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Star Wars maniacs? by Zino	Jan 23rd, 2006 11:06:20 AM
Not likely to find many of them here.
What's Star Wars? by Josh Town	Jan 23rd, 2006 11:10:56 AM

Seriously though, this will rock hard... by Zino	Jan 23rd, 2006 11:11:55 AM
...too bad I'm here in the UK. But it never ceases to amaze me how the childhoods of an entire generation were defined by the original Star Wars trilogy. "Generation Jedi", I recently heard it called. I'm proud to be part of it.
gor'blimey... by Tony Mike Hall	Jan 23rd, 2006 11:15:57 AM
nerd alert
I hope... by BCfreeB	Jan 23rd, 2006 11:20:13 AM
That these guys have the skills to really pull this off, because It's a pretty interesting and good idea and could be a really good movie if it's handled with the right balance of absurdist humor and heartfelt love. Fingers crossed. www.unseenfilms.com
It's a metaphor, you see by Banky the Hack	Jan 23rd, 2006 11:30:06 AM
Because Phantom Menace was like a cancer to the Star Wars saga.
Pop-cultural, self-aware, self-referencing is fucking dead. Fil by HypeEndsHere	Jan 23rd, 2006 11:36:41 AM

remember when I typed that fuck nostalgia thing? that was aweso by HypeEndsHere	Jan 23rd, 2006 11:37:21 AM

Saving Fanboys? by dictatordaniel	Jan 23rd, 2006 11:41:51 AM
The plot to the movie sounds eerily similar to that of another independant fan-made movie I saw late last year titled Saving Star Wars. The main character in it is commissioned by his terminally ill son to get George Lucas to make more Star Wars movies. David Prowse (Darth Vader) makes an appearance, and was at the screening that I attended. That sure was awesome for a fan like me.
Indiana Jones and the 'let's take this to a new level/TB by Jugs	Jan 23rd, 2006 11:45:14 AM

