[Closed] As if a million souls cried out in torment and were silenced at once...

alderan

I believe it was Tarkin that gave the order to fire though

endor?

ah but what was the name of the planet leia named as home to the rebels just before tarkin destroyed alderaan?

Why were there S#ith Lords in the prequals but not in the original 3? Did the force exterminate them?

Tatooeen?

alderan

I think you'll find it was Alderaan. And yes, it was Tarkin and Palpatine that gave the instruction.

Sounds like he says Dantoeen or something as i remember. probs tatooine though

Forums users are geeks?

Discuss.

Alderaan was blown up but that was after Leia told them it was Tatooeen(sp)

Star Wars geekness is different.

ah but what was the name of the planet leia named as home to the rebels just before tarkin destroyed alderaan?

I thought Alderaan was her home, seeing as she was the Princess (and Senator) of Alderaan?

Dantooine, not Tattoine

Star Wars geekness is different.

Yeahp, actually it's [s]Awesome[/s] not.

Dantooine, not Tattoine

oh yes.

Star Wars geekness is different.

Just like Star Trek geekness?

I love Star Wars (and hate Star Trek) but it's still geeky "correcting" people about something that's all made up.

T'was indeed Alderaan.

Pretty savage that though eh? I mean an entire planet gone. Just in the blink of an eye. On the whim of someone wielding great power...

Dantooine is indeed the planet named by Leia as the location of the secret Rebel Base.

Wookieepedia has all / most / some of what you need to know [url= http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Alderaan ]here[/url]

I'm ashamed and proud at the same time to have known the answer to this.

However I learnt today that money-wringer Lucas is doing 3D versions.{dunno if this is new news?} Nothing like a genius wringing his one inspired idea for everything he can. HE'S GOT MORE MONEY THAN A HORSE COULD SHAT IN A LIFETIME! No neeeeed!

And I had sworn to a pal I'd NEVER go and watch a 3D film ever...might renege on that one...

Is this the dummy being spat out because the epic forum knobbers thread has dissapeared ?

Why were there S#ith Lords in the prequals but not in the original 3?

Emperor Palpatine is a Sith Lord - he's Darth Sidious/Senator Palpatine in the first 3 films. Darth Vader is his apprentice, having been turned as Anakin Skywalker at the conclusion of the 3rd prequel.

I dont think Lucas is money grabbing, i think he's always had to wait for the tech to catch up with his vision. Hence 3ding it now.

However I learnt today that money-wringer Lucas is doing 3D versions

I just heard this too ... sounds like Part I is coming out in 2012. Methinks I'll skip the first three.

Pretty savage that though eh? I mean an entire planet gone. Just in the blink of an eye. On the whim of someone wielding great power...

How come you suddenly felt compelled to open this to the STW masses? Have you experienced some kind of mass compassion this afternoon?

Pretty savage that though eh? I mean an entire planet gone. Just in the blink of an eye. On the whim of someone wielding great power...

No real loss - those Alderaanians had shocking grammar and could barely string a sentence together without using some sort of slang.

I wondered what happened, I guess the STW mods flicked the switch on the death star?

With quizzes like this, even the winners are losers!

How come you suddenly felt compelled to open this to the STW masses? Have you experienced some kind of mass compassion this afternoon?

I was just imagining what it might be like, to have the power to make something disappear completely...

...as though it had never existed.

Imagine though, all us lot on here, arguing away, then suddenly Bosh! All gone.

I mean, if some malevolent alien beings had a similar weapon trained on this planet, we could all cease to exist, in a puff of smoke.

Hope they wait until me washing's finished mind. That would be most inconvenient if they used it this very second.

With quizzes like this, even the winners are losers! Genius!

I wondered what happened, I guess the STW mods flicked the switch on the death star?

...and are about to be inundated by email with pictures of Obi Wan.... 😆

I too felt a disturbance in the force earlier.

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Sorry, IGMC

And sadly it seems as though Mankind is intent on developing such power.

What if this thing went wrong all of a sudden, for example?

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Princess Leia or Princess Aura?

