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Least Favorite Moment: Star Wars Franchise

post #1 of 36
3/1/01 at 3:55pm
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The Obi-Wan spectre sits down on a log.
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post #2 of 36
3/1/01 at 4:03pm
RETURN OF THE JEDI: Obi Wan the non-corporeal floater decides to sit on a log.

Hey, how did I get here?

[This message has been edited by Blofeld (edited 03-01-2001).]
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post #3 of 36
3/1/01 at 4:04pm
Er..Blo, sorry. I didn't know that you wrote the same thing.
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post #4 of 36
3/1/01 at 4:13pm
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Eddie, the sitting on a log is from Jedi.
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post #5 of 36
3/1/01 at 4:19pm
It figures that it has to be Return.

And thanks, Blo. Save face nifty edit will.
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post #6 of 36
3/1/01 at 4:21pm
The way the Rancor is composited always make me mad. You can fucking see the trace lines.
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post #7 of 36
3/1/01 at 4:25pm
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<getting ready to duck> ... the trash compactor scene in New Hope is the moment I use for potty break and to get a beer.

Question, as the space "compacts", how is it that the mass of the garbage DECREASES?
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post #8 of 36
3/1/01 at 7:25pm
I had the opportunity once to purchase the laserdisc Special Editions box set for $60.00 and thought-"Wow-it'd be nice to have then in nearly an archival format.
And they did such great stuff for the re-releases. The trailers alone made me cry! And then all of the added stuff-the Tatooine additions...the Death Star attack...Wampa...Cloud City...the Coruscant celebration...NO-NO FUCKING WAY AM I BUYING THOSE DISCS!!!!"

I suddenly wanted no part of the Star Wars: Special Edition.

What brought this on? How had my mind changed so forcefully?

I changed my mind when it cleared enough for me to remember the the horror and betrayal I felt rip through me on that bitter January evening-cleared enough for me to remember the splinter in my mind's eye-the single most HATEFUL moment in Star Wars canon-and quite possibly-FILM.


Greedo fires first.


Greedo fires first.

And Star Wars was never the same.

I bought all three of the original remastered "one last time" old-school trilogy laserdiscs for $34.00. Sold my first edition VHS for $40.00. I win.



[This message has been edited by Hot Animal Machine (edited 03-01-2001).]
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post #9 of 36
3/1/01 at 7:52pm
You beat me to it HAM...that was, a travesty

I thought the Phantom Menace was OK. Jedi was cheesy too, but I still think it was OK. I actually laughed at some of Jar Jar Binks' antics.

But I will never forgive George Lucas for tarnishing the image of Han Solo.

[This message has been edited by GDog (edited 03-01-2001).]
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post #10 of 36
3/1/01 at 8:27pm
Greedo firing first was appalling. But a strong contender for the number 2 spot of Special Edition boo-boos was Luke screaming while falling down the shaft in Empire. And as if having scream was bad enough, he had to sound just like the Emperor did when he fell down the shaft in Return.
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post #11 of 36
3/2/01 at 12:44am
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Salacious Crumb
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post #12 of 36
3/2/01 at 7:03am
Ouch. Salacious Crumb.

Ugh-gratuitous Muppet. Leaps to the ceiling in a hideously obvious use of reverse playback. Sickening.
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post #13 of 36
3/2/01 at 9:17am
Luke's feigned sadness at the death of Aunt Beru and Uncle Owen. They were scorched meatless and when he gets back to Obi, he's almost happy to go. No. Make that he's eager to go.
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post #14 of 36
3/2/01 at 10:03am
You two assholes leave Salacious Crumb alone. The Great Gonzo needed the work.

My list of worst moments:

- "Yippie!" Episode 1
- The Sarlac burps in Jedi.
- The Opee farts Episode 1.
- The exchange between Solo and C-3PO where he's asking for stuff then ends with "And hurry up will you, I ain't got all day." from Jedi.
- "Fly Casual..." Jedi
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post #15 of 36
3/2/01 at 10:11am
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Lucas went back to the Salacious'-giggle-well once too often.
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post #16 of 36
3/2/01 at 10:34am
The Greedo scene. There is nothing that I despise more in all of Star Wars-dom as that one dark, despicable moment. Not even the bathroom jokes fill me with as much of the power of the Dark Side.

BTW, the fact that Naboo has no molten core and is a geological and planetary oddity may play an important role in Ep. II. Don't knock it yet.
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post #17 of 36
3/2/01 at 10:37am
Shoot me but I kinda thought 'Fly casual' was pretty cool.
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post #18 of 36
3/2/01 at 11:00am
I've never been a big fan of the Ewoks taking down the Stormtroopers in ROTJ.

I mean, for chrissakes? The cream of the Empire's military taken down by a bunch of teddy bears with stones and arrows? Grr...
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post #19 of 36
3/2/01 at 4:38pm
I hate: "Yousa means peoples gonna die?" and
Lucas's need to name things that all sound the same: Count Dooku, Planet Naboo, Mace Windu, Aunt Beru.
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post #20 of 36
3/2/01 at 5:24pm
Sure does make it easier for those lame guys that make the parody raps...

And Chris Lee's character being named Count Dooku is about the most pathetic thing I've ever heard in my life.

Bela Lugosi IS DoctoR....ACULA!!!

Grrr! and Fuck!
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post #21 of 36
3/3/01 at 3:17pm
I have a friend whose real life name is Sai Sidharth. Now, that is a Star Wars name.
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post #22 of 36
3/4/01 at 2:54pm
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Even the general has to have a least favorite moment ... I'd like to hear what it is!
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post #23 of 36
3/4/01 at 7:06pm
I'll assume you mean the "little" general, and not me.

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post #24 of 36
3/15/01 at 11:42am
Help me here...

Isn't there a "Tarzan-esque" yell as Chewbacca swings through the tress in "Jedi"? If so, that's the worst moment for me.

I like Salacious Crumb.
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post #25 of 36
3/15/01 at 11:51am
Indeed there is Nick. Good choice.

And come on Zod! That's cheating!

EVERYONE hates the Christmas Special!

[This message has been edited by flint (edited 03-15-2001).]
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post #26 of 36
3/15/01 at 11:56am
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Salacious Crumb was fine for me until the 4th (?) close-up of him giggling.

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post #27 of 36
3/16/01 at 10:26am
well it's not the worst, but i'm always amused when they take out the radar dish in Jedi. after he sets the charges, you see Han hide behind a log about 10 meters from the bunker, and then they show a shot above the treetops of this absolutely enormous structure being obliterated. Han = ground zero

Boba Fett's Clouseau-esque pratfall "demise" is up there as well
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post #28 of 36
3/16/01 at 1:31pm
That makes it even worse now. Boba is going to get some serious screen time now with a character arc, only to have an oops death in Jedi.

Will that mean Boba's death be changed in "Luke in Black" to accomodate his emergence in EP:II?
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post #29 of 36
3/16/01 at 4:09pm
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It'll all be fixed in the DVD release of Jedi. The Sarlaac will fire first.

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post #30 of 36
3/16/01 at 4:28pm
Man, I can't believe nobody has mentioned this one.
"But I was going into tosche station to pick up some power converters!"
When I got a little older I was amazed that my hero was a whiny little bitch.
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post #31 of 36
3/16/01 at 4:41pm
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That line makes me laugh ... not because of the whininess of Luke, but because of the absolute tin-ear Lucas has for writing flowing dialogue.

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post #32 of 36
3/16/01 at 5:02pm
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I seem to recall hearing that somebody said something like that to him.

"I want to come with you to Alderaan. There's nothing for me here now. I want to learn the ways of the force and become a Jedi like my father."

Say it aloud. Go ahead. Say it. Doesn't exactly roll off the tongue, does it?

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post #33 of 36
3/16/01 at 6:55pm
Maybe not for you, Blo, but my friends and I actually talk like that. Pretty fucking sad, now that I think about it.
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post #34 of 36
3/16/01 at 8:01pm
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You're not the only one.

I fell asleep during the first viewing. In the theatre.

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post #35 of 36
3/17/01 at 2:44am
My worst moment was realizing that they indeed let Blofeld into the theater. We worked so hard to keep him out!

I mean there were people ALL OVER THE CONTINENT lining up, camping out, dodging suspicious news reporters and police just to keep him 500 yards away.

In the end, there was some horrible mix up, and these patriots were labeled "fanboys"--considered freaks for their efforts!

These unsung heroes will never see the respect of those outside their mom and dad's basements again.

Damn you Blofeld. Damn you.



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post #36 of 36
3/26/01 at 6:41pm
I'd say the worst star wars moment is in Empire, where Luke just finds out that 'ol Darth is daddy, and he screws up his face something fierce. Sheesh, that's overacting, and an unrealistic response to boot. If I were Luke I'd have said "If you're my father, then I'm goin' home! Screw you guys, I'm goin' home!"
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