Star Wars VII

[eldargal]

She isn't a Jedi anymore though, in fact we know from the EU that a lot of ex-Jedi seemed to be left alone, those that quit the order before the purge started.

[Mr Mystery]

Gonna have to spoiler me on that one.....

[eldargal]

Ann Crispin, author of the Han Solo EU books, passed away recently (http://www.themarysue.com/ann-crispin-books/). I didn't even know the author of the trilogy was a woman 'til now, really enjoyed them when I was little.

[Psychosplodge]

That's a shame, that's one of the better parts of the EU. It's certainly a better lead in to episode IV than the so called "prequels".

[eldargal]

Live action video thing for SWTOR, pretty nifty:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gS5H6CxmROg

[Nabterayl]

Lucasfilm's live-action Star Wars promotions are a pretty nifty thing, I think. I loved the idea of the Forceclash videos too, even if I have issues with the choreography.

[Mr Mystery]

Squeak whistle bleep fart! (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-25017034)

Yay!

[Psychosplodge]

Squeak whistle bleep fart! (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-25017034)

Yay!

http://th09.deviantart.net/fs70/PRE/i/2012/274/e/e/fluttershy_yay_poster_by_anthroxtra-d5ggyyd.png

[eldargal]

http://static03.mediaite.com/themarysue/uploads/2013/12/darth-vader-selfie.png
An official Darth Vader selfie, from the new Star Wars instagram site.

[Aenir]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-tBM2ZfncoU


Interesting!

Go Empire!!!

[Nabterayl]

I love all the TIE Fighter references in that, and the care that went into the aurebesh. I almost laughed out loud when the female bomber pilot flicked through a bunch of warhead types from the game and then settled on "micromissiles."

[eldargal]

Very nice, lovely to see another female Imperial pilot even if it isn't canonical. Most fans like to pretend they don't exist at all... Loved the aurebesh and the missile type scrolling also.:)

[Psychosplodge]

Fun star wars quote


George Lucas created Star Wars and George Lucas killed it. We don’t want some semi-talented hipster coming along and molesting the corpse

[eldargal]

Meh, Star Wars isn't dead. Thriving fandom, top quality animated show for the past five years, new films coming without Lucas' direction and new animated shows too.

[energongoodie]

Chewie and The Millennium Falcon are in.

[Mr Mystery]

Good stuff.

And it's a teeny tiny bit under 2 years until we get our new installment.

And I for one intend to continue avoiding spoliers as much as possible, as I wish to recapture the 'whaaa!' I had back when I was around 5 or 6, and discovered there was more than one Star Wars film. Didn't know what happened in them. Story unfolded.

[energongoodie]

And I for one intend to continue avoiding spoliers as much as possible,

I agree completely. I just get people telling me stuff all the time though!

[Psychosplodge]

https://scontent-a-lhr.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-prn2/t1/1531870_2023450591043515_1664883326_n.jpg

[Bigred]

I was gladdened to read BSG creator Ron Moore say he was one of the writers hand picked by Lucas to help break stories for the new SW show. That's a good sign.

[Psychosplodge]

Still think they should just do Zahn's Thrawn trilogy...

[DWest]

While the Thrawn trilogy was really good stuff, there's far too much stuff going on to compress down to ~6 hours of film, so you'd either lose a bunch of the subplots, or they'd get mashed in very awkwardly. On the plus side, Benedict Cumberbatch would be pretty much an auto-include as Thrawn. On the minus side, that would have everybody comparing it to Into Darkness and not actually looking at whatever was actually done.

[Kirsten]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-tBM2ZfncoU


Interesting!

Go Empire!!!

what we really need is another X Wing vs Tie Fighter game. or another Rogue Squadron.

[Mr Mystery]

what we really need is another X Wing vs Tie Fighter game. or another Rogue Squadron.

Darn tooting we do.

Even I would multiplayer on one of those.

[Nabterayl]

Can we get a sequel to Republic Commando while we're at it? The religious war part of Star Wars was always the least compelling to me.

[Aenir]

what we really need is another X Wing vs Tie Fighter game. or another Rogue Squadron.

if you still have your CDs you can still play the orig. X wing vs tie Fighter (And Expansion)..(I am) someone fixed it up so you can install it on x64 bit systems, and its as glorious as I remember it!

