Star Wars, still on people's minds

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I haven't looked around for confirmation on the intarwebs, but I heard on the radio that supposedly Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, and Mark Hamill are all signed for the next movie.

This is funny:

I'll see you in hell!

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I haven't looked around for confirmation on the intarwebs, but I heard on the radio that supposedly Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, and Mark Hamill are all signed for the next movie.

This is funny:

I'll see you in hell!

This was amusing

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http://todayentertainment.today.com/_ne ... -died?lite

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http://todayentertainment.today.com/_ne ... -died?lite

I had not realized that the same guy played the detective in Roger Rabbit; he was a vital part of setting the background when he explained that a Toon had killed Eddie Valient's brother (and partner) by dropping a piano on him.

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http://gizmodo.com/this-incredible-full ... -509484787



Yep both made of legos. . . kind of impressive

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Was at Disney's Hollywood studios last night; saw Mickey wearing "Luke Skywalker" clothes, was almost run over by R2D2. saw C3PO walking along toward a "cast members only" door (probably needed to use the facilities...).

Star Wars certainly is alive and well....

[Yankeewave]

http://denver.cbslocal.com/2013/06/09/t ... ght-saber/

Don't mess with a Wookie

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[Yankeewave]

http://www.theguardian.com/film/2013/se ... s-invented

[PeteRasche]

http://www.theguardian.com/film/2013/se ... s-invented

The stories I have seen (like this one) keep saying the photons "behave like those in a lightsaber". What does that mean? No article I've seen goes beyond that. Are they saying that a broad beam of these photons can be controlled to emit from a device (sword handle), extend a certain predetermined distance, and act as a destructive beam that can cut through anything it touches?

I kinda doubt it.

So here's my question: when an inexperienced person gets hold of a lightsaber, accidentally dismembers themselves (or beheads, or slices in two...), and falls dead to the ground, does the lightsaber land, and begin burning its way through the ground, and just keep going, down and down through the earth, until either the batteries run out or, I dunno, it reaches magma and burns up?

[Yankeewave]

http://www.theguardian.com/film/2013/se ... s-invented

The stories I have seen (like this one) keep saying the photons "behave like those in a lightsaber". What does that mean? No article I've seen goes beyond that. Are they saying that a broad beam of these photons can be controlled to emit from a device (sword handle), extend a certain predetermined distance, and act as a destructive beam that can cut through anything it touches?

I kinda doubt it.

So here's my question: when an inexperienced person gets hold of a lightsaber, accidentally dismembers themselves (or beheads, or slices in two...), and falls dead to the ground, does the lightsaber land, and begin burning its way through the ground, and just keep going, down and down through the earth, until either the batteries run out or, I dunno, it reaches magma and burns up?

i think the obvious answer is a kill switch so that if your thumb is not on the button it turns off.

[PeteRasche]

http://www.theguardian.com/film/2013/se ... s-invented

The stories I have seen (like this one) keep saying the photons "behave like those in a lightsaber". What does that mean? No article I've seen goes beyond that. Are they saying that a broad beam of these photons can be controlled to emit from a device (sword handle), extend a certain predetermined distance, and act as a destructive beam that can cut through anything it touches?

I kinda doubt it.

So here's my question: when an inexperienced person gets hold of a lightsaber, accidentally dismembers themselves (or beheads, or slices in two...), and falls dead to the ground, does the lightsaber land, and begin burning its way through the ground, and just keep going, down and down through the earth, until either the batteries run out or, I dunno, it reaches magma and burns up?

i think the obvious answer is a kill switch so that if your thumb is not on the button it turns off.

That is the obvious answer but the ones in Star Wars weren't built that way and the geeks I speak of would value "movie-authentic design" over safety.

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Heck, you can build your own light sabre with just a flashlight, translucent tubing, and duct tape. Probably just as deadly as the ones envisioned in the article. :)

(of course, if you want to incorporate the hum, it's a little bit more involved...)

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they had some really cool ones at the sharper image before they went out of business. my parents almost bought me one for cheap at a closeout sale but then they decided it would be bad to encourage their adult soon. mean people

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Chewbacca Actor Peter Mayhew Shares Treasure Trove Of 'Star Wars' Set PHOTOS On Twitter

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Chewbacca Actor Peter Mayhew Shares Treasure Trove Of 'Star Wars' Set PHOTOS On Twitter

Saw this, this morning. AWESOME. My whole office is drooling over the pic of Carrie Fisher and her body-double sunbathing in the ROTJ costumes.

