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The Science of Star Wars
anonymous lion writes "National Geographic has an interesting interview with a couple of scientists on the scientific reality of Star Wars. For example, related to the cohabitation of humans and Gungans on NabooSeth Shostak states, "So maybe it's possible to share, as long as neither species has the technology to obliterate, enslave, or merely cook and eat each other.""
Look, normally I am against genocide, but if I found a pile of gungans on my planet... nuke the fuckers.
Something I never understood: in the first movie, the Death Star blows up Alderaan. Then at the end, the Death Star is moving in on Yavin. How did the Death Star get to the Yazin system? Are we to assume that it can movie around at light speed?
For he today that sheds his blood with me shall be my brother.
The sad part of this is, that my dad and I once had this conversation a couple of years back (related to the original 3 Star Wars). He always kept nit-picking at them, explaining to me that Luke should have two shadows (if I remember correctly Tattooine had 2 suns, I could be wrong). I guess thats what I get for having a physics teacher for a father.
YOU'RE WINNER !
Another lame blog
did i miss something.. i ... i though starwars was about making money..
'...if only "Jumping to a Conclusion" was an event in the Olympics.'
Check out the The Force Skeptics Page:
At the bottom of the
In a galaxy far, far away a long time ago.
You can't argue with history. noobs
In the future there will be homosexual robots
Are they trying to imply that Star Wars wasn't real?
I suppose they didn't really have light sabers, either?
What next, Darth Vader's voice was dubbed?
I'd better lie down a while.
Raise your children as if you were teaching them to raise your grandchildren, because you are.
"Fighters make sound in a vacuum."
Yeah, and an orchestra lead by John Williams follows everybody around. I can't believe how unrealistic incidental music makes a movie. Oh, and don't get me started on looping of dialog!! Those guys shouldn't be futzing around with the sound like that, it's not realistic! I'm a purist that demands that scifi movies be like somebody is carrying around a small camcorder around documenting everything so it's as real as possible! MOD ME UP!!
"Derp de derp."
A bullet in your head and the head of every other prepubescent idiot who thinks it's KEWL to troll places like Slashdot would be a really good start.
Oh, sorry. I thought that you said, "What can I do to make the Internet better".
Use sharks with freakin lasers on their freakin heads... remotely controlled most certainly.
I admit it: i was waiting for a Star Wars story so i could finally post this link (and yes, it is obligatory). That guy's a genious.
Yes, I think the next Star Wars movie should be Dogma 95 conformant.
but rather 'driven stall at a less intelligent stage of evolution'
Jarjar didn't seem too evolved !
Type unto others as you would have them type unto you.
It does not make sense.
After the last star wars movie, my friends and I spent twenty minutes outside of the theater arguing whether Naboo was an apartheid state.
The only conclusion we came to is that we're total geeks, and we needed to stop before anybody noticed.
Star Wars has racism. Look at the Wookiees! Even Leia uses a racial slur ("walking carpet") to refer to Chewie, and Chewie doesn't get a medal. Even worse, Wookiees are enslaved by the Empire. Imperial crews are all human, even though the Rebels are willing to work with Wookiees, Mon Calamari (Ackbar), etc. Organized crime is filled with ethnic minorities such as Hutts, Rodians, and Twi'leks. (In American history, whenever a new ethnic minority immigrated over, they got involved in organized crime when overwhelming prejudice against them locked them out of legitimate jobs. This is why New York has an Italian mafia to this day.) As another poster has commented, KOTOR has more of this.
In Repressive Burma, it's not just your connection that dies. slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=314547&cid=20819199
The Force, though? Eh. Fantasy. Bash that.
I find your lack of faith... disturbing.
I think, therefore I am. I think?
I believe the proper plural for the people of Naboo is "Nabooniks."
This is a far cry more dignified than the residents of Tatooine, which are referred to as "Tatooweenies."
Whenever Mrs. Fitch breaks wind, we beat the dog.
No I don't think we have. all the shit is still there plus more we add every day.
"you're very ignorant."
Wow. I don't think I need to rebuke this wowzer.
"Star Trek has at least as much philosophy if not more. plus it's a far more focused on how we should live our lives."
"Star Trek was the first program to have an interracial kiss and showed a ship full of different races working together."
Oooooookay. So, a little bit o' jungle fever makes Star Trek better. Who gives a shit who kissed anyone. There's a ton of other things that make Star Trek incredible from a philosophic and cultural standpoint, and you pick that? Whatever. As far as different races working together, I suppose you don't count the shitload of aliens in Star Wars, say, the Calamari, Bothans, Sullustean, Wookiees, Ewoks, hell even the Gungans. All teaming up to fight a bunch of white clones.
"in Star Wars the hero was an aryan brat, the only black guy was Judas, the baddies had a french accent, all wrapped up with a philosophy about as deep as the lyrics to a Britney Spears song."
Cry me a fucking Congo. You're either trying to be funny with your race banter, or you're just retarded. No, wait! You're 12 and you're seen Chasing Amy!!! I get it now!!! I understand!!!
Oh, and retard? Vader wasn't black. Anakin/Vader was white. Voiced by James Earl Jones, a black man. There's a difference.