hey you! Star Wars Geek!
 

sorry, I though I remembered a thread about Star Wars and I was going to slide this in there. however! no such luck (could be the severe lack of coffee today). anywhoo! one of my favorite characters from the series has always been Darth Vader (sure I havea soft spot for Luke, but Vader is such a more complicated character) anyway! all that being said, A friend of mine sent this link to me the other day. and...well.... take a look.

http://darthside.blogspot.com/

Hey man, there are spoilers in there! How about a little warning?

I haven't seen the new one! (had a chance to go to a free screening last night but couldn't) sorry! I thought it was more Darth thinking about his past.. rather than a spoiler.. I mean most of the text is out of Return of the Jedi... sorry, *hanging head in shame*

It was well written, and most of it is from the other movies. But some of it is new. Good link though. Chin up.

cow, I had never considered myself a star wars geek until I got sucked into the alternate universe that is Star Wars Galaxies. Then, I wanted to know everything about Star Wars and got really into it for a while. Now, I am just amused with it and enjoy the movies from time to time. I like helping my 3 year old collect action figures from the movies and enjoy conversations about "politics and interpersonal relationships" based in star wars. I wouldn't consider myself one of those people that knows how lightsabers are made or whether or not Darth Maul was raised on the planet of Corellia.

I can't wait to see the latest movie. I will wait, though, at least long enough for there not to be a 4 hour wait in line situation.

Saw Sith over the weekend. My faith in George Lucas is restored. Darth Vader did some really really bad things.

Yeah the dialogue was weak. But the lightsaber stuff was great. And I want to grow up to be Yoda.

I dunno, I thought the aftermath of Yoda's big duel was weak. He says he's gotta do that stuff... but WHY does he have to do it? There are still plot holes big enough to fly a Star Destroyer through, but those of us of a certain age at least remember how magical the original was and so we overlook all that.

long time ago.. galaxy far far away.. that's all you need to know.. crap as far as plot holes go! what happened to the metachlorides or whatever the hell that shit was from episode 1.. still haven't seen the new one.. long damn story, I have been meaning to post it... the moral of the story is 'don't try to help anyone you don't know' well shit here it is.. I know wrong place but I think I can threadjack my own thread :))

alright, so there I am walking back home from my brothers house after dropping off a couple of packs of cigarettes from the camel guy (my brother is unemployed at the moment, and I thought he could use them) SO! there I am walking home to get some sleep before work in the morning.. well I'm walking past the stadium and see this girl walking towards me.. just sobbing.tears running her crappy ass mascara down her face heaving great deep painfull sobs.. so what do I do? stop her and ask her if there's anything I can do to help.. (yeah I ought to know better) at the same time a KU cop pulls up.. and asks her what's going on. she says 'nothing this guy just asked me if he could help' so the cop asks me what's up I say the same thinfg.. and here's my stupid ass mistake.. I told him my name and let him have my ID.. (well for those dear listeners who haven't had enough spare time to keep up with my nare'-do-well life) it seems I have a couple of warrants out for me.. I knew of one of them :)) SO! off in handcuffs I go to the county jail (really if you are nice to them they will be more or less nice to you) 400$ and 4 hours later I'm here typing.. but goddamn I was soooo close to catching up on my bills.. soo close.. so dear reader the moral of the story a.) let the fucking damsel in distress get eaten by the fucking dragon (unless she's a friend) and b.) pay your old tickets


I want to be a good jedi!

and case.. I still have some of the old starwars trading cards.. saw the original 27 times in the theater...( I was young) empire (still my favorite) 22 times and that sorry ass jub-jub bullshit.. oh wait I mean revenge..urr.. return of the Jedi 8 times (I'm sorry but the whole ewok thing just annoyed the hell out of me.. I mean sure they are cute and all.. and that damn ewok christmas...anyway! I need some sleep)

Was there an Ewok Christmas, too? Or are you thinking of the Wookie Christmas?

Yeah, I glossed over the weaknesses because I really wanted to recapture that "Star Wars feeling" one last time before it was all over. It worked, at least for me. Obiwan's ruthlessness when he had a job to do was kinda gripping. Yoda's duel with Sidious was a bit anticlimatic after the huge amount of ass that he had kicked up to that point (the way he can dispatch two people at once without breaking a sweat is great). The almost-last scene on the star destroyer looking out the window was great.

