Star Wars Discussion Thread

[doppelganger]

Did anyone else besides me, love the Ewok movies?

There was just one, right? I actually did like it. I was 13 when I saw it. People forget that Lucas made these films for children. Of course the new ones seem a little simplistic and even silly compared to the old ones. We had 20 years to get more jaded in between them.

Re: Ewoks, watching them kill super stormtroopers with rocks and sticks makes me really wonder why the empire bothers with the armor though. :areyoucra

 

[Guitar's Cry]

Did anyone else besides me, love the Ewok movies?

Very much so.

 

[Gentoo]

Re: Ewoks, watching them kill super stormtroopers with rocks and sticks makes me really wonder why the empire bothers with the armor though. :areyoucra

Just another example of what GC mentioned in Sunstone's thread about Star Wars: http://www.religiousforums.com/forum/showpost.php?p=850509&postcount=4

 

[Guitar's Cry]

Re: Ewoks, watching them kill super stormtroopers with rocks and sticks makes me really wonder why the empire bothers with the armor though. :areyoucra

In Frank Herbert's Dune series, knives are the weapons of choice, since advanced personal shielding has made projectile weapons obsolete. Knives are too slow for the shields.

Perhaps the Stormtroopers' armor is too technologically advanced for primitive weapons?

But then, blasters seem to do the trick as well!

 

[nutshell]

And yet Vader's armor deflected a swipe to the shoulder via Luke's saber in ESB.

 

[doppelganger]

Of course, you've heard of Nardo Pace, the worst engineer in the entire Empire? My sister in law sent me this a while back.

The Inbox Of Nardo Pace, The Empire's Worst Engineer

>
> Subject Trash Compactor
> From Death Star Detention Level Janitor <[email protected]>
> Date A Long Time Ago 7:46 PM
> To Nardo Pace <[email protected]>
> Hey, kid. That trash compactor you designed is up and running
>and I've got to say it looks great. Lots of grime, a magnetically
>sealed hatch that can't be opened from the inside, a tentacled garbage
>creature that practically serves no purpose at all. It's got everything
>a salty old janitor could ever want.
>
> One thing, though. It takes an awful long time to flatten garbage. I'm
>talking a minute or more, depending on how many flimsy poles I toss in
>there. If our capital ships can boogie at faster than light speeds, why
>can't we make a few walls slide toward one another at a speed that
>outpaces a Hutt's leisurely stroll?
>
>

>
> Subject breathing device too LOUD
> From Lord Vader <[email protected]>
> Date A Long Time Ago 12:20 AM
> To Nardo Pace <[email protected]>
> yo hey i still dont understand whats going on with this thing
> can u put a knob on my breather apperatis so i can turn down the
>volume when im in the library or sneakin up on maintenence droids? why
>did u put a speaker on this thing in the first place lol
>
>

>

> Subject E-11 Blaster Rifle Calibration Still Off
> From Stormtrooper Commander 09731 <[email protected]>
> Date A Long Time Ago 3:51 PM
> To Nardo Pace <[email protected]>
>
> As you know, the E-11 has come a long way since its initial prototype.
>Thanks to your hard work over the past three years the rifle no longer
>fires completely sideways, and with your latest revision, the number of
>casualties resulting from blaster fire being directed completely
>backwards has been drastically reduced.
>
> That said, the E-11 still has some accuracy issues. We recently bolted
>one of the rifles to a testing mechanism so that it couldn't move even
>a millimeter, then set up a human-sized target six feet in front of the
>blaster's barrel. Shooting in two second intervals, we let the E-11
>fire at the target continuously for three days.
>
> The result? Not one shot hit the target. I realize you're busy, but
>perhaps we can go over the design one more time and iron this out.
>
>

