Star Wars

[SaveMeJeebus]

love these films. Wasn't too fond of episode 3 though.

Anyone here own Dvd's

I love the star wars films. You lot?

[Gurman169]

I love them 2 yea i have them all best movies ever

[SaveMeJeebus]

Yeah. Smokey?

[Pazuzu]

I love star wars too :D I also read the books! Of the 6 films episode 5 is my favourite, but of those books, episode 3 is my favourite, it seems better written.

[SaveMeJeebus]

Oh I never read them. :(

[Pazuzu]

You should! I've also read lots of the expanded universe ones. If anyone's interested, I recommend any of the ones by Timothy Zahn. They're very good. The first one he wrote is Heir to the Empire.

[SaveMeJeebus]

Cool. Thanks. :wink:

[Pazuzu]

You're welcome, have a nice day!!!

[SaveMeJeebus]

Hah

[decamper]

like them all except 1&2 they where to childish.. fu***** Jarjar...

[Pazuzu]

like them all except 1&2 they where to childish.. fu***** Jarjar... Yeah, Star Wars does not need any characters to laugh at, it's not meant to be funny, as that's what JarJar was there for. Grrr!!! lol But other than that, Star Wars ROCKS!!!

[sheepy]

JarJar - what was Lucas thinking of :shock:

[Relic]

The books are great, may I however suggest the Han Solo books. Awesome stuff you wont be disappointed.

http://scifi.about.com/library/starwars/bl-book-hansolo.htm

[SaveMeJeebus]

Cool, never read them.

Might check it out.

[Relic]

Cool, never read them.

Might check it out.

Shhh, be quite about it, I have the 2nd one two but it's buried in my server, I'll post it later.

http://homepage.mac.com/calden/FileSharing4.html

[Pazuzu]

The books are great, may I however suggest the Han Solo books. Awesome stuff you wont be disappointed.

http://scifi.about.com/library/starwars/bl-book-hansolo.htm
I've got them and read them! Have you read the Thrawn trilogy (Heir to the Empire, Dark Force Rising and The Last Command) by Timothy Zahn? Those are my favourite ones! And Timothy Zahn's other books as well - The Hand of Thrawn duology (Spectre of the Past and Vision of the Future) Survivor's Quest and Outbound Flight
What other Star Wars books have you read Relic?

[Pazuzu]

Link to Thrawn trilogy book review (same site as Han Solo one): http://scifi.about.com/library/starwars/bl-book-thrawn.htm
Link to Hand of Thrawn duology book review:
http://scifi.about.com/library/starwars/bl-book-handofthrawn.htm
Can't find the other two though :(

[Gazereths]

the thrawn trilogy books are brilliant!!! Ive not read the other thrawn books tho...i'll have to get 'em. I liked the original films but he new ones are pretty lame...Have any of you read the X-wing series? Ive got em all but havent even got through the first one yet...Dont know if thats cause they're rubbish or wether it's just cuase i aint got into 'em yet?


I know this is of topic but the greatest sci-fi books ive ever read are the 'Dune' books by Brian Herbert....WOW these books are something special...you should all read em of yu get the chance!!!...I'll try to get something sorted for you lot!!

[Pazuzu]

I haven't read the X-Wing series... I'll have to get that!!! I have just over 1 and a half shelves of Star Wars books lmao! I've read just over half of them I think! lol I've read 24 out of the 45 I have lol I've just started another!

[SaveMeJeebus]

Cool. I've read one.

[Gazereths]

Which one was that? was it good?

[Maidenar]

Lucas: These are MY movies. And I WILL spent another 20 years on them, if I have to....
They WILL like Jar-Jar this time. They WILL!!!!!!!

:D :P :D

[wwwwNAMEwwww]

episode 3 gets alot of crap but it was better than 1 or 2

[Pazuzu]

I met someone who could win at Star Wars Trivial pursuit against me!!! (There were some really obscure questions, which he got right!) It was my cousin's boyfriend, he's really cool. Just wanted to say that!

[gort]

I saw the first Star Wars movie with my wife ( at the time ) at the San Diego premiere...the line was sooooooo long....it took 3 hours to get in. Remember, this was before people were all fans of it. It was an awesome experience....we went back the next night!! One of my fave things is that I have a program that was handed out only at the first night premiere...probably not worth much, but it's cool....pictures from the movie, cast info...that sorta stuff. My favorite was Empire...the rest after that didn't get it for me...( ewoks...hah..henson puppets )...but the first two were awesome!!!

[frys_red_jacket]

ive only ever seen the phantom menace, it bored me to tears and i had a numb butt by the end of it (i saw it at the cinema), i loved jar jar binx though he was the only good thing about it though

[gort]

Boy, are YOU gonna get crap for THAT statement!!

