Greenbloodblitz 3,452 Posted January 26 Share Posted January 26 A long time ago in a galaxy far far away .... So I've noticed that many posters on here, maybe obviously because of our age group, grew up with this incredible story. So all things George Lucas, Joseph Campbell the power of myth, Mark Hamill the Joker, Harrison Ford as Indiana Jones, you name it! And to my fellow otherworldly geeky brethren, I present to you a gift, and it's not two droids! 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
RedBeardedSavage 3,376 Posted January 26 Share Posted January 26 When I think about Mike Maccagnan's roster building: 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Larz 72,511 Posted January 26 Share Posted January 26 As on OG Star Wars fan, born in 67, saw Star Wars in the theater at age 10, Empire at 13 and Jedi at 16, episodes 8,9 don’t count lol still haven’t seen 9 , never will 8 is an offensive abomination which was bitch slapped into oblivion by the Luke we got in the mandalorian , and make no mistake that was intentional mark hamills comments about 8 and the mandalorian are crystal clear I remember playing with the “action figures “ lol and everyone wanted to be Han or boba fett or chewie this is a true story. My friends father got us out of school early to go to the first showing of Empire. Waaaaaaaay before the internet so no spoilers, nobody had any idea what was coming. As we are leaving , the second showing is in line, mostly kids and teenagers that got out of school on time, and we had to walk passed them to get to the car. My friend blurts out “ I can’t believe Vader is Luke’s father!!” ouch So to whoever had the best plot twist ever ruined, sorry lol. 1 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Greenbloodblitz 3,452 Posted January 26 Author Share Posted January 26 Well at least somebody spoke up it was starting to get lonely in here! 17 minutes ago, Larz said: As on OG Star Wars fan, born in 67, saw Star Wars in the theater at age 10, Empire at 13 and Jedi at 16, episodes 8,9 don’t count lol still haven’t seen 9 , never will 8 is an offensive abomination which was bitch slapped into oblivion by the Luke we got in the mandalorian , and make no mistake that was intentional mark hamills comments about 8 and the mandalorian are crystal clear I remember playing with the “action figures “ lol and everyone wanted to be Han or boba fett or chewie this is a true story. My friends father got us out of school early to go to the first showing of Empire. Waaaaaaaay before the internet so no spoilers, nobody had any idea what was coming. As we are leaving , the second showing is in line, mostly kids and teenagers that got out of school on time, and we had to walk passed them to get to the car. My friend blurts out “ I can’t believe Vader is Luke’s father!!” ouch So to whoever had the best plot twist ever ruined, sorry lol. I haven't seen the Mandalorian I was moving and wanted to re-up all my TV and Computer Entertainment stuff. I had a tough time with the new movies too. I actually liked all of it except for the freeing the space camels part with the Chinese chick. Looking back Force awakens and Rise of Skywalker were not that bad. The problem with the Last Jedi is it was Mark Hamill's best acting job but he never left the island and anything and then they f****** killed him LOL? I think Rogue one was awesome, I think Solo was as bad as watching old episodes of The A-Team! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jet_Engine1 13,665 Posted January 27 Share Posted January 27 My kids are 12 and 9. They love the OT and Classic characters and even enjoy the Preq's, and have only a very passing interest in the new crap. I personally despise Di$ney Co., that talentless hack Kennedy, and their total ass raping of the Star Wars brand. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
RedBeardedSavage 3,376 Posted January 27 Share Posted January 27 What sucks about the new trilogy was that I was really enjoying the first hour or so of The Force Awakens. I was sold. I was in. And then it became 'fire the giant planet weapon', 'blow up the giant planet weapon' and I felt cheesed. The next two movies sucked. The unfortunate part was the possibility - good casting, interesting characters (at least initially), and I thought the whole two opposing sides of the force love story was actually a good idea, just poorly executed. And WTF did you do to Luke? And why is Leia flying out in space? And who the f*** is Snoke? And how lazy of you to bring back Palps at the end of the