Hasn't this already been done like several times? by Trazadone	Jan 23rd, 2006 11:47:41 AM
Sigh. It's boring. We get it, Star Wars fans like Star Wars.
Sounds like cookie cutter sappy drivel to me... by 007-11	Jan 23rd, 2006 11:50:34 AM
, but with a TWIST! I'll bet anyone a hundred dollars that when the end credits role on TPM the one with cancer will curse Lucas and then die.
Adam Goldberg? Like "The Hebrew Hammer" Adam Goldberg, or some by Chastain-86	Jan 23rd, 2006 11:51:16 AM
Because I think that guy should be required wear his Hebrew Hammer outfit in every single movie from here on in. There isn't a movie he's done that wouldn't have benefitted from it. The Prophecy? Should have been called The Hebrew Hammer in Angel Trouble. Private Ryan? The Hebrew Hammer Bitchslaps Those Nazi Bastards. Friends? The One Where Chandler Gets A New Roommate, And It's The Hebrew Hammer. This shit just writes itself, people... when the hell is Hollywood going to learn?
time to grow up by haiku tunnel	Jan 23rd, 2006 11:51:31 AM
stars wars, once great, now petrifies like old dog shit. please just let it die.
Underworld Evolution...27.6 million weekend and not a review in by Doom II	Jan 23rd, 2006 12:04:21 PM
Why don't some of you fanboys post reviews? I know a shitload of people saw it this weekend. I couldn't go yet, but will ASAP. Star Wars is old hat. Who cares anymore? I was 8 years old in 1977 and grew up a Star Wars fanatic. Played with the toys, watched the movies OVER AND OVER. Now we have 3 prequels and....well....it's just like a 7 hours blowjob with no release. It felt good for a while, but with no payoff, was ultimately a worthless and frustrating experience. Sith did NOT save the franchise. It was decent, but compared to Munich or Walk The Line or the Galactica tv show or any number of excellent shows and movies produced in 2005, it was just "ok". Sad that the last 2 season 2.5 Galactica episodes had better acting and more drama than the final Star Wars film.
And yet, haiku tunnel, it's still important enough for you t by Citizen Arcane	Jan 23rd, 2006 12:07:44 PM
Sorry, that you think the franchise is dead but the new game, TV series and the billion dollars the last film made would disagree with you. It's a lot easier to ignore something than go out of your way to whine about it.
Oh yeah, I will always love the 1970's Lucas... by Doom II	Jan 23rd, 2006 12:10:58 PM
He fueled my love for cinema. I still hold THX-1138, American Graffitti and Star Wars IV up on a pedestal as amazing films. I would love to see that old rebellious film student George Lucas come back and kick my ass again. No gloss, no CGI, just an amazing movie that MOVES me. His buddy Spielberg just did it with Munich (NOT War Of The Worlds!). MOVE ME again George. Crank out another masterpiece befor e you leave us!
The Dying Star Wars Kids Last Movie Experience Is The Phantom Me by flamingrunt	Jan 23rd, 2006 12:13:05 PM
HAHAHAHAHAHA. Way to finish the fucker off
citizen arcane by haiku tunnel	Jan 23rd, 2006 12:15:10 PM
you sound defensive. blisteringly angry, no? the truth always hurts.
I bulit a Darth Vader out of feces. Can I be featured in this mo by Doom II	Jan 23rd, 2006 12:19:27 PM
I also like to dress up as a Jawa. A 6' tall Jawa. Can I be in the movie? Seriously, best of luck with this. I will always hold Star Wars close to my heart, even though it really let me down. Kinda like my old girlfriends. I have no hard feeling towards any of them and would gladly embrace them if I ran into them, but ultimately things just didn't work out.
Does compulsively buying licensed stuff count? by YackBacker	Jan 23rd, 2006 12:25:11 PM
I, uhhhh, I guess I qualify.
No, no, no...Don't you see? Seeing THE PHANTOM MENACE is li by SpyGuy	Jan 23rd, 2006 12:28:00 PM
Finally, THE PHANTOM MENACE gets to be used for good instead of evil. About bloody time.
So does Lucas have them all arrested and the kid dies in jail? by Citizen Arcane	Jan 23rd, 2006 12:30:00 PM
That would be sweet.
"""Fanboys takes place in the fall of 1998, a time when everythi by Orionsangels	Jan 23rd, 2006 12:31:36 PM
Mot so pure, the special editions had already come out in 97 and altered the original SW forever. So it wasn't exactly pure. The seed had been planted for what the prequels would be like.
Dammit... by Anna Valerious	Jan 23rd, 2006 12:38:47 PM
I'm stuck in NE IL. I have never started on any of my SW costumes...which are unfortunately from Ep. 2 and 3...save for an Ep. 6 Endor Leia I've been thinking of doing for a very long time. I would like to be an extra, but since Endor Leia has never been started and I'm stuck here, it's a no go for me.
Yeah where the fuck is an UNDERWORLD : EVOLUTION review? by IAmLegolas	Jan 23rd, 2006 12:42:38 PM
It's perfect fodder for Vern. Hey Vern, get busy watching it and get busy typing up a review, pronto. It was a great movie, BTW, but if you didn't like the first one, don't bother. *** Great to have 2 SW TB's in one day (Moriarty mentioned ROTS in his Best Of 2005 TB), and here I thought those TB's were dead and gone. Let the fun flaming and bickering commence!!!!
this story is so ripe for a joke it takes the fun out of it, jus by Peven	Jan 23rd, 2006 12:47:11 PM
like grandma Walton would say, "like shooting a sittin' bird"
Hey Newman- Is that Adam Goldberg from NYU 98? by Some Dude	Jan 23rd, 2006 12:48:24 PM
I still remember you and Yorkes outclassing all other SW collectors back in the day, outside Third North with a TRU bag full of vehicles.
I'm not sure what's worse, dying of cancer or putting ev by ShaunTheEdifice	Jan 23rd, 2006 12:49:34 PM
The latter would certainly speed up the inevitable. Perhaps the filmmakers will take a realistic approach to this story by having the friends actually admit they hated the film. From there, the terminally ill (not to mention utterly heartbroken)kid will beat cancer to the finish by strapping explosives to himself and taking out Skywalker ranch and Lucas in one stop motion model explosion. Thus honoring the original trilogy by both not using CGI AND preventing it's creator from destroying the series any further with the following prequels.
Do you have no life? Tons of free time because girls won't by chrth	Jan 23rd, 2006 12:51:50 PM
Then go see Underworld Evolution
When the fuck did you guys get so funny? by rotten666	Jan 23rd, 2006 12:57:32 PM
Seriously, your cracking me up. Especially that guy ranting about the hebrew hammer.
The Kid better disappear 'into the Force' when he dies, by George Newman	Jan 23rd, 2006 01:29:35 PM
Back before George gave what-I-had-thought-was-a-stand ard-jedi-practice Idea to Qui-Gonn. What the crap. that was retarded. Qui-Gonn did not invent that technique. No!
Be realistic Newman by chrth	Jan 23rd, 2006 01:54:13 PM
If every Jedi could disappear into the Force, where the hell were they? Why weren't they helping Luke?
Yes, be realistic... by Tony Mike Hall	Jan 23rd, 2006 02:16:25 PM
and quit the dork debate on whether jedis disappear when they die. Who gives a crap. Grow up, move on, debate something meaningful for a change. Like whether the jedi order is really just a closeted homosexual organization. Obi-Brokeback Kenobi.
Actually Qui-Gon didn't invent it he discovered it. by Forestal	Jan 23rd, 2006 02:25:49 PM

