Hi, Im Leslie and Im addicted to Star Wars

[Pecker]

Okay, Star Wars fans, how many of you have been investing for your old age since Episode IV came out?

Have you crated up hundreds of unopened packages containing Ewoks, Javas, hundreds of robot variations, Millenium Falcons, sand gliders, light sabres, etc.?

Those who have spent some dough in such a fashion will put baseball card collectors to shame in just a few years. Sure, it seems like a lot of money to be giving to the dollar mongering marketeers who hover around popular movies but look at the eventual payoff! I wish I'd thought of that when all this stuff was new! *sighs*

I took my oldest son to see IV in 1981, when he was 10. Now, at 34, he's taking me to see III.

These movies are going to be around for a long, long time.

 

[13788]

DieHard9x6: I, too, am an addict. Purchased my tickets for the 12:01am show about a week ago, lol. Admittedly, the prequels so far have been disappointing in many areas, but they did have to live up to impossible expectations.

Can't wait to hear James Earl Jones's voice again...

 

[rich_cabeza2002]

When I saw the first preview, I got all giggly like a school girl. My poor wife was completely dismayed."Oh my god!!! I married a geek!!!"

 

[jonb]

Kevin Smith's review? Does it tell whether or not the independent contractors who died on the death star were innocents?

 

[Pappy]

Originally posted by DieHard9x6@May 7 2005, 11:34 AM
I, too, am an addict. Purchased my tickets for the 12:01am show about a week ago, lol. Admittedly, the prequels so far have been disappointing in many areas, but they did have to live up to impossible expectations.

Can't wait to hear James Earl Jones's voice again...

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I don't think James Earl Jones "voice" is going to be in this one. They have a new Vader for Episode III.

 

[13788]

DieHard9x6: Hmmm...I've seen him credited on a couple of sites (voicechasers, for one). I hope it's not bad info. He's not in the cast list on the official site, but he wasn't credited in Episode IV either. I guess I just have to keep my fingers crossed...

 

[rich_cabeza2002]

My Darth Tater is in the mail!!!!!
I had to order two so my daughter will leave mine alone!!
This has got to be the coolest Star Wars toy ever!!!!

 

[BobLeeSwagger]

Originally posted by carolinacurious@May 7 2005, 12:37 AM
I think I can spot an actual moment in II where Christopher Lee just says, "the hell with it".

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Considering how many really crappy movies Christopher Lee has been in, I don't think he minded much. But it was great to see him again in II. He was born to play a creepy old guy.

 

[BobLeeSwagger]

Originally posted by Pappy@May 8 2005, 07:58 AM

I don't think James Earl Jones "voice" is going to be in this one. They have a new Vader for Episode III.

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Everything I've heard is that it is indeed James Earl Jones in III. Lucas approached him years ago about doing Vader's voice again and he was all for it.

 

[Pecker]

Originally posted by aloofman+May 8 2005, 09:01 PM--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(aloofman &#064; May 8 2005, 09:01 PM)</div><div class='quotemain'><!--QuoteBegin-Pappy@May 8 2005, 07:58 AM

I don&#39;t think James Earl Jones "voice" is going to be in this one. They have a new Vader for Episode III.

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Everything I&#39;ve heard is that it is indeed James Earl Jones in III. Lucas approached him years ago about doing Vader&#39;s voice again and he was all for it.

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Well, he&#39;s still on some news promo saying

"This is C3PO" - or something like that.

 

[D_Barbi_Queue]

It&#39;s not listed under his name on IMDB.com as being a voice in III, and they are usually pretty accurate. They even gave him the credit on IV.

 

[Pecker]

It&#39;s listed here. Check the very bottom right column of the list. Click on James Earl Jones.

 

[jonb]

Originally posted by Pecker@May 8 2005, 05:05 PM
Well, he&#39;s still on some news promo saying

"This is C3PO" - or something like that.

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Wait . . . In a country ruled by religious nutcases, won&#39;t C-3P0 go the way of Tinky-Winky and Spongebob?

 

[D_Barbi_Queue]

Thanks Pecker. I certainly hope he&#39;s the voice. Darth Vader just isn&#39;t the same w/o him.

On another note....I&#39;ve crossed over to the Dark Side and there now remains no hope for me. I ate a Burger King happy meal this morning and begged and pleaded for the Darth Vader toy for my son (he&#39;s real big into Darth right now).

Then I went grocery shopping and tried to figure how in the world I was going to eat 30 more kid&#39;s meals and still try to stay on my diet. Then it hit me....some places will actually sell just the toy to you w/o making you buy the happy meal.

So, on my way back home, I stopped in and purchased one of each of this week&#39;s toys. They were only 95 cents a piece. The whole set of 30 (or 31 if you can get Darth) is roughly going for &#036;75&#33; Hell, I have no problem heading to BK every week to spend half that much. *pft*

So now, I&#39;m hopeless. I&#39;ve joined the forces that have been sucked into the "gotta have it" phenomena. Although, unlike many....I&#39;m gonna take the damn things out of their packages and play with them. :lol: What&#39;s the use of having them if you can&#39;t enjoy them?

 

[Pecker]

Funny you should bring up BK, tag.

Last night, during Lost on TV, the BK commercial was about a guy winning the big prize in their current contest. He&#39;s all excited. The doorbell rings. When he opens the door he&#39;s confronted by Darth Vader in all his wheezing glory.

Vader says, "Brendan. I am your father&#33;" The poor guy is shocked, to say the least. He says to Vader,

"No, you&#39;re not. You just want my money&#33;&#39;

Vader is silent for a moment, then says,

"Brendan, I am your ...... uncle."

I laughed so hard I started wheezing&#33; :lol:

 

[D_Barbi_Queue]

That&#39;s freakin&#39; funny.

We caught the first of their new series during American Idol on Tuesday. It shows a Storm Trooper working at BK and lighting the grill with his gun. A manager comes over and yells at him for it and in rebellion, the Trooper shoots the grill again. The delivery of it was hysterical, even my husband laughed hard and he&#39;s not a big Star Wars fan.

 

[13788]

ravenously: You know, I was just thinking about wookies today. So, here are a few of my thoughts/ questions.


1) For being such big humanoids, Wookies don&#39;t seem to be that well hung.

I mean I know they&#39;re covered in hair and all, but there&#39;s, like, no bulge at all.
Humph, maybe Wookies are growers.

2) How do Wookies use the bathroom with out getting shit all over they&#39;re asses?

That has to be a big mess to try and clean up&#33;

I know this is kind of random, and I&#39;m probably overthinking the whole thing, but these are some of the things I wonder about.

 

[surferboy]

Originally posted by Pecker@May 12 2005, 04:26 PM
Funny you should bring up BK, tag.

Last night, during Lost on TV, the BK commercial was about a guy winning the big prize in their current contest. He&#39;s all excited. The doorbell rings. When he opens the door he&#39;s confronted by Darth Vader in all his wheezing glory.

Vader says, "Brendan. I am your father&#33;" The poor guy is shocked, to say the least. He says to Vader,

"No, you&#39;re not. You just want my money&#33;&#39;

Vader is silent for a moment, then says,

"Brendan, I am your ...... uncle."

I laughed so hard I started wheezing&#33; :lol:

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I gotta see this commercial. Sorta off topic, but I saw a Geico commercial with Speed Racer that made me crack up.