Da_bang80
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Well. Whose to say there aren't any Nitrogen /Oxygen based Gas Giants in the universe?
As for the fact that most of the planets seem to be one climate does seem far fetched. I could see why Tatooine with it's 2 suns might be a dustbowl. Or Hoth possibly being quite far from the sun. Maybe chalk it up to laziness on Lucas' part.
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(Don't get me wrong, I think it's silly too. But the fact is, Star Wars has always been more fantasy and not really genuine science fiction.)
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Da_bang80
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Symbolism? I never looked at it that way. Tatooine symbolizing Lukes No-where life before meeting Ben. Hoth symbolizing the dark time for the Rebellion. Very Interesting.
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I think Lucas may have talked about it in those Leonard Maltin interviews that preceeded the last VHS versions of the non-SE trilogy. Not sure though.
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quote:Originally posted by Da_bang80: Symbolism? I never looked at it that way. Tatooine symbolizing Lukes No-where life before meeting Ben. Hoth symbolizing the dark time for the Rebellion. Very Interesting.
The smooth lines of Cloud City representing the smooth taste of Colt 45 (billy dee's favorite drink).
The giant worm in the asteroid symbolizing Han wanting to fuck Leia.
It all makes sense now.
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Back to at least part of the original question. It is not unheard of to believe that it would take 20 years to build the first DeathStar. Sure they have the plans for it, but having plans and having a working system are two very different things. Based off of EU(I know some of you hate this but stay with me) a prototype was built at the Maw Instillation. This does make sense, you don't just go out and build something that big and complex in the first try. Now this wasn't a complete prototype but one that was to test the super laser. Depending on how long this took and how many other problem they ran into it could have taken 20 years. Once you have built something it is immensely easier to build a second as well as faster.
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Except the second version was far larger than the first so really, it would've needed a almost entirely new blueprint design.
EU also has the DS being designed by some absent-minded professor type that was, of course, human. Unlike Episode II. So much for that idea.
Besides, the EU is notorius for dumbass sounding places like "the Maw Instillation" and planet "Despayre"..... Even Cartoon Network's Clone Wars cartoon has "General Grievous". Mel Brooks doesnt need to make Spaceballs II: Lucas is making it all by himself.
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Yeah, like "The Death Star" isn't a dumbass name...
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The names just seem like they were intended for a Thundercats episode.
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Or maybe it's not the Death Star itself that thakes 20 years to assemble, but the tooling and the factories required to make one... plus getting the raw material to construct something that size.
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Or growing enough nearsighted but technically skilled Stormtroopers to man such a station.
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"I think Lucas may have talked about it in those Leonard Maltin interviews that preceeded the last VHS versions of the non-SE trilogy."
The transcript of which goes something like: "I did a drab brown planet to underscore Luke's loneliness and longing for a better life, then I did an icy white planet to underscore the Rebels' hopeless struggle against the forces of darkness, and then I did a happy green planet to underscore that happier times were about to arrive for the good guys and also because that was the only color I hadn't used before. Well no actually there were a lot of colors I hadn't used before but I had to reserve those for the future trilogy. Oh, and I did a swamp and a gas planet just for kicks, and the bad guys were all grey and colorless to underscore their evilness. NOTE MY HEAVILY LAYERED SYMBOLISM!!"
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quote:Too bad he can't preserve the Yoda surprise...
Actually, I think the whole-Yoda thing works really well now, if different to how it originally went. Assuming someone is watching the trilogy in order, they will know Yoda as this wise, arse-kicking little dude, and they'll be shocked when this crazy, mental wierdo turns up. They'll wonder if Yoda's gone mad. Thus, the whole "I can't train him" goes from "OMG, that's Yoda!" to "OMG, he's been fooling us all the time!"
Sort of.
It works.
Anyway, if you want to talk about stupid names, surely the Empire's most famous starship is a good example. Going by labels, they should be more powerful than the Death Star, since they could "destroy" it. Snark.
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