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Star Wars is 30 Years Old
javipas writes "On May 25th, 1977 the first film of the Star Wars Saga was released to theaters. Thirty years later, and celebrations are being held all around the globe. Wired has a series of articles entitled The Empire at 30, and many fans are posting about this particular birthday. For example, you can see the best 30 clips made by fans to celebrate this anniversary. The BBC is chronicling the journey of one man who had never seen Star Wars before. IGN has a rundown on some of the highlights of the Celebration convention, running this weekend."
and like most of its fan base...still a virgin....
that was pretty funny - but i'm having trouble believing that he not only hasn't seen the film but was so clueless about plot, characters, etc.
It's hard to believe that's how Micronians are made. Why don't we see it right now by having you both kiss one another?
On this day 30 years ago, I took a girl to go see it as my first date. We were all riding back from our high school senior picnic, and she asked about the book I was reading (the novelization), so I took her to the movie.
The second movie I took my fiancee too, and by the third movie we were married.
So much for your theory.
You trying to jedi mind trick me to believe I was a kid when this came out... We'll I've been using wifi since... since... since...
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Aside from any witty comment or terse flame I'd just like to say that I'm very happy to be a Star Wars fan.
Star Wars has been such a great story and adventure since I was a child and I hope to continue that legacy. I still remember seeing the movies for the first time and the magic I felt.
Lets forget all the weird flames and just think about what a great adventure Star Wars has been.
Who knew a slave-girl costume could cause such a stir?
It wasn't the slave girl costume. It was the girl! The girl was built like a girl: not some emaciated waif. Carry Fisher had this cute tummy and hips and real boobs - not a body by Joe Schmoe, MD, Hollyweird, CA!
Geeze! And the irony is that, IIRC from one the Star Wars behind the scenes DVD extras, the producers wanted to or did send her to a fat farm.
I prefer Flambe as apposed flamebait.
The films have at least aged rather well. The effects and general cinematography don't feel all that dated. Of course, I tend to think that the sloppy CGI in the "special remastered" version is what looks old. Then again, I'm one to shun CGI in almost any instance, so biases persist.
"He who can destroy a thing, controls a thing." --Paul Atreides, Dune
Luke!
Carrie!
If brevity is the soul of wit, then how does one explain Twitter?
Yikes, there's even a site devoted to it...
Once I was a four stone apology. Now I am two separate gorillas.
In the beginning, you take a sip of it, and find that it is pleasureful, subtle, and full of aroma.
;-)
Next, you have a bottle of the same vintage and let it age 20 years. It is suddenly a whole new wine, with greater complexity, and a much sharper taste.
Finally you decide to finish off that old bottle that has aged another ten years... too bad it has turned to vinegar...
Now Star Trek: TNG -- that is like Guiness. Great at any time! Always aged to perfection!
Firefly is kinda like Jack Daniels... Really good, but hard to follow up with anything else
Thanks George,
Sincerely someone who saw Episode I 5 times in the first week trying to find some of the greatness that I saw in the originals.
If you're old enough to remember Star Wars coming out, you're too old to think anything right now except "30 years, wow I'm old". If thoughts of action figures pop into your mind, or if you're still living in your mom's basement, SEEK THERAPY IMMEDIATELY.
It was a movie, and a good one, but move on!
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Yeah, but this is Slashdot. Few slashdotters are familiar with such esoteric concepts as girls. Fewer still are familiar with how girls are shaped.
This is not the specialized knowledge you are looking for...
...laura
Ah, nostalgia. When I was a kid, my little sister used to break the heads off of my Darth Vader and Luke Skywalker action figures. I chewed on their retractable lightsabers too, I think, but I grew out of that phase.
My friends and I got even by playing badminton with the severed heads of her Barbie dolls (which aerodynamically resemble shuttlecocks).
Now I feel OLD.
it's a blue bright blue Saturday hey hey
30 years - how many parsecs is that?
It's true I tell you, feller at work's next door neighbour read it in the paper.
Another Slashdot Star Wars story. Full of regrets, memories, happiness, bitterness, fanboy defenses (in dwindling supply), and unmitigated acrimony. The inevitable TNG and Firefly comments are waiting in the wings. The virgin and lack-of-girls comments are prepared. A flame war is set up and somewhat monitored by our guardians. Aaaaaaaaand... ACTION!
