Talk:Star Wars/Archive 2

message: I'm suprised that this very comprehensive article has no section devoted to Star Wars Criticism. I'm sure most wikipedians (like myself) love Star Wars, but there are some substantial negatives that could be included in this article to create a more neutral POV. Excessive marketing/merchandizing and LucasFilm profit motivations (video game and action figure sales, numerous re-releases, ect), racial stereotypes and sexism, moral simplicity, and possible negative impacts on the movie industry are all reasonable criticisms that have been directed towards the films and expanded universe. Although some of these are addressed in individual articles I believe there should be a section for general critique in the main article. Any thoughts?
SimonSayz 19:33, 2 May 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Criticisims

message: Are there any good references, books, etc, for the article?  (Verifiably, etc) -- AllyUnion (talk) 19:42, 3 Mar 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  References 

message: I have removed the "Main film locations" section. These locations are accessible through the individual film pages and not needed here. The article needs to get shorter, and removing lists like this one completely also prevents people from adding their favorite location. Similarly, I have cut the main characters quite a lot. I hope it won't grow too much again. Kusma (talk) 02:56, 7 December 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Cutting stuff 

message: I have cut the Box office performance section and put it below. My reasoning is as follows: 
*The commentary is quite trivial, and obvious from the table iself.
*The table is wrong and misleading, since 
**the budget only lists the original budget, not how much was spent on re-releases
**the adjustment for inflation was made assuming all money was earned in the year of first release, which is not true because of the re-releases
**Due to widely differing inflation and economic development in different parts of the world (think China in 1977 vs 2005), adjusting the worldwide gross for inflation tells us only how much money Lucas made, nothing about how many people watched the movie.
A table about this issue would have to be more detailed, and would then be confusing, so I just cut it as part of my recent cutting spree. Kusma (talk) 03:13, 7 December 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Box office performance section 

message: What do you think? E Pluribus Anthony 19:35, 7 December 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: [[Talk:Darth_Vader#RfC.2Fpoll:_Darth_Vader.2FAnakin_Skywalker_.E2.80.93_one_article_or_two_articles.3F|'''RfC/poll''' – Darth Vader/Anakin Skywalker: one article or two?]]

message: How about moving this section in its entirety to List of changes in Star Wars re-releases and renaming that page to Changes in Star Wars re-releases or simply Star Wars re-releases? The main Star Wars page could only keep a short paragraph like
::Main article: Changes in Star Wars re-releases
:The original trilogy was re-released to cinema in 1997 as "Special Editions", including mostly cosmetic, but also controversal changes. Further changes that made the original trilogy more conforming to the prequel trilogy were made for the 2004 DVD editions. 
Cutting this section would (I guess) get the page under the magic 32k limit (the Influences and Conception parts could still use some cutting, though). Kusma (討論) 03:30, 8 December 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Done. The Wookieepedian 15:49, 12 December 2005 (UTC)

text: No, and this has been discussed a number of times. The original release did not say "Episode IV" or "A New Hope"; that was added on re-release shortly before Empire came out. PurplePlatypus 07:34, 9 June 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Re-releases 

message: The current WP article on this topic is found at midi-clorians (sic) at the insistence of a user with an early edition of the novelization of The Phantom Menace where the word is supposedly spelled that way. Requesting input in the discussion over what is actually the canonical spelling. Thank you. Rcharman 21:50, 12 December 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Likewise, fairly sure it's midi-chlorians, comlink is spelled with one m. --Jediarchives11 07:10, 12 February 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Midi-chlorians is the correct spelling. If you try searching midi-clorians on the Wookiepedia, you won't get anything. --The One 14:05, 13 May 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Midi-clorians vs. midi-chlorians (spelling discussion) 

