Comments | obiwandagkenobi: HAHAHA. filipinos are part of lightsaber history

obiwandagkenobi

HAHAHA. filipinos are part of lightsaber history

Jul 11, 2005 05:56

holy crap. I read this in a nerdy starwars article. it's about count dooku and how they got the idea for his lightsaber design.

"The shape of Dooku's lightsaber, with its arabesque curved handle, came out of earlier exploration of Sith villains. Art Department Assistant Roel Robles brought in a number of Filipino swords, knives and spears to ( Read more... )

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bruingrl July 11 2005, 13:17:22 UTC

hahaha... they also used escrima moves in some of the fight scenes. apparently, the consulted some filipino martial arts guru for inspiration.

obiwandagkenobi July 13 2005, 05:12:42 UTC

cooool... WHY DIDN'T THEY ASK ME TO BE A JEDI!!!????

sweetycheekios July 14 2005, 01:49:49 UTC

cuz they want you to be a WW2 IGOROT warrior. HAHAHAHAH. for the history channel.

obiwandagkenobi July 14 2005, 14:37:47 UTC

OH YEAH, I FORGOT ABOUT THAT. FOR JUDGE KATTS FOOL! WOO OHOOO... except i'm going to comicon. hahahaha.

actually, this is a bolo. mannymoore July 11 2005, 13:53:51 UTC

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Re: actually, this is a bolo. obiwandagkenobi July 13 2005, 05:13:04 UTC

you're right.. THAT'S THE O.G. BOLO! "CHONG LI CHONG LI CHONG LI!!!!"

rijah July 11 2005, 15:50:23 UTC

curved handle of the barong

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odbawl July 12 2005, 00:21:27 UTC

Oooh. I want that replica.

obiwandagkenobi July 13 2005, 05:13:27 UTC

ah, i stand corrected. that's AWESOME. WOW, THAT LOOKS NICE. do they have that for yoda's?

rijah July 13 2005, 07:03:39 UTC

Indeed, they do

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salacker July 11 2005, 20:00:31 UTC

filipino sith lords. cool.

"dooku" sound like a filipino word.

hm lightofelendil July 13 2005, 05:24:22 UTC

they should have made chest plates of brass. they always use filipino martial arts in movies, like bourne identity. that was all kali.

you used to be martial arts geek, you should know this stuff.

didn't it just hurt when anakin killed the younglings? ugh, the humanity.

hehe lightofelendil July 13 2005, 05:25:48 UTC

by the way, my dad uses a bolo to cut down the lemons in our lemon tree. and a barong is a dress shirt. idiots. ben's mom's maiden name is DUCO. oooh, she's a sith lady!

Re: hehe obiwandagkenobi July 14 2005, 14:40:24 UTC

THAT MAKES BEN'S MOM FUKIN COOOL

dude... and my new girlfriend's mom's maiden name is KENOBI!!!

wait

i don't have a new girlfriend.

Re: hehe obiwandagkenobi July 14 2005, 17:45:24 UTC

OH ONE MORE THING. i'm going to SD this friday for the comicon. are any of you nerds gonna be there. lates.

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