Community Forums => General Chat => Topic started by: ShyGuy on January 18, 2010, 07:54:32 PM
Title: General Purpose Star Wars discussion thread
Post by: ShyGuy on January 18, 2010, 07:54:32 PM
If an older thread exists vudu, merge it.
The coolest characters are as follows: 1. Darth Vader 2. Boba Fett 3. Han Solo 4. Lando Calrissian 5. Yoda 6. Darth Maul 7. The Emperor 8. R2D2 9. Fat Guy who had the Rancor 10. Yaddle.
Title: Re: General Purposed Star Wars discussion thread
Post by: NWR_insanolord on January 18, 2010, 08:14:26 PM
Senator Organa should be on the list, as Jimmy Smits is inherently very cool.
Title: Re: General Purpose Star Wars discussion thread
Post by: Dasmos on January 18, 2010, 10:52:53 PM
Star Wars Episode 1 review (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FxKtZmQgxrI)
If you can stand to listen to this guys voice for more than 20 seconds without wanting to kill yourself then this video is pretty funny. Well it's 1 in a series of 7, but worth a watch.
Title: Re: General Purpose Star Wars discussion thread
Post by: ThePerm on January 18, 2010, 10:56:40 PM
The coolest characters are as follows: 1. Darth Vader 2. Boba Fett 3. Han Solo 4. Lando Calrissian 5. Yoda 6. Darth Maul 7. The Emperor 8. R2D2 9. Fat Guy who had the Rancor 10. Yaddle.
Title: Re: General Purpose Star Wars discussion thread
Post by: ShyGuy on January 18, 2010, 11:08:53 PM
Hans Landa? What?
Title: Re: General Purpose Star Wars discussion thread
Post by: bustin98 on January 19, 2010, 02:24:33 AM
I googled Hans Landa and got Inglorious Basterds. Is his name supposed to be a tribute to Star Wars or is ThePerm seeing things?
Title: Re: General Purpose Star Wars discussion thread
Post by: Shorty McNostril on January 19, 2010, 03:22:39 AM
Does anyone actually know anything about Yaddle?
Title: Re: General Purpose Star Wars discussion thread
Post by: ShyGuy on January 19, 2010, 04:02:55 AM
All I know about Yaddle: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OWxDtPSBDd8
Title: Re: General Purpose Star Wars discussion thread
Post by: DAaaMan64 on January 19, 2010, 05:43:28 AM
wtf never heard of this guy http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Yaddle
Title: Re: General Purpose Star Wars discussion thread
Post by: Stratos on January 19, 2010, 05:55:25 AM
I remember there was a guy on 1up FM that was mocked for liking Yaddle and getting defensive about her (yes Yaddle is a she) because he fell in love with a girl at a cosplay convention that was dressed as Yaddle.
I'm still sad that they chose to do what they did to Darth Caedus/Jacen Solo at the end of the one book series.
You also need Thrawn on that list. Thrawn was amazing.
Title: Re: General Purpose Star Wars discussion thread
Post by: Morari on January 19, 2010, 09:58:07 AM
#1 - Slave Leia.
Title: Re: General Purpose Star Wars discussion thread
Post by: ShyGuy on January 19, 2010, 10:47:02 AM
I remember there was a guy on 1up FM that was mocked for liking Yaddle and getting defensive about her (yes Yaddle is a she) because he fell in love with a girl at a cosplay convention that was dressed as Yaddle.
That's what my Youtube link is about.
Title: Re: General Purpose Star Wars discussion thread
Post by: UltimatePartyBear on January 19, 2010, 11:43:31 AM
Anybody seen One-Man Star Wars Trilogy? I was lucky enough to have a front row seat in a small theater, and it was fantastic. Being at the front, and possibly because my friends and I were the only ones in the mostly mainstream audience to get every joke, he played directly to me in several parts.
Title: Re: General Purpose Star Wars discussion thread
Post by: Stratos on January 19, 2010, 06:50:02 PM
I remember there was a guy on 1up FM that was mocked for liking Yaddle and getting defensive about her (yes Yaddle is a she) because he fell in love with a girl at a cosplay convention that was dressed as Yaddle.
