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The best installment in the Star Wars saga is...

Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace (1999)
6
5%
Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones (2002)
3
3%
Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith (2005)
9
8%
Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope (1977)
14
13%
Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
66
60%
Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi (1983)
12
11%
 
Total votes : 110

Re: Star Wars

Postby Gorosaurus Rex » Sat Mar 10, 2012 10:17 am

o.supreme wrote:As for The Clone Wars & Darth Maul, well... Tonights the night (supposedly). Although I wouldn't be surprised if this was a Savage Opress heavy episode and Maul was not introduced until the very last scene, or even until next week. I find it odd they they didn't hold back the season finale for a month or so and air it in a one hour segment in one night as they have done with previous seasons.

wataru wrote:Bringing back Darth Maul serves absolutely no purpose but to sell Darth Maul action figures and it was hype for TPM in 3D. Blah.
True, and also to show off daddy's little girls writing skills (or lack there of). You know its funny, for years Lucas denied acknowledging any EU accounts that Boba Fett survived after ROTJ. But in his old age, he's ok with others doing the exact same thing to Maul. But hey its ok I guess if its in the family.


You were right on that account, but I thought they did a decent enough job with it. Maul, as opposed to Boba, had a ton of potential that was never delivered on. I'm glad to see that they are giving him a shot to actually become a character in this movie.
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Re: Star Wars

Postby kaiju115 » Sat Mar 10, 2012 8:48 pm

Even though I didn't like The Phantom Menace all that much, I really liked Darth Maul. As for the Clone Wars series, the latest episode with Savage finding Maul, I just can't stop watching it. The idea of having Darth Maul being driven mad by the dark side, while at the same time its been keeping him alive, I thought was kinda scary, can't wait for the season finale.
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Re: Star Wars

Postby JVM » Sun Mar 11, 2012 8:33 pm

Actually Lucas wanted to bring back Fett officially in the Special Editions.
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Re: Star Wars

Postby The One and Only » Sun Mar 11, 2012 8:59 pm

^How so ? If you know, please elaborate.
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Re: Star Wars

Postby JVM » Sun Mar 11, 2012 9:43 pm

The One and Only wrote:^How so ? If you know, please elaborate.

I don't remember exactly where I read it, but he considered putting in a scene of him escaping the Sarlaac in 1997 but felt it distracted from everything else, or something.
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Re: Star Wars

Postby wataru » Mon Mar 12, 2012 5:00 am

In SW:EU, Fett survived. And all was good and right in the universe.
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Re: Star Wars

Postby o.supreme » Mon Mar 12, 2012 7:05 am

The episode was ok. Anyone else notice the Title Card in RED ooh EVIL! :roll: --Anyway, what I dont get (and seems to be a HUGE inconsistancy with force sensitivity) was that--Maul was alive for over a decade. I'm sure he had feelings of rage and hate for all that time. How come no Jedi ever "felt" it until the events of this episode? Also it seems they just took the concept drawings we had all scene of a multi-legged Cyber-Maul and just made him more extreme/grotesque. To be honest, I would have preferred a normal bi-pedal Darth Maul, but that's just me.
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Re: Star Wars

Postby wataru » Mon Mar 12, 2012 7:13 am

Because it's a Star Wars kids TV show? I dont expect any level of writing for Star Wars video media above that of a 12 year old.
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Re: Star Wars

Postby Goji » Mon Mar 12, 2012 1:57 pm

wataru wrote:In SW:EU, Fett survived. And all was good and right in the universe.


Indeed. Dengar ends up finding him, nearly dead, crawling out of the Sarlac pit.

