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JME2 wrote:
Praxis wrote:
JME2 wrote: What's wrong with exploding bridge panels. I like exploding bridge panels. :twisted: :P :wink:
It's cool, but it shouldn't be killing crew members while the shield is up :lol:
Hmm. Quite true.
Well who knows -- maybe those crewmembers that bite the dust from exploding pannels spoke out against the PTB. :twisted: 8)
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Alyeska wrote:People, you know this could go the route of Stargate SG1 or Farscape. Lucas DOES like continuity, and continuity alone can help bring about good stories because it forces the writers to be more creative.
:shock:

Like 1000 generations = 1000 years? Stormtroopers were always clones?
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Illuminatus Primus wrote:
Alyeska wrote:People, you know this could go the route of Stargate SG1 or Farscape. Lucas DOES like continuity, and continuity alone can help bring about good stories because it forces the writers to be more creative.
:shock:

Like 1000 generations = 1000 years? Stormtroopers were always clones?
While I don't know the first one you're referring to, I thought the general consensus was that Stormtroopers were a combination of:
1) Volunteers/Recruits
2) Conscripts
3) The remnants of the Clone Wars Clonetroopers

They weren't and aren't always clones.
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It's cool, but it shouldn't be killing crew members while the shield is up
AKA, its not a bug, its a feature?

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There are pros and cons to this. As Alyeska pointed out, this can be as good as Stargate and such. Lucas has VERY DEEP POCKETS. He'll just throw money at it until it's good. Plus, he's extremely unconventional... I rest well knowing that even if the SW series won't be GOOD, it probably at least won't just be a carbon copy of anything that's already out there.

On the other hand, there IS that chance that it'll be just pure puke on celluloid, or rather, digital, most likely. Do we really want to see Star Wars sullied even more? It's already fallen from grace a bit... do we really want them to just REALLY beat the thing to pulp, and ruin the last vestiges of our memories?

I hope it's good. I think it stands a good chance of BEING good. However, at the same time, I dread it just being awful.
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I don't know. Flash Gordon on TV isn't popular anymore, and all the Indiana Jones TV versions, suck. So, why would SW not buckle to commercial pressure and create crap?
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I'm hoping that it turns out well. However, I have a nagging fear that it's just going to Voyagerize SW.
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It can only take the route of Trek. Look forwards to TPM serialised.
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Anyone who has the feeling Wars will force Trek out from television?
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Dark Primus wrote:Anyone who has the feeling Wars will force Trek out from television?
B&B are already doing that on their own quite nicely without any help from star wars.
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All it'll do is give them a convenient scapegoat when they finally smash the franchise beyond all repair. (Assuming they don't manage to do it before the SW series comes out, which they very well might)

I agree with most people here.

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Illuminatus Primus wrote:
Alyeska wrote:People, you know this could go the route of Stargate SG1 or Farscape. Lucas DOES like continuity, and continuity alone can help bring about good stories because it forces the writers to be more creative.
:shock:

Like 1000 generations = 1000 years? Stormtroopers were always clones?
All things considered, thats fairly minor.
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I don't know. Flash Gordon on TV isn't popular anymore, and all the Indiana Jones TV versions, suck. So, why would SW not buckle to commercial pressure and create crap?
On the other hand, Stargate-the-Series has been pretty much accepted to be superior to Stargate-the-Movie.
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SW SERIES YAR

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SW TV SERIES MAJOR YAY
No Rick Bumbler or his awfull stpuid sidekick Bragga please
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jawbertsc wrote:SW TV SERIES MAJOR YAY
No Rick Bumbler or his awfull stpuid sidekick Bragga please
Not to be a nitpick, but...
You misspelled stupid :lol:
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nitpick?

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Not to be picky in return mistyped "STUPID" I know how to spell stupid. Oh I want this red shirt thing to go away I am not a big fan of the new ST stuff. I am a bigger fan of SG1 and Bab5 and so on.
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jawbertsc wrote:Not to be picky in return mistyped "STUPID" I know how to spell stupid. Oh I want this red shirt thing to go away I am not a big fan of the new ST stuff. I am a bigger fan of SG1 and Bab5 and so on.
It goes away when you get a hundred posts or so ;)
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It does seem somewhat confusing how you can go froma redshirt to a jedi master. :roll:
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Boyish-Tigerlilly wrote:It does seem somewhat confusing how you can go froma redshirt to a jedi master. :roll:
Are you saying that a lot of the Jedi in AotC weren't Redshirts? :)
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jawbertsc wrote:Not to be picky in return mistyped "STUPID" I know how to spell stupid. Oh I want this red shirt thing to go away I am not a big fan of the new ST stuff. I am a bigger fan of SG1 and Bab5 and so on.
Well if you joined back in 2002 like me you would have been a newbie. Atleast red shirt is a better title. :)
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Well if you joined back in 2002 like me you would have been a newbie. Atleast red shirt is a better title. :)
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Illuminatus Primus wrote:Like 1000 generations = 1000 years?
That can be explained away.

"Over a thousand generations of Jedi Knights were the guardians of peace and justice in the Old Republic..." And "I will not let this Republic, which has stood for a thousand years..."

Its possible that ~ 1000 BBY, the Republic underwent a massive change, and by some, what was around before then isn't considered to be the "real" Republic. IIRC, right about then a giant war ended. The one that only one of the Sith, Darth Bane, survived. So its not inconcievable.
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Old Plympto wrote: When asked if he had any other advice for George, "He can always hire me if Enterprise doesn't work out".
Kill him. Kill him now. Don't ask any questions, just get to the killing.
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GrandAdmiralPrawn wrote:
Old Plympto wrote: When asked if he had any other advice for George, "He can always hire me if Enterprise doesn't work out".
Kill him. Kill him now. Don't ask any questions, just get to the killing.
Yes, and which methods would you prefer to utilize on the man in question?
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