screams in the void

^ lol ! I think he was secretly under orders from Darth Badguydious .

speaking of Star Wars Aficianado , what is up with their website ? They seem to have went on a hiatus since Christmas . I really enjoy that site and they posted daily . Lot of great 40th anniversary coverage of ESB last year …https://starwarsaficionado.blogspot.com/

remake the entire saga using chimpanzees …no , wait , that’s a great idea . NVM .

^ of course it is ! …https://www.tumgir.com/tag/Jar Jar Binks Lollipop

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Han didn’t shoot first , he was the only one who shot . As it was ,and as it should have remained .

I bought these when they came out in the individual sets that were packaged with the Dark Horse reprints of the Marvel adaptations of each film . I still have the comics and the dvd’s themselves , but no longer have the cardboard boxes they came in . They are worth buying as collectibles and display pieces . I wish I had waited a bit and got the Best Buy tin pictured in this article https://www.syfy.com/syfywire/star-wars-original-trilogy-unaltered-dvds even without these extras , the dvd’s make great display pieces by themselves .Just take out the inserts that have some relatively rare movie poster art on them , and slip them under the protective plastic on the outside of the case .This way you can cover up the lackluster photoshopped movie poster remakes on the front .

Temple of Doom
Raiders Of The Lost Ark
The Last Crusade
King Solomon’s Mines
Crystal Skull

the original Marvel Star Wars comics

Al Williamson classic newspaper strips and collected color dark horse comics of same .

Tales of The Jedi series ,dark lords of the sith and it’s audio drama ,the sith war and redemption

truce at bakura

original thrawn trilogy

droids animated series and Boba Fett cartoon from the holiday special

Rebel Mission To Ord Mantell audio drama and original Han Solo novels , as well as the A.C. Crispin Han trilogy

both Clone Wars animated series

original radio dramas of the ot , on par with the films and sometimes even better

Hand of Thrawn duology and Outbound Flight novel

x-wing rogue squadron novels and comics ,the phantom affair being the highlight .

Dark Empire 1 ,the other 2 were terrible imo . I could accept the emperor coming back once ,but it got ridiculous after that ,and I thought it was handled far better in DE 1 than TROS.

Crimson Empire comics and audio drama

The New Jedi order novels . After these novels , the main EU story beyond the films became too over bloated for me and I had a hard time following it . When I need to read a dramatis personae on every character before starting to read , it gets a bit too much . I know the new jedi order started the trend , but it got way too over blown for me after that .

I saw a 75th anniversary 3d screening at my local Imax theater back in 2013 . It was awesome seeing it on a screen that size . You could really appreciate the artistry and craftsmanship that went into the building of the sets and the matte paintings . At times , I felt like I was there on set . The forest scenes were very impressive .

I use cursive all the time when writing …" Damnit ! Fuckin pen slipped out of my hand and ran out of ink " . "Shit "!

oojason said:

Star Wars: Attack on the Death Star introduction on the Sharp X68000

https://twitter.com/ste_mega/status/1341419331813597184 (with 2 minute video - from the ‘3DO, PS1 & Atari Will’ account)
 

cool , reminds me a bit of the old Star Wars arcade game with the vector graphics .

whenever I click on a given discussion topic ,it takes me to replies from a few pages back ,or sometimes even the first page. Is this just me, or is anyone else experiencing this ? Is there a way to fix this so one gets to the most recent post in a thread ?

OutboundFlight said: I came onto the internet.

well , that Luke scene WAS exciting ! 😃

It’s not like they posted an image of todays episode ,it’s been over a week since the ones depicted here .

ChainsawAsh said:

I have a strong feeling we’re going to eventually learn that this episode was in the middle of production when the pandemic lockdowns hit.

^ This thought occurred to me today as well .

seeing Luke was a pleasant surprise ,though given all of the other characters added from The Clone Wars and Rebels this season ,I am a little surprised they went there this soon . I kept thinking the Darktroopers at the door to the bridge pounding on the door to the bridge was going to end it on a cliffhanger .Luke looked pretty good to me overall ,but I think they could have done a bit better . I think it was the outer edges of his hair and the shadows on his tunic that needed work the most .If they had went a lot darker with the background behind him ,I think it would have blended in better . And looking at where his hood meets his tunic when it is down , the shadows are a too black …there is light in shadows and reflective light on clothing . So ,put some light in the dark on the figure ,and some dark in the light and blend him into the background more ,and it would have been more seamless. They had already established the room on the destroyer that he was in ,so they had to go with that it seems .Still , I was able to look past all this and enjoy it ,and I do believe the technology will only get better . Now lets see some Legends movies outside the main continuity please. Marvel is doing a What If series ,so it seems feasible to me to have an alternate continuity with a branding “Legends” that already exists outside the main continuity in books etc . I would rather see them do this than the world between worlds angle .

ahhh fuck 2020 man .

sounds logical to me .

did anyone catch what looks like an Echo base interior wall behind the Falcon when they show footage of the arrival at cloud city in the previous video around 4:22 ? …https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yix_9g_Ob74

^ This. not to mention , the schematics at the briefing right before the battle of Yavin in the original Star Wars movie were computer graphics …https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yMeSw00n3Ac watching this video , it’s not hard to see the early precursor to the techniques in use today

Mellody Hobson ,wife of George Lucas, was named board chair of Starbucks this week . The first black woman in the role…https://us.cnn.com/2020/12/09/business/starbucks-mellody-hobson/index.html

Mocata said:

The Empire would probably have a local leader that would order troops to shoot a crowd like that.

This very thing happens at the start of the new canon novel Aftermath by Chuck Wendig .

^ oh man , that ABC Sunday night at the movies intro gives me the warm and fuzzies ! A piece of my childhood . Thanks for sharing !

There was also a red protocol droid walking around Echo Base in The Empire Strikes Back when Han first walks through the hangar towards his ship . R3-PO…https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/R-3PO

wow ! That photo of Charles Dance looks spot on for Thrawn . Is that a personal photo of him or from his role in a movie ? While watching Game Of Thrones , I thought he would make a great Imperial villain for Star Wars , but never considered him for Thrawn , as Tywin Lannister commanded respect through fear ,whereas those under Thrawn respected him out of Loyalty and his willingness to stand up for them .( The ensign he had Rhuk execute in Heir to the Empire notwithstanding ) .I think the audio book narrator that imitates Mikklsen that Bonez mentioned is Marc Thompson . Marc Thompson actually did his own take on Thrawn before that in the 2oth anniversary audiobook of Heir To The Empire ,and I thought he did an awesome job on all of the male characters in that one. He later changed his voice to impersonate Mikklsen after Thrawn debuted on Rebels .