[Psychosplodge]

While the Thrawn trilogy was really good stuff, there's far too much stuff going on to compress down to ~6 hours of film, so you'd either lose a bunch of the subplots, or they'd get mashed in very awkwardly. On the plus side, Benedict Cumberbatch would be pretty much an auto-include as Thrawn. On the minus side, that would have everybody comparing it to Into Darkness and not actually looking at whatever was actually done.

You might be right, though on the otherhand they managed to cut out the subplots in Harry Potter reasonably well and still have it work.


what we really need is another X Wing vs Tie Fighter game. or another Rogue Squadron.

Yes. In HD.


Can we get a sequel to Republic Commando while we're at it? The religious war part of Star Wars was always the least compelling to me.

That sounds like its a game that doesn't exist based on there only being three Star wars films XD

[eldargal]

My dream for the Thrawn trilogy is a television series with 13-22 episodes per book and GoT level of investment.

[Psychosplodge]

If they were doing that I'd want them to start with the X-Wing series.

[eldargal]

Meh, Thrawn trilogy first, X-Wing prequel if it;s financially viable.

[Nabterayl]

That sounds like its a game that doesn't exist based on there only being three Star wars films XD
Oh, bah. Everything about the prequel movies was great except for the movies, and you know it ;)

[Psychosplodge]

Nope.
There's also no extended universe before the Han Solo trilogy :D

[Nabterayl]

Oh, bah. I'm going to take my adult themes and go home then :)

[Kirsten]

If they were doing that I'd want them to start with the X-Wing series.

I loved the Rogue Squadron books

[Psychosplodge]

Oh, bah. I'm going to take my adult themes and go home then :)

Adult themes? pffft


I loved the Rogue Squadron books

I think they're what I read first.

[Nabterayl]

The moral bankruptcy of Obi-Wan's generation of Jedi and the idea that even a morally bankrupt organization can create situations in which its moral rules are the lesser of two evils, is totally more adult than the hero's journey. The movies just explore their themes badly.

[DWest]

The moral bankruptcy of Obi-Wan's generation of Jedi and the idea that even a morally bankrupt organization can create situations in which its moral rules are the lesser of two evils, is totally more adult than the hero's journey. The movies just explore their themes badly.
You're right, that is more adult, and sounds like it would be very interesting to see. It does not, however, bear any resemblance to the films that were shown. Maybe in the clone wars novels?

[DarkLink]

Oh, bah. Everything about the prequel movies was great except for the movies, and you know it ;)

Even the movies aren't that bad, if you remember stuff like, y'know, Ewoks from the original trilogy. Skip a scene here and there, and the haters really don't have much to complain about.

[bfmusashi]

The Ewoks are the most grownup thing in the entire first trilogy. http://www.cracked.com/video_18388_the-terrible-truth-star-wars-fans-cant-admit.html

[Nabterayl]

Gotta admit, the "that's too cutesy" argument never bothered me.

[DarkLink]

Yeah, most of the time I hear someone complaining about the new trilogy, I think have you ever even watched the originals?

[Psychosplodge]

have you ever even watched the originals?

Yes, plus read ****loads of books, that's why the prequels are so bad. Especially turning Boba Fett from the most badass hardened mercenary in the galaxy to a whiny b!tch with daddy issues.

[eldargal]

Yes, plus read ****loads of books, that's why the prequels are so bad. Especially turning Boba Fett from the most badass hardened mercenary in the galaxy to a whiny b!tch with daddy issues.

Because he was going to be so badass at age nine.:rolleyes:

[Psychosplodge]

But he wasn't a clone. He was a lawman and convicted murderer, who killed a rapist as justice was more important than the law!
And then Lucas just goes nope I can't be arsed to read all these things I licensed and made money off :mad:

[Wolfshade]

It does mean that he can re-licences it to make MOAR money

[eldargal]

I don't know, I didn't care for a lot of his EU back story really, it was pretty meh. I approve of rapist killing for justice though. Not saying teh clone origin is anything brilliant mind you but much of the criticism does seem to be 'he isn't as badass at nine as he is when he's in his thirties, wtf Lucas?'.

