How I realized I was over Star Wars completely

[Tom Foolery]

The Falcon is a fickle bitch and will turn on her master without a moments notice or hesitation.

[anarky]

The latest figure rumo(u)r list includes someone with the name "Commander Doom."

Yup.

They're officially not even trying anymore.

[anarky]

And, holy shit, it's yet another fucking Clonetrooper, which is no surprise since 110% of characters I've never heard of with retarded names are Clonetroopers, but the dipshit is actually colored silver and green as an homage to a certain Victor Von Doom.

[Slicker]

I'm already sick of fanboys busting a nut over every stupid picture and rumor from the set. Just fucking wait until you get something that resembles...something before trying to decipher it. Christ this movie is gonna suck and I can't wait.

[Senor JabbaJohnL]

And, holy shit, it's yet another fucking Clonetrooper, which is no surprise since 110% of characters I've never heard of with retarded names are Clonetroopers, but the dipshit is actually colored silver and green as an homage to a certain Victor Von Doom.

He's barely in the show, the name is never said onscreen (I think), and it's just supposed to be a fun homage. Nothing more, nothing less.

[anarky]

Okay, that IS different. I can't fault anyone at LFL for this.

On the other hand, if Hasbro is paying any damn attention to the way Clonetroopers are pegwarming like crazy and still wants to pick an obscure background character who's practically an Easter egg simply because it requires minor repainting, they're a bit loony. We need a really long break from Clonetroopers. And, yes, this is the same guy who ten years ago thought there needed to be more. It's feast or famine with Hasbro, unfortunately.

[Diabolical]

I'm not convinced they even make new figures anymore.
I haven't been able to spot one in years.
I'm pretty sure that every year or so the stores get old figures in new packaging.

[Senor JabbaJohnL]

Okay, that IS different. I can't fault anyone at LFL for this.

On the other hand, if Hasbro is paying any damn attention to the way Clonetroopers are pegwarming like crazy and still wants to pick an obscure background character who's practically an Easter egg simply because it requires minor repainting, they're a bit loony. We need a really long break from Clonetroopers. And, yes, this is the same guy who ten years ago thought there needed to be more. It's feast or famine with Hasbro, unfortunately.

I have no problem with clones if they're making new or interesting ones. Updating every clone to a new body is nice, but boring. Making the 41st Elite Corps version for the third time and forgetting 90% of his markings is unacceptable. They definitely went too hard too fast with clones in The Black Series, but the upcoming ones are all cool-looking, at least. I also imagine that they'll move away from clones as Rebels and the sequels get closer – then we'll get oversaturated with stormtroopers.

I'm not convinced they even make new figures anymore.
I haven't been able to spot one in years.
I'm pretty sure that every year or so the stores get old figures in new packaging.

By now I'm used to the first half of the year being pretty barren figure-wise since that's just the way it goes, but this shit has gotten ridiculous. It sounds like there will be much more coming this Fall, with some actual unmade characters. But even the new giant rumor lists include a ton of stuff we've seen over and over. Again, this will obviously change when the new shows and movies come out, but until then it seems they're trying to get out characters that collectors have been requesting.

[Ran]

Okay, that IS different. I can't fault anyone at LFL for this.

On the other hand, if Hasbro is paying any damn attention to the way Clonetroopers are pegwarming like crazy and still wants to pick an obscure background character who's practically an Easter egg simply because it requires minor repainting, they're a bit loony. We need a really long break from Clonetroopers. And, yes, this is the same guy who ten years ago thought there needed to be more. It's feast or famine with Hasbro, unfortunately.

The few stores around here that do have SW toys have a few from the 6" line (Greedo, Han, Slave Leia) and the carpy two packs. I haven't looked closely enough to see if they were clonetroopers.

[jjreason]

Up here the normal price for the Saga Legends is 8.99 or 9.99. The 2 packs are 11.99 or 12.99 (I believe - I could be off a buck or 3 on these prices since I haven't wanted any) - WAY out of fucking whack as far as I'm concerned.

[anarky]

So, who's given into the temptation and read the latest SW7 rumors?

I was firmly in the "I don't give a shit" camp, until I just saw too many "Holy shit, this is the DUMBEST idea ever!" posts and had to read them. And now I'm in the "Holy shit, this is the DUMBEST idea ever!" camp.

The movie opens with a severed hand clutching a lightsaber landing on a desert planet (which the source apparently stressed may not be Tatooine). Two characters, one a former Stormtrooper looking for redemption, find it and recognize it as a lightsaber, so they figure they should get it to the right people. Somehow, they quickly get in touch with Han Solo, who is piloting some ship other than the Falcon with Chewie (Leia is not mentioned), and he recognizes it as Luke's hand. He says he hasn't seen Luke in thirty years, since the events of ROTJ,

No word if Luke is off stopping the Prophets of the Dark Side and Zorba the Hutt from installing someone who's pretending to be Palpatine's three-eyed bastard son as the new Emperor.

Aside from being stupid, and a total ripoff of one of the shittiest shitpiles in EU history, it's totally inconsistent with the end of ROTJ. "I just learned that love conquers all, and we're all together, and friends and family are the most important things in the world, and we're unstoppable as a team, and we should stick together, and there's my dead dad, and, well, bye. See you fuckers in thirty years!"

I really, really hope that this is deliberate misinformation or a troll job that the media took too seriously.

[Tom Foolery]

How would somebody recognize a hand as belonging to a specific person?
Police don't do hand lineups to catch crooks.
And is it his other hand? Because how would you explain it getting from Cloud City to [Tatooine] or wherever. And how was it not decomposed?
And who would give a fuck about a hand that they would need to "get it to someone"?

None of that makes sense. I'm going with the troll theory.

The only part that sounds remotely interesting is the ex-Stormtrooper on the losing side being out of work. Shades of Firefly in there somewhere.
I can also buy Han, Luke, etc not keeping in touch with each other after the war. It's as equally plausible as them constantly coming together and bonding over the next Crisis-du-jour in this months EU novelization. "fuck me. Are we saving the galaxy again this week? The first twenty times weren't enough? What's it this week? Imperial Splinter? Force Witches? Alien Invaders? Eh? Eh? Nudge nudge. Say no more.."






.....................but still. I show you a hand and you say "Hey! That's JJ's hand! Whom I've not seen in twenty years. that's totally his hand. I'd recognize it anywhere. Y'know--from all the--palm readings...I..did..."

[Ran]

That can't possibly be real. But for the sake of the discussion, how did Luke's hand get off of Bespin?

[Tom Foolery]

That can't possibly be real. But for the sake of the discussion, how did Luke's hand get off of Bespin?

It's a hilariously complicated tale with Fraask at the center of it.

[Ran]

That can't possibly be real. But for the sake of the discussion, how did Luke's hand get off of Bespin?

It's a hilariously complicated tale with Fraask at the center of it.

Right now I wish for nothing more than for JJ Abrahams to stumble upon the Frassk stories and incorporate him into Episode 7.