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yankee8255 Registered: May '05	Date Posted: 10/5/05 7:06am Subject: RE: The misconceptions you had about Star Wars, when you were a kid. - Date Edited: 10/5/05 7:08am (1 edits total) Edited By: yankee8255
	EDIT: duplicate post due to computer crash. -----signature----- A perfect world: a house in the Hamptons with two solaria and a horse named Prickely Pete, Dr. van Nostrand as my primary care physician, the O-OT legally available on DVD in a quality worthy of its greatness and Luke the undisputed hero of Star Wars
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yankee8255 Registered: May '05	Date Posted: 10/5/05 9:24am Subject: RE: The misconceptions you had about Star Wars, when you were a kid.
	Another one: when Leia says the rebel base is on Tatooine, I understood "Dantueen". Never madesense to me why they were looking for the base on luke's home planet and completely ignoring this other place. I'm blaming poor elocution by Carrie Fischer for this one, though. -----signature----- A perfect world: a house in the Hamptons with two solaria and a horse named Prickely Pete, Dr. van Nostrand as my primary care physician, the O-OT legally available on DVD in a quality worthy of its greatness and Luke the undisputed hero of Star Wars
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fettmaster39 Registered: Jun '05	Date Posted: 10/5/05 12:15pm Subject: RE: The misconceptions you had about Star Wars, when you were a kid.
	I always had a misconception that The Rebels were the main power or government in the galaxy, and the Empire was trying to overthrow the rebels. -----signature----- Sir Alec Guinness of why he did Star Wars: "I thought the dialogue was pretty terrible and the charactors fairly meaningless-but there was story value. I found I wanted to know what happened next, what was on the next page? In the end I thought: why not?"
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IbbleBibble Registered: Sep '05	Date Posted: 10/5/05 1:55pm Subject: RE: The misconceptions you had about Star Wars, when you were a kid.
	Tan-Wessel posted: I thought Jabba and the big pile of leaves/garbage that talked to the Fraggles were one in the same. HA! That's way too funny. I think in the back of my mind somewhere, as a child, I must have made that same connection, cuz it just resonates with me somehow. That character's name is the Trash Heap, by the way. Back on topic, the first time I saw the Phantom Menace I actually didn't realize Palpatine and Sidious were the same character, even though I knew that Palpatine would eventually become the Evil Sith Emperor. I thought we'd see how he becomes Sidious's apprentice in Ep. II ~ !! -----signature----- You must do what you feel is right, of course.
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youngvader Registered: Jun '99	Date Posted: 10/6/05 7:50am Subject: RE: The misconceptions you had about Star Wars, when you were a kid.
	Regarding Palpy and Sidious, I had the same idea as you. Not because I did not realize that they were the same character but because of a book I read when I was a kid. When I was in 6th grade (I was 10 or 11), the grandmother of one friend went to Hollywood on holiday. She brought him back a book that was called STAR WARS: THE STORY BEFORE THE MOVIES. There were drawing and pictures and it not a 300 pages novel, but it gave some explanation to the OT. For example, this is what I remember from the book: - Palpy and Yoda were friends on Coruscant. Yoda was a Jedi as was Palpy. One day, Palpy' life was in danger and he was saved by a Sith Lord who asked that he became his apprentice as a paiement for saving his life. He then teached him to become a Sith. - Obi-Wan was Yoda's apprentice and when Palpy revealed himself as a Sith, Yoda fled to Dagobah. - Obi-Wan had then taken an apprentice of his own, Anakin Skywalker, who thought he could deafeat the Emperor. He went to confront the Emperor and the Emperor fried him with force lighting and then turned him into a machine, saving his life and demanding the same payment his previous master had asked, that he became his apprentice and took the name of Darth Vader. - Han Solo and Lando were good friends and Solo wins the Falcon playing Sabaac with Lando on Cloud City. That's all I remember. The story changed, of course, but some of these elements are still there in the Prequels. And the book said it had been authorized or co-written by George Lucas. Maybe it was a scam, maybe it was just a way to make money, not thinking he would make the prequels one day and he modified the story along the way. But until EP III, I believe that Sidious would turn out to be Palpy's master based on the childhood memories I had of that book my friend had lent me. I only read it once during a week-end, but it stuck with me. I'm guessing no one has ever heard of it and I will once more look like the crazy old JC guy. -----signature----- His name is A-N-A-K-I-N! Spell it properly, damn it! All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given to us Dreams die hard and you hold them in your hands long after they have turned to dust Life hates me and the feeling is mutual
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IbbleBibble Registered: Sep '05	Date Posted: 10/6/05 12:03pm Subject: RE: The misconceptions you had about Star Wars, when you were a kid.