[Psychosplodge]

I just meant as a backstory...
plus the re-dubbing of empire strikes back. And the inconsistency of editing in young anakin but not young obi wan kenobi in rotj :mad:

[eldargal]

Yeah that pissed me off, though I do get why it was done. Hayden Whatsisname was by that point a far more recognisable Anakin than Whatsisname Whatsisnameson that had his face on screen at the end of RotJ for all of 90 seconds. Still unnecessary and inconsistent re: Obi Wan though.

[chicop76]

Look at the clone wars cartoon. He was kicking butt as a 9 year old.

[bfmusashi]

It was so badass how he died to a blind man with a stick, or did he die to a hole in the ground?
Even if we go Expanded Universe he falls into that very same hole at least two more times.

[Nabterayl]

Also don't get how being a clone makes him somehow less badass.

EDIT: I mean, yes, a clone of the guy who couldn't beat Mace Windu with a broken jetpack and one pistol. But also a clone of the guy who beat Obi-Wan Kenobi.

[Psychosplodge]

It was so badass how he died to a blind man with a stick, or did he die to a hole in the ground?
Even if we go Expanded Universe he falls into that very same hole at least two more times.

He escaped the sarlac. grenades are awesome


Also don't get how being a clone makes him somehow less badass.

EDIT: I mean, yes, a clone of the guy who couldn't beat Mace Windu with a broken jetpack and one pistol. But also a clone of the guy who beat Obi-Wan Kenobi.

Because it's not his own badassery?

[Nabterayl]

Because it's not his own badassery?
Honestly, I guess Boba and Jango Fett are kind of a perfect example of the sort of Star Wars I like - the kind that isn't afraid to say, "Seriously? You think a clone isn't a human being? What the actual f*ck is wrong with you?" and the kind that isn't afraid to say, "Being badass isn't some kind of get-out-of-peril-free card. Random-@ss sh*t happens in combat. Death doesn't follow the laws of dramatic appropriateness."

[bfmusashi]

Yes, he escaped the sarlacc multiple times, because he kept falling into the sarlacc. While it's fun that he turns into Star Wars's own cranky old Batman he still kept falling into a hole in the ground.

[Nabterayl]

Curious: what character or organization in Star Wars grabbed you first, or grabs you most? I was fiddling around on Facebook recently and saw a friend refer to somebody doing something heroic and selfless as "true Jedis." It occurred to me that (i) it would never describe me to refer to somebody doing something heroic, selfless, or probably even wise as a "Jedi" and (ii) when I think of Star Wars, "Jedi" is not really what occurs to me.

What really resonates with me about Star Wars is not the Jedi. I mean, yeah, I like lightsabers, but Jedi themselves ... I was never that excited about them. I never wanted to be a Jedi when I was a kid; I pretended to be a pilot or trooper (not necessarily Rebel). My first exposure to Star Wars - at least that I can remember - was X-Wing. When the prequel trilogy was first announced, I wasn't excited to see Jedi in their prime; I was excited to see the start of the Galactic Civil War (and when I was waiting for the next ones to come out, what I was most excited about was to see how Sidious manipulated the Republic). From the beginning of my fandom to now, what really excited me about Star Wars - the themes that resonated with me, the moments in the movies I was most thrilled by - was the soldiering. Star Wars, to me, has always been fundamentally about war (especially civil war), and the issues surrounding it.

Obviously Lucas doesn't think of it that way; to Lucas, Star Wars is fundamentally about Anakin Skywalker, and the issues surrounding his two great loves: Padme and Luke. I always thought that was kind of quixotic, but then Star Wars fans are used to dismissing Lucas' perspective as quixotic. It didn't really occur to me until today that there might be serious Star Wars fans for whom the series is fundamentally about Jedi, or about Han, Luke, and/or Leia, or about hero journeys, or any number of other things.

So what about you? What is Star Wars fundamentally about to you?

[bfmusashi]

when I was wee and Jedi just came out I had an Ewok costume my mom made me. It was rad and me and the other kids would take turns being the ewok as we did normal kid things. I liked Luke when I was little. He had robot friends, a cool space ship, and a stick that went 'rrrroooooooooooovvv' when he turned it on. The one girl that kissed him was his sister so it wasn't gross (amazing how things change when you get older).

