So I'm sitting here, fixing these two moisture vaporators on Tatooine

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

This has got to be one of the top five most useless and stupid activities I've ever been assigned.

Fix the vaporator.
Learn Bocci.
Run to Tashi Station.
Find those droids.
Cremate some Jawas.
Mourn my relatives.
Save the galaxy.
Repeat every two and a half hours.

This is the kind of activity that breeds scum and villainy.

[Richardo]

1. When do you have time to chase womp rats?

:shrug:

[sarge43]

2. Don't forget to recharge the light saber. n/t

[kay1864]

8. HEY! *NO* sex threads!

Agent Kay
Dept of Star-Wars-Related Euphemisms

[sarge43]

13. Oh why the hell not

The kid's gotta get laid someday or else he could fall in love with his - gasp - sister. :wow:

[kay1864]

14. Yeah, remember "Splinter of the Mind's Eye"?

Icky Luke/Leia scenes (in hindsight). If they'd filmed that instead of Empire Strikes Back, the plotline woulda gone in a whole different direction.

[southpaw]

15. Wow... somebody else read that one?

How 'bout "Han Solo at Stars End"

The first two books of the expanded universe, IIRC

[kay1864]

16. Hmm, dunno. I remember the title, but not sure I read it.

Just read the synopsis in Wikipedia. Doesn't look familiar.

IIRC, Splinter was the first thing out after Star Wars. So alla us geeks were desperate for more SW fiction, so we pounced on it when it arrived in the bookstores.

Rumor at the time was, it was supposed to be the basis for the next movie--until some Fox exec realized "Whoops, we left out Han Solo, our most popular character!" Reality is that Harrison Ford hadn't signed yet, so Alan Dean Foster* came up with a story treatment that omitted Han, in case he didn't sign on.


*The actual writer of the Star Wars novelization that came out just before the first movie, despite having Lucas' name as the author.

[southpaw]

17. I'm glad they didn't go with 'Splinter' as the next SW movie

Most likely, the series would have ended there.

As I recall, it was a dreary and depressing novel full of muck and slime.

[kay1864]

18. Yeah, Wiki talks about that

Lucas was worried that they would have a low budget, so Foster set it on a fog-covered planet. But once Harrison Ford was signed, the whole concept was scrapped. Plus the first movie was now a huge success, so they had a huge budget for the sequel.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Splinter_of_the_Mind's_Eye

[Deja Q]

3. No, Mr and Mrs Hitler bred scum and villainy...

Parents of sci-fi addicts are blameless if their offspring prefers to watch oogie boogies instead of doing oingie boingies...

[Ravenseye]

4. Quit complaining you whiner

You can have fun with your friends when your chores are done.

[southpaw]

5. You'd better have those units in the south range repaired by mid-day...

or you-know-what!

-Uncle Owen

[Deja Q]

6. Uncle Owen really did have bizarre forms of punishment, didn't he?

:hide:

[Radical Activist]

7. You know what really grinds my gears?

When I can't find the droids I'm looking for.

[Rambis]

9. that reminds me I have something for you

:beer:
Better than any light saber:)

[southpaw]

11. Yeah, me too. What's up with that?

[Zomby Woof]

10. You can go to the academy next season

After the harvest.

[Aristus]

12. That's what you said last year when Biggs and Tank left.

:grr: