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# this is why sc-fi is so revilled by the mainstream
you don't get whole fucking sites devoted to the backstory of the dreadlocked cop from Leon, or the waitress that serves sally in 'When harry met sally' because they are incidental characters with no purpose other than to propel the main narrative of the film

it just seems so very tragic that little geeks bother their arses to make this shit up

no offence, like
(, Tue 28 Sep 2010, 20:20, archived)
# I'm actually inclined to agree
Just the first point of reference google fell upon

nothing like not leaving the mystique in a film alone so you can take it how ever you want from the experience. I gave up on the expanded Star Wars franchise long ago when I saw where it was going
(, Tue 28 Sep 2010, 20:23, archived)
# good lad
:)
(, Tue 28 Sep 2010, 20:25, archived)
# ^
(, Tue 28 Sep 2010, 20:25, archived)
# So very well said
(, Tue 28 Sep 2010, 20:26, archived)
# *soothes*
(, Tue 28 Sep 2010, 20:27, archived)
# They make money
by selling that drivellous backstory to geeks, though.
All that sort of stuff comes from the fanfic-shit-dressed-as-novels that is the Expanded Universe. Every last muppet from Jabba's Palace has a crappy story about them. All those teddy bears on Endor have life histories. George 'Fatneck' Lucas approves it all to feed his main-lined cholesterol habit.
Star Wars was a fun film, but the shite that came after is the pits. Someone should have just burst the fat fucker when he first tried calling Star Wars "Episode IV".
(, Tue 28 Sep 2010, 20:29, archived)