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Tribute to Nien Nunb and other Star Wars Bit Parts
Nien Nunb writes "This Star Wars feature tries to give the little guys a leg up, like the aforementioned Nien Nunb, who only shows up for one action sequence, but he was copilot of the ship that destroyed the second Death Star. Star Wars is full of forgotten faces like his and you can see all their wretchedness here."
...who thinks that just someone is into technology, it isn't automatic to like LOTR, SW, etc?
...or do half of these comments have nothing to do with the topic? It's about time someone paid attention to the bit parts.
*Swoon*
We can only hope that the members of NSync will be forgotten immediately after we see them in Attack of the Clones...
Itchy's sex fantasy was DIAHAN CARROL??
That's almost as bad as those damn SciFi channel popups! **twitch twitch**
AIIIEEEEEEEEE!!!
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We don't need no Net Explorer We don't need no Thought control
Erik Schmoll : he made a 2 second appearance as the toilet paper delivery boy in Lethal Weapon III
Raymond Swzarznik : the much acclaimed actor how played the back of the 56th passenger in Airplane II: the Sequel.
Eugene Smith : the driver of the first Chevrolet passed by Drew Barrimore in Charlie's Angels.
Joseph Sixpack : the 6th left buttock from the right in "Anal orgy IV"
Good work guys, it's about time your talent and the talent of the approx. 500.000.000.000 people like you are recognized !
Obi Wan and Luke are walking through Mos Eisley, right after they leave the cantina, and they're talking about selling off the speeder. For a brief second, a long, thin pair of legs, stilt-like, walk across the foreground. No picture of the body or the feet. No second pair of legs, as though half a camel just walked through the shot.
The genius is how the rest of the alien's appearance is left up to the imagination. I mean, what fluke of gravity was that creature?
More importantly, how does Lucas's creative insight go from that to Jar Jar? He used to have a pretty keen eye for subtle details. Now it's like getting an ice pick through the brain.
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Lobot Lobot.
omg. Lobot.
you know who I'm talking about.
It had be a lot damn less annoying then that goddamn poppup ad
Multi Page clickthroughs + fancy popup adds = Gave up about #6.
Droid gone bad.
And a freakin' cool action figure too!
I can't believe Yak Face didn't rate in the top 10.
"Stay on target...Stay on target!" Porkins
"I've got the death sentence on 12 systems!" scumbag in cantina
"flubbablorgafthstuknirmblaaaa.." Greedo in cantina
Why are the most memorable characters from the first movie or two (or IV and V, depending on your viewpoint)?
Good thing we have these gems to counteract the Jar Jar/Nsync crap.
Trolling is a art,
Forgotten Characters:
No. 1 - "That Little Kid Who Played Anakin and said 'Yippee' A Lot"
I'd like to forget but I just can't.
:)
-schussat
The hour of noon has passed. Let us go and get some Kentucky Fried Chicken.
My namesake, TK-421.. The ill-fated stormtrooper who gets shot by Han Solo, and ends up with a bad transmitter...
TK-421 Fan Club
"TK-421, why aren't you at your post?"
What is one list *NSync will never make it on, Alex?
Unless we're simply talking about wretched, then they are heading straight to the top of the charts...
The torture of it all.
"It is a greater offense to steal men's labor, than their clothes"
i agree, and i have another question, i heard of this obscure called "R2-D2" or something... does anyone know who he/she is?
Takes the cake for me, as far as bit parts go. You can tell the guy always wanted to get into movies, and this was his BIG CHANCE. He crammed as much of his life as possible into those three words. But ya know, three words just doesn't have enough space to pack that much into, especially those three.
The living have better things to do than to continue hating the dead.
Why is this a slashdot story? It's rubbish! Have you read it, here's some of the juvenile going's on: "Amanaman presents one of the more interesting phenomenons in the Star Wars universe, that being creatures that cannot possibly exist. Because I created the theory on evolution, and yes I did, I can tell you...anything with arms this ridiculously long would've been wiped into extinction years ago. Amanaman can't possibly do anything - much less the alleged 'headhunting'...." Seems appropriate for some starwars freaks site, but not Slashdot.
Well I would just like to announce that I, for one, am imagining an ENTIRE beowulf cluster of these.
You can either join me and profit by this....or die.
I never really thought about it until now, but Luke had nothing to do with the destruction of the Death Star and the defeat of the Empire in ROTJ!!! Han, Leia, and the rebel detachment took out the Shield protecting the Death Star and Lando (with Numb) and the other rebel pilots took out the Death Star. The emperor would have died anyway when the Death Star was destroyed! A depressing thought since Luke was the main hero. At least he turned Vader (who would have died with the Death Star as well). Guess he did do something after all...
funniest name. neeneeneeneenee [his laugh]
Remember, there were no nuclear weapons before women were allowed to vote.
