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10 Dec 2015, 6:31 pm

...You have feel the urge to pretend to be a Jedi/Sith at the sight of this:

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So what are the crazy things that prove that you are a Star Wars fan? :)

Also this was mainly inspired by Kuraudo777's post: viewtopic.php?t=297496


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10 Dec 2015, 9:31 pm

Have it and the Kylo Ren one too. I also have a number of the technical manuals and a few of the toys so yeah I count.


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10 Dec 2015, 10:22 pm

You really, really, really want to take a toy light saber into the theater when you go to see the new Star Wars film. I really wanted to go to the midnight showing, but I couldn't convince my dad and I think it sold out months ago anyways. So going for the next best thing.

I also have The Clone Wars cartoon on my Netflix list, love watching Star Wars Rebels and would love to be able to watch the first Clone Wars cartoon as well (you know, the traditionally animated one that Gendy Tartarovsky did).


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10 Dec 2015, 10:46 pm

Violetvee wrote:
You really, really, really want to take a toy light saber into the theater when you go to see the new Star Wars film. I really wanted to go to the midnight showing, but I couldn't convince my dad and I think it sold out months ago anyways. So going for the next best thing.

I also have The Clone Wars cartoon on my Netflix list, love watching Star Wars Rebels and would love to be able to watch the first Clone Wars cartoon as well (you know, the traditionally animated one that Gendy Tartarovsky did).


Ya' mean this Star Wars Cartoon!?

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I feel you bro! That my childhood right there!


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10 Dec 2015, 10:51 pm

Nist498 wrote:
Have it and the Kylo Ren one too. I also have a number of the technical manuals and a few of the toys so yeah I count.


Don't you find Kylo Ren's Lightsaber to be the ultimate arm slicer? I mean you could easily cut any Jedi arm/hand off just by distracting them with a variety of combat skills and SHEEN! The arm fell off Skywalker Style! 8)

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11 Dec 2015, 7:56 am

That's pretty much any lightsaber though. Ren's also has a bulkier hilt making it a bit unwieldy at times so a more conventional lightsaber would be easier to pull deft maneuvers with.


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11 Dec 2015, 6:48 pm

Nist498 wrote:
That's pretty much any lightsaber though. Ren's also has a bulkier hilt making it a bit unwieldy at times so a more conventional lightsaber would be easier to pull deft maneuvers with.


Then what are the advantages of Kylo Ren's Lightsaber? Is it like a medieval great-sword?


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11 Dec 2015, 9:32 pm

The_Blonde_Alien wrote:
Nist498 wrote:
That's pretty much any lightsaber though. Ren's also has a bulkier hilt making it a bit unwieldy at times so a more conventional lightsaber would be easier to pull deft maneuvers with.


Then what are the advantages of Kylo Ren's Lightsaber? Is it like a medieval great-sword?


That's what many Star Wars nerds have been debating ever since the cross guard was shown in the first trailer. Many people think it's a stupid idea but when looking at it critically there are a few cases where you could stab someone with the cross guard or use it to push an opponent's blade away and then smash their face with the hilt. In fact given the heavy duty nature of Kylo Ren's hilt I suspect that's exactly what he uses it for. It's pretty much perfectly designed for pommel strikes.


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28 Dec 2015, 1:02 pm

You watch the parody porno of Episode IV, A New Hope.


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28 Dec 2015, 2:29 pm

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You watch the parody porno of Episode IV, A New Hope.


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25 Feb 2016, 6:49 pm

You try changing the channel on TV with the Force.


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25 Feb 2016, 7:35 pm

Obsessed with Star Wars you are, when like Yoda you speak!



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25 Feb 2016, 7:53 pm

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26 Feb 2016, 7:42 am

https://www.reddit.com/r/StarWars/comme ... n_edition/

This may interest fans, the Silver screen edition really captures the magic and authenticity of the original.

"A user called Negative1 was able to acquire a very well preserved 35mm print from someone online. Since he didn't have a film scanner, he basically built a homemade reel scanner and used a Canon DSLR camera to capture the film frame by frame, with super high resolution and color depth. It took them about a year to go through and capture all of the frames, including some trial and error.

He then put together a team, which he called TeamNegative1, of very savvy video editors who could go through and clean up the dirt, print damage, and color correct everything on a frame by frame basis. Film degrades over time, and colors fade, so everything had to be painstakingly edited. For reference, there are 24 frames/images in one second of a movie. It took them about 3 years of that work, and this is the end result.

They're also working on restorations of The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi, which they acquired theatrical prints for while working on this project."



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26 Feb 2016, 10:05 am

Nocturnus wrote:
https://www.reddit.com/r/StarWars/comments/41bsef/a_new_hopeofficial_bluraysilver_screen_edition/

This may interest fans, the Silver screen edition really captures the magic and authenticity of the original.

"A user called Negative1 was able to acquire a very well preserved 35mm print from someone online. Since he didn't have a film scanner, he basically built a homemade reel scanner and used a Canon DSLR camera to capture the film frame by frame, with super high resolution and color depth. It took them about a year to go through and capture all of the frames, including some trial and error.

He then put together a team, which he called TeamNegative1, of very savvy video editors who could go through and clean up the dirt, print damage, and color correct everything on a frame by frame basis. Film degrades over time, and colors fade, so everything had to be painstakingly edited. For reference, there are 24 frames/images in one second of a movie. It took them about 3 years of that work, and this is the end result.

They're also working on restorations of The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi, which they acquired theatrical prints for while working on this project."


Y'know what a really shameful about George Lucas? The U.S. Congress (I think) did a project in which they would collect the original films strips of several movies that would be suitable to represent American culture in order so future generation can see them in all their glory. Star Wars episode IV was among those films and, unfortunately, congress wasn't able to obtain the original film strip from Lucasfilm. But they DID have the original film strip for, are you ready for this...?

*drum roll*

The version with all of George Lucas's ridiculous and unnecessary changes!

I mean, you just know George Lucas made a complete fool out of himself when his own company (Lucasfilm) refused to give congress the original film strip of the episode IV. I bet the reason why Lucasfilm refused in the first place was because of George's "I gotta change stuff because, change!" mentality!

Just watch this video and skip to 2:13 up until 6:36 and you'll see what I mean. :wink:


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