..Of course, this all got skreeonk up when Lucas added the CG "mouth" to the Sarlac in '97 (which isn't canon to me anyway; the Sarlac always looked like the original version in all SW media prior to '97) and (purposely) had him shown being swallowed.
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Re: Star Wars

Postby o.supreme » Mon Mar 12, 2012 2:05 pm

You know... I'm not a perv or anything, but to me the Sarlacc was one of the coolest monsters in the Star Wars Universe, until I got older and discovered female anatomy. I just cant get past that now :lol:
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Re: Star Wars

Postby edgaguirus » Mon Mar 12, 2012 2:20 pm

You're not a perv. I found the sarlac interesting, too, even with the beak. The beam makes it looke more like an animal and not just a dusty hole with tentacles.
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Re: Star Wars

Postby Kaiju-King42 » Mon Mar 12, 2012 3:20 pm

Maybe the dusty hole is the mouth of a giant underground creature? Kinda like the giant worm-thing on the asteroid in Empire Strikes Back.
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Re: Star Wars

Postby Gyaos » Mon Mar 12, 2012 3:37 pm

If you've seen the cut-away view of the Sarlaac, it looks more like a plant than an animal.
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Re: Star Wars

Postby Shadow » Mon Mar 12, 2012 4:10 pm

Gyaos wrote:If you've seen the cut-away view of the Sarlaac, it looks more like a plant than an animal.


I've seen it. I was surprised when I found out the beak was it's tongue and what the inside looks like... damn.
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Re: Star Wars

Postby o.supreme » Tue Mar 13, 2012 7:05 am

Kaiju-King42 wrote:Maybe the dusty hole is the mouth of a giant underground creature? Kinda like the giant worm-thing on the asteroid in Empire Strikes Back.

The Sarlacc is one complex beasty. as others have eluded to:
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Re: Star Wars

Postby Goji » Tue Mar 13, 2012 7:56 am

I know exactly what book that is from, but mind you if it had been published before '97, there likely would have been no "beak" at all.

Many Star Wars encyclopedia's were changed once the SE's were released. Even more were re-issued when once the prequels were out. I'm glad I have my original "Star Wars Guide to Characters" from the early 90's with Boba Fett's original backstory, among many other stories that have since gone the way of the dinosaur in newer editions. These stories have simply disappeared once the prequels ret-conned some of this stuff.
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Re: Star Wars

Postby o.supreme » Tue Mar 13, 2012 9:04 am

Hold onto those books Goji. Star Wars ficiton is ever changing, good to remember things the way they were. Wasn't Boba Fetts (pre Episode II) original name Jaster Mereel, or something like that? Now I see that is a name given to a completely different character.
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Re: Star Wars

Postby Goji » Tue Mar 13, 2012 9:27 am

Indeed it was, Jaster Mareel! Being such a big Boba fan growing up, I knew his whole backstory. So when EPISODE II was released, I a little confused initially. I avoided reading about any possile spoilers prior to the prequels coming out (meaning I didn't read Star Wars Insider for yeaaaars), though somewhere along the line I heard that Boba Fett would be in the film in one way or another. I still feel that it was shoe-horned-in fan service at it's finest, much like the green-screened Boba Fett walking past the camera in the Jabba scene that was re-inserted into STAR WARS, in '97.

I don't know much about the EU stuff that was done once the prequels were out, but back in the day, the Mandalorian Warriors had this whole back story, and were originally an entire army that were featured in the Clone Wars. As exciting as it was seeing it for the first time, this made my first viewing of EPISODE II a little hard to swallow, at least story-wise. (The "clones" are now a bunch of guys that are precursors to Stormtroopers, who were cloned after ONE guy featuring Mandalorian armor? Okay, sure, why not.)
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Re: Star Wars

Postby Legionmaster » Tue Mar 13, 2012 9:35 am

The Mandalorians are still there, they just didn't pop up in the film. The Clone Wars series has used the warriors as a rebellion/terrorist group that stands against Mandalore's official policy of neutrality. They still fly around with their fancy armor and Old Republic black lightsabers and whatnot.
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Re: Star Wars

Postby Goji » Tue Mar 13, 2012 10:28 am

Niiiice. I've been putting off watching the CG "Clone Wars" series for several years now. I should probably get on that.
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