• @[email protected]
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    10 months ago

    In Empire Strikes Back, a guy shows up on camera for maybe a second or two carrying what appears to be an ice cream maker. He now has his own backstory as Willrow Hood and it turns out it was a computer memory core that he was hiding away for the Rebel Alliance. Any character, no matter how small in any of the films had to have an elaborate backstory added, because people were so desperate for new Star Wars stuff in the time between the OT and the Prequels.

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      3010 months ago

      oh would i love to see a Willrow Hood movie with like a Terry Crews running around Cloud City with an ice cream maker because of a misunderstanding with Lando, written by Larry David. And the sound track would have a baseline that would make Kaja Googoo blush.

      • Flabbergassed
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        1810 months ago

        OMG! If I owned a studio I would geen light that in a heartbeat. Unfortunately, all I own is 1978 Ford Econoline van with shag carpet and captain seats. I might be willing to trade it for the right studio, though. My DMs are open for any offers.

        • @[email protected]
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          610 months ago

          I know its only been two hours and a on a Friday but… how good are the offers you are receiving? Really hoping your deal comes through!

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    3910 months ago

    It’s a testament to Alec Guinness’s acting ability that he can wear an old judo outfit with a dressing gown over the top, and we’ll just buy that it’s some mystic ancient bullshit.

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    2710 months ago

    There’s a few gadgets in star wars… that the prop of which is in most science fiction (or similar) films because the creature and prop guys always sneak them in… and at the time the group was pretty much the only guys doing that kind of work.

  • @[email protected]
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    2310 months ago

    That’s what happens If you start a universe without a plan. And it is not just the costume designers at fault here.

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      10 months ago

      “So this guy who got split in half and fell to a void is somehow still alive, and this other guy who got thrown into space also survived and is the main villain in the chronological last movie without any previous advice”

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    1810 months ago

    Some of the smartest things I’ve ever heard came from talking to other fanboys; we had to come up with ways to justify the most insane nonsense in our favorite works.