SOCL

Bring it on! But, wait, hold on a second.Plugs in double-bladed lava-lampsaber. It takes a second to charge up, but when it is charged up...you better watch out!

Excellent! This is, what(?), the second time I've been right?

Thank you for pointing that out, O Learnéd BEAK Apprentice. You must understand, SOCL, that it was I: 1. Who discovered you were a Padadweeb 2. Alleviated you and freed you from Padadweebship into BEAKness 3. Who gave you the title Grand Imperator of BEAK So, you see, I could not and would not be a BEAK apprentice! Capice?! I have since long achieved the status of Master of BUDDHA (Brilliant though Underappreciated yet Daring and Dazzling Honorable Achievements). So, iIt's okay to call me Learnèd (not learnéd); for the rest: SHUT YOUR BEAK, SOCL!!! Sorry, master. It shall not happen again.

Cover up? Save? I don't know what you're talking about, I was being 100% serious!

The same gripes most of us have over those movies you have very well pointed out. EPIV also seems to introduce many ideas (different Imperial insignia, C-3PO and R2-D2 being the main characters, etc) that were eventually changed to fit TESB and ROTJ. What I mean is that many ideas of how STAR WARS would be had to be changed due to the addition of the other two movies. It was the special editions that made the original trilogy flow a tad better, making them seem to connect far better than they had originally (i.e. the Jabba scene in EPIV, etc).

I mean, I didn't choose to be an American...I was simply born.

http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2003-6/131990/Zoot.gif I've got a bad feeling about this....

Didn't Jahled say he was going to do it?...though I may be wrong.

I wonder how you obtained this knowledge... What if he is an emoticon himself?You think they might be operating silently?!Yes...maybe one of Zoot's sleeper cells....Let's build a pyramid!As long as it's relevant. The dreaded Zoot has at last sent out the code...his sleeper cells are coming to life....http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2003-6/131990/Zoot.gif

igorimp, I must say your research into this topic is quite impressive. Now, I am an Imperial, but I must point out that the Rebels did lose MANY fighters during the space battle. You'll notice that Lando says, "...all fighters follow me." when they begun their attack on the DSII's main reactor. Right after he says that, it shows the fighters moving toward the DSII...you'll notice that only about a handful are left. But then again, that handful is more than what remained of the Imperial's have billion TIEs (in exaggeration, of course). And I had now idea that Lando was suppose to die in the original script...it would have made things a little more believeable and far more interesting. Again, I still say it's all rooted in the Good Guys Have To Win Rule.

Pardon my ignorance, but who are these people?

Hey, what's the matter, Scath? Are you upset about something?

I joined Mar 27, 2003 and today is June 10, 2003 and this is post 1165 for me. That's 1165 posts in less than three months!

Yeah, thanks a ton, Scath. Psss!, Scath. Shouldn't the "Whose we?" in your signature be "Who's we?" since "whose" is possessive and you mean "who is" (even though it would sound better and be correct as "who are", I see that you're quoting...even so the "whose" and "who's" thing should stand). ...The GRAND IMPERATOR of BEAK strikes again!

That's true, just being normal.

I presume your next question will be Why is it called milk and what purpose does it serve?Har har har, real cute, Scath. No, I did not mean cookies as in the type you eat, I meant the type of cookies websites put on your PC.

The Thrawn Theory, as it has come to be known, is where Thrawn discusses to Joruus C'baoth and Pallaeon in Heir to the Empire about the events at the Battle of Endor. He states that the Imperial forces were not acting as true forces but were, instead, being supported by the Emperor's force powers. Thus, he basically says that the Imperial forces were incompetent and without the Emperor, they would have fallen apart, which they did. This theory is good and all, but I think it's just another classic example of the "Good Guys Have To Win" rule that infests most the SW universe, and most of literature and such, for that matter. I, personally believe that the Imperial forces at the Battle of Endor were forced to lose because the good guys have to win rule. I also think that had the story been a tad more realistic (without the stupid rule in place), the Imperials would have come out victorious. As a matter of fact, they would have probably come out 100% victorious and should have long since crushed the Rebellion...perhaps even with "one swift stroke". Of course, to keep within continuity, the Thrawn Theory is the only thing that makes sense...as much as I hate to be forced to say that the Imperials relied that much on the Emperor.... For people who hated Jedi, they sure did rely on the Force a lot.... ARGH! Another reason I dislike GL....

Don't worry, I know where he died. In the game, of course, I keep Thrawn as far away from Bilbringi as I can.You wimp! Hey, better safe than sorry! I prefer to not take the risk...although, I did have a fleet engagement once over Bilbringi where Thrawn was inbound from Yaga Minor, but I lost the engagement and got the current admiral killed.... Thrawn missed death by a day! That system is cursed!!!

I wonder how you obtained this knowledge... What if he is an emoticon himself? You think they might be operating silently?! Yes...maybe one of Zoot's sleeper cells....

Um...why he's the clone of Jahled Zoot keeps around to open cans of kitty food....

Boys, boys, calm yourselves and play nice, now, ya hear?

Thank you for pointing that out, O Learnéd BEAK Apprentice.

How dare you not like these great systems!!! If it wasn't for them...well...a lot stuff would be different! Right, Scath? ...Scath?

And I'm not...well...I am that...and that...and that too.... Carry on, Trej.

Don't worry, I know where he died. In the game, of course, I keep Thrawn as far away from Bilbringi as I can.