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circular, this logic is. war crimes, i must commit
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zoux posted:Like, wasn't there a story that Lucas wanted to name a guy Darth Icky and had to be talked down from it
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Jan 24, 2020 01:22
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reminder that obi-wan is from the planet Stewjon because george lucas said so on the daily show
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Jan 24, 2020 01:28
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prequels sucked because lucas panicked and dropped darth jar jar instead of seeing it through
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Jazerus posted:prequels sucked because lucas panicked and dropped darth jar jar instead of seeing it through jar jar wasn''t a sith lord, he was just a useful idiot that ended up helping palpatine rise to power like everyone else. he's a parallel to anakin as someone palpatine guides and manipulates to achieve his aims, just within the senate rather than the jedi. (he's also a super obvious parallel to anakin in episode 1, which is why they both 'accidentally' help win the battle on naboo)
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Jan 24, 2020 01:37
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ungulateman posted:jar jar wasn''t a sith lord Well yeah, because Lucas chickened out.
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Jan 24, 2020 01:48
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ungulateman posted:jar jar wasn''t a sith lord, he was just a useful idiot that ended up helping palpatine rise to power like everyone else. he's a parallel to anakin as someone palpatine guides and manipulates to achieve his aims, just within the senate rather than the jedi. (he's also a super obvious parallel to anakin in episode 1, which is why they both 'accidentally' help win the battle on naboo) he was tho. there's a darth jar jar sized hole in episode 2 a mile wide
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ungulateman posted:reminder that obi-wan is from the planet Stewjon because george lucas said so on the daily show Better than most star wars names
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Jan 24, 2020 02:03
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whenever he's not on screen, every other character should be asking "where's Jar Jar?"
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Yes, it's like a lava lamp.
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Saint Drogo posted:GL absolutely treating that game with the dignity it deserves. This, but also “Darth Insanius” isn’t any worse than anything that’s already in the series
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Jan 24, 2020 02:20
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A room full of Star Wars nerds gaping in abject horror that Lucas would dare suggest adding “Darth Insanius” to a series with Darth Sidious, Darth Tyrannus, and General Grievous
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Jan 24, 2020 02:24
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zoux posted:HE WAS 900 YEARS OLD The Republic was around for thousands and thousands of years. Yoda was a peacetime general who sat around teaching padawans for centuries, then went and sought glory (and got chumped) the first chance he got. E: holy poo poo didn’t realize this thread was already 13 pages. The prequels are still the most interesting thing about this franchise. ruddiger fucked around with this message at 02:45 on Jan 24, 2020 |
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Jan 24, 2020 02:43
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The special editions added a sound effect for when a Stormtrooper hits his head on the top of a door in A New Hope, and I think that makes them valid.
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Jan 24, 2020 02:45
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the movie with a 'darth jar jar sized hole' is episode 3, where they cut the scene where palpatine takes jar jar aside after declaring the rise of the galactic empire and thanks him for all his hard work, saying he couldn't have done it without his support, and jar jar looks confused and dejected because all he ever wanted was for the republic to prosper and padme to be happy... for contrast, the main cut jar jar scene in episode 2 is part of the opening where he speaks in perfectly crisp coruscanti dialogue then complains about how stuffy and awful 'diplodialect' is before switching back to his normal speech patterns. that scene would also have been rad as hell
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Jan 24, 2020 03:57
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Good the opposite of bad
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Chuck Buried Treasure posted:A room full of Star Wars nerds gaping in abject horror that Lucas would dare suggest adding “Darth Insanius” to a series with Darth Sidious, Darth Tyrannus, and General Grievous Those were also very bad names. "Count Dooku" is still probably the worst though. Poor Christopher Lee.
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Jan 24, 2020 04:39
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I don't know what to say if dumb on the nose names is something you can't stand in Star Wars.
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Jan 24, 2020 04:42
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Majorian posted:Those were also very bad names. its kinda cool that christopher lee and peter cushing were apparently close friends
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Jan 24, 2020 04:43
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StashAugustine posted:its kinda cool that christopher lee and peter cushing were apparently close friends They were in a ton of cheesy old horror movies together. Horror of Dracula was the only one I saw but it was good fun
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I didn't enjoy the prequels but it is kind of weird to see the bad faith criticism they get. Like a whole page of posts in this thread alone about how it's bad that the clones in the Clone Wars fought for the Republic. That's something that made you hate these movies?! Are you kidding me?