message: I think that there should be a new section on the general reception of the films. I think that information on the box office earnings needs to be merged into that section. The Wookieepedian 13:19, 15 December 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: What you've put in there now is redundant and unnecessary... and frankly kind of POV... if anything, this article needs to be PARED DOWN, not needlessly expanded... I'm going to revert it back until you can convince us it needs to be there... TheRealFennShysa 16:06, 15 December 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Well, I didn't expect what I added to stay in the form it was. I put it in there to be expanded, because the article as it is does not cover the general reaction to the series. I feel that it needs a section explaining the overall cultural impact. And I'm more of an editor, and not that great of a writer, so I was hoping someone else would do it. What do you suggest? The Wookieepedian 17:54, 15 December 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: You should just be bold and start writing! If your writing is not that great, there will be others who will mercilessly edit it until it becomes good enough; after all, this is a wiki! About paring down vs. expanding: I think the length is OK now, just the balance between the lengths of different sections isn't all that great. Kusma (討論) 00:32, 17 December 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  New section 

message: I have just deleted this section, because it seems to be unmanageable. It always grows because people add their favorite character or disagree who is indeed major. It also doesn't really seem to be needed in this overview article (the really major people are mentioned in the plot outline anyway). Kusma (討論) 00:29, 17 December 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: I concur. The Wookieepedian 07:15, 19 December 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Me too. --Dystopos 16:26, 19 December 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Me too Astroview120mm 00:54, 27 December 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Major characters 

message: Changed
classical music
to
romantic music
in the intro and in a couple places in the Music section.
If you would like to know why, listen to some Bach(classical period) then Wagner(romantic period) then Williams' original Star Wars music, and you will see which one doesn't belong. In this I wish to promote a more accurate definiton of "classical" and "romantic" music, instead of grouping together all orchestral music as "classical."
I am open to criticism though, so please respond.
--Zaorish 04:31, 27 December 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Music 

message: Per Wikipedia:External links, I deleted a lot of the external links that, while related to Star Wars, were really of limited interest. If someone is unfamiliar with Star Wars and is looking it up in Wikipedia, they probably don't care about fanfiction, re-enactment by bunnies, or other minutiae. tregoweth 00:57, 1 January 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: None of the links in this article focus on the things you listed. Notice I did not revert the film articles (with the exception of restoring the HoloNet link to AOTC), as THEY were the ones that contained all of the unneeded links. Those in this article, however, ARE relevant to the subject. The Wookieepedian 01:43, 1 January 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  External links 

message: Were the imperials like this? You could tell that there's rarely any people of non Anglo-Saxon desent that serve the imperial military.Is this due to that racist humans from star Wars also hated
non-white humans as well as hating aliens, or the lack of non-white humans.Answer please.Thanks.
:This isn't a discussion board, but I will mention that a number of EU sources, particularly the original (d6, not d20) Star Wars RPG, make much of the Empire having various "racist" policies - strongly preferring humans to the sort of mix we see in Mos Eisley or to a lesser extent the Alliance in RotJ. A little later Timothy Zahn either took this ball and ran with it or independantly came up with the same idea, and it became a minor plot point in the Thrawn Trilogy. This is likely a metaphor for real-world racism. But actual real-world racism on the Empire's part? I doubt it very much; the clonetroopers and presumably later the stormtroopers were cloned from Jango Fett. Jango did not look white to me and the actor who plays him, Temuera Morrison, is part Māori. PurplePlatypus 07:33, 1 January 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: White Supremacy?

message: Well, we can have it either way, both represents a uniform set of posters. We have the original theatrical posters, or the posters all done by the same artist. Either choice would be uniform. It's just that I feel that original releases should be represented. The Wookieepedian 19:22, 6 January 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Posters 

message: Here's a weird fact. Just now watched Kind Hearts and Coronets, and between 53 and 54 minutes in, Alec Guinness, playing this time the somewhat demented rector of the church, after both had been drinking, says to Dennis Price, "My Lord, the Port is with you." I had to listen to this three times to get the wording right. 
This is eerily close to Obi-Wan Kenobi's comment to Luke Skywalker in Star Wars, "Luke, the Force is with you." One wonders if it is not deliberate.  Does it deserve mention in Kind Hearts and Coronets or the Star Wars or the Alec Guinness article? I don't know. Bill Jefferys 02:55, 8 January 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Not having read the article, I have to say that it would fit best as a mention of a pop culture reference in Kind Hearts and Coronets, if anywhere at all. It's too trivial to belong in the Star Wars article, and it wasn't really a notable accomplishment of Guinness himself.
Oh yeah? Well. Anyways, are you sure it's meanin' a thing equal of the 'spritual entity' the Force is, or just some "the Port" as an object or a place of people or an organization? Coincidences happen ;)--OleMurder 16:37, 6 February 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: The Port is with you

