December 19, 2007

30 Years of LucasFilm Christmas Cards - Seasonal kitsch.
posted by tellurian 16 years ago
  • Cool stuff. I like the Norman Rockwell-type 'droids the best. While cleaning out a drawer yesterday, I found a pack of assorted Star Trek:TNG birthday cards I bought in the mid-90's.
  • The cards seem to focus on the cute characters of the series. Where's Darth Vader cutting the ham? Where's Darth Maul assembling a bike with Ms. Maul watching adoringly?
  • Or Jabba the Hutt, his chin dribbled with eggnog?
  • Darth Maul hadn't been invented yet...
  • Monkeyfilter: Darth Vader cutting the ham
  • Better than Jabba cutting the cheese...
  • Actually, all of the books were written before the first one was committed to film (which was the middle trilogy). This thread is so itchin for a photoshop.
  • errrr no, that's not the case.
  • It is SO the case. The cards cover the "Lucasfilm" Star Wars movies. How could Mr. and Ms. Maul NOT be in a ravishing paiting for Christmas? I think you're pushing my buttons (or C3POs)...what's your point?
  • Where's Darth Maul assembling a bike with Ms. Maul watching adoringly? Or Palpatine giving young Mini-Maul his first lightsaber.
  • Hank is right. Plus he's got tight buns.
  • Ah, H-Dogg, I should know better than to take a big sip of coffee before clicking on one of your links!
  • Or Darth Vader facing the Emperor, both with hands behind their backs and a charged light saber with a bow on it. Hank: I give up, man. I honestly have no idea where you're going with this! In the spirit of Christmas, have a nice day! Fill me in if you like!
  • I think the misunderstanding may stem from the use of the word "book?" In this case it's bound to have several different possible interpretations. I could be wrong. Lunch delivery is running late and my stomach is drawing blood away from my brainses.
  • What I'm saying is this: the 'books' by which I presume you mean Lucas' original script drafts for Star Wars written between 1972-1975 (IIRC), did not include most of the details you see in the final films. You can read the early Star Wars drafts online, so this is not an issue worth arguing about. Darth Maul was a character created in approx 1995 or 6 for the first prequel movie. He didn't exist prior to that. In the early drafts there are Sith warriors or bad guy warriors, but they're not called Darth anything, and Maul isn't in there. The idea that there are only 2 Sith is definitely something that only dates to the mid 90s during pre-production of TPM, because in the early drafts there are more than that number of bad guy warriors, and the rule of two is never mentioned by anyone during the 70s-80s productions. In fact, no one really had a solid idea of what the Sith were, during that time, because Lucas never really explained it. The 'expanded universe' comes up with an explanation for it, but this doesn't come from Lucas, it comes from one of the novelists hired to write that stuff. The Prequels blatantly contradict stuff written in the expanded universe novels anyway. The elements that made it from the first drafts into the final movies are the Wookiee planet battle, which influenced both RotJ's Ewoks and the stuff in Revenge of the Sith, the Princess pretending to be a handmaiden, and a few other bits and pieces. Jango Fett is not in there. Kamino is not in there (although promotional material for Star Wars 1977 stated the Stormtroopers were clones). The name Mace Windu originates in script drafts from 1974 IIRC, but he's not a character in the story. The term Padawan Learner also originates there at this time, but it's not explained either. Lucas never wrote any 'books'. Even the novelization of ANH, the chronological first movie, was ghost written by Allen Dean Foster, but attributed to Lucas on the cover. Later printings change this. The reference to 'Book of the Whills' from which 'The Adventures of Luke Skywalker' were said to derive was purely a literary device; no such books exist. Lucas many times claimed that the entire story was set out before the movies were made. This is true in a broad sense, but not in detail. In fact you can prove it isn't because certain story ideas, even ones in Empire & Jedi, can be traced to other sources during production, such as Luke being Vader's son. Lucas has apparently claimed that Luke was always gonna be Vader's son, and that he knew this during the production of ANH (Star Wars, 1977) but examination of the script drafts and early passes for the script of Empire show that this is not the case. Add to this that a lot of the stuff in Empire can be traced to writer Leigh Brackett and not Lucas. Hell, even the death of Obi Wan Kenobi in the first movie was something only thought up after filming had begun. We know this because when Alec Guinness heard about it, he was pissed off.
  • I love the smell of Hank pontificating on SW in the morning. Also
  • I'm not pontificating! /hurt
  • Wow, Bea Arthur is pissed.
  • Hank: I bow to your mastery of the SW universe. HOLY CRAP, man! Thanks for the description. It is all much more clear to me, and I will admit to NOT knowing a few of those items (ok, that was obvious) but really: Thank you. Another card I didn't see in the list: Where's the wide shot of the Death Star with Santa's sleigh circling?
  • Unfortunately I spent most of my youth obsessing over Star Wars as an Asperger's Syndrome focus area. I know what brand underpants Lucas wore in 1976 and what he was eating the day the fucking movie opened. I wish I had focused on, like, stock market shit or something. However, I still managed to get laid, which is surprising.
  • Soo...boxers or briefs? Too bad C3PO Underoos™ weren't invented yet. I wanted Princess Leis Underoos™ sooo badly, but all I got was some plain yellow polyester affairs from the Montgomery Wards bargain bin.
  • Cotton-rayon blend A-front Firenze briefs with geometric patterns. Around August 76 he started on Fruit of the Loom pouched briefs and, rarely, TriColors.
  • However, I still managed to get laid, which is surprising. I'm going to mentally append this to the end of every MoFi comment I read from now on.
  • Why just mentally? Write it in there. Punch it, Chewie.
  • However, he still managed to get laid, which was surprising.
  • Monkeyfilter: You'll still manage to get laid, which is surprising.
  • Whoa! A-front Firenze briefs? I would have sworn black-and-blue he was a Fundoshi kinda guy. Thank you for expanding my universe Hank Mabuse.
  • That's Doctor Hank Mabuse, bitch.
  • *bows, exits, manages to get laid, is surprised*
  • I trust you, despite your complaining.
  • I'm gonna sell the ones he wore for two days in Tunisia. On Ebay. YES I HAVE HIS UNDIES
  • "Hey, baby, wanna see George Lucas's underpants?" sounds like a pretty effective pickup line.
  • Palpatine got laid? With who?
  • I heard it was that slut Jar Jar.
  • *pokes at brain with rusty spoon, trying to make mental image go away*
  • "Hey, baby, wanna see George Lucas's underpants?" sounds like a pretty effective pickup line. I would add a comment about a light saber, depending on conditions.
  • 'Happened to me before, I swear this never had'
  • You do not have Lucas' undies. Dude, those are totally Comic Book Guy's. He just said they were Georgie's.
  • No they have a certificate of authenticity. George left his signature on them.