I saw Star Wars in the theater in 1977. The older sister of my best friend took the two of us, as we were too young to see it alone. For years the only thing I remembered about the movie was the guy getting his arm sliced off in the bar scene. I didn't see the other two movies in the original trilogy in the theater until the reissue a few years back.(I did see them on tape)
That's beautiful. Or taken literally, incredibly gross.
Buffy ,'Potential'
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Sheryl - May 17, 2005 10:51:56 am PDT #2893 of 10002
Fandom means never having to say "But where would I wear that?"
tommyrot - May 17, 2005 10:53:09 am PDT #2894 of 10002
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
I was dissapointed by the arm getting chopped off. In the novel the guy gets split in half, from head to toe.
JohnSweden - May 17, 2005 10:54:43 am PDT #2895 of 10002
I can't even.
Did anybody else read "Splinter of the Mind's Eye?"
Alan Dean Foster. I probably still have the copy around somewhere. I enjoyed that book quite a lot. Lucasfilm hadn't yet become so adept at feeding the fan hunger, so I was so pleased to find it at the time.
Dana - May 17, 2005 10:55:36 am PDT #2896 of 10002
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Alan Dean Foster? Seriously? That man has made a living off adaptations.
beekaytee - May 17, 2005 10:58:59 am PDT #2897 of 10002
Compassionately intolerant
I saw Star Wars as a reward for teaching a summer school ESL class for one of my advisors in high school. 3 months of work seemed like an ample trade off.
At the risk of ubercheese, it literally changed my life.
Jessica - May 17, 2005 10:59:55 am PDT #2898 of 10002
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
JohnSweden - May 17, 2005 11:00:52 am PDT #2899 of 10002
I can't even.
Tom Scola - May 17, 2005 11:01:38 am PDT #2900 of 10002
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
Alan Dean Foster was the ghostwriter of the original Star Wars novelization.
tommyrot - May 17, 2005 11:03:43 am PDT #2901 of 10002
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Oh, he also did the books of the Star Trek animated series. I knew I had read something by him besides the Star Wars novel....
Frankenbuddha - May 17, 2005 11:06:10 am PDT #2902 of 10002
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
And the ALIEN novelization. It was definitely a gig for him.