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What makes you think that? I don't think anyone could say that without knowing what happens in Episode III. Adam (...) (24 years ago, 1-Jun-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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Hi guys, since there's a lot of traffic on this board today, I thought I'd let you know that if anyone wants to chat, I'm on AIM at work. ~Mark AIM: sandlimp (24 years ago, 1-Jun-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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(...) If 20-25+ years ago George Lucas planned to offer his audience modest lightsaber battles (in ANH & TESB), so that he could wow his future fans (the same fans that he was sure would in fact be hooked) with a phenomenal lightsaber battles in his (...) (24 years ago, 1-Jun-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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You can't say that definitively. There are still two unmade movies. ~Mark (...) less (...) him. (...) (24 years ago, 1-Jun-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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In lugnet.starwars, Dave Schuler writes: <snip> (...) because (...) "vision." To paraphrase a wise man, that depends greatly on your point of view. You may see it as an investment of your money. I think George sees it as his movie, and people happen (...) (24 years ago, 1-Jun-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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(...) Zahn thought (...) beam (...) antena (...) have (...) really bad (...) Oh PL-EEEEEEASE. Kevin Anderson's Jedi Academy Trilogy was built-up and built-up... over the course of three books, and then they solve the whole thing by holding hands at (...) (24 years ago, 1-Jun-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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I don't know when it happened or if it has already been mentioned, but the official Star Wars Episode II site is online. Ryan (24 years ago, 1-Jun-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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Sure, but did you -really- expect to find a good plot, good acting, etc. etc. in TPM? The Star Wars movies have never been examples of excellence in "Film" but they sure are good "movies." It's brain candy. ~Mark (...) we're (...) counterclockwise (...) (24 years ago, 1-Jun-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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(...) well, from what I understand the Falcon wasn't supposed to make it out at all.. see that cool web page about the MF which covers the scale problems, etc. Apparently test audiences didn't like seeing Lando and the MF blown up so they changed (...) (24 years ago, 1-Jun-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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(...) There's still 2 episodes to go... Anthony Daniels is confirmed to be playing C- 3PO again and if they can do 2 whole movies without having Obi-Wan and C-3PO meet, I'd be interested to see how they do it. ~Nathan (24 years ago, 1-Jun-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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Putting aside the fact that all R2 Units and Protocol Droids look more or less the same.... Why SHOULD Obi-Wan recognize C-3P0? He never meets him. - Thaddeus (URL) (24 years ago, 1-Jun-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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Pardon me for bringing this up, I know it has been dealt with before - but is there any way for me to get a Mindstorms set to work with my Mac? Thanks (24 years ago, 1-Jun-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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(...) Irrelevant. I'm not saying "George should have done such-and-such to realize George's vision better"--I'm saying that George could have done such- and-such to make a better film. Whatever else it is, it is also a film. (...) Not really. He (...) (24 years ago, 1-Jun-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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(...) Hmm. Vader I'm not so surprised about.. he doesn't exactly sit down and chat with Threepio or Artoo at any point. Obi Wan... well, Artoo claims to belong to Obi Wan, and all Obi Wan says is "I don't remember owning any droids". It's very (...) (24 years ago, 1-Jun-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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(...) Yeah, but that's not really all too subtle. Besides which, the saber fighting in Episode IV reflects the lower production costs and technical sophistication of the 70's. I flatly disbelieve the "old men" excuse; if "size matters not," I don't (...) (24 years ago, 1-Jun-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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(...) Ok. I concede that point. It does seem strange to me that neither Vader nor Obi Wan seem to register their prior acquaintance with the droids, but I know that it can be argued that Obi Wan realized that his old acquaintances had come full (...) (24 years ago, 1-Jun-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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(...) That's not what I said at all in the original post that I referred you back to. Of course you can evaluate art - stylistically, aesthetically, and in many other ways - but nobody can sit there and say that the artist should have done this or (...) (24 years ago, 1-Jun-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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(...) Major time disagree with you: (URL) here for details. -Lord Insanity (24 years ago, 1-Jun-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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(...) Aside from serving in several (admittedly small) moments as translator, no, not really. Other than with the Ewoks, of course, where his translation was instrumental. Neither was 3PO an actively negative force working against the texture of the (...) (24 years ago, 1-Jun-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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(...) How about because Threepio looks like every other protocol droid of the same make and model in the Star Wars universe? There was one on Bespin, there was one on the Nemoidian ship at the very beginning of TPM... Droids are just another (...) (24 years ago, 1-Jun-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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