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#196218
Topic
A New Hope Script Game
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/196218/action/topic#196218
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I've had an idea for a thread/game that's a bit wacky, but I think it might be fun - basically we are going to recite the script of A New Hope word for word, from memory, one line/paragraph per post. No need for locations/descriptions, just dialogue.

So, I'll start, and anybody else feel free to continue:

A Long Time Ago In A Galaxy Far, Far Away.....

Star Wars

Episode IV: A New Hope

It is a period of civil war. Rebel spaceships, striking from a hidden base, have won their first victory against the evil Galactic Empire....
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#196191
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The legendary "Starkiller Ranch" Thread
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/196191/action/topic#196191
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Yeah, definitely focus on the fact that this attack is to kill the emperor. The death star in ANH was an immediate threat and the attack on it was to defend the yavin base. This attack is entirely different - it is an attempt to make a decisive strike at the heart of the Empire and win the war. I also like the idea of altering the death star to look even less finished than it does in ROTJ.

EDIT: Over in the General Star Wars section there's an interesting debate happening about the actual timeframe of the movies, i.e over what length of time do they each take place? The most problematic film is ESB - how long is Luke training for? How long does it take Han and Leia to get to Bespin? Irvin Kershner says it takes place over a period of a few months, yet the characters don't even change their clothes. Are there any plans to address this issue in the Starkiller edit? (not the lack of a change of clothing, but just the ambiguity of the passing of time). Apart from a caption reading '2 months later' I can't think of any ideas, but maybe you guys can.
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#195892
Topic
The legendary "Starkiller Ranch" Thread
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/195892/action/topic#195892
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The reason they went with 'return' and not 'revenge' is because revenge is not something a jedi would ever seek. I agree with this and believe you should stick with Jedi.

As for inserting the death Star into ESB, I think the idea has potential and would definitely help to eliminate some of the the WTF? element of the new death star suddenly popping up in ROTJ. It makes sense that straight after the destruction of the DS1, the empire get to work on DS2, making sure this time to close the exhaust ports. It could even be said that this secod death star was already under construction during the time of ANH, but we just never saw it. The question then is how do we put this point across? Changing the title crawl to include this new plot point is one obvious solution (unbeknownst to the rebellion, the empire has commenced work on a second death star...).

Another, more difficult solution is to somehow have one or more characters in the move mention the new death star. Maybe you could have somebody speaking about the new death star via hologram, which might make any lip-sync problems less noticable (blurry image, static, time delay on the voice, etc).

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#195882
Topic
The Return of Six Degrees of Star Wars
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/195882/action/topic#195882
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Originally posted by: Bossk
I didn't falter. The system did. The principal tenet of the Six Degrees theory is that anybody in the world can be linked in six steps or less. The variation I employed in this game is that anybody with a legit FILM acting credit can be linked to the SW films in six steps or less. Thus far, we have linked EVERYONE that had a legit FILM credit (unless I overlooked a failed challenge). However, we have now found the kink in the system. The six degrees theory has failed. That's all.

My apologies. You are, of course, correct. And, when I think a little more about it, finding someone who cannot be linked to Star Wars by anybody playing the game is actually the equivalent of winning the game (because nobody was able to 'beat' your challenge).

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#195881
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Languages
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/195881/action/topic#195881
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Obviously I am fluent in written and spoken Englsih, but I am also 'passable' in basic Italian (I can understand it better than I can speak it, but I could survive if I found myself starnded in an Italian city, for example). I also know some VERY basic Japanese which I learnt from a friend.