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#118815
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Most Powerful Quote in all the Star Wars films.
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/118815/action/topic#118815
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Originally posted by: Moth3r
"I felt a great disturbance in the Force... as if millions of voices cried out in terror and were suddenly silenced. I fear something terrible has happened."

Chilling. Nothing in the prequels comes even close.


And of course from the 2007 DVD SE release:

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"I felt a great disturbance in the Force... as if millions of individual midichlorian voices cried out in terror and were suddenly silenced. I fear something terrible has happened. Perhaps even to the people hosting the midichlorians as well."


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#118809
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A revised opinion of George Lucas
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/118809/action/topic#118809
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Originally posted by: Master Sifo-Dyas
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Originally posted by: greencapt
Sifo-Dyas... what book of yours?
Pick up a good english dictionary and you just might solve this mystery.


er... WHICH book of yours. Is that how you want me to phrase the question?

Or perhaps: "The book of which you spoke" "The book you mentioned in your post" etc, etc, etc.

I didn't expect the Spanish Inquisition!
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#118791
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Why don't Clones need mics?
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/118791/action/topic#118791
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Originally posted by: Yoda Is Your Father
Guys, seriously, this is severe nitpicking.


Ah c'mon YIYF! Nitpicking yes, but HC didn't say "I hate the PT because the Clone troops' radios don't click on and off". He merely pointed out a curiosity that ran through his mind and asked if anyone else had noticed it.

Lighten up man!

Too many people here are getting all defensive right now... must be the knowledge that the movies are over... for now...
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#118788
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Batman Begins
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/118788/action/topic#118788
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Originally posted by: Darth Chaltab
I was talking about like in the restaurant where Joker killed all those people with the gas and stuff. Also, Batman didn't kill Joker: the fall did.


Actually the gassing was one of the few scenes that was right in line with the comic book version of the Joker at the time. For reference, check out if you get the chance:

The Dark Knight Returns



The Killing Joke



and maybe

The Greatest Joker Stories Ever Told



For the book that sorta gave birth to 'Batman Begins' you should definately pick up:

Batman: Year One

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#118657
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Padme's grave - is it mentioned in the EU / novels?
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/118657/action/topic#118657
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Originally posted by: Shimraa
huh i dont get it, are you asking if authors wrote anything from the PT era before TPM and after ROTJ?


No Shim, I'm asking if- after the PT (or parts of it) came out from 2001 onward or whatever, did anyone write anything either involving Luke and Leia wondering about their mom OR in general did authors use stuff introduced in the PT in their books. In other words do Gungans show up somewhere or do Leia's mention Qui-Gon or something like that.
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#118651
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The death star
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/118651/action/topic#118651
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Originally posted by: Darth Simon
ok, just watched the scenes again and yeah, i guess they do actually loop around the core and go out the same way the came in (at least that arguement could be made) but the part they go in/out of doesnt appear to be the barely completed section as it looks to be the surface...also, the schemetic/holo of it (shown shortly after they core is destroyed) shows 4 such 'pathways' into the center of the ship.

I dunno, the fact that they can fly a ship into the thing just makes it seem more vunerable than the small exhaust port on the first one. and i dont think the construction necessarily accounts for the ship size (and not just small ships either) tunnels in the Death Star II.


Maybe, while under construction, the Empire's construction crew used those four corridors for moving small ships and construction supplies in and out of the DS2. It wouldn't seem to make sense to me to build a power core free-floating in space and then build a superstructure *around* it. Then, as the core and inner construction wraps the builder seal the passageways from the inside out until eventually they are completely closed and sealed by the hull.
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#118162
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The Prequels - my personal opinion
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/118162/action/topic#118162
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a couple of things from the desk of greencapt....

1) Welcome Damon! I'm always glad to see new blood that is capable of well written, well thought out posts!

2) The rift here at OT.Com seems to be growing wider and wider in some forums, especially in the 'General SW Discussion' area. This saddens me. I've found a new community of 'friends' here and hope people will continue to be able to talk about things with depth, humor and sometimes sheer silliness without resorting to the 'you suck... no YOU suck mentality of oh so many other forums.
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#118048
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12+ hour Star Wars Saga Marathon?
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/118048/action/topic#118048
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Originally posted by: TheSessler
Nice to see someone went through with it, good job.

I'm going to have a LOTR EE Marathon tomorrow though, maybe I can work SW into the weekend.


now THAT will be awesome. I was one of the lucky (or stupid ) few who saw the LOTR trilogy in the theater on their Dec. 16th marathon. It was the EE of FOTR and TTT followed by the first showing premiere of ROTK.

WOW. That's all I can say. That day was the best theater experience that I have had since... geez... maybe the original ESB opening day!

*** And miochza: Congrats on the 6 film viewing!! Despite my lack of excitement about the PT, I miss the days of being able to get groups of friends together to watch films all day, eat and enjoy each other's company.
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#117843
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I haven't watched a SW movie since midnight ROTS
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/117843/action/topic#117843
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Originally posted by: DarthAstuart
hey, i think you'd be hard pressed to find a SW fan who didn't at least give TPM a chance, at least once.

i give them chances all the time, and they still manage to disappoint me. YMMV.


