Battle Damage - Unofficial Star Wars Hype Thread

**Draco1962** · January 23, 2016

More like Crouching Jedi, Hidden Lightsabers...

**hansolo77** · January 24, 2016

I've still never seen that movie...

**Draco1962** · January 27, 2016

Make your own BB-8 droid!

**tthurman** · January 28, 2016

impressive, most impressive!

**hansolo77** · January 28, 2016

That actually looks very cool. I wish I was smart enough to do all that work though. My skills are only marginal with the crafting he did. Plus, he did all this (practically) by himself, and he's only 17. Wow.

**tthurman** · February 16, 2016

**hansolo77** · February 17, 2016

No comment.

**nullPointer** · February 17, 2016

@VeryLonelyLuke

:lol:

**Draco1962** · March 2, 2016

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Star Wars: X-Wing vs TIE Fighter - Balance of Power Campaigns
Star Wars Rebellion
Star Wars: X-Wing Alliance
Star Wars Galactic Battlegrounds Saga
Star Wars: X-Wing Special Edition
Star Wars: TIE Fighter Special Edition
Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic
Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic II - The Sith Lords
Star Wars Empire at War: Gold Pack
Lego Star Wars - The Complete Saga
Exclusive Star Wars T-shirt
75 per cent off coupon for up to any three Star Wars titles in the Humble Store not included in this bundle.

**RIP-Felix** · March 2, 2016

I had an instructor like the black night once. NONE SHALL PASS, he asserted! I proceeded to...um...pass.

**tthurman** · March 3, 2016

Force Awakens Blu-Ray release confirmed.

**hansolo77** · March 4, 2016

Looks like they're already looking to take advantage of George Lucas' double dipping schema.. the 3D version of the bluray won't be released till later this year. So I'm going to wait and order that one later. I don't even have a 3D tv, but I will eventually, and that's the best version to get because they'll have all 4 versions (3D, bluray, dvd, and digital) included.

**Draco1962** · March 5, 2016

RIP Tony Dyson. May the Force be with you. Creator of R2-D2 Tony Dyson Dead at 68.

**hansolo77** · March 5, 2016

Aww.. Thanks for the post Draco.

**tthurman** · March 9, 2016

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**tthurman** · March 11, 2016

Episode 8 bits

**tthurman** · March 20, 2016

In the first of what's likely to be several re-discoveries in the coming weeks, I ran across these old gems.

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Considering their age, and no less mine at the time I obtained them, they're in amazing shape. The Marvel comic is first edition 1977, complete with a strip of scotch magic tape down the spine unfortunately. What can I say, I was eleven

**hansolo77** · March 20, 2016

Cool! I'd show you guys my collection, but then you'd wonder how I ever came up with my avatar. Needless to say, I've got every release ever (until recently). I have some bootleg VHS's of the 3 classic films, official store bought VHS of the pre-Special Edition (1990's version release with Leonard Maltin interviews), then the 3 VHS Special Edition (with opening SE trailers), then I got the 3 VHS Special Edition WIDESCREEN (that was fun to track down), then I got Episode 1 on bootleg VHS, then a legit Episode 1 VHS, then an Episode 1 WIDESCREEN Collector's Box (containing a REAL negative cell from the film prior to mass production, and an autographed cast photo with both George Lucas and Rick McCallum signs (nobody else though) [this cost me about $400 at the time and the bonus things were not included in a store bought version]... Then the DVD age came.. I have all 3 prequels on single disk DVD, then all 3 in a boxset. Then I have a bootleg/custom "Definitive Edition" DVD set of the classic trilogy (downloaded from the internet, it was a custom made DVD set from the original LaserDisk version of the movies). Then I have a boxset of the 3 classic films (where George had re-edited the Special Edition into a DVD Special Edition). Then came the BluRay, where I have the 6-film "Complete Saga" box (where George ONCE AGAIN re-edited the re-edit for the BluRay release). Then I have on my home server the Digital version of all 6 films (where, believe it or not, George re-edited the re-edited re-edit of the Special Edition to make a supposed "final edit".. which also sucked). Currently I also have a theater camera bootleg on the server of Episode 7, and have just finished preordering the BluRay from Amazon. I decided I'll buy the 3D version when it comes out after I get a 3D tv. Unless there's MORE features, in which case I'll hate myself for once again triple-double-dipping.

Now if you REALLY wanna get into it.. I could list all my various incarnations of soundtracks (on Vinyl from my Dad, on Audio Cassette, and on CD) and John Williams compilation albums. Plus all my Comics, and the work in progress of Novels. Don't even get me started on those.. I have like 600 of them in ebook format waiting to be read. Speaking of which, I also have the Episode 1 unabridged audiobook on audio cassette, and the Heir to the Empire novel on unabridged audiobook CD. Oh yeah, I also have a limited edition Star Wars Trivial Pursuit, Star Wars Monopoly, and a 3D puzzle sculpture of Darth Vader's head (put together, but slightly damaged from the fire of years ago). I also had a glass Star Wars chess set, but one of the pieces fell off a table and broke, so I taped all the pieces (one of each) on my car's dashboard until they got stolen when my car was broken into (who does that? Steal chess pieces but not the stereo, or the car for that matter?) In the videogame area, I have the Shadows of the Empire game on N64, ALL of the PSX Games, MOST of the PC games up to Star Wars The Old Republic MMORPG, ALL of the Xbox 360 games (including all the Pinball FX2 tables).

Want me to go on? I could probably find something else to list.. like the Family Guy and Robot Chicken blurays, and candy dispensers (yes, I have an M&M Dispenser with the Red M&M dressed up as Luke with a little lightsaber, and a little mini Darth Vader Jelly Bean dispenser that makes his breathing sound). Then I could talk about toys/action figures. But you guys don't care about all that.

I'm a nerd.

**tthurman** · March 21, 2016

That's pretty cool Han, you've got it bad!

I found the above stuff in a bookcase in a spare bedroom while sorting through it, so it represents items that had fallen off the radar for me, not really a collection. The Empire and Jedi books were for sale at the movie theaters when those movies originally released. When we were kids we would get dropped off at the theater during the matinee showings with $5 or $10 each. There's no telling how many times I watched Empire/Jedi in this fashion, skateboarding in the mostly empty parking lot between showings. Good times