...I caught my dog with a leg up on my Episode I DVD.
I let him keep it, he seems to have more fun with the thing than I ever did.
- A.P.
"Remember when the U.S. had a drug problem, and then we declared a War On Drugs, and now you can't buy drugs anymore?"
why do you bother breathing? We'd all be much happy if you stopped.
I see they have Nien Nunb and Hammerhead, but what about Greedo? I am also wondering if that Greedo-looking dude who was friends with Anakin in Episode 1 really is Greedo...
Even scarier than the website itself are all the corrections the webmaster is destined to receive now that slashdotters have gotten ahold of him...
It's `Nien Numb' doofus.
In twenty years, there will be a page similar to this, but the top 10 will be a little different, as Lucas daughters make more casting requests:
10. Jay Leno
9. George Clooney
8. Penelope Cruz
7. John Travolta
6. Brittney Spears
5. Backstreet Boys
4. O-Town
3. Carson Daily
2. Snoop Dogg
1. NSync
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Nien Nunb spoke swahili, and when the movies were shown in africa, audiences were know to standup and chear when that scene came on.
Have to give you a big "darn tootin' here"...
There is no reason in the universe that Star Wars needs to do anything special to "appeal to kids". It's just crap. What about the original star wars was "kid-friendly"? Besides Leia being a cute chick, there's nothing remotely like that, but it's part of my youth and many of yours too.
I'm almost glad that Lucas decided they were never going to make episodes 7, 8 & 9... Imagine the hokey shit that would be in there...
...A 75-year-old Harrisson Ford makes a cameo in #7 holding a can of Pepsi and talking about Sprint.
...Yoda appears in a vision to Han & Leia's children to extoll the virtues of Microsoft cybernetic implants v11.3.
...A 45-year-old Britney Spears attempts a comeback in part 9 that fails when her leather pants split during filming.
Who did what now?
for christs sake.
its just a freakin movie.
get a life.
Or the Principal from Back to the Future? Or Telly Savalas?
Actually, it turns out that (like every other minor character in Star Wars), the Amanaman have a fairly well-developed history and anatomy. You can read all about it at STAR WARS: Amanaman.
> audiences were know to standup and chear
Methinks you need to get your spelling straight.
Also, for the other losers... there is no flaimbait or definately.
Can someone add to this?
Is this where the simpsons got "Itchy and Scratchy" from?
/^[A-Z0-9._%+-]+@[A-Z0-9.-]+\.[A-Z]{2,4}$/i
Kal Falnl Cndros. Apparently a really good pilot or something. He's featured in the Star Wars CCG.
-freakingmoron- Have you ever imagined a world without hypothetical situations?
How pathetic is this? Star Wars was a set of MOVIES. These people were EXTRAS. Yes, they did have interesting costumes, but that's it. Perhaps this article would be better entitled "Extras from star wars about whom the coolest fan fiction has been written", because that's all the various stories written after the trilogy are.
That happened because Lucas based the alien languages in real (obscure) languages, and Mr. Numb's is based in some African dialect that translates to this bizarre elephant statement.
I remember reading Hot Dog magazine (or something like that) back when I was a kid. It said that his dialogue translated something like, "What are you doing over there? We need you over here!" Makes no sense whatsoever in the scene.
OK, this is relying on a vague memory of something seen once about 18 years ago. So take it for what it's worth.
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What they want, genius, is to be paid for the work and effort they've put into their site. Since studies show that whiners like you vehemently oppose micropayments and user fees, that leaves advertising. I'm sorry if the ads annoy you during your free ride.
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I'm going to have to go back and watch the cut scenes again, but I agree the kid Rodian was cool. I wanted some more depth in that character in TPM.
not to be so.
Great, I was hoping for another Star Wars thread to air a complaint if mine. I'm getting really sick of people ditching on Star Wars Episodes I and II (despite not even having seen Ep. II yet!), and holding up Lord of the Rings like some holy grail, proclaiming "Look! This is how it should have been!"
Well I'm sorry, but I've seen both movies, and LOTR was looooooong and boooooring. I didn't read the book. I didn't read any of the Star Wars books, either. But for entertainment value, if my friends and I were in Blockbuster(TM) and the choice was SW:TPM or LOTR, I personally find Ep. I far more entertaining.
