oojason

 
Sweet idea for a thread, mate! 👍

I love the vibe of that stylish Star Wars Archives site you linked to (and their facebook and twitter pages).

Darth Neo has done an awesome job on it, from 2007 to present - The Star Wars Archives, a different kind of preservation

 
SaveStarWars.com - zombie84’s site; comprehensive research into the history of Star Wars - also highlighting much of the revisionism / contradictions from George…

Secret History Of Star Wars - another zombie84 website, as above this time re zombie84’s book; website is re-hosted by none

Star Wars Special Edition Visual Comparisons - doubleofive’s quality and intriguing resource blog

Star Wars Holiday Special website - for me, the definitive SWHS site; run by SKot

HelloGreedo’s ‘Star Wars Profiles’ video series of actors and people BTS of the Original Trilogy (and beyond…)

Jambe Davdar’s Filmumentaries Site - video projects, documentaries and interviews etc

The People Vs George Lucas - website for the 2010 documentary : Internet Archive page : OT.com thread

Star Wars At The Movies - a beautiful looking resource for the OT films (with articles, blog and podcasts)

Kitbashed - The Origins of Star Wars - absorbing and insightful e-book/blog on Star Wars origins (run by Heilemann)

The Making of Star Wars - Timeline - a superb resource of the OT in chronological format (www.audiori.net/starwars)

the old Official Star Wars blog - at WordPress - May 2007 to January 2008; before the 2011 closedowns and changes. From when official Star Wars platforms still interacted and engaged with the fans + their various diverging interests in the GFFA.

 
• Star Wars Archives (Darth Neo) - https://starwarsarchives.com
• Star Wars Aficionado - https://starwarsaficionado.blogspot.com
• The Star Wars Trilogy - www.thestarwarstrilogy.com
• Star Wars Revisited (adywan’s Revisited project & info site) https://swrevisited.wordpress.com
• Saving Star Wars - http://savestarwars.com & http://fd.noneinc.com/savestarwarscom/savestarwars.info/index.html
• Secret History Of Star Wars - http://fd.noneinc.com/secrethistoryofstarwarscom/secrethistoryofstarwars.com/index.html
• Star Wars Visual Comparisons - https://starwarsviscomp.wordpress.com & https://twitter.com/starwarsviscomp
• Star Wars Holiday Special website (by SKot) - www.starwarsholidayspecial.com
• HelloGreedo’s ‘Star Wars Profiles’ - www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLa0pLSAuZw3zBdmouzOaXP7Cp8QEHlZ90
• Jamie Benning’s Filmumentaries (Jambe Davdar) - https://filmumentaries.com & https://twitter.com/jamieswb
• The People Vs George Lucas - http://peoplevsgeorge.com & OT.com thread
• Star Wars At The Movies - www.starwarsatthemovies.com
• Milners Blog: Star Wars - https://milnersblog.com/category/star-wars
• Kitbashed: The Origins of Star Wars (by Heilemann) - https://kitbashed.com
• T-bone’s Star Wars Universe (by T’Bonz) - https://starwarz.com/tbone
• Star Wars 1977-1983 - https://twitter.com/StarWars7783
• Star Wars 1977-1996 - www.facebook.com/StarWars1977.1996
• Classic Star Wars - https://twitter.com/ClassicStarWars
• Star Wars Underworld - https://twitter.com/TheSWU
• Lou Tambone (Sequart) - http://sequart.org/author/lou-tambone
• Rebel Scum - www.rebelscum.com
• Starkiller: The Jedi Bendu Script Site - www.starwarz.com/starkiller
• The Star Wars Collectors Archive - http://theswca.com
• From the Desk of Charles Lippincott - http://therealcharleslippincott.blogspot.com & www.facebook.com/charles.lippincott.9
• The Music Of Star Wars website - www.restrainingbolt.com/sw/starwarsmusic.html & www.restrainingbolt.com
• The Making Of Star Wars - https://starwarsstoryboards.wordpress.com
• Star Wars Comparison’s youtube channel - www.youtube.com/channel/UCJEyKHOhAZJpQvB6Y-2IhBw/videos
• Star Wars Home Video reference site - www.starwarshomevideo.com
• The changes made to the Original Trilogy films down the years - OT•com thread (with links to some older sites and sources)
• A few useful links for info and projects; some old, some new, some long forgotten - OT•com thread
• Original Trilogy Film Crew & People Behind The Scenes: Profiles, Info & Links - OT•com thread
• Taking a stand against toxic fandom - OT•com thread
• Stinson’s All Things Star Wars - https://deeplyobsessed.blogspot.com
• Star Wars Actor Appearances - http://starwarsactorappearances.blogspot.com
• Star Wars Locations - www.starwarslocations.com & https://twitter.com/swloc
• Star Wars Defined (video playlist) - www.youtube.com/watch?v=uYcp42hsULg&list=PL9DcNxTVwGux0MRI1fln1UjRQ1K1vfILN
• A collection of vintage British Star Wars memorabilia - www.ukstarwars.com
• EC Henry’s youtube channel (OT•com member Aalenfae) - www.youtube.com/c/ECHenry/videos & www.echenry.com
• In A Far Away Galaxy - www.inafarawaygalaxy.com
• Nick Maley “that Yoda Guy” YouTube Channel - www.youtube.com/c/NickMaleyYodaGuy/videos
• Star Wars 77-80 Collectors Blog - http://starwars77-80.blogspot.com