message: Someone find a better pic of the posters for the original trilogy. The Special Edition ones suck. Take pics of these ones.
Star Wars-
Empire-
Jedi- 
68.148.12.214 23:16, 15 January 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: We did have the original ones on the page. But, we decided that the SE posters gave the films box a more unified look and best represented how Lucas now views the films. See the section above. The Wookieepedian 23:25, 15 January 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Posters 

message: star wars set in?
Pece Kocovski 11:25, 18 January 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away. The Wookieepedian 13:44, 18 January 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: And how long is "a long time ago"?  —  Rickyrab | Talk 06:24, 25 February 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: The world may never know. :P The Wookieepedian 14:18, 25 February 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  what year is 

message: Hey, I started a Star Wars wikiproject proposal. Here is the proposal. Deckiller 00:06, 24 January 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  WikiProject 

message: User:Deckiller/WikiProject Star Wars - I'll try to get it up and going officially tonight or tomorrow. Deckiller 23:29, 10 February 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Acting Project Link

message: Recently, some users have commented about whether stuff about Nazi Germany should be included in discussions of the Empire. My response - relax. Don't get so uptight about the comparison...
Himmler. Gothic Lolita. neener neener. Nuff said. And, besides, the Emperor DID commit genocide. Alderaan, remember?  —  Rickyrab | Talk 06:29, 25 February 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Re:Holocaust/Star Wars connection 

message: Is Bigfoot a Wookiee? Some campers heard Bigfoot one night going "GAAAAAA" and "UUUUUUUH".  —  Rickyrab | Talk 06:39, 25 February 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Wookies 

message: Updated the music section to give John Williams credit for some of his better known stuff than "South Park" and "Ghost Recon Six" both of which I have found no evidence to back up.  There isn't even a game titled "Ghost Recon Six".
DarthChucks 21:11, 21 March 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  John Williams Credits 

message: Apparently, the bottom corner of the picture on the Star Wars main article (click here) should say "Digitally Mastered" for the THX logo. The picture says "Digiforce mastered". I own the 2004 DVDs (widescreen by the way), and it doesn't say "Digiforce" but really "Digitally mastered".
I would have to agree that it should be added. Maybe in a Triva section or in a page of the like. But I never knew that before right now, and it's information like the ladder that makes me come to this site so often. 64.231.8.232 11:22, 29 April 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  The 2004 DVD box picture on the main article 

message: Nice article. But I think the fan-film section should be trimmed down, at least, the two notable films should be removed, I think there is way too much emphasis on the fanmade films in the article.
Also, the cultural influence section is far too short for something as huge as Star Wars. Don't know what you could write, but I was a little suprised by how short it was. I was looking through flickr and thought this could be useful,  in representing the popularity of Star Wars to an extent. The uploader tagged it with a commons license, so if that would look nice, someone might want to add it. Cheers. Cvene64 03:34, 2 April 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Small suggestions

message: IMO, if we can get this to featured quality, it should be featured on May 25, 2007. The Wookieepedian 22:32, 28 April 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Thats a pretty big if considering how the other Featured nominations went for Star Wars articles :-( Jedi6-(need help?) 22:44, 28 April 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Yeah, the anti-Star Wars/Star Trek wikipedians will jump at the chance to vote it down! :P The Wookieepedian 22:46, 28 April 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Its more of there beings a sizable number of Wikipedians who believe that a fiction article needs to be 100% out of universe perspective. Jedi6-(need help?) 22:50, 28 April 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Yeah, that's the problem. An article about about a fictional subject can't be written to be 100% out of universe because... well... it's fictional. I mean what are you going to say? "Palpatine is the name given to a group of pixels on a theater screen/television playing a specific film/DVD. Due to the interpretation of light which bounces off of these pixels and enters the human eyes, the pixels appear to the human to be a man. These group of pixels represent a group of words (which is actually stylized ink/lead on a piece of paper or a screen) originally written by the completely real person George Lucas and performed by the real actor Ian McDiarmid,, that the human eye interprets as words, which they in turn read together, which produces a type of thought in the human brain that seems reallistic to the particular human..." The Wookieepedian 23:10, 28 April 2006 (UTC)

