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Skywalker Ranch Wines
Gates82 writes "The creative force of George Lucas is at it again. Producing his own wine. "I would love to see them plant another 5 to 10 acres. There must be spots on that ranch to make some really interesting wines."" Wonder if there's any spots on that ranch left that can make a good Star Wars movie?
"I can not bring myself to believe that if knowledge presents danger, the solution is ignorance" - Isaac Asimov
The force was strong with this vintage... it's actually not too bad a wine, but horridly overpriced. Of course due to collectors only 2 bottles will ever be consumed, the rest stored away with all those action figures :)
drunk chemists
You mean he's producing something that's not 90% CG?
//Blessed are they that run around in circles, for they shall be known as wheels.
Lucas: We couldn't get Star Wars movies right, we cost Hasbro hundreds of millions of dollars in Episode I-II toys, we made the 2003 Coaster of the Year "Worst MMORPG Evah" award! Ruining things is too easy. We need a challenge. What haven't we ruined yet? What would be almost impossible to fuck up? Oh yeah! Booze!
Chardonney's & Merlots might be nice, but then again StarWars Episode I sounded nice too, but look how that turned out :S
That's pretty fucking unfunny.
Now I know what Lucas was drinking when he created Jar-Jar.
I think George Lucas should stop making wine and start making movies. I can't really imagine waiting until 1997 to see all nine parts of the Star Wars series.
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Seth Finklestein
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I'm not Seth Finkelstein. I still speak the truth.
The early vintages were full-bodied and flavorful, but alas, more recent efforts have been dry and prone to leaving a bad taste in one's mouth.
So know we now know what Lucas was drinking when casting Hayden Christainsen.
There have been a lot of celebrity wines over the last couple of years. My favorites are from Mario Andretti. I tend to drink it too fast though...
It's good to use your head, but not as a battering ram.
"You can grow this shit, George, but you sure can't drink it."
After the lameness that is sure to be Episode 3, there will be MUCH whine. :)
No way. Epis 1 and 2 must have been invented during a moonshine binge at the mildest, although I think it was more like a turpentine/diesel mixture. Throw in some soda candy. Yay JAR JAR!
Why doesn't he go for Colt 45? He's already got the spokesman. "Lando Calrissian here for Colt 45. The galaxy's FINEST malt liquor beverage." (from a Who's Line Is It Anyway sketch).
- I don't care if they globalize against free speech. All my best free thoughts are done in my head.
That's my kind of wine!
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What the article doesn't tell is that every buyer of Lucas' wines is required to provide his name and address. That way George Lucas can visit you periodically to mess with the wine to make it taste the way he intended at the time, but was not able to by lack of proper technology.
But I was going to the Tashi Station to pick up some power converters...
It's not impossible. I used to bullseye womprats in my T-16 back home; they're not much bigger than two meters.
No... that's not true... that's impossible!
D'oh! Zymurgy... my bad.
--Chag
More specifically, I live a few miles from it. You don't grow wine in San Rafael, you grow it up in the Napa valley. His place is just a little bit off the 101, so I imagine carcinogens won't add to the flavor.
I guess when old white directors run out of good ideas they move up here and start a vineyard.
Let him age, and he shall become more powerful than you can possibly imagine.
- c -
He's going to have Dark and Light side wine instead of red and white right? So which do I have with my fish?
Yup, your a yup from SF...
If it is, they'll be selling it in boxes out of 7-11.
What other celbrity products can they come up with next? Harrison Ford brand bull-whips? Tony Soprano automatic pistols? Michael Jackson -- never mind.
It's good to use your head, but not as a battering ram.
"Man, like a long time ago and stuff.. and like, it was like waaay away.. dude, there was this dude named Darth man..."
Uh, he's growing grapes, not weed.
Yeah, any wine drinkers out there (the refined type, not you cheapo drunk bastards)? Can a wine lack body and character development while also being pretentious?
1) The Alcohol is strong in this one.
