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E-Tank posted:Its the idea that everything is adding up and it is so obviously a trap, but because every movie exec assumes that the audience is made up of a bunch of monkeys who can't grasp subtelty, someone has to be chosen to shout out the obvious. I don't mean to be a nerd or anything but they picked him to say it because he was the leader of the rebel force. He wasn't just some random guy.
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I like Akbar. It shows the Rebels are a multi-species organization that allows Fishmen to rise to the top of the ranks. Contrast that with the Empire, which seems open to British humans only.
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| # ? May 6, 2013 05:25 |
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E-Tank posted:"ITS A TRAP!" In his defense, It was a trap.
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| # ? May 6, 2013 05:40 |
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echronorian posted:I blame Family Guy for all of this. Somehow It was funny a long time before Family Guy even existed
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redshirt posted:...Contrast that with the Empire, which seems open to British humans only. And a few Americans! 
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Eastbound Spider posted:If you strike it down, it shall become more powerful than you can ever imagine. Yeah nothing says power like becoming a helpless ghost
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etalian posted:Yeah nothing says power like becoming a helpless ghost Helpless? Whats it like to be WRONG? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dH_ip7-NL9k#t=197s
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Elukka posted:I did. I was feeling like Star Wars and loaned the first book of the Thrawn trilogy since people seem to agree they're among the best Star Wars books. I expected a fun space adventure, not some height of literary accomplishment, but God it was just bad. Zero sublety, no sense of pacing or whether a scene has any relevance to the plot. Hey, let's spend a few pages explaining how transportation works in this one star system. The action didn't even have any sense of urgency, they can apparently just pause the firefight to have a discussion. You want the X-Wing series. It's largely the only Star Wars series of books that doesn't get wrapped up in the whole "Heh I'm star wars" thing, and they are largely fighting realistic threats. This is not to say it doesn't have it's issues, but it's a generally fun romp. And there are no Jedi, at least not until the very end where it culminates in I, Jedi. Also it seems the two major Authors of that series aren't afraid to take the piss out of the readers on occasion. EDIT: And no Timothy Zahn never got any better. I enjoyed his books when I was a teenager but I found them unreadable as an adult. A lot of it was just moronically stupid "AH yes you found their military weakness by looking at a picture one of them drew. Sure."
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I laughed. I'm a shameful goon.
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Rhymenoserous posted:You want the X-Wing series. As a teenager I loved the X-Wing books the most. I also really enjoyed the Han Solo trilogy.
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echronorian posted:I blame Family Guy for all of this. Somehow I'm pretty sure the Ackbar-being-a-meme thing originated here... we have only ourselves to blame
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We are the Dark Side all along, under Emperor Lowtax and General Shmorky and our legions of spaceships in EVE Online.
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rubber cat posted:I'm pretty sure the Ackbar-being-a-meme thing originated here... we have only ourselves to blame
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The MSJ posted:We are the Dark Side all along, under Emperor Lowtax and General Shmorky and our legions of spaceships in EVE Online. We have storm troopers now, too.
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 Not, "One arrested," or, "Man arrested." 300-pound man arrested
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| # ? May 7, 2013 21:24 |
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That's not a man, that's a space station.
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Sombrerotron posted:Well we can still blame FARK for perpetuating it.
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HAHA! Yeah, I remember some of those lines from the Star Wars movie as well. Good Times!
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redshirt posted:I like Akbar. It shows the Rebels are a multi-species organization that allows Fishmen to rise to the top of the ranks. Contrast that with the Empire, which seems open to British humans only. I wonder how much of that was story and how much was actually practical film making. Its cheaper to just hire people to run around in uniforms. While other than Chewbacca the alien characters are just in one scene.
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Well the film was mainly shot in the UK, so that explains all the brits.
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Lincoln posted:
If only that dude had been wearing purple jeans. Such perfection. Alas, he was still a hulk smashing some puny nerds because he could - NERDS!
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