The ‘Useful Links & Information (from some familiar names & faces around here…)’ section of the An Index & Help Thread for Original Trilogy Discussion thread also features some intriguing rabbit holes, alluring sites, and compelling sources of info.
 

📍 a few useful links for info and projects; some old, some new, some long forgotten… 📍 may also be of interest.

As well as…

• The Original Trilogy: Trailers/Promos thread (YouTube/Vimeo, etc. finds)
• The Original Trilogy: Making-Ofs & Documentaries thread (YouTube/Vimeo, etc. finds)
• The Original Trilogy: Random Videos thread (YouTube/Vimeo etc. finds)

• Beyond the Original Trilogy: Trailers/Promos Thread (YouTube, Vimeo, etc. video finds)
• Beyond the Original Trilogy: Documentaries Thread (YouTube, Vimeo, etc. video finds)
• Beyond the Original Trilogy: Random Videos Thread (YouTube, Vimeo, etc. video finds)

• General Star Wars Documentaries (YouTube, Vimeo, etc. finds)
• General Star Wars YouTube/Vimeo/etc… Star Wars random video finds

• Guide to Star Wars Documentaries and Special Features (spreadsheet & info links)
• Star Wars Documentaries section of An Index & Help Thread for The Expanded Universe

^ superb work from ZkinandBonez in creating, compiling, and maintaining many of the video threads found on this site.

Some of the material below may be critical - yet more like the ‘old-skool’ and balanced manner of reviewing content from the GFFA from years ago (what they liked, what they didn’t, what they’d alter, what they hope for in the future etc), along with some insightful and informative content. Yet it contains no Fandom Menace / ‘click$-for-hate’ / politicalised alt-right agenda channels, sites or podcast content at the time of compiling this. If a channel listed here does become toxic/TFM please let me know and I’ll remove it.

There may be an overlap for some channels and the categories they are listed in below - as well as certain content providers evolving…

 
EW / Entertainment Weekly
Hollywood Reporter
Variety
Deadline
BBC
The Guardian
The Independent
The Metro
Wired
Empire / Empire Online
IGN
Flickering Myth
ComicBook
Fantha Tracks
Jedi News
Star Wars News Net
StarWars.com - News : Star Wars Twitter / X : Star Wars Facebook : Star Wars youtube : Lucasfilm News : ILM youtube
reddit Star Wars Leaks - beware of spoilers; and always check sources for clickbait / hits-driven outlets / bullshit…
reddit Star Wars News - beware of spoilers; and always check sources for clickbait / hits-driven outlets / bullshit…

 
Pitch Meeting
Honest Trailers / Screen Junkies
How It Should Have Ended
Robot Chick / AdultSwim
Mr Sunday Movies / Caravan Of Garbage
ScreenCrush
Heavy Spoilers
New Rockstars
Prime’s Theater : OT - Part 1
Bombastic
John Campea
Jeremy Jahns
Maj0r Lee
Dan Murrell
RavensFilm Productions
CinePals
Ladyknightthebrave
Pillar of Garbage
ArTorr
Rowan J Coleman (mainly Trek and sci-fi/fantasy etc)

