I don't see it worth the effort trying to help the prequels make sense.
Star Wars Ep. VII has a name...
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I actually always thought of it as Han Solo bullshitting to try to get money out of obi wan and luke.
fade
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The whole timing thing doesn't make any sense, so I just decided to stop thinking about it because I love Star Wars otherwise. Look at Obi Wan himself. From 35 to 75 in 20 years. Those were some rough years on Tatooine. I always had the impression the Clone Wars happened 50 years or so before we meet Luke, and now it's still going on when Luke is born. In personal perspective, it went from WWII to Vietnam, which was weird.
That's actually based on a real world dam that was destroyed in WW2. The simplest way to take it out was to hit a small area on the side of the dam, but the approach was basically suicide. They ended up barrel bombing it eventually in a method similar to the movie.
You could always just ... you know ... ignore the prequels when watching the OT. The styles and quality are so different that they're almost two different series anyway.
Operation Chastise. The best way to destroy a dam is to hit it with a gigantic bomb. Since the Allies didn't have a bomber that could carry a large enough bomb at the time, precision explosions on the inside of the wall, under the water line, were considered to be the answer. The Germans knew this, and had torpedo nets in the reservoirs. Basically the British developed a sort of back-spinning depth charge that would skip across the surface of the water to avoid the nets, then drop towards the bottom of the dam's inner wall and detonate. The bomber had an extremely narrow window to launch the bomb in order for it to skip and sink correctly - if it was too far, it would just blow up in the water without damaging the dam; too close, and it would hit the dam above the water line, doing minimal damage (ie Red Leader's "No good, just peckin' on the surface" bit). The launch window might well have been not much bigger than 2 meters.
Dave
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Good on them, and all that, but I keep thinking - imagine you were the greatest biggest Star Wars fan ever, and you were dying... and you got a shot at seeing the New Star Wars! And you get....The Phantom Menace. Jeeze.
You just described the plot to Fanboys.
It's a pretty decent movie, check it out if you've got a chance. 
Choose Your Destiny:
Because they hate us internationals
Because it's illegal to show dishonest trailers in some countries, they had to make a boring trailer for a boring movie
So what you're saying is... that the british had jedi pilots in WW2... well, that does explain the battle of britain, i guess.
DAMN YOU, R.A. SALVATORE!!!! DAMN YOU TO HELLLLLLLLLL!!!!!
Harrison Ford saying this makes me believe it really is good. He is notorious for not wanting to come back during the original trilogy (after all, it was why Han was frozen in Carbonite), so for him to say this, I believe, means that the movie is going to be simply amazing.
On the contrary. He probably hasn't died yet, since we've had to listen to his agonized screaming since 1951.
--Patrick
I always have a hard time believing statements like this. We've seen plenty of people involved in a movie praise it to end before it comes out and as they promote it. Then, in retrospect, they'll slam it, call it a mistake in their career, etc.
Im not saying Ford is lying. It could very well be great. But it's tough taking these kinds of statements seriously anymore when it could be just promotional hype.
I think it has more to do with his history. In the past, he had absolutely no problem making his dislike of Star Wars known, and just refused to have anything to do with it.
1st tv spot has been released and more new scenes!
GasBandit
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So, I have a theory, and I don't think a fan theory can really be a spoiler, but I'll spoiler it anyway.
I think the girl (I think her name is Rey?) and the badguy (Kylo Ren?) are connected in some way. The poster seems to imply some sort of connection in how they're placed,
Look at that shit. Everyone is looking to the right, except for Kylo and Rey, with their weapons being parallel and Kylo almost looking like her shadow.
Ok, that Poe guy is looking left, but that's because anyone named Poe is awesome.
The original teaser trailer also has Luke doing a voiceover, saying "The force runs strong in my family. My father had it, I have it, my sister has it. You have it too." This strongly implies he's talking to a family member, which would either have to be his child, which is doubtful as it sounds like someone he's just meeting, or Leia's child. I know they're not pulling from the expanded universe anymore, but that doesn't mean they can't borrow ideas, and I think Rey and Kylo are secretly the Solo kids. This would also explain Kylo's obsession with Darth Vader, if it was his grandfather.
That, and Star Wars has always loved family dynastic type stuff.
Look at that shit. Everyone is looking to the right, except for Kylo and Rey, with their weapons being parallel and Kylo almost looking like her shadow.
Ok, that Poe guy is looking left, but that's because anyone named Poe is awesome.
The original teaser trailer also has Luke doing a voiceover, saying "The force runs strong in my family. My father had it, I have it, my sister has it. You have it too." This strongly implies he's talking to a family member, which would either have to be his child, which is doubtful as it sounds like someone he's just meeting, or Leia's child. I know they're not pulling from the expanded universe anymore, but that doesn't mean they can't borrow ideas, and I think Rey and Kylo are secretly the Solo kids. This would also explain Kylo's obsession with Darth Vader, if it was his grandfather.
That, and Star Wars has always loved family dynastic type stuff.
So, I have a theory, and I don't think a fan theory can really be a spoiler, but I'll spoiler it anyway.
I think the girl (I think her name is Rey?) and the badguy (Kylo Ren?) are connected in some way. The poster seems to imply some sort of connection in how they're placed,
Look at that shit. Everyone is looking to the right, except for Kylo and Rey, with their weapons being parallel and Kylo almost looking like her shadow.
Ok, that Poe guy is looking left, but that's because anyone named Poe is awesome.
The original teaser trailer also has Luke doing a voiceover, saying "The force runs strong in my family. My father had it, I have it, my sister has it. You have it too." This strongly implies he's talking to a family member, which would either have to be his child, which is doubtful as it sounds like someone he's just meeting, or Leia's child. I know they're not pulling from the expanded universe anymore, but that doesn't mean they can't borrow ideas, and I think Rey and Kylo are secretly the Solo kids. This would also explain Kylo's obsession with Darth Vader, if it was his grandfather.
That, and Star Wars has always loved family dynastic type stuff.
So... Kylo's real name is Kylo Solo?
