Happy Star Wars Day

[Retinend]

how did you celebrate?

[bgmnts]

Fucked my model Death Star.

[greenman]

Fucked my model Death Star.

Thats impossible, even with a computer.

[Retinend]

I ate some buns

[Glebe]

Went to the tossy station to pick up some powered convertibles.

[Retinend]

Fucked my model Death Star.

did it blow up when you coomed?

[Goldentony]

might think about how good Empire is for a bit then leave it at that, highly recommend leaving it at that

[Glebe]

Your dad keeps going on about Star Wars Day. 58 with four kids and he's still not matured.

[Butchers Blind]

Celebrated by not watching any that were made post 1999.

[idunnosomename]

liked may the fourth when it was a family thing. too commercialised these days.

[chveik]

listen to some jizz

[mothman]

Same way I always do, try to persuade my wife I didn't engineer it so it was the day we got married (I really didn't, honestly, it's a coincidence).

[The Mollusk]

I wish Hank Hill was a real person so he could tell the world how got-dang asinine Star Wars Day is.

[Shaky]

I had full sex with a woman but in my head I was watching the Stars Wars films in chronological order.

[Dex Sawash]

I watched The Force Awakens From Its Nap, a D+ SW/Simpsons crossover designed to make CaB very cross.

Spoiler alert

I laughed a lot

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[Glebe]

I rewatched the entire saga and took detailed notes.

[evilcommiedictator]

Replaced all pictures of myself with ones of Hayden Christensen

[notjosh]

Just read Variety's contemporary review of Star Wars that's been going round twitter:
https://variety.com/1977/film/reviews/star-wars-3-1200424073/

A fantastic review that absolutely nails everything that is great about the film. It's so exciting to see it through completely fresh eyes without the weight of 40+ years of bloated world-building and tiresome fan debates. Darth Vader is not even mentioned by name, just "one of Cushing's key aides" in "frightening black armour".

The complete lack of cynicism in describing the joys of the film feels like something you don't see much nowadays:

The heroes and the heavies joust through an exciting series of confrontations, replete with laser guns and other futuristic equipment, building suspense towards the climactic destruction of Cushing's war-mongering planet.

<some twitter cunt>Errrr..... spoiler??? And it's not a planet, it's a space station. Plus the film clearly states that the film takes place a long time ago, NOT in the future.</some twitter cunt>

I wish we could have nice things like this again, instead of a bunch of boring CGI melees interspersed with Joss Whedon quips that are then torn apart for minor plot inconsistencies by a smug American on YouTube.

[Retinend]

aw, now you've got me thinking all seriously about Star Wars. It is good, isn't it. Thanks for the good read.

[Egyptian Feast]

I changed into Star Wars pyjama bottoms, but they were the last pair in the drawer, so it wasn't intentional. They're my least favourite pyjama bottoms. The only thing they have going for them is the caption "And now...Boba Fett!" printed upside down in the crotch area. Nasty, cheap-feeling and not a patch on the Scooby-Doo pyjamas I got for Christmas.

[Huxleys Babkins]

Nice review that. Love how they see Kenobi and Tarkin as the characters around which everything and everyone else orbits, largely due to the stature and gravity of those playing them. The casting of three unknowns and a bloke in a helmet relegates them to supporting characters.

[Mr_Simnock]

Yes that's a fantastic review, I will point that to anyone who poo poo's the film as 'just a kids thing' and 'crap' to remind them what it set out to do which nothing but entertain. Very easy to forget that Vader was in fact not the main bad guy in the film but a sort of henchman for Cushing's character.

[Huxleys Babkins]

The idea of someone being able to see Star Wars sans hype, sans media circus, sans merchandise feels quite incredible now. Even in '77 it must have been nearly impossible past the opening week to be able to go into it without your expectations having been set, without knowledge of the characters and plot.

[notjosh]

What was the last movie to come out of nowhere like that and have a profound impact on pop culture? The Matrix did it I think, to a lesser extent.

[Pink Gregory]

Doot doot doot doot doodle doo doot do-doot doot doot doodle-doot bwah whah

[St_Eddie]

By watching The Last Jedi.  It subverted my expectations of what a celebration is.

[Lungpuddle]

I cried. I cheered. I phist bumped the air.

[madhair60]

By watching The Last Jedi.  It subverted my expectations of what a celebration is.

why? didn't you like it?

[bgmnts]

Yes that's a fantastic review, I will point that to anyone who poo poo's the film as 'just a kids thing' and 'crap' to remind them what it set out to do which nothing but entertain. Very easy to forget that Vader was in fact not the main bad guy in the film but a sort of henchman for Cushing's character.

I dont think anyone would ever say Star Wars isn't entertaining. Harry Potter is probably entertaining to most people and is a huge pop culture phenomenon. I don't think the criticism of these are that they aren't entertaining.

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For mars bar day I put a computer generation on everything just like my idol mr gerog lucas