>
> Subject Death Star
> From Foreman Galhi <[email protected]>
> Date A Long Time Ago 8:13 PM
> To Nardo Pace <[email protected]>
>
> Keep your chin up, ok? Don't let the whole "Death Star getting blown
>up" thing get you down.
>
> It's really my fault just as much as it is yours. Your original plan
>called for three weak spots, and I asked you to cut it down to one. If
>I had suggested we get rid of the weak spots altogether none of this
>would have happened.
>
> What do we do now? Mope? No. We learn from our mistakes and make an
>adjustment to the blueprint for the new Death Star I'm working on.
>
> Construction is going great, by the way. As you suggested, instead of
>constructing a defensive shell around the framework then working my way
>inward, I'm just building all the cool stuff in the middle first. I
>think you're right, it's the best way to go.
>
>
>

>
> Subject AT-ATs... heck yeah!
> From Maximilian Veers <[email protected]>
> Date A Long Time Ago 10:09 AM
> To Nardo Pace <[email protected]>
>
> WOOO! Are you kidding me? Are you freaking kidding me!? These AT-ATs
>rule!
>
> I cannot believe how awesome they are. I'm personally piloting one on
>our upcoming operation on Hoth and I can't wait to stomp on those rebel
>scum. There's like, no way to stop these things. I'm a big fan of
>yours, man. Big fan.
>
>
>
>

> Subject carbonite transport device
> From Boba Fett <[email protected]>
> Date A Long Time Ago 3:17 PM
> To Nardo Pace <[email protected]>
>
> I am currently transporting a bounty that has been frozen in carbonite
>with a device you created. I have been told to direct any questions or
>comments I might have your way.
>
>
> This is obviously a new technology, but might I suggest adding a few
>security measures to the transport device's control panel? Right now
>anyone can walk up to this thing and flip a few switches to release the
>frozen prisoner. I'm thinking a number pad with a secret code would be
>great, or heck, even a plain old key.
>
> Just a friendly suggestion. Oh, and thanks for the modifications you
>made to my rocket pack. That "ignition" button square on the back of
>the pack where I can't reach it is great.
>
>

>
>
> Subject This darn bottomless shaft in my room
> From Emperor Palpatine <[email protected]>
> Date A Long Time Ago 1:42 AM
> To Nardo Pace <[email protected]>
>
> You are responsible for designing my Throne Room, yes? Do not doubt
>it. I can see the truth inside you. It burns with a twisted blackness
>that cannot be denied.
>
>
> I ask you this: Why is there a chasm in my room? Was it really
>necessary? What purpose does it serve? Nothing useful has ever come of
>it. In fact, sometimes when I awake in the middle of the night and
>stumble in the darkness while making my way to the Imperial Restroom, I
>mistakenly wobble along the shaft's edge. I also bump my knee on the
>Imperial Coffee Table, but that is another matter.
>
> I'm expecting very important company today, but I fully expect that
>you will draw up plans for a grate to cover this errant hole and have
>someone build it tomorrow. It is your destiny.
>
>

> Subject: Death Star IT security
> From: Empire Tech Support, Level 2
> <[email protected]>
> Date: A Long Time Ago 9:32 PM
> To: Nardo Pace <[email protected]>

> Nardo, I like the new screensavers, but can't we do something
> about security? Best I can tell anyone with a standard issue
> astrodroid can hack into the system from any doorway (and even the
> public access ports in the landing bay!) and override the controls for
> the whole battle
> station. Seems like we could solve this with an off-the-shelf copy of
> McAfee, or just the firewall that comes pre-packaged with Windows
> Vista if we can find room in the budget for all the licenses.
> Thoughts?

> After somebody hacked in and stole Admiral Vextra's credit card
> numbers (and that unfortunate incident re: former planet Veltron III),
> I thought we'd be a little more pro-active on the IT security
> issues.

> BTW, love your new blog.
>

 

[Mister_T]

I have them on Betamax tapes.
battle for endor and the caravan one
though I heard that there are five movies and a cartoon series...

http://search.deepdiscount.com/search?w=ewok&
http://www.amazon.com/Star-Wars-Ewok-Adventures-Adventure/dp/B0002YCUR0

The tv series:
http://www.allmyfavoriteshows.com/movie/cartoon/Ewoks.html

Mine are on VHS from when I was a lad. I doubt if they still work.