I can't remember the guy's name now, which is horrible. But the actor who played Sidious was great. He was just disgustingly slimy. Good show. The rest of the performances were kinda flat. It was a waste of talent dialogue-wise. Imagine how much it cost to book Samuel L. Jackson...to give him a bunch of boring Jedi talk was a shame.

But the lightsabers!! And the explosions! and the Wookies! and the lack of Muppets!


hey cowhead, that sucks, btw. But you should keep helpin the damsels, just pay your tickets on time.

yeah... I kinda got that Idea now.. the f*cked up thing is that I actually had money in my 'budget' to cover one of them this week... now? not so much.. although I am planning on seeing the movie this wednesday, sure I'll have to smoke less... but I suppose that's a good thing anyway... have you ever read 'splinter in minds eye'? it's episode 8 for all intents and purposes.. I read it as a kid and have been looking for another copy.. it's the story of Luke and Leigha (sp?) and their grappling with the force, Luke does a little darkside action.. I dunno if you can find a copy, get it.. it's a fun read.. atleast from what I recall anyway (and heh.. the dialouge is pretty good)

no.. the travesty that was the 'ewok christmas adventure' will haunt me 'til the end of my days.. now a Wookie christmas! now that would be something! okay.. I need some sleep... sorry about the blathering... long damn night/past couple of days

Splinter of the Mind's Eye! I got that when I was a kid too. I sold it back to the used bookstore. It played up the Luke/Leia sexual tension and when I found out they were related I didn't care for the book any more.

Also had a couple spinoff books about Han Solo, but don't remember what they were.

This might be kind of a spoiler:

Midichlorians come up again in this Episode in reference to a certain dark side ability.

I forget whether that's in the Book or the Movie....

whowouldbuythat.com features this 8-track of the original movie, which sold for almost $10k US.

Ah. I never saw that, I don't think.
The Star Wars Holiday Special is the worst television program I have ever seen, entertaining in its sheer awfulness. It follows Chewbacca's family (his wife Mala, his father Itchy, and his son Lumpy), waiting for Chewie to come home for Life Day, and watching music videos.

I got a call from a friend yesterday, asking if I wanted to see Star Wars Episode 3: Revenge of the Sith ... Well, Duh! You betcha.

You may not have guessed it, being as I am cooler than cool, but I am a major league Star Wars Geek™.

And I have a major leage baseball jersey with the Star Wars Logo across the front to prove it.

So, given that I was going to see the final installment of the series, what else would one wear?? A quick, panicked search of my room yielded a Darth Vader button that I've had since what we now know to be Episode #4 came out. I found it because it was pinned to my going to a SciFi Convention headgear ... a (trucker) baseball cap with the Team Banzai logo on it. I know I have a Star Wars ballcap somewhere, but you know how you can never ever find something in a hurry when you need it?

So, properly attired, I ventured forth with my intrepid friends, one who really loves Star Wars, her husband who puts up with it but has pretty much lost interest, and two ladies who know Darth Vader Bad, Yoda Good and talks funny.

You know you've scored in geekdom when some other geek, in this case, one of the concession stand guys at the theater, thought my shirt was the coolest thing ever, and started telling me about his lightsaber collection.

I'm guessing his whole concession stand paycheck is going to the lightsabers right now ...

But hey, someone I don't know noticed.

I honestly don't know what the reviewers or other fans are saying, but I thought the movie was cool. Not Empire Strikes Back cool, but way up there. The loose ends are no longer loose, and a few things that I'd made guesses about that I won't discuss because of spoiler potential. But take heart, true fans, bases were covered, things make sense, and Jar-Jar doesn't have any lines.

The lightsaber battles are plentiful, cool, and well worth the admission price, although some of the moves are so fast, and the lighting so dark and shadowy you do miss some of the coolness.

Get yourself a ticket, some greasy popcorn with extra golden topping, and have fun with the latest installment of the old time serial.

