you just train yourself to poop during his class. That seems a reasonable solution.

Bingowings said:

Star Wars in the context of the whole saga is not the 'episode' title A New Hope represents Luke who begins his journey to becoming the means by which the galaxy is put back together.

I cant hear anything you say once you act that the title of the first movie somehow isn't "Star Wars." After that it's all static.

But in the film AOTC, there's one large battle in the movie, and the clones are the ones attacking.

Diego said:

It shows lack of imagination because it's been done before. It's understandable that some things will appear continously in the SW universe (the blasters you mention), but it would be cool if some things don't happen repeatedly, and for example, the only person we ever see getting frozen is Han Solo, it makes it special.

But now someone being frozen is not special is a common occurence, as is the Sith using lighting, or using a flying remote for lightsaber training, etc. It would be better if some things remained unique.

 I agree.

Once, it's a cool sci-fi/fantasy thing.

Twice it's a reference.

Three times it's another cliche.

xhonzi said:

bkev said:

I hope the plan fails... remember, at Cloud City they were unsure if Solo would survive. It'd make for something really dark.

I think they were unsure BECAUSE NO ONE HAD EVER DONE IT BEFORE!

 Well, in the creative desert of the EU carbonite freezing is the prefered method of incarcerating a Jedi.

xhonzi said:

Looking for Love in Alderaan Places

 I want a t-shirt that says that with a pic of the princess.

I'm a non-smoker and a drinker.

But it seems to me no one has ever smoked two packs, got crazy, and beat their wife to death.

So in general, despite my own vices, I think alcohol is the worse societal ill.

TV's Frink said:

The clone attack was like what, five minutes of the movie?  And, like you say, they attacked robots....and it was all video game cgi...and...

It's a bad title because it has very little relevance to the movie.  Hell, they could have just called it "Creation of the Clone Army."

 The clone army attack probably took up the same time at the end as the Death Star attack in "Star Wars."

Hell, "Star Wars" could have just been called "Star Small Group of People Traveling."

Ghostbusters.

Although he's never done anything personally against me, I just can't stand to read his posts anymore.

xhonzi said:

TheBoost said:

I think we can agree that second hand smoke is bad, and the societal effects of alcohol can be bad.

So the only defensible drug has to be Love.

 And lds.

 You smoke Mormons???

Warbler said:

xhonzi said:

And geez, Warb, it's Valentine's!  You have to cuddle something!

I am not going to cuddle with a man.

 What if you were really really cold?

;-)