Just remember to fight back and keep liking what you like Red!!

[Pazuzu]

Yep, each to his own. I would say that the Phantom Menace was easily the worst of the films. I would say that Jar-Jar adds too much comedy to it for me, but then I like sci-fi fantasy type stuff

[gort]

Close second to Jedi......didn't like the Jim Henson style puppet lookin' Ewok dealios....I'll stick with 1 and 2



Which I guess means 4 and 5.

[Frenzy5iron]

empire is the best. I didn't care for episode 1, 2.

[gort]

That's my pick, also.

[1B-DI]

I like Star Wars. My personal favorite is probably The Empire Strikes Back.

When my sister got married, she and her husband went to see Revenge of the Sith as their "honeymoon," LOL. They eventually did take an actual trip, to San Diego, a year later.

[gort]

Nerd alert!!! LOL

[1B-DI]

Yeah, he is. She went along to make him happy. She did enjoy the movie, however.

I saw Revenge of the Sith twice while I was in India, LOL. *boop boop* NERD ALERT *boop boop*

[gort]

Dubbed in that language?


( I just now saw Billy West doing an impersonation of Get Smarts' Don Adams!! )

[1B-DI]

Nope, it was in English. Saw Kingdom of Heaven over there, too.

(Where did you see that, YouTube?)

[gort]

No....on a tv-land 'popular tv quotes' special......it's on in the background....

Kingdom was okay except for that midget lead actor dude....

[1B-DI]

Yeah, it was okay, but I think Orlando Bloom is the worst actor in existence.

*turning on TV Land* Please, tell me they'll show him again!!

[gort]

Yea, but chicks dig him.....isn't there a time difference for us? The show is called 'Great Quotes'....they play it lots....

[1B-DI]

I'm pretty sure we're in the same time zone....I don't know....I'm in Pacific, you?

[gort]

Ok.....it's 10:50 right now.......

I should know this...

A. I'm smart

B. Lived on Whidbey island for 3 years

C. There is no 'C'

[1B-DI]

Yep. Same time zone.

[gort]

I see........good to know!

[frys_red_jacket]

Boy, are YOU gonna get crap for THAT statement!!

Just remember to fight back and keep liking what you like Red!!

gulp!! im ready and waiting for any crap :lol: , im sure ill stand my ground

[gort]

I didn't mind Jar-Jar too much.......just didn't like the movie....
The racial implications evoked by Jar-Jar were crummy, but he was kinda cute...

[1B-DI]

:roll:

To each his own...

[Pazuzu]

Yeah, he is. She went along to make him happy. She did enjoy the movie, however.

I saw Revenge of the Sith twice while I was in India, LOL. *boop boop* NERD ALERT *boop boop*
Yay another Star Wars nerd :P lol

[1B-DI]

Yups. I like Star Trek too.

:lol:

[gort]

And probably 'Buffy'...........LOL

[1B-DI]

Nope, that's my sister's territory. I can't stand Buffy.

[gort]

Thank God for people with taste...

[Benoit]

I love the Star Wars movie. favorite in order:

Revenge Of The Sith
Empire Strikes Back
A New Hope
Return Of The Jedi
Attack Of The Clones
Phantom Menace

[The Illusive Man]

Revenge Of The Sith would be my favourite as there is lots of Clone Troopers in it, lol.

http://www.nukeation.net/content/binary/t_RC01.jpg

[Spideristic]

YouTube - If Star Wars Was Real (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TLe0Tc3keTo)
ifstarwarswasreal.com (http://ifstarwarswasreal.com/)

[The Illusive Man]

Think i saw this awhile back. Still good though.

[hoopymo]

YouTube - Clerks 2 LOTR Vs. Star Wars scene - good quality (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b0sc-gS9AqM)

[The Illusive Man]

Awesome

[JetGirl]

Hoth scene in empire is my favorite

[The Illusive Man]

Wonder why

[JetGirl]

you and i are the least obvious star wars fans... ever

[The Illusive Man]

Yeah i'm really not obvioous with my challange the star wars nerd and my avatar being a Clone Trooper.

[JetGirl]

http://i139.photobucket.com/albums/q301/Jet_Reiko/ATAT.gif

[The Illusive Man]

AT-AT on steriods.

[JetGirl]

but he's so tiny! i should put him in the cute thread

[The Illusive Man]

Why don't you put you in the cute thread as well as your AT-AT?.

[Gazereths]

Isn't there a new film coming out? The clone wars? It's animated i think.

Anyone got more info?