Hmmmmm!

And what percentage of love or lust would you give them?

Slight thread drift...............

Hope they wait until me washing's finished mind. That would be most inconvenient if they used it this very second.

Wouldn't it make more sense to be taken out before doing your washing? I mean, it's not like you'll be going anywhere fancy once you're dead ... unless you're one of those off-worlder types who has a secret bunker on a neighbouring moon (and the means to get the pretty damn fast)?

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Or possibly...
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Hadn't thought of that actually Spacemonkey. Good point I spose....

Princess Leia or Princess Aura?

Ooh now that's a tough one...

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Princess Aura, no contest. Although her kinky friend General Kala might be more fun.

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Hmm, a 3D version of Star Wars. Just imagine all your favourite characters leaping out of the screen:
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No GrahamS, no.

Just, no.

Go on then.....

What do these abreviations stand for?

'AT AT'

'TIE' Fighter

'AT ST'

all terrain armoured transport ot tank forget which
tie is easy will let it go
ewoks shudders all terrain search /scout something
Please dont make me confess to being DM for a role playing Star wars game when I was a student 😳

Ask CHB.

If you check out his ti 456 for sale at the moment and see whats in the background.

I think he would know.

(I have never met him or indeed know him)

all terrain armoured transport ot tank forget which
tie is easy will let it go
ewoks shudders all terrain search /scout something
Please dont make me confess to being DM for a role playing Star wars game when I was a student

Yeah, transport for the first one.
TIE - do you think it's an easy one? I would've said that is the hardest, but i'll leave it to go for a bit longer.
And the last, hardly any different from the first - all terrain scout transport - what was another nickname for it?

scout walker?
chicken walker?

Both will do 8)

Scout Walker was what the toy was called.

tie is far too easy

and its all terrain armoured transport and scout transport, without resorting to wookipedia

TIE = twin ion engines?

ditch_jockey - Member

TIE = twin ion engines?

Good guess!! (if it was)

I always had a thing for Princess Ardala
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ditch_jockey - Member

TIE = twin ion engines?

Good guess!! (if it was)

It [b][u]IS[/u][/b] correct! 🙂

I like this....
[url= http://www.metacafe.com/watch/sy-23636014/weird_al_yankovic_the_saga_begins_official_music_video/ ]The saga begins... [/url]

sadly no guesswork involved - I am a bit of a fan, but I shared a flat at college with a mate who was a bit of an uber-geek for all things science fiction, so my head is full of information that I'm unlikely to ever need, unless someone on a biking forum wants to know what the TIE in TIE fighter stands for 🙄

I shared acommodation with people into Star Trek. I have no interest in the show at all but I know a lot about it! Unfortunate this is, mmm, much like ditch jockey.

Anyway, if you destroyed a planet that interplanetary connections then it would not be as if it had never existed, would it? I mean at least one of its citizens (planetans?) went on to have a key role in the saving of said galaxy did she not?

I mean at least one of its citizens (planetans?) went on to have a key role in the saving of said galaxy did she not?

So who was the Princess of STW's Alderaan... who was behaving like a bit of a fariy? 😯

It is their forum they can do as they wish most of the people who complain and use up the most bandwidth dont appear to subscribe to the mag. So it is odd watching people who get something for free [ [well actually subsidiesd by those of us who buy the mag] complain when it does not meet their expectations. Cant think why STW towers get annoyed with many forumites and go on twitter rants about the place.
I knew TIE as they used to try and shoot the engines out to steal one

So it is odd watching people who get something for free [ [well actually subsidiesd by those of us who buy the mag] complain when it does not meet their expectations

OT.... innocent question is the forum funded through mag sales or does advertising cover most/all the costs?

Re the disappeared thread - I didn't post on it last night thinking I'd get back to it today. What was the conclusion? Am I a knob or did I get exonerated?

We [s]pity[/s] love you molgrips [s]because[/s] even if you're an idiot! 😀

Oh well that's a good outcome then 🙂

innocent question is the forum funded through mag sales or does advertising cover most/all the costs?