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10/22/20 3:31:07 PM
#402:


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Thunderous Applause
Star Trek
The Force
Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back
Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope
Lightsabers
Darth Vader
Death Star
Dune
Sheev Palpatine

You're My Only Hope
Yoda
John Williams
The Saga Begins (Song)
Han Solo
Millennium Falcon
Grand Admiral Thrawn
Luke Skywalker
Kreia
R2-D2
Opening Crawl
Luke vs Vader Duel (Bespin)
Mr. Plinkett Star Wars Reviews
Hand of Thrawn Trilogy
Mos Eisley Cantina
TIE Fighters
X-Wings
AT-ATs
Jabba the Hutt
Jedi Mind Trick
A New Hope Poster
Baby Yoda
It's a Trap
Star Wars Ep 1: Jedi Party
Duel of the Fates
Star Wars Sound Effects
The Mandalorian
Christopher Lee
Sith
Order 66
Star Destroyers

The Force is Strong with This One
Darths & Droids
Binary Sunset
Han Frozen in Carbonite
Ithorians
Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic
Rey's Theme
Battle of Hoth
Trek vs Wars Ship Analyses
Obi-Wan Kenobi
Canderous Ordo
Malakili
Twi'leks
Star Wars Kid
Star Tours
Force Lightning
IG-11
Grand Moff Tarkin
IG-88
j*** Music
Jabba's Palace Sequence
Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi
The High Ground
C-3PO
Star Wars Toys
Headbonk Stormtrooper
Spaceballs
Rise of the Resistance
Vader's Redemption: The Imperial March
Yuzzhan Vong
Anagram Ranks Anything Star Wars-related
Leia Organa
Death Star II Assault
Star Wars Episode I: Pod Racer
Lego Star Wars
Traitor Trooper
Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith
Qui-Gon Jinn
Han x Leia
Jawas
Shadows of the Empire (N64)
Keyblades
Jyn Erso
Kylo Ren
Kyle Katarn
Darth Maul
Admiral Bone-to-Pick
Hand Amputations
Salacious B. Crumb
Star Wars: The (Totally) Phantom Menace
Darth Nihilus' Voice
Single Biome Planets
Director Krennic
Leia/Luke Kiss
Kettch
Han Stuffing Luke into the Tauntaun
Cade Skywalker
Star Wars: Battlefront (Original)
Nien Nunb
Lando Calrissian
Bigger Luke Theory
Darth Vader in Rogue One
Droids

Stay on Target
Cara Dune
Leia's Hairbuns
Porkins
Harrison Ford Insulting Lucas' Writing
Additional Stormtroopers in the SE
Jagged Fel
George Lucas
Coruscant
Prince Xizor
Jedi Council
Force Choking
That Dancer Jabba Feeds to the Rancor
Mon Mothma
Padme Amidala
The Client (Character)
Chewbacca
Mara Jade
Luuke Skywalker
Cassian Andor
CGI
Ganner Rhysode
Greedo
K-2SO
Tag and Bink
Clone Wars (Miniseries)
The Star Trek Wars
Cloud City
I'm Han Solo (Star Wars Kinect)
So Bad It's Worse (XKCD)
Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens
Vua Rapuung
Boba Fett
Wedge Antilles
Rey
Solo: A Star Wars Story
Guide to the Races of Star Wars
Saw Gerrera
Sand (Geology)
Sand (Lifeform)
Duck Vader
Yarael Poof
Star Munchkin
Star Wars: The Old Republic
BB-8 Flipping off Finn
Titan Squadron
The Droid Attack on the Wookiees
Hoar Chall Ring Drive Gel
Nom Anor
Yoda vs Palpatine Duel
Reylo
Obi-Wan/Qui-Gon vs Darth Maul Duel
Star Wars Halloween Costumes
Holdo Maneuver
Neutrality Toward the First Order
Twilight of the Apprentice (Episode)
Brain Invaders (Episode)
Star Wars Epic Duels
Kingdom Hearts
Qi'ra
Naboo
Canto Bight
Jaro Tapal
George Lucas Poetry Line
Star Wars Trek
Dr. Aphra
Space
TIE ap-1

I've Got a Bad Feeling About This
Anakin Skywalker
George Lucas Ending the OT with RotJ Because He Didn't Want to Make More Star Wars Movies
Amphistaffs
Wampas
Star Wars: The Queen's Gambit
Supreme Leader Snoke
Lego Star Wars Holiday Special
Yoda (Song)
Shadows of the Empire
A'Sharad Hett
Star Wars Episode VIII: The Last Jedi
Poe Dameron
General Grievous
BB-8
Strategic Defense Initiative
Death Troopers (Novel)
Cloning (Star Wars)
Bail Organa
Kylo Ren's Lightsaber
Star Wars, minus Episodes IV-VI
Star Wars: The Clone Wars (Series)
Finn
Jacen Horn
Ric Oli
David Prowse's Vader Voice
Corran Horn
Kir Kanos
Dathomir
Selected Passage from Heir to the Jedi
Anagram
Star Wars Fandom
Star Wars Episode IX: The Rise of Skywalker
Star Wars: Rogue One
Matt the Radar Technician
Endor Holocaust
Star Wars Rebels
Savage Opress
Jango Fett
Max Landis

