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#1164334
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General Star Wars <strong>Random Thoughts</strong> Thread
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So, last night I’m getting ready to go to sleep (take meds, brush teeth, grasp at throat, choke, gurgle, fall against the wall, ect.) and just before I slip into dream time I realize that neither of the songs we hear the Model Nodes play have names.
Or do they? They should.
Cantina Band is a fine title for the first number, but the second one, the one the audience in the movie seems to prefer is Cantina Band #2. That one needs a different title.

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#1164316
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Last movie seen
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ray_afraid said:

Blade Runner 2049
I had no interest in seeing this. I dig the original, but have no need or even want for a sequel. The Lady of the manor wanted to watch, and tonight was the night.
I had no faith at all in it and she had very little (She’s not quite as curmudgeonly as I).
Well, we loved it. Ain’t that a kick.

And I’m about to watch this movie I was sure I’d hate for the second time already.

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#1164314
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The Last Jedi: Official Review and Opinions Thread ** SPOILERS **
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DominicCobb said:

Mrebo said:

DominicCobb said:

Mrebo said:

DominicCobb said:

I don’t think there’s any question that the Death Star has hyperspace capabilities.

It was not something shown or stated in ANH. I don’t think it was meant to be an issue either way. That was something truly not important to the movie.

Anyway, I’ve explained what I think are some pretty obvious differences in the two situations.

I don’t think you have.

Disagreement is one thing but don’t deny obvious differences I’ve stated above.

To recap, assuming DS does hyperspace:
(1) ANH-only 30 minutes; TLJ-unknown amount of time, at least many hours
(2) ANH-DS jumps must take enormous energy; not as big a deal for normal ships

I’m not going to get in a big debate about this but suffice to say it’s just silly inconsequential nitpicks either way.

Yeah, I agree. It’s a sort-of-kind-of interesting discussion though.
But the movie seems as interested in the science behind it as I am- Not at all.
Just decide what works for you, and that works! Fun!

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#1164296
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The Last Jedi: Official Review and Opinions Thread ** SPOILERS **
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DominicCobb said:

ray_afraid said:

DominicCobb said:

I don’t think there’s any question that the Death Star has hyperspace capabilities.

I do. And it plays into my version of the events better if it doesn’t have the same hyperspace capabilities as the other ships we see.
I don’t think it’s important to the films either way though.

So but it does have some hyperspace capabilities then?

Honesty time- I don’t know how space travel works at all and don’t have much interest in it. I don’t know how far away the DS was from Yavin and have no interest in SW galaxy maps.
But, in my headcanon, the Rebellion had enough time to study the plans and find the flaw, plan an attack strategy, Luke had some time in an X-Wing simulator and the DS was unable to pop up on the side of Yavin to shoot the moon and instead had to slowly maneuver into place. I say there was a few days to a week between Leia & Co. arriving and the DS showing up. So it doesn’t seem to work the way other ships do.
But, again, I don’t know much about space travel and maybe traveling through hyperspace isn’t a fast as it seems in other instances.

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#1164277
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STAR WARS: EP VI -RETURN OF THE JEDI &quot;REVISITED EDITION&quot;<strong>ADYWAN</strong> - ** PRODUCTION HAS NOW RESTARTED **
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Matt.F said:

When the Gamorrean Guard pushes her forward closer to Jabba, his fingers on her shoulder look wobbly rubber and very fake. Perhaps a tweak could be applied to improve this small detail?

Their fingers are almost always rubbery and bent wrong. There’s SO many bad creature effects in Jabba’s palace. Really looking forward to what Ady does with it all.

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#1163710
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All Things Star Trek
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SilverWook said:

ray_afraid said:

^ That’s a great idea!

After hearing Tarantino talk Star Trek, I’m all for him writing and directing a movie. He’s a big TOS fan and seems to like and dislike the same things about Trek that I do.

I just know we’re going to see topless Orion slave girls. 😛

Haha! I really doubt he’ll go R. I think it would be much closer to TOS. So much so that it’ll put many off.