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Yet it changes colors at times, so an electoo like in 40k

Yep, George is really an =I= agent!

I'm personaly looking foward to star wars 7,8, and 9, especialy since they are following 6... with all those books worth of cool material it'll be hard to screw it up... all I know is that it must have Han and Chewie or I'm going to go off

I must admit I don't worry about it. Disney knows their trade like few others, they'll make entertaining movies, no doubt.
Will they work for hardcore fans? Let me answer that with...
...a question: Did Episode 1-3 work for hardcore fans?
...and a video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qJlbPXZEpRE

So how much worse can it get for them?

Personally I don't care. I found Jarjar funny yet slightly annoying, but there were worse parts like erm that fething Anakin in E2 and E3, gosh.
I and my family recently watched all 6 movies on blu ray and looking at them with some distance from my childhood dreams they all are kind of goofy, yet classic and entertaining.

Are we really going to do this ok lets get started then, there is the possibility of producing some great movies based on the Star Wars universe.

But lets be honest this has been bought as a cash cow, the only interest in this and its material will be for financial gain, before someone says it yes all movies are produced with profit in mind.

However what I mean is that it will be aimed at the younger market and merchandise sale, the story and fan base will be an after thought.

I really do hope that something good comes out of this, but to be honest I am sceptical to say the least.

I think whatever they do for 7, it will require doing it before Harrison Ford's health and old age catch up to him any further. If they want to maintain the canon storyline, isn't it essential to tell the story of their children?

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it'll be hard to screw it up... all I know is that it must have Han and Chewie or I'm going to go off

Dude, have you seen Han Solo recently?

Right, that's what I mean. They can hardly replace him with another actor and bring back Carrie Fischer and Mark Hamil.

The uniquely entertaining chemistry of the characters of Han and Chewie aside, have you tried to have a less romantic and glorifying look at those movies? (Maybe just imo, but) Harrison Ford is among the worst actors in them, he sucks!
I wouldn't be sad if they don't bring him back. Besides how could that even work? They could either animate him like they did in Tron2, which just wasn't that convincing. Or they could reason that Han stopped using Botox after episode 6...

Dave I think your wife might like some of these http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/486348.page

Those are GREAT LDD! Thanks man!

You have to look beyond the acting I think. Acting is only relevant to it's own era of acting. For the 1977 era, compared to other space Operas of the era, it's longevity qualifies it alone.


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And Star Wars Is inherently romantic and glorifying for me, So I accept the suspension of disbelief in that I enjoy it for what it is and not what I wish it would've been.


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Perhaps it is just this new daytime cold medicine I am on -But I don't believe that looking at Star Wars critically, as you suggest Baiyuan would change my love of the originals. I accept the three prequel movies as a new generation, a reboot (if you will excuse my tech analogy) of my admittedly biased love of the original trilogy.

I disagree baiyuan i always thought mark hamil was the worst

I was born in the same year, so I just always identified with it. I remember seeing Empire and Jedi first run in the theatres.

The first movie I ever saw in theaters was phantom menace on release day, so I don't hate them, but I still recognize the originals as greater films

I'm a fan, don't get me wrong. Anyone in my generation (and the one before) who isn't, is evidently missing some chromosomes.
So when I said "classic", I didn't mean classic as in "it's a classic, now take it away from me". Naturally a couple of decades later it has lost much of its appeal if you look at it neutrally, which doesn't mean it's bad now, but if there hadn't been star wars back then and they'd do the same thing today it would be a disaster. So not having Ford in the new installment wouldn't be too much of a loss. I'd prefer having the inconsistency factor of a new actor over seeing grandpa Han Solo.

Well, I suppose it depends where in the timeline they open up the episode 7 plot really...I guess that Palpatine can be played by two different actors and people didn't notice.

Actually, in Return of the Jedi and the prequels, the Emperor was the same guy, I an McDiarmid. It was another guy voicing him in Empire Strikes Back
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palpatine

The animated stuff has had a lot of folks playing his voice

I didn't know that for sure, but it appeared to be the same guy or a fantastic double.

Was the Emperor not played by a woman with eyes superimposed over hers in the Empire strikes back

What the hell is an Aluminum Falcon?

Yep, funny stuff by Seth McFarlane

Usually is.

HAHAHA too funny.

So, today I got a get-well gift sent home to me from the Security Guard at work



That was a helluva nice gift!

That's really cool and usefull, what's the company called that makes it?

Walthers, the biggest Train supplier in all of eternity. A Walther's Catalog is a mighty sight to behold.

Well, there always was plenty of stuff laying about at tthe Chryslus building.

My Copy is a few years old now

But it's a scratchbuilder's bible, for ideas, if nothing else

Wow...

So many lovely terrain bits!

That's sort of cool.