[frys_red_jacket]

i think theres a thread about it somewhere round here

[The Illusive Man]

Isn't there a new film coming out? The clone wars? It's animated i think.

Anyone got more info?

Yeah check out my thread about it

[Gazereths]

Cool, thanks, i'll check it out.

[The Illusive Man]

Sweet, i've just put up the newest trailer in HD glory.

[Gazereths]

Yh i saw it, looks great!

[The Illusive Man]

Totally does

[Spideristic]

http://www.rebelscum.com/toys2008/SWFathersDay.jpg

How To Be The Best Dad In The Galaxy (Parenting: How To Be A Good Parent)
(http://www.videojug.com/film/how-to-be-the-best-dad-in-the-galaxy)

[The Illusive Man]

I saw that picture too on rebelscum lol. Great vid.

[KING ZOIDY]

i liked the parts where ppl died i laugh when ppl die in movies!

[The Illusive Man]

Guess you had a field day when you saw Revenge of the Sith then.

[Spideristic]

http://current.com/items/89204971_death_star_over_san_francisco
This is so cool

[FryRulz]

I though revenge of the sith as pretty awesome

[The Illusive Man]

http://current.com/items/89204971_death_star_over_san_francisco
This is so cool

Haha Cloverfield but its Star Wars.

[Sander.]

Why don't you put you in the cute thread as well as your AT-AT?.

Hmmm.. Smooth operator..

[Spideristic]

Haha Cloverfield but its Star Wars.
Exactly :)

[The Illusive Man]

Hmmm.. Smooth operator..

Yep, just like Lando lol

[Sander.]

It was a bit sarcastic but ah well. ;)

[The Illusive Man]

I know

[Gitchulon]

Love Star Wars.

Empire is the best film ever imo.

I even liked the new ones. Phantom Menace was a bit rubbish but still had the spirit of trhe originals. I don't know why people didn't like attack of the clones or revenge of the sith, I thought they were great (apart from Hayden Christianson's wooden acting, I just don't like him).

[Sander.]

They should make a Shadows of the Empire film. Hmm that would be hard without the original cast.

[The Illusive Man]

Seriously when Lucus does stuff in EU space he just messes it up.

[Spideristic]

Olympic Games - a set on Flickr (http://www.flickr.com/photos/seven13avenue/sets/72157606667814881/detail/)

[The Illusive Man]

Awesome, good find

[rogercieslar]

my 2 polish friends are fans of star wars.I'm not yet

what's the name of first episode/movie?

[The Illusive Man]

Phantom Menace

[Punisher]

starwars really makes a boy happy!

[The Illusive Man]

I'm not a boy

[The Illusive Man]

YouTube - Star Wars Mother****er! (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d3OKTUsdNa4)

[angel esther]

My favorite movie is Star Wars:w00t:
My favorite CHARACTER is ANAKIN SKYWALKER.:w00t:
I like him because he's powerful...
and smart...
and really clever...
and I like clever people.
and powerful people.
and smart people.
I know he turned bad but he became stronger when he did that:)

I try to get along with this
But I need help in doing stuff
Can someone help?
Please...
How do I attach pictures?

Thanks in advance anyway.

[The Illusive Man]

*Moved to right section*. Click on edit under your post, then click on the button second from the right with the mountains on and it will bring up a window where you can insert the URL of said image.

[beavis]

those movies are good but sometimes they can be confusing

[The Illusive Man]

What did you find confusing?

[I Hate Bottles]

http://i124.photobucket.com/albums/p20/hellsbellso13/vader.jpg

[The Illusive Man]

http://icanhascheezburger.files.wordpress.com/2008/01/funny-pictures-cat-pidgeons-star-wars.jpg

[I Hate Bottles]

http://www.movie-moron.com/wp-content/gallery/star-wars/SW-Unemployment.jpg

[The Illusive Man]

http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b145/TarianPuru/Taliban-funny-Star-Wars-picture1.jpg
http://i284.photobucket.com/albums/ll8/DarkFluxReborn/funny-Star-Wars-parody-George-Bush-.jpg

[I Hate Bottles]

7 Classic Star Wars Characters Who Totally Dropped The Ball (http://www.cracked.com/article_17546_7-classic-star-wars-characters-who-totally-dropped-ball.html)

It's an article I found on Cracked.com so it has some swearing (just warning some people) but as a pretty big Star Wars fan I found it funny.

[JetGirl]

lol @ #4 and #3

[The Illusive Man]

I know this is a laugh but whoever wrote that so has to learn the facts, particially the Death Star not blowing up Yavin and Yavin 4.

