Thursday Next Posted May 20, 2016 Report Share Posted May 20, 2016 Given how much he hams up the Palpatine role I'm surprised Ian McDiarmid was so reticent to have a bit of fun with it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheFlyingGerbil Posted May 20, 2016 Report Share Posted May 20, 2016 i can understand not wanting to be bothered in the street but in the con where you have gone to interact with your fans and are being paid to do so you should get the stick out of your bum or save their money and not turn up and disappoint everyone, 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. GOH! Posted May 20, 2016 Report Share Posted May 20, 2016 Cons are very hard work and very taxing on stars, more so for old folks like anyone who was involved with the original Star Wars trilogy. I mean, I have a couple of friends in their 30's who do book signings and they're not at all famous and both are exhausted by meet-and-greet signings that only last an hour or so. I cannot imagine how tiring it is to act excited to energetically interact with high-energy fans of a role you did 40 years ago for hours on end. All of the actors in that set were gracious and the fan graciously accepted the actor's limitations on his suggestions. Fans are not entitled to anything more than that. I mean, not that fans should act like stars are doing them a huge personal favor by just showing up at cons, but it's reasonable to expect they won't want to play around with you for a photo when they have 700 more to pose for that day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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deanb Posted May 24, 2016 Report Share Posted May 24, 2016 http://swanh.net/ Â This is pretty great, albeit super long, graphic of A New Hope. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post deanb Posted June 10, 2016 Popular Post Report Share Posted June 10, 2016 Â He's also pretty proactive on Twitter if you're looking for someone fun to follow. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted June 20, 2016 Report Share Posted June 20, 2016 Â This is pretty damn swish if you have a record player. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted June 23, 2016 Report Share Posted June 23, 2016 http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/article/36603978/darth-vader-is-set-for-a-star-wars-comeback-in-the-prequel-film-rogue-one  James Earl Jones returning as voice of Vader. No word on who'll be the body but I imagine it's unlikely to be Prowse (seems there's a rift between him n Star Wars lot, and given what I've seen how he acts on this Twitter timeline it's probably deserved). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hot Heart Posted June 23, 2016 Report Share Posted June 23, 2016 it's unlikely to be Prowse (seems there's a rift between him n Star Wars lot, and given what I've seen how he acts on this Twitter timeline it's probably deserved). Â Just the small matter of him never being paid for Return of the Jedi. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMightyEthan Posted June 23, 2016 Report Share Posted June 23, 2016 Also leaking both that Darth Vader was Luke's dad and that Darth Vader died in Jedi. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted June 23, 2016 Report Share Posted June 23, 2016 From what I can tell he never got any residuals due to hollywood accounting, I'm not even an actor I know that unless you're hot shit you're unlikely to make any long term gains off the "profits" of a film. Star Wars was famous for just that given Lucas went for the merchandising rights instead. Complaining of being "snubbed" for film that doesn't even feature Darth Vader isn't a great look either. I imagine Kenny Barker n Anthony Daniels were unlikely to make much if any long term income off Star Wars either. Looking into it it turns out he spoiled Empire Strikes Back too which is why Lucas snubbed him for being under the mask and Sebastian Shaw instead. Â He's had plenty other roles, he's been the Green Cross Code Man, he's been a heavy weight champion, he trained Superman. He has much he could do instead he whines about Star Wars and has "David Prowse @isDarthVader" as his handle. Tying his online identity with a film series he's generally done little but show bitterness towards for the decades. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hot Heart Posted June 23, 2016 Report Share Posted June 23, 2016 Where are you getting this leaked thing from? If it's what I'm thinking of, it's a coincidence of a guess/joke he made in an interview. One where he said the father/son thing would happen in RotJ not TESB and mentioned Luke and Vader being together in a film after RotJ. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMightyEthan Posted June 23, 2016 Report Share Posted June 23, 2016 http://www.retroist.com/2010/11/08/1978-style-star-wars-spoilers/ Â Yeah he said it would be in the third movie, and mentioned a Star Wars 4, but he also said it's revealed in the midst of a lightsaber battle between the two. Hardly seems like just a coincidence, more like minor script changes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hot Heart Posted June 23, 2016 Report Share Posted June 23, 2016 As far as I know the whole thing with Vader being Luke's father was a secret. Like, the shooting script had a different line entirely so none of the actors except Mark Hamill knew until they saw the cut with James Earl Jones' recorded dialogue. Â Don't get me wrong, Prowse sounds like a bit of a dick anyway (he supports UKIP...), but it seems like he at least has genuine reasons for being bitter over that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted August 9, 2016 Report Share Posted August 9, 2016 http://imgur.com/a/DBIlh  Some new shots from Rogue One. Got a new phone wallpaper with that third Stormstrooper image. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mal Posted August 12, 2016 Report Share Posted August 12, 2016 Â New trailer. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thursday Next Posted August 12, 2016 Report Share Posted August 12, 2016 So are they Bothan's then? Are we gonna retcon a Bothan into a sort of Ronin... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted August 12, 2016 Report Share Posted August 12, 2016 I've been told after making the joke that it's the second death star where many bothans die, this is the first death star. Â I'm mildly hyped for this one. I'm not gonna go in expecting much given it's a New Hope prequel so we're not gonna learn much "new" or whatever but be interesting to see some of the lore and world outside of the Skywalkers n Jedi explored a little bit. It's under the wing of Disney n they're doing pretty alright with the MCU so I figure a SWCU will do pretty fine too (even if there's like no direct continuity n team ups between them). Â p.s I suspect that one of the Rogue One guys is the old guy from the start of Ep VII. Probably the male sidekick dude. Â Forest Whittakers character is this dude btw: Â Makes sense given they're the original rebellion, even if that was against separatists on behalf of the republic at the time. Series 5 Episode 2 for several episodes if you're interested in giving it an initial watch. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMightyEthan Posted August 12, 2016 Report Share Posted August 12, 2016 Yeah, the bothans died getting the imperial access codes to the shield on the second death star. Â Good trailer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thursday Next Posted August 12, 2016 Report Share Posted August 12, 2016 Yeah, alright nerds. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. GOH! Posted August 12, 2016 Report Share Posted August 12, 2016 I mean, Jesus Christ, it's a Mon Mothma line and she's not in the damn series until RotJ!  Are Bothans cute furry snouty aliens (who are also apparently top-notch spies and politicians) in the Disney Expanded Universe, too, or has the term been retconned to mean something else? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted August 12, 2016 Report Share Posted August 12, 2016 Because of the scrubbing of the EU as "Legends" they're literally a species who many of them died to get the plans to the Death Star. That's literally it. It's the only thing mentioned about them in the films, and they're not in Clone Wars or Rebels so no canon there either. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMightyEthan Posted August 12, 2016 Report Share Posted August 12, 2016 Yeah, they don't even necessarily have to be a species, it could be a rank, or speciality, or whatever now. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. GOH! Posted August 12, 2016 Report Share Posted August 12, 2016 They're not in the new EU books? Â Good point Ethan. When I was a kid, I thought it denoted some elite unit, like SEAL. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted August 13, 2016 Report Share Posted August 13, 2016 Kenny Baker has died aged 83 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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