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toaster_pastry posted:remember the meme of Star Wars characters driving sports cars? This pic justifies the existence of this thread, good show  What car is that? e. nm, that was answered on the website.
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Admiral Goodenough posted:This pic justifies the existence of this thread, Barely.
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Aug 30, 2011 02:44
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arioch posted:There's really no telling what might happen if you try to crack a gas planet. For example, Jupiter (probably) has a solid core that's (probably) 2-10 times the mass of Earth, but Jupiter's gas masses at least another 300x that of Earth. Even if you could crack the core of Jupiter, it'll probably just collapse back together again under that kind of force. Going purely by the gravitational binding energy, Jupiter would take about ~9000 times more energy to blow up than the earth. If I were the consultant required to make a nice technobabble explanation for why the Death Star didn't just blow up Yavin, I'd just say it couldn't. It was specced for blowing up habitable rocky planets, not gas giants.
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Aug 30, 2011 03:04
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All this talk of Yavin just reminds me of how stupid the Sun Crusher was.
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Aug 30, 2011 04:35
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I staggered accross this online today.. "Do cu is a Portuguese phrase meaning "from the rear end" which is pronounced exactly like Dooku" Thats right, suck on that!
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Aug 30, 2011 07:44
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Yours and my favorite author to hate (aside from Troy Denning and/or Kevin J. Anderson) makes another appearance.quote:According to 343 Industries' Frank O'Connor, humanity is no longer being pushed back on its heels from constant attack from the Covenant. It is during this time that a volatile political struggle begins between both sides. The upcoming novel Halo: Glasslands connects some of these elements to Halo 4's story, and features characters familiar to fans of the franchise, including the Arbiter. quote:"Karen Traviss' novel Glasslands is going to touch on how the human race, when it's not being rocked back on its heels, is actually a fairly formidable force. Given time and given the scientific curiosity we have as a species, all of this stuff is going to be really interesting in terms of how we can advance our technology. But the UNSC stuff will still be gritty and war-like and very human. But there's lots more to come." This certainly sounds like Forerunner technology will help push human advancement as Covenant tech did before it. http://www.shacknews.com/article/69939/halo-4-begins-reclaimer-trilogy
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Aug 30, 2011 19:43
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I have a REALLY stupid question, and I'm SURE it's been answered before, but I poked around on the wookiepedia, and couldn't find any information. Han goes into the carbonite freezing chamber with his hands in handcuffs. They totally freeze Han. Han gets raised up again and his hands are up by his chest with no visible handcuffs. What happened to the handcuffs?
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Aug 30, 2011 19:58
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arioch posted:Yours and my favorite author to hate (aside from Troy Denning and/or Kevin J. Anderson) makes another appearance. I'm not really familiar with the Halo franchise but by the end of Halo 3 isn't humanity basically wiped out, with all of its colonies destroyed and the Earth mostly a smoking wreck? Fellsway posted:I have a REALLY stupid question, and I'm SURE it's been answered before, but I poked around on the wookiepedia, and couldn't find any information. Same thing that the carbon-freezing process did to his clothes.
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Aug 30, 2011 20:00
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arioch posted:Yours and my favorite author to hate (aside from Troy Denning and/or Kevin J. Anderson) makes another appearance. Only interested if a baby Spartan gets grenade punch aborted.
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Aug 30, 2011 20:13
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Fellsway posted:I have a REALLY stupid question, and I'm SURE it's been answered before, but I poked around on the wookiepedia, and couldn't find any information. Two Ugnaughts remove them before he's lowered.
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Aug 30, 2011 20:18
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thrawn527 posted:Two Ugnaughts remove them before he's lowered. If only explaining his shirt was that easy.
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Aug 30, 2011 20:21
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I knew I missed something. Always surprising that no matter how many times you watch something, you can easily miss the simple stuff.Phylodox posted:If only explaining his shirt was that easy. What now?
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Aug 30, 2011 21:17
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Fellsway posted:I knew I missed something. Always surprising that no matter how many times you watch something, you can easily miss the simple stuff. His shirt in ESB when he's frozen is different than when he is unfrozen in ROTJ.
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Aug 30, 2011 21:22
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Oh boy I have to wait till April to see how Fate of the Jedi is going to finish out. Why must it take so long to get some closure to this trainwreck? It finishes out with Troy Denning too, I can't wait to see how much more ridiculous it can get 
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Aug 30, 2011 21:33
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Joe Don Baker posted:His shirt in ESB when he's frozen is different than when he is unfrozen in ROTJ. Maybe Jabba unfroze him when he got him so he could go "Haha got you rear end in a top hat" and had some people slap him around, then after a while they let him get dressed in whatever clothes were around and then refWHY AM I DOING THIS what is it about Star Wars that makes me want to rationalize stupid poo poo? Goddamn it. I honestly started typing that out wanting to rationalize it but as I got to about "dressed in whatever clothes" I just got angry.
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Aug 30, 2011 21:36
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They also put him back in the exact same pose just for fun.
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Aug 30, 2011 21:39
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He had a copy of the death star plans in his shirt. They wanted them.
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Aug 30, 2011 21:44
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Except that you can see Han is wearing the Empire Strikes Back shirt while in carbonite in the shot immediately preceding him getting defrosted, so Jabba definitely didn't give him a make-over or anything. You'd think it would have been easier to keep the costume consistent given that they had an eight foot tall statue for reference, but I guess not.