What a Piece of Junk
Captain Phasma
Expanded Universe Decanonization
Han's Anti-Empire Response
Making the Kessel Run in Less than 12 Parsecs
Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace
Chewbacca's Bowcaster
Wilhelm Scream
Super Star Wars Trilogy
Ewoks
Star Wars: Masters of Ters Ksi
George R. Binks
Nute Gunray
Racist Alien Caricatures
First Order Leadership
How to Make Up Star Wars Names
Maz Kanata
Rose Tico
The Tragedy of Darth Plagueis the Wise
Yuuzhan Vong's Hated of Machines Not Being Properly Exploited in Battlefront
KkH'Oar'Rrhr
Bomberman Hero
Luuuke Skywalker
Rey's Yellow Lightsaber
Original ANH Jabba Scene
Zam Wessel
Anti-Lightsaber Weaponry
Ewoks: The Battle for Endor
Jar Jar's Ultimate Fate
Darth Jar-Jar Theory
Irek Ismaren
Wilco
Caravan of Courage: An Ewok Adventure
Wookiepedia Tree Article
Youngling Slaughter
Cad Bane
Pod Racer Video Game Watto
r/equalmemes
The Real Reason Dooku Was Horrified
r/prequelmemes
Special Edition Changes
Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones
Arb Skynxnex
Han Solo Walking On Jabba's Tail
Order 66 Survivors
Yaddle
Disney Buyout
Darth Vader Making Puns
Clone Wars (Film)

A Pathway to Many Abilities Some Would Consider to be Unnatural
Soul Calibur IV
Jar-Jar Binks
r/sequelmemes
Darth Vader Toast Imprinter
Palpatine Fornite Event
Eric Butts Reaction
Star Wars Holiday Special
Disco Chandelier Porn
Ewoks (Cartoon)
Sy Snootles
Midichlorians
Jar-Jar Getting Laid

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Murphiroth
10/22/20 3:50:51 PM
#403:


Murphiroth posted...
The fact that Jacen Solo was supposed to die in the NJO but Lucas vetoed it and directed the writers to kill Anakin Solo instead because he was afraid people might get him mixed up with Anakin Skywalker

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NFUN
10/22/20 3:51:44 PM
#404:


Absolutes, and the philosophical implications of dealing in them

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Hbthebattle
10/22/20 3:55:46 PM
#405:


The choice between Darth Icky and Darth Insanius

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Torlovsk
10/22/20 4:00:04 PM
#406:


Gray Jedi
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redrocket
10/22/20 4:39:46 PM
#407:


Leia kisses Luke just before he uses the batarang to Tarzan swing them across a bottomless pit while Space Nazis shoot at them with rayguns.

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Xeybozn
10/22/20 5:26:29 PM
#408:


Force ghosts
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MarquessLaus
10/22/20 5:36:23 PM
#409:


Kal Skirata

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Lolo_Guru
10/22/20 6:42:29 PM
#410:


Lightsaber toys
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10/22/20 11:17:54 PM
#411:


Killing Anakin Solo because his Name is Similar to Anakin Skywalker
This is the kind of stupid executive decision I can easily imagine George Lucas making. I imagine a bunch of EU writers in a boardroom, casually discussing where to take the story next, when Lucas parachutes in from the sky, jumps through a window, and screams his new orders.

Only a Sith Deals in Absolutes
It's difficult to determine whether "I have the high ground" or "Only a Sith deals in absolutes" is stupider, but my friends and I quoted this line almost as much in high school. There were times when like I'd be eating Chinese food, say "I love orange chicken," and someone would slam his fists on the table and sneer "Only a Sith deals in absolutes!"

I'm willing to just give Obi-Wan a pass on the obvious hypocrisy of the line and just examine it from a purely philosophical perspective, but you can't possibly argue that it makes sense. "Only people who are evil or power-hungry or controlled by their own desires think in absolute terms?" What is that even supposed to mean?

Darth Icky vs Darth Insanius
Speaking of the Apprentice from Soul Calibur! The makers of The Force Unleashed asked Lucas to give a Sith name to their new character, so he threw out Darth Icky and Darth Insanius, and they ended up just dropping it and never giving him a Sith name. I could have come up with better bad guy names when I was five. I realize Lucas sort of stumbled into success and didn't plan to come up with dumb bad guy names for the rest of his life, but come on, dude, you need a better game than Darth Icky. Darth Sanus could have worked, though, so from that perspective, I'll say that Darth Insanius is technically closer to being a better name.