And, as an extra little bonus ... you'll probably get to see a trailer for Narnia. It's rare that you get those kind of chills of anticipation from a trailer. I can't wait to see the movie.

eh.. offhand since the whole arrest thing I'm not going to be able to see the movie for another month.. assuming it's still in the theaters.. so spoil away! uh.. let me guess.. hmm Anakin becomes.. Darth Vader!!!! uh.. yeah already know the story I just want to see how they play it out.. and that's the screwed up thing. ever since I was a kid I've imagined the defeat of the Jedi, and the begingin of the clone wars.. okay.. the movie did alright.. but my dreams were better.. oh! and here's a silly thing! alright the race who built the deathstar speak in such a gutteral nonfunctional language.. how in the HELL didi they build such a technological marvel? it just seem (unless they wrote everything down) that the simple talking about such a project would take years in and of itself.. uh.. did I mention geek?

narnia? as in the tales of? oh crap. they better not ruin all of my childhood!

ps. like i've said sometime my browser doesn't load all of everything before I'm allowed the 'quick post' option.. so sometimes I miss things

The Narnia trailer looks excellent. And here's a spoiler regarding Star Wars Ep III...

...the bad guys win.

WHAT!?!?!? no way dude!

Maddox review Episode 3. His conclusion:
A big steaming pile of Sith.
WARNING: Spoliers and not at all safe for work. Also very, very, very angry.
I myself liked Ep3, but not because it was epic film making.

It doesn't take much to make Maddox very, very, very, angry.

That said, all of his points are good. I, too, enjoyed the movie but it's primarily because Lucas can afford to hire an army of excellent filmmakers to hide his script as best they can.

I've got an odd Narnia trivia question. Lucy got the healing elixir from Father Christmas. What were the other gifts? A sword for Peter, a bow for Susan, and nothing for Edmund? Or is my memory off?

i've seen the new movie twice, mainly because i will never get to see Star Wars in the theater after this (that is the negative side of vcr/dvd in everyhome). this trilogy could have been soooo much more. Sith is actually acceptable to me, if not really pleasing. Ewan Macgregor really is a good actor in order to make you care about his character through all of the horrible dialogue. he is the one individual that makes his character in this trilogy, really match up with the character from the original trilogy.

my single greatest gripe is Samuel L Jackson. an otherwise enjoyable actor, managed to overact and destroy every single line and scene he was in. pathetic.


*cheesy attempt at menacing scowl*

:lol: I gotta hand it to maddox. the drawrings totally make that review.


but i still liked the movie.

The Saga Is Complete :)
 

Revenge of the Sith was great, definitely the best of the prequel trilogy. Although I generally still consider Episode IV and V to be the best Episodes. Hayden Christensen's acting has noticeably improved as has Natalie Portman's (well, what little we saw of her). Chewbacca has killer dialogue :p Wookie's rule! Yoda's backward syntax was also a scene stealer. Kudos must go to George Lucas for including the scene in which Bail Organa and Yoda step into the hallway of the Rebel Blockade Runner that opened Star Wars. It's hard to believe that this is the same exact hallway in which we got our first look at Vader, so many years ago.

I can't wait until the box set prequel trilogy is released. I'm a huge Star Wars fan (I own the five previous installments, self-confessed geek :)

Peter got a shield to go with the sword, Lucy also got a dagger, Susan also got a horn (the one that pulled them back into Narnia for Prince Caspian). Mrs. Beaver got a new sewing machine, and Mr. Beaver got his dam finished and mended, all the leaks stopped, and a new sluicegate fitted.
They also got breakfast.
Edward got nothing because he wasn't with the other children at the time -- he was off Being Bad.

(Okay, I have LW&W on my palmpilot, along with 40 other books...)

Right, thanks!

Or....
[Dave Chappelle as Samuel L. Jackson]
Mmmmmm....I'm a Jedi, b*tch! That's right! I hope you die, and burn in hell!
[/Dave Chappelle as Samuel L. Jackson]

Finally saw it. Its much better than the last one. It was a pretty good wrap up of the story. I'm suprised the Republicans are not up in arms about soon to be Lord Vader quoting George Bush.

I don't remember that, but then again I don't pay much attention to Bush either.

