Green is your Lightsaber's color.

Green is the color of nature. It symbolizes growth,
harmony, and freshness. Green has strong
emotional correspondence with safety. Green is
also commonly associated with wealth and
happiness, so someone with a green lightsaber
like yourself is a fortunate soul.


What Colored Lightsaber Would You Have?
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From Ith

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Who else saw the Millenium Falcon (pronounced Fawl-con) cameo in SW ep. III? I didn't until we saw it again yesterday afternoon.

I guess that was Lando, huh?

BTW points to the first person who can tell me where the post title comes from. My DH doesn't get to play.....

Update: edisoncarter scores a win with "Depeche Mode: Music for the Masses"

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1 Ugh. It's monday morning and I haven't gotten to see a movie in TWO years. Hope someone else can answer you.

Posted by: vw bug at May 23, 2005 10:58 AM (V4mW3)

2 No, I didn't see it. But I was so pooped by the time I got to the movie, I probably missed a lot of little details.

Posted by: Ith at May 23, 2005 11:26 AM (nt+rp)

3 My son saw it and I swore he was making it up. Now I'll have to admit to him he was right. GRRR.

Posted by: Super G at May 23, 2005 02:46 PM (EeQUM)

4 depeche mode? music for the masses?

Posted by: edisoncarter at May 23, 2005 04:57 PM (VfS6o)

5 Yes! We have a winner!!!!!

Posted by: caltechgirl at May 23, 2005 05:01 PM (eV5t9)

6 Crap... I'm too late. Mental note: "Visit caltechgirl's blog more often." ;^)

Posted by: Paladin at May 23, 2005 05:40 PM (Rfqkp)

7 Ahh... music trivia... I love this stuff... and we do like similar bands I believe... you can check out the stuff I'm into on my blog... I have a DM dedication album from a bunch of alternative bands, Smashing Pumpkins, The Cure, Hooverphonic, etc. It's called "For the Masses". You can see more on Amazon. Now, post some more trivia! AP ps. New Order has a new album out called "Waiting for the Siren's Call"... good stuff but not as good as "Get Ready".

Posted by: ap at May 24, 2005 12:58 PM (u5Cu4)

8 I missed that referenece. What part of the movie was it in?

Posted by: Contagion at May 24, 2005 02:56 PM (Q5WxB)

9 Dang, I also missed it. Oh well, I guess I'll just have to go see the movie again.

Posted by: amanda at May 26, 2005 06:51 PM (cqrWD)

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Michele, whose Star Wars geekiness surpasses my own solely because she was old enough to go to the theatre to see Star Wars and Empire when they first came out, has a wondeful review up.

Warning: Review Contains Spoilers!

Her experiences with the film are similar to mine. Tears? check. Chills? check.

Plus she has a great sum-up of the scene where Vader gets his mask, and explains better than I can why it doesn't bother me....

One thing I disagree with, Michele's unhappy that Padme names the twins right after they are born. I figure, if Padme (and Anakin) had picked out a boy name and a girl name (planning for either), it makes sense that she would want her children to have those names, and, knowing she was dying, made sure to name her children before she couldn't.

Here's an excerpt (non-spoiler):

Do you want to know how much of a geek I am? I can't believe I am going to admit this here. When the opening scroll started and the music began I actually teared up. I swear to you, there were tears in my eyes and I almost, nearly started crying. And I'm not the only one. There was a palpable sense of relief in the theater when the scroll came up. Like everyone sighed at once. Finally, our questions answered. The closure. The scroll and the music is the beginning of the end, and it's very bittersweet because you know that once the movie starts, you're on your way to it being over. Not just the movie being over, but the whole Star Wars saga that you spent 28 years of your life thinking about and talking about is over.

Go read the rest!

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Five Words: Lucas really pulled it out!

More below the fold..... (SPOILERS) more...

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There's a subtle political theme in SW Ep III that no one's picked up on yet.

Below the fold (for dialogue spoilers only, no plot spoilers if you've seen Ep. IV) more...

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Husband got 2 tickets for tonight at 8pm!

WooHoo!!!

Did I mention it's raining so hard it sounds like a pressure washer on my front windows? Holy cow!

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So I'll link this too. Go over to Ben's place if Ith or Deb haven't sent you already and read about his feelings for Star Wars, and his amazing kitsch collection. No kiddin'. Three sets. I'm not surprised. You should see some of the other cool 80's stuff in that house......

BTW the crazy fanatics he mentions at the end of the post are yours truly and my DH....

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Alright, I suppose they should have been "sepratists" or "jedi" or "clones" but most normal people don't include those words in their recipe titles, so we're going OT.

Two recipes this week:

First, from Emporer Palpatine:

Imperial Pork Salad
Makes 4 servings.

1/4 cup vegetable oil, divided
1/2 pound lean pork, cut in
bite-size pieces
1 large clove garlic, minced
1/4 cup California raisins
1/4 cup red wine vinegar
1 tablespoon soy sauce
2 teaspoons sugar
1 teaspoon cornstarch
1 teaspoon ground ginger
3 fresh ripe plums, divided
4 cups shredded lettuce
1/4 cup chopped cilantro or parsley
Sliced green onion; for garnish

Directions:
Heat 1 tablespoon oil in skillet. Add pork and garlic.
Saute over high heat 1 minute or until pork is no longer pink. Add raisins and stir in remaining oil, vinegar, soy sauce, sugar, cornstarch and ginger. Bring to boil. Remove from heat. Cube 1 plum and combine with lettuce and cilantro in shallow serving bowl. Spoon pork mixture on top.
Quarter remaining plums and arrange along side. Sprinkle onion slices overall.

And from the Alliance:

Rebel Angels
Makes 4 servings.

1 pound bacon
2 tablespoons onion powder
2 tablespoons dried oregano
2 tablespoons dried basil
1 tablespoon dried thyme
1 tablespoon ground black pepper
1 tablespoon ground white pepper
1 tablespoon ground cayenne pepper
5 tablespoons paprika
1 pound large shrimp - peeled
and deveined

Directions:

1 Cut bacon strips into thirds. In a large saucepan fry
bacon 5 minutes, they should remain somewhat limp (bacon is
not yet fully cooked).
2 Combine onion powder, garlic powder, oregano, basil,
thyme, black pepper, white pepper, cayenne pepper, and
paprika in a medium sized bowl. (To regulate the spiciness of
this dish use the white pepper and cayenne pepper to
taste). Coat shrimp with the spices.
3 Wrap bacon around shrimp, secure with toothpicks.
4 Fry shrimp in saucepan over medium heat until bacon is
crisp and shrimp are pink. Serve hot.

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Not real accurate, but hey, I don't usually do horoscopes anyway....

Star Wars Horoscope for Scorpio

You are a powerful character. You tend to be possessive and lusty - which explains your greedy nature. You feel threatened when people try to order you around or control you. You are prone to suspicion and jealousy - but your resilience and passion get you what you want. Star wars character you are most like: Han Solo

(h/t Jenna)

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... look this good you will not!

(h/t: Boba Fett)

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Check out Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Brick here

(h/t Flap)

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(15 minute brain break....)

Why is is that whenever I see the Rancor scene in ROTJ, specifically the part where Luke chokes the Rancor with the bone before crushing it with the door, I always think of Beldar Conehead "narfling" the Garthok at the end of the movie?

Like I said. Blasphemy. Sheer Blasphemy.....

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May the Fourth be with you.

This stays on top all day. New content below.

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