Star Wars 7 shit talk

Uncle Owen thought she was a Sand Person so don't worry.

As a kid I thought he was Uncle Lowen

Liam Neeson did a modicum of acting in TPM compared to that vengeance shit he is now beloved for.

Who will do the most acting in The Force Wakes Up?

Neeson's hair did the acting. Neeson was elsewhere.

this is semi-intentional, isn't it? ie the "golden age" of the Republic giving way to the grimy oppressive nature of the Empire?

― the farakhan of gg (DJP), Tuesday, December 2, 2014 3:42 PM (22 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

man a lot of rust accumulates in 18 years

― Οὖτις, Tuesday, December 2, 2014 3:47 PM (17 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

yeah, I tried to make this point upthread -- the whole point of the Star Wars universe is that it's old and has this history, which Episodes I - III throw away by assuming the thousands of years of grit and grime and used spaceships actually were just an effect of the Empire happening

maybe dirt effects on computer animated characters were hard so Lucas was like "fuck it, make it all look brand new"

Even that Darth Maul fight scene, while cool, is sort of dramatically flawed in pitting two good guys against one bad guy (a problem semi-solved by the neat forcefield door gimmick) and by overuse of the can't-reach-lightsaber/trying-not-to-fall-down-massive-spaceshaft devices from the first trilogy, like you can't have that shit more than once in a scene

like the goddamn death star was totally new construction and even it didn't seem pristine. more so in ROTJ -- it's not yet finished and you see the scaffolding and open construction. everything in Episodes I - III was in perfect condition, even on old worlds, as if no one is tearing down or building anything and the story happens in this static universe

Hurting "Episode" 2, Jedi Fight Choreographer

I did chuckle when on the commentary track for the last prequel Lucas explained the 20-year construction of the Death Star w/a shrug: "Well, they had union trouble. Even an Empire has construction and union delays."

I mean it's going to take at least 20 years to complete the Second Ave Subway so it doesn't seem that outrageous for a Death Star

They barely even have an Empire yet and they're already thinking about Death Stars.

Really they couldn't do anything until they had more utility data.

it's not really an ILX Star Wars thread until Ned and I run a joke into the ground

Rather.

it's not running a joke into the ground if you lacked utility data

http://www.clickhole.com/article/6-easter-eggs-you-might-have-missed-star-wars-trai-1518

Utilty data reminds me of:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ftU5GfORvH8

this is semi-intentional, isn't it? ie the "golden age" of the Republic giving way to the grimy oppressive nature of the Empire?

― the farakhan of gg (DJP), Tuesday, December 2, 2014 4:42 PM (25 minutes ago) Bookmark

Yeah you can do a little retconning and get there

Cloud City is meant to be the symbol of opulence I think in the trilogies but by today's standards it comes off as lol 70's

I was thinking more of the modular nature of the tech

Like tons of little extraneous things hanging off of everything, even the Star Destroyers, all this great detail of piping and tubing etched into the interstices

Like the X-Wing being so modular that it needs an astromech droid to set in the back and then the droid pops out and fixes shit while in battle!

Like compare the X-wing or even the TIE Fighter to the fucking Naboo starfighter that looks like it was carved from a solid piece of carbonite

mon cal cruisers were a bit more organic looking /nerdery

Yeah but there was backstory behind that

They grew those fucking ships in an ocean!

<3 u 龜

Have also heard a lot of people make car analogies in re late 70s/early 80s vs late 90s/early 00s -- the sleekness and curviness of the prequel tech matches this, as does the fact that shit in the original trilogy had lots of parts and people were always fixing things, whereas no one works on their own cars anymore.

http://i.imgur.com/Gd6xbgV.jpg

This ship is cool as hell. Probably my favorite starship

although there's the whole soapbox derby build-a-pod thing

Like compare the X-wing or even the TIE Fighter to the fucking Naboo starfighter that looks like it was carved from a solid piece of carbonite

when it debuted Threepio said, "Ohhh! They've encased it in carbonite!"

that's one ship with a bunch others docked to the back, right? xxp
I concur

that thundercats thing will never not crack me up for some reason

No that's one ship

It's the Nebulon B Escort Frigate

is Star Wars set in the future or the past? i've still no idea. if it's 'a long time ago..' then how is it also 'the future'?

http://deacondance.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/Thinking-Man-Rodin.jpg

Relativity

This thread is slowly working through everything already covered in the Red Letter Media series. Those who haven't should watch it, even if they find the "character" of Mr Plinkett(?) annoying.

he's ready..

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

I stand corrected xxxp

Star Wars is _futuristic_ but it happened a long time ago

i have a coworker who says she likes the prequels better than the original

i threw her out a window, she's better now

Since when was THIS

http://i.imgur.com/QTBbDzk.jpg

Cooler than THIS?

http://i.imgur.com/zmCjNLP.jpg

#thingsonly70skidsunderstand

https://twitter.com/mathowie/status/538369074799980545/photo/1

#thingsonly4ABYkidsunderstand

soccerball droid confuses me

I know you guys expended all your engineering/intellectual energy on the lightsaber design but seriously how does that robot work it makes no sense

Inspired by nature.

http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/files/2012/10/Dung-beetle.jpg

Who controls the Twin Pod? What if the pilots disagree on where they should go?

haha don't get me started about that

so a la the dung beetle, the top part is propelling the bottom soccer ball part? assuming that's even possible (since the top part does not appear to have any appendages or attachments to move the soccer ball part with) what would be the point of that?

I'm assuming that there's a vertical disk that is kept static that the head sits on top of, and it spins the half-balls each side?

i'll be honest, the soccerball droid gave me a fleeting moment of ~the phear~

aaaahh more cutesy bullshit droids nooo

I don't mean to say that I'm right of course, just "If I had to build something like that, and I knew anything about building robots"