[I Hate Bottles]

I was always under the impression that they were using the Death Star (a.k.a. The Floating Ball of Hate) to destroy Yavin 4 where the Rebel base was located, because they said "The Death Star is now in firing range" right before Luke blew the bejesus out of it. I knew it took them about 30 minutes to get the Death Star in range which is how the Rebels were able to attack and blow up the damn thing.

I respect your knowledge of Star Wars far above my own DJ (and I'm pretty much the biggest Star Wars nerd I know) and you're the only one who could convince me that I was wrong about anything SW related.

I know there are some innacuracies with the article, and as you said before it's just for laughs, but at least the person who wrote it has a pretty good knowledge of the SW Trilogy anyway. I particulalry liked the part when he said the "Rebels could have at least turned the lights out and pretended no one was home." If only. lol

[The Illusive Man]

I was always under the impression that they were using the Death Star (a.k.a. The Floating Ball of Hate) to destroy Yavin 4 where the Rebel base was located, because they said "The Death Star is now in firing range" right before Luke blew the bejesus out of it. I knew it took them about 30 minutes to get the Death Star in range which is how the Rebels were able to attack and blow up the damn thing.

I respect your knowledge of Star Wars far above my own DJ (and I'm pretty much the biggest Star Wars nerd I know) and you're the only one who could convince me that I was wrong about anything SW related.

I know there are some innacuracies with the article, and as you said before it's just for laughs, but at least the person who wrote it has a pretty good knowledge of the SW Trilogy anyway. I particulalry liked the part when he said the "Rebels could have at least turned the lights out and pretended no one was home." If only. lol

Your correct about the Death Star, although in universe terms here it was luck that the Death Star came out of hyperspace behind the gas giant Yavin and was forced to orbit it. The reason why the gas giant couldn't be destroyed as well was because the superlaser had a recharge time of one day so it wasn't practical.

The writer did have a fairly good understanding of the trilogy although most of the things are plot related like not shooting the escape pod with 3P0 and R2 in it but that's the plot.

Yeah that's what the rebels should have done all along, that was there mistake on Hoth :P

[I Hate Bottles]

Cool, thanks for clearing that up DJ. :D

[The Illusive Man]

No worries my padawan :)

[I Hate Bottles]

This is just too epic for words:

http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/home-entertainment/death-star-home-theater-301103.php

[The Illusive Man]

That is plain awesome, i want that in my room :). Also on a different note, while watching A New Hope i noticed a mistake, when Han says to Obi Wan about the Falcon outrunning the big Correlian ships, Star Destroyers i assume. Thing is Star Destroyers arn't Correlian :\

[I Hate Bottles]

True, they aren't. Isn't Leia's ship, the Tantive IV, a Corellian Corvette? I know that Solo is from Corellia.

[The Illusive Man]

Yeah the Tantive IV is Corellian. Made by the Corellian Enginerring Corp. SDs are Kuat Drive Yards.

[I Hate Bottles]

I know I can always count on you for verifying Star Wars info for me. :D

[The Illusive Man]

I'm just an uber big nerd who plays the games and reads the books too much lol.

[beavis]

What did you find confusing?

sorry for the late reply but what i found confusing was when they made the phantom menace attack of the clones and revenge of the sith

[The Illusive Man]

Lucus needed some money so he made the prequels lol. The creation of the Clone Army is kinda confusing though.

[I Hate Bottles]

That was a pure WTF moment on Obi Wan's part.

[The Illusive Man]

Yeah, although the Clone Army is pure win

[I Hate Bottles]

Even though in the future they are rather clumsy and can't shoot anything to save their lives. lol

[The Illusive Man]

The Clone Troopers are pretty good shots compared to Storm Troopers, Clones do have a rather clumsy DC-15 rifle though.

[I Hate Bottles]

It seems like they can only shoot properly when they're on the good guys side.

I love movie logic. lol

[The Illusive Man]

That's where EU comes in, the DC-15 is a plasma weapon and therefore very hard to aim due to the kickback. The smaller handgun is much preferred.

[I Hate Bottles]

There was a kickback? I thought the Empire was kicking ass financially.

[The Illusive Man]

Nah i meant recoil when the rifle was fired. By the end of the War the Republic was spending the last of its wealth.

[I Hate Bottles]

Oh, okay I get it now.

I don't know a whole lot about EU, pretty much just the basics.

[The Illusive Man]

Some of the EU is just there to fill in plot holes like the Death Star at Yavin

[I Hate Bottles]

Steampunk Star Wars!

http://www.clubjade.net/archives/steampunk-2.jpg

http://brassgoggles.co.uk/images/steampunkvader.jpg

http://www.lesjones.com/www/images/posts/HanChewie-steampunk.jpg

http://img135.imageshack.us/img135/1011/jmcovernewqp8.jpg

http://botropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/spr2.jpg

[The Illusive Man]

LOL What the hell?