Gray Jedi
Don't like it. Honestly, I think the more details and 'types' of Force-users there are, the less interesting the Force becomes. Like, I envisioned the Dark Side as a corruptive influence, that it's using your ugly desires to achieve your goals immediately rather than working more harmoniously with the Force. I always kind of interpreted the Dark Side as a magical mystical interpretation of the idea of doing what you personally want to do versus thinking about the greater good of the universe, but apparently not. You have things like the Imperial Knights in the Wiki article, who are like "the Force is just a tool, bro, use it but just don't overuse it and you won't go crazy." I think the idea of purposefully being able to balance your usage of the Dark Side so you don't turn crazy is sort of ruinous to the mystical elements of the Force? Remember Yoda's line, "If once you start down the dark path, forever will it dominate your destiny, consume you it will, as it did Obi-Wan's apprentice?" Apparently not! You just need balance in your heart or whatever. Blegh.

Luke/Leia Kisses
This is nothing but evidence of Lucas' lies about how much he planned ahead, really.

Force Ghosts
A great idea. It allows Obi-Wan to deliver exposition after he's dead, and it emphasizes the mystical nature of the Force as something that unites the entire universe, even beyond the lines of life and death. The idea that Qui-Gon Jinn invented it is stupid, of course, because it should have just been something that any Jedi could do, but the idea is still really solid.

Of course, there's the famous question of why Darth Vader's ghost turns into Hayden Christiansen when Obi-Wan and Yoda remain old. Don't even try telling me that that's when Anakin was last Anakin instead of Darth Vader, because that implies that Sebastian Shaw Vader isn't really Anakin and is still Vader. Just accept that it makes no sense.

Kal Skirata
Another obscure EU character? Dammit, what am I supposed to say about these guys? This one is a Mandalorian instructor of clone troopers who's annoyed at Jedi shenanigans. Well, sure, okay. Sounds fine, I guess.

Lightsaber Toys
Of course. Every kid wants a lightsaber. In high school (again with the high school stories), I parked once and had some lightsaber toys in my car for various reasons. My friend Thomas saw them, opened up my door, and took a lightsaber to play with before school started. I grabbed another, and without words, without any communication except our eyes meeting, we each just understood that this had to end in an epic swordfight. As other cars parked and other kids watched, we battled through the parking lot, flailing the plastic toys like idiots because we knew nothing about swordfights.

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10/22/20 11:17:58 PM
#412:


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Thunderous Applause
Star Trek
The Force
Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back
Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope
Lightsabers
Darth Vader
Death Star
Dune
Sheev Palpatine

You're My Only Hope
Yoda
John Williams
The Saga Begins (Song)
Han Solo
Millennium Falcon
Grand Admiral Thrawn
Luke Skywalker
Kreia
R2-D2
Opening Crawl
Luke vs Vader Duel (Bespin)
Mr. Plinkett Star Wars Reviews
Hand of Thrawn Trilogy
Mos Eisley Cantina
TIE Fighters
X-Wings
AT-ATs
Jabba the Hutt
Jedi Mind Trick
A New Hope Poster
Baby Yoda
It's a Trap
Star Wars Ep 1: Jedi Party
Duel of the Fates
Star Wars Sound Effects
The Mandalorian
Christopher Lee
Sith
Order 66
Star Destroyers

The Force is Strong with This One
Darths & Droids
Binary Sunset
Han Frozen in Carbonite
Ithorians
Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic
Rey's Theme
Battle of Hoth
Trek vs Wars Ship Analyses
Obi-Wan Kenobi
Canderous Ordo
Malakili
Twi'leks
Star Wars Kid
Lightsaber Toys
Star Tours
Force Lightning
IG-11
Grand Moff Tarkin
IG-88
j*** Music
Jabba's Palace Sequence
Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi
The High Ground
Only a Sith Deals in Absolutes
Force Ghosts
C-3PO
Star Wars Toys
Headbonk Stormtrooper
Spaceballs
Rise of the Resistance
Vader's Redemption: The Imperial March
Yuzzhan Vong
Anagram Ranks Anything Star Wars-related
Leia Organa
Death Star II Assault
Star Wars Episode I: Pod Racer
Lego Star Wars
Traitor Trooper
Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith
Qui-Gon Jinn
Han x Leia
Jawas
Shadows of the Empire (N64)
Keyblades
Jyn Erso
Kylo Ren
Kyle Katarn
Darth Maul
Admiral Bone-to-Pick
Hand Amputations
Salacious B. Crumb
Star Wars: The (Totally) Phantom Menace
Darth Nihilus' Voice
Single Biome Planets
Director Krennic
Leia/Luke Kiss
Kettch
Han Stuffing Luke into the Tauntaun
Cade Skywalker
Star Wars: Battlefront (Original)
Nien Nunb
Lando Calrissian
Bigger Luke Theory
Darth Vader in Rogue One
Droids