[eldargal]

The Sith and the Empire, honestly. Not because bad guys are cooler (though they totes are) but because when I was a little girl I thought the Empire uniforms were gorgeous and they all had accents like the people around me had. Later as I got older and read more about Star Wars the Sith started to really fascinate me because while the Jedi were these stoic monastic types trying to repress their emotions and fit in with the rigid demands places on them the Sith were basically doing whatever they wanted and damn what anyone thought of them which was a very powerful and appealing notion to a teenage girl.

I think there are a lot more fans 'like us' really, I mean one of the big draws of Star Wars Galaxies is that you weren't a hero bumping shoulders with all the other heroes. Yes you could meet the film characters but you didn't interact with them that much. Becoming a Jedi was incredibly difficult and a lot of peopel didn't even care. Unfortunately they listened to a small vocal minority and changed it so it become easier and easier to become a Jedi and then completely remodelled the game which had oyu bumping shoulders with Han Solo in the first five minutes and you could be a Jedi from the start and it was just a disaster.:(

[Mr Mystery]

when I was wee and Jedi just came out I had an Ewok costume my mom made me. It was rad and me and the other kids would take turns being the ewok as we did normal kid things. I liked Luke when I was little. He had robot friends, a cool space ship, and a stick that went 'rrrroooooooooooovvv' when he turned it on. The one girl that kissed him was his sister so it wasn't gross (amazing how things change when you get older).

I always (and still do) wanted to be Han Solo.

Roguish character, ace ship, and a Wookiee best mate, which is like having a dog what can talk to you.

[eldargal]

I'd rather have Mewbacca.

[Nabterayl]

The Sith and the Empire, honestly. Not because bad guys are cooler (though they totes are) but because when I was a little girl I thought the Empire uniforms were gorgeous and they all had accents like the people around me had.
I was a big rules-follower as a kid (I used to joke in high school that I was an agent of the establishment) and the Empire fascinated me ever since TIE Fighter and the Heir to the Empire trilogy, in that it was full of a bunch of professional soldiers who thought of themselves as defending the legitimate government of the galaxy from terrorists, and even in the movies they were plainly just as terrified of the "bad guys" (Darth Vader and the Emperor) as the Rebels were. When the prequel trilogy confirmed that in fact the First Galactic Empire was the legitimate government of the galaxy, I was tickled pink.


Later as I got older and read more about Star Wars the Sith started to really fascinate me because while the Jedi were these stoic monastic types trying to repress their emotions and fit in with the rigid demands places on them the Sith were basically doing whatever they wanted and damn what anyone thought of them which was a very powerful and appealing notion to a teenage girl.
I really love the Sith, at least since ... I guess KOTOR was the first time I really understood how compelling Sith philosophy is. It's kind of like Chaos in 40K - the "bad guys'" philosophy is in every way superior to the "good guys'" philosophy, but they are invariably led by monsters, for reasons that seem to have no basis in logic. It's maddening and wonderful. Especially since Luke's success in the original trilogy is basically due to him embracing the Sith Code and rejecting the Jedi Code.

[Mr Mystery]

I'd rather have Mewbacca.

Well that's because you're weird.

A Cat Wookiee would just sod off whenever it wanted. And probably join in with the bad guys, because it's all 'independent' and that :p

[Psychosplodge]

"Seriously? You think a clone isn't a human being? "

No, more like a collection of spare organs...

I always wanted to be a rebel pilot, X-Wings are awesome...
'Cause we can't all be Han Solo :D

[DarkLink]

You realize identical twins are basically clones of each other, right?

[Kaptain Badrukk]

Me I liked Starwars as a kid, then watched it again after my film degree (yes laugh at the guy who did a film degree).
It totally ruined the original trilogy for me, I can't watch them anymore, their lack of film making and screen writing skill disturbs me.
None the less if i was to be someone/something from the SW universe I'd totally be a Wookiee.
It's their whittling abilities that really appeal to me.

[Nabterayl]

disturbs me.


I feel like there should be a lack of faith joke in here somewhere.

[Kaptain Badrukk]

that was the joke yes.

[Psychosplodge]

You realise identical twins are basically clones of each other, right?

Yeah, but unfortunately the law frowns on using the evil twin for spares.