text: I know. I was being sarcastic. :P The Wookieepedian 18:55, 29 April 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Sadly sarcasm doesn't translate well into writing. Thats why I always add (sarcasm) to my messages. :P But this article does have the potential to be featured. Maybe I'll do that this summer....Jedi6-(need help?) 04:40, 30 April 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I doubt there is any agenda that is out to get this article at the FAC - to be honest, the article just is not good enough. Something like Star Wars just really demands a much better article. Cvene64 12:36, 30 April 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: This article has too many lists at the end. In addition, he seems messy to me a little. There are many subsections under a few generic terms. And the language and the expression is still that one of a fan. We should a little copy the German Star Wars article, this one is very well and really beautifully jointed in my opinion. It is the advantage over the German side that we may use more pictures. Why isn't this used? One should insert pictures which have to do with the films less and more describe the genesis. I have in addition noticed that the plot is hardly mentioned. If I liked to ask about the topic as a newcomer, I must read ten pages till I know at all about what it is. Until there I have already read all concepts which nobody explained to me until there. What is the deathstar, what the Jedi and the republic? For an article which would like to include the complete topic I expect a proper text. A text which isn't instructed on links but can describe the topic high-handedly. In this regard the German article should be our example. Best wishes 172.173.184.203 13:02, 2 May 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Featured 

message: * It is evident that since this article has a section that describes all the re-releases, that a DVD re-release of the original films is worthy of note. When this information has been added, it has been reverted with the explanation that this news belongs in the "A New Hope" article. I disagree and invite discussion here rather than continued reverting. --Dystopos 13:18, 5 May 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: 2006 re-releases

message: The sections after the feature films disappeared. Where'd it go?Ollie the Magic Skater 01:49, 25 May 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Looked like an editing mistake. I just reverted. — Larry V (talk) 02:55, 25 May 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:   part of the page dissapeared... 

message: Hopefully no one will mind if I remove the tag "V0.5|class=GA|category=Socsci", as it seems to block the article's inclusion into the Wikifilm Project's GA category.  --P-Chan 00:25, 16 June 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Yes, because you removed it from the Version 0.5 log. Titoxd(?!?) 04:24, 16 June 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Re-templating for WikiProject Films

message: I note that the link to Wookieepedia is now via the corresponding template.  Some would argue that this is less usable, but other find duplication irritating. It is a matter of judgement... Also: because the pattern is not simply using :Template:wikia, new users who know about Wikia will not immediately recognize that the Star Wars Wikia and Wookipedia are the same. They will figure it out soon enough, but it is not obvious. -- 67.121.112.202 00:28, 24 June 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Wookieepedia and usability 

message: See title.Ollie the Magic Skater 02:33, 29 July 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Why is this semi protected?  

message: Why isn't the seventh film mentioned? "Star Wars Episode Zero: Balance of the Force" is already in the make with minor computer-FX job. Between Darth Plaguesis and young Kvi-Gong, you'll understand the dark and light sides of the force are not that strictly separated. You will learn why Anakin came to be. By the end you will know why making of ep7-9 is inevitable.—Preceding unsigned comment added by 195.70.32.136 (talk • contribs) 
* See WP:NOT. --Dystopos 13:47, 1 August 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: It's Supershadow. He's a well known fraud amongst Star Wars fans. ....(Complain)(Let us to it pell-mell) 05:33, 27 August 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  The saga is not over yet. 

