Comments on: The Empire will Rise Again!

The Empire will Rise Again!

grateful — Thu, 14 Jul 2005 12:57:09 -0800

Tatooine Not Destroyed. Yoda Stuns Buffalo. New Death Star Built.

By: Perigee

Perigee — Thu, 14 Jul 2005 13:01:14 -0800

DANTooine was Destroyed. Dantooine. Not Tatooine. You... Philistine. Worst. Headline. Evar.

By: Pollomacho

Pollomacho — Thu, 14 Jul 2005 13:03:18 -0800

Clone Wars

By: COBRA!

COBRA! — Thu, 14 Jul 2005 13:04:29 -0800

I don't think Dantooine was destroyed. It was too remote to make for a suitable demonstration.

By: NotMyselfRightNow

NotMyselfRightNow — Thu, 14 Jul 2005 13:07:24 -0800

I donno how much faith I can put in this new fangled Death Star... Looks pretty breakable to me...

By: hototogisu

hototogisu — Thu, 14 Jul 2005 13:08:04 -0800

It's like mcgraw, without the zen...

By: fenriq

fenriq — Thu, 14 Jul 2005 13:08:23 -0800

Nice that they couldn't identify what was in the package and just cleared the entire terminal in Buffalo. That makes sense. Are you sure it wasn't Bobtooine that got destroyed? Or maybe it was the hick planet, JimBobtooine?

By: fleacircus

fleacircus — Thu, 14 Jul 2005 13:10:46 -0800

Twas Alderaan that was destroyed by the Death Star. And rightly so.

By: ColdChef

ColdChef — Thu, 14 Jul 2005 13:20:15 -0800

Getting into the new complex will be more difficult than a rescue mission on the Death Star. Say what? The Death Star was raided by an 80 year old man and a dirt farmer. Doesn't sound all that "secure" to me.

By: bingo

bingo — Thu, 14 Jul 2005 13:20:28 -0800

Rightly so? They were a peaceful planet. They had no weapons!

By: ColdChef

ColdChef — Thu, 14 Jul 2005 13:22:51 -0800

Employees will receive cards that can be used for ATM withdrawals, company store purchases or a cafeteria lunch - and also for airport-like security scans. Oooooh! ATM cards! Way to dote on that 1980's technology! Wake me when Lucas makes his employees get embedded microchips in their spines.

By: muckster

muckster — Thu, 14 Jul 2005 13:26:18 -0800

Of course Alderaan is peaceful: it looks like space switzerland.

By: ColdChef

ColdChef — Thu, 14 Jul 2005 13:26:59 -0800

Alderaan was destroyed because they harbored and aided rebel terrorists. They were enemies of the Republic. If you're not with the empire, you're against it.

By: COBRA!

COBRA! — Thu, 14 Jul 2005 13:38:17 -0800

Say what? The Death Star was raided by an 80 year old man and a dirt farmer. Dude, they had a wookiee. Wookiees make everything look easy.

By: dragstroke

dragstroke — Thu, 14 Jul 2005 13:41:58 -0800

That's no asteroid.

By: ori

ori — Thu, 14 Jul 2005 13:47:12 -0800

Star Wars Not A Good Movie. Idiotic Cultish Phenomenon. Star Wars Threads Boring.

By: Ogre Lawless

Ogre Lawless — Thu, 14 Jul 2005 13:54:43 -0800

I think evidence will arise that will prove that the Empire's basis for attacking Alderan was overstated -- at the very least.

By: ROU_Xenophobe

ROU_Xenophobe — Thu, 14 Jul 2005 14:04:22 -0800

'Star Wars' toys cause terminal evacuation Damn. I mean, everyone's gotta die sometime (except for me), but... damn. That's just undignified. Yes, it's a poop joke. What of it?

By: Sparx

Sparx — Thu, 14 Jul 2005 14:19:07 -0800

the Empire's basis for attacking Alderan was overstated How can you overstate 'Because we can'? I suppose there was the added bonus of annoying Pricess Leia. "Don't get your hairstyle in a twist, Princess, oops, too late.".

By: Mental Wimp

Mental Wimp — Thu, 14 Jul 2005 14:24:42 -0800

Pollomacho, Jeff Kahn works just down the hall from me and is one of the smartest guys I know. He hits the nail on the head.

By: tweak

tweak — Thu, 14 Jul 2005 14:25:11 -0800

DANTooine was Destroyed. Dantooine. Not Tatooine. You... Philistine. Worst. Headline. Evar. What? DANTOOINE WAS NEVER DESTRYOED!!! N00B.

By: fleacircus

fleacircus — Thu, 14 Jul 2005 16:00:58 -0800

It's well known on Coruscant that Alderaan probably moved their weapons to Dathomir before the Justice Star arrived. At any rate Alderaan had to be destroyed because they were the home planet for Daily Ackbar. It's something any reasonable person must consider when parsing Leia's statements. She lied about Dantooine, didn't she? Leia is a known liar. Any reasonable person would doubt the statements of a proven liar. Right or wrong, don't you think the Empire is better off without the partisan shrillness of Daily Ackbar? It's a trap, indeed. Do you know there weren't weapons on Alderaan? If you do, I'm sure there's a Grand Moff or two who could really use your services. I think it's pathetic how overconfident you all are about Alderaan's state of open, armed rebellion against their democratically chosen leaders. Next thing you know you're going to try to tell me that having a little black robot hover into your cell and inject you with interrogation-juice is "torture" when that term is defined so imprecisely. Or you'll drag up that crap about how Palpatine "stole" power. You moonbats are turning the blue into AlderaanFilter and that's why I don't even try to explain things rationally to you idiotic "Vader=Hitler" and "FalpatinePuck OH NOES!11!!!!" know-nothings anymore. If it's a post about wookie fluffing or bacta tank maintenance on AskMe then I'll respond but life's too short to spend educating rebel scum. The blue is so infested with rebel talking points that I'm beginning to feel that the journey to AlderaanFilter is now complete. When are you guys going to realize that Alderaan was a bunch of wimpy rich out-of-touch elites and YOUR SIDE LOST. The tragedy is that the IMSM will probably repeat your lies and we'll witness the fall of a great... great.... (wipe tears) man.

By: mwhybark

mwhybark — Thu, 14 Jul 2005 17:59:03 -0800

This thread made me cry with laughter. Thanks all.

By: The Cardinal

The Cardinal — Thu, 14 Jul 2005 18:04:24 -0800

"before the Justice Star arrived" That is beautiful.

By: wendell

wendell — Thu, 14 Jul 2005 18:47:22 -0800

fleacircus, I cannot pass you, nor can I hurt you. Most excellent use of already familiar analogy; if I were sole judge of this thread, I'd declare you the winner - but I'm not, so I'll just hold up my "10" paddle and compliment you on your pirouettes. (You also turned an excellent phrase in March about "privatizing the town hall meetings"... I'm keeping an eye on you - in a nice way)

By: shoepal

shoepal — Thu, 14 Jul 2005 22:21:07 -0800

fleacircus = Brilliant.