[eldargal]

Me I liked Starwars as a kid, then watched it again after my film degree (yes laugh at the guy who did a film degree).
It totally ruined the original trilogy for me, I can't watch them anymore, their lack of film making and screen writing skill disturbs me.
None the less if i was to be someone/something from the SW universe I'd totally be a Wookiee.
It's their whittling abilities that really appeal to me.
Funny I have some friend who did film degrees and the like (I won't laugh, I've nothing against film students. But I wouldn't want my daughter to marry one) and they say the same as you, it really crushed their love of the original trilogy and they have had to work really hard to get it back largely though the books, video games and television series.

[Kirsten]

doesn't surprise me, I have always found the wider universe far more interesting than the films themselves. The films are fun but I don't think they are as amazing as many people seem to.

[bfmusashi]

You realize identical twins are basically clones of each other, right?

There can be only one!

[Mr Mystery]

No that's Highlander.

Lurn2threddnoob!

[Mud Duck]

That's is his older brother.

colors of lightsabers and there meaning
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qTKaWcpyBdY

[Nabterayl]

I see your [his] lightsaber lore and raise you awareness of diachronic lightsaber symbolism ;)

[DarkLink]

Read about a million Star Wars books without a single mention of any symbolism of any sort in the color of a lightsaber beyond the importance of building your first lightsaber and that sith use red. Then KotOR comes out and suddenly Jedi have a frikin' color-coded class tree...

[Wolfshade]

https://fbcdn-sphotos-c-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash3/71459_213484348855752_635580592_n.jpg

[Psychosplodge]

That's is his older brother.

colors of lightsabers and there meaning
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qTKaWcpyBdY

He's familiar enough with the extended background to put Jaina Solo into the purple group, but conveniently overlooks leia uses a red lightsaber as it doesnt fit his red=evil?

[bfmusashi]

No that's Highlander.

Lurn2threddnoob!

***** please, they be Sith twins.

[DarkLink]

He's familiar enough with the extended background to put Jaina Solo into the purple group, but conveniently overlooks leia uses a red lightsaber as it doesnt fit his red=evil?

Like I said, it's some cheesy crap out of some random low-canon source. Incidentally, Luke had a green lightsaber because blue blended in too much with the Tatooine sky in the barge fight. Mace Windu had a purple lightsaber because Samuel L Jackson likes the color purple.

[Nabterayl]

Eh, I think low canon is kind of a low blow. The meaning of lightsaber colors is C-canon; he's just applying it way too broadly. What KOTOR says about the meaning of lightsaber colors is accurate for the time period in which KOTOR is set. But assuming (as he does) that those traditions held true almost 4,000 years later - even within the same organization, the Jedi Order - is bad historiography.

[Katharon]

So, since I am lazy about wanting to read through so many pages -- are there any Thrawn-fans out here besides myself? Also, would you not agree that Thrawn is deserving of something animated -- if not a place in SW VII - IX?

[eldargal]

Yup, I'm actually hoping they make the Thrawn trilogy into a teevee series or something. But if not a role in the new films would be great.:)

[Psychosplodge]

He's been mentioned once or twice :D

[Katharon]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-tBM2ZfncoU


Interesting!

Go Empire!!!

OMG I think I just popped a tent and let it rain...

[Wolfshade]

The shadowy figures behind the newest instalment of the Star Wars franchise have slipped out a few more details about the movie as they announced that filming will start at Blighty's Pinewood Studios in May.

Disney and LucasFilm said that Star Wars: Episode VII would be set around 30 years after the events of Episode VI: Return of the Jedi. They also teased that the film would feature "a trio of new young leads along with some very familiar faces

Open auditions were held for two roles in the UK and Ireland last November, for a young beautiful orphaned woman who is "street smart" and uses "humour and guts to get by" and a young handsome man who grew up "without a father's influence" - but it's not known if the roles were cast from those auditions

The film is due to hit cinemas in time for the lucrative Christmas season in 2015, with an 18 December release date pencilled in.

[energongoodie]

The crew are off to Abu Dhabi on Sunday to start filming over there.

[Mr Mystery]

Yay!

Much flailing excitement from me!

[Wolfshade]

The crew are off to Abu Dhabi on Sunday to start filming over there.

Desert filming ala Mos eisley?

Wasn't that filimed in tunisa previously?

Edit:

Yes. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-23375344

[energongoodie]

It Was in Tunisia but that was along time ago in a galaxy far far away.
I just know they are off there this Sunday.

