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Originally posted by Calhoun:
Onboard the Death Star just after Obi Wan disables the tractor beam 2 stormtroopers arrive and stand on the gangway. Using the force Obi produces a noise to which the stormtroopers say "What was that? ahh it was nothing , just POP GASSING."

This has been bugging me since 1977... I believe the line should have read "GAS POPPING" not "POP GASSING" maybe the stormtrooper was dyslexic..

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Originally posted by Calhoun:
Onboard the Death Star just after Obi Wan disables the tractor beam 2 stormtroopers arrive and stand on the gangway. Using the force Obi produces a noise to which the stormtroopers say "What was that? ahh it was nothing , just POP GASSING."

This has been bugging me since 1977... I believe the line should have read "GAS POPPING" not "POP GASSING" maybe the stormtrooper was dyslexic..




ya know I think there were MANY mistakes--the cardboard people in the trophy scene--to Luke yelling out CARRIE instead of Leia--to I forget the others

still for the time it was a FUN movie and still my fave of the 3--cant even count the 2 prequels{{{Shudder}}}}

Also, I can kill you with my brain.

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Originally posted by rivergirl:
ya know I think there were MANY mistakes--the cardboard people in the trophy scene--to Luke yelling out CARRIE instead of Leia--to I forget the others

still for the time it was a FUN movie and still my fave of the 3--cant even count the 2 prequels{{{Shudder}}}}

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Originally posted by Rabit:
Agreed on the prequels - I could really care less that III is coming out...

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Originally posted by gojiro:
The stormtrooper was referring to Vader, whom they called "Pop" behind his back, because "vater" means "father" in German. Vader had a bad problem with flatulence, so when they heard the noise, they thought it was merely "Pop" gassing again.

I you not.

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Originally posted by TheRealMe:

And I have thought that the new Star Wars (aside from Jar Jar) have been fine.

My theory is that the sense of wonder you have as a young person (yes, even The Real Me could have been considered a "young person then") doesn't hold up decades later.

The mythic elements do not strike as hard.

Also, Star Wars is no longer the unique thing that it was, especially in the realm of Special Effects. Back in 1977, there had been nothing like it before.

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Originally posted by Calhoun:
Onboard the Death Star just after Obi Wan disables the tractor beam 2 stormtroopers arrive and stand on the gangway. Using the force Obi produces a noise to which the stormtroopers say "What was that? ahh it was nothing , just POP GASSING."

This has been bugging me since 1977... I believe the line should have read "GAS POPPING" not "POP GASSING" maybe the stormtrooper was dyslexic..

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Originally posted by Rabit:

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Originally posted by rivergirl:
ya know I think there were MANY mistakes--the cardboard people in the trophy scene--to Luke yelling out CARRIE instead of Leia--to I forget the others

still for the time it was a FUN movie and still my fave of the 3--cant even count the 2 prequels{{{Shudder}}}}

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Agreed on the prequels - I could really care less that III is coming out...

However, if you're interested in the goofs from Star Wars: A New Hope, check out IMDB's page for it ( http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0076759/goofs). Turns out that the "Carrie" line isn't real, but there are lots of other mistakes...

Rabit

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Continuity: When the stormtroopers raid the rebel corvette at the beginning of the film, C-3PO says, "There'll be no escape for the Princess this time," but when R2-D2 shows the holographic recording of Leia and Luke asks who she is, C-3PO says he doesn't know, only that he "thinks she was someone important". (There was a rumor that the original line was supposed to be "There'll be no escape for the Captain this time", but Daniels flubbed the line and no one caught the mistake. This is unconfirmed.)

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Originally posted by Peace:
I always thought that this was C3PO being duplicitous (sp) and not wanting to reveal that he and R2 are from Leia's entourage-- if you accept the prequels, then it is obvious that 3PO and R2 have been family retainers for decades.

I was gratified to see that IMDB did not include as a goof the "parsecs" line from Han and Obi-Wan's conversation in the cantina. I still run into people who gripe about this-- I tell them to do what Gary Kurtz (the movie's producer) told us to do in a panel saw him on once (World Con 1979- yeah, I'm that old)-- watch Obi-wan's reaction to Han's line-- it's subtle bit of business but priceless, and it puts everything into context.

Oh, bugger! Now I have to wait for someone to wake up!