[I Hate Bottles]

I stole the definition of Steampunk from Dictionary.com because I didn't feel like typing it out..

Steampunk (n):
A genre of science fiction set in Victorian times when steam was the main source of machine power; also written steam-punk

So it's like modern technology in Victorian times. There are people steampunk their computers and electronics like electric guitars and laptops.

Steampunk laptop:
http://www.wired.com/images/slideshow/2007/06/gallery_steampunk/steampunkLaptop1.jpg

Steampunk desktop:
http://blog.973thesound.com/blogs/media/blogs/wswd/Steamtop.jpg

There's a whole series of Steampunk Star Wars now which is pretty interesting. Chewie looks funny though. lol

[The Illusive Man]

lol Looks like something out of League of Extradanary Gentleman. Been playing the first KOTOR agin after forever and its such a good game :)

[JetGirl]

http://botropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/spr2.jpg

that's friggan cool

i'd love an ATAT made like that

[I Hate Bottles]

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3345/3307656448_8a2ea105c7.jpg

Actually it's an iPod dock, but it looks kinda Steampunkinsh.

[The Illusive Man]

Someone stuck a stereo to a toy lol

[JetGirl]

holy crap this is too goddamn cute not to post here! squeeeee!!! :D

http://cache-02.gawkerassets.com/assets/images/4/2010/09/wookiee-tail.jpg

[The Illusive Man]

Chewy looks like an Ewok.

[JetGirl]

haha true

its supposed to be a whole play on winnie the pooh. i of course chose this pic for the Eeyore AT-AT

[The Illusive Man]

Tell me you bought the new GIANT AT-AT toy.

[JetGirl]

see i'm sorta torn about that, is it that much bigger then the Jedi version that i have?

plus, i also saw that they were coming out with a big chibi version, THAT'S one i'd totally shell out another $100 for

[The Illusive Man]

see i'm sorta torn about that, is it that much bigger then the Jedi version that i have?

plus, i also saw that they were coming out with a big chibi version, THAT'S one i'd totally shell out another $100 for

Yeah it dwarfs the older one, i compared the two. That the Galactic Heroes version?

[JetGirl]

oh interesting... i didn't realize it was that much bigger... damn! now i may have to get it lol

yeah the galactic heroes one, but from what i read its supposed to be very large like the other AT-AT toys

http://nerdapproved.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/galactic-heroes-at-at.jpg

[The Illusive Man]

Its a monster, comes with a Speeder Bike and an AT-AT driver. I think the GH version is getting on the size of the old AT-AT.

[JetGirl]

hmm well thanks for the info dude, i'll have to check out that uber AT-AT, but since they are both so expensive i may just get the GH one, its just too damn cute to pass up :D

[The Illusive Man]

I know you have a soft spot for AT-ATs but goddamn lol

[JetGirl]

they make me happy!

http://catpenfold.typepad.com/.a/6a00e553e03a54883401156e5915fa970c-800wi

[The Illusive Man]

Wow a vintage AT-AT with the side guns still attached, cool.

[simoncolias]

I watched this movie with my friends. This is an interesting movie. I think this is a freedom fighter movie. This is my favourite movie. The line of the history of South-west, travel hero is about 90% of all movies fantasy style. If you look deeply into the story lines of most book or a movie, there are only a handful of stories that people can say. We just put another spin on the same adventure. While other films SW can be considered a recycling ANH, even if they are part of the line Anh general history.

[Yoshirama]

I feel asleep watching this in class.

[SuicideBooth]

You watched Star Wars during class? I love Australia!

[The Illusive Man]

I watched this movie with my friends. This is an interesting movie. I think this is a freedom fighter movie. This is my favourite movie. The line of the history of South-west, travel hero is about 90% of all movies fantasy style. If you look deeply into the story lines of most book or a movie, there are only a handful of stories that people can say. We just put another spin on the same adventure. While other films SW can be considered a recycling ANH, even if they are part of the line Anh general history.

I wouldn't say that the other 5 movies recycle the ideas of A New Hope, rather expand on them, particually the other two movies in the Original Trilogy.

[Yoshirama]

You watched Star Wars during class? I love Australia!

yes we did when i was like 10 or soemthing. I have no ida why i can't remember.

[KING ZOIDY]

Execute order 66.

[The Illusive Man]

I hate sand.

[KING ZOIDY]

Fire giant nipple boob gun.

[The Illusive Man]

Why are you wearing han's clothes?