message: I see Clone Wars and Knights being cited a lot by fans. I'm wondering if they are G-Canon, considering Lucas did involve himself lightly in the former. Wiki-newbie 12:06, 4 September 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Is Clone Wars and Knights of the Old Republic G-Canon? 

message: "Some people also consider that Darth Vader's appearance is similar to the Ice Warriors from long running SCI-FI series Doctor Who, this is due to the fact that the Ice Warriors share a similar dome shaped helmet and also the same voice patterns when they breathe. This is also coupled with the fact that the Ice Warriors were introduced into the show in 1967, the same time when Lucas was designing Star Wars"
Gotta say, I don't know where to begin dismantling this.  1) Any resemblance between Vader and the Ice Warriors is extremely tenuous at best; 2) Star Wars wasn't a glint in Lucas' eye in 1967; 3) Dr. Who wasn't shown in the US until the late 1970s; 4) Vader's appearance was primarily based on samurai helmet, fine-tuned at Lucas' suggestion by Ralph McQuarrie. 
Finally, again, WHO ARE "SOME PEOPLE"???
I'm deleting it.
PacificBoy 23:30, 15 September 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Weasel/Dr. Who/Wha? 

message: Note: This article has a small number of in-line citations for an article of its size and subject content. Currently it would not pass criteria 2b.
Members of the Wikipedia:WikiProject Good articles are in the process of doing a re-review of current Good Article listings to ensure compliance with the standards of the Good Article Criteria. (Discussion of the changes and re-review can be found here). A significant change to the GA criteria is the mandatory use of some sort of in-line citation (In accordance to WP:CITE) to be used in order for an article to pass the verification and reference criteria. It is recommended that the article's editors take a look at the inclusion of in-line citations as well as how the article stacks up against the rest of the Good Article criteria. GA reviewers will give you at least a week's time from the date of this notice to work on the in-line citations before doing a full re-review and deciding if the article still merits being considered a Good Article or would need to be de-listed. If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to contact us on the Good Article project talk page or you may contact me personally. On behalf of the Good Articles Project, I want to thank you for all the time and effort that you have put into working on this article and improving the overall quality of the Wikipedia project. Agne 04:37, 26 September 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  GA Re-Review and In-line citations 

message: This is official, and not some rumor! George Lucas said it himself.
Take a look at this! 
Warning: This spoils the whole plot outline of the films!
http://www.supershadow.com/starwars/episode7/plot.html
http://www.supershadow.com/starwars/episode8/plot.html
http://www.supershadow.com/starwars/episode9/plot.html
I hope they make them... Aero Flame 12:36, 15 October 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Yup - that's been around the traps for ages. --Merbabu 12:44, 15 October 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Such things have been rumoured for many years. It's not confirmed and is just fans specteculation. I will be glad if they were to make it, but it doesn't look like it. --Terence Ong (T | C) 13:30, 15 October 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Episode 7,8 and 9?

