# I just saw STAR WARS -- it's really fun! (spoilers OK) **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 15, 2003, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-saw-star-wars-its-really-fun-spoilers-ok/175477 "2003-05-15T17:16:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Lyllyan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/b2d939/32.png) [@Lyllyan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lyllyan)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2003, 5:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-saw-star-wars-its-really-fun-spoilers-ok/175477/61 "2003-05-16T05:28:24Z")
Hey! I saw that movie! It was awesome! Wouldn’t it be wicked cool if that Dark Bader guy turned out to be like, Luke’s brother or something? Or maybe he is a robot. And the Depth Star!? That was cool. I don’t get why it said “Episode IV” at the first though. Did the other three already come out? What were they called? **Tron** will be playing down at the Metroplex next week, I _gotta_ see that! It will be sooo cool. ---
**Author:** ![Yumblie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/76d3ee/32.png) [@Yumblie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yumblie)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2003, 6:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-saw-star-wars-its-really-fun-spoilers-ok/175477/62 "2003-05-16T06:18:56Z")
I just saw it, it was great. My friend said he saw “Episode IV” along with the title but I don’t think it was there. Anyone else see this? That’d be pretty weird to start in the middle of the story! ---
**Author:** ![dangergene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@dangergene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dangergene)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2003, 7:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-saw-star-wars-its-really-fun-spoilers-ok/175477/63 "2003-05-16T07:04:26Z")
Ten-four good buddies Well, mum might let me go, and she said I can have a whole dollar to buy something for myself that day! Do you think I can get a BionicMan action figure for a dollar? Wow, I love CB Radio, there’ll never, ever be anything better than all this free-for-all where you can talk to strangers about all sorts of stuff. -BabyBear, over. ---
**Author:** ![Antonius\_Block](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/51bf81/32.png) [@Antonius\_Block](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antonius_Block)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2003, 9:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-saw-star-wars-its-really-fun-spoilers-ok/175477/64 "2003-05-16T09:38:57Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by BlackKnight \* > \*\*I gotta see this movie again! \*\* Yeah, well I’m going to see it again **and again**. That’ll make **three times**. Hey, that’ll be some kind of movie-watching record! ---
**Author:** ![smiling\_bandit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@smiling\_bandit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smiling_bandit)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2003, 12:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-saw-star-wars-its-really-fun-spoilers-ok/175477/65 "2003-05-16T12:01:41Z")
Man, this movie sucked! Chewbacca was just stuffed in there to appeal to kids, but he was super-annoying and he never did anything useful. The dialogue was stilted to heck and back. Honestly, Luke (Hamill) and Leia (Fisher) never really hit it off. Worst movie ever. Nothing but a special FX tech demo. ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2003, 12:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-saw-star-wars-its-really-fun-spoilers-ok/175477/66 "2003-05-16T12:04:38Z")
I agree smiling bandit. _Smokey and the Bear_ is a far better movie that will be appreciated for years to come, unlike this schlop. ---
**Author:** ![Tusculan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecd19e/32.png) [@Tusculan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tusculan)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2003, 12:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-saw-star-wars-its-really-fun-spoilers-ok/175477/67 "2003-05-16T12:14:30Z")
I didn’t like that scene in the bar, where that Solo guy shot that alien guy. There was no need to do that, which makes Solo a bad guy. It would have been much better if he had been doing it out of self-defense. Or did he? It happened quite fast, so I may have remembered wrong. ---
**Author:** ![kingpengvin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9dc877/32.png) [@kingpengvin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kingpengvin)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2003, 12:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-saw-star-wars-its-really-fun-spoilers-ok/175477/68 "2003-05-16T12:38:27Z")
I just came back from the theater… I wanted to see Star War but instead I decided to watch Return to Boggy Creek. Now there was an exciting movie. Gotta go watch the latest installment of Spcae:1999. Man that future looks pretty cool I hope I can get a job on the moon base then. By the way those guys with the Video machines must be filthy rich! The only people I know who can afford those things are School boards! ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2003, 12:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-saw-star-wars-its-really-fun-spoilers-ok/175477/69 "2003-05-16T12:39:36Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Francis E Dec, Esq \* > \*\*Good news for you sci-fi fans. Another action-packed blockbuster is on the way - **Battle Beyond the Stars**! Richard Thomas, George Peppard (_Breakfast at Tiffany’s_) and Sybil Danning (hubba, hubba!) \*\* Don’t forget Robert Vaughn! And it’s written by a guy from Schenectady. It will be magnificent – seven times better than Star Wars. You folks really think there’s going to be a sequel? Where would they go with it. ---
**Author:** ![toadspittle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c0e974/32.png) [@toadspittle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/toadspittle)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2003, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-saw-star-wars-its-really-fun-spoilers-ok/175477/70 "2003-05-16T14:28:01Z")
I really hope they expand on the whole Jabba-the-Hutt, Greedo, Han Solo thing. It would be neat if we actually saw a scene where Han has to explain what happened to Jabba himself. Overhearing him and Greedo talking about it didn’t make sense. They really need to do it twice. ---
**Author:** ![Sister\_Vigilante](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9de0a6/32.png) [@Sister\_Vigilante](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sister_Vigilante)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2003, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-saw-star-wars-its-really-fun-spoilers-ok/175477/71 "2003-05-16T18:43:02Z")
I wonder what Darth Vader looks like under that helmet. I bet he’s a big bad intimidating dude under there. ---
**Author:** ![criminalcatalog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e68b1a/32.png) [@criminalcatalog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/criminalcatalog)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2003, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-saw-star-wars-its-really-fun-spoilers-ok/175477/72 "2003-05-16T19:40:58Z")
I went to see Star Wars recently too, but I get really freaked out by loud noises. I was sittin’ pretty with my raisinettes when the screen said something like “a far time ago in a galaxy long long away” or something, then O MY GOD! STAR WARS! BLASTING TRUMPETS!! AAAH AHHHHHAAHH! Raisinettes everywhere. I ran away, that movie is too scary. ---
**Author:** ![rjung](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/45deac/32.png) [@rjung](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rjung)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2003, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-saw-star-wars-its-really-fun-spoilers-ok/175477/73 "2003-05-16T19:52:48Z")
Hey, am I the only one who thought **Star Wars** was going to be a movie about dueling Hollywood divas? (Gag based on a real-life factoid – Fox marketing had nixed the idea of using “Star Wars” for the title, out of fears that women would think it was about dueling celebs. After _SW_ became a big hit, those marketing reports were burned.) ---
**Author:** ![TWDuke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e495f1/32.png) [@TWDuke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TWDuke)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2003, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-saw-star-wars-its-really-fun-spoilers-ok/175477/74 "2003-05-16T20:04:09Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by rjung \* > \*\*(Gag based on a real-life factoid – Fox marketing had nixed the idea of using “Star Wars” for the title, out of fears that women would think it was about dueling celebs. After _SW_ became a big hit, those marketing reports were burned.) \*\* IANAW, but when I first heard the title, I thought it was something along the lines of [Battle of the Network Stars](http://www.tvtome.com/tvtome/servlet/EpisodeGuideSummary/showid-10267/). ---
**Author:** ![owlofcreamcheese](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/97f17d/32.png) [@owlofcreamcheese](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/owlofcreamcheese)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2003, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-saw-star-wars-its-really-fun-spoilers-ok/175477/75 "2003-05-16T20:23:55Z")
I wonder how much of that amazeing technology they use we will REALLY have in 30 years. ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2003, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-saw-star-wars-its-really-fun-spoilers-ok/175477/76 "2003-05-16T20:57:00Z")
Y’know what this movie really needs? Lots and lots of toys based on the characters and vehicles and locations. Then we can go out and buy all of them and take them all out of their packages and lose the tiny plastic guns and other accessories and get 'em all dirty and scratched because it’s _fun_ to _play_ with _toys_, woo hoo! ---
**Author:** ![Sir\_Rhosis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d9b06d/32.png) [@Sir\_Rhosis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_Rhosis)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2003, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-saw-star-wars-its-really-fun-spoilers-ok/175477/77 "2003-05-16T21:08:55Z")
Guys, I’ve been reading this and thinking about the Dark Vader guy. I don’t think he is Han or Luke’s brother, or anything like that. What if they made it that he was Luke’s DAD??? What do you think, or am I just being stupid again? Sir Rhosis ---
**Author:** ![flybynight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/71c47a/32.png) [@flybynight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flybynight)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2003, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-saw-star-wars-its-really-fun-spoilers-ok/175477/78 "2003-05-16T22:43:22Z")
You know, I’ve been thinking about the whole Jedi thing. Wouldn’t it be cool of a bunch of people got together, and pretended they were Jedis? It could be awesome. I mean, it could be a whole new religion or something. And maybe we could even hold conventions, where everyone dresses up as their favorite character, and walks around. That would be so fun!!! I’m going to start working on my costume right now. Hey, you don’t suppose someone might make replica light sabers, do you? I was thinking, that might be hard to make at home. Wow. I’m so excited. This is gonna be cool. I’ll bet eveyrone else will be envious of us and our cool costumes. We’ll be so popular with the ladies. Ok, I’m off to the fabric store now… ---
**Author:** ![Caesar\_s\_Ghost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/73ab20/32.png) [@Caesar\_s\_Ghost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Caesar_s_Ghost)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2003, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-saw-star-wars-its-really-fun-spoilers-ok/175477/79 "2003-05-16T23:29:05Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Sir Rhosis \* > \*\*Guys, I’ve been reading this and thinking about the Dark Vader guy. I don’t think he is Han or Luke’s brother, or anything like that. > > What if they made it that he was Luke’s DAD??? > > What do you think, or am I just being stupid again? > > Sir Rhosis \*\* No, no, no, that would NEVER work. Ben SAID that Luke’s dad was DEAD! Remember?! Duh! ---
**Author:** ![tracer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tracer/32/20578_2.png) [@tracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tracer)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2003, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-saw-star-wars-its-really-fun-spoilers-ok/175477/80 "2003-05-17T00:03:44Z")
Yeah! Vader, Luke’s **father?** You have **got** to be kidding! That’s the silliest idea for a sequel I’ve ever heard. Besides the undeniable fact that Kenobi said that Vader _betrayed and murdered_ Luke’s father, Luke’s uncle Owen **knew** Luke’s father. What are the chances that a Galaxy-spanning despot like Vader would know a backwater bumpkin like Owen? And besides, if Vader was Luke’s dad, why did he let Luke live on a godforsaken planet like Tatooine? Why, Luke’s mother would have had to have hidden him from Vader since before he was **born!** How likely is **that?** [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-saw-star-wars-its-really-fun-spoilers-ok/175477.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-saw-star-wars-its-really-fun-spoilers-ok/175477.md?page=5)