	youngvader posted: Regarding Palpy and Sidious, I had the same idea as you. Not because I did not realize that they were the same character but because of a book I read when I was a kid. When I was in 6th grade (I was 10 or 11), the grandmother of one friend went to Hollywood on holiday. She brought him back a book that was called STAR WARS: THE STORY BEFORE THE MOVIES. There were drawing and pictures and it not a 300 pages novel, but it gave some explanation to the OT. For example, this is what I remember from the book: - Palpy and Yoda were friends on Coruscant. Yoda was a Jedi as was Palpy. One day, Palpy' life was in danger and he was saved by a Sith Lord who asked that he became his apprentice as a paiement for saving his life. He then teached him to become a Sith. - Obi-Wan was Yoda's apprentice and when Palpy revealed himself as a Sith, Yoda fled to Dagobah. - Obi-Wan had then taken an apprentice of his own, Anakin Skywalker, who thought he could deafeat the Emperor. He went to confront the Emperor and the Emperor fried him with force lighting and then turned him into a machine, saving his life and demanding the same payment his previous master had asked, that he became his apprentice and took the name of Darth Vader. - Han Solo and Lando were good friends and Solo wins the Falcon playing Sabaac with Lando on Cloud City. That's all I remember. The story changed, of course, but some of these elements are still there in the Prequels. And the book said it had been authorized or co-written by George Lucas. Maybe it was a scam, maybe it was just a way to make money, not thinking he would make the prequels one day and he modified the story along the way. But until EP III, I believe that Sidious would turn out to be Palpy's master based on the childhood memories I had of that book my friend had lent me. I only read it once during a week-end, but it stuck with me. I'm guessing no one has ever heard of it and I will once more look like the crazy old JC guy. That's great stuff! Man, I've always told anyone who claimed knowledge of any such pre-OT books that they were delusional laser-brains. But your story sounds so true - I believe you dude! -----signature----- You must do what you feel is right, of course.
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kateydidnt Registered: Nov '04	Date Posted: 10/6/05 3:09pm Subject: RE: The misconceptions you had about Star Wars, when you were a kid. - Date Edited: 10/6/05 3:18pm (2 edits total) Edited By: kateydidnt
	yankee8255 posted: Another one: when Leia says the rebel base is on Tatooine, I understood "Dantueen". Never madesense to me why they were looking for the base on luke's home planet and completely ignoring this other place. I'm blaming poor elocution by Carrie Fischer for this one, though. ...er...Leia does say Dantooine. She is talking about another planet-if you watch ANH you will hear a report (after Alderaan has been destroyed) that they have investigated Dantooine and found the remains of a base there but that it had been abandoned for a long time. That is when Tarkn says "She lied!" and Vader replies "I told you she would never willingly betray the rebellion" (or something like that) and then Tarkin orders her immediate execution. The reason they were at Tatooine in the first place was because Leia knew that is where Obi-Wan was and felt it was time for him to return. It is all made much clearer if you listen to the Radio Drama of ANH. They were not looking for the base on Tatooine-they were looking for the droids that had been dropped there. As for myself-a kind-of misconception I had was what the crawl said for episode 4. I never bothered to try and read it until a few years ago because I had heard the radio drama when I was young. The radio drama starts out with "A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away there came a time of revolution when rebels united to challenge a tyrannical empire." I assumed when I was younger that the crawl said the same thing. Color me surprised when I actually read the thing for real! -----signature----- R2D2: The Swiss-Army Knife of Droids The Outer Rim: Minor Character Index http://boards.theforce.net/message.asp?topic=21597215
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kateydidnt Registered: Nov '04	Date Posted: 10/6/05 3:13pm Subject: RE: The misconceptions you had about Star Wars, when you were a kid.
	youngvader posted: But until EP III, I believe that Sidious would turn out to be Palpy's master based on the childhood memories I had of that book my friend had lent me. I only read it once during a week-end, but it stuck with me. I'm guessing no one has ever heard of it and I will once more look like the crazy old JC guy. The oddest thing for me is I don't remember a time when I did not know Sidious and Palpatine were the same person. I don't remember where I found that out but I have always known the name of Darth Sidious and that he was Palpatine. I have no idea when that information first came out but I knew it well before episode 1. -----signature----- R2D2: The Swiss-Army Knife of Droids The Outer Rim: Minor Character Index http://boards.theforce.net/message.asp?topic=21597215
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kateydidnt Registered: Nov '04	Date Posted: 10/6/05 3:36pm Subject: RE: The misconceptions you had about Star Wars, when you were a kid.