message: star trek and star wars
Whenever I look either Star trek or Star wars on the wekipedia,it labels Star trek as "science fiction" and Star Wars as "science fantesy". This is absoloutly absurd. Infact,wekipedia has got the two switched.
The elements used in Star Trek are pure fantesy such as time travel,a god-like being known as Q who has unlimited abilities,teleportation,weapons that can send planets milions of years into the past,seazing them from existence or weapons that can destroy matter(which directly goes against the laws of physics). Take anyone of these elements and each rules out the concept of Star Trek being science fiction.
Star Wars on the other hand has none of these elements. Infact,Star Wars carries none of the false elements used in Star Trek. In Star Wars they have used technology of which a few are available today and technical terms borrowed from real life technology such as "laser" or "proton" whereas in Star Trek,fictional words have been created to sound like real life words such as "phaser"(to replace laser). Some technology used in Star Wars is being used today such as robots,though not as sophisticated. Laser guns are used today to cut through metal(also used in Star Wars) but obviously unable to have rappid fire.
Bacically most of the technology in Star Wars today is non-existent,but each still carries a sceintific theory behind it just as the theory of flight existed long before humans took to the skies. 
Regarding the "force" which has been the main contribution into classyfying Star Wars as "science fantesy",people who have followed the Star Wars saga should know that this energy field is generated by by mediclaurians(a fictional term,but with explanation).
The organisms in the Star Wars universe possess these microscopic life-forms in their system that allow them to conduct the energy known as "the force". It basically reflects on scince inour world. For example,why are electric eels able to produce electricity around their body while sharks are not?The answer is their bodies are equipped with capacitors as oppossed to sharks.In the same way,the users of the force(both and Jedi and Sith)are contained with enough medichlorians to produce enough energy waves to push around heavy objects.
The simple reason it's been classified as "science fantesy" as oppossed to Star Trek is it lacks in scientific terms whereas Star Trek is filled with made-up scientific(or so-called "scientific terms"). Most of the technology used in Star Wars may not be available today or probably even centuries from now,but to say Star Trek is "more realistic" than Star Wars is pure ignorance.
Nadirali 03:44, 24 October 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Star Trek is about fictional science and has (or set) many of the sci-fi tropes, whereas Star Wars has fantasy tropes in a sci-fi setting. That said, this isn't a general purpose discussion board, but instead a place to discuss improving the article. - A Man In Bl♟ck (conspire | past ops) 04:39, 24 October 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Star Trek and Star Wars 

message: If this is just about improving articles,then why are people just opening topics on Star Wars randomly?
And how can Star Trek be considered scientific?
Man in block has made the general statement without even explaining it.
:Well, I look at it this way with the whole science vs fantasy thing (don't quote me on it): Science fiction has things that could possibly happen now or in the future but are fiction since they are not happening.  Now with fantasy, those are things that are extremely unlikely or impossible to occur, like the force exsisting, it's more of a fantasy-like setting, I don't know if that confuses you more or not.  As for people bringing up random SW topics, that happens no matter if it's supposed to or not.  Darthgriz98 15:17, 24 October 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  improving articles? 

message: I don't want to sound too agressive here,but people are ignoring the points I made aobut Star Trek being fantasy compared to SW.
Read them before you answer.
And as for posting random articles on the subject of Star Wars:if everyone can do it then so can I.
:I appologize, re-reading through your arguments you do make a good point, as for the anyone can post random things, we really discourage that, people do it yes, but they shouldn't.  And by the way, your topic wasn't a random SW thing like "SW rocks!", those are the random things we discourage on talk pages, things not related to the article.  I can see that your's relates to the article. I also see we have conflicting views on fantasy and science, which is fine I was only voicing my opinion. Darthgriz98 17:01, 24 October 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  ST is fantasy 

message: Before I start,I apologise for being so naggy on the subject of Star Wars being more scientific than Star Trek,but I seem to have made an interesting connection between math and physics,although sceintists and mathamatitions know this already,it is new to me.
Back to the subject of reducing matter into vacume(or absoloutely nothing but empty space)with the help of anti-matter as theorized in Star Trek is a physical/mathamatical impossibility.
I will now prove my theory:
In Star Trek,matter is reduced to nothing by a phaser weapon armed with "anti-matter".
In sceince,according to Einstien,matter can be transformed into energy,but if Im not mistaken,that's quite different from reducing matter to vacume.
This physical impossibility can be translated into the math formula:
X is any random number you want to choose,wheather decimal or whole number.
X/0 = error. Try it on a calculator and substitute X by any number you desire.
Now coming to back that Star Trek theory of reducing matter to vacume using the "anti-matter" phaser weapon,we can apply the formula.
X is the number of the solid object(s).
0 is the "anti-matter" the phaser weapon is armed with because as we all know zero is nothing.
You try to reduce the number of the solid object(s) using nothing into nothing and the formula shows it's a physical/mathamatical impossibility.
Correct me if Im wrong because Im not the best student in science or math.
My basic point is numbers are there to reperesent anything from distance to solid objects.By dividing numbers(except in the use of 0),you can never get an answer of zero in division.Basically,keep braking down matter,and you find you can never reduce it to nothing.
If anyone wants to make a comment please do so.Just do not accusse me of turning this Star Wars discussion into a science lecture as discussing the science of Star Wars is talking about a part of Star Wars itself.Nadirali 20:17, 26 October 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Thanks(-ish). --EEMeltonIV 20:20, 26 October 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  my interesting discovery 