I'll have to see it again but doesn't Ani say "You are either with us or you are against us in the fight against terror" ... maybe its just a real close paraphrase. Lucas scored a few easy points, of course he also conflates the Republic with democracy ;)

"if you are not with me, you are my enemy". close enough to be considered a GWB reference. i still like Padme's line along the lines of "so this is the sound of liberty's death - thunderous applause." very appropriate.

edit: i realized after being quoted that i misspelled libertiesiesies. es.

That was a pretty heavy moment.

i got pissed at work today so i shut the office down and went to the movies. i saw star wars again. it is growing on me.

i saw something today that gave it a couple of cool points. in one of the Coruscant scenes they show a freighter land. it just happens to be the exact same model as the Millenium Falcon.

Without the upgrades! :)

Another neat thing is the shear number of different flyers /weapons etc.. That was a brilliant way to flex the high tech muscle without explaining away the x-wing and tie fighters.

I dislike R2D2 hopping out of craft on his own however.

yeah - they really screwed up on the R2 bit IMO. if R2 was so high tech then, why was he so relatively low tech and slow moving 20 years later?

i guess it is just a movie, so we shouldn't pick on incongruities, but don't you think that Obi Wan (episode IV) might have remembered C3PO and R2 considering how much time he spent with them in episodes I,II,III? that part was never explained away. ;)

Between the years of Episode 3 and 4, the Empire is in control and the technology is degrading. R2 does quite a few cool things in Ep 3 that aren't within his capability in Ep 4.

They did clarify why 3PO didn't recognize Obi-Wan, though ... they left R2's memory intact, but it was probably damaged or degraded over the 20 years of mysterious goings on we don't know about that are poorly explained in the opening credits. Thinking ... didn't Obi-Wan say in Ep 4 he never owned droids? I don't think he got specific about having known any ...

Yes, I did think this through prior to this post. I am that much of a Star Wars Geek.

so am i wolf. i have in fact started giving my star wars toys to my son. my wife is astonished at all the shite. i'll have to snap some pics soon so you can all ridicule me.

I don't have a lot of action figures, but I have other stuff ...

Original Darth Vader poster, plus the one from Empire with Vader and two Stormtroopers against a red background.

A set of Star Wars Sheets.

14" Darth Vader Action Figure.

Darth Vader Keychain.

Star Destroyer Keychain with light and sound action.

C3PO watch, still in blisterpack.

Star Wars Picture Disc, The Story of Star Wars.

LPs of Sountracks of Star Wars and Empire

Comic Book adaptations of Star Wars, Empire and Jedi.

Stuffed Watto that my boss' wife gave me

Novelizations of all the movies (still have to get the new one)

Amazing piles of other crap that I can't bring to mind just this minute.

Got an email this morning from CGNetworks (Computer Graphics) that talked about Revenge of the Sith.Damn. :vader1:

I bow to your SWG superiority.

the life of a storm trooper ,
http://centrifuga.net/ops/

Star Wars Planetary Glassware

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Only $50 for the set. Less than $10 each.

It would be funny if some of those were more fragile than others. One only if hit at one particular point.

Like an exhaust port?

:D

I heard you were vulnerable to a shot in the exhaust port.

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Here.

You know you've arrived at u of M when the Michigan Stormtrooper attends your Club Team game.....

Ahhh there was once, back in the very early days of the interwebs, a website called "Chicks with antlers" where someone had very painstakingly photoshopped antlers onto the heads of pretty lingerie models. All different types of antlers, all different poses. It was majestic in its utter WTF-ness since there was no explanation or text to speak of. I looked on the wayback machine but there wasn't much.

so..... firearms deer season just started here and my immediate thought on seeing that image went there and not to "the holiday season"

Splinter of the Mind's Eye

I used to have that book too. Found it at an elementary-school library, of all things.

The planetary glassware is gorgeous, but the Death Star should be grey and Hoth is too green!

Now might be a good time to mention that while they're not in mint condition by any stretch of any imagination, I have the scores to the first and second original films on vinyl.

I'm old. I was raised by a hippie rock band. Of COURSE I have a working turntable and a stack of vinyl like 3 feet deep. If anyone ever wants a near-mint copy of the original banned-cover Appetite For Destruction, let me know...