I remember the cartoon. They also had one with C-3PO and R2-D2. I never watched that one though.

 

[Mister_T]

There was just one, right? I actually did like it. I was 13 when I saw it. People forget that Lucas made these films for children. Of course the new ones seem a little simplistic and even silly compared to the old ones. We had 20 years to get more jaded in between them.

Re: Ewoks, watching them kill super stormtroopers with rocks and sticks makes me really wonder why the empire bothers with the armor though. :areyoucra

There was two that I know of. I don't even think they came out in the theaters. It was just a made-for-T.V. movies from what I remember. Yeah these were definitely kiddie flick which is why a lot of people don't care for them that much. But there are worse things out there.....like the Star Wars Christmas special. :cover:

As for the Storm Trooper mystery, I'm more interested as to how those guys pee with that thing on. Armored undergarmets don't allow much freedom for your nether regions.

 

[doppelganger]

There was two that I know of. I don't even think they came out in the theaters. It was just a made-for-T.V. movies from what I remember. Yeah these were definitely kiddie flick which is why a lot of people don't care for them that much. But there are worse things out there.....like the Star Wars Christmas special. :cover:

I completely forgot about those. There was a short-lived Saturday morning cartoon, too, if I recall correctly.

 

[doppelganger]

You can't talk Star Wars without discussing the merchandising. What was your coolest and most memorable Star Wars toy?

 

[Mister_T]

You can't talk Star Wars without discussing the merchandising. What was your coolest and most memorable Star Wars toy?

For me it was my Millenium Falcon and Chewbacca action figure. I still have those.

 

[doppelganger]

For me it was my Millenium Falcon and Chewbacca action figure. I still have those.

Mine was the Boba Fett action figure I got for sending in five "proofs of purchase" before ESB even came out in the theatres. It was supposed to be with an actual shooting rocket on the backpack. But they changed them because of choking hazard. Wish I'd kept it though.

 

[Inky]

Does anyone else here play the Star Wars Pants Game? It goes like this: take a line from a Star Wars movie and replace one word with "pants".

"I find your lack of pants disturbing."

"A tremor in the pants. The last time I felt this was in the presence of my old master."

 

[Gentoo]

Mine was the Boba Fett action figure I got for sending in five "proofs of purchase" before ESB even came out in the theatres. It was supposed to be with an actual shooting rocket on the backpack. But they changed them because of choking hazard. Wish I'd kept it though.

I'd love an original Boba Fett... he's the best. Most of the old toys were my brother's, I wasn't around yet when the original movies came out. But the Obi-wan and Luke's speeder are my favorites

 

[lillitruthseeker]

did anyone see the robot chicken star wars? they replaying it this sunday at 11pm est in case you missed it

 

[Mathematician]

A thread after my own heart. The Force called me to it, no doubt.

I'd love an original Boba Fett... he's the best. Most of the old toys were my brother's, I wasn't around yet when the original movies came out. But the Obi-wan and Luke's speeder are my favorites

Speaking of Fett, was anyone else annoyed by the fact his range finder [I think that's what it is, at least] changes from one side of his visor to the other in Episode 6?

You can find other goofs here: http://www.slipups.com/tree/1197.html Be warned: not all are authentic.

 

[Guitar's Cry]

A thread after my own heart. The Force called me to it, no doubt.

The dark or light side, though?

 

[Mathematician]

The dark or light side, though?

There is no emotion; there is peace.
There is no ignorance; there is knowledge.
There is no passion; there is serenity.
There is no chaos; there is harmony.
There is no death; there is the Force.

 

[Guitar's Cry]

There is no emotion; there is peace.
There is no ignorance; there is knowledge.
There is no passion; there is serenity.
There is no chaos; there is harmony.
There is no death; there is the Force.

Good answer!

 

[doppelganger]

There is no emotion; there is peace.
There is no ignorance; there is knowledge.
There is no passion; there is serenity.
There is no chaos; there is harmony.
There is no death; there is the Force.

The Force is strong with this one. Perhaps you are the one prophesied - the one who will restore Balance to the Force.