 
Nathan Butler (superb resource on many Star Wars home media releases over the years - including rare formats and variants etc)
Nathan Butler - Star Wars Home Video - Year by Year video playlist : From the Star Wars Home Video Library video playlist
SG10 Film Archive
Star Wars Comparison
Harmy
adywan
doubleofive
Filmumentaries - Jambe Davdar
TheStarWarsTrilogy.com - TN1
Star Wars News & Views - zombie84
Damn Fool Idealistic Crusader - captainsolo
Film Spaced / Tommy Blase - 13las
EC Henry - aalenfae
gordongecko1975 - Haarspalter
HelloGreedo
Force Material - and their Force Material X podcast
Dork Side Of The Force website - and Dork Side twitter

Star Wars Defined (youtube playlist of positive outlook video channels)
Browntable
Original Trilogy Talk - an ‘old-skool’ youtube channel focused on all things the OT (and uses footage from the theatrical cuts)
Lost Acolyte
Attilathefinnster
Just Star Wars
Force Center (documentaries & specials, reviews etc)
Inside The Force
Star Wars Meg
Girls With Sabers
Generation Tech
Wit & Folly
Media Musings
TheMarySue
AT-AT Chat
Simon Talks Star Wars
Skywalking Through Neverland
Adam Savage’s Tested

 
Spaceman
Designed by Kirk
ScreamingLake
Just Write
FilmSpeak
A.M. Cinematics
Pillar of Garbage
ShotDeck
That0therGeorge
Thomas Flight
CameroN xM
Movie Overload
The Gold Man
Morphologis
MaceAhWindu
RemniCore
Star Wars Fanatic

Behind the Seams
From A Writer’s Perspective
caprisanh
ScoopHash
The Editing Podcast
Cleaver Rebooted
Ladyknightthebrave
Schaffrillas Productions
Colt Jay Krieger
Science Fiction with Damien Walter
Morphologis
Coffee With Korriban
VisualBarrage
Movie Overload
Sheev Talks (often marmite; + can ramble on repeatedly… making for very lengthy videos)
Katagiri
The Canvas
Star Wars Unlimited Universe

 
The Expanded Universe website. #ContinueLegends
The Star Wars Expanded Universe Timeline
The Twin Suns Foundation (for the continuation of Star Wars Legends / EU material)
Christopher Nelson (youtube channel on Star Wars Legends / EU material)
Matt Wilkins (youtube channel on Star Wars Legends / EU material)
Manda-LORE (youtube channel with the focus on the original Expanded Universe - before 2014)
Hyperspace Database (youtube channel with the focus on the original Expanded Universe - before 2014)
Meg Reviews (youtube channel with focus mainly on the original Expanded Universe - with occasional canon content)
Youtini (website for Star Wars books and comics + more… from both Legends & Canon)

Star Wars Explained
Red Five
Vader’s Fortress
The Lore Master
Bombastic
Corey’s Datapad
Star Wars Insider
Star Wars Lore
Geetsly’s
The Scoundrel’s Cantina
Star Wars Centralized
Vader’s Order
Steren Cantina

 
Jamie Benning Filmumentaries podcast & Jamie’s twitter
Trash Compactor
Force Material - and their Force Material X podcast
Talking Bay 94
Rebel Force Radio
Star Wars At The Movies
Dark Side Divas - A Star Wars Podcast
Coffee With Kenobi
A More Civilized Age
SkyTalkers
FanthaTracks
Thank the Maker: A Star Wars Podcast
Star Wars Underworld
SteeleWars
Blue Harvest
Blast Points

 
StruggleNation
Kim Ellendale
Kyle Katarn
Fandom Zone
Late to the Party
sesskasays
Wave Squadron
LouiseJulie
Reel Rejects
Nerdy Nightly
Jessa and Alex Watch
Fandom Zone
The PWHustle / 8TracBrown
funnylilgalreacts
Heroes Reforged
Laura Reactions
DeanBarry Movie Reactions
The Normies
Blind Wave
Gallifrey Gals

Remote Rebels
Omn1Media
Watch with Marcella
Jedi Jive
Kat & Sonny
pReview’d
AngryJoeShow
Imon_Snow
A Guy Who Loves Star Wars
UConnPopCast
Catherine LaSalle
Kristian Harloff
MAC React
JoyScott13 Reacts
Sleepy Waffles
Holden & Jen Hardman
The Ringer-Verse
The RaeSide

