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Hmmm... Are we comparing SW books to LotR movies? Or even SW books to LotR books? OR are we comparing SW movies to LotR movies? Because I'd do neiter of that. Actually I don't compare SW movies to LotR books either but more than any of the other alternatives. If anyone can tell me what I meant by that... ..tell me, 'cause I got confused in the middle of writing it.

It is time to bring out the big guns - Babylon 5... "The avalanche has already started, it is too late for the pebbles to vote." - Kosh "Now, landing thrusters.. landing thrusters, hmm. Now if I were a landing thruster, which one of these would I be?" - Londo Mollari "Captain, we're sorry. We thought you were dead." - Drazi Spokesman "I was. I'm better now." - Capt. Sheridan "Are you trying to cheer me up?" "No sir, wouldn't dream of it." "Good, I hate being cheered up." "In that case we're all going to die slow, agonizing deaths." "Thank you, I feel so much better now." - Capt. Sheridan, Cmdr. Ivanova "When I said my quarters were cold, I did not mean, 'Oh, I think it's a little chilly in here, perhaps I'll throw a blanket on the bed.' No, I said it was COLD, as in, 'Oh, my left arm has snapped off like an icicle and shattered on the floor'! This is highly inappropriate, Captain!" "You're right. There are several other parts of your body I'd much rather see snapped off." - Capt: Sheridan, Londo Mollari "I'm still waiting for an explanation, gentlemen." "Yes, and I'm prepared to give you one, Commander, as soon as the room stops spinning." "This station creates gravity by rotation. It never stops spinning." "Well, you begin to see my problem, huh?" - Cmdr. Sinclair, Londo Mollari

Just found a few great ones in my favourite cartoon, Calvin & Hobbes... "I'm being educated against my will! My rights are being trampled!" "Is it a right to remain ignorant?" "I don't know, but I refuse to find out!" - Calvin & Hobbes "What state do you live in?" "Denial." - Miss Wormwood & Calvin "That's the difference between me and the rest of the world! Happiness isn't good enough for me! I demand euphoria!" "Sometimes I think the surest sign that intelligent life exists elsewhere in the universe is that none of it has tried to contact us." -Calvin "I don't know which is worse, ...that everyone has his price, or that the price is always so low." "Why spend time learning when ignorance is instantaneous?" -Hobbes

What does NIIIC mean?

everyone calls trej trej. Uhm, Rogue Squadron, Jedi Knight I&II and Rebellion were really good, a LOT I have not been able to play, and, well, that sums it up. And Rebel Assault II was pretty fun as well, though it's not a 'good' game. Too arcade-like.

Joker had some good ones... "Do I look like I'm joking?" "Hey you wouldn't hit a guy with glasses on, would you?" And my favourites from Shrek are "What's that? It's hideous!" - "Well, that's not very nice. It's just a donkey." "Five shillings for the posessed toy" and "Sure it's big enogh, but look at the location!" Oh, well, they're all good.

Not just Star Wars related - Memorable quotes from movies, books, whatever Some of my movie favourites... Captain Spock: There is the old Vulcan proverb: only Nixon could go to China. - Star Trek VI General Chang: I can see you Kirk. Can you see me? Captain James T. Kirk: Chang. General Chang: Oh, now be honest, Captain. Warrior to warrior. You do prefer it this way, don't you, as it was meant to be. No peace in our time. "Once more unto the breach, dear friends." - Star Trek VI Captain Jean-Luc Picard: I will not sacrifice the Enterprise. Weve made too many compromises already; too mny retreats. They invade our space and we fall back. They assimilate entire worlds and we fall back. Not again. The line must be drawn here! This far, no further! And *I* will make them pay for what they've done. - Ster Trek-First Contact Khan: I'll chase him 'round the moons of Nibia and 'round the Antares Maelstrom and 'round perdition's flames before I give him up. - Star Trek II The Joker: My balloons. Those are my balloons. He stole my balloons! Why didn't anyone tell me he had one of those... things? Bob, gun. [bob hands him a gun, Joker shoots him] - Batman The Penguin: I believe the word you are looking for is "AAAAAAAAHHHHH"! - Batman Returns Elwood: They're not gonna catch us. We're on a mission from God. - Blues Brothers Elwood: It's 106 miles to Chicago, we've got a full tank of gas, half a pack of cigarettes, it's dark and we're wearing sunglasses. Jake: Hit it. - Blues Brothers Dr. Peter Venkman: Ray has gone bye-bye, Egon... what've you got left? Dr. Egon Spengler: Sorry, Venkman, I'm terrified beyond the capacity for rational thought. - Ghostbusters President Merkin Muffley: Gentlemen, you can't fight in here! This is the War Room. - Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb Ohboy, that's a lot of quotes, and I'm not halfway through...

