Star Wars: Original/Prequel Trilogies & General Thread

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Re: Star Wars: Original/Prequel Trilogies & General Thread

#551 Post by ford » Fri Nov 06, 2020 10:48 am

domino harvey wrote:
Wed Nov 04, 2020 2:20 am
I’m so excited that we’re fucking talking about this shit again
Did you just stop by to register contempt? Okay...

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Re: Star Wars: Original/Prequel Trilogies & General Thread

#552 Post by domino harvey » Fri Nov 06, 2020 11:15 am

I’m going to bump this thread in two days with my blistering retort

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Re: Star Wars: Original/Prequel Trilogies & General Thread

#553 Post by ford » Fri Nov 06, 2020 4:38 pm

domino harvey wrote:
Fri Nov 06, 2020 11:15 am
I’m going to bump this thread in two days with my blistering retort
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Re: Star Wars: Original/Prequel Trilogies & General Thread

#555 Post by soundchaser » Thu Nov 19, 2020 1:33 pm

knives wrote:
Thu Nov 19, 2020 1:27 pm
Man, Disney is good about being evil.
How can a company purchase assets but not the liabilities that go along with them? I mean, I have no doubt Disney is evil enough to do this, but wouldn't it mean they can get away with not paying royalties on any of their Fox back catalogue?

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Re: Star Wars: Original/Prequel Trilogies & General Thread

#556 Post by knives » Thu Nov 19, 2020 1:56 pm

Sounds like it, but Fox can afford to fight back, this one author not so much.

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#557 Post by LordYam » Fri Jan 15, 2021 3:59 am

I rewatched ANH in 2019 and Empire last christmas. I was worried they'd be bad but they held up admirably well for the most part. Hell I actually enjoyed the bits of Luke at home more than the Death Star escape. Luke's kind brave and compassionate, but he also wants to explore the galaxy and go on adventures and is deeply frustrated that he's trapped in the middle of nowhere while his friends are going on to bigger and better things. Even if Luke's a whiner you can sympathize with him and compared to other movies Luke's acting is....decent. Not great but as someone who's seen bad acting it's reasonably passable.

As for the prequels.....I understand what Lucas was trying to do. The problem is that Lucas needs someone to tell him "no" and critique his ideas. It's been a while since ROTJ but there are good parts and bad parts to it. The battle of Endor and Luke's final duel with Vader? Fantastic. The Ewoks? Stupid. Really should have used Wookies. I don't mind the Death Star II because lets be honest, given how inefficient and arrogant REAL fascists are I can easily see them doubling down on the death star rather than admitting it's a flawed idea.

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Re: Star Wars: Original/Prequel Trilogies & General Thread

#558 Post by Orlac » Wed Jul 14, 2021 3:39 pm

Orlac wrote:
Wed Nov 13, 2019 1:33 pm
I was 12 when Phantom Menace came out. I kind of liked it but have never seen it since.
And now I have. Boy, that was awkward. Less then a minute in, and I'm criging over the stupid ethnic stereotypes.

Darth Maul is still cool, though.

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#559 Post by hearthesilence » Wed Jul 14, 2021 3:55 pm

soundchaser wrote:
Thu Nov 19, 2020 1:33 pm
knives wrote:
Thu Nov 19, 2020 1:27 pm
Man, Disney is good about being evil.
How can a company purchase assets but not the liabilities that go along with them? I mean, I have no doubt Disney is evil enough to do this, but wouldn't it mean they can get away with not paying royalties on any of their Fox back catalogue?
Other authors have had similar issues, but it looks like Disney is making sure royalties get paid, thanks to the public campaign to do so. In Foster's case, it's a major relief as both he and his wife are battling serious health issues.

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