Star Wars discussion (SPOILERS INCLUDED)

Post by **Miami Vice** » Thu Sep 03, 2015 10:26 am

I'm going to try buying as many of those as possible

Post by **eddy** » Thu Sep 03, 2015 10:29 am

https://pbs.twimg.com/tweet_video/CN-xffdU8AALTa5.mp4

rc falcon

Post by **slappybrown** » Thu Sep 03, 2015 10:34 am

Ok, that's pretty bad ass.

Post by **nocera** » Thu Sep 03, 2015 10:42 am

Star Wars Minute just had an hour and a half episode discussing the Phantom Menace trailer. The minute by minute Phantom Menace review begins in January so this is a nice preview of what to expect.

Thu Sep 03, 2015 12:15 pm

http://www.theoldrobots.com/otherobots5.html

This R2 says hi.
I modified one of these with a basic stamp for a project at community college, I am going to need to dig him up and rebuild him with a PIC microcontroller. BB-8 is cool but R2 is better.

Also in that link for the BB-8 toy, the self build is far far cooler.
http://toyland.gizmodo.com/an-exhaustiv ... 1709299669

Post by **Miami Vice** » Thu Sep 03, 2015 12:30 pm

I saw a post somewhere else online that I think is a dead on astute observation:

go back to when the prequels came out. who was plastered on everything (cereal, doritos, mt dew, etc)? yoda, r2d2, darth maul, darth vader, c3po. and why? because Lucas didn't have to pay Ewan McGregor, Hayden Christainsen, etc for their likeness.

Post by **nocera** » Thu Sep 03, 2015 12:42 pm

Miami Vice wrote:I saw a post somewhere else online that I think is a dead on astute observation:

go back to when the prequels came out. who was plastered on everything (cereal, doritos, mt dew, etc)? yoda, r2d2, darth maul, darth vader, c3po. and why? because Lucas didn't have to pay Ewan McGregor, Hayden Christainsen, etc for their likeness.

Not that I'm disagreeing with you, but these Pepsi cans feature everyone:

Even Shmi is on there. I remember thinking I should collect these, then immediately giving up.

Post by **NAN** » Thu Sep 03, 2015 1:34 pm

I used to have all of those.

Post by **tifosi77** » Thu Sep 03, 2015 2:47 pm

Miami Vice wrote:I saw a post somewhere else online that I think is a dead on astute observation:

go back to when the prequels came out. who was plastered on everything (cereal, doritos, mt dew, etc)? yoda, r2d2, darth maul, darth vader, c3po. and why? because Lucas didn't have to pay Ewan McGregor, Hayden Christainsen, etc for their likeness.

Publicity rights are typically covered in the employment agreement, and they don't always provide for additional costs for merchandising. Especially for someone like Christiansen, who at that point had no resume or clout.

Post by **Silentom** » Thu Sep 03, 2015 3:20 pm

tifosi77 wrote:Publicity rights are typically covered in the employment agreement, and they don't always provide for additional costs for merchandising. Especially for someone like Christiansen, who at that point had no resume or clout.

Or talent.

Post by **Miami Vice** » Thu Sep 03, 2015 3:25 pm

I don't think there was a problem with the prequel casts - theres a lot of acting awards and nominations between them. they were just given the laziest direction and the worst dialogue to act out in front of a green screen by a director sipping coffee in front of a monitor.

Post by **tifosi77** » Thu Sep 03, 2015 3:39 pm

No amount of talent could have saved the prequels.

Post by **Dickie Dunn** » Thu Sep 03, 2015 3:42 pm

Silentom wrote:
tifosi77 wrote:Publicity rights are typically covered in the employment agreement, and they don't always provide for additional costs for merchandising. Especially for someone like Christiansen, who at that point had no resume or clout.
Or talent.

You know what he does have though? Summer Roberts.

Post by **Dickie Dunn** » Thu Sep 03, 2015 10:30 pm

Benicio del Toro confirmed as the villain for Stars Wars Episode VIII. Filming begins in March.

Post by **DigitalGypsy66** » Fri Sep 04, 2015 10:19 am

Hey, all of the new Star Wars toys are out today! Now to keep the uh, kids away from the toy section for a while...

Wed Sep 09, 2015 12:32 pm

Cool link with some info between Return of the Jedi and The Force Awakens
http://io9.com/everything-we-know-about ... 1729549100

Post by **NAN** » Wed Sep 09, 2015 12:38 pm

That is pretty good stuff.

Post by **Dickie Dunn** » Wed Sep 09, 2015 12:44 pm

Just read that as well. Looked up Star Wars: Aftermath on Amazon and apparently it sucks. Disappointed I am.

Post by **eddy** » Wed Sep 09, 2015 12:54 pm

Dickie Dunn wrote:Just read that as well. Looked up Star Wars: Aftermath on Amazon and apparently it sucks. Disappointed I am.

I think I made the smart move of cancelling my preorder, too bad, he's a good author and the potential is certainly there

Post by **eddy** » Wed Sep 09, 2015 1:00 pm

and the author responds to criticism of his book...

“If you’re upset because I put gay characters and a gay protagonist in the book, I got nothing for you. Sorry, you squawking saurian — meteor’s coming. And it’s a fabulously gay Nyan Cat meteor with a rainbow trailing behind it and your mode of thought will be extinct. You’re not the Rebel Alliance. You’re not the good guys. You’re the **** Empire, man. You’re the shitty, oppressive, totalitarian Empire. If you can imagine a world where Luke Skywalker would be irritated that there were gay people around him, you completely missed the point of ‘Star Wars.’ It’s like trying to picture Jesus kicking lepers in the throat instead of curing them. Stop being the Empire. Join the Rebel Alliance. We have love and inclusion and great music and cute droids.

“(By the way, the book also has an older woman, a mother, rescuing a man. So if that bothers you, you might wanna find a bunker for hunkering down. And I dunno if you noticed, but the three new protagonists of the movie consist of a woman, a black man, a Latino man. The bad guys all look like white guys, too. So many meteors. So little time to squawk at them.)”

http://spinoff.comicbookresources.com/2 ... otagonist/

seems to me that it was a combination of those against that and quite frankly that it was poorly written. I've read a few of his books and while they are page turners, I'm not sure I'd call him a "good writer". I enjoyed his style for what it portrayed on paper, but I never thought there was an issue with content vs writing.

Post by **Craig** » Wed Sep 09, 2015 1:04 pm

Did that guy just compare homosexuality to a disease to be cured like leprosy?

Post by **tifosi77** » Wed Sep 09, 2015 1:07 pm

Lemon Berry Lobster wrote:Cool link with some info between Return of the Jedi and The Force Awakens
http://io9.com/everything-we-know-about ... 1729549100

Post by **tifosi77** » Wed Sep 09, 2015 1:09 pm

Craig wrote:Did that guy just compare homosexuality to a disease to be cured like leprosy?

No, and I hope that wasn't a serious question.

Post by **Craig** » Wed Sep 09, 2015 1:10 pm

Well it was rhetorical because he did, but it wasnt serious.

Post by **eddy** » Wed Sep 09, 2015 1:11 pm

Craig wrote:Did that guy just compare homosexuality to a disease to be cured like leprosy?

yeah, that didn't really didn't do him any favors with that quote.

edit: I just went on and read some of the amazon reviews and a lot of people are basically giving it 1 star because there are gay characters and that's it. I'm fine with what he said, but like I said earlier, he has a different style of writing and I'm sure a lot of people didn't resonate with that and their star wars world.