...as served at the Star Wars Cantina
2) Fear leads to drinking, drinking leads to courage, courage leads to rejection...rejection leads to suffering.
3)
4) Skywalker Ranch Wines -- Wet Your Whistle With Moonshine from Uncle Owen's Moisture Farm.
5) Bacta The Future! Hell, might as well ruin another trilogy.
In a couple years he'll release "Special Edition" bottles. They'll contain only grape juice and carbonation because Star Wars - apparently - was always intended for kids. He'll deny a wine version ever existed.
Oh, and you'll be forced to buy a bottle of 2008, 2007 and 2006 grape juice vintages just to get your hands on the 2003-2005 vintages *
* which will also be grape juice (perhaps with luck they'll *turn* into wine but don't bet on it)
You know, George Lucas could bottle some grape juice and attach a label saying 7% Force/Vol, drink responsibly. A bottle of limited edition Star Wars wine would easily go for $1,000 per bottle on e-bay. They could even say that Natalie Portman hand picked the grapes and crushed them with her feet. The star wars geeks would be flocking to get anything tangibly related to Natalie Portman.
"There is no spoon." - The Matrix
When I read the Slashdot blurb, I thought - "Hey, wow, George Lucas is rolling his own version of WINE. Teh 1337 h4x0r!!"
;-D.
The it hit me - wine, not WINE. Yup, I am a dork
Next, Lucas might release a line of beer: Pilsner Amidala, Ackbar Ale, and Lager Calrissian. ...and for liquor: Qui-Gon Gin and Tonic.
"Give a man a fish and he will ask for tartar sauce and French fries!"
You know, if you blank out every instance of the word wine in the above comment, it makes a great mad lib. Replace it with movie(s). Then try it with baby(ies).
You worry about it? Really? Gave yourself away as a wine snob. :)
I despise just about ALL overpriced celebrity branded crap, except Paul Newman's Newman's Own, because he gives most of the money to charity, instead of hoarding more blingbling. (And I just gave myself away as an "Anti-consumerist Playah Hater")
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Via = Way
Dante = President
Del Cielo = of the Ceiling
Therefore the true transalation should be "president in way above his head", or Bush for short. :)
[Surely GF is one of the best adventure games of all time. I think it will actually run under ScummVM, but haven't tried that yet.]
The real question is whether Lucas will CG his wine into the Mos Eiesly scene for the Star Wars DVD release...;)
Here's what I do: Bitty Browser & Andromeda
C3 Pinot Grigio
Chewbaca Sauvignon
CharddoR2D2
Darth Shiraz
Boba Zinfandel
Jar Jar Blanc De Blanc
and their motto...
I will drink no wine until the force is with me
You aren't free to do anything, until you've lost everything.
No, that's how you see yourself.
You were a punk-rock poseur then, now you've moved on to being a wine poseur. The next move? I'm guessing a pompous, self-styled jazz expert with a mornicaly overpriced turntable.
On behalf of everyone on the planet who will be subjected to your dull, self-indulgent bullshit: fuck you.
Is there some greater point to acquiring a taste of anything? I mean, it might just be me but if I don't like it, I'm not going to drink it until I do. Take poop for instance... I don't put it in my mouth or figure out whether it has a "corny" or "chili" flavor to it.
How about Carlo Rossi, in the big jug?
Tim
Omnia vestra castrorum habetur nobis.
That is why I only drink Mountain Dew. Why develop a taste for other beverages when the one you've already got a taste for supplies all one's needs?
Man walks into liquor store and heads for the Italian section. Clerk in robe comes over.
Clerk: These are not the wines you're looking for.
Man: These are not the wines I'm looking for?
Clerk: (offering Lucas Wine bottle) This is a much better purchase.
Man: This is a much better purchase!
Clerk: Move along.
Tuus crepidae innexilis sunt.
Ya I know what you mean. I vaiguly remeber getting smashed off Pinot Noir and playing with my hot wheels....good times....good times.....
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Because Sun Drop has more caffeine, costs less, and has that same refreshing lemon-battery acid flavor?
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