Prime

And yet, he throws in the bit in Ep III about Plagius being able to create life. so even if it wasn't Sidius, it could still potentially be his master

Or, it could be what George Lucas said it was. That reference by Palpatine doesn't have to have any relation to Anakin's birth. Now, I could see the need to assign it that meaning if it had been mentioned with no obvious purpose. But it already serves as the plot device that motivates Anakin to consider the Dark Side. It doesn't need to serve two purposes. And, according to Lucas, it doesn't.

Indeed. If Plagius really did have something to do with Anakin's conception, why the hell would he use a slave woman on a remote planet and then disappear before the kid was born? Surely doing this would be to serve his own purposes, and thus he would want some control over the "outcomes". And yet there is nothing of the sort.

Palpatine is just leading Anakin down the path...

Hmmm... considering that she's known to me as "that blue jedi who was sorta hot and in the movie for all of 3 seconds", I didn't really feel let down by her getting killed so easily.

However, she has appeared for years in comics and has a fairly expansive history. But you are right that she did go out with a wimper.

ANd I'd read an article by one critic before it came out saying that it would do worse ticket-wise than AOTC supposedly because no one liked the last two.

I guess he was wrong.

So we're already at the phase where people are tossing their opinions of the show back and forth in complete disregard of what the thread was originally about?

I'm surprised it took this long.

So does anyone else think it is possible that Darth Plaugus (sp?) manipulated midichlorians to create Anakin? It was an idea that my wife had, but it sounded plausible to me. Assuming that Darth Plaugus was Darth Sidious's master, the timing could have worked out.

I find that pretty unlikely. If Darth P was really going to do such a thing (presumably to create a new apprentice or something of the sort), why would he take a slave in the middle of nowhere and then send or leave her with Watto?

I just don't see how that theory is feasible.

Heh, now that the bold font rant over an irrelevent point has passed... back to meaningful SW discussion.

No kidding. I just posted some facts, MSW, without commenting on them one way or the other. No need to get your panties twisted like that. Or should I tell you to look up the word "asshat?"

My "emotional bold faced argument" wasn't even with you. I only used your post to point out those facts to Prime, whom seems to have overlooked it...and even then I never once even hinted to calling Mr March and Prime names such as "asshat".

Sorry, I didn't initally catch your meaning of "before he did anything" in regards to 9 films. I didn't respond since the point was made and I really couldn't care less about where Lucas's mind was in 1975 since things have changed so much since he started working on it originally.

  A little off topic but do any of you think it's a little ironic that in ROTS Lucas had Anakin killing kids/kids getting shot which is pretty violent and yet changes the OT to have Han NOT shooting Greedo first?

I guess they're not that comparable but still......

To be honest that is one change on the DVD version I like. It looks a lot more like they are both trying to kill each other simultanously, and less like self defense. But I think it does go to show that Lucas isn't as squeemish as some have claimed he is.

Lucas has NEVER stated, hinted or even alleged that he started createing Star Wars with the intention of developing a nine part series...

Not true. Lucas stated in the August 1977 issue of Rolling Stone that his intention was to make a "trilogy of trilogies." In February 1997 on Entertainment Tonight he states that he was planning on creating three more movies, so that his vision of a 9 movie Star Wars saga would come true. In October 1997 in an interview with Lucas Reuters reports "He also plans a final trio of movies, set long after the first 'Star Wars' films." Finally in August 1998 Steve Sansweet says "He [Lucas] is on the record as saying six films will really tell the main story of the Skywalker family that he wants to tell and whether he'll ever want to do three more films or one more film or anything like that remains to be seen after he's finished the first three...He certainly not ruling them out, but he's certainly not ruling them in."

This history can be seen in older versions of the Star Wars FAQ.

Mark Hamill has also stated that he was contracted for movies 7-9.

The Syfo Dyias explanation...where?

This is explained in its entirety in the Labyrinth of Evil novel...

IIRC, in short Syfo Dias was a read Jedi who was a friend of Dooku. He did in fact oder the creation of the clone army without the council's permission. When Dooku joined the Sith, Palpatine have him kill Syfo Dias as a test of loyalty. So how it is explained in Clones is essentailly correct.

I just back from seeing it, and I'm still feeling a little overwhelmed. I would put this on par with A New Hope and Empire, and ahead of ROTJ. Just a great Star Wars film that really delivers.

For those who will dismiss all two hours and twenty minutes because of a berely audible one second yell from a wookiee, you are really missing out...

I'm heading to see it tomorrow at noon. My dad is taking me, just like he did with Star Wars in 77.

Sounds like I'm really going to love it...

Personally, I wouldn't pay $50 for a videogame, but one of the benefits of getting into console gaming late is that I can start with the classics which now sell for $10-$20.

That's really the way to go...

The simple answer is that video games cost millions to make and only a certain number are sold. To recoup the costs and make a decent profit games tend to be sold around the $50 mark. This means that top selling games make a lot of money but the majority of games produced sell a lot less units and only make modest profits or even lose money.

Movies tend to cost more, but they can gain much of that back at the theatre. So when it comes time to sell DVDs they don't have to charge as much to make up the difference. In addition, DVDs are cheaper to make (overall costs). I don't know for sure, but I would also guess that top selling movies would sell more copies than top selling video games.

In the end the cost difference comes from the ratio between production costs and units sold.

But isn't the important thing what looks better?

Looking very good...

http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/star_wars_3/

Congratulations! We are expecting as well.

Valkyrie Simulation Project

Simply outstanding!

Personally, I'd rather see an upgraded version of the movie over the OVA. The movie disk is horrid, at least the one I have...

And as for Global's name; Please for the sake of keeping DYRL separate from RT, have it as Global.

Japanese makes no distinction between the two letters in this case. Looking only at the writting in Katakana it can be written in English either way and be correct. And here you thought L and R were the only problem letters.

So is that why RT went with 'Gloval', or was a fluke they chose that?

Still waiting for mine...Still waiting for mine...

I picked it up, but I'm waiting until after the 19th.

At the very least, this one won't have nipples on the costume.

I'm glad they're not making it take place after RotJ. Doing so would end up completely screwing up the continuity of the novels, and I vastly prefer that universe to whatever Lucas and crew would come up with.

Now, I'd love it if they'd make a TV series out of Rogue Squadron or something of the sort.

I don't know, I'd be happy for the post-ROTJ be in part swept clean and rewritten. Some, but not all, of it is pretty bad IMO.

I will now proceed to change my pants.

It's really funny when the rest of the world clues into internet culture that we take for granted. Gawd, I feel like everyone is a decade behind when I see this stuff.

Definitely. Next they will discover that porn is transfered over the Internet.

though isn't Macross mostly a space drama versus always fighting in space?

Wouldn't Keith say that is all about the power of music and love?