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Re: Toyfare has new news
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lugnet.starwars
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Wed, 7 May 2003 16:07:46 GMT
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In lugnet.starwars, Leonard Hoffman writes:
> Recognizable? you mean like the RBR, which appears on screen for.. what, two
> minutes, and mainly from behind? When I heard they released the Tantive IV, i
> said "the what? where was that in the movies?" and then i saw the engine
> cluster and recognized it.
It may have had little screentime, but that is the _first_ Star Wars
ship anyone ever saw in the movie theatres, and that specific scene is one
of the most memorable in modern cinema. If you walked up to ten random
people and showed them the RBR and any MC capital ship and asked them which
movies each one came from, you could tell the true fans by the fact that
they'd know they were both SW ships, whereas one-time viewers might
recognize the RBR and think the MC ship was from some other movie like Alien.
> Growing up, the Mon Calamari ship defined the way I thought space ships should
> look, and still do to a smaller fashion. The graceful oval shape with little
> 'bulbs' all over it. Personally, it was my favorite of the large ships
> following the SSD.
I agree that it's an interesting design, for much the same reasons that
I think the Borg Cube is so interesting, but the fact of the matter is it's
just not an iconic symbol of Star Wars.
> But personally I think a UCS MF is the best hope. as mentioned before, it is
> *the* starship of the Star Wars series, and the most recognizable vehicle >after the x-wing.
It's probably even be more recognizable than the X-Wing (and less
likely to draw accusations of treason), due largely to the fact that we see
a lot more scenes involving the MF. I'd still lean towards preferring a
Slave I, but I'm also not dumb enough to think it'd happen before the MF
gets it's due. Then again, the TIE Fighter did get skipped over in favor of
the TIE Interceptor...
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