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Originally posted by sgtgump:
What the hell is 'Star Wars'?

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Originally posted by Rabit:

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Originally posted by Peace:
I always thought that this was C3PO being duplicitous (sp) and not wanting to reveal that he and R2 are from Leia's entourage-- if you accept the prequels, then it is obvious that 3PO and R2 have been family retainers for decades.

I was gratified to see that IMDB did not include as a goof the "parsecs" line from Han and Obi-Wan's conversation in the cantina. I still run into people who gripe about this-- I tell them to do what Gary Kurtz (the movie's producer) told us to do in a panel saw him on once (World Con 1979- yeah, I'm that old)-- watch Obi-wan's reaction to Han's line-- it's subtle bit of business but priceless, and it puts everything into context.

Oh, bugger! Now I have to wait for someone to wake up!

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First - awesome quote!

As to C-3PO, I think that we're going to see something in RotS that will change things, but we'll see what happens...

The "parsecs" line... I don't have them available to check out. What exactly is the deal, if you don't mind? Thanks!

Rabit

"You know, I used to think it was awful that life was so unfair. Then I thought, wouldn't it be much worse if life were fair, and all the terrible things that happen to us come because we actually deserve them? So, now I take great comfort in the general hostility and unfairness of the universe." - Marcus Cole

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Originally posted by sgtgump:
What the hell is 'Star Wars'?

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Its a nuclear defence program that Reagan dreamed up in the 80s - I think everyone above has taken too much LSD.

"I threw up on your bed"

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The "parsecs" line is where Han is bragging to Obi-wan and Luke in the cantina, obviously taking them for two rubes, and says the Millenium Falcon "made the Kessel run in 6 parsecs" or something to that effect (I don't have the exact quote but that's the gist). Parsecs, of course, are a measure of interstellar distance, not time, and this line was much commented on when the film came out as a flub. Kurtz, the original movie's producer, told us to watch Obi-wan right after Han makes this comment. It makes the comment understandable and gets a giggle out of me every time I see it.

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Bojesphob wrote:
Saturday, September 25, 2004 02:49

The Kessel Run comment was supposed to mean:
When the Kessel Run was made, it was made through an asteroid field that was constantly moving. Most other pilots who had flown the Kessel Run had to fly around 14-20 parsecs before they would make it out. It took Han 12 parsecs to get out. Basically, he was using it as a measure of distance and not time. It's like you can say that it takes you 4 miles to get out of downtown New York City, and for most people it takes 8, you not only get out quicker, but you travelled less distance doing so. That means you know the terrain better than anyone else and you know all of the shortcuts. I don't remember where I read that at..... it was either one of the Star Wars books or in the Star Wars Companion.

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Originally posted by Peace:
...........watch Obi-wan's reaction to Han's line-- it's subtle bit of business but priceless, and it puts everything into context.

....Kurtz, the original movie's producer, told us to watch Obi-wan right after Han makes this comment. It makes the comment understandable and gets a giggle out of me every time I see it.

Oh, bugger! Now I have to wait for someone to wake up!

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It was in the books. Only I dont think it was asteroids, I think it was a dense region of blacks holes called "the Maw". Pilots normally have to fly right around the intense gravitational tides but hot shot smugglers would "thread the needle" so to speak and travel the shortest distance possible(a straight line) cancelling out opposing black holes gravitation by flying inbetween. Hans 12 parsecs must have been very close to straight.

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Originally posted by sgtgump:
What the hell is 'Star Wars'?

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Originally posted by sexchicken:

God bless ya! We need to discuss this on another thread I think...

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Lindley wrote:
Saturday, September 25, 2004 05:06

Only a Jedi or someone with an exact map of the route in can actually navigate the Maw.

Han simply skirted closer to the outside of the cluster than is generally considered wise, thus shaving some distance off.

The Han Solo trilogy by AC Crispin mentions that the Kessel Run involves both the Maw and an asteroid field, so the first answer about that was not entirely wrong either.

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Originally posted by Calhoun:
Onboard the Death Star just after Obi Wan disables the tractor beam 2 stormtroopers arrive and stand on the gangway. Using the force Obi produces a noise to which the stormtroopers say "What was that? ahh it was nothing , just POP GASSING."

This has been bugging me since 1977... I believe the line should have read "GAS POPPING" not "POP GASSING" maybe the stormtrooper was dyslexic..

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