Sure, LOTR is this great, untouchable, epic work, but unless you're a basement-dwelling D&D-loving introvert, it's not really that great. It was too dramatic. I mean, come on - 3 hours??? And they didn't even manage to finally destroy the ring at the end of it??? Gimmie a break. It was waaaay too drawn out. I mean, OK, sure, they have to destroy this ring. I GET THE POINT! Just destroy it already! I mean geez, just how far away is this mystical, magical volcano, anyway!?
But the good news is, we have 2 more whole movies of mono-plot, unresolving boredom to look forward to. Sure, it had its moments. And the effects were great. But you know what? Those exact same things apply to SW:TPM, and yet the know-it-all Ebert-wannabes here refuse to concede it.
Gaa! It just drives me mad to hear these guys rail against SW:AOTC before they've even seen it, criticising Lucas for wanting to make enough money to actually pay for Episode 3, and knowing that these same hypocrites are still going to pay to see Episode 2! Just so they can say "I told you so." Well guess what, Lucas will still have your money, and he doesn't care why you go see it, just as long as you go see it. And to see them turn around and hold up this agonizingly long and overhyped LOTR like some work of perfection just makes me wanna scream. So you can consider this my cyber-scream: Gaaaaa!
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I have heard reports that those who haven't been thoroughly disgusted by Lucas and Co, what with Ep1 and N'Sync and all, are begining to line up in Seattle for Ep2. This is inane. Now yes, I admit waiting all day or night for the Special Editions. But after Ep1, no more, I may even wait for video.
Don't these people have jobs to go to?
My favorite "forgotten character" is Admiral Piett. You know why Darth Vader didn't kill him? Because he didn't want to get his ass kicked.
Rebel guy: "We... are... on... a... diplomatic... mission."
Vader: "If this is a consular ship, where is the ambassador?"
bun-fhuinneog agam!
I have just two things to say to you, "Ewoks" and "Jar Jar Binks"
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If you notice, most of those bit parts are non-human species, like the aformentioned, Nien Nunb. In the Star Wars universe, the only people who make any major changes are a hand full of humans. The non-humans are there to add color, but not detract from their human saviours.
They fade away because they aren't as important as the humans. Damn speciesists!
totally offtopic, and preventing me from moderating this thread, and likely killing my karma to prevent my moderating ever again, but this has to be said.
what kind of moron web designer uses 1x1 pixel images for a page background!? not only is it ridiculously slow on older browsers, but it's just plain irresponsible.
check the code, and you'll see this: http://www.ugo.com/images/background/big_ugo2.gif
a 1 pixel image. black. why not just use bgcolor instead? huh? please? and save me from having to watch the page crawl, pixel by everloving pixel, every time i scroll...
Ok, so maybe you didn't watch the final episode of the 4th season of Babylon 5, but those of us who did will probably smirk...
wasnt good old cliff claven from cheers in the empire stikes back?
Bob Worthington - the guy in Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan, who grabs Kirk by the waist, while Scotty and McCoy each hold one of his arms!
"I'd assume that someone, somewhere, at some point wrote a story about how Momaw was finally allowed back onto his home planet of Ithor."
Hopefully he's wrong, since that would mean Momaw Nadow is most likely a dead man (rather Ithorian), as Ithor was one of the many planets destroyed, or laid waste, by the Yuuzhan Vong.
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Anyone else notice the resemblance to Perry Farrell?
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I always thought he deserved an academy award for "best one line walk-on." He kicked so much ass, it was unbelievable.
"The question of whether a computer can think is no more interesting than that of whether a submarine can swim" -EWD
Everyone loves to forget about the most under-credited character in Menace: Sabé, the queen's decoy. Without her interference at a crucial moment of the palace battle, the Trade Federation would still be holed up in Naboo.
So instead, who do we get to see on plastered on one SW Insider magazine after another? Aurra f-ing Sing, the bald freaky long-fingered antennaed albino who has the important job of, get this, looking from right to left (or is that the other way around) as the podracers go by. Oh my, let's all bow down to her; after all, she's a bounty hunter!
Not Entirely Serious
Actually, it was more about Anakin; it shows that he's rash, impulsive, and likes to settle things with his fists every once in a while. And when Qui-Gon pulls him off of Greedo, Ani gives Q-G and EEEEEVIL glare.
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did every forget boba fett? hes is more mysterious than any of the cahracter out in the trilogy. he is one hell of a bounty hunter. he should be up on that list also. but you would find much more info on him other than a few pictures.
Lizard "Never let them set limits on your mind!"
It's the old adage, you make more with less.
At least we have Two Towers at Xmas for sensory OD.
Gawd.. I hadn't read that far down the page yet. Gimme a break :)
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