That's what my Youtube link is about.
LOL, your right. Funny to hear that again. Though the part where they ragged on Yaddle on the cast was hilarious as well if I recall right.
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"April 01, 2005 - Rumors about possible storylines for Star Wars:Episode VII, VIII, and IX have been passed down through fandom sincethe late '70s � long before the creation of the Web. Longtime devoteeswill remember that one of most prominent rumors floating around claimedthat a character from the prequels would return as the centralcharacter in the final trilogy. Today, after decades of speculation,IGN FilmForce can confirm this. A top-level insider, who requests thatwe refer to him only as "Far-Far Nar-Nar," tells us it's true and thatreports of a TV show are merely a smokescreen intentionally created byLucasfilm to divert attention away from high-level development of threenew films in the epic space saga.
And there's more... the source reveals that the sequel trilogy willcenter around Jedi Master Yaddle � the "female Yoda" featured in ThePhantom Menace � as she travels to the farthest reaches of the galaxyin search of the powerful Kyber Crystal, accompanied by her loyalprotector, Captain Panaka.
We're not the kind of site that takes these kinds of things lightly, sowe phoned Quarshie's rep who promptly told us, "I don't know where thehell he is," and hung up. Undeterred, we tracked Quarshie down at asci-fi convention in Kansas where he revealed more shockingdevelopments. Speaking from the main hall of the Topeka AbdallahShriners Club Masonic Temple, Quarshie told us, "Damn right! See,Yaddle is on a crazy dangerous mission and she needs somebody like me �a real badass � to protect her." When pressed for more details Quarshietipped, "Well, George didn't tell me much, but I know it's gonna be amusical. He's really going a different direction with this one. Saysit'll be like Star Wars meets Moulin Rouge. Real trippy s***."
Our source, "Far-Far Nar-Nar," was reluctant to comment on Quarshie'sstatement, but he did say that Paula Abdul had been spotted atSkywalker Ranch in recent weeks. It's possible she's choreographingdance numbers for the film.
Finally, our scooper claims that the project is currently beingdeveloped under the codename "Yaddle Goes to Utapau," but he/she hearsthat The Flanneled One is considering "Descent of Yaddle" for theactual title of Episode VII.
Could we finally learn more about Yoda's race and get to see his homeplanet? How does Mara Jade fit into all this? Why is C-3PO soeffeminate? Stay tuned to IGN FilmForce for the answers to all thesequestions and more."
From IGN.com
More Yaddle silliness.
Title: Re: General Purpose Star Wars discussion thread
Post by: ShyGuy on January 19, 2010, 08:27:42 PM
We need awesome Star Wars pics.
Title: Re: General Purpose Star Wars discussion thread
Post by: Stratos on January 19, 2010, 08:40:11 PM
These are the only ones on my photobucket currently.
Does anyone else here try to keep up with the novels or comics?
I recently finished the Legacy of the Force series but there is a new series taking place after that which I'm planning to start reading soon. I also picked up one of those 'Legacy' comics that takes place 100+ years in the future and reading that along with that book series was fun because I was picking out potential connections for descendants of characters. For a while I was convinced that Darth Krayt was Jacen Solo/Darth Caedus in the far future and its fun to guess who ends up with who to create these descendants down the line (Jaina Solo + Jaged Fell lead to Roan and his daughter Marasiah in the future?)
Title: Re: General Purpose Star Wars discussion thread
Post by: UltimatePartyBear on January 19, 2010, 08:48:03 PM
Title: Re: General Purpose Star Wars discussion thread
Post by: GearBoxClock on January 19, 2010, 08:52:58 PM
IG-88 is my favourite character in the whole series hands-down. (http://images4.wikia.nocookie.net/starwars/images/0/09/IG-88_activated.JPG) Their are plenty that I like, but none that I like as much as this assassin droid
Title: Re: General Purpose Star Wars discussion thread
Post by: Stratos on January 19, 2010, 10:02:31 PM
IG-88 is my favourite character in the whole series hands-down.
