University offers one-day Jedi course Queen's University Belfast will in November open its doors to 30-40 wannabe Jedi knights with a one-day course entitled "Feel the Force: How to Train in the Jedi Way." The blurb explains that the training on offer "teaches the real-life psychological techniques behind Jedi mind tricks*, and examines the wider issues behind the …
.. have long been a trekkie and all round sci-fi fan, but managed not to see the original trilogy until I was about 16, whereby I was thoroughly disappointed. Luke being a girly, boring hero. The newer films were interesting but not great. More lightsabre fights = win.
Rather watch Babylon 5 (minus Crusade which managed to look worse than it's parent series and also shun most of the races and lore for lacklustre weekly monster tripe)
Jedis are the best and most salvagable element of Star Wars, some of the games are great..
What was I doing again?
Haven't they noticed that the hardcore Star Wars fans are in their mid thirties and rising? Try showing the original films to the younger generation and they'll laugh their socks off, before flicking back over to Finding Nemo. And as many original Star Wars fans will eloquently put, the newer trilogy will have not have the lasting impact on people's lives as the originals did. Box office and merchandising figures are a short term deal.
Until they make one which I can cut through anything with, and not some shitty plastic replica that has a crappy light inside to make it "glow just like the real thing!", I'm not even remotely interested...
Tossers spend billions on making flying fortresses, when they could do something much more useful - creating a more elegant weapon for as more civilized age...
Of course I'd bring my own lightsaber. It would be a necessary part of the Jedi outfit I would of course show up in - I've worn a Jedi Knight costume to University classes on days that weren't Halloween or anything special (I had REALLY run out of clothes that were clean enough to be worn in public) and people's reactions were hilarious enough to repeat the stunt on a yearly basis. Therefore, I'd jump at the chance to have a legitimate excuse to wear it.
In any case, I'd totally go. I was young enough to be in the target audience for the new movies, but I still love the originals way more and think they were some of the best movies ever, I still think the new ones were mostly crap except for the lightsaber battles and the part where Ewan McGregor was Obi-Wan, and I still think George Lucas ruined my childhood when he made Greedo shoot first.
"I still think George Lucas ruined my childhood when he made Greedo shoot first."
Followed at a close second by giving the roadblocking FBI agents walkie talkies!!!!
Damn Revisionists!!!!! (Spielberg we're looking at you too!!)
Paris, 'cos I doubt she has clue one about any sort of Revising!
"It is also about the sociological and political issues that are addressed in the films."
uhh I thought that was Star Trek that went into dept on those Star Wars was more for people that like walking teddy bears, light saber fighting, and can't stand sociopolitical dept in a movie. So says everyone I know in their reasons for hating Star Trek and loving Star Wars, and vice versa.
I don't know but my nephew [born in 1996] seemed to like the recent SW trilogy more than the originals. Maybe the new ones are less campy. For him, you'd call up in the afternoon but he's busy watching one of the movies. Call back after supper and he's still watching them. Or playing one of the games....
I can tell you that the latest trilogy is a perfect match to the original trilogy.
If you were born today and in 12 years watched all 6 movies, you wouldn't have any idea what the deal was.
The reason why people agree with the author about EP1-3? It is 100% based on their expectation that EP1-3 would be similar to EP4-6.
This is not the case at all; that's what war does to the galaxy. It stripped it down to nothing...
This post has been deleted by its author
The Register 
Biting the hand that feeds IT
Copyright. All rights reserved © 1998–2024
