That's good advice.
I'm in no rush to buy them as soon as they come out, so getting cheap paperbacks is probably best for me.
Though I would prefer everything in hardback, just looks better imo.
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That's good advice.
I'm in no rush to buy them as soon as they come out, so getting cheap paperbacks is probably best for me.
Though I would prefer everything in hardback, just looks better imo.
Just wait until the Season 5 finale.The Clone Wars has gotten so good.
This whole Mandalore arc is expertly woven, tying in all the different minor threads throughout the series and bringing them to a head. Maul and Savage are a great duo and having them scheme with the Death Watch was great fun. I'm still devastated by them killingbut you knew it had to happen for everything to make sense. Poor Obi-Wan has had one messed up life. And then it ends with that incredible Maul and Savage vs. Palpatine fight that was one of the best in the saga. Woo.Satine
AlexFlame116
Member
Star Wars GAF I need your help quick please!
So I found the Original Trilogy in VHS for 50 cents each per episode but I was wondering if this one has the original theatrical release and not the special edition modifications.
They look like this one but with their respective character in the covers (aka Vader on A New Hope and Yoda on Return of the Jedi):
Should I go for it?
So I found the Original Trilogy in VHS for 50 cents each per episode but I was wondering if this one has the original theatrical release and not the special edition modifications.
They look like this one but with their respective character in the covers (aka Vader on A New Hope and Yoda on Return of the Jedi):
Should I go for it?
GodfatherX
Member
That's the THX editions, not the Special Editions. So it's not the ultra butchered versions, but they did do some video clean up and a much better audio trackStar Wars GAF I need your help quick please!
So I found the Original Trilogy in VHS for 50 cents each per episode but I was wondering if this one has the original theatrical release and not the special edition modifications.
They look like this one but with their respective character in the covers (aka Vader on A New Hope and Yoda on Return of the Jedi):
Should I go for it?
AlexFlame116
Member
Sweet! I'm buying them then! Thanks a bunch!
GodfatherX
Member
Is the special edition boxes
I would try to grab what you can in hardback as long as it's not expensive/secondary market only. That's only because that seems to be your preference. I am 100% exclusively audiobooks now and not looking back. My dilemma is if it doesn't get an audiobook release what do I do? So far I have only purchased 1 physical book of new canon and that was before the awakening, for that very reason. Also unfortunate that Alan Dean Foster is our worst current writer, and The Force Awakens is very by the numbers.
KDash31987
Member
I wish I still had my VHS tapes. I had both that last 1995 THX release and the Special Editions, as well as The Phantom Menace Collector's Edition VHS. They all got lost during one of my family's many moves between 2002 and 2009. :/
Gaf is a shit place to talk about movies in the OT right now. Hate how everyone loses their minds when the movie starts and then hates every small detail when the DVD arrives.
To me, it's not just GAF though. The internet has bred this hyper-critical online culture. All these "Everything wrong with" and "How _____ should have ended" things get people all nitpick-y over media. It's why I rarely go into Marvel or Star Wars threads outside of the main OTs and I got off Reddit. I don't want to look at the things I love the way most of the internet seems too.
Seductivpancakes
Member
I feel like a lot of posts are just hyperbole. I understand if a character feels incomplete to a viewer, but to say they're non existent is kind of silly.
This. Total hyperbole.
WadiumArcadium
Member
Most Star Wars threads are shit. I like to think this one isn't.
Hey. Don't you know one can't be good without the other being complete and total shit?
It's just stupid. Both movies imo were great. Both movies did different things. Both movies are helping spring more life into this brand and fandom.
I don't even think it's that.
Let the Last Jedi come out to rave reviews and have fan creaming themselves in excitement.
You'll have people talking about how RO and TFA are shit in comparison.
Something something remake of empire strikes back amirite guys x100
Basically. And my complaint isn't that people aren't allowed to discuss the shortfalls or the successes of each film, but it's that I feel like certain groups aren't fans to begin with, and just want to bitch.
aren't those pan & scan?Star Wars GAF I need your help quick please!
So I found the Original Trilogy in VHS for 50 cents each per episode but I was wondering if this one has the original theatrical release and not the special edition modifications.
They look like this one but with their respective character in the covers (aka Vader on A New Hope and Yoda on Return of the Jedi):
Should I go for it?
Other than that... yeah. you can't really top 50 cents.