Stay on Target
Cara Dune
Leia's Hairbuns
Porkins
Harrison Ford Insulting Lucas' Writing
Additional Stormtroopers in the SE
Jagged Fel
George Lucas
Coruscant
Prince Xizor
Jedi Council
Force Choking
That Dancer Jabba Feeds to the Rancor
Mon Mothma
Padme Amidala
The Client (Character)
Chewbacca
Mara Jade
Luuke Skywalker
Cassian Andor
CGI
Ganner Rhysode
Greedo
K-2SO
Grey Jedi
Tag and Bink
Clone Wars (Miniseries)
The Star Trek Wars
Cloud City
I'm Han Solo (Star Wars Kinect)
So Bad It's Worse (XKCD)
Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens
Vua Rapuung
Boba Fett
Wedge Antilles
Rey
Solo: A Star Wars Story
Guide to the Races of Star Wars
Saw Gerrera
Sand (Geology)
Sand (Lifeform)
Duck Vader
Yarael Poof
Star Munchkin
Star Wars: The Old Republic
BB-8 Flipping off Finn
Titan Squadron
The Droid Attack on the Wookiees
Hoar Chall Ring Drive Gel
Nom Anor
Yoda vs Palpatine Duel
Reylo
Obi-Wan/Qui-Gon vs Darth Maul Duel
Star Wars Halloween Costumes
Holdo Maneuver
Neutrality Toward the First Order
Twilight of the Apprentice (Episode)
Brain Invaders (Episode)
Star Wars Epic Duels
Kingdom Hearts
Qi'ra
Naboo
Canto Bight
Jaro Tapal
George Lucas Poetry Line
Kal Skirata
Star Wars Trek
Dr. Aphra
Space
TIE ap-1
Luke/Leia Kisses

I've Got a Bad Feeling About This
Anakin Skywalker
George Lucas Ending the OT with RotJ Because He Didn't Want to Make More Star Wars Movies
Amphistaffs
Wampas
Star Wars: The Queen's Gambit
Supreme Leader Snoke
Lego Star Wars Holiday Special
Yoda (Song)
Shadows of the Empire
A'Sharad Hett
Star Wars Episode VIII: The Last Jedi
Poe Dameron
General Grievous
BB-8
Strategic Defense Initiative
Death Troopers (Novel)
Cloning (Star Wars)
Bail Organa
Kylo Ren's Lightsaber
Star Wars, minus Episodes IV-VI
Star Wars: The Clone Wars (Series)
Finn
Jacen Horn
Ric Oli
David Prowse's Vader Voice
Corran Horn
Kir Kanos
Dathomir
Selected Passage from Heir to the Jedi
Anagram
Star Wars Fandom
Star Wars Episode IX: The Rise of Skywalker
Star Wars: Rogue One
Matt the Radar Technician
Endor Holocaust
Star Wars Rebels
Savage Opress
Jango Fett
Max Landis

What a Piece of Junk
Captain Phasma
Expanded Universe Decanonization
Han's Anti-Empire Response
Making the Kessel Run in Less than 12 Parsecs
Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace
Chewbacca's Bowcaster
Wilhelm Scream
Super Star Wars Trilogy
Ewoks
Star Wars: Masters of Ters Ksi
George R. Binks
Nute Gunray
Racist Alien Caricatures
Darth Icky vs Darth Insanius
First Order Leadership
How to Make Up Star Wars Names
Maz Kanata
Rose Tico
The Tragedy of Darth Plagueis the Wise
Yuuzhan Vong's Hated of Machines Not Being Properly Exploited in Battlefront
KkH'Oar'Rrhr
Bomberman Hero
Luuuke Skywalker
Rey's Yellow Lightsaber
Original ANH Jabba Scene
Zam Wessel
Anti-Lightsaber Weaponry
Ewoks: The Battle for Endor
Jar Jar's Ultimate Fate
Darth Jar-Jar Theory
Killing Anakin Solo because his Name is Similar to Anakin Skywalker
Irek Ismaren
Wilco
Caravan of Courage: An Ewok Adventure
Wookiepedia Tree Article
Youngling Slaughter
Cad Bane
Pod Racer Video Game Watto
r/equalmemes
The Real Reason Dooku Was Horrified
r/prequelmemes
Special Edition Changes
Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones
Arb Skynxnex
Han Solo Walking On Jabba's Tail
Order 66 Survivors
Yaddle
Disney Buyout
Darth Vader Making Puns
Clone Wars (Film)

A Pathway to Many Abilities Some Would Consider to be Unnatural
Soul Calibur IV
Jar-Jar Binks
r/sequelmemes
Darth Vader Toast Imprinter
Palpatine Fornite Event
Eric Butts Reaction
Star Wars Holiday Special
Disco Chandelier Porn
Ewoks (Cartoon)
Sy Snootles
Midichlorians
Jar-Jar Getting Laid

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Torlovsk
10/22/20 11:22:30 PM
#413:


Force Ghosts interacting with the physical realm
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Xeybozn
10/22/20 11:27:15 PM
#414:


Jar Jar tongue candy
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Hbthebattle
10/22/20 11:30:19 PM
#415:


Boss Nass

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cyko
10/22/20 11:37:25 PM
#416:


Leia's Slave girl bikini

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redrocket
10/23/20 12:25:15 AM
#417:


The Emperor is not as forgiving as I am.

