Star Wars: 4000 posts later we are no closer to consensus

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thrawn527: Mar 27, 2004; Thrawn/Pellaeon
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viral spiral posted:

Disney revamped the Falcon because they thought the dirty old one wouldn't sell enough toys

[citation needed]

# ? Feb 10, 2018 15:33

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# ? Jun 11, 2024 17:20

viral spiral: Sep 19, 2017; by R. Guyovich

Here's Disney's contact info for their various studio departments: https://studioservices.go.com/disneystudios/contact.html

I recommend the one for sets (818) 506-6560, and furniture restoration/painting (818) 560-5271.

# ? Feb 10, 2018 15:39

SimonCat: Aug 12, 2016; by Nyc_Tattoo; College Slice

SimonCat posted:

Regarding the old vs new Falcon, a better example of the new versus worn look is Mad Max's V8 Interceptor. Between Mad Max and the Road Warrior, it becomes suitable worn and modified to reflect Max's nomadic existence in the wastelands:

The car's look reflects Max's personality and where his character is at in his story. When it is destroyed, it represents a hard break with the old life that Max was still hanging onto and a chance for him to start over. Also, its shows that George Miller should have made Solo.

The best thing would have been to immediately destroy the Millennium Falcon in the first 5 minutes, as what happened to Max's car in Fury Road.

# ? Feb 10, 2018 16:39

Hodgepodge: Jan 29, 2006; Can't post for 198 days!

viral spiral posted:

Here's Disney's contact info for their various studio departments: https://studioservices.go.com/disneystudios/contact.html

I recommend the one for sets (818) 506-6560, and furniture restoration/painting (818) 560-5271.

I don't think you understand what 'citation' means.

# ? Feb 10, 2018 19:38

CelticPredator: Oct 11, 2013; 🍀👽🆚🪖🏋

Kids love the old busted joint more than the new hotness.

# ? Feb 10, 2018 20:00

Schwarzwald: Jul 27, 2004; Don't Blink

tired: new hotness

wired: old and busted

# ? Feb 10, 2018 20:17

SuperMechagodzilla: Jun 9, 2007; NEWT REBORN

SimonCat posted:

Regarding the old vs new Falcon, a better example of the new versus worn look is Mad Max's V8 Interceptor. Between Mad Max and the Road Warrior, it becomes suitable worn and modified to reflect Max's nomadic existence in the wastelands

And Max's old police uniform (a fairly generic leather motorcycle jacket) is gradually customized into this asymmetrical, armored thing.

Dirk the Average posted:

And again, clothes are cheap. Owning a starship is expensive. [...] I'm just not seeing how this is implausible to you.

Literally anything is 'plausible'. The question is what makes for good storytelling. We don't see any indication that Han is wearing 'cheap' clothes or that he is dumping his money into fashionable outfits to show off.

# ? Feb 10, 2018 21:23

Davros1: Jul 19, 2007; You've got to admit, you are kind of implausible

Better get a scene of Han cutting the sleeves of a black jacket to make a vest

# ? Feb 10, 2018 21:42

Kart Barfunkel: Nov 10, 2009

I�m glad we�ll finally have settled on a canonical exploration of the red stripes on han�s pants.

http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Corellian_Bloodstripe

# ? Feb 10, 2018 23:03

Harime Nui: Apr 15, 2008; The New Insincerity

In my headcanon Han Solo is an inadvertent stolen valor rear end in a top hat in military surplus pants (just cuz he's Corellian doesn't mean he'd be familiar with their military decorations)

# ? Feb 10, 2018 23:09

Vinylshadow: Mar 20, 2017

Hansen85 posted:

I've been waiting for the announcement of an animated show set between ANH and ESB (or after ROTJ) centered on Luke, Leia and Han. I think there's a decent chance that'll be Filoni's next project, unless he'd prefer working on original characters.

Animated versions of the current Marvel Comics run so I don't have to look at...well this:

Where do I send the check?