More quotes... Hobbie: Two fighters against a Star Destroyer? Stormtrooper: Let me see your identification. Obi-Wan: You don't need to see his identification. Stormtrooper: We don't need to see his identification. Obi-Wan: These aren't the droids you're looking for. Stormtrooper: These aren't the droids we're looking for. Obi-Wan: He can go about his business. Stormtrooper: You can go about your business. Obi-Wan: Move along. Stormtrooper: Move along... move along. Darth Vader: Today will be a day long remembered. It has seen the death of Kenobi, and will soon see the end of the Rebellion. Darth Vader: Asteroids do not concern me, Admiral. I want that ship, not excuses. Yoda: Help you I can. Yes, mmmm. Luke: I don't think so. I'm looking for a great warrior. Yoda: Ohhh. Great warrior. Wars not make one great. Imperial Officer: Sir, rebel ships are coming into our sector. Captain Lennox: Good, our first catch of the day. Princess Leia: You're not actually going IN to an asteroid field? Han Solo: They'd be crazy to follow us, wouldn't they? Han Solo: I think my eyes are getting better. Instead of a big dark blur, I see a big light blur. Lando Calrissian: Yes, I said closer. Move as close as you can and engage those Star Destroyers at point blank range. Admiral Ackbar: At that close range we won't last long against those Star Destroyers. Lando Calrissian: We'll last longer than we will against that Death Star, and we might just take a few of them with us.

That's it, he was essentially a good guy.

Ooh, I forgot Admiral Rogriss, my favourite Imp besides Piett, Thrawn and Pellaeon.

Yes. People like mysterious characters. That's why I USED to like Boba Fett.

In the movies - Vader. Because he is Vader. I also like Piett and Ackbar, and Han has his moments. Elsewhere - Wedge (not so great in the movies as afterwards) followed by Thrawn, Janson, Tycho and Hobbie and the Wraiths.

I want a good spce battle game with capital ship control, Starfleet Command style. Very probably this isn't gonna happen, though.

Oyah. Not very often I was made laugh by books then when reading the Allston books. The Agamar Trio was hilarious. Thought of some I really like (in no particular order) from the movies... - see my sig... - "I'm looking for someone." - "Looking? Found someone you have I would say!" - "Mudhole? Slimy? My home this is." - "Evacuate? In our moment of triumph?" - "Lord Vader, the fleet has moved out of lightspeed and we're preparing to... ACK!" from the books--- - Hobbie: "It's worse than that." - Janson: "You know, whenever the name of Derek 'Hobbie' Klivian comes up, the words 'It's worse than that' ring in my ears. Sometimes I hear them when I'm dreaming." - Wedge: "If you continue to map the Unknown Regions you'll have to call them something else." - "That's my guess, Demolition Boy."-"I'm leader here; call me Demolition Boy Sir. Jesmin, how long have you been recording?"-" Since we came on station, Demolition Boy Sir." Well, those are just the funny ones, the other good ones I have found hard to remember...

Another one of these useless but generally funny 'favourite ...' things. Question this time: What's your favourite quote from the SW movies, the books, comics, games, whatever, or make that the favourite three or whateveryou see fit. Now all I need to do is think of some myself...

question is not what dreadnoughts are supposed to be or when they are supposed to be used; question is if Lucas cares.

never seen it that way... Ep1: insane planet-based starfighter assault launched on superior enemy involving blowing something up with torpedoes by a skywalker Ep2: asteroid hunt Ep3: Massive space battle? That's right, it could happen. I hope to see Dreadnughts and VSDs...

I like the sound of Turbolasers and explosions and TIEs swooping past and the immense deep rumble of a Star Destroyers' thrusters. I like the looks of huge chunks of metal sitting in space exchanging barrages of red and green bolts of light, tiny starfighters swarming between them and fireballs expanding in the vastness of space. I like the battle of Endor. I hope to see at least ONE decent capital ship battle in Episode 3, but I sincerely doubt ANY good space battles can be seen in either of the prequels.

interesting. that problem solved itself for me right now. very odd.

Well, there's egg and bacon; egg sausage and bacon; egg and spam; egg bacon and spam; egg bacon sausage and spam; spam bacon sausage and spam; spam egg spam spam bacon and spam; spam sausage spam spam bacon spam tomato and spam; spam spam spam egg and spam; spam spam spam spam spam spam baked beans spam spam spam or Lobster Thermidor a Crevette with a mornay sauce served in a Provencale manner with shallots and aubergines garnished with truffle pate, brandy and with a fried egg on top and spam. Just my daily dose of Monty Python...

oh, my. The SPAM has entered this my thread and claimed it for itself. Should I be annoyed or honored?

On the other hand, the more I think about it the more I like the good old TIE/ln. It's simply a classic.

The Corellian Corvette is pretty cool; I liked the modifications on Night Caller: A high-power Tractor Beam, Holocomm system, Capability of launching 4 TIEs (or 9 X-Wings )... And the most classic scene of all times...: Empty starfield, camera swings down slowly to reveal a yellow desert planet. A Corellian Corvette swoops past, firing her Laser batteries onto the enormous grey wedge-shaped ship following her...

My two favourites remain X-Wing and TIE Interceptor. Now in the last starfighters thread I voted for the TIE, this time it's the X-Wing's turn.

Ah, why not, I just want to know... What's the coolest of them capital ships appearing in the SW movies so far? I think I can guess the answer, but... EDIT: By the way, I voted for the Home One type wingless Calamari Cruiser; just because I think she's so beautiful.