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Lolo_Guru
10/23/20 12:38:41 AM
#418:


Evil Emperor Zurg vs Buzz Lightyear (Toy Story 2)
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MarkS222222222222222
10/23/20 3:28:50 AM
#419:


Bullseye-ing womp rats

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10/23/20 12:12:16 PM
#420:


Force Ghosts Interacting with the Physical Realm
Obviously this is stupid, because even normal ghosts shouldn't be able to interact with physical objects, never mind magical space ghosts, but I don't really mind. It never becomes a problem in-universe, the plot never balances around the idea. Like, what else is Obi-Wan going to do? RotJ needs him to have a very long exposition dump, too long to have him just stand there and ramble on for five minutes. Yes, it takes away from the magicalness of Force ghosts when one sits on a log and casually chats with Luke, but what else are you going to do? Likewise, ghost Luke catching Rey's lightsaber when she tries to destroy it, you know what, fine. I'm going to accept that one.

Jar Jar Tongue Candy
An absolute nightmare from which there is no awakening.

Boss Nass
Boss Nass is terrible, of course, but I want to talk about his face. Every Gungan we ever see has an elongated face with like a snout except Boss Nass, who has a much more human-shaped face. He also lacks the long ear things on the back of his head, and his eyes are human-placed instead of on top of his head. Basically what I'm saying is that Boss Nass looks nothing at all like a Gungan, which makes him extra bad. Did they think that Jar-Jar's body shape couldn't be made to look comically fat? Because I'm not buying that.

Slave Girl Bikini
Boy oh boy, if there was ever one thing in the OT that Disney was not going to retain, it's the slave girl bikini. Can you imagine your female lead being enslaved by a pimp slug and turned into a trophy with a golden bikini in any other movie except Star Wars? I sort of can't. I guess there's no better way to establish that your villain is an evil sexist than to force women to dress in slave bikinis. It doesn't even make sense, given that Jabba is a slug and therefore presumably a hermaphrodite with no attraction to humans, so I'm wondering if the bikini was made to emphasize how evil he is or simply because they needed Leia to do something during that sequence of the movie.

For how completely irrelevant the slave girl bikini is to the plot, it's kind of amazing how memorable it is. It's an iconic Star Wars thing, not as famous as lightsabers and the Death Star, but about as famous as AT-AT walkers and Yoda's speech pattern, and it's only on-screen for like fifty seconds total.

The Emperor is not as forgiving as I am
I don't know, it's a good line, but I never really imagined Darth Vader as witty? I can imagine the Emperor being like "I am not as forgiving as Vader" to one of his minions, but Vader himself always comes across like he's in rage mode unless he's dealing with another Jedi.

Zurg vs Buzz Lightyear
I'm gonna level with you: I remember almost nothing about Toy Story 2. I remember the cowgirl being scared of boxes, I remember the old prospector being the villain, I remember the fat guy trying to sell them, and I remember Zurg telling Buzz that he's his father at the end of the movie. The last part I remember only because I also remember someone telling me that the TV show just ignores that part.

I guess if you're going to combine Vader and Palpatine into one character and make him more comedic, Zurg is how you do it.

Bulleyeing womp rats with my T-16 back home
I always loved this line, it encapsulates so perfectly how Luke is a dumb farmboy way out of his depth with all of this space war nonsense. It never made much sense to me that Luke was capable of flying an X-Wing, where the hell did he learn that skill, but it's fine.


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10/23/20 12:12:21 PM
#421:


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Thunderous Applause
Star Trek
The Force
Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back
Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope
Lightsabers
Darth Vader
Death Star
Dune
Sheev Palpatine

You're My Only Hope
Yoda
John Williams
The Saga Begins (Song)
Han Solo
Millennium Falcon
Grand Admiral Thrawn
Luke Skywalker
Kreia
R2-D2
Opening Crawl
Luke vs Vader Duel (Bespin)
Mr. Plinkett Star Wars Reviews
Hand of Thrawn Trilogy
Mos Eisley Cantina
TIE Fighters
X-Wings
AT-ATs
Jabba the Hutt
Jedi Mind Trick
A New Hope Poster
Baby Yoda
It's a Trap
Star Wars Ep 1: Jedi Party
Duel of the Fates
Star Wars Sound Effects
The Mandalorian
Christopher Lee
Sith
Order 66
Star Destroyers