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Aug 30, 2011 22:18
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Chupe Raho Aurat posted:He had a copy of the death star plans in his shirt. They wanted them. His shirt was the plans.
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Aug 30, 2011 22:38
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Apparently there's new audio being added to ROTJ: http://www.millenniumfalcon.com/phpbb/viewtopic.php?t=9032 Someone placed the audio over a ROTJ clip: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eGaSxSuB2vY May be fake.
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Aug 30, 2011 22:38
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Phylodox posted:Except that you can see Han is wearing the Empire Strikes Back shirt while in carbonite in the shot immediately preceding him getting defrosted, so Jabba definitely didn't give him a make-over or anything. Can someone post a comparison shot? I'm half a country away from my copies.
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Aug 30, 2011 23:35
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What the hell. I'm making comparison shots, and the shirts ARE the same. However, in ESB he had some sort of restraints on his upper arms, but they don't show up in ROTJ.
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Aug 30, 2011 23:56
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Mister Roboto posted:Apparently there's new audio being added to ROTJ: No goddamn way. That absolutely ruins the scene!
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Aug 31, 2011 00:09
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^^^ I dunno, the Emperor's Tarzan scream at the end makes it seem like a joke. Joe Don Baker posted:What the hell. I'm making comparison shots, and the shirts ARE the same. Are you sure you're not watching the Special Editions? 
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Aug 31, 2011 00:16
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Admiral Goodenough posted:^^^ I dunno, the Emperor's Tarzan scream at the end makes it seem like a joke. The Emperor's always made that sound, at least on the newer DVD releases.
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Aug 31, 2011 00:17
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For those who don't want to traverse those forums: http://io9.com/5835951/darth-vader-will-lose-a-little-more-of-his-dignity-in-star-wars-original-trilogy-blu+rays-listen-for-yourself Ugh. Obi Wan's updated Krayt Dragon call is horrendous... http://edge-cache.gawker.com/io9/mp3/millenniumfalcon-KrayytDragon.mp3
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Aug 31, 2011 00:20
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Wicket has eyes now??? Well, poo poo.
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Aug 31, 2011 00:24
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Milky Moor posted:The Emperor's always made that sound, at least on the newer DVD releases. I am the worst Star Wars fan  (That's a terrible scream, though, I can't believe anyone thought that would add gravitas to the moment.) Tuxedo Jack posted:Ugh. Obi Wan's updated Krayt Dragon call is horrendous... New ringtone, right here.
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Aug 31, 2011 00:26
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Milky Moor posted:The Emperor's always made that sound, at least on the newer DVD releases. Naw he always did. The change was the VHS special edition made Luke do it when he jumped in ESB, but thankfully the DVD axed it.
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Aug 31, 2011 00:31
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Tuxedo Jack posted:
That is such a funny drat noise, sounds like a gay stereotype getting his rear end pinched.
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Aug 31, 2011 00:47
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What's weird is that sound gets changed every new edition. It's like a running gag at this point.
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Aug 31, 2011 01:52
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Joe Don Baker posted:What the hell. I'm making comparison shots, and the shirts ARE the same. Han's shirt in Empire was single-breasted. Jedi Han's is double-breasted. Unless they changed it in the special editions.
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Aug 31, 2011 01:56
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Joe Don Baker posted:What the hell. I'm making comparison shots, and the shirts ARE the same. However, in ESB he had some sort of restraints on his upper arms, but they don't show up in ROTJ. Han's costume in Cloud City consisted of a dark jacket over a white shirt. The jacket was removed sometime before he went into the freezing chamber, but the lighting left his shoulders in shadow, so it still kinda looked like he had the jacket on.  But since he doesn't have the jacket on when he gets unfrozen, people had sperging about the "mistake" for years and years. So for the DVD release of ESB, they tweaked the shot to make it clear.  Source: http://www.dvdactive.com/editorial/articles/star-wars-the-changes-part-two.html e: As to the upper arm thing, no idea. Powered Descent fucked around with this message at 02:08 on Aug 31, 2011 |
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Aug 31, 2011 02:00
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That Vader scream...Why would someone think that it belonged there. We don't need a really lovely "NOOOOO" to let us know that Vader is coming out of the veil of evil. It's terrible, awful terrible and completely destroys that whole scene. And that whole battle between Luke and Vader was my absolute favorite part of Star Wars, and now it's ruined.
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Aug 31, 2011 02:24
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I think it's been pretty well established at this point that Mr. Lucas has difficulty with the subtleties of human emotional interactions.
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Aug 31, 2011 02:27
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I hope those audio changes are real because that is just too hilarious.
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Aug 31, 2011 02:28
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Shimrra Jamaane posted:I hope those audio changes are real because that is just too hilarious. Must put VHS and DVD copies of the trilogy into a safety deposit box, lest they be tainted.
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Aug 31, 2011 02:31
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Tuxedo Jack posted:Ugh. Obi Wan's updated Krayt Dragon call is horrendous... I want all of Alec Guinness's dialogue replaced with this noise, just to see the uproar it would cause.
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Aug 31, 2011 03:20
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Zellus posted:I want all of Alec Guinness's dialogue replaced with this noise, just to see the uproar it would cause. "HYYYYYOOOOORNNNNNNGGG SPUKUNGRRRRRRUFFF BEEEEOOOOOP"
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I think they're just trying to make the thing sound like a noise a human being could conceivably make, but it just doesn't work.
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