Tyrphanax

Was gonna see Skyfall tonight, but plans changed. Lame.

I wanna hear!

Please?

TV's Frink said:

darth_ender said:

Who gets under Lucas' skin?
Who doesn't let TFNers in?
We do, We do.

Who hates Anakin more than sand?
Who defends the UOT's last stand?
We do, we do.

Who purges Star Wars of all folly?
Who has running gags about kenkraly?
We do, we do.

Who likes Star Wars that makes you think?
Who tolerates the likes of Frink?
We do, we dooooooo.

I'd be tempted to put this in my sig if it would fit.

Like this?

This is getting out of hand, et cetera.

Cryptic.

Am I in this one?

darth_ender said:

I'm sure you're all aware, but Kevin Clash completely resigned yesterday.  Elmo will be voiced by someone else.

I knew this was coming when the first news broke.

Still not totally sure how I feel about it all, but it's a shame, I guess.

I retain my cautious optimism.

But I feel like Disney is taking a lot of the right steps here. Will it be worth it in the end? We'll have to wait and see, but for the first time since I realized Lucas wasn't where all the magic came from, it seems like someone in charge actually gets Star Wars for the first time since Empire.

thecolorsblend said:

On a personal note, I'm defending the prequels (this aspect anyway) on a forum mostly filled with people I respect but who don't like them. So in deference to most of their preferences, this is probably my last post about this.

You're making pretty good points, I'd say.

Since the PT was so bad, it's interesting (to me, at least) to see what people infer from it, and it's also interesting to see that a lot of people tend to take some pretty deep stuff out of it, and how similar what people infer is (such as the Jedi Order being corrupt and dooming itself to fail, et cetera).

georgec said:

It's just weird thinking about Star Wars as this team-based effort, when for 30 years it all came down to Lucas. There of course was the EU, but in terms of the film saga the prequels seemed like a solo project. They lacked peer feedback that made the OT so fantastic and wonderful.

The mere notion of multiple people collaborating to produce the best possible foundation (e.g. the screenplay) for the films is something I haven't felt since...

Been feeling like this myself.

Easterhay said:

Why?  So you can all jump up and down on me for not towing the party line?  No, thanks.  I'll reserve my right to silence and you'll just have to respect that.  "Do explain" indeed.

PM me, then. I won't "jump down your throat", it's not a big deal to me whether you like him or not, I'm just curious as to what your reasoning is.

georgec said:

Easterhay said:

I'm not interested in seeing Kurtz come back but Kasdan's return is very encouraging indeed.

Do explain.

Yes; please.

I'm asking for a friend.

Am I out, then?

Just when you think you know a guy...

Am I in yet?

Tobar said:

I am beyond excited. If they bring back Kurtz my heart might stop.

Exactly my sentiment.

This really reinforces my feelings that Disney can handle the series. About the best news I could ever hope to hear, aside from Kurtz coming back.

fishmanlee said:

Has anything happened during the show about "The Search for The Sith Lord, The One We Have Been Looking For"?

Uhh, Palpatine? Not really, but he's about to show up in grand fashion at the end of this season...

walkingdork said:

I mentioned in the past that I have not been smoking weed because I was applying for a great job...well I got it!

It's an IT position at a large hospital. Worth every toke I didn't take.

Every toke untook?

Still just JediTemple.

ALLOL

Alexrd said:

I quite liked the Gathering episode. It reminded me of the scene where Luke enters the cave on Dagobah. I specially liked the young Wookiee and Ithorian, who managed to show their struggle through emotions instead of talking to themselves (which looks unrealistic and feels forced).

Yeah, I do feel like they can say a lot more without words a lot of the time, but kids only have a short attention span, so I guess characters have to constantly be talking.

Whoa!

Time for a check-in!

Anyone else been keeping up with this? If so, what are your thoughts on the current "Goonies-meets-Star-Wars" storyline?

Personally, I'm enjoying it. I was a little worried it would just be lame kid junk, but the first episode was really interesting and they managed to turn the lame "kiddie morals" into plausible Jedi lessons, and by the end of the second episode in the arc, I was pleasantly surprised. I was worried that they were turning Hondo into some goodie-goodie trump card who would show up at the end of every one of these episodes, thus ruining him, but that seems to not be the case. I really like his character, he always makes me smile.

There was also a DC-17m in the second part, the blaster the Clone Commandos from Republic Commando use (Delta Squad from the game was very briefly featured in an episode last season) which got me jazzed up to see what they do with the Clone Commando they were showing in the previews for this season.

Also, I know the Mandalorian arc is coming up soon, and as a huge Mandalorian fan who has already seen them sullied by Traviss, I'm really hoping they get pulled out of the pacifist rut they're in sooner or later... the way that all is handled could make or break this season for me.

Anyway, I'm about to dive into the third episode in the Younglings arc, Bound for Rescue.

Edit: Just finished it.

Wow.

Maybe it's my cold-addled mind, but that was an excellent episode. Big space battle, adventure, a lightsaber fight, blaster fights, a daring rescue and escape, a weird alien menagerie, humour...

If that's not what Star Wars is all about, then I guess I've been watching a different Star Wars.

Sure, some of the humour was a bit corny, some of the show was cheesy, yes. But it felt like Star Wars, and certainly felt more like Star Wars than the prequels.

This episode, and others like it is why I love this show, why I think there's life in the old girl yet, and why I feel it's in capable hands.

Finding it funny that for all the arguing about what Harmy should do, nobody really read the posts Harmy made about what he was going to do...

Edit: Kind of like how I, just now, didn't read the post where Harmy said that people missed what he was saying in his last posts. This is getting confusing.

Blast from the past!