Star Wars 7 shit talk

^^^ Merdeyeux otm

funny, even as a star wars stan i had never spent much time on that before it was brought up itt

i mostly just like when it reminds me of the old comics i haven't read in 20+ years

ftr I love Star Wars and Doctor Who and Star Trek

My Little Pony can fuck off though, unless it's that cracked-out "call upon the Sea Ponies" video

I discovered this wondrous bit of prose on wookiepedia a while back. I never tire of reading it

The remaining IG-88 uploaded his consciousness into a computer core destined for Death Star II. He succeeded in being uploaded, and was preparing to activate his program to take over all droids in the galaxy when it was destroyed. With his consciousness in the Death Star II, he would literally become the Death Star.[3]
Emperor Palpatine was the only known person on the Death Star to suspect something was wrong after the uploading of the computer core with IG-88 inside. Before the station's destruction, he noticed a series of doors in his throne room opening and closing sporadically. IG-88 did this to show the Emperor that he was not all powerful. However, IG-88 was utterly baffled when it appeared that Emperor Palpatine used some unseen force to attempt to push the doors open. However, IG-88 exerted more force and was able to continue to keep the Emperor locked in, until he grew tired of the game and unlocked the door.[3]

big green rabbit is only scratching the surface of the range of wacky characters in the comics

that's the kind of gold you get in the expanded universe novels btw

Number None, that is amazing

the only expanded universe novels i've ever read were those Zhan Thrawn trilogy books.

oh wait, i had a book of short stories about the bounty hunters at one point, including one about IG-88 but it didn't tie in with Number None's story.

I read one of the Han Solo books, it had a blue cover? I remember it was super boring, then amazing, then boring again.

http://brunching.com/images/geekchart2.gif

Zahn books are pretty much the only ones worth reading

i had the bounty hunters book too, i remember an ig-88 story but playing practical jokes on the emperor doesn't ring a bell.

i like the attention to detail of all the articles being in the past tense. it was a long time ago!!!!

xp I don't know, I admire the whole series where the writers [SPOILER ALERT] gave Han and Leia three kids, then killed off two of them. Kinda ballsy.

hah I think that's after my time - I do remember their three kids

remember realizing even as a kid that Kevin J. Anderson is one of the absolutely worst writers ever

C'mon man what abt Splinter of the Mind's Eye?

Fuckin' film that shit!

http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ly6lgbvmMm1qi0m30o1_250.jpg

Looks like some sort of steampunk erotica.

OMG

Amaiza'd

there are at least two others from that photoshoot

Someone should put some clothes on that dalek.

Only novels I ever read were the Thrawn books and the zombie one on audio, which was actually pretty good had it not had the requisite cameos

http://www.vulture.com/2012/11/star-wars-episode-vii-may-have-found-its-writer.html

wait what?

http://www.guardian.co.uk/culture/2012/nov/10/twilight-breaking-dawn-better-than-star-wars?CMP=twt_gu

No matter – whatever happens, the Twilight series' positive legacy is already written in stone. A generation of young readers have spent hundreds – nay thousands – of hours reading Meyer's books with the same passion and enthusiasm that the great gothic novels once excited. Moreover, they have formed an extremely vocal and articulate fanbase whose obsessive dedication to the written word has effectively forced the film-makers to remain essentially respectful of the source texts.

Truly, trolling refined into high art.

Wow, didn't expect that to be Kermode before I clicked it.

He thinks The Exorcist is the best film ever made

http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/BLX-5

just remembered this guy for some reason. i wonder if the extended universe authors are at all trolling george l with all of the terrible terrible names?

A philosophical Bollux

C'mon man what abt Splinter of the Mind's Eye?

It's somewhat mindblowing to learn about this and read about the writing of "Empire" and realize "I had it all planned out from day one!" was GL's most successful achievement in creating the Star Wars myth.

It sounds like Mark, Harrison, and Carrie are down with this. I'm ok with it too, as long as Mark doesn't have to have that dumb 'Padawan learner' buzzcut with the asymmetrical rat tail from TPM.

... why would he?

In the event that Luke Skywalker had a kid and is training him to be a Jedi. And said kid may turn out evil (???) It rhymes like POETRY!

but... if he is the teacher, why would he have the hairdo of a padawan, is the question I am waiting for you to ask yourself

both of you are on time out, go to the corner and reflect on what youve done

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-EVKBvrzjMMI/TtKxIlTzeyI/AAAAAAAABzQ/H_mEQrlf6aU/s1600/Obi-Wan%2Blooking%2Bat%2BAnakin%2Bin%2BThe%2BPhantom%2BMenace.jpg

I'm just going to sit over here and wait for you to actually remember the rest of the movie

Camera pans down to ugly pink Yoda-like creature with an eyepatch, right?

No, Ewan was wearing trousers that day.

ugly pink Yoda-like creature

http://www.doctorwhoreviews.co.uk/2007-13_files/Last%20of%20the%20Time%20Lords%20(7).jpg

haha, nice

I hope this happens, just to hear the screams that result:

http://www.express.co.uk/posts/view/357610/Darth-Vader-to-be-resurrected

haha "a film mole" speaking to a UK paper doesn't seem hella reliable.

It isn't, but this is the shit talk thread, anything goes.

Director list allegedly including/down to Vaughn, Favreau, Fincher.

was thinking vince vaughn for a second

Meanwhile, whatever:

http://www.deadline.com/2012/12/what-hell-hath-disney-lucasfilm-wrought-star-wars-meets-extreme-home-makeover/

I love how this is all this bizarre demi-disgust over the 501st, who are all about the charity work.