The Star Wars Thread

[Voros]

This... is just great

I saw this essay a while ago and it does a good job of restating what Lucas has said about his intentions with the films well. Those statements, like his interest in the abstraction of colour and movement in the light saber duels, made me more sympathetic to what he was attempting in the prequels even if I still consider the films themselves failures.

 

[Voros]

 

[Stan]

This... is just great

Another element was that Lucas and his companions were obsessed with collecting and creating weird sounds before and during the original trilogy. This imparts mood and helps the music on a more basic level than dialogue. Think of lightsabers, droid beeps, TIE fighters, and Vader's breathing - they make the movies feel alien. They, along with detailed set design, make the world feel bigger than the movie set.

I think the lack of these elements are what make most of the ripoffs feel like cardboard.

 

[Endless Flight]

Ben Burtt is a very talented individual, no doubt about it.

 

[Godfather Punk]

 

[TristramEvans]

 

[TristramEvans]

 

[Voros]

A classic from The Onion I'm including in this thread for posterity.

Don't Tell Me You've Never Wondered What Yoda's Penis Looks Like

Oh, come on. All the times you've watched Star Wars movies, it's never crossed your mind even once? You're just going to play dumb and say, "Oh, gee, no, that never occurred to me"? Give me a break. Don't even try to tell me you've never wondered what Yoda's penis looks like.

www.theonion.com

 

[Acmegamer]

A classic from The Onion I'm including in this thread for posterity.

Don't Tell Me You've Never Wondered What Yoda's Penis Looks Like

Oh, come on. All the times you've watched Star Wars movies, it's never crossed your mind even once? You're just going to play dumb and say, "Oh, gee, no, that never occurred to me"? Give me a break. Don't even try to tell me you've never wondered what Yoda's penis looks like.

www.theonion.com

You know, I've always had a rather active and imaginative sex drive. Yet, somehow I never pondered that. I feel somehow I have failed myself by not giving what does Yoda's penis look like a passing thought.

 

[Cessna]

I really liked that last episode of the Batch. I was actually surprised by some of the developments but others I knew were going to happen. I got a tear in my eye at the end, I can’t deny.

My son is getting ready to graduate and head off to college, I wasn't ready for that ending.

 

[chuckdee]

It was really good. The ending was tense and suspenseful without unnecessary ramping up of threat by dramatic losses just for the sake of loss (I'm still not over Wash in Serenity)

 

[Endless Flight]

The moment where she runs up and gives Crosshair a hug in the rain got to me too. She really got through his shell in a way nobody else could.

 

[chuckdee]

I think I was scared for all of them at one point or another. I did love when they heard about the Zillo beast, they said was it Echo or Omega and they immediately said Omega

 

[Acmegamer]

My son is getting ready to graduate and head off to college, I wasn't ready for that ending.

Wait until the co-pays come in! Parent Plus loans are yours plus whatever the kid generates themselves on top of that. It's cranking me for just short of $2,000.00 a month until the day I die for four kids. heh.

 

[Voros]

 

[Voros]

I didn't know that Lucas was being recognized with an honourary Palme d'or at Cannes this year.

For non-filmnerds: Cannes is the most prestigious film festival in the world. The Palme d'or is a pretty big deal.

 

[Endless Flight]

I’m reading this right now. Basically a retelling of the Skywalker family history from Anakin to Ben.

 

[Tulpa Girl]