Favourite Star Wars films and Characters?

[NIGHTBRINGER]

Me too and our top 5 characters are almost identical!

Great minds think alike!

Return of the Jedi
Empire Strikes back
New Hope
Revenge of the Sith
Phantom Menace
Rogue one
Attack of the clones
Force Awakens

Wow... you really don't like the Force Awakens. (comparatively of course)

The gungans weren't so bad, decent design choices, I liked their orb weapons. I think it was gorcing the one character in that left a bad taste in people's mouths, and out of all the gungans, he seemed like he may hvae had some sort of mental handicap. So the species itself isn't bad.

Too bad he is the poster boy of the species.

 

[Crowsfoot]

Great minds think alike!


Wow... you really don't like the Force Awakens. (comparatively of course)

Depends how the plot goes with The Last Jedi at the moment it just feels disjointed.

 

[NIGHTBRINGER]

Depends how the plot goes with The Last Jedi at the moment it just feels disjointed.

We shall see. I for one am super excited about The Last Jedi. I'm expecting great things!

 

[Crowsfoot]

We shall see. I for one am super excited about The Last Jedi. I'm expecting great things!

Me too, can't wait.

 

[Lord Agragax of Lunaxoatl]

Exactly @Bowser - Jar Jar was an outcast - the other Gungans threw him out because he caused so much trouble in their society. Most people automatically associate the rest of the Gungans with Jar Jar and say they're awful, but remember that they have shieldwalls and catapults and shield generators and cavalry and all sorts. They held up the more-advanced droid army for ages because they were good soldiers. They could beat the Ewoks at any rate in a fight.

Certainly Captain Tarpals is a much better representative of the Gungan people. Here is a link to a picture of him:

https://goo.gl/images/b9LjD0

 

[n810]

Captain Tarpals is
such a better character.

Would have been a better movie if they had picked up
C3PO as the comic relief half way though the first move
and left Jar-Jar behind for most of the rest of the prequels.

 

[NIGHTBRINGER]

What bothers me most about the prequels is that I didn't get to see Jar Jar square off against Darth Vader. If anything was to push Anakin over the edge, it should have been Jar Jar. I also would have happily settled with Sidious vs. Jar Jar. Missed opportunities.

 

[n810]

Well Palpatine did trick Jar-Jar into nominating him as Emperor.
So clearly he was a tool for Evil.

 

[NIGHTBRINGER]

Well Palpatine did trick Jar-Jar into nominating him as Emperor.
So clearly he was a tool for Evil.

Jar Jar is most definitely a tool.

I think he has outlived his usefulness though.

 

[Lord Agragax of Lunaxoatl]

Not so - Padme was the one to call the vote of no confidence in Chancellor Valorum, the previous chancellor (played by Terence Stamp), which paved the way for Palpatine in the first place. Jar Jar would probably have given out emergency powers if Valorum had been chancellor anyway - if it wasn't for Padme Valoruym would have used the clones for good and probably saved the Republic. Padme was the main tool - you even see Sidious constantly influencing her with the Force in the Phantom Menace senate scene, as below in Figure 1:

Figure 1 - Sidious influencing Padme

Really it was Palpatine all along - he engineered the Separatist crisis to get the Republic to nominate him to be Supreme Chancellor and then he could cause as much trouble as possible. The Separatists were all tools as well - once Anakin had become Darth Vader and Palpatine had executed Order 66, the Separatists were no longer needed.

The reason Jar Jar gave the emergency powers was because he was under pressure - Padme gave him the responsibility of being senator for Naboo after she resigned (not the wisest move ever), and when Palpatine's aide (the blue chap in Figure 2) says "If only Senator Amidala were here", that pressures Jar Jar into trying to keep up the good work that Padme did, as in Figure 3.

Figure 2: "If only...Senator Amidala were here." - Palpatine's aide (left), probably being influenced by Palpatine as well (right)

Figure 3 - Poor old Jar Jar feeling as though he must continue Padme's work

If anything, Palpatine was taking advantage of Jar Jar's friendly nature and lack of intelligence to get him to give him the power he needed. Poor old Jar Jar got the blame for everything when in fact there was nothing that could be done to stop Palpatine once he had become Supreme Chancellor - once that had happened, it was all over already really. So leave off the hate on Jar Jar.

Nevertheless, I do still believe Captain Tarpals is a better representative of the Gungans - he has a heroic last stand against General Grievous, as shown below:

While he does sadly die in the end, it took real courage to fight a cyborg with 4 arms - only Obi-Wan also showed such bravery. Captain Tarpals will always be a legend in my book.

 

[NIGHTBRINGER]

While he does sadly die in the end, it took real courage to fight a cyborg with 4 arms - only Obi-Wan also showed such bravery.

Others did so as well... it just didn't end very well for them.