Actually he didn't discover it so much as he perfected it by Tony Mike Hall	Jan 23rd, 2006 02:32:01 PM
But don't encourage them...
Ok everyone, Tony Mike Hall has declared it illegal to discuss m by Citizen Arcane	Jan 23rd, 2006 02:41:21 PM
So cease and disist.
Star Wars Fans jealous of Star Trek Fans by K-pobuibo	Jan 23rd, 2006 02:42:12 PM
they have two Trekkies movies out already. No more are needed there, so I guess they want to poke fun at the SW fans now.
Yeah, but would Trekkies even exist if not for Troops? by chrth	Jan 23rd, 2006 02:46:29 PM

Darth Arcane... by Tony Mike Hall	Jan 23rd, 2006 02:47:24 PM
You sure are testy. I think it's just wonderful how you'll menacingly defend Star Wars against all attacks (or perceived attacks). Just settle down there and don't take it all so seriously, pal, you'll blow a gasket - maybe you already have. Oh, and I now regrant you permission to chat about Star Wars and all other movies on this movie web site, starting... NOW. Here, I'll lob one out to get things going: The Sandpeople are neither made of sand nor are they technically people. Discuss!
But is being "people" defined by being human? by Some Dude	Jan 23rd, 2006 02:50:49 PM
I tend to think that mereley being sentient or anthropomorphic would give a group of alien meanies the agency to call themselves or be called "people." But I agree with you, they probably aren't made of sand, except perhaps in the old Marvel comics series. Great stuff in those.
Mereley? by Some Dude	Jan 23rd, 2006 02:51:44 PM
Whatsa meesa sayin'?
Excellent points, Some Dude by Tony Mike Hall	Jan 23rd, 2006 02:55:02 PM
Cogent. Persuasive. I'm almost aroused. Well done. What do YOU think about all this, Arcane, you unbelievable jackass?
Are they filming anywhere outside of Albuquerque? by ScienceMan	Jan 23rd, 2006 02:59:09 PM
Because SkyWalker Ranch is in the great state of Northern California.
Who's the more testy, Tony Mike Hall? by Citizen Arcane	Jan 23rd, 2006 03:06:11 PM
The person who goes into a Star Wars thread and tells everyone to shut the fuck up about Star Wars, or the one who calls them on it?
SW fans cooler than ST fans by Anna Valerious	Jan 23rd, 2006 03:20:49 PM
Case in point, a woman who was thrown out of jury duty because she wore her starfleet uniform to the trials and drew too much attention to herself, resulting in termination. SW fans wouldn't do something stupid as to wear their jedi robes to their civic duty.
spidey's new marvel costume (for the book, not the movie) by hattori_hanzo	Jan 23rd, 2006 03:24:40 PM
http://www.marvel.com/publishi ng/stories/ironspidey/lrg_iron spidey_001.jpg what the mother fuck?
Anna Valerious by YackBacker	Jan 23rd, 2006 03:24:43 PM
Umm, those wearing Jedi robes are merely called Bhuddist by the uninitiated. Carry on.
What a douchebag you are by Tony Mike Hall	Jan 23rd, 2006 03:37:17 PM
Get a grip. I never told anyone to shut the fuck up about anything. I'll say it to you now because you're a complete and utter tool for taking this TB so seriously. I pity anyone who has to interact with you on a daily basis.
of course SW wouldn't wear their jedi robes to jury duty, th by Peven	Jan 23rd, 2006 03:57:19 PM

