Star Wars 7 shit talk

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I dunno. I think the world is gonna be more than okay with watered down space-economics

set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 23 May 2014 15:32 (ten years ago) link

i tried to show a homie the redlettermedia takedown videos and he got visibly upset about 8 minutes in, he really loves the prequels and it was shitty of me to put on a youtube of some guy doing a character voice saying he was an idiot for it

°ㅇ๐ْ ° (gr8080), Friday, 23 May 2014 15:59 (ten years ago) link

I dunno. I think the world is gonna be more than okay with watered down space-economics

― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, May 23, 2014 3:32 PM (29 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

BUT WHAT OF THE TRADE FEDERATION

purposely lend impetus to my HOOS (BIG HOOS aka the steendriver), Friday, 23 May 2014 16:04 (ten years ago) link

lol

set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 23 May 2014 16:19 (ten years ago) link

can we place bets on which ethnic stereotype will provide a model for new alien character(s)? They already covered Jamaicans, Jews and the Chinese, I'm gonna go with Indians.

Οὖτις, Friday, 23 May 2014 16:23 (ten years ago) link

Cowboys

set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 23 May 2014 16:39 (ten years ago) link

back to the british hopefully

balls, Friday, 23 May 2014 16:53 (ten years ago) link

yeah that OG Death Star roundtable was basically just tinker tailor soldier spy's "the circus" with a vader cameo.

christmas candy bar (al leong), Friday, 23 May 2014 16:55 (ten years ago) link

They already covered Jamaicans, Jews and the Chinese, I'm gonna go with Indians.

― Οὖτις, Friday, May 23, 2014 4:23 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

wat

purposely lend impetus to my HOOS (BIG HOOS aka the steendriver), Friday, 23 May 2014 17:39 (ten years ago) link

what this greedy hook-nosed merchant with a thick eastern european accent didn't remind you of anything

http://www.jewornotjew.com/img/people/w/watto.jpg

seriously fuck this franchise forever

Οὖτις, Friday, 23 May 2014 17:40 (ten years ago) link

watto, morelike

how's life, Friday, 23 May 2014 17:41 (ten years ago) link

didn't know macklemore was in that one

gbx, Friday, 23 May 2014 17:55 (ten years ago) link

watto, morelike

― how's life, Friday, May 23, 2014 5:41 PM (45 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

thatsthejoke.gif

purposely lend impetus to my HOOS (BIG HOOS aka the steendriver), Friday, 23 May 2014 18:27 (ten years ago) link

although i thought i remembered watto being despised for being an ~arab~ stereotype, rather than a jewish one? idk

purposely lend impetus to my HOOS (BIG HOOS aka the steendriver), Friday, 23 May 2014 18:28 (ten years ago) link

I don't recall - def coded as Jewish to me when I saw it

Οὖτις, Friday, 23 May 2014 18:30 (ten years ago) link

i see there's (only) an anti-semitism subsection on the watto wikipedia page, carry on

purposely lend impetus to my HOOS (BIG HOOS aka the steendriver), Friday, 23 May 2014 18:32 (ten years ago) link

Looking back now, pretty much all of those horrific ethnic stereotypes were trotted out within the first hour or so of the first movie, right? By halfway through Episode I you'd been introduced to Jar Jar, the Trade Federation and Watto. Were there any notable examples in the later two movies (that weren't additional appearances of these characters from the first one)?

djenter the dragon? (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Friday, 23 May 2014 18:33 (ten years ago) link

but also, from that Wiki:

Patricia J. Williams of The Nation stated that Watto was also described as a stereotype of Arabs, but that he was "more comprehensively anti-Semitic -- both anti-Arab and anti-Jew."

djenter the dragon? (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Friday, 23 May 2014 18:34 (ten years ago) link

At least the ethnic stereotypes in the original trilogy relate back to ethnic stereotypes from with the high adventure genre films on which SW is based, i.e. jabba the oriental despot, tusken raiders as excitable natives, etc.

Whereas the prequels seemed to be going out of their way - out of their genre - to reach out, point and laugh at Jamaicans.

cardamon, Friday, 23 May 2014 21:03 (ten years ago) link

Jabba's an "oriental despot"?

sonic thedgehod (albvivertine), Saturday, 24 May 2014 08:07 (ten years ago) link

i never got that jabba was oriental. i thought he was just fat.

katsu kittens (contenderizer), Saturday, 24 May 2014 08:45 (ten years ago) link

he was originally an Irish geezer

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/7/78/FordandMulholland.jpg

piscesx, Saturday, 24 May 2014 09:19 (ten years ago) link

http://rt.com/news/jabba-lego-anti-islamic-138/

As far as I know, Jabba's a gangster, not a terrorist. They do have a point about the hookah and the mosque though.

how's life, Saturday, 24 May 2014 09:58 (ten years ago) link

jabba is sydney greenstreet y'all

balls, Saturday, 24 May 2014 14:21 (ten years ago) link

Yeah thats what I took as the inspiration too. I guess there are some evil sultan sorta trappings.

