I call unfair comparison! Those movies are updated and TOTALLY different from the show that the game is based on. (And Batman vs. Superman sucked balls.) I'd take a Dark Knight machine way before the new one, which looks like it should come with its own set of action figures and some bubble gum.

I hereby upvote my own post. It's awesome.

Many blockbusters suck balls...they don't have to be good to make a shit ton of cash.

It of course came with all those IF you paid the extra 5k for the super duper LE

48 hours and we know how Starwars looks like.

May the force be with you!

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What was 5 years ago? Both games are less than 5 years old, and both shows are still on the air.

If you were designing Star Wars, what toy ideas would you put in?

I was thinking one thing that might be cool would be a difficult shot like the jump ramp in NGG to destroy the death star.

That would be slick ... for a Death Star shot / tough shot to make that'll earn you some kind of "major award", I'd make it more like that skill shot on Capcom's Airborne ... there's a bumper that the player engages when the ball is shot up the ramp ... hit it at the right time and you lock a ball or get big points.

In fact, Airborne could be made into a rather great Star Wars machine in general ... two things would need to be done before you could get serious though ... one is mounting a small LCD in the center of the playfield so that you can change themes (a Star Wars pinball is nothing if you can't choose to be part of the Rebel Alliance or Empire). On Airborne, you'd basically rip out all of the lower-center inserts and art & replace with an LCD that displays either X Wing cockpit art or TIE Fighter cockpit art .

The other thing would be replacing the AIR and SHOW inserts with some kind of OLED displays so that you can change the letters to things like SITH, HAN, BEN, C3PO, R2D2, TIE, etc. depending on the mode .

Oh, the air tower in Airborne needs to be replaced with a rotating toy that can represent the Death Star, Bespin, or the front of an ATAT for Hoth ... oh, and RGB LEDs to change the mood of the game depending on mode (ice blue for Hoth, "orangy" for Bespin, reddish for anything dealing with Darth Vader, greenish for Degobah or Endor, Yellowish for Tatooine, etc.).

Also, a lot of those Pat Lawlor "line" inserts need to be added (think Wizard Blocks or Dialed In) so that you can do some cool laser blast effects on the playfield (with RGB LEDs of course).

Yeah, I can dream, can't I? . Seriously though, Airborne's layout, flow, and shots would make for one hell of a Star Wars game . It's a very underrated Capcom table.

Seems like longer. But Star Wars is more obsolete than both those shows. You really gotta be some kind a nerd to be a Star Wars fanboy in this day and age.

I thought Rogue One was very nicely done. For some reason Force Awakens didn't do too much for me.

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Same school of thought here. I really enjoyed Rogue One, where The Force Awakens seemed a bit similar to the original Star Wars (A New Hope). Don't get me wrong - I still liked it. (and seeing some previous characters back on screen was cool) Its just that the story told was a bit 'too familiar' to a movie I've seen SO MANY times throughout my formative years.

Exactly.

What? You mean destroying a giant planet capable of blowing up another giant planet isn't unique enough from destroying a giant moon capable of blowing up another planet? Lol, yeah, they went ultra conservative on the plot for episode 7...

What was I thinking?!? LOL

Princess Leia tube dancer.

LTG : )

I think nerds today aren't into Star Wars. It's become too mainstream with Disney pushing it down our throats every waking moment.

I thought both Disney SW films were OK but if the next one is same good I'm afraid my fandom will only be for the originals.

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I feel the same way others felt about Rouge One vs the Forve Awakens. I liked Rouge One a lot, but thought that The Force Awakens was very redundant.

It could set up better future films though, but I'm going to miss Han. He was always the most interesting character to me and the one everyone else bounced off of that made them interesting.

NO NO NO NO NO! Don't repeat the fake news cycle that somehow Disney is the one over selling Star Wars sir. Lucas invented the damn thing.

Which Originals? The real originals that are great, or the 3 prequels that were fair worse than Disney's 2?

EDIT: AS for Disney's, Force Awakens is exactly the same as SW but it felt right and was a fun watch. Rogue one was a fine side quest but no big payoff with it. Weird before i saw either i would expect the exact opposite of my thoughts with the 2 directors.

No wonder you liked it a lot. That was the porn version of Rogue One.

I guess it's hip to rip on Episode VII now.

I loved it thoroughly, and saw it 4 times in theater (haven't done that since my 20's). I was 5 in '77 and the original trilogy is a big part of my childhood. Seeing Han and Chewie on the big screen again was something I'd given up hope seeing.

Was the plot at the end similar? Yes, but it didn't bother me. Seriously, after the garbage that was the prequels, I'll give that plot point a pass.

Onward to Episode VIII!

My biggest gripe with "Death Star 3" was it was clearly more powerful than Death Star 1 & 2, and destroyed multiple planets and people in one shot, which is far more damage than Death Star 1 did, so in the end Death Star 3 SHOULD be the one that other movies are made about. Why make a movie about Death Star 1 (Rogue One), if Death Star 3 was far worse.

This is a nerd debate topic, for certain, but I just wish they came up with something else.

In the film's defense, they did jokingly reference the fact that they seen this kind of "big weapon" before.

Han says, "So we blow it up! There's always a way to blow these things up!"

not #3 it was glorious, great battles, birth of Darth I liked it as much as any of the OG trilogy and I grew up on those, Mcdonalds toys and all, Force Awakens wasn't a bad film but it wasn't anything special, like most films today the character has been lost. I'm really hoping for a Darkside LE.

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If you guys haven't watched Mr. Plinkett's review of the Star Wars Prequels, I highly recommend them.

He eviscerates Lucas and the movies. Side-splitting humor if you're not easy offended.

The beginning of his Episode 1 review sets the tone right away.

"Star Wars Episode 1: The Phantom Menace is the most disappointing thing since my son."

This link combines all the chapters for Episode 1.

Well, technically, it was a giant planet capable of destroying entire planetary systems ... a step up from the feeble Death Star only capable of destroying single moons/planets .

I know it was a rehash of "A New Hope" ... I was happy with it ... I don't think I had it in me to sit through another pile of trash prequel-like movie. I dug the new characters, laughed at parts that were meant to be funny (as opposed to laughing at horrible acting or ridiculous scenes like Jedi doing dynamic poses or obvious, in-film toy/video game commercials)

If the next one is more rehash, I'll be disappointed. I don't think that's going to happen . If it does, oh well ... I move on and won't blow anymore money on the series .

I've been watching this for 20 minutes. He is hilarious! and I agree with everything he has said so far...

That picture was right before one of the most unintentionally hilarious scenes in the whole series. "Nooooooooo!" Such terrible writing and acting. It was a master class on what's wrong with 100% digital filmmaking that doesn't mix in practical effects.

Bwhahaaha...so fucking bad.

Has to be one of the biggest whifs in film history.

He does reviews of II and III as well. They are all worth watching, but there is a bit of diminishing returns after his first review.

However, when he talks about George Lucas's complete lack of understanding women in Episode II, and cracks out the Family Feud "Strikes", you'll piss yourself laughing.

I'm at 25 minutes and about done. Its funny he is contradicting the Brevity quote he uses at the beginning...

I never really thought of it this way, but it's a great point.

In Episode VII and Rogue One, I laughed when I was supposed to laugh, as opposed to the prequels (like during every scene where Hayden Christensen talked about his feelings to Natalie Portman).

There were aspects of the prequels I enjoyed, but the portrayal of Anakin (both young and in his teen-angst phase) ruined them for me.

There were originally a series of episodes.

Well between that guy and the pinball wizard/Folsom prison clown yesterday, I'm YouTubed out for the week.

I got a buddy who says the same thing. Revenge of the Sith is just as terrible as the other prequels though. Episode 1 looks the best imo because the Tatooine scenes are on location. After that Lucas only wanting to film in his A/C green screen room.

The best thing to come from the prequels was John Williams score. It's so good and undeserving of being associated with the prequels.

Yes...when you ask people what's so great aboot it they mention the Vader scenes (yest forget "NOOOOO").
Somehow recreating the old sets for the last 5 minutes of the movie makes everyone forget the 8 shitfilled hours they just watched.

I liked all the fight sequences, yoda and the emperor were amazing and so was the fight with that robot guy and Ob1, I enjoyed the evilness of the turn around and subsequent slaughter of the Jedi and the end scene as well with everything including the noooooooooo. The first 2 sucked donkey dicks, oh yeah.

Has anyone heard any solid info that this is happening this week?

Anyone from here attending the convention so they can check first hand if Stern is even there?

cant any of you call the orginasation asif your a stern employee, to ask if everything is still right for the big presentation?

Whats the secret password?

I heard that Stern is not there.
Star Wars is going revealed may, and released in june.

i am your father???

or

step over to the darkside?

duh!

You might wanna ask these guys.

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There should be some folks in Orlando for the show that can share what they are seeing?

Stern is now claiming they are not going to the show.

Sneaky