MegaSack DRAW - This year's winner is user - rgwb
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8/12 (4 correct guesses)
Only 8.
11/12
9/12
12/12
Nerdgasm.
10/12
11/12
Hangs head in shame.
Dang! Got the Wookie home planet wrong.
12/12 Skidoosh!
10/12
Seriously, who knows the colour of Mace Windu's lightsabre?!?!?
11/12, got the Jabba one wrong.
Me, it was at the actors special request.
Seriously, who knows the colour of Mace Windu's lightsabre?!?!?
The same people who know that the handle has the letters BMF on it?
To be fair, his is the only one that is that colour. It's unique
8
12/12 oh the shame 😆
I've somehow scored 10/12.
I'm not even that much of a fan, I'm quite pleased with that.
12 😳
9/12
11, couldn't remember who was Bantha Fodder...
The same people who know that the handle has the letters BMF on it?
I did not know this, TPM is definitely now a better movie for it 😉
12/12.
[i]Up yis.[/i]
10, didn’t pay attention in ep 1-3... and thought that cos ewoks are just cheap Wookiees, they’d be from the same place...
11/12 didn't know which planet the Wookies came from.
I thought it was a bit easy could've made it harder. I like Star Wars but wouldn't consider my self as a Star Wars nerd or super fan.
7/12
12/12
I'm not proud. I wasn't 100% on who was Bantha fodder, slight lucky guess.
9/12
Also 9/10 in the Blade Runner one.
11/12 - I didn't think I was that geeky
The same people who know that the handle has the letters BMF on it?
Why? *innocent face*
'Coz he a Bad Master Force-user 😉
Pulp Fiction reference innit. Remember the wallet?
12, without pause or hesitation.
Yes I'm proud ha ha.
Paul
10 for me. Couldn't remember the first line of ANH embarrassingly, and fluffed the Bantha fodder question.
Cougar - Moderator10 for me
Cone of shame for you.
Deduct 10 Cougar points
verses - Member
11, couldn't remember who was Bantha Fodder...
Same for me. I remember the line. "Poodoo" 🙂
9
5/12, thank god I don't have to associate with you dweebs!
10...better than I thought I'd get.
Got the questions wrong about the first line in A New Hope & what Yoda tells Anankin is the path to the dark side.
12/12
They weren’t anywhere close to being proper nerd questions though
9/12. Some wookie errors.
Some wookie errors.
😆 Well pwayed.
10/12
What are parsecs anyway?
11/12...quite surprised
What are parsecs anyway?
It's a unit of distance. So either the Kessell Run involves some sort of metric where the shortest distance to completion is desirable, or Han's talking shit.
Careful kid, or you'll find yourself floating home.
12/12
Somewhat of a closet Star Wars nerd.
12, obvs...
Cougar - Moderator
What are parsecs anyway?
It's a unit of distance. So either the Kessell Run involves some sort of metric where the shortest distance to completion is desirable, or Han's talking shit.
As best as I can piece together, the original idea behind the line was that Han was talking fancy-sounding nonsense that he thought would impress what he believed to be a couple of yokels.
However as is often the way of these things the Kessel Run has been expanded on by the Star Wars expanded universe and apparently involves something like travelling between moving locations in a navigationally hazardous area of space, so doing it in a short distance is the same as doing it quickly. Or something.
So both of Cougar's suppositions are correct. 🙂
9/12, which is not bad considering I have only seen the first three films.
6/12. not bad considering I have only seen 1 of the films.
funny how much you just pick up by osmosis.
shermer75 - MemberSeriously, who knows the colour of Mace Windu's lightsabre?!?!?
I knew the character was played by Samuel L Jackson so simply employed racial stereotyping to get the answer. 🙂
9/12, mostly guesswork.
funny how much you just pick up by osmosis.
Agreed, not sure whether that is a good thing!
ChrisL - Member
Cougar - Moderator
What are parsecs anyway?It's a unit of distance. So either the Kessell Run involves some sort of metric where the shortest distance to completion is desirable, or Han's talking shit.