ReactTV - a compilation of reaction videos
ReactionaryTV - a compilation of reaction videos
Reactably - a compilation of reaction videos
YoureMrLebowski - a compilation of reaction videos
Strange Reactions - a compilation of reaction videos
First Time Watching - a compilation of reaction videos
Marquee Movie Reactions - a compilation of reaction videos

 
Heroes Fan Productions
SWFT
FLEdits
Colonel Gascon
Cinemacape
Oryon
Forstford
Shahan
Vertigo
Ghosts
GalacticWildfire
TatyanaOracle
Artagon
Swan Station
AD_edits
The Admiral
McGuffin Studios
CW Edits
Gamerstrix
Amazing Shots

Cardo - video compilations of ‘characters in Star Wars’
Revenge of the Cinema - video compilations of ‘characters in Star Wars’

 
Daz Tibbles
Samtubia & Samgoma Edwards
Blood Brother Cinema Inc
Escape Velocity Content
Michaels basement
Transmute Pictures
Pj Tamayo (Moondoggie Films)
T7pro
Jason Satterlund
Star Wars Origins Film
Jamie Costa
Justin Christie
Impossible Objects
SpyGER ARTS Studio
Benjamin Eck
Sava Zivkovic
OtaKing77077
Stephen Vitale
Scout: A Star Wars Story
SkyForge
MAV Films
Maxime-Claude L’Écuyer
Anthony Pietromonaco
High Ground Animations
Darth Angelus
Versus thewaytoshadow
DonBittersIII
Paul Constantakis
 
Star Wars Fan Films / Shorts - a general discussion thread - with links and an Index to other SW Fan Film threads on the OT•com

^ a whole section is dedicated to ‘Star Wars Fan Films / Shorts’ in An Index & Help Thread for The Expanded Universe

a thread for short Fan Films found online at youtube / vimeo etc - including non Star Wars content.

 
Not Obi Wan Kenobi / Charlie Hopkinson
Auralnauts
Alien’s Guide / Garyx Wormuloid
Count Binface / Lord Buckethead (intergalactic Space Lord from the SW parody ‘Gremloids’ + also now a UK politician & satirist)
Coffee With Kenobi
Henry Silva / rocknroll41 blog
Star Wars Interviews
Star Wars ScreenCaps
Deskplans Alliance website
Sean’s OT.com tribute page - from 2005
Damn Fool Idealistic Crusader
Reconstructing the end of ROTJ with Storyboards - by timdiggerm. OT.com page
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story Archive - by pineapples101. OT.com page

Death Star PR (parody twitter)
Darth Vader (parody twitter)
The Spaceshipper (twitter)
70’s Sci-Fi Art (twitter)
SciFi Art (twitter)
The Beauty of Star Wars Concept Art (twitter)
Star Wars Concept Art (twitter)
Phil Szostak (Lucasfilm creative art manager on twitter)
Classic Star Wars (twitter)
Star Wars Fonts (twitter)

 
Original Trilogy (a reddit for the Original Trilogy)
Star Wars Cantina (a positive outlook reddit)
Maw Installation (a constructive & thoughtful outlook reddit)
OT Memes (a reddit for Original Trilogy memes)
Star Wars Collecting
Star Wars Collectibles
Star Wars Games
Star Wars Speculation
Star Wars Leaks - beware of spoilers - and always check sources for clickbait / hits-driven outlets / bullshit…
Star Wars Cosplay
501st reddit
Rebel Legion
R2 Builders
Droid Builders
Star Wars EU
Star Wars Legends
Star Wars NSFW - erotic media based on or related to the Star Wars universe. 18+ only according to their own rules. Obviously NSFW.
Star Wars Andor
Andor - more active and in-depth than the above SWAndor reddit + allows in-show and real-world political discussions.

Here’s to also hoping ‘the algorithm’ stops promoting such toxic / Fandom Menace / ‘click$-for-hate’ platforms online - or that fans themselves stop fueling… watching, liking and subscribing to such channels… and find other more reasoned or balanced discourse.

Taking a stand against toxic fandom (2018 thread; by screams in the void)

Culture, politics, and diversity in Star Wars (2018 thread)

Strong Female characters in the Star Wars universe (2018 thread; by screams in the void)

^ more similar threads can be found at the end of the ‘Sequel Trilogy’ section of An Index Thread for Beyond the Original Trilogy.