third. All so goddam silly. Anyways, Empire Strikes Back is still my favorite movie of all time. 1 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jet_Engine1 13,665 Posted February 3 Share Posted February 3 My boys (12 & 9) and I watch this at least once a week. They are devout Star Wars kids, and are most fond of the OT Characters and movies. I have my own opinions, but never try to force them to like things I prefer.... but they love the old Movies the most, followed by the Prequels and the Clone Wars series. None of us are into Rebels, and aside from Lego Games, they don't bother with the new movies, even though we have the entire collection. We all like Mandolorian, even though I call it the Cara Dune show.... 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jet_Engine1 13,665 Posted March 24 Share Posted March 24 Well, this thread is pretty dead, much like the Star Wars brand under the "leadership" of Kathleen Kennedy and the garbage "Lucasfilm Story group", but I will say this...we've been at Disney World the last few days (Family trip), and as much as I dislike the Disney Star Wars product, the new attraction/ride is pretty damn cool. Very immersive. But the rest of Galaxy Edge is pointless and boring. And $14 for a 16oz Locally brewed pilsner? Just because its called "Gold Leader ale"? No. Jon Vander is not pleased. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Philc1 14,450 Posted April 2 Share Posted April 2 On 1/26/2021 at 11:45 PM, RedBeardedSavage said: What sucks about the new trilogy was that I was really enjoying the first hour or so of The Force Awakens. I was sold. I was in. And then it became 'fire the giant planet weapon', 'blow up the giant planet weapon' and I felt cheesed. The next two movies sucked. The unfortunate part was the possibility - good casting, interesting characters (at least initially), and I thought the whole two opposing sides of the force love story was actually a good idea, just poorly executed. And WTF did you do to Luke? And why is Leia flying out in space? And who the f*** is Snoke? And how lazy of you to bring back Palps at the end of the third. All so goddam silly. Anyways, Empire Strikes Back is still my favorite movie of all time. The Last Jedi derailed everything. Rise of Skywalker tried to fix it but it ended up being a hot mess 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Philc1 14,450 Posted April 2 Share Posted April 2 On 3/24/2021 at 11:08 AM, Jet_Engine1 said: Well, this thread is pretty dead, much like the Star Wars brand under the "leadership" of Kathleen Kennedy and the garbage "Lucasfilm Story group", but I will say this...we've been at Disney World the last few days (Family trip), and as much as I dislike the Disney Star Wars product, the new attraction/ride is pretty damn cool. Very immersive. But the rest of Galaxy Edge is pointless and boring. And $14 for a 16oz Locally brewed pilsner? Just because its called "Gold Leader ale"? No. Jon Vander is not pleased. Went to galaxy edge last September. I thought it was great. Smuggler’s run was terrific It’s Disney world. Everything is going to be pricey 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
chirorob 5,225 Posted April 2 Share Posted April 2 21 minutes ago, Philc1 said: The Last Jedi derailed everything. Rise of Skywalker tried to fix it but it ended up being a hot mess Episode 8 and 9 are 2 of the worse movies I can remember seeing. Good theatre is reading about the massive behind the scenes battles between Filoni/Favreau and Kathleen Kennedy. 1 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Philc1 14,450 Posted April 3 Share Posted April 3 11 hours ago, chirorob said: Episode 8 and 9 are 2 of the worse movies I can remember seeing. Good theatre is reading about the massive behind the scenes battles between Filoni/Favreau and Kathleen Kennedy. Kathleen Kennedy is the belichick of movie producers. Belichick had Brady do all the work, Kathleen had Spielberg 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Panzer Division Marduk 301,486 Posted April 3 Share Posted April 3 Well, whoever it was decided to give Bandai the rights to make model kits from Star Wars deserves a raise. Built the TIE Interceptor - probably the best model kit I have ever built. 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
