Highlights
It was snowing outside a minute ago.
Granted, it wasn't serious snow. It was a few snowflakes, mixed in with rain and soft hail. But it's not there anymore, just rain. With the weather being the way it has been recently, it may get colder as the afternoon wears on and the rain may turn into snow, but I should learn to stop hoping for that. There hasn't been a good snow in Eureka for about fifteen years.
Anyway, onto the real subject of this entry...highlights from last night's Star Wars marathon, featuring episodes III through V. (Yes, I realize this is weird. Originally it was going to be IV through VI but then we decided to throw in III for the hell of it, and then by the time we finished V it was 1 in the morning and Anthony had left his car in Arcata, so we never ended up getting to my favorite. Blast.) The following is just random thoughts and conversations we had while watching the films, contributed by Anthony, Patrick and myself.
Star Wars, Episode III: Revenge of the Sith
- (Regarding Palpatine's transformation) ANTHONY: I don't really understand why his forehead needed to turn into a butt.
PATRICK: It did.
- You have to wonder why anyone listening to Palpatine's "Galactic Empire" speech would actually clap for him. Then you remember that he has a butt for a forehead, and you realize people must just feel sorry for him.
- Mustafar needs more lava.
- (Regarding the Yoda/Palpatine battle) You just know some senator came back to pick up the purse she left behind and freaked out.
- While George Lucas fixed a grievous (haha, Grievous) error by making Yoda look less weird and more like a computer-animated version of the old Yoda, we all still agree that Yoda should be a puppet. It would have made the Yoda/Palpatine fight that much cooler.
- Palpatine probably rubs Yoda's claw marks during every Senate meeting.
- PARENTHOOD RULE #1 - Never force choke your pregnant wife.
- Some Jedi robe production company on Coruscant has to make a fortune off of the number of robes the Jedi have to buy after tossing theirs aside in battle and leaving them wherever.
- We originally wondered which of Anakin's many light sabers Luke eventually inherited until we realized that Obi-Wan picked up his blue one after the fight on Mustafar. But then...why did Obi-Wan say that Anakin wanted Luke to have it? He obviously didn't. Hell, he didn't even know at that point that his son existed.
- Watch this movie dubbed in Spanish. Seriously...or at least the agonizing Vader/Palpatine "Nooooo!" scene.
- Bail Organa is the type of guy who drives around in a red convertible Corvette hovercraft because he can. Also, said vehicle is George Lucas' nod to American Graffiti.
Star Wars, Episode IV: A New Hope
- The sand people are ridiculous. Their whole day revolves around, "Look! Something! Let's shoot it!"
- The statement, "I haven't gone by the name of Obi-Wan since, oh, before you were born" is untrue. In addition, how do you get "Ben" from "Obi-Wan?" Maybe in her delusion and rush to name her children, Padme actually went, "Luke...Leia...Ben..." and it stuck.
Star Wars, Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back
- Elephants are actually turtles without shells and with really long legs.
- It's never a good day when Vader tells you you're in charge. You just know you're gonna get force choked for something or other.
- How much would it suck to be back-to-back with a guy in a ship, then have him get shot and have to fly around with a dead guy behind you?
- Why Luke thinks Vader being his father is impossible is beyond me. He should have said something like, "No! That's unpleasant!" or "No! I am filled with chagrin!"
OTHER THINGS TO SEE IF YOU HAVEN'T (Readily Available on YouTube)
- The Robot Chicken parodies of Star Wars, i.e. the "I Am Your Father" extended scene and Palpatine in his office.
- SNL Star Wars Auditions
Granted, it wasn't serious snow. It was a few snowflakes, mixed in with rain and soft hail. But it's not there anymore, just rain. With the weather being the way it has been recently, it may get colder as the afternoon wears on and the rain may turn into snow, but I should learn to stop hoping for that. There hasn't been a good snow in Eureka for about fifteen years.
Anyway, onto the real subject of this entry...highlights from last night's Star Wars marathon, featuring episodes III through V. (Yes, I realize this is weird. Originally it was going to be IV through VI but then we decided to throw in III for the hell of it, and then by the time we finished V it was 1 in the morning and Anthony had left his car in Arcata, so we never ended up getting to my favorite. Blast.) The following is just random thoughts and conversations we had while watching the films, contributed by Anthony, Patrick and myself.
Star Wars, Episode III: Revenge of the Sith
- (Regarding Palpatine's transformation) ANTHONY: I don't really understand why his forehead needed to turn into a butt.
PATRICK: It did.
- You have to wonder why anyone listening to Palpatine's "Galactic Empire" speech would actually clap for him. Then you remember that he has a butt for a forehead, and you realize people must just feel sorry for him.
- Mustafar needs more lava.
- (Regarding the Yoda/Palpatine battle) You just know some senator came back to pick up the purse she left behind and freaked out.
- While George Lucas fixed a grievous (haha, Grievous) error by making Yoda look less weird and more like a computer-animated version of the old Yoda, we all still agree that Yoda should be a puppet. It would have made the Yoda/Palpatine fight that much cooler.
- Palpatine probably rubs Yoda's claw marks during every Senate meeting.
- PARENTHOOD RULE #1 - Never force choke your pregnant wife.
- Some Jedi robe production company on Coruscant has to make a fortune off of the number of robes the Jedi have to buy after tossing theirs aside in battle and leaving them wherever.
- We originally wondered which of Anakin's many light sabers Luke eventually inherited until we realized that Obi-Wan picked up his blue one after the fight on Mustafar. But then...why did Obi-Wan say that Anakin wanted Luke to have it? He obviously didn't. Hell, he didn't even know at that point that his son existed.
- Watch this movie dubbed in Spanish. Seriously...or at least the agonizing Vader/Palpatine "Nooooo!" scene.
- Bail Organa is the type of guy who drives around in a red convertible Corvette hovercraft because he can. Also, said vehicle is George Lucas' nod to American Graffiti.
Star Wars, Episode IV: A New Hope
- The sand people are ridiculous. Their whole day revolves around, "Look! Something! Let's shoot it!"
- The statement, "I haven't gone by the name of Obi-Wan since, oh, before you were born" is untrue. In addition, how do you get "Ben" from "Obi-Wan?" Maybe in her delusion and rush to name her children, Padme actually went, "Luke...Leia...Ben..." and it stuck.
Star Wars, Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back
- Elephants are actually turtles without shells and with really long legs.
- It's never a good day when Vader tells you you're in charge. You just know you're gonna get force choked for something or other.
- How much would it suck to be back-to-back with a guy in a ship, then have him get shot and have to fly around with a dead guy behind you?
- Why Luke thinks Vader being his father is impossible is beyond me. He should have said something like, "No! That's unpleasant!" or "No! I am filled with chagrin!"
OTHER THINGS TO SEE IF YOU HAVEN'T (Readily Available on YouTube)
- The Robot Chicken parodies of Star Wars, i.e. the "I Am Your Father" extended scene and Palpatine in his office.
- SNL Star Wars Auditions