Asgerd posted:

Mofference

CelticPredator posted:

Moff diving

Zoran posted:

Rise of Skywalker would have been a significantly better movie if one of the Moffs at the Mofference called it a Mofference.

Grendels Dad posted:

Or referred to themselves as Moffs in any way. Like, have Kyle arrest one of them and as he is dragged away he yells "You can't do this to me, I'm a Moff! You hear me? A Moooooooooff!"

Ingmar terdman posted:

For example you could add a digital Rose to the fetch quest, or the ship that the hotel takes place on to the space battle

Ingmar terdman posted:

They should just rerelease ROS every few years with my callbacks to subsequent Content and some new scenes based on fan feedback

For example you could add a digital Rose to the fetch quest, or the ship that the hotel takes place on to the space battle

feedmyleg posted:

I truly believe that personalized movies are the future of the industry. It's going to be an absolute nightmare and a complete destruction of the greatest art form known to man.

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In 2003 there was a paid-access section of StarWars called "Hyperspace".
If you were a "Hyperspace" member you'd be able to access a live webcam from the set of Star Wars: Episode 3 - Revenge of the Sith. You could watch a live stream of the film's production.

Pablo Hidalgo posted:

It was post dot-com bubble and no one knew how to make money online. A lot of sites experimented with subscription models. It was decided way above me, but I think the only thing we were really on the hook for was "cover your expenses". We did and then some.

Fan sites tried to frame it as "pay for spoilers" but that missed the point; it was extremely production focused and allowed for, at the time, contact between audience and crew in a new way.

The two most memorable things were letting the fans choose what Obi-Wan's droid would look like (George was cool that way) and Rick McCallum just randomly inviting a fan in a chat to the scoring session because he asked (classic Rick move).

The crew absolutely loved it. The biggest secret of film production is how dull it can be while waiting for action to happen, and it gave people a welcome and amusing distraction and outlet to play to a live audience.

Davros1 posted:

Watching A New Hope, and when did the "spice=drugs" thing become canon in Star Wars? Because Luke tells Obi-Wan, "My father didn't fight in the wars, he was a navigator on a spice freighter."

Jeez, Uncle Owen, that's hosed up, telling your nephew that his dad was a drug dealer.

No Mods No Masters posted:

Dealing spice was considered morally repugnant when poe admitted he did it in star wars 9. But to be fair I think the movie itself, much less the audience, may have immediately forgotten that right after it was said

feedmyleg posted:

If you wanted, it could easily be interpreted as more akin to prohibition era rum-running, with spice is the equivalent of a beer. Which would just mean that Boba Fett is a teetotaler, which totally fits with his super square persona as presented in BOBF.

But the better explanation is that, just like in Dune, while spice can be used as a drug it also has more legitimate uses. It's the equivalent of transporting poppies, not heroin.

galagazombie posted:

The Empire is also a totalitarian state that probably has onerous tariffs, prohibitions and requisitions meant to strangle the population, so smuggling in this context might not be morally wrong.

George Lucas posted:

Smuggling was really the result of the Empire, which has such stringent rules about tariffs, and the trade companies, which are so strong, so monopolistic. Most legitimate operators were squeezed out of the business. So Han could be described as a smuggler, but in reality he’s a free-enterprise small businessman who is trading between systems without benefit of a proper license from the trade unions.

He smuggled everything under the sun. He smuggled spice along with everything else: various foodstuffs and precious gems and mechanical parts—whatever happened to be available. He would take material from one planet to another planet, and so on, taking his profit out along the way.

CelticPredator posted:

How can fandom be toxic!?? It’s about love!???

galagazombie posted:

The Empire is also a totalitarian state that probably has onerous tariffs, prohibitions and requisitions meant to strangle the population, so smuggling in this context might not be morally wrong.

PeterWeller posted:

During the Old Republic, dudes could go around Coruscant night clubs selling death sticks and the cops would just tell themforce them through invasive brainwashing to go home and rethink their lives.

Davros1 posted:

Watching A New Hope, and when did the "spice=drugs" thing become canon in Star Wars? Because Luke tells Obi-Wan, "My father didn't fight in the wars, he was a navigator on a spice freighter."

Jeez, Uncle Owen, that's hosed up, telling your nephew that his dad was a drug dealer.

feedmyleg posted:

PeterWeller posted:

During the Old Republic, dudes could go around Coruscant night clubs selling death sticks and the cops would just tell them to go home and rethink their lives.

feedmyleg posted:

It's like a djini's wish, you've gotta be really specific

feedmyleg posted:

It's like a djini's wish, you've gotta be really specific

stev posted:

If harmful substances were all branded that way we'd see far fewer drug and alcohol related problems. Ain't no one buying death liquid.

stev posted:

If harmful substances were all branded that way we'd see far fewer drug and alcohol related problems. Ain't no one buying death liquid.