	Darth_Conthhheivable posted: And, for some reason, I thought Han shot Greedo before Greedo could fire his gun. Weird. Actually depending on which release of ANH you watch that does happen. I believe in the original release Han did shoot Greedo before Greedo could fire. The 1997 re-release has Greedo getting off a badly aimed shot before Han shoots him. The 2004 DVD release has both shooting at the same time, Han's shot being the only one that hits the mark. -----signature----- R2D2: The Swiss-Army Knife of Droids The Outer Rim: Minor Character Index http://boards.theforce.net/message.asp?topic=21597215
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Darth_Conthhheivable Registered: Mar '05	Date Posted: 10/6/05 11:23pm Subject: RE: The misconceptions you had about Star Wars, when you were a kid.
	Just fell out! ^^ -----signature----- "Shutting up, sir..." - C-3PO Boba knows bounty hunting!
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CaptainBinaca Registered: Jul '05	Date Posted: 10/7/05 12:54am Subject: RE: The misconceptions you had about Star Wars, when you were a kid.
	I thought the AT-AT's were dinosaurs. It was the coolest thing I had ever seen. And of course Yoda was ET's grandfather and the thing they were using to torture Han with in Bespin was the charred remains of the Darth Vader that had been beheaded in the Dagbah cave by Luke. Don't ask me how I came to that conclusion, it just seemed to make sense in 1980 when I was 5 -----signature----- Random Capt Panaka Fact: Captain Panaka brushes his teeth with Dave's Insanity Sauce "People who see life as anything more than pure entertainment are missing the point." --G. Carlin Zeit Gezunt
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Five-oh-First Registered: Oct '05	Date Posted: 10/7/05 5:54pm Subject: RE: The misconceptions you had about Star Wars, when you were a kid.
	During the eighties, watching the Star Wars trilogy on Beta tapes copied from laser disc, I was fed a lie about a minor detail from ANH. My older sister had me convinced you could see Grand Moff Tarkin in the explosion shot of the death star. In the original releases the explosion shot was much like a fire cracker and you could see little specks of light floating off into space. She actually pointed out an individual spot and swore that it was him, or at least fragments of him. I was dismayed (especially since it seemed possible because the Moff is the shot right before the explosion) and had to check with my dad eventually after watching the movie over and over trying to see if I could see him. He confirmed with me what I really already knew, that my sister was a big fat liar. -----signature----- The Imperial 501st: Vader's Fist Unit Aurek-Seven
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han_solo_117 Registered: Oct '05	Date Posted: 10/12/05 4:14pm Subject: RE: The misconceptions you had about Star Wars, when you were a kid.
	i also didn't realize that palpatine and the emperor were the same character. i knew it was played by the same actor, but i didn't realize they were the same character. i also didn't realize that queen amidala and padme were the same character. i thought padme was just a handmaiden chick that looked alot like the queen. -----signature----- han solo: scoundrel and scruffy looking nerf herder!
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BrideofVader Registered: Sep '05	Date Posted: 10/12/05 4:46pm Subject: RE: The misconceptions you had about Star Wars, when you were a kid.
	I remember when I saw ROTJ in theaters (I was about 7, I guess), I thought that the Emperor was a good guy because he kept telling Luke "Good, good!" when Luke was fighting Darth Vader. That is, until the Force lightning. I was so disappointed.
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BrideofVader Registered: Sep '05	Date Posted: 10/12/05 5:15pm Subject: RE: The misconceptions you had about Star Wars, when you were a kid.
	ModLeia posted: Oh, and I thought Yoda said "always EMOTION the future is" until last year. I thought that's what he said too. I also thought he said, "You will KNOW when you become a beast," not "You will know when you are calm, at peace." I thougth Yoda was telling Luke he'll know he's turned to the Dark Side when he became a scary beast like Darth Vader.
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