Geeeeex by Driver8	Jan 23rd, 2006 04:04:59 PM
I finally have a reason to take my Chewbacca birthday candles out of my safe deposit box.
yes, because if you wear a starfleet costume to jury duty, you a by HypeEndsHere	Jan 23rd, 2006 04:26:49 PM

Spidey in that link looks the result of radiation poisoning by Canada's King	Jan 23rd, 2006 04:37:16 PM
What the mother fuck indeed.
Best sex ever (and consequently the cutest girl I ever dated) wa by YackBacker	Jan 23rd, 2006 04:40:06 PM
Yes, a girl. Yes, under 100 lbs. Yes, she had pigmentation. Fuck off, I don't have to defend her to you! She broke my heart, that whore... I miss her, I hate her! Why did you leave???
I don't care what people think, Some of those INDIANA JONES by R.C. the "Wise"	Jan 23rd, 2006 05:33:00 PM
Especially mine!
Yack Backer: Under 100 pounds...She doesn't sound too hot t by R.C. the "Wise"	Jan 23rd, 2006 05:35:55 PM
Though, I actually have seen some hot trekkers, yet no hot Star Wars fans. ha!
She was under 100 pounds because part of her body had been assim by krullboy	Jan 23rd, 2006 05:37:53 PM
and I hate Star Trek (except for the one where Spock dry-humped a whale!!!!!!)
YackBacker...it's like that SNL sketch with the people who c by Anna Valerious	Jan 23rd, 2006 05:47:00 PM
Man 1: You couldn't get into see "Star Wars", too, huh? Man 2: What's this "Star War" you speak of?
Is this simular to the episode of the Warp 11 TV, where it's by warp11	Jan 23rd, 2006 06:56:24 PM
In the pilot of the Warp 11 show, it's Trekkies vs. Star Wars fans. A bunch of Star Wars fans beat up the drummer in the parking lot. It's hillarious. www.warp11.com
This film doesn't sound like a tragedy. by one9deuce	Jan 23rd, 2006 07:21:15 PM
At least the poor kid doesn't live to see Attack of the Clones or Revenge of the Sith.
Sorry PonyProductions by one9deuce	Jan 23rd, 2006 07:25:33 PM
But just the character names alone make your project sound kind of crappy.
30 years old? Still A virgin? Still living at home? Sign up for by Fleet	Jan 23rd, 2006 07:41:49 PM
You fucking bunch of loser nerds...
Anyone remember the unfortunately short-lived "Undergrads"? by Anna Valerious	Jan 23rd, 2006 08:46:52 PM
There was a great episode where Gimpy, the resident SW fan, faces the wrath of the head Trekkie he overthrew in his dorm building...one that had changed the floor's showers to the set of classic Star Trek. Man, what a great episode...I gotta get that DVD online since it's only widely avaliable in Canada, dammit.
where the fuck are any reviews at all. by Anti-Critic	Jan 23rd, 2006 10:42:52 PM
these guys don't watch movies that we'll ever see anymore.....
More Rapist Of Childhood by Exterminans	Jan 24th, 2006 03:22:26 AM
The cycle of abuse continues. Lucas raped their childhood so now they must rape ours all over again. All kidding aside this could be a lot of fun if it isn't too self aware and too sentimental. It's a fine line to walk. I won't hold my breath.
With a little luck the cancer would reach his brain before he go by TheAllSeeingEye	Jan 24th, 2006 06:00:05 AM
That way he'd not know he was watching a festering pile of shit. He'd probably go home and OD on his chemotherapy drugs after he saw it anyway.
My ex was under 100 lbs because she only partially existed in th by YackBacker	Jan 24th, 2006 06:45:51 AM
I love this talkback.
They picked a plot for the movie based on the amount of free lab by RonaldLark	Jan 24th, 2006 09:00:26 AM
...and coming up with a sappy crap-fest film about Star Wars fans was just the ticket!!! One of the fans gets terminal cancer??? Give me a fucking break.
Funniest talkback ever. by Jon E Cin	Jan 25th, 2006 02:31:24 AM
Seriously...I'm dying over here!

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