It's a valid complaint, but I'm more prone to think it a subconscious bias than an intentional mandate. I don't think she's intentionally trying to suppress minority roles, but people do fall into patterns. The pattern for Hollywood movies is white characters being pushed forward to represent films. I mean:
It's a thing that happens.
Apparently concurrent with the events of Rebels.
Star Wars has the reverse Final Fantasy problem: where the last FF was good and the most recent one is bad, the most recent SW is sooo much better than that last film.
Fun thing I found today.
Girl finds out who Darth Vader is.
Plot twist: She finds out through Episode III.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KMLmGi6AK-c
Girl finds out who Darth Vader is.
Plot twist: She finds out through Episode III.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KMLmGi6AK-c
And this is what that vocal minority in the fandom fail to realize. There are a bunch of new fans that grew up with the prequels and like them.
I know for many of us it would be hard to imagine seeing her freak out since we all knew Anakin was Vader and thus Luke's father.
But I read the description and she had never seen these movies before, but only heard the line "No, I am your father." Still a great reaction and we probably she's probably another fan of the series.
Holy moly @ that squeak
More evidence that it's fine to watch prequels first though!
edit: Haha does her friend at one point say "That's racist"?
I didnt wanted to point that out earlier because I felt stupid, but we booth heard the same *lol*
Good advice here too.
My problem is that certain books in hardback seem to have gone out of print (at least in the UK), so the only way to get them is to pay extortionate used prices.
I'm really after Lords of the Sith in particular as I'm a huge Sidious fan.
Everything has fans regardless of quality. In what world is it only a vocal minority who dislike the prequels though? That is just not facing up to reality it pains me to say. Heck, they're pretty much the most famous disappointment in the history of movies. As much as we all wanted it, George just didn't deliver a well made product. Things however look great for the future of the franchise.
I'd argue most cuaual fans and fans 8-25 probably don't have e a huge hate boner for the prequels. They aren't the best films, but that's never stopped people from liking anything.
WhiteRabbitEXE
Member
I'm 25 next month, I guess 30 would probably be the barometer.
EvilRedEye
Member
Completed item listings on eBay suggest it might be worth keeping an eye out for a Lords of the Sith HC on there - some have gone for not outragous prices recently.
ShadowSwordmaster
Banned
I can agree with this. They do a great job with those.
Especially if it's Marc Thompson. Part of the reason I don't have an issue with the "bad" books in the new canon is because the audiobooks are so phenom I enjoy it anyway. Even Lords of the Sith and Heir to the Jedi (those are the bad ones right?) were great listens. My only complaint is that the kids stuff is skipped. Thrawn was particularly good.
I am 6 episodes into season 2 of Rebels and I have to say I am enjoying it. There something to be said for a story that doesn't whip constantly across the galaxy and is a lot lighter on the politics. Plus it has OT music and real stormtroopers and imperial vehicles.
Maybe it all goes to shit but I really like it so far.
Maybe it all goes to shit but I really like it so far.
It doesn't go to shit at all, the show is pretty good overall. Finale of Season 2 has some of the best moments in the franchise.
Rebels' greatest sin is really just being preceded by The Clone Wars.
WadiumArcadium
Member
Blimey, it's probably the thinnest of the main novels I own as well.
You can get A New Dawn and Tarkin for a tenner.
Nice collection but never available in hardback
Perhaps I should just go paperback...
This is so annoying lol
Chuckie
Member
don'T forget they could also go up and down >>
It really is. Especially these days, where I'm so addicted to podcasts... audiobooks feel like an extension of that. Really helps you get through a lot more books, too.
WadiumArcadium
Member
#13 of Poe's comic was a good read. I've enjoyed the Terex issues a lot, he's been the main draw of the book for me and I enjoyed the look into his background with the Empire. Hopefully the book will remain strong without having the focus on him.
The Mr Bones cameo put a real smile on my face, he lives on...for a minute or so. Was a bit sad to see L'ulo die after his introduction all that time ago in Shattered Empire as well. I was sure Phasma would be the one getting off the First Order transport with that cover but I guess not.
Damn right.
you can of course have a personal favourite, but there is nothing more to say.
AlexFlame116
Member
Yep I bought them! Now to get a VHS player.
Please do not start this here.
Don't confuse my personal opinion with the zeitgeist. I don't take issue with any FF nor any SW.