The Force is Strong with This One
Darths & Droids
Binary Sunset
Han Frozen in Carbonite
Ithorians
Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic
Rey's Theme
Battle of Hoth
Trek vs Wars Ship Analyses
Obi-Wan Kenobi
Canderous Ordo
Malakili
Twi'leks
Star Wars Kid
Lightsaber Toys
Star Tours
Force Lightning
IG-11
Grand Moff Tarkin
IG-88
j*** Music
Jabba's Palace Sequence
Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi
The High Ground
Only a Sith Deals in Absolutes
Force Ghosts
C-3PO
Star Wars Toys
Headbonk Stormtrooper
Spaceballs
Rise of the Resistance
Vader's Redemption: The Imperial March
Yuzzhan Vong
Anagram Ranks Anything Star Wars-related
Leia Organa
Death Star II Assault
Star Wars Episode I: Pod Racer
Lego Star Wars
Traitor Trooper
Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith
Qui-Gon Jinn
Han x Leia
Jawas
Shadows of the Empire (N64)
Keyblades
Jyn Erso
Kylo Ren
Kyle Katarn
Darth Maul
Slave Girl Bikini
Admiral Bone-to-Pick
Hand Amputations
Salacious B. Crumb
Star Wars: The (Totally) Phantom Menace
Darth Nihilus' Voice
Single Biome Planets
Director Krennic
Leia/Luke Kiss
Kettch
Bullseyeing womp rats with my T-16 back home
Han Stuffing Luke into the Tauntaun
Cade Skywalker
Star Wars: Battlefront (Original)
Nien Nunb
Lando Calrissian
Bigger Luke Theory
Darth Vader in Rogue One
Droids

Stay on Target
Cara Dune
Leia's Hairbuns
Porkins
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I've Got a Bad Feeling About This
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George Lucas Ending the OT with RotJ Because He Didn't Want to Make More Star Wars Movies
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Star Wars: The Queen's Gambit
Supreme Leader Snoke
Lego Star Wars Holiday Special
Yoda (Song)
Shadows of the Empire
A'Sharad Hett
Star Wars Episode VIII: The Last Jedi
Poe Dameron
Zurg vs Buzz Lightyear
General Grievous
BB-8
Strategic Defense Initiative
Death Troopers (Novel)
Cloning (Star Wars)
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Star Wars, minus Episodes IV-VI
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Kir Kanos
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Star Wars Episode IX: The Rise of Skywalker
Star Wars: Rogue One
Matt the Radar Technician
Endor Holocaust
Star Wars Rebels
Savage Opress
Jango Fett
Max Landis

What a Piece of Junk
Captain Phasma
Expanded Universe Decanonization
Han's Anti-Empire Response
Making the Kessel Run in Less than 12 Parsecs
Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace
Chewbacca's Bowcaster
Boss Nass
Wilhelm Scream
Super Star Wars Trilogy
Ewoks
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First Order Leadership
How to Make Up Star Wars Names
Maz Kanata
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Wookiepedia Tree Article
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10/23/20 12:58:45 PM
#422:


This Mark Hamil interview

https://youtu.be/onMm0DLg8CE

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10/23/20 1:07:41 PM
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Mark Hamill's feelings on the handling of Luke's character in the Sequel Trilogy
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10/23/20 2:07:53 PM
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The T-16 Luke mentions has remarkably similar controls to an X-Wing as they're manufactured by the same company. That's why he made the jump so easily. That plus being a natural pilot like Anakin.
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10/23/20 2:10:45 PM
#425:


Now this is Podracing!
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10/23/20 2:17:51 PM
#426:


Murphiroth posted...
The T-16 Luke mentions has remarkably similar controls to an X-Wing as they're manufactured by the same company. That's why he made the jump so easily.
I should've known this would be explained by the EU, thank you.

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10/23/20 2:17:59 PM
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Tutaminis
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10/23/20 10:46:49 PM
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Mark Hamill's Harrison Ford Impression
Very good, I'd never seen this before.

Mark Hamill's Feelings on TLJ Luke
I do think that Rian Johnson understood who Luke is as a character, but that he still wanted his vision of a subversive Star Wars to be realized, and that required basically ruining Luke. There is just no way that the Luke who refused to give up on Vader would give up on the galaxy and the Force. It's too bad, and I think Mark Hamill was pretty much in the right on this one.

Now This is Podracing!
I honestly gave no thought to this line. It's just one of about twenty lines that blew up into memes after the RLM PM review, and deservedly so. It's such a shame that Jake Lloyd turned into a crazy person because Star Wars ruined his life, or else this line would be even more fun to make fun of.

No Underwear in Space
I once complimented how there's no paper in Star Wars in order to make it more exotic and un-Earthlike. Technically, this would also qualify for the same compliment, but the difference is that we all know perfectly well that Lucas just wanted Carrie Fisher's boobs to be as visible as possible. Did you know they had to tape down her nipples because they were too visible through her costume? Incredibly strange decisions.