Filming these days is all about the Tax breaks. I suspect they are offering a good deal as well as deserts.
My Norwegian show I'm on now is filming in Iceland for tax reasons.

[Mr Mystery]

That and Tunisia isn't especially stable at the mo.

[Wolfshade]

Must resist, failed.

Energongoodie's gone to Iceland

[energongoodie]

Must resist, failed.

Energongoodie's gone to Iceland

Nice :)

I'm about the only one who hasn't been! :(

I'm stuck in an office in London hearing about all the cool stuff people are doing out there and looking at all the amazing photos on facebook :(


I'm really looking forward to this film and I think i'm gonna stay away from the rumours, if I can, so it is all fresh and exciting :)

[Psychosplodge]

Must resist, failed.

Energongoodie's gone to Iceland


*snort*

The drinking there apparently will hurt your wallet.

[Wolfshade]

Well I am sure there is enough local council money "lost" over there to get some sort of discount...

Also, bad news Energongoodie :(

[Kirsten]

never mind all that, Lego Death Star :eek:

http://www.amazon.com/LEGO-Star-Wars-Death-10188/dp/B002EEP3NO/ref=cm_cd_al_qh_dp_t?tag=nerdgsm-20

[Psychosplodge]

Seen it. Preferred the lego SuperStarDestroyer...

[Mr Mystery]

Apparently we may be getting a Boba Fett movie as well....

'Confirmed' via a Facebook page.

I suspect it's nonsense, but I hope it's not.

[DarkLink]

They'd already said they'd alternate between main storyline and character specific movies.

[eldargal]

Hoping they gender swap Boba Fett just for the nerdrage.

[Mr Mystery]

It would be pretty badass if 'Mr Clone' turns out not to be Boba, on account a proper badass jobbed him, then stole his identity.

[daboarder]

It would be pretty badass if 'Mr Clone' turns out not to be Boba, on account a proper badass jobbed him, then stole his identity.

you dont escape the sarlacc pitt and train one of the galaxies greatest jedi without being a badass

[Mr Mystery]

Exactly.

And that little twonk from Attack of the Clones is not a badass!

[daboarder]

Exactly.

And that little twonk from Attack of the Clones is not a badass!

Well there's your problem

[Mr Mystery]

And the identity theft clearly happens by ESB!

[eldargal]

Can you imagine though. Keep the helmet on until late in the film, make Fett a real badass and then at the appropriate time towards the end of the film helmet comes off and BAM. Lady Fett.:p So many fanboy brains expode the disturbance in the force rivals that of the destruction of Alderaan.

[DarkLink]

Jaina Solo apprenticed under Boba Fett later on in the Legacy of the Force.

[DarkLink]

So I found this quote:


“Ultimately it’s about twins, and which will take a path towards darkness and which will follow in their father’s footsteps, or at least that is what it used to be, that may come later as I think changes are being undertaken to bring the original cast into the forefront of the story leading to ramifications that lead up to the next generation of Skywalkers.”

http://screenrant.com/star-wars-episode-7-rumors-gary-oldman-benedict-cumberbatch/

That doesn't sound familiar at all.

- - - Updated - - -

So I found this quote:


“Ultimately it’s about twins, and which will take a path towards darkness and which will follow in their father’s footsteps, or at least that is what it used to be, that may come later as I think changes are being undertaken to bring the original cast into the forefront of the story leading to ramifications that lead up to the next generation of Skywalkers.”

http://screenrant.com/star-wars-episode-7-rumors-gary-oldman-benedict-cumberbatch/

That doesn't sound familiar at all.

[daboarder]

So I found this quote:



http://screenrant.com/star-wars-episode-7-rumors-gary-oldman-benedict-cumberbatch/

That doesn't sound familiar at all.

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So I found this quote:



http://screenrant.com/star-wars-episode-7-rumors-gary-oldman-benedict-cumberbatch/

That doesn't sound familiar at all.

So they chose to skip thrawn and go straight to legacy? bit of a shame but still not bad

I'm willing to bet eldargals going to get a kick out of tenel ka

I dunno star wars really lost my when the Yuuzhan Vong War happened, so bad.....

[eldargal]

I like Tenel Ka.:) I agree with you though, the Yuuzhan Vong killed my interest in the EU as well. So, so bad.