# ? Feb 10, 2018 23:36

Harime Nui: Apr 15, 2008; The New Insincerity

lmao why do the comics-original characters always look out of place like they came straight off some kid's deviantart page

Like no prosthetics or droid parts in the movies ever looked like fuckin Admiral Cable there

I mean aside from them also looking out of place cuz they're not outright traced from actors' photos

# ? Feb 11, 2018 00:00

CelticPredator: Oct 11, 2013; 🍀👽🆚🪖🏋

Vinylshadow posted:

Animated versions of the current Marvel Comics run so I don't have to look at...well this:

Where do I send the check?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=62UzLgdb1GQ

# ? Feb 11, 2018 00:09

Milkfred E. Moore: Aug 27, 2006; 'It's easier to imagine the end of the world than the end of capitalism.'

why does his roboarm go OVER his jacket?

# ? Feb 11, 2018 00:11

Brother Entropy: Dec 27, 2009

Milky Moor posted:

why does his roboarm go OVER his jacket?

as if you'd hide your badass roboarm under clothing instead of showing it off to the world at all times

# ? Feb 11, 2018 00:14

Zoran: Aug 19, 2008; I lost to you once, monster. I shall not lose again! Die now, that our future can live!

Milky Moor posted:

why does his roboarm go OVER his jacket?

I�m still trying to figure out what the gently caress's going on with the angles between his neck, chin, and collar

# ? Feb 11, 2018 00:39

The MSJ: May 17, 2010

Did Greg Land create the art?

And is General Eyepatch supposed to be Captain Rex post-ROTJ?

# ? Feb 11, 2018 00:44

Neo Rasa: Mar 8, 2007; Everyone should play DUKE games.

Brother Entropy posted:

as if you'd hide your badass roboarm under clothing instead of showing it off to the world at all times

It looks a bit like "the" cybernetic arm. Not that it's important in anyway, just it looks like the unused concept for the Nazi with the robo arm in Raiders of the Lost Ark (IIRC this only existed as concept art but would have been the guy that beats up Indy pretty badly before getting propellered). The same arm design pops up now and then in EU stuff and even on one of the characters in that dogshit Masters of Teras Kasi video game.

# ? Feb 11, 2018 00:49

Captain Splendid: Jan 7, 2009; Qu'en pense Caffarelli?

Vinylshadow posted:

Animated versions of the current Marvel Comics run so I don't have to look at...well this:

Where do I send the check?

Why the hell is Aura Garrido in Star Wars comics?

I shouldn't be surprised. About 10 years ago I made a Venator Star Destroyer in SketchUp and I've seen it being used in a few of the new Marvel Comics.

# ? Feb 11, 2018 01:02

Freakazoid_: Jul 5, 2013; Buglord

I don't mind the millennium falcon looking factory fresh, but apparently hollywood doesn't know what factory fresh looks like that isn't an abrams star trek.

# ? Feb 11, 2018 04:30

Ingmar terdman: Jul 24, 2006

He probably takes the arm off when he goes to sleep, and has his uniforms made with 1 sleef

Anyway Solo is going to not be good but Lando and new-old Falcon will be cool

# ? Feb 11, 2018 05:21

Yaws: Oct 23, 2013

Han Solo is not an interesting enough character to carry a movie.

# ? Feb 11, 2018 05:27

The MSJ: May 17, 2010

But wasn�t Han based on the archetype of a Western/adventure movie protagonist?

# ? Feb 11, 2018 06:27

Yaws: Oct 23, 2013

The MSJ posted:

But wasn�t Han based on the archetype of a Western/adventure movie protagonist?

All the OT characters are archetypes.

# ? Feb 11, 2018 06:40

Mia Wasikowska: Oct 7, 2006

Kart Barfunkel posted:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hEcjgJSqSRU

aw that takes me back. i like how he plays it straight, not mocking them

# ? Feb 11, 2018 08:39

Bongo Bill: Jan 17, 2012

Zas posted:

aw that takes me back. i like how he plays it straight, not mocking them

As I recall, that song was written before the release of the movie, based on a partial plot summary provided to him for that purpose.