Tutaminis
I hate to keep harping on this, but okay: the more you explain and detail the Force, the less mystical it becomes. Having a dedicated technique for absorbing heat and electrical energy is about as un-mystical as you can get. Like the idea of it is fine -- humans have an instinctive respect for fire and lightning (which is why Zeus is associated with lightning), so we automatically view them as mystical even if we know they're not, and having Yoda absorb Palpatine's lightning with his fist is cool. But actually giving that a formal name and stuff, while logical and sensible from an in-universe perspective, is boring. Also, the name is weird. I assume it's a portmanteau of something I don't get.

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Star Wars: The Old Republic
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10/23/20 10:57:39 PM
#430:


Not showing Luke's reaction to Han's death
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10/23/20 11:00:51 PM
#431:


Garik "Face" Loran
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10/23/20 11:03:29 PM
#432:


Vader's Helmet

Boba Fett's Helmet

Kylo's Helmet

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10/23/20 11:05:51 PM
#433:


Star Wars in-universe computer graphics

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10/23/20 11:25:14 PM
#434:


Anagram posted...


Mark Hamill's Feelings on TLJ Luke
I do think that Rian Johnson understood who Luke is as a character, but that he still wanted his vision of a subversive Star Wars to be realized, and that required basically ruining Luke. There is just no way that the Luke who refused to give up on Vader would give up on the galaxy and the Force. It's too bad, and I think Mark Hamill was pretty much in the right on this one.


This is one of the things that feels weird to me. Like, what did Rian Johnson do that TFA didn't set up? We already see that Luke's a hermit who isn't fighting with everyone else in TFA. TLJ just explained what made him do that, and I don't really think JJ Abrams would've had a better explanation.
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10/23/20 11:53:09 PM
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Mac Arrowny posted...
This is one of the things that feels weird to me. Like, what did Rian Johnson do that TFA didn't set up? We already see that Luke's a hermit who isn't fighting with everyone else in TFA. TLJ just explained what made him do that, and I don't really think JJ Abrams would've had a better explanation.
JJ Abrams set up a bunch of mystery boxes, one of which was why Luke was on that island by himself. I agree that Abrams probably had no ideas in mind, and that if he'd tried to come up with one, it wouldn't have been as interesting as Rian Johnson's -- but that doesn't mean that Johnson's is consistent with Luke's character. It's also noteworthy that Luke shows up for five seconds in TFA, so even if it was set up in TFA, it sort of matters less because we don't yet know Luke's motives.

Basically, Abrams created a situation where Johnson could muck up Luke's character.

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10/24/20 12:26:26 AM
#436:


Star Wars without any movies that are Prime Numbers

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10/24/20 12:43:33 AM
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This particular toy lightsaber.

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10/24/20 3:52:46 AM
#438:


The EU idea of a lightsaber whip.
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10/24/20 4:53:07 AM
#439:


The music of Star Wars

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10/24/20 11:36:08 AM
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The franchise's Ass Pull page on TV Tropes

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10/24/20 12:05:00 PM
#442:


Starkiller Base
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10/24/20 1:04:23 PM
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Not Showing Luke's Reaction to Han's Death
Eh, I'm okay with it. We know that Luke is going to be upset by it, but actually showing that upsetness would undermine Luke's refusal to interact with the galaxy. It's awkward, but it has an actual purpose.

Garik Loran
Again, this is the kind of cool thing the EU specializes in: making complicated, fleshed-out characters you've never heard of. "Movie star turns Rebel turns spy" is a weird concept, so I'm okay with this guy.

Vader's Helmet
The face of evil: a robot Samurai thing with a breathing problem. It's funny how something thrown together in the mid-70s by some guy can be so famous and genre-defining. It's even used as a storytelling device: Luke taking Vader's helmet off symbolizes Vader's death and Anakin's return.

Boba Fett's Helmet
The important part about Boba Fett's helmet is that it has scuff marks everywhere and the paint is damaged. Darth Vader is part of a giant empire and can afford to have shiny equipment, but Boba Fett is a scum-of-the-galaxy bounty hunter, so he doesn't have the time to fix that kind of thing. Very good attention to detail, I appreciate that.

Kylo Ren's Helmet
Kylo Ren as a concept is one of TFA's few good original ideas. How do you make a Darth Vader clone? You have him be a literal fanboy with impulse control problems. The helmet itself even looks like a low-rent Vader clone from a knockoff movie.

I appreciate how Kylo's helmet is unintentionally made into a symbolic storytelling device. Rian Johnson's entire movie is about killing the past, so Kylo destroys his helmet and that's that. But then Abrams returns and has Kylo fix his helmet, and that ends up symbolizing him undoing everything Johnson tried to do. It's so blunt and obvious that I'm not even sure that I'm reading too much into things, and that Abrams might have legitimately known what he was doing.

