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arioch posted:Well I saw Courtship of Princess Leia and Tatooine Ghost, so the small row of paperbacks immediately before ought to be the X-Wing books. But at this resolution/graininess I can't tell. Did they give the X-Wing books new paperback covers or something? Same here; maybe they aren't the American covers?
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Nessus posted:Aren't those hard questions of the impossible spaces, "What is up with the soldiers?" and the answer is always "They are not respected in their man-strength by the civilians. Oo'Rah, as the ancient Mando'a chant goes." I'm not one of those overbearing "GOD SAVE OUR BELOVED SOLDIERS!" types, but probably the thing that really irritates me the most about Traviss is how she always goes on about "I love the military so much and write them so well because I was one of them" when in reality her only "military service" was a PR officer for the British army reserves for a couple years. It just seems so completely disingenuous and if I was a soldier it would have the complete opposite reaction in me from making me love her and repeat her made up language on the internet. Also didn't Penny Arcade have a comic once about how great Legacy of the Force was? I thought I remembered that from a few years back. Basically what I'm saying is they have no taste.
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You know she's a terrible author when the death she writes for a Gears of War character is better than the one she wrote for Mara loving Jade. I got all misty eyed. RIP Dom. 
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Big Mean Jerk posted:You know she's a terrible author when the death she writes for a Gears of War character is better than the one she wrote for Mara loving Jade.
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Nessus posted:Mara Jade was just a civ and a dirty Jedi too, though, so what do you expect eh I kind of expected her Gears story to be better because she seems more suited to the kind of dumb over the top lunacy that makes Gears so great. But that death scene was so well done that I'm honestly skeptical that she wrote it.
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Sep 21, 2011 06:55
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HappierGarden posted:Who is Anakin's father? Palpatine. Or at least it should have been.
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HappierGarden posted:Who is Anakin's father? Watto.
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HappierGarden posted:Who is Anakin's father? Darth Bane. believe it or not he is actually been the Sith lord all this time. Palps and every one before him, yup Darth Bane. I just noticed how the costumes for the Imperial Guard change in episodes 1-3. At first it starts off with a little black helmet and a roman style feathery plume but open faced, next time you see it the feathers are gone now with a metal stripe and the helm is a lot more enclosed. Then its the stranded red costume we see. I may have missed a few changes but thats kind of neat. Darth Freddy fucked around with this message at 08:02 on Sep 21, 2011 |
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HappierGarden posted:Who is Anakin's father? There's a fan theory that Anakin was artificially created by Darth Plagueis, Palpatine's master. He could create life, and Anakin was his ultimate triumph. But why Plagueis would dump his ultimate triumph on Tatooine is a mystery.
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HappierGarden posted:Who is Anakin's father? Jar Jar Baron Bifford posted:There's a fan theory that Anakin was artificially created by Darth Plagueis, Palpatine's master. He could create life, and Anakin was his ultimate triumph. But why Plagueis would dump his ultimate triumph on Tatooine is a mystery. To hide him from Palpatine, just like Obi-Wan hid Luke there. It's like poetry.
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Sep 21, 2011 08:15
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It's so ridiculous and out there that it probably what George would have put. Star Wars is really a master thesis on the theory of Reverse Occam's Razor and how it relates to mythos.
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DougieFFC posted:On a happier note: Ikea finally delivered the book shelves that allowed me to transport my Star Wars collection from my parents' home to my own: Billy supremacy  Which single book have you read the most times?
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Few more behind the scene shots:      Hands up if you believed it til this point. Mister Roboto fucked around with this message at 15:56 on Sep 21, 2011 |
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Sep 21, 2011 11:30
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I like the Plagueis idea because it destroys Qui-Gonn's belief that Anakin is a messiah conceived by some holy spirit yadda yadda. Really, he's the product of Sith bioengineering.
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SaltLick posted:It's so ridiculous and out there that it probably what George would have put. Star Wars is really a master thesis on the theory of Reverse Occam's Razor and how it relates to mythos. It actually was originally in the ROTS script, as I recall, but was cut at the last minute.
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Sep 21, 2011 13:36
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Mister Roboto posted:
Not one bit. That doesn't look like Carrie Fisher at all.  Casimir Radon posted:[quote="DougieFFC"] I dumped mine awhile back and only have the ones that are worth actually keeping in eBook form now. 
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Sep 21, 2011 13:47
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Torael_7 posted:Not one bit. That doesn't look like Carrie Fisher at all. Yeah, this pretty much. What are those shots from though?
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movax posted:Yeah, this pretty much. What are those shots from though? I'd say cheesy porn parody of filming of Star Wars, or seriously College Humor.com?