As best as I can piece together, the original idea behind the line was that Han was talking fancy-sounding nonsense that he thought would impress what he believed to be a couple of yokels.However as is often the way of these things the Kessel Run has been expanded on by the Star Wars expanded universe and apparently involves something like travelling between moving locations in a navigationally hazardous area of space, so doing it in a short distance is the same as doing it quickly. Or something.
So both of Cougar's suppositions are correct.
It was nothing more than a mistake, the original films have a couple of odd little plot holes and such - and the die-hard fans have a habit of filling in the blanks later.
George Lucas or whoever wrote that part of the screenplay that day used "Parsec" because it sounded good, 'part second' I assume he thought it meant - 20 years later when the kids who watched it the first time wanted to know what it was found out it was a unit of distance and came up with the varying theories because it's easier than just assuming it was a mistake.
One of the great things about the original 3 films was they gave enough 'ammo' for viewers to get a sense this huge galaxy of solar systems and planets all full of weird and wonderful stuff, the 'expanded universe' if you can do that, then the Kessell Run can be whatever you need it to be to fill the hole.
They did the same thing for the time line too. If you believe the hype Lucas had this huge 9 film epic all in his head in 75/76 and he chose to make the middle 3 because he thought it would be the easiest to sell - (interestingly it was 6 originally, they only bumped it to 9 about 10 years ago) - but Star Wars was just 'Star Wars' when it came out in 77, and Empire was just Empire when it came out in 80 - 'IV A New Hope' and 'V' until they made the home releases in 82 - it was a genius way to make the story seem far bigger than what you saw on screen. If you only watch the films you don't learn that much, all the mythology came later.
Seriously, who knows the colour of Mace Windu's lightsabre?!?!?
If it was any of the other Goodies I'd struggle, some are green, some are blue (Baddies are always Red) without any real reason why - but Mace's is Purple because SLJ asked for it to be Purple.
If it was any of the other Goodies I'd struggle, some are green, some are blue
Tim Brooke-Taylor's is blue obviously. Bill Oddie's was green.
They did the same thing for the time line too. If you believe the hype Lucas had this huge 9 film epic all in his head in 75/76 and he chose to make the middle 3 because he thought it would be the easiest to sell - (interestingly it was 6 originally, they only bumped it to 9 about 10 years ago)
See, I've "always known" that there was supposed to be nine films, and the intention was to do the middle three, then the first three, then the last ones. Gods only know where (or when) this knowledge came from, presumably some magazine or TV documentary or something?
Seriously, who knows the colour of Mace Windu's lightsabre?!?!?
I knew it but only because I have seen the same question elsewhere (and remembered as it's my wife's favourite colour).
10/12
P-Jay
(interestingly it was 6 originally, they only bumped it to 9 about 10 years ago)
This is definitely wrong. As a kid I knew about the 9-film sequence idea, and when Dave Prowse talked to my school in 1987 (while I was in P7) he mentioned it too.
(interestingly it was 6 originally, they only bumped it to 9 about 10 years ago)
Even more interesting was how we then knew it was a 9 film franchise in the playground in the early 80's, 20 years before. Makes you think!
edit: must be the same effect that stopped me from seeing the above post before I posted.
10/12 I think 2 weren't guesses.
I liked the new one, that's how you can tell I'm not a massive fan of star wars.
when Dave Prowse talked to my school in 1987 (while I was in P7) he mentioned it too.
Did he tell you to look right, look left and look right again?
Did he tell you to look right, look left and look right again?
No, they had to stop what they were doing, look at Dave and listen to what he had to say.
11/12, Bantha one as well. Curses!
Cougar - Moderator
when Dave Prowse talked to my school in 1987 (while I was in P7) he mentioned it too.
Did he tell you to look right, look left and look right again?
He did indeed visit in his role as the Green Cross Code Man, though he had obviously learnt long before that he'd be mauled by a bunch of angry kids if he didn't say something about Star Wars while he was there.
Dave Prowse
I didn't realise until recently, but he (along with other British actors such as R2 and C3) was cast to get around union issues with filming in England but having American actors.
2/12, not that surprising since i still haven't watched the return of the jedi or the empire strikes back.....
12/12
Sometimes I hate myself