 

[Lord Agragax of Lunaxoatl]

Like poor old Captain Tarpals. What a legend!

Yes the Last Jedi does look better than Force Awakens - I especially liked the space battle part - that does look epic

 

[Warden]

I like all of 1, 2, 3 and Rogue One equally because they are more realistic (more good people die, which is what happens in real-life) and I just prefer the Republic era, although Rogue One did make me more interested in the Galactic Civil War. As for fave characters, I'd say Obi-Wan, Count Dooku, Qui-Gon and General Grievous from prequels and all the characters from Rogue One because I thought they were brilliant!

Definitely Captain Kirk.




...that aside I loved the original Star Wars the best as a kid (New Hope), and though I didn't like episodes 1-3 that much, their graphics were great, and Darth Maul was awesome.

Also thoroughly enjoyed Rogue One. This character was my favorite by far, reminds me of what would have happened if you stuck someone like Bruce Lee into the Star Wars universe (can you imagine him with a lightsaber )

Nevertheless, I do still believe Captain Tarpals is a better representative of the Gungans - he has a heroic last stand against General Grievous, as shown below:

While he does sadly die in the end, it took real courage to fight a cyborg with 4 arms - only Obi-Wan also showed such bravery. Captain Tarpals will always be a legend in my book.

I never saw this in the movies... Interesting pic!

 

[Bowser]

Hk 47 still the best character.

 

[Lord Agragax of Lunaxoatl]

I never saw this in the movies... Interesting pic!

That's because it isn't from the films - it's from the Clone Wars animated series, specifically the episode 'Shadow Warrior' where the Droid army tries to invade Naboo again and an evil Gungan sorcerer tries to manipulate the new Gungan Boss. It's one of the better episodes of the series, I find.

Also thoroughly enjoyed Rogue One. This character was my favorite by far, reminds me of what would have happened if you stuck someone like Bruce Lee into the Star Wars universe (can you imagine him with a lightsaber )

Yes Chirrut is one of my faves too - I was willing him to survive and was quite sad to see him die. I'm actually rewriting A New Hope to star the Rogue One characters, and in it I'm going to have Chirrut discuss the Force with old Obi-Wan. And I would imagine he would boss everyone with a lightsaber. He would certainly beat Rey hands down in a staff fight.

Definitely Captain Kirk.

Live Long and Prosper @Warden

 

[NIGHTBRINGER]

And I would imagine he would boss everyone with a lightsaber. He would certainly beat Rey hands down in a staff fight.

Not for long. Her force potential seems far greater.

 

[NIGHTBRINGER]

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Hk 47 still the best character.

No... that would be Darth Bane.

 

[Lord Agragax of Lunaxoatl]

Not for long. Her force potential seems far greater.

But Chirrut is blind - think about it, I have heard those who are blind have their other senses amplified to compensate for their loss of sight - with Chirrut this probably included his Force-sensitivity. How else could he have dodged so many Stormtrooper shots? Mind that I'm talking about Rey without Anakin's lightsaber - just her quarterstaff. Chirrut would be able to hit her several times around the face really quickly and she would be down before she could even wield her heavy metal staff properly. And if she did somehow beat him Baze would then shoot her to pieces because she defeated his best friend

 

[NIGHTBRINGER]

But Chirrut is blind - think about it, I have heard those who are blind have their other senses amplified to compensate for their loss of sight - with Chirrut this probably included his Force-sensitivity. How else could he have dodged so many Stormtrooper shots? Mind that I'm talking about Rey without Anakin's lightsaber - just her quarterstaff. Chirrut would be able to hit her several times around the face really quickly and she would be down before she could even wield her heavy metal staff properly. And if she did somehow beat him Baze would then shoot her to pieces because she defeated his best friend

There are a couple of key things to remember when it comes to Rey:

• she is still young
• she is pretty much untrained (but will soon receive training from Jedi Grandmaster Luke Skywalker himself)
• her rate of progression with the force is staggering, in that without any significant training, she was able to successfully implement a Jedi mind trick, display masterclass flying with the Millennium Falcon (think of young Anakin), resist and reverse Kylo's mind probe and defeat (an admittedly injured) Kylo in a lightsaber duel

She will pass him in ability very soon. Can he beat her?... not for long.

 

[Bowser]

There are a couple of key things to remember when it comes to Rey:

• she is still young
• she is pretty much untrained (but will soon receive training from Jedi Grandmaster Luke Skywalker himself)
• her rate of progression with the force is staggering, in that without any significant training, she was able to successfully implement a Jedi mind trick, display masterclass flying with the Millennium Falcon (think of young Anakin), resist and reverse Kylo's mind probe and defeat (an admittedly injured) Kylo in a lightsaber duel

She will pass him in ability very soon. Can he beat her?... not for long.

Just saying, HK 47 would take them both out!