[brandx0]

Hehe, damn wish I had jumped in this thread earlier.

[haloboy100]

Now, at the end, do you truly understand...

Noooo!!! Father! please!!!

*ahem*

Why is this in the star wars conversion forum? I never knew it served as the resident topic of general star wars discussion.

[chief1983]

As much as it's not on topic of the mod, it really wouldn't go better anywhere else, except The Pu-, er, General Discussion.

[CaptJosh]

In regard to the comment about special Samurai wielding two blades being Ninja, you are WRONG. The school of Ninjitsu Do was anathema to the Samurai. Ninjitsu is the Way of Stealth. The Ninja were an ASSASSINS' GUILD in old Japan. As for the Samurai, they all had two swords. A long sword, which they used in combat and which they took off when entering someone's house, and a shorter sword which could also be fought with, but stayed on them no matter what, as the Samurai had the right and duty to be armed at all times. Ninja were considered dishonorable and cowardly by Samurai.

[brandx0]

Okay, on topic.

[CaptJosh]

Sorry about that. I just hate bad history.

ANyway, it's always interesting to me as a writer to see how a story evolves over time as the author revises.

[Flaser]

Sorry about that. I just hate bad history.

ANyway, it's always interesting to me as a writer to see how a story evolves over time as the author revises.

I wrote nitō - jutsu, not nin-jutsu. The art of fighting with two swords. Anyway enough Japanese history, back to SW.

[Turey]

Wasn't the ANH book ghostwritten by Alan Dean Foster?

[brandx0]

Yes, it was

[Scourge of Ages]

Wait, what?

(research)

Aw dang, you mean Lucas is not only nuts and a jerk, he's also a (more) unscrupulous creep.

[brandx0]

You think that's bad, you should watch The Hidden Fortress, a Kurosawa film from the 50s

[Flaser]

Yep. I feel the love....I mean hate.
We're true Star Wars fans because we HATE STAR WARS...but LOVE the IDEA.

http://www.jivemagazine.com/column.php?pid=3381

"Maybe I’ll put it like this. To be a Star Wars fan, one must possess the ability to see a million different failures and downfalls, and then somehow assemble them into a greater picture of perfection. Every true Star Wars fan is a Luke Skywalker, looking at his twisted, evil father, and somehow seeing good.

My earlier statement needs slight revision. We hate everything about Star Wars.

But the idea of Star Wars…the idea we love."

[jr2]

[Scourge of Ages]

I don't know... X-Wings are pretty cool, I think I like them...

And yeah, I knew about the Hidden Fortress thing, but I figured that was just your run-of-the-mill ripping-off.

[LordMelvin]

It's not a ripoff of Kurosawa, it's an homage.

oh, god.
I can't even look at myself anymore.
Make it stop.
DAMN YOU, LUCAS!

[haloboy100]

I always saw it this way:

Star Wars fails as a real science fiction. In fact, the only science-fiction feeling I got ever was when I got into the Yuuzhan Vong War part of the Expanded universe. Star Wars is more of a fantasy then a real Sci-Fi.

[Turambar]

In fact, the only science-fiction feeling I got ever was when I got into the Yuuzhan Vong War part of the Expanded universe. Star Wars is more of a fantasy then a real Sci-Fi.

It was sci-fi from Truce at Bakura until then, then it became fantasy again.

[chief1983]

In fact, the only science-fiction feeling I got ever was when I got into the Yuuzhan Vong War part of the Expanded universe. Star Wars is more of a fantasy then a real Sci-Fi.

It was sci-fi from Truce at Bakura until then, then it became fantasy again.

ROFL

Dammit, I keep getting this thread confused with the ISD one, it keeps getting derailed onto similar topics.

[haloboy100]

In fact, the only science-fiction feeling I got ever was when I got into the Yuuzhan Vong War part of the Expanded universe. Star Wars is more of a fantasy then a real Sci-Fi.

It was sci-fi from Truce at Bakura until then, then it became fantasy again.

That's your opinion