The Secret History of Star Wars 569
lennier writes "How exactly did George Lucas develop the script for the first Star Wars? Why were the prequels so uneven when the originals were so good? Did he really have a masterplan for six, nine, or even twelve episodes, and why did the official Lucasfilm position keep changing? And just how big an influence were the films of Akira Kurosawa on the whole saga? Michael Kaminski's The Secret History of Star Wars, Third Edition is a free, thoroughly unauthorized, e-book that brings together a huge amount of literary detective work to sort fact from legend and reveal how the story really evolved. Download it or have your nerd credentials revoked."
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I like programming in my spare time, when I'm not programming at work. But I hate Star Wars. I guess I'm just not nerdy enough.
I will have to hand write some PostScript to print my own nerd credentials and post them on my cubical wall.
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124937? It's just sad what passes for impressive these days. Have you all become so jaded?!?
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(... who need their computers fixed.)
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Re:Cult of Lucas. I don't get it. (Score:4, Funny)
The way Obi-Wan looks at Luke when he first sees the holo recording from Leia makes a lot more sense when you find out they're brother and sister.
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Dude, where's my Jar Jar? (Score:3, Funny)
By the time the prequels were made, Lucas could afford good Crack and Weed.
(How else does one explain Jar Jar? "Meesa so high...")
I don't know if its the writing style or what... (Score:5, Funny)
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Well for lunch I had some beef ball soup at TK Noodle over in Cupertino. It was pretty good, cheap and the service was slow. But otherwise satisfying. And yesterday I had to change my password at work. Damn 60-day password rotations and crazy ActiveDirectory crap. I want my 10+ character random letter and number passwords to be something I can pass down to my grandchildren. Oh and some more information, I am considering going to Muir woods, but can't decide if the memorial day weekend traffic would be bad. (I didn't even realize Memorial Day was even coming up soon). I wonder if I should hang out a flag. I'd have to buy one first (made in china).
There, you learn something every day. And just like after seeing Episode I, I want that wasted portion of my life back.
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Listen up, you whipper snapper! What you are witnessing is a very sophisticated and nuanced art of gamesmanship that is only understood by people with uid's less than 10,000.
So go back to sleep and let the real men get on with their business.
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Doesn't everyone?
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What's the world coming to, "when the world is mine, your death will be quick and painless."
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Oh wait, I'm number 5. In your face number 6!
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Yeah, and without any of that politically correct Noble Savage bullshit the more recent westerns are full off. That's what makes SW great.
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You all get dork-creds (Score:1, Funny)
(I know, I do it too
*This is not the post you are willing to moderate*
(slowly waves hand)
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I guess that's why they call you happydan.
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We spend every waking hour running scripts that look for an opportunity to flaunt our 3 or 4 digit IDs because we naturally have no life.
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But the way things are going it would end up with only Window's users being the cool kids. With the OS X users being the leper colony, and all the rest being the modern equivalent of untouchables, though we might get a badly supported plug-in someday.
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Now get off my lawn!!!
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...mostly because they're unlikely to be impressed by an in-depth discussion of the origins of Star Wars, or the reasons why vi is superior to emacs or vice versa.
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Get thee to an electronics store!
Re:Does anybody really care? (Score:2, Funny)
And Han Solo did throw the first "stone" :p
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1. Wait for someone to make post about how a 100k UID is low.
2. Post using your 10k UID.
3. Wait for others to post their UIDs lower than you.
4. Wait for Funny upmods.
5. ????
6. Profit!
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This is my number.
There are many like it, but this one is MINE.
My number is my best friend. It is my life.
I must master it as I must master my life.
My number without me is useless. Without my number, I am useless.
I must fire my number true.
I must shoot straighter than my enemy who is trying to Karma-Whore me.
I must flame him before he flames me. I will...
My number and myself know that what counts in flame wars is not the replies we fire,
the noise of our bursts, nor the smoke we make.
We know it is the hits that count. We will hit...
My number is human, even as I, because it is my life.
Thus, I will learn it as a brother.
I will learn its weaknesses, its strengths, its parts, its accessories,
its sights, and its karma.
I will ever guard it against the ravages of weather and damage.
I will keep my number clean and ready, even as I am clean and ready.
We will become part of each other. We will...
Before God I swear this creed.
My number and myself are the defenders of my geekdom.
We are the masters of our enemy.
We are the saviors of my life.
So be it, until there is no enemy, but .
-- With Respects to : Maj Gen WH Rupertus
Nerd priveleges (Score:4, Funny)
If you don't understand the difference, you really are a nerd.
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Yes! Now to lie in wait for the next opportunity to strut and posture and assert my god like prowess!
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Will you guys keep it quiet?! I have preschool in the morning!
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