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Tyrphanax

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#612636
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When/Why did you become an OT purist?
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CatBus said:

captainsolo said:

From 2005-2008 I gave up Star Wars entirely. For someone who as a child had been an incessant fan, (My childhood was comprised entirely of Film, Literature, James Bond, Star Wars and Batman) this was really hard to do but I just found I didn't care anymore.

It occurred to me that since I went through this stage too, our whole collective experience may fit the Kübler-Ross "stages of grief" model.  So here we go:

Denial: "No way will Lucasfilm pass up a chance to cash in on re-releasing the unaltered trilogy.  They'd never let that goldmine go to waste!"  Uh-huh, sure.

Anger: We may not all say George Lucas did something nasty with our childhood, but everyone has a little generalfrevious buried deep down somewhere.

Bargaining: *cough* Petition *cough*

Depression: The phase described by captainsolo above.

Acceptance: "Don't want to preserve Star Wars, Mr. Lucas?  Fine, I accept that.  Now we'll just have to save the damn thing ourselves!"  A little more defiant in tone than you'd expect from something called "Acceptance", but I think it works.

Bang on.

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#612623
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Smuggler's Gambit- OT Radio Drama
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I listened to this a couple days ago.

I loved it. So good to hear that kind of classic format, and the OT (and the script) really lends itself to the format. Very cool (or should I say Wizard?).

Is there anyone else who loves Sam Witwer? The guy always gives 110%, and you can tell he loves what he's doing. An awesome guy.

 

My one complaint, however... Daniel Logan. Ugh. Ugh. I can't "ugh" enough. He sounded terrible. I'm sorry, but Temuera Morrison was enough of a stretch for Boba, but I can't take Logan. His performance was just bloody awful. He had way too many lines, as well. Ugh. I never want to hear him do Boba's voice ever again.

I can barely put up with it for The Clone Wars, but this took the cake.