# ? Feb 11, 2018 09:09

Mr Interweb: Aug 25, 2004

Edit: Oh, I thought this was the TLJ thread. I'll just post this stuff there instead.

Mr Interweb fucked around with this message at 09:48 on Feb 11, 2018

# ? Feb 11, 2018 09:45

Lord Hydronium: Sep 25, 2007; Non, je ne regrette rien

Bongo Bill posted:

As I recall, that song was written before the release of the movie, based on a partial plot summary provided to him for that purpose.

Even better, he wrote it just based on spoilers and prerelease info, and when he did eventually see a screening he barely had to change anything.

# ? Feb 11, 2018 16:16

SimonCat: Aug 12, 2016; by Nyc_Tattoo; College Slice

The deleted scenes for ESB brings up a question that I've always had, why not just use X-wings to take out AT-ATs?

In the deleted scene, Luke fires his X-wing's lasers at General Veer's AT-AT, destroying the head and killing General Veers. Begs the question of why use speeders and not the fighters to start with?

SimonCat fucked around with this message at 19:27 on Feb 11, 2018

# ? Feb 11, 2018 19:25

jivjov: Sep 13, 2007; But how does it taste? Yummy!; Dinosaur Gum

SimonCat posted:

The deleted scenes for ESB brings up a question that I've always had, why not just use X-wings to take out AT-ATs?

In the deleted scene, Luke fires his X-wing's lasers at General Veer's AT-AT, destroying the head and killing General Veers. Begs the question of why use speeders and not the fighters to start with?

The X-Wings were being used as escorts for the transports; since those were more valuable. The speeders were primarily meant to delay the ground assault so the evacuation could proceed, not win the fight.

# ? Feb 11, 2018 19:40

Davros1: Jul 19, 2007; You've got to admit, you are kind of implausible

And the speeders needed adapted to run in cold weather. Maybe the X-Wings needed adapted as well, but they never had time to.

Actual reason, the snowspeeders looked cool

# ? Feb 11, 2018 20:22

SimonCat: Aug 12, 2016; by Nyc_Tattoo; College Slice

jivjov posted:

The X-Wings were being used as escorts for the transports; since those were more valuable. The speeders were primarily meant to delay the ground assault so the evacuation could proceed, not win the fight.

I can see why they cut the scene though. The AT-AT was taken out by two shots from an X-wing, making it really obvious that 1 X-wing could have annihilated all the AT-ATs in less time than it took the speeders to take out one.

# ? Feb 11, 2018 21:11

Wheat Loaf: Feb 13, 2012; by FactsAreUseless

They needed the X-wings to escort the transports. The snowspeeders were covering their escape.

# ? Feb 11, 2018 21:45

UmOk: Aug 3, 2003

Did anybody consult Wookipedia on this?

# ? Feb 11, 2018 21:47

jivjov: Sep 13, 2007; But how does it taste? Yummy!; Dinosaur Gum

UmOk posted:

Did anybody consult Wookipedia on this?

No need, when everything said so far has been straight from the film itself

# ? Feb 11, 2018 21:53

CelticPredator: Oct 11, 2013; 🍀👽🆚🪖🏋

They took it out because it ruins the first scene. Tension is way more important than "logic".

# ? Feb 11, 2018 21:55

Small Strange Bird: Sep 22, 2006; Merci, chaton!

SimonCat posted:

The deleted scenes for ESB brings up a question that I've always had, why not just use X-wings to take out AT-ATs?

In the deleted scene, Luke fires his X-wing's lasers at General Veer's AT-AT, destroying the head and killing General Veers. Begs the question of why use speeders and not the fighters to start with?

It's not Luke. It's some random snowspeeder pilot who kamikazes into the AT-AT. (It's in the novelisation, and I always wondered why the film didn't include it.)

# ? Feb 11, 2018 22:29