Show of hands - how many saw the Roomba in the order for R2 and C3PO? A robot for robots? or The final Star Wars sucks, and so does a Roomba?

Does not George Lucas take great pains to make R2D2 and C3PO positive likeable characters and as such are they not obviously self aware and not just the sum of clever programming. When it comes to the morality of destroying (read killing) such entities, clearly Lucas never watched Blade Runner.

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As I'm getting older, I'm understanding the platform wars less and less. I don't understand why we deride others for their enthusiasm in a product. Then again, I don't understand why our brain is short-circuited into feeling enthusiasm for a brand or product. I'm as guilty as the next guy.

In my case, it's wrapped up in a lot of nostalgia for days gone by. It's also hope for the future- but I have to agree with this guy that everything is broken and nobody is upset.

Also hoping that something is going to come along to sweep all of this crap under the rug- in the same way that the telephone destroyed the telegraph. My bet is on a true AI assistant that we just talk to - to do everything. Something that Siri, most definitely isn't - Closer to Watson, but with the ability to take action on our behalf. A real, C3PO type robot, just without the body - at first.

BTW I think C3PO is channelling Stephen Fry, that disciple of all things Apple.

>> ^HadouKen24:
My analysis: four gay Vaders attempting to seduce four C-3PO's through the power of dance.


There's more to it than that -- Considering we now know that C3PO was created by little Annie Skywalker and that little Annie Skywalker is Darth Vader, this is sort of like a creator-versus-the-created dance off. It makes sense to me on so many levels. Not to say that these levels are very deep, but they do exist. Sort of like all of the obsessively maxed out characters I leveled in random MMOs...

Everything is both horrifying and quasi-deeply satisfying in the world of pop culture.

>> ^GeeSussFreeK:
Ok, so I get that C3PO was doing the robot...but wth was vader doing?


He was also doing the robot, but in an entirely different way...

Ok, so I get that C3PO was doing the robot...but wth was vader doing?

Why doesn't it surprise me that the French have C3PO as the starring character in their version of star wars...?

When Dawkins gets angry he sounds like C3PO.

Party Went Awesome....

Star Wars Ships hung all ove the house (20 or so...) and my son set up a clone Vs. Droid Army Diorama for everyone to see... As you can guess - we have an over abundance of SW figures in our house...

- Pin the saber on the jedi - I painted a big jedi and let them make their own sabers and colour them.
- Star Wars Colouring Page contest
-Musical Lightsabers - Same as chairs only with lightsabers in the middle - had to pick them up...
- Rancor Tag -Thanks Ornthoron
- C3PO Race -Thanks FJNBK
- Thermal Exhust Port Run - with bean bags and a bucket - again Thanks FJNBK
- Star Wars Jedi Training - Same as in Disneyland only I did the training and the testing with a double sided lightsaber while wearing my clone helmet...

Thanks to all for the suggesations!
Ad pop, chips, pretzels, cake, icecream and four pizzas (2for1 coupons) and it was a great kids party.

All prizes and goodie bags were made up from our party box in which we acumulate stuff throughout the year. All Star Wars plates, hats, whistels and such were given to us by a friend

All put together for under $40.

.. did you just suggest cornholing the children?

>> ^Fjnbk:
Make a corn hole, but call it Trench Run or something better than that. The beanbags the kids toss are actually proton torpedoes, and the holes to toss them into are thermal exhaust ports.
This idea isn't very good, but... C3PO Race. The kids have to walk like C3PO as fast as they can. Yeah, not very good.
That's what I can think of now, I'll post some more if they come to me.

Make a corn hole, but call it Trench Run or something better than that. The beanbags the kids toss are actually proton torpedoes, and the holes to toss them into are thermal exhaust ports.

This idea isn't very good, but... C3PO Race. The kids have to walk like C3PO as fast as they can. Yeah, not very good.

That's what I can think of now, I'll post some more if they come to me.

Ep4-6 were NOWHERE near as bad as 1-3.

Take the wisecracking humour of Han Solo, take the interplay between C3PO and others, and take the wonderful setting and menacing bad guy.

Now... replace it with slapstick comedy, horrible child actors, possibly worse young adult actors, actual 3 stooges routines... and you're left with utter tripe.

The original ones are undoubtedly better if you saw them as children, but they are also great in and of themselves, and the reviews by ADULTS at the time bare this to be true.

The new ones are just horrendous.

Ep4 was where we learnt why C3PO was such a tool ... he was built by George Lucas.

Star Wars has to be the most over rated movie series of all time. You know how bad Ep1 - Ep3 are? That's pretty much how bad Ep4 - Ep6 look if you didn't see them when you were young enough to get lost in the fantasy. Instead of Jar-Jar, you get a moon full of teddy bears - who can beat a heavily armed but apparently untrained army.

I knew someone who saw Ep1 when they were very young and he raved about it exactly like people 10 - 20 years older than me rave about Ep4 - Ep6. Thankfully, he grew out of it.

ep1 is where we learn why C3PO is such a tool.... He was built by young Anakin.