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Bucnasti: Aug 14, 2012; I'll Fetch My Sarcasm Robes

I think it was JJ Abrams who said that there were some very complex legal reasons that Disney couldn�t release theatrical versions. I suspect it was something George insisted on during the sale.

# ¿ Jun 19, 2020 14:41

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# ¿ Apr 26, 2024 02:25

Bucnasti: Aug 14, 2012; I'll Fetch My Sarcasm Robes

I�d like the link too

# ¿ Jun 25, 2020 08:16

Bucnasti: Aug 14, 2012; I'll Fetch My Sarcasm Robes

a.lo posted:

As much as I love the original Star Wars Trilogy, and the battle with the first Death Star...now adays I just can�t help but notice how when writing the battle they just didn�t consider certain tactics.

IE they showed the Death Stars Turbolasers weren�t really that great at Deterring the Rebels Starfighters and had to get extremely lucky to even hit one(If they did hit it was definitely a goner though).

Also after the initial wave of Tie Fighters is dealt with the only active Ties seem to be Vader and his Escort. As all the other scenes seem to just suggest Luke and everyone is just hanging up out of effective range of the Turbolasers with no fighters threatening them.

So basically, why didn�t they do what Han did a lot earlier? IE after Gold Squadron got taken out from behind, have the next group start its run. Then when Vader and his fighters move in, the second set of Rebel fighters swoops in behind them and takes them out.
It makes a lot more sense than them just hanging around watching their friends die so they can get in line for an attack from behind next.

I do realize though that given the timeframe of the original Star Wars they may not have had the film budget to have more Ties harassing the rebels, thus keeping them from logically moving in to support their allies when Vader attacks.(Since from my understanding Lucas and company had to make do at times with what they had.)

Since if you want to keep Han set up as the surprise hero who comes back to help out. That is what they would have needed still, more fighters pressuring the rebels to keep them from assisting the Trench Runners. Then Han swoops in past unexpectedly to save Luke and Wedge so Luke can blow up the death star like how it already plays out.

You could come up with lots of in universe rationales for this...
But the real reason is that is the way it happened in Dambusters, the film Lucas took the scene from.

# ¿ Sep 19, 2020 20:05

Bucnasti: Aug 14, 2012; I'll Fetch My Sarcasm Robes

Mode 7 posted:

Is there a label/category for that particular genre of 70s/80s pulp fantasy sci-fi mashup seen in stuff like Masters of the Universe, Marvel's Thor/Asgardian stuff (to differing degrees depending on writer though Thor Ragnarok, for example, leans into it pretty hard), the old iOS games Infinity Blade and particularly God of Blades (they had faux novel covers of various novels in 'the God of Blades universe' which was amazing), uh.... I'm struggling to think of other examples off the top of my head. Everything Gloryhammer has done feels like a loving parody/homage to the type of stuff I'm talking about where you have space knights that include a barbarian and a cyborg fighting an evil Space Wizard.

Sword and sorcery meets lasers with a sometimes-but-not-always post-apocalyptic vibe? I guess?

I don't know if I'm chasing a genre as much as an aesthetic which is irritating to find more stuff like it. Dune and Warhammer 40K both have medieval-culture-with-ancient-tech things going on, but neither of them remotely fit what I'm talking about for example.

What you�re describing is often referred to as Sword and Planet or Planetary Romance. but really most pre 1980s sci-fi falls into this category as the distinction between sci-fi and fantasy is really a recent trend.

# ¿ Oct 4, 2020 01:31

Bucnasti: Aug 14, 2012; I'll Fetch My Sarcasm Robes

Just go (re)watch The Mandalorian
Faverau/Filoni are our twin gods now.

# ¿ Dec 21, 2020 19:06

Bucnasti: Aug 14, 2012; I'll Fetch My Sarcasm Robes

I saw it in the theater in 3D, I liked it, but didn't feel like I needed two more movies.

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# ¿ Apr 26, 2024 02:25

Bucnasti: Aug 14, 2012; I'll Fetch My Sarcasm Robes

Ghost Leviathan posted:

I'm going through Clone Wars and while I doubt it has a pro wrestling episode, I'd still be disappointed if it doesn't.

Aren't some pro wrestlers pretty Vader inspired? Like, there's one dude called Big Van Vader.

The most recent season of Duck Tales has a wrestling episode, and it's great.

# ¿ Jun 3, 2021 18:43

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