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those pictures are pretty cool

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I have been at Disney's Hollywood studios on the Star Wars weekends two different years; Peter Mayhew was at one of them, and he was part of their parade through the park.

They did a "fast pass"-style ticket distribution for autographs; suffice it to say they were gone incredibly quickly.

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NSFW (Language):

An open letter from a Death Star architect

THE KID WHO TOOK THE SHOT JUST HAPPENED TO BE NAMED ‘SKYWALKER.’ Yep, same as our leather-daddy asthmatic boss. And he just so happened to be from the same planet as ol’ Chokey. And it turns out—we wasn’t even using his targeting computer when he made the winning shot! What a coincidence. . .

And—hey! Who was the guy pursuing the computer-less moisture-farmer? Oh, tjat’s right—it was Darth Vader, his dad! And he managed to spectacularly fail at taking out this first-time pilot, who just so happened to be his son. And know what else is weird? Darth Vader was the only survivor of the Death Star explosion. And with the death of Grand Moff Tarkin, that made Vader the number 2 person in the Empire! . .

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NSFW (Language):

An open letter from a Death Star architect

THE KID WHO TOOK THE SHOT JUST HAPPENED TO BE NAMED ‘SKYWALKER.’ Yep, same as our leather-daddy asthmatic boss. And he just so happened to be from the same planet as ol’ Chokey. And it turns out—we wasn’t even using his targeting computer when he made the winning shot! What a coincidence. . .

And—hey! Who was the guy pursuing the computer-less moisture-farmer? Oh, tjat’s right—it was Darth Vader, his dad! And he managed to spectacularly fail at taking out this first-time pilot, who just so happened to be his son. And know what else is weird? Darth Vader was the only survivor of the Death Star explosion. And with the death of Grand Moff Tarkin, that made Vader the number 2 person in the Empire! . .

Awesome if you read the whole thing . . .Sexless warlock monks

[Roller]

NSFW (Language):

An open letter from a Death Star architect

THE KID WHO TOOK THE SHOT JUST HAPPENED TO BE NAMED ‘SKYWALKER.’ Yep, same as our leather-daddy asthmatic boss. And he just so happened to be from the same planet as ol’ Chokey. And it turns out—we wasn’t even using his targeting computer when he made the winning shot! What a coincidence. . .

And—hey! Who was the guy pursuing the computer-less moisture-farmer? Oh, tjat’s right—it was Darth Vader, his dad! And he managed to spectacularly fail at taking out this first-time pilot, who just so happened to be his son. And know what else is weird? Darth Vader was the only survivor of the Death Star explosion. And with the death of Grand Moff Tarkin, that made Vader the number 2 person in the Empire! . .

Awesome if you read the whole thing . . .Sexless warlock monks

It's a (somewhat) creative thought-piece, and (somewhat) humorous, but it's nowhere near as funny as David Throne's work (which is not SW-related, but easy enough to find on the Internet).

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NSFW (Language):

An open letter from a Death Star architect

THE KID WHO TOOK THE SHOT JUST HAPPENED TO BE NAMED ‘SKYWALKER.’ Yep, same as our leather-daddy asthmatic boss. And he just so happened to be from the same planet as ol’ Chokey. And it turns out—we wasn’t even using his targeting computer when he made the winning shot! What a coincidence. . .

And—hey! Who was the guy pursuing the computer-less moisture-farmer? Oh, tjat’s right—it was Darth Vader, his dad! And he managed to spectacularly fail at taking out this first-time pilot, who just so happened to be his son. And know what else is weird? Darth Vader was the only survivor of the Death Star explosion. And with the death of Grand Moff Tarkin, that made Vader the number 2 person in the Empire! . .

Awesome if you read the whole thing . . .Sexless warlock monks

It's a (somewhat) creative thought-piece, and (somewhat) humorous, but it's nowhere near as funny as David Throne's work (which is not SW-related, but easy enough to find on the Internet).

I like chocolate.

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I like chocolate.

Me too, but there is not a lot of interest in discussions about peach.

[Yankeewave]

http://theweek.com/article/index/258246 ... f-the-jedi