Hopefully there is something of interest in a few of the above channels and content - if you know of any more to include here - please PM me with them. Or if more of a ‘rabbit hole’ - simply add them to this sweet quality thread by screams in the void. 👍
 

Interesting that, cheers. Was more a fan of the cartoon style StreetFighter back on the SNES - yet mates at the time all seems to love Mortal Kombat (love as in spend hour upon hour on it - yet not really getting any better 😉)

Loved your Star Wars arcade history doc too.
 

^ Is that how you got your cold, man? 😉
 

Mount Emei Scenic Area: Leshan Giant Buddha, China:-

Hope you’re feeling better soon mate - I hate getting colds at this time of year (or anytime of year for that matter).
 

^ 😃

Doctor Who Series 12 Announcement…

http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/doctorwho/entries/89823d93-ca6c-486b-9c82-2a71cd1560bb

'As series 11 came to a close on BBC One tonight (Sunday 9th December) the show announced that series 12 is on its way and will be returning to BBC One in early 2020.

Series 11 marked a brand new era for Doctor Who with Showrunner, Chris Chibnall, taking control of the TARDIS. With Jodie Whittaker as the Thirteenth Doctor, viewers saw the Doctor and her friends travel through space and time on adventures fighting monsters and conquering battles. Series 12 will see Jodie reprise her role as the Doctor and she will once again be joined by Bradley Walsh (Graham), Mandip Gill (Yasmin) and Tosin Cole (Ryan).

So far, from the first eight episodes, series 11 of Doctor Who has averaged a 4-screen consolidated audience of 8.4m.

Jodie’s first episode as the Doctor launched with a consolidated audience of 11 million making it the second biggest drama this year across all channels, while also placing it among the top 10 programmes in 2018 so far across all channels and genres. The episode received 3.7 million requests through BBC iPlayer.

Speaking of the return Showrunner Chris Chibnall said “We’re off again! Well we never actually stopped - as Jodie Whittaker’s Doctor and friends have been winning the hearts of families across the nation this autumn, we’ve been busy with a whole new set of action packed adventures for the Thirteenth Doctor. We adore making this show and have been blown away by the response from audiences, so we can’t wait to bring more scares, more monsters and more Bradley Walsh, Mandip Gill and Tosin Cole to BBC One. Brilliant!”

Charlotte Moore, Director of Content added, “We’re delighted that the Doctor and her friends will be returning to thrill audiences in 2020. I know Chris and the whole team are already working on a whole new set of exciting adventures. In the meantime we’ve got a very special episode on New Year’s Day for everyone to enjoy.”’

^ A shame we have to wait until 2020 (or after the New Year Special) - though very much looking forward how they approach the second season with the new cast and showrunners (& also writers) now settled in, as it were…

‘Everything GREAT About Star Wars: Episode VIII - The Last Jedi!’…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UCnm-3tnL3Q - from CinemaWins (a spoof on the CinemaSins youtube channel)

^ this is posted as it is a full-on spoof of the CinemaSins videos - explanations of plot points / holes etc et al in that ‘Sins’ style - up to around 23 minutes, which from there on in is his own take and interpretation on TLJ for the next 20 minutes…
 

The video also has links to the other CinemaWins takes on the Star Wars films.
 

‘Behind the Magic - Solo: A Star Wars Story - Kessel Run’…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IWI90ix8ic4 - from ILMVisualFX

‘Behind the Magic - Solo: A Star Wars Story - Corellia Chase’…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iGebheN-DWw - from ILMVisualFX

‘Behind the Magic: Solo: A Star Wars Story - The Train Heist’…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lzwl8iQE4ZQ

&

https://gfycat.com/AgonizingRelievedFinwhale (Coaxium explosion gif)

‘SPOTLIGHT: Creating Lando’s Falcon’…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F1Y5MjxXJsY

‘SPOTLIGHT: Creating L3-37’…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HkaQQISSMFA

snooker said:

How about these Game Awards, huh?