message: In Star Wars: Episode V; we learn that Darth Vader is Luke's father. Is it possible that the name Vader connects with the German word for father; Vater? The two are very similar, with Vater meaning father, and Darth Vader being Luke's father. Ponder that.
:also Darth sounds like "dark". Read this --Merbabu 13:13, 27 October 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Is Darth Vader German? 

message: Shouldn't this article (and it's related articles) have an infobox? I'm thinking something like found on.... well.... Star Trek, or even at Template:Christianity. Jhamez84 23:00, 27 October 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Infobox 

message: Alright,I will respond here with facts,that is placing my opinions aside to validate my arguemnts.
FACT-People who write articles on wekipedia write the articles on their perspective of things such as history or cetain issues.
FACT-Majority votes do not impact the belifs of all people(otherwise they would be "majority votes" would they?it would be all to nothing)Such as 1+1=2.If the majority of the world voted 1+1=5 it would not really be that way just because the majority sees it in that way.
FACT-wekipedia is a nuetral site and respects every person's perspective of an issue,whather majority or not.If it's not doing this then it's not neutral at all.
FACT-When you make a general statement and contradict yourself,people cannot prove which mesage you are trying to validate.Geroge Lucas has stated that Star Wars is between science fiction and fantasy,so why then publish all those technical journals,encyclopedias,novels in which the scince of Star Wars is explained?Trying to rationalise the technology in Star Wars(even the force through the "medichlorians")would be Lucas contradiciting himself?And while he does contradict himself,it remains undecided what his view on STar Wars is.
FACT-Star Wars movies on DVD are ranked PG-13 for SCIENCE FICTION violence.Check it yourself if you don't belive me.
Prove any one of these wrong and I'll shut my wekipedia account.
Thankyou
*Alright let's see.
"FACT-People who write articles on wekipedia write the articles on their perspective of things such as history or cetain issues."
Wrong, otherwise all articles would be NPOV. Editors of Wikipedia attempt to present all perspectives and allow the reader to decide for themselves. Before you scream about us not including your opinion. Please read on.
"FACT-Majority votes do not impact the belifs of all people(otherwise they would be "majority votes" would they?it would all to nothing)Such as 1+1=2.If the majority of the world voted 1+1=5 it would not really be that way just because the majority sees it in that way.
Wikipedia is a democracy. You're fundamentally saying that the majority of people here are voting that 1+1=5 because the prequel articles have been voted through FA. And how do you know this? You sound to be more of pursuer of truthiness than the truth itself. On Wikipedia, truth is derived from consensus.
"FACT-wekipedia is a nuetral site and respects every person's perspective of an issue,whather majority or not.If it's not doing this then it's not neutral at all."
Yes and no. There is the factor notability. The information on Wikipedia is only allowed if it is from credible source, it is not a place for your "cool ideas". As of right now, all of your opinions are original research that is not eligible.
"FACT-Star Wars has not been proven to be a true story.Wheather it happend "a long time ago in a galaxy far far away" or not is unproven so there are no "facts" regarding Star Wars.Every man is free to hold their vision of the story such as the famous "Han shoots first" issue."
Yes, they are, but not every man's vision is notable enough to be written about on Wikipedia.
"FACT-When you make a general statement and contradict yourself,people cannot prove which mesage you are trying to validate.Geroge Lucas has stated that Star Wars is between science fiction and fantasy,so why then publish all those technical journals,encyclopedias,novels in which the scince of Star Wars is explained?Trying to rationalise the technology in Star Wars(even the force through the "medichlorians")would be Lucas contradiciting himself?And while he does contradict himself,it remains undecided what his view on STar Wars is."
His view on Star Wars, as he has stated in many interviews is that it is "science fantasy" or a variation that term, not science fiction. The technical journals and encyclopedias are merely another form of marketing that Lucas takes advantage (at rightfully so in my own POV). Again, this is your own original research and point of view that is not notable on it's own. If you find a source, such as newspaper article or a book dealing with issue itself, than it will become notable enough for Wikipedia. Better yet, write the book yourself.
"FACT-Star Wars movies on DVD are ranked PG-13 for SCIENCE FICTION violence.Check it yourself if you don't belive me."
I don't know what to tell you. This is probably the closest you've gotten to an actual argument for why the films should be considered science fiction. However, that is the MPAA's classification, not George Lucas'. I've never researched, but I believe that MPAA has set titles for these ratings and therefore they most likely classified it as science fiction violence because of it's setting in space and futuristic technology, not based on cinematic mythology. The Filmaker 19:08, 3 November 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: WTF --Haizum 05:31, 6 November 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: If you haven't got a productive comment or anything to say other than one abbreviation on the entire discussion. Please, move right along. The Filmaker 05:35, 6 November 2006 (UTC)