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Jan 24, 2020 05:49
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Yea everyone, slave armies are good.
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How did they decide which clones got to be officers and such
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zoux posted:How did they decide which clones got to be officers and such Chance Cubes
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Jan 24, 2020 06:55
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Disney somehow managed to produce five Star Wars films more incoherently scripted than the prequels with no original designs. I’m impressed.
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U Wings are actually kinda cool
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Saturnalia posted:Disney somehow managed to produce five Star Wars films more incoherently scripted than the prequels with no original designs. Actually 4 of them are good.
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StashAugustine posted:its kinda cool that christopher lee and peter cushing were apparently close friends It is, yeah, they did a lot of old movies back in the day. The Dracula movie they did together isn't half bad. (not amazing, but it's fun) Roth posted:I don't know what to say if dumb on the nose names is something you can't stand in Star Wars. There are dumb, on-the-nose names, and then there are dumb, on-the-nose names. "Han Solo" is dumb but fun and tolerable. "Count Dooku," for a Christopher Lee villain, is elder abuse.
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zoux posted:How did they decide which clones got to be officers and such they're clones but they are their own individual persons, so some would rise in ranks over others the clone wars show was also good about showing how the clones would each carve out their own individuality in different ways rebels paints a pretty bleak picture for them as they're all pretty much discarded once the war is over and they're all kind of hobos with the built in rapid aging meaning they're probably all dead once the OT is over
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Chuck Buried Treasure posted:A room full of Star Wars nerds gaping in abject horror that Lucas would dare suggest adding “Darth Insanius” to a series with Darth Sidious, Darth Tyrannus, and General Grievous they must really hate awful names like han solo, and darth vader and leia organa and i mean luke S? are you kidding me?
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Elfgames posted:they must really hate awful names like han solo, and darth vader and leia organa and i mean luke S? are you kidding me? I, too, think that "Darth Vader" and "Darth Insanius” are comparable in terms of stupid names.
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Majorian posted:I, too, think that "Darth Vader" and "Darth Insanius” are comparable in terms of stupid names. they absolutely loving are, one is just more nostalgic.
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Berke Negri posted:they're clones but they are their own individual persons, so some would rise in ranks over others Clone Wars had a lot of strong points and I'd argue that the characterization of the clones is one of the strongest strong points.
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Jan 24, 2020 11:44
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Majorian posted:It is, yeah, they did a lot of old movies back in the day. The Dracula movie they did together isn't half bad. (not amazing, but it's fun) They did at least three Dracula movies together; Dracula (aka Horror of Dracula), Dracula AD 1972, and Satanic Rites of Dracula. In one of these Dracula dies by walking into a bush. They are extremely good.
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Berke Negri posted:they're clones but they are their own individual persons, so some would rise in ranks over others I never got why the Empire stopped using clones, I guess I had always assumed that the cloning facilities on Kamino were destroyed at some point during the war but the Darth Vader comic (which I believe is canon, for whatever that’s worth) has a clone trooper wonder aloud what’s going to become of them now that the Emperor’s shut down the facilities. Being able to churn out expendable genetically-engineered troops with no connection to the people you’re trying to oppress seems like it would be pretty handy for an evil galactic empire.
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i wish darth insanius was a real character, darth icky can hang out in back
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KHCyDxxXog4
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Chuck Buried Treasure posted:I never got why the Empire stopped using clones, I guess I had always assumed that the cloning facilities on Kamino were destroyed at some point during the war but the Darth Vader comic (which I believe is canon, for whatever that’s worth) has a clone trooper wonder aloud what’s going to become of them now that the Emperor’s shut down the facilities. Being able to churn out expendable genetically-engineered troops with no connection to the people you’re trying to oppress seems like it would be pretty handy for an evil galactic empire. Conscription is cheaper.
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Chuck Buried Treasure posted:A room full of Star Wars nerds gaping in abject horror that Lucas would dare suggest adding “Darth Insanius” to a series with Darth Sidious, Darth Tyrannus, and General Grievous lol
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Majorian posted:Those were also very bad names. I wouldn't complain, he was Baron Shitballs in an earlier draft of the script.
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