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Subject: 
Re: Jar Jar will probably be back
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Date: 
Mon, 21 Jun 1999 21:12:25 GMT
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On Mon, 21 Jun 1999 18:56:47 GMT, "Greg Majewski" <citrusx__@yahoo.com> wrote:

> In lugnet.starwars, Mark Benz writes:
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: news-gateway@lugnet.com
> > > [mailto:news-gateway@lugnet.com]On Behalf
> > > Of Steve Bliss
> > > Sent: Monday, June 21, 1999 10:59 AM
> > > To: lugnet.starwars@lugnet.com
> > > Subject: Re: Jar Jar will probably be back
> > 
> > SNIP
> > > 
> > > What we've got so far:
> > > 
> > > Word       Character      Product
> > > ---------  ----------     -------
> > > Destroyed  Darth Maul     Mt. Dew
> > > Future     Jar Jar        Mt. Dew
> > > Menace     Valorum
> > > The        C-3P0
> > > But        Amidala        Pepsi
> > > New        Anakin
> > > Lurks      Sebulba        Pepsi
> > > May        Mace Windu     Mt. Dew
> > > Nearby     Padme Naberrie Diet Pepsi
> > > 
> > > Guessed message (assumed words in <>):
> > > 
> > > <Darth> <Maul> may <be> destroyed, but the Phantom Menace still lurks
> > > nearby.
> > > 
> > > Steve
> > 
> > I don't think so,
> > you forgot the words "New" and "future". And Phantom is not on your list.
> > This gives, something like:
> > 
> > <Darth> <Maul> may <be> destroyed, but the New Future Menace lurks nearby.
> > 
> > Seems more likely, though new and future are a bit redundant.
> > Mark
> How about "The Menace may be destroyed, but the new Darth Maul lurks in the
> nearby future." I know it sounds weird, but Maul didn't bleed when Obi-Wan
> chopped him in half. I'm thinking that he is a droid. Maybe?
> Greg
> citrusx__@yahoo.com
> http://www.geocities.com/TimesSquare/Dome/1888/

Interesting idea, but I think GL was just being a little PC and not showing a
lot of gore.
And I swear that when OWK slices DM in half, there is a brief flash of red on
the screen - like a subliminal suggestion of blood spatter.

Besides, doesn't the "Phantom Menace" refer to Senator Palpatine and his secret
life?

-- Terry K --



Message has 2 Replies:
  Re: Jar Jar will probably be back
 
(...) secret (...) IMO, the 'Phantom Menace' is the Trade Federation. Their attack on Naboo was just a ploy so Palpatine could become Chancelor(?). After the Trade Federation's attack is stopped, most people (except Mace and Yoda) think everything (...) (27 years ago, 22-Jun-99, to lugnet.starwars)
  Re: Jar Jar will probably be back
 
(...) Agreed. (...) Yep. I noticed that the second time I saw the movie. But I also wondered if it might have been DM's light-staff, just below the screen. (...) I don't know. It seems like George Lucas thinks the meaning of "the phantom menace" is (...) (27 years ago, 22-Jun-99, to lugnet.starwars)

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  Re: Jar Jar will probably be back
 
(...) How about "The Menace may be destroyed, but the new Darth Maul lurks in the nearby future." I know it sounds weird, but Maul didn't bleed when Obi-Wan chopped him in half. I'm thinking that he is a droid. Maybe? Greg citrusx__@yahoo.com (URL) (27 years ago, 21-Jun-99, to lugnet.starwars)

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