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Tribute to Nien Nunb and other Star Wars Bit Parts

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the stuff-to-laugh-at dept.

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."

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  1. My favourite bit part by kitts · · Score: 5, Interesting

    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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  2. Lobot. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Interesting

    Lobot Lobot.

    omg. Lobot.

    you know who I'm talking about.

  3. No IG-88? by haighworld · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Droid gone bad.

    And a freakin' cool action figure too!

  4. Yak Face by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Interesting

    I can't believe Yak Face didn't rate in the top 10.

  5. Porkins? by grub · · Score: 4, Interesting


    "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.

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  6. The article is just rubbish!! by natslovR · · Score: 1, Interesting

    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.

  7. Matt needs to get some fact straight by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Interesting
    "Thirdly, and most importantly....the voice. Do you have a friend with a really, really annoying laugh? The kind of laugh that entices thoughts of saliva slobbering and just general unpleasantness? The kind of laugh that literally keeps you from saying something funny in fear? Well, Nien Nunb doesn't have that laugh. He has that VOICE - he talks like that CONSTANTLY. What's more? LANDO UNDERSTANDS EVERY WORD HE SAYS. Fine, Lando's been around the block a few times, he's pretty well travelled. But COME ON FOLKS, WHY ON EARTH WOULD LANDO TAKE THE TIME TO LEARN THE IMPOSSIBLE LANGUAGE USED BY THE MOUSY SLAVE MINERS OF THE PLANET SULLUST?!!!"

    Nien Nunb spoke swahili, and when the movies were shown in africa, audiences were know to standup and chear when that scene came on.

    1. Re:Matt needs to get some fact straight by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Interesting

      To be fair, Nien Nunb is speaking gibberish, but, it's Swahili gibberish. It's probably something like "tree apple candy lion eye goo." ;)

    2. Re:Matt needs to get some fact straight by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Interesting

      Actually it's kikuyu, a tribal language of Kenya.

  8. Re:To the ultimate Star Wars "hero"... by dimator · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Has anyone in the fan club been able to determine what, if anything, the TK or the 421 mean?

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