[Psychosplodge]

They'll hardly be following their fathers path to darkness will they?

[bfmusashi]

I can't wait for an hour and a half of 'guy standing around looking cool' followed by 'killed by blind man and a hole in the ground.' The Ewoks and Gungans were better in a fight, and I think C-3PO has a higher kill count.

[Psychosplodge]

He got out the hole in the ground.

[eldargal]

She got out the hole in the ground.
Hehe.:p

[Psychosplodge]

:D

Well your head cannon...

[Nabterayl]

I like Tenel Ka.:) I agree with you though, the Yuuzhan Vong killed my interest in the EU as well. So, so bad.
I still sort of resent the Yuuzhan Vong for putting the nail in the coffin of my interest in the post-Endor EU. Some of the Legacy stuff actually started to sound interesting to me, but I couldn't bring myself to try it.

[Psychosplodge]

It did get better post vong, but like all of them they're hit and miss - no consistency.

[Nabterayl]

That was the other thing I couldn't bring myself to face.

[eldargal]

The Legacy comic series was good, Legacy II seems good so far as well but I've only read the first TPB. Both rather lacking in female characters (there are some and some good ones too) but still good. Though I am still pissed off that in Legacy I they killed off the FIRST and ONLY female Stormtrooper on her first appearance while keeping two boring as **** male Whitey McStubbly characters alive.

[Psychosplodge]

http://i61.tinypic.com/20gfzti.jpg

[eldargal]

Nice.

Also:
http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lqd75wQE9Y1qcm1ueo1_500.jpg
http://24.media.tumblr.com/3105ec8729c7dc612777057cff29d85d/tumblr_n39yofuQh81sb5421o1_1280.jpg
'Han Solo?'
'It's short for Hannelore...'

[Psychosplodge]

Too blonde thought o pull off solo...

[eldargal]

Like Han solo never used hair dye to change his appearance.:p

You know I'm really looking forward to the new films. People keep bringing up the prequels but you can't compare the two because Lucas isn't running the show on the new films.

[Psychosplodge]

Well I suppose there is that

no we have a semi talented hipster instead. We'll see. Maybe there will be a fourth starwars film...

[Wolfshade]

Wasn't Lando the first person to dress like Solo?

[Psychosplodge]

but with added cape?

[Wolfshade]

http://www.quickmeme.com/img/31/31db7a30519ac46744cb38c04887f6ba25544f4f6a8b05974e 5cfe7514e74211.jpg

[Mr Mystery]

Like Han solo never used hair dye to change his appearance.:p

You know I'm really looking forward to the new films. People keep bringing up the prequels but you can't compare the two because Lucas isn't running the show on the new films.

And you know, I wasn't 5 when I first saw the sequels.

I had instead morphed into a moody, stroppy, wannabe-jaded 19 year old for Phantom Menace.

It's like people criticising some of the sillier bits of Crystal Skull. Bomb-proof fridge. DON'T BE RIDICULOUS! Parachuting to safety in a rubber dinghy? Oh yah, happen all time.

Disengage your inner cynic, and just enjoy what are ultimately kids films.

[eldargal]

Yeah, when nuking a fridge is bad but an 800 year old crusader guarding the Holy Grail is fine you need to re-examine your perspective on the matter...

I like the prequels, they aren't brilliant cinema but neither is the original trilogy. Attack of the Clones is the weakest link because of the poor romance scenes but even then it's quite enjoyable. Even more so if you watch Clone Wars between Eps II-III.

[Psychosplodge]

Well he's obviously drinking from the grail duh :rolleyes:

But I don't know what fridge you're talking about, as there are only three Indiana Jones films

[Mr Mystery]

Oh hush you Hipster.

Did you know, that a large proportion of people insisting Han shot first......have never actually seen Han shoot first??

17 years since the Extended Editions came out you know.

[Psychosplodge]

The version where Han shot first had the fat guy playing jabba the hutt didn't it?

[Mr Mystery]

Had that scene cut completely.

No sign of Jabba until Return of the Jedi.

[Psychosplodge]

I distinctly remember a fatman in a fur outfit confronting outside the falcon.

[Mr Mystery]

Scene was of course filmed, but never included in the original releaae.

[Psychosplodge]

fair enough.