The BAFTAS? (http://www.bafta.org/games/awards/games-awards-2018)

I had a quick look - I am really out of the loop on gaming (still just about to get some retro gaming in 😃)
 

Don’t forget the toy line merch, Tobar 😉 - https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/star-wars-galaxy-adventures-hasbro-figures-coming-soon-1165318

Over 1 billion views for that pure garbage video - in under 2 years? Wow…
 

More ‘Galaxy Of Adventures’ episodes released…

‘Princess Leia vs. Darth Vader - A Fearless Leader’ - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_nP0W-ry1TE

‘Han Solo – Galaxy’s Best Smuggler’ - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TR_3mM2GkNE

‘Chewie vs. Holochess – Let The Wookiee Win’ - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ECcsywjli4

‘Luke vs. the Death Star – X-wing Assault’ - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kEzKHn02ZYY

‘Luke vs. Emperor Palpatine – Rise to Evil’ - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dVCO0J7ccMo

and these ‘Fun Facts’ videos too…

‘The Millennium Falcon | Star Wars Galaxy of Adventures Fun Facts’ - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5esxM69U5Ng

‘Princess Leia | Star Wars Galaxy of Adventures Fun Facts’ - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8g7nwPXHtVg

‘Starfighters | Star Wars Galaxy of Adventures Fun Facts’ - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mvJixKlAVoE

‘Darth Vader | Star Wars Galaxy of Adventures Fun Facts’ - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mV-uunfCKTc

‘Luke Skywalker | Star Wars Galaxy of Adventures Fun Facts’ - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zt9Obl8d_0U

^ all from the ‘Star Wars Kids’ youtube channel - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCDe7m0POuwkL1gwnQ-FVhMw/videos & and the ‘Star Wars Kids’ website - https://lol.disney.com/star-wars-kids
 

Top work on the promo trailer - nicely done.
 

‘Luke Skywalker’s Original Star Wars Lightsaber Is Going up for Auction’…

http://fortune.com/2018/12/03/star-wars-luke-skywalker-lightsaber-auction-hollywood/
 

^ interestingly, Mark Hamill issued a ‘buyer beware’ type message on his twitter page:-

https://twitter.com/HamillHimself/status/1069963379182309382 - ‘Be Advised-There was no ONE lightsaber I used in the films, but many, MANY, both for myself & my stunt-double. Multiple duplicate back-up props are commonplace during production-When the handle ridges were cutting my hands, they even made a few w/ soft sponge ridges! #BuyerBeware’
 

Also worth checking out Roger J Phillips twitter page too - https://twitter.com/roger_christian - some fascinating info and pics from his time on Star Wars as Set Decorator & maker of lightsabers (and his work on other projects too) - https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0002337/

An oldie, though 'tis the season…

‘Venus Flytrap Dresses Up As Santa To Wish You A Merry Christmas’:-

‘Jyn’s Heroes - Rogue One: A Star Wars Story Meets Kelly’s Heroes’…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PZgHzRm66a8 - by RNKFanArt

From the comments section…

looks at planet shield
“Its still up!”
Planet shield gets blown up
“No it aint”

😃
 

The Buzzcocks - Ever Fallen In Love…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=51OB2YoC4sg

RIP Pete Shelley.
 

A short, yet cool and quirky, tribute vid to DS9…

‘Star Trek Deep Space Nine tribute - A Little Less Conversation’:-

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tmdrhfA0-Fw

Pleasing to see the ‘What We Left Behind’ documentary doing so well too and selling out on the shows, plus getting positive reviews too:-

https://ds9documentary.com/
https://twitter.com/DS9Doc
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCrLwt31BEPUj7kJCnXk8S_Q

Plus, intriguing to see how good some of the selected DS9 scenes look in HD as well… (and a real shame it seems we won’t get the whole series in HD anytime soon)
 

‘Buzzcocks singer Pete Shelley dies at 63’…

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-46476369

One of the best bands out of Manchester - and great for the punk era.
 

^^ Beautiful pics, mate.

jrs81 mate - your video has been blocked by Disney on copyright grounds. Doh!

It maybe worth uploading it to vimeo (free, easy and quick to register an account and also use) or a similar site - who don’t seem to suffer anywhere near as many of these take-downs as enforced by youtube?