You're correct DAS- I think many people here at the forums forget that most (if not all) of us were BEYOND willing to give TPM a chance. In fact I'd wager we gave (and give) a heckuva lot more chances to all the PT films than most people would have. We must have- we continue to talk about them here.

If TPM would have been released *without* the 1997 SEs having been released I would have given it much more of a chance. But the SEs made me wary of what was to come. Then actually *seeing* TPM I shrugged- I was greatly disappointed but not devastated; after all they ARE just films. Then I, like many others, gave AOTC a chance... again I was there on opening night. Again I was disappointed. A logical person would have stopped giving chances at that point. And yet there I was again, at midnight on the opening day of ROTS. Another chance. Another personal disappointment. Some liked it, some hated it and some in between... but we are the people who gave it a 'chance'.
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#117775
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Batman Begins
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/117775/action/topic#117775
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Originally posted by: Warbler
what about Crispin Glover as the body and Mark Hamil as the Voice of the Joker in the next movie?


Again no knock against Hamill but I think Glover could pull the entire package. And folks, he *has* done other work than BTTF. Plus is really really is a seriously creepy wired guy and could bring lots to the role.

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Greencapt: I couldn't disagree with you more about Jack Nicholson's performance as the Joker. I thought it was great! Easily the best performance of anyone in those four Batman movies. No one else could play that role like he did. NO ONE.


Best performance of the first four films? Sure probably (though Alfred was pretty good throughout). Was he a good Joker? Not really in my opinion- he was Jack Nicholson. Maybe they should have called him the Jacker? As a reader of the comic that was not the Joker that many creators worked hard to define. And I just plain had a hard time looking at him. Then again I had a hard time looking at Keaton as Batman.

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Originally posted by: Kingsama
took me a while, but i finally found that article...


Batman-On-Film is a great site, but if you look at the Recent News section you'll find this:
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Got a new name to add into the mix for The Joker in the BATMAN BEGINS sequel: Paul Bettany. Bettany joins Lachy Hulme and Crispin Glover in the mix to play The Crown Prince of Crime. The same source who passed along Bettany's name informed us that there is "no truth" behind Mark Hamill being up for the role. He also told us that Mr. Hamill is "a little old" for this new take on The Joker. Mr. Hamill is in his mid-fifties I believe. I'm digging into more sequel rumors, so stay tuned....


I *really* like Paul Bettany as well. He was great in 'A Knight's Tale' and should be interesting as the albino villain in 'The DaVinci Code'

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#117751
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Sci-Fi rip-offs
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/117751/action/topic#117751
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Browsing at allposters.com I found the following pic:

Notice the ship in the upper left of the poster...LOL

This made me think- which other movies/posters/etc ripped off not only Star Wars but other famous Sci-Fi movies? Roger Corman's production company was famous for re-using sets and models so there's lots of fodder there...
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#117631
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The Things We Hate And Love Thread .
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/117631/action/topic#117631
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Originally posted by: Bossk
I'm hoping the clear ones and not the wire frame.


No- actually the good old fashioned metal ones. I've been neglecting it for years and those should be the fastest and least hard to break, etc.

Plus- I'm married... not like *I* need to impress anyone these days.

and Jedikev.... I'm 34. Yep, many of us 'grups' (get *that* reference you youngins!) are getting braces.

(though the girls at the orthodontist said I look like a teenager now)
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#117567
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Batman Begins
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/117567/action/topic#117567
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The Joker in my opinion takes an eccletic mix of oddly skinny physique and psycho mentality that very few actors could pull off effectively. Hammill does an awesome voice and acting job on the character but has no physical resemblance to Joker. I'm sure I'll be in the minority here but I could not stand Jack Nicholson as Joker! About the time of 'The Shining' Nicholson stopped *acting* in movies and started only playing himself. Jack, we get it already- now show us something we haven't seen! But instead Burton fell for the act and gave us a fat, middle-age man in clown make-up. Oh joy. Was he *bad*? Not much more than the rest of the film...

Anywho, the current rumor I've read for casting of the Joker would, I feel, be almost perfect- Crispin Glover. A thinner, more crazy actor I do not know!

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#117454
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Most Powerful Quote in all the Star Wars films.
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/117454/action/topic#117454
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Originally posted by: Obi-wonton
I was listening to the NPR recordings this morning and forgot an obvious one and it still gives chills..."help me Obi-wan Kenobi, you're my only hope!" The desperation of Leia, the completing of the message for Luke and the call back to action for Ben...well its just cool.


Of course, I've always liked the rest of that including "... years ago you served my father in the Clone Wars."

But if she meant Bail Organa, now that GL has revealed his 'master plot' for the SW saga that means here is *another* OT character who lied out of their ass as Obi-Wan is never stated to have 'served' Organa in any way nor was Organa stated to have anything to do with the wars.

But maybe Leia's 'Force memories' that everyone thinks she had made her say that and she meant Anakin Skywalker. With that thinking perhaps her Force connection to her real father lied to her and Anakin's hubris made her think that Obi 'served' Anakin during the war.

Or perhaps...just perhaps.... GL should have just thought about *watching* the films he made or co-created several years ago.

But yes Wonton that line has stuck with me as well!