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Actually, it's none of those. Surprised no one recognized Kim Cardassian and Kayne.   Looks like Kim decided to dress up as Leia for Kanye for some Star Wars themed video, but it's being yanked off youtube really fast. Also apparently it's pretty unfunny, but like you're watching for that. Mister Roboto fucked around with this message at 15:33 on Sep 21, 2011 |
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Sep 21, 2011 15:25
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movax posted:Maybe I'm blind, but I looked for a bit, where are the X-Wing books arioch posted:Well I saw Courtship of Princess Leia and Tatooine Ghost, so the small row of paperbacks immediately before ought to be the X-Wing books. But at this resolution/graininess I can't tell. Did they give the X-Wing books new paperback covers or something? movax posted:Same here; maybe they aren't the American covers? Correct. Sorry, forgot to say I'm UK-based and a lot of our covers were different. The X-Wing novels are mostly on the third shelf from the bottom - the 7 books after the Dark Forces novellas, and before Courtship and Tatooine Ghost. Admiral Goodenough posted:Billy supremacy I think I've read the Thrawn trilogy through at least three times, X-Wing series twice. Some of the others I've read twice here and there. I did re-reads of the NJO and Clone Wars EU a couple of years back. There are even a few in there I've never tackled - I'm yet to read Tatooine Ghost (it just striks me as a redunant story to tell), and I stopped reading the awful Bounty Hunter Wars trilogy halfway through the first one (but still bought the next two). On top of that I have unabridged versions of the Thrawn Trilogy I've listened to on the move a couple of times, along with the excellent audio production of Stover's ROTS novelisation. I re-read the comics a lot more than I do the novels. DougieFFC fucked around with this message at 16:00 on Sep 21, 2011 |
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Torael_7 posted:
Same here. I took my original VHS copies and all the books to the Salvation Army. Hopefully someone else will enjoy them.
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Mister Roboto posted:Actually, it's none of those. Surprised no one recognized Kim Cardassian and Kayne. Dude, it's the Star Wars thread.
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Mister Roboto posted:Actually, it's none of those. Surprised no one recognized Kim Cardassian movax posted:Dude, it's the Star Wars thread. Yeah we don't talk about Star Trek here.
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Nate RFB posted:Could you elaborate? I loving loathed some of the changes he implemented (mostly just changing the Vader/Obi-wan fight), but couldn't find anything on his site suggesting there was also a "purist" version. It's still different (not as pure as the despecialized edition), but all the major changes, like the re-editing of scenes, added music, and changed lines have been restored to their original form. The complete list is here: http://swrevisited.wordpress.com/anhr-change-list/ And he tells you what changes are not in the purist version.
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Bonzo posted:Same here. I took my original VHS copies and all the books to the Salvation Army. Hopefully someone else will enjoy them. I would do this with mine but the vast majority of them are far too abused to really be donateable. I'll probably have to consign them to a fate at the hard to recycle items dropoff 
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Darth Freddy posted:Yeah we don't talk about Star Trek here. I realized I would die alone and unloved (again) when I heard a radio ad for "keeping up with the Kardasians" and I was all like "oooh, a Star Trek ad on the radio! I wonder if Gul Dukat will be in this episode!  "Nope, I'm just a huge sperg and it was really talking about Kim and her sisters. 
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Keeping Up With The Cardassians would be the best reality show ever.
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I would watch the poo poo out of Keeping up with the Cardassians.
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Armyman25 posted:I would watch the poo poo out of Keeping up with the Cardassians. Garak would rig a bomb in his room in every episode just to get out of cleaning it.
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Phylodox posted:Keeping Up With The Cardassians would be the best reality show ever. Keeping Up With The Calrissians
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WhyteRyce posted:Keeping Up With The Calrissians  this would be the greatest show!
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WhyteRyce posted:Keeping Up With The Calrissians 
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Mister Roboto posted:Someone please give Michael Jai White the rights to Lando Calrissian.
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"Based on the stpryl by George Lucas" Can't tell if that's a typo or commentary on Lucas' storytelling abilities...
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"Based on a beloved holiday cookie recipe".
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Who's the baddest dude in the galaxy? BlackStar Warrior, of course.
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movax posted:I realized I would die alone and unloved (again) when I heard a radio ad for "keeping up with the Kardasians" and I was all like "oooh, a Star Trek ad on the radio! I wonder if Gul Dukat will be in this episode! I made the first mistake when I heard about the show. "What a new Star Trek?" friend then had to explain to me and ask why I have never heard of these people what so ever. Most knowledge I have about them is from south park.
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Torael_7 posted:I would do this with mine but the vast majority of them are far too abused to really be donateable. I'll probably have to consign them to a fate at the hard to recycle items dropoff Many libraries sell used books to raise money, so you could see if they'd accept them as a donation. And since the price is usually something like four paperbacks for a dollar, being in poor condition isn't much of a drawback.
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Darth Freddy posted:I made the first mistake when I heard about the show. "What a new Star Trek?" friend then had to explain to me and ask why I have never heard of these people what so ever. Most knowledge I have about them is from south park. Yeah, I still keep forgetting why I should know who this Kardashian-family is. Aren't they famous mostly because people say they are famous, or have they actually done something (apart from being in a show because they are supposedly famous)?
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Grendels Dad posted:Yeah, I still keep forgetting why I should know who this Kardashian-family is. Aren't they famous mostly because people say they are famous, or have they actually done something (apart from being in a show because they are supposedly famous)?
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