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Irony posted...

Wooo the most boring villain returns

Not really a villain, more of a foil. And especially based on the end of the Tournament of Power, an amicable associate of Goku's

Thoughts?

Imagine all the homophobes who died having never found their soulmate because they refused to even entertain homosexuality, let alone contemplate the notion that deep down they themselves may even be gay or bisexual :(

DuranOfForcena posted...

see, things like this is why i can't swim and don't care to learn how

It's pure fiction, if that makes you feel better.

...at least, as far as we know...

Shotgunnova posted...

Calling users stupid, and saying a belief is stupid, are two different things. If you had just said "hating homosexuality is stupid," it would've been fine.

So pretty much what I said. It was viewed as an ad hominem rather than a general statement.

The mods probably construed your post as a personal attack on that user you mentioned, rather than just a general statement. Either that or they figure it's not fair to call homophobes weak-minded morons since there are religious individuals opposed to homosexuality for scriptural reasons. I dunno.

iPhone_7 posted...

Luckily George forgot to include Han Solo in Episode 3.

*cue obligatory clip in ROTS of the Millennium Falcon zooming by the main characters and a voice inside screaming "yay, under twelve parsecs!" as it zips away*

We gotta try anything once.
Twice if we like it.
Three times to be sure.

Darmik posted...

Like on the Death Star before it blew up? lol

"Listen Anakin I need you to teach something and we really need to make this quick..."

lol, no not necessarily. Could've even been after Vader/Anakin actually died, if his spirit was just sort of in Force limbo, and Qui-Gon came to speak to him

I understand there is a bit of retconning since the prequels made it a novel technique discovered by Jinn. Just curious how it all plays out with Anakin.

Personally, I like to imagine it was Qui-Gon's spirit coming to Anakin at the very end to explain how. It would make sense.

Smackems posted...

He just figured it out

Is that really the canon explanation? lol
Is he just privy to super arcane Force knowledge because he's the Chosen One?

He wouldn't have any knowledge of this, so I'm assuming in his final moments preceding death, a force ghost must have come to speak with him and explain how to do it.

Yoda? Obi-Wan? Qui-Gon? All of them?

Unsugarized_Foo posted...

What a psycho

Who?

When Anakin is slaughtering the Tusken Raiders.

Do you think that was just a thematic thing for the movie, or was it actually Qui-Gon's spirit lamenting Anakin's initial foray into the Dark Side?

wbloechel posted...

Uhh where is Han Solo?

That Tauntaun never stood a chance

SamuelLJackdson posted...

Is Mace really considered the GOAT?

Yes. His form allowed him to flirt with the Dark Side, tapping into both sides of the Force while maintaining his foothold in the Light -- something very few Jedi could achieve. He could also detect "shatterpoints," moments in the Force that gave him a special instantaneous insight into a momentary fracture or weak point in his opponents' fighting strategy. Windu was able to feed off the darkness and rage of his adversaries, hence why he defeated Sidious.

And yes, Mace. Defeated. Sidious.

I knew I was forgetting people. Dooku and Grievous. >_<

BeyondWalls posted...

Obi-wan was a padawan when he beat Maul. A padawan. Let that sink in. Maul was pretty bottom tier.

Again, he didn't beat him in lightsaber combat. He caught him off guard. Big difference.

IShall_Run_Amok posted...

Rey being above Kylo Ren doesn't make any sense. Like, the movies tell you this is just not the case a few times.

I seem to recall her owning him every time they met >_>

Compsognathus posted...

You just said characters in the films, not that we could only use the films.

Guess I should've worded that better

Don't know unless you try.

Reis posted...

okay but placing obi-wan below maul is still silly because he grew a lot stronger from the time he was a padawan to his time as a jedi master

Yes, but I'm not convinced he improved enough to be superior to Maul. Maul took on Obi and Qui-Gon simultaneously and had the upper hand.

Reis posted...

why is maul above obi wan when obi wan has beaten him in pretty much every encounter they've been in, including ones that maul had the upper hand in

Compsognathus posted...

Maul has no business being above Kenobi. Vader is above Kenobi.

It is hard to place Luke due to lack of showings. The only opponent he regularly fought was someone actively not trying to turn him, not kill him.

Again, this ranking is based on the films.

Even though Obi-Wan "killed" Maul, there is no doubt IMO that Maul won the lightsaber duel. Obi-Wan got lucky with a surprise strike.

And Kenobi defeated Vader on Mustafar and only allowed him to win in ANH.

The only one about as disturbing as Albert Fish, at least that I'm somewhat familiar with, is Richard Chase.

Crono99 posted...