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Lego Star Wars to come back with all six movies in one game
Caught the Lego story on Digg today. Nice timing. I remember the first time Star Wars was re-released to theaters. My brother got caught running a red light on the way to the Uptown. I told him that the force was not with him. He didn't think it was very funny, especially when the cop found out he didn't have his license with him...
Is there heaven? Is there Hell? Is that a Tuna Melt I smell?-Primus
As a gay man who is excitedly anticipating his time eating dicks in hell I would like to file an official complaint that I would have to share the dicks to be eaten with that sloth fat ass Lucas. That Porker? would undoubtedly take more than his fair share of cock.
The Generation
I'd say something witty here, but I'm not that bright.
Just FYI for those who enjoyed "The Science of Superman", the same guy, Michael Dennin (a friend of mine from Church [Catholic if you're interested] will be hosting a show on the technology of Star Wars, Mon. May 28th 8PM on the History Channel.
/. Great work.
Here's a link: Star Wars - The Legacy Revealed
Michael is a professor of Physics and Astro-Physics at UCI and an all-around great guy.
Cheers Michael, if you read
Oh Yeah, that show kicks off the whole Star Wars History Channel event which starts at 9PM.
A fool throws a stone into a well and a thousand sages can not remove it.
I heard an ad on XM Radio the other day about the 30th Anniversary of Star Wars. It wished Star Wars fans well with a phrase sure to draw their ire: "Live long and prosper."
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It wasn't the slave girl costume. It was the girl! The girl was built like a girl: not some emaciated waif. Carry Fisher had this cute tummy and hips and real boobs - not a body by Joe Schmoe, MD, Hollyweird, CA!
My personal opinion is that this was so iconic because of how dignified Leia remained even in such a degrading and revolting situation. This is a princess and leader of the rebel alliance. A gangster has essentially stripped her naked, put her in chains, and routinely licks his lips with his revolving, rotten tongue. And through all of this, she remains cool headed, keeping her mind of the mission and playing her part. When Luke shows up at Jabba's lair, Leia gives him a look that doesn't convey embarrassment or anger but almost a sense of amusement as though only she and Luke are in on the joke that Jabba's about to fall for.
That was an unusual amount of strength for a woman to show in the 80s. Hell, even nowdays the movies show tough women as having a huge chip on their shoulder. Leia simply got the job done without worrying how she looks and she was willing to sit through anything. It's a bit interesting to compare how she faces adversity in this situation versus the trip to trash compactor in the original movie where she's nowhere near as calm and confident. Everyone focuses on how much Luke changes during the original trilogy, but Leia changes just as much.
Sure, there's a sexual aspect to the entire situation as well, but I don't think that has much to do with Leia's body. Quite frankly, it's fairly unremarkable. It's the fact that Leia remains calm and collected even in such an awful situation that makes her sexy, not her body. You can see better looking women every day just walking down the street. But how many everyday women would be able to act as heroic as Leia did?
GMD
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Yes, but Lucas pretty much invented the phrase, "space opera" to describe the genre he was joining. It was deliberately supposed to be very much reminiscent of the old flash gordon serials and other mythologies.
Get your head out of your arse. The films (IV..VI that is) were fun adventure films, and the special effects were just good enough to look realistic, without being too ambitious. (i.e., big scary space station? Show it from very far away so we don't have to model much, then show it from really close up so we can use a matte painting. Mwa hahah) Everything doesn't have to be some kind of great work of literature. In fact, great works of literature tend to make pretty lousy movies.
Can you be Even More Awesome?!
The whole Star Wars fandom thing is just a hobby, and not even the most expensive or anti-social hobby there is. I don't see the point myself (it's just a movie), but then I don't see the point of sailing single-handed around the world, or risking death just to climb some lump of rock that happens to be taller than some other lump of rock (nobody ever needed a costly, dangerous air rescue from a Sci-Fi-Con. Wanted one, maybe).
I have to wonder who is in more need of a life: the fans, or people who feel the need to complain about the fans...
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