Flaws (Star Wars)

Post by **aTOMiC** » Tue Dec 09, 2003 8:22 pm

MEGATON dAN wrote:Waitaminnit. Cromas Tummins is Power Star? I thought Power Star was a gas station chain or TV company.....

That's the secret identity kicking in. Works pretty well I see.

Post by **dANdeLION** » Wed Dec 10, 2003 2:01 pm

Cromas Tummins wrote:That's the secret identity kicking in. Works pretty well I see.

Not as good as glasses, but it'll do in a pinch.

Post by **aTOMiC** » Wed Dec 10, 2003 2:23 pm

Glasses eh? Hmmm... I hadn't thought of that. That might be pretty effective. Tom wears glasses. Powerstar doesn't. Pretty sweet.

Why is there blood oozing out of the light sabred severed arm in a New Hope? Cauterized?

Post by **aTOMiC** » Wed Aug 18, 2004 1:55 pm

Bump to add insight to a similar topic.

Post by **dANdeLION** » Wed Aug 18, 2004 7:25 pm

LOL! When I think of all the good topics Rev deleted, and this remains....there IS a God, isn't there?

Post by **aTOMiC** » Wed Aug 18, 2004 7:46 pm

Its really page 1 not page 2 that seems to have relevant comments. Perhaps I should trim this thread down a bit.

Post by **dANdeLION** » Wed Aug 18, 2004 8:20 pm

No, leave it be. If you start editing things just because you no longer like them, you'll be as bad as Lucas.

Post by **aTOMiC** » Wed Aug 18, 2004 8:21 pm

dANdeLION wrote:No, leave it be. If you start editing things just because you no longer like them, you'll be as bad as Lucas.

What makes you think I'm not already as bad as GL?

Post by **dANdeLION** » Wed Aug 18, 2004 8:27 pm

Well....I don't see any ewoks near you, for one thing......and, you do not seem to have a brother/sister sex fetish.

Post by **aTOMiC** » Wed Aug 18, 2004 8:30 pm

dANdeLION wrote:Well....I don't see any ewoks near you, for one thing......and, you do not seem to have a brother/sister sex fetish.

Well, when you put it that way you make an excellent point.

Post by **Worm of Despite** » Wed Aug 18, 2004 8:54 pm

Two biggest flaws in Star Wars:

Episode 1 & Episode 2

Post by **Loredoctor** » Thu Aug 19, 2004 12:33 am

LOL! well said!

Post by **matrixman** » Thu Aug 19, 2004 5:13 pm

TOM C wrote:There are a couple of scenes in A New Hope that drive me nuts.
1. The conference room on the Death Star. Tarkin is sitting at the head of the table. Vader is standing a few feet away. A soldier walks in. "Sir. We have searched Dantooine. They found the remains of a rebel base but it has been deserted for some time."
Tarkin: "She lied to us!"
Vader: "I told you she would not consciously betray the rebellion."
Now comes my problem. After Vader is finished speaking, David Prowess continues to shake his hand as if he is still speaking. Arrghhh!

According to the original screenplay, Vader's full lines were:

"I told you she would never consciously betray the Rebellion,
unless she thought she could destroy us in the process."

(In the final cut, they cut off the audio line after the word "Rebellion." David Prowse apparently did speak the original lines during filming, hence the prolonged gesturing.)

Here's another interesting flaw that was pointed out to me: if they were going through all the trouble of hiding young Luke from Vader and the Emperor, why didn't they change his name? What was to stop Vader from looking up "Skywalker" in the Galactic Phone Book? "Hello, Luke? This is your dad. Where have you been? You don't call, you don't send postcards..."

Post by **aTOMiC** » Thu Aug 19, 2004 5:23 pm

Matrixman wrote:
TOM C wrote: Here's another interesting flaw that was pointed out to me: if they were going through all the trouble of hiding young Luke from Vader and the Emperor, why didn't they change his name? What was to stop Vader from looking up "Skywalker" in the Galactic Phone Book? "Hello, Luke? This is your dad. Where have you been? You don't call, you don't send postcards..."
(In the final cut, they cut off the audio line after the word "Rebellion." David Prowse apparently did speak the original lines during filming, hence the prolonged gesturing.)
I think the term hidden in plain sight comes to mind.
Of course Vader has no idea he has offspring so why would he go looking for them? He's far too busy crushing windpipes for that.

As to Vader's gesturing, there had to have been a way to edit the scene to elimnate that. When I first went to see SW special Edition I was certain they would fix that. NOPE! Tons of money spent on new and exciting special effects and they leave that scene untouched.

Post by **duchess of malfi** » Thu Aug 19, 2004 6:07 pm

Lord Foul wrote:Two biggest flaws in Star Wars:

Episode 1 & Episode 2

oh yeah.

Post by **Haruchai** » Sat Aug 21, 2004 9:48 am

Lord Foul wrote:Two biggest flaws in Star Wars:

Episode 1 & Episode 2

Don't be mean!

Sat Feb 28, 2009 6:50 am

I'd go with George Lucas writing and/or directing the new trilogy...just a disaster (remember, eps. 5 and 6 weren't written or directed by him, though 4 is brilliant).

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