Οὖτις, Saturday, 24 May 2014 16:05 (ten years ago) link

He's one of my favourite characters in terms of design.

the joke should be over once the kid is eaten. (chap), Saturday, 24 May 2014 16:36 (ten years ago) link

there are a couple echoes there. "the Hutt" vs. "the Hun", Gamorrean Guards vs. eunuchs

a lake full of ancient spices (los blue jeans), Saturday, 24 May 2014 16:40 (ten years ago) link

Yeah but at least he's like a vaguely-inspired distillation of old tropes, if Lucas had made Jedi in 1999... I shudder to imagine.

Doctor Casino, Saturday, 24 May 2014 17:13 (ten years ago) link

If Lucas had made Jedi at all.

the joke should be over once the kid is eaten. (chap), Saturday, 24 May 2014 17:29 (ten years ago) link

stop making me do fangirl cartwheels I CAN'T GET EXCITED FOR THIS MOVIE YET, DON'T MAKE ME DO THAT

set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 2 June 2014 16:00 (ten years ago) link

This just in from the Star Wars front: Episode VII has cast 12 Years a Slave Oscar-winner Lupita Nyong’o and Game of Thrones’ Gwendoline Christie. From the studio:

Lupita Nyong’o joins the recently announced cast of Star Wars: Episode VII. This year, her breakthrough performance in 12 Years a Slave earned her an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. Gwendoline Christie, currently starring in the hit television series Game of Thrones as Brienne of Tarth, has also been cast in the production. She can next be seen in The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2. “I could not be more excited about Lupita and Gwendoline joining the cast of Episode VII,” says Lucasfilm president Kathleen Kennedy. “It’s thrilling to see this extraordinarily talented ensemble taking shape.”

Number None, Monday, 2 June 2014 16:16 (ten years ago) link

goddamnit JJ don't you get my hopes up and fuck this up

djenter the dragon? (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Monday, 2 June 2014 16:39 (ten years ago) link

must

remain

cynical

set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 2 June 2014 16:42 (ten years ago) link

You could place bets now as to how many minutes of screentime til he does the Mystery Box twist reveal

Stephen King's Threaderstarter (kingfish), Monday, 2 June 2014 16:45 (ten years ago) link

jeff garlin sith lord

Sufjenga Cat Giffin (Sufjan Grafton), Monday, 2 June 2014 16:47 (ten years ago) link

Yeah I was thinking to myself "Sure, they're cast, and then they'll have as much screen time as Jimmy Smits in Episode II."

Ned Raggett, Monday, 2 June 2014 16:47 (ten years ago) link

master jedis played by greg grunberg and matthew fox.

christmas candy bar (al leong), Monday, 2 June 2014 17:10 (ten years ago) link

haha

socki (s1ocki), Monday, 2 June 2014 17:17 (ten years ago) link

lol

set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 2 June 2014 17:19 (ten years ago) link

How exciting space stuff in a dusty desert. There are other planets in the Star Wars universe right?

▴▲ ▴TH3CR()$BY$H()W▴▲ ▴ (Adam Bruneau), Monday, 2 June 2014 17:34 (ten years ago) link

no

Οὖτις, Monday, 2 June 2014 17:35 (ten years ago) link

swamp planet, desert planet, forest planet, that's it

Οὖτις, Monday, 2 June 2014 17:35 (ten years ago) link

star wars catan, basically

Sufjenga Cat Giffin (Sufjan Grafton), Monday, 2 June 2014 17:37 (ten years ago) link

forest moon, come on man

christmas candy bar (al leong), Monday, 2 June 2014 17:37 (ten years ago) link

let's go back to Gwendoline Christie and Lupita Nyong'o being in this and how that excuses pretty much any stupid thing that will invariably be in this movie

On-the-spot Dicespin (DJP), Monday, 2 June 2014 17:38 (ten years ago) link

"And let us introduce the new ambassador, Jar Jar Binks the Third."

Ned Raggett, Monday, 2 June 2014 17:39 (ten years ago) link

they're doing vocodered droid voices

christmas candy bar (al leong), Monday, 2 June 2014 17:39 (ten years ago) link

yah i have an idea, jj should really shake things up and do a planet that's half UNDERWATER and half ABOVE WATER and the cultures that occupy these two worlds have a SYMBIOTIC RELATIONSHIP

°ㅇ๐ْ ° (gr8080), Monday, 2 June 2014 17:40 (ten years ago) link


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