chirorob 5,225 Posted April 3 Share Posted April 3 10 hours ago, Philc1 said: Kathleen Kennedy is the belichick of movie producers. Belichick had Brady do all the work, Kathleen had Spielberg Thing is, if they higher ups just let Favreau and Filoni guide their little universe, it would improve dramatically. Kathleen just happened to be friends with Lucas and Spielberg, and as far as I know she has never actually done anything good on her own. 1 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Philc1 14,450 Posted April 4 Share Posted April 4 23 hours ago, chirorob said: Thing is, if they higher ups just let Favreau and Filoni guide their little universe, it would improve dramatically. Kathleen just happened to be friends with Lucas and Spielberg, and as far as I know she has never actually done anything good on her own. They just need to scrap the last 3 sequels 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
BROOKLYN JET 7,564 Posted April 12 Share Posted April 12 GOLDEN RETRIEVER Seeing DARTH VADER For The First Time Apple Baby Fun - YouTube 1 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
RedBeardedSavage 3,376 Posted April 23 Share Posted April 23 Are they watching this thread? https://www.jetsshop.com/mens-junk-food-black-new-york-jets-empire-star-wars-t-shirt/p-37351665689983+z-9732-3185753108?_ref=p-TLP:m-GRID:i-r2c1:po-7 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Adoni Beast 4,881 Posted April 23 Share Posted April 23 On 1/25/2021 at 11:33 PM, Greenbloodblitz said: A long time ago in a galaxy far far away .... So I've noticed that many posters on here, maybe obviously because of our age group, grew up with this incredible story. So all things George Lucas, Joseph Campbell the power of myth, Mark Hamill the Joker, Harrison Ford as Indiana Jones, you name it! And to my fellow otherworldly geeky brethren, I present to you a gift, and it's not two droids! But....but....but Mr. Lucas! Jedi do no seek revenge!!!! (Deep sigh) “call it “Return” instead. You just wasted 20 million (1980s USD) of advertising money I was saving up for a proper prequel you over-obsessed muppet fan junkie.” - George Lucas 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Greenbloodblitz 3,452 Posted April 24 Author Share Posted April 24 4 hours ago, Adoni Beast said: But....but....but Mr. Lucas! Jedi do no seek revenge!!!! (Deep sigh) “call it “Return” instead. You just wasted 20 million (1980s USD) of advertising money I was saving up for a proper prequel you over-obsessed muppet fan junkie.” - George Lucas Oh okay once I expanded I realized you were looking at revenge of the Jedi. At first your post didn't make sense to me. Star Wars is incredible man... all of it. I'm thankful and grateful that this was going on when I was 9 years old and I can share it with my 9 year olds and it's still going on when I'm 47 years old. A long time ago in a galaxy far far away... there was imagination. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Adoni Beast 4,881 Posted April 24 Share Posted April 24 9 hours ago, Greenbloodblitz said: Oh okay once I expanded I realized you were looking at revenge of the Jedi. At first your post didn't make sense to me. Star Wars is incredible man... all of it. I'm thankful and grateful that this was going on when I was 9 years old and I can share it with my 9 year olds and it's still going on when I'm 47 years old. A long time ago in a galaxy far far away... there was imagination. Great series overall. I just think that story of how they had to change Revenge to Return last minute is hilarious. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Greenbloodblitz 3,452 Posted April 24 Author Share Posted April 24 41 minutes ago, Adoni Beast said: Great series overall. I just think that story of how they had to change Revenge to Return last minute is hilarious. As far as the storyline apparently Jedi don't seek revenge. However he did avenge his own idea with Revenge of the Sith LOL. Also I do remember seeing the commercial for Revenge of the Jedi. I was about nine years old. If you've ever seen the show Storage Wars, in one episode Barry finds a Revenge of the Jedi jacket apparently owned by one of the stagehands or something. I'm pretty sure it was worth some money. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Greenbloodblitz 3,452 Posted May 4 Author Share Posted May 4 Traveling through hyperspace ain't like dusting crops boy! May the fourth be with you! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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RutgersJetFan 95,039 Posted May 5 Share Posted May 5 I'm a 40 year-old man and I want that ******* light saber. It's amazing. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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