70s Computers
What started as a necessity of the time turned into an intentional thing. This is as opposed to Star Trek, which updated its concept of computers over the decades (sort of to its detriment when you get to DIS), and puts Wars more in line with the Alien franchise. I would say that Alien is another franchise where the science aspect is really just in service to something else, so it doesn't matter like it does in Trek -- except where Wars' science is in service to mystical fantasy nonsense, Alien's science is in service to horror and truly terrible Paradise Lost analogies. I can't believe how bad those Alien prequels are.

What's the least ruined big 70s/80s sci-fi franchise? It has to be Back to the Future, right?

Star Wars, Minus the Movies with Prime Numbers
Oh, uh, so subtracting 1, 2, 3, 5, and 7? That leaves us with ANH, RotJ, TLJ, and TRoS. Yeesh. I mean, there are movie franchises that have done worse.

ANH is fantastic, of course, and RotJ is pretty okay. TLJ, though, I'm imagining someone making a third movie in a franchise that tries to subvert everything the first two did. I don't think TLJ works as well as it does (not that it works especially well) unless Star Wars is already this huge cultural phenomenon with a guaranteed place in pop culture history, so I don't think TLJ is capable of being 'only' the third movie. TRoS being the fourth, though, would be an indication that the Star Wars universe just has no new ideas left, which, hey, is probably the case anyway.

Build Your Own Lightsaber Toys
Honestly, lightsabers have reached a point where they're no longer, like, an iconic piece of movie history. They're more like just an image people have and can do whatever they want with. I'm struggling to think of an analogy here, but my point is basically just that lightsabers aren't special anymore, so you can make an extremely dumb triple-lightsaber toy.

Lightsaber Whip
I hate it. I hated it when the Ferengi did it, and I hate it when Star Wars does it. The more types of lightsabers you introduce, the less special they are. This goes back to the Build Your Own Lightsaber Toys, but basically, all you need is the standard lightsaber and maaaaybe the double-bladed one. It also doesn't help that where swords are actual weapons and are associated with combat and nobility, etc, whips aren't weapons? They're tools that hurt when you get hit by them. It's like making a lightsaber wrench.

Star Wars Music
Does Star Wars have the best overall music of any film franchise? I think it might. It certainly kicks the crap out of Star Trek (sorry, Trek). They knew exactly where and how to use whimsy, fantasy, ominousness, adventure, and tragedy. I can't think of a single misfire.

AT-STs
Oh, these things. Not quite as fun as the AT-ATs, AT-STs are the woodland equivalent. The fact that AT-ATs need Rebel fighters to defeat, but AT-STs can be defeated by ewoks, really takes away from their scariness. It's also kind of more inherently comical when their legs are long and spindly and clearly could not hold up their heads, whereas the AT-AT legs are at least big and strong-looking.

I do like that episode of the Mandalorian where they're ****ing their pants at the idea of fighting one, and have to come up with a plan specifically to defeat it.

Ass Pull Page (TVTropes)
Eh, not my style. I like complaining about thematic things falling apart than strict story logic. I also like talking about story logic and plot holes, but this is a little too much for me. Like, I don't care that Rey can fly the Falcon without training, that's whatever. Some of these things aren't even ass pulls, they're more like just bad writing.

Starkiller Base
You can justify a lot of TFA's rehashes with "well, it's the Force." Not this one. I won't talk about how illogical it is that the First Order can build this thing. Instead, I'll talk about how the characters in the movie itself, or at least Han Solo, comment upon how this has been done before. I almost kind of like Han just being like "Fine, where's the weak point, where do I shoot, just get to the point."

I appreciate that we need a location for the third act, but come on.


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You're My Only Hope
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It's a Trap
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The Force is Strong with This One
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Mark Hamill's Feelings on TLJ Luke
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Torlovsk
10/24/20 1:11:08 PM
#445:


Anagram posted...
It's so blunt and obvious that I'm not even sure that I'm reading too much into things, and that Abrams might have legitimately known what he was doing.


Given Luke's line when he catches the lightsaber, Abrams HAD to have been acting deliberately.
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NFUN
10/24/20 1:12:57 PM
#446:


no comment that the lightsaber toy looks like a very dangerous sex toy?

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Torlovsk
10/24/20 1:15:23 PM
#447:


Cornelius Evazan and Ponda Baba
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Anagram
10/24/20 2:07:45 PM
#448:


Torlovsk posted...
Given Luke's line when he catches the lightsaber, Abrams HAD to have been acting deliberately.
I forgot about that part, you're definitely right.

NFUN posted...
no comment that the lightsaber toy looks like a very dangerous sex toy?
Haha, I didn't see that at all.

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Hbthebattle
10/24/20 2:22:40 PM
#449:


Scorpion Darth Vader

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PerfectChaosZ
10/24/20 4:21:07 PM
#450:


Mandalorians as a group/concept
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redrocket
10/24/20 4:55:59 PM
#451:


Darth Vader altering the deal

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