Jeffrey Dahmer is one of those that really freaks me out though. There's an interview with him on youtube and he comes across as just a genuine nice guy. I wouldn't have hesitated a second to trust him.

That's the scariest part, IMO. How can a guy who did such horrific things sound so innocent?

He was murdered in prison by another inmate, and apparently he didn't even try to fend off the attack. Didn't cry out, didn't beg for mercy, just took the beating and accepted death.

Dude was fucked up.

In other words, one's prowess purely in terms of lightsaber combat.

Mace Windu
Yoda = Darth Sidious
Darth Maul
Obi-Wan Kenobi
Anakin Skywalker/Darth Vader
Luke Skywalker = Qui-Gon Jinn
Rey
Kylo Ren

The Night Stalker... Richard Ramirez?

^ Deep

No one ever talks about this line, but I think it carries quite a bit of weight, not only in the context of the story involving Anakin but even in a real-life philosophical sense...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=smpe0m4RD0M&ab_channel=VinLordy

Coitus and POTUS, wait...

jason19192 posted...

I do have to admit that he looked cool but his acting and dialogue? Lol.

I will admit his best scene was the silent across-the-city rumination scene with him and Padme.

^ Come on, man. That long, unkempt hair? Mmm.

@TopKEKIeon

I never had a problem with Hayden. He may have been bogged with overly sappy dialogue in AOTC, but he was badass in ROTS.

skermac posted...

The blue danube

An all-time classic, no doubt.

-GalacticBass- posted...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZxiLd5nBTbY

I'm an atheist and that's beautiful

I think we all have those experiences, a certain piece of music that just immediately puts you in almost a trance, for whatever reason. The beauty, an ineffable nostalgic quality, etc.

For me, it's a portion from the opening soundtrack to Total Recall, from 1:39-1:55. That sixteen-second portion has struck me ever since I was a kid, I think partly due to my fascination with the film. Even as a youngster it always made me wonder: what if I'm living a dream right now? What if I was somebody else, and my memory was wiped? But even beyond that, the music just gives me a very nostalgic feeling that's hard to describe, like an alternate reality where everything is the way it's supposed to be.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o1Wk9Z2bHAI&ab_channel=CyberChaosCrew

St0rmFury posted...

Do yourself a favour and watch the Bully Maguire parody.

https://youtu.be/jrzx_CMmTkc

That dance lmao

electricbugs2 posted...

Its probably my least favourite of the films, but I still enjoy it for the most part. Jar Jar never bothered me. Only thing I dont like is the scenes on Tatooine. Pod racing was cool but the actual scenes in the house and marketplace just drag on and on.

The podrace scene is over 10 minutes, which doesn't sound like much but I mean that's a pretty big chunk of a movie. But it never seems that long. Pretty well paced.

Medussa posted...

the movie's pretty good if you can tune out Jar-Jar. Anakid isn't great, but he's mostly tolerable.

Honestly Jar Jar doesn't bother me

Yeah, Neeson is Qui-Gon is legit. Probably the most level-headed Jedi in the entire nine-film series.

So the Wiki article on Windu says that in TPM he's the Master of the Jedi Council. The article cites the Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia

Hmmm

When I was younger I didn't enjoy it as much, but now that I'm older and understand more of the political nuances and exposition, it is much more enjoyable. Anyone else feel the same way?

I'm rewatching some scenes from TPM and I noticed that when Qui-Gon first tells the Council about Anakin, about this boy with an insane midichlorian count, possibly having been conceived by the midichlorians, maybe the chosen one, etc., Yoda looks toward Windu with an expression of "well, what do you think?" at which point Windu incredulously says "bring him before us then."

Was Yoda just getting the opinion of an equal, or did Windu hold a higher status?

I think it'll be cool to see the Packers and Chiefs, a repeat of the inaugural Super Bowl

For instance, in The Phantom Menace, Watto is trying to renege on the bet, because he doesn't want to give up Anakin, even though he lost the bet.

He tells Qui-Gon: "You can't have him. It wasn't a fair bet."
Qui-Gon: "Perhaps you'd like to discuss it with the Hutts? I'm sure they can settle this..."
Watto (sighing): "Take him."

The fact that Watto instantly changes his mind at the prospect of getting the Hutts involved firmly establishes the power they wield on Tatooine and across the galaxy in general.

Go!!!

Phantom36 posted...

Fun Fact: "Return of the Jedi" was originally supposed to be "Revenge of the Jedi."

I had heard about that, and it was changed because Jedi are not supposed to exact revenge. Which is why "revenge" was then included in the title of ROTJ's PT counterpart, ROTS.