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Jun. 8th, 2005 05:51 pmJust as I thought the BKs here were behind with their toys, I find out from Rebelscum they were actually ahead! I got two of Wave 6, Tarfful and a landspeeder, last Friday. I'll make one last run this Friday to see what they have. Sigh...my last chance for a Vader/Anakin.
A quick funny with Vader on Wheel of Fortune:
http://vaderfortune.ytmnd.com/
The Official Fan Club makes multiple viewings pay off:
http://www.starwars.com/episode-iii/release/theater/news20050608.html
As much as I'd love one of those cool pinball machines (the fact I have no room for it is irrelevant), I always keep my ticket stubs as souvenirs. I've done so since the Special Editions. Ah well, it's not as though I'm going to be the one who has seen ROTS the most times over the next three weekends, not even with my planned three viewings the weekend of June 17-19.
By the way, I got the 2005 fan club's kit...free LEGO poster, some coupons, an iron-on, cards, stuff like that. Unfortunately, no pieces of Anakin's underwear. Perhaps next year ;).
Here's Ghent's blog at starwars.com with interesting thoughts on why Obi blew off Leia as a "hope" in the OT (aside from my theory, which is, because he's sexist ;)).
http://blogs.starwars.com/ghent/21
I love this quote from the end of his piece:
Before I go... one last observation: Notice how Obi-Wan completely ignored Padme's dying words, "Obi-Wan, there is good in him," even when her son repeated those very same words in ROTJ, "There is still good in him."
Obi-Wan (and possibly Yoda) never understood that redeeming an evil man would be more powerful than destroying him.
Just as the Jedi had such a clear idea of what they thought the Chosen One would be, Ben and Yoda seem to have a clear expectation of what the "Hope" would do. All of the prophesies came true, but because the Jedi's preconceived notions limited their minds how the prophesy would look, the galaxy suffered a lot of avoidable pain. That's interesting to me.
And of course, the ubiquitous "pants" jokes:
http://blogs.starwars.com/ghent/22
"Pants! Unlimited pants!"
A quick funny with Vader on Wheel of Fortune:
http://vaderfortune.ytmnd.com/
The Official Fan Club makes multiple viewings pay off:
http://www.starwars.com/episode-iii/release/theater/news20050608.html
As much as I'd love one of those cool pinball machines (the fact I have no room for it is irrelevant), I always keep my ticket stubs as souvenirs. I've done so since the Special Editions. Ah well, it's not as though I'm going to be the one who has seen ROTS the most times over the next three weekends, not even with my planned three viewings the weekend of June 17-19.
By the way, I got the 2005 fan club's kit...free LEGO poster, some coupons, an iron-on, cards, stuff like that. Unfortunately, no pieces of Anakin's underwear. Perhaps next year ;).
Here's Ghent's blog at starwars.com with interesting thoughts on why Obi blew off Leia as a "hope" in the OT (aside from my theory, which is, because he's sexist ;)).
http://blogs.starwars.com/ghent/21
I love this quote from the end of his piece:
Before I go... one last observation: Notice how Obi-Wan completely ignored Padme's dying words, "Obi-Wan, there is good in him," even when her son repeated those very same words in ROTJ, "There is still good in him."
Obi-Wan (and possibly Yoda) never understood that redeeming an evil man would be more powerful than destroying him.
Just as the Jedi had such a clear idea of what they thought the Chosen One would be, Ben and Yoda seem to have a clear expectation of what the "Hope" would do. All of the prophesies came true, but because the Jedi's preconceived notions limited their minds how the prophesy would look, the galaxy suffered a lot of avoidable pain. That's interesting to me.
And of course, the ubiquitous "pants" jokes:
http://blogs.starwars.com/ghent/22
"Pants! Unlimited pants!"
