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Howard the Duck...Willow...If only he had agreed not to do those films, his career would be straight and clean (except for Jar Jar). Who lives in Marin County (or just California) that can sneak into Skywalker Ranch and talk some sense into the man?
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No doubt, though, Lucas has troops guarding the ranch, motion detectors, and a helicopter... It would be hard to sneak in without getting shot... Or, at least, detected and forced to watch the "Willow" DVD.
"Attack of the Clones" doesn't really bug as much as some of the other subtitles that were possibly considered:
All Your Clones Are Belong To Us
Whistle While You Clone
The Wrath of the Clones
The Search for Dolly
We Are The Clones
Lucas' Revenge
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"the title blows. it does sound like some crap B-movie."
"It sounds like some shitty b-movie from the 60's."
And what do you think the influence of Star Wars is? 2001: A Space Oddessey, or the old Buck Rogers and Flash Gorden serials?
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I was going to give kudos to Shik. Despite the fact that he obviously posted that message just to convince us that his friend finds him funny, the fact that he knows who played The Brain automatically makes him at least semi-cool.
Or at least he would be, if Rob Paulsen hadn't been the one who played Pinky. Maurice LaMarche played the Brain, Orson Welles on The Critic, Kif in Futurama, and Dick McMan, Ratman, Simion, Washington, and Additional Voices on Dexter's Lab.
But let's return to "Lucus sux! He ignroes continuity and will have phaserz and tranportes". Or something.
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Lucas is cool. He had just watched Howard the Duck the night before, got drunk at a party with Rick McCallum, and ended up sleeping in his TV Control Room watching satellite pics of Bill Gate's mansion. Ok, ok, so he probably didn't. But I can't see why Rick McCallum, John Williams, or any other people there approved of the title. I wonder what they thought when he said, "how about 'Attack of the Clones?'" Probably got some stares.
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Now, "Send in the Clones" would have been much more appropriate.
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quote:But I can't see why Rick McCallum, John Williams, or any other people there approved of the title.
Correct me if I'm wrong here, but isn't John Williams the film's music composer and orchestrator? As such, I highly doubt that he would have any say in the film's subtitle. Unless, of course, there is another "John Williams" out there. :: cue X-Files music ::
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Does anyone really believe there's any quality control left in the Lucas compound? Nobody seemed to be around when the script notes consisted of "Add more 'yippees' to the script and make the Chinese accents more outrageous."
Anyway, let's compare the subtitles.
Star Wars: A New Hope. Well, no one calls it that. Apparently that title wasn't even there on the original credits. So, Star Wars. It's ok. Not exactly awe inspiring. It's an icon now, of course.
The Empire Strikes Back. Notice there wasn't any of this "Star Wars: Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back" nonsense. So, which empire? Oh, yeah, THE Empire. Ok. What are they doing? Striking back? Makes sense, considering the first movie.
Return of the Jedi. Or was it The Return of the Jedi? Anyway, so the Jedi are returning. Well, sort of. Luke is, anyway, and he's almost a Jedi. Return of the Guy Who May Become A Jedi By The End Of The Film is a bit too wordy. Note that there were Ewoks in this film.
Star Wars: The Phantom Menace. Hmm. Ok. So, a menace is out there. It's all phantomy and hidden and stuff. It's Palpatine. This sounded kind of silly at first, but I think it works, in the end.
Star Wars: Attack of the Clones. Ok, so there are some clones. They attack! Oh no! Which clones? I don't know. Just, you know, all of them. The problem isn't just its campiness. It's the totally random nature of the title. The first sequels had some connection to the film in their title. Phantom Menace didn't, really, but was kind of ok because no one was quite sure what the film would be about anyway.
There was a film released in the 70's called Parts: The Clonus Horror. It was about clones too. It had a better title.
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