Their are plenty that I like, but none that I like as much as this assassin droid
Have you read his story in Tales of the Bounty Hunters, then? I recommend that book mostly for IG-88's epic story and Boba Fett's escape from the Sarlacc. I can't even remember any of the others.
Title: Re: General Purpose Star Wars discussion thread
Post by: ThePerm on January 20, 2010, 04:31:03 PM
idk, Hans Landa could just be his name, but the first thing i thought when i heard it was Han and Lando. He is probably Tarantino's most interesting character.
Title: Re: General Purpose Star Wars discussion thread
Post by: oohhboy on January 22, 2010, 12:45:31 AM
Anyone got a wallpaper sized image of the lightning squirrel poster? 16:9 size would also be a bonus if such thing exist.
Title: Re: General Purpose Star Wars discussion thread
Post by: Dirk Temporo on January 25, 2010, 09:59:43 PM
IG-88 is my favourite character in the whole series hands-down. Their are plenty that I like, but none that I like as much as this assassin droid
Too bad he got his robot ass kicked inside out by Boba Fett.
Title: Re: General Purpose Star Wars discussion thread
Post by: Stratos on January 26, 2010, 03:59:36 AM
I remember the fight against him in Shadows of the Empire was pretty fun. Course that entire game was pure fun.
Title: Re: General Purpose Star Wars discussion thread
Post by: ShyGuy on January 26, 2010, 12:04:42 PM
The best robot in the Star Wars extended universe is HK-47 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lBma1kVfpnc
Title: Re: General Purpose Star Wars discussion thread
Post by: UltimatePartyBear on January 26, 2010, 01:12:33 PM
I was rather fond of Emtrey, Rogue Squadron's quartermaster. Every time he couldn't procure something through official channels, they'd ask him to scrounge it up somehow, which activated some secret programming from his probably shady past. A little while later, whatever it was would be there, and nobody dared ask how he managed it.
Title: Re: General Purpose Star Wars discussion thread
Post by: Stratos on January 26, 2010, 04:40:39 PM
Didn't it turn out that Emtrey was also running an entire side business of black market dealings?
Does anyone remember C-3PX, the droid that looked like C-3PO but had a whole bunch of built in weapons and was a wanted killer? He was in the Droids comic series.
Title: Re: General Purpose Star Wars discussion thread
Post by: UltimatePartyBear on January 27, 2010, 05:37:20 PM
I just found out the Expanded Universe has officially jumped the shark. Someone wrote a run-of-the-mill zombie story set in Star Wars, and it actually got published. Personally, I don't think zombies fit in Star Wars, but if you were going to do it you could at least make it some horrible Dark Side power instead of a stupid virus. Is it a requirement that you have your imagination removed before writing about zombies or something?
(Apparently there were some horrible Goosebumps wannabe cash grabs written in the Star Wars universe in the 90s that sound like they had zombies in them, but I'm just going to try to forget I learned about any of this today. Maybe I can beat it out of my head with a hammer.)
Title: Re: General Purpose Star Wars discussion thread
Post by: Stratos on January 28, 2010, 04:53:48 AM
Those were the 'Galaxy of Fear' books. My sister gave me one when we were younger 'because it was Star Wars' and it was cheesy as could be. Each one had a different 'scary alien-monster-myth' plot. I only ever read the first one but interestingly it involved a 'living planet' created by Imperial Scientists. In retrospect the whole 'Zomna Sekot' planet in the real cannon was an interesting parallel as I think both concepts were created around the same time.
Naw, those were nothing compared to the Jedi Prince series (http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Jedi_Prince). These are ridiculous and have so many plot holes and inaccuracies it isn't even funny. It's almost like they ignored half of the movies plot points and made up their own crap. I could understand them just being wrong compared to the 'true cannon' as they were written well before there even was an Extended Universe cannon that all the authors adhered to but they have things like Lando still owning Cloud City as if he didn't lose it to the Empire, a hidden Jedi city under the surface of Yavin 4, the rebels still having a base on Yavin, a 12-year old 'Jedi Prince', an important Imperial meeting determining the next ruler of the Empire on Kessel of all places and the 'Prophets of the Dark Side' who made no sense whatsoever.