Good luck with it 😃
 

‘A-T-L!: the soccer team outselling the NFL’…

‘In a state where the other football is practically a religion, the upstart Atlanta United are drawing huge crowds – and rewriting the story of a city of transplants’

https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2018/oct/23/atlanta-united-atl-soccer-football-love-story

In the 96th minute of an end-to-end, hard fought, and frantic Merseyside derby - with the scores at 0-0 - this happens…

Video here - https://streamja.com/BQk2, https://streamable.com/y30ji or https://streamable.com/0b5i7
 

Christmas came early for us Liverpool fans - a welcome and kind gift from the Everton and England keeper 😃
 

^ Certainly hope the rumours of this are just that mate - am intrigued to see where a second or third season would go under this somewhat different (and really enjoyable) incarnation of Who.
 

Loved last night’s episode - really well done…

SPOILERS

even if the talking frog may be a bit out there for some 😃 (I got a Douglas Adams vibe from it)
and well in to the showrunners for hiring a blind actress to portray the young blind girl too.

Series 11 Finale Trailer | The Battle of Ranskoor Av Kolos - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9S3YP9xAzRw
 

Alec Guinness for me too. Stole the show as it were with his layered and quality performance in Star Wars '77.

There are some great performances in Star Wars over the years - all adding layers and depth to the GFFA, absorbingly pulling the viewer in… though for me the Kind Hearted Coroneter stands out.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hN74bOubUug
 

Cool thread, nl0428 😃
 

screams in the void said:

RogueLeader said:

The old Jedi Order took students from infancy in order to control their emotional attachments, which they saw as gateways to the dark side. This is why they were so reluctant to take on Anakin as a Jedi. I think it gave the wrong impression that learning how to use the Force took years, when that really isn’t the entirely the case. It has more to do with belief, and one’s ability to “let go of your conscious self”.

It also surprises me a little that people haven’t considered as much that the Force itself has changed between the trilogies. The Force isn’t a static ability, it’s dynamic and connected to life itself, making it in a way alive.

Episode 7 is literally called The Force Awakens. What does that mean? Is it not possible that this awakening is not partially responsible for the feats we’ve seen across the board in the new films, like Kylo Ren freezing blaster bolts, Rey’s fast-growing abilities, their subsequent Force-Skype sessions, Leia pulling herself back to the ship, Luke’s Force projection, even broom boy’s subtle Force pull?

You could even argue this began with Luke in the OT, the first real student of the Force since the Jedi Purge. He really only had a few weeks at most of official training with Yoda, but in Return of the Jedi, only a year later with no additional training under Yoda, he is on the verge of officially becoming a Jedi.

It raises some questions about the nature of the Force. Does the overall use of the Force have an affect on its potential in existing Force-users? Does the Force have a will of its own to choose who it acts through? Did training Jedi from infancy have a side-effect of limiting their relationship with the Force in ways that didn’t exist for those who discovered it at adulthood? Is the Force just like an ocean, where the tide can rise and fall?

I personally think these questions about the Force should really never be answered fully, and should remain mysterious, simple-yet-complicated, and sometimes contradictory, much like the Tao that inspired it, and also as a concept of a universal religion-symbol that George meant it to be, since religions are also endlessly debated upon.

I think the important theme we are meant to take from the Force is the ideas of faith and belief, the crux of all religions, and the internal power we can get from faith in our own lives, religious or not. Luke struggles with the Force in the OT because of his doubt in the Force and his own personal self-doubt.

Rey on the other hand grew up with the legend of Luke Skywalker and the Jedi, and not long after learning about the reality of the them, she slowly learns that she’s also connected to this Force and begins her own journey of self-discovery and self-actualization.

With broom boy, moments before his Force use, he is being told the story of Luke Skywalker’s grand stand against the evil First Order, with wonder in his eyes. He believes in the Jedi, in the Force, and that subtle moment, something he might not have even realized he did, is a representation of what the power of faith and hope can have in the world and in ourselves.

Anyway, just my two cents. Not trying to argue, just sharing my perspective.

^ very well said ! I came to the same conclusion a few pages back about the title literally being The Force Awakens on the first of the ST movies , but you expanded upon it here better than I did . Also brings to mind the tagline in the trailer for TFA , " There has been an awakening , have you felt it "?

And for me also explains why Snoke mistakenly thinks it may be Luke returning from self-imposed exile / cutting himself from the Force (and therefore in a rush to locate and destroy Luke) - not Rey - who is the actual awakening in the Force.

Snoke - ‘Come closer, child. So much strength. Darkness rises and light to meet it. I warned my young apprentice that as he grew stronger, his equal in the light would rise. Skywalker… I assumed, wrongly. Closer I said.’