text: I will not, as I do not have MSN messenger and I am not willing to install an entire messenger to speak to you about this matter. This will do fine. How is this not "man to man"? The Filmaker 16:12, 7 November 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Skimming this discussion (I haven't read all of it, but it appears that, at this point, you two are arguing the same points over and over), it seems that The Filmmaker is arguing that Star Wars should be classified as science fantasy based on Lucas' authorial intentionality, whereas Nadirali/74.98.240.170 asserts that there is evidence that other people view SW as science fiction. If a reliable source can be cited that explicitly argues (preferably not just labels, since it might tread too close to original research to say that the label was in contrast to science fantasy) that Star Wars (not Star Trek) is science fiction instead of science fantasy, then WP:NPOV requires that both views be presented. Where there is controversy, the author doesn't really have special privileges as to how to interpret what was made. Sure, we can say what was intended, and that's an important viewpoint, but it's not the only one, or possibly even the prevalent one. If the classification is disputed in reliable sources, then we should avoid unilaterally favoring one position over another, although a simplistic compromise like "science fiction / science fantasy" is very awkwardly worded in the context of other prose. — TKD::Talk 03:09, 8 November 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: and where does the term Space Opera fit into all of this? ;-)--Merbabu 03:37, 8 November 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I think you both need to stop putting out facts, take a deep breath, relax.  Then, find proof, hard soild proof, that it is either science fiction or fantasy.  Now that DOES NOT mean you think it's that way because of the technology, blah, blah, blah, or that's what George Lucas says.  You need to find it, and cite it.  This is how it works on the music artist pages and is what I suggested to the dispute on Taking Back Sunday and My Chemical Romance.  You need to find some article may it be from a book or the internet proving that it is science fiction or fantasy.  No more he said she said, the fans said, George Lucas said.  And no more tangents either.  Maybe if you two colaborated you could find the solultion?  Just a suggestion.  But it is painful to see this arguement every time I go to this talk page.  Darthgriz98 03:45, 8 November 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Maybe this page could be archived, and they could carry our their critical (cough) discussion somewhere else. it's annoying for the rest of us.--Merbabu 03:55, 8 November 2006 (UTC)

text: Thank goodness. --EEMeltonIV 04:32, 8 November 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Yes, stop creating new sections and disrupting this page. Take it somewhere else.--Merbabu 04:47, 8 November 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Responding with facts. 

message: the femen of duna are not analogous to the jedi (they do not form some sort of knighthood)
they are quite comparable to the tusken raiders, though —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 137.205.232.3 (talk) 12:14, 19 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  fremen is not jedi but tuskens 

message: According to the Wiki page on the movie "Hardware Wars" there is a 1999 interviw with George Lucas in which he states that it is his favorite parody.  Obviously not a citation to cite to wiki.  Could the author of the Hardware Wars article provide the proper citation, please?
I added the info about Carrie Fisher in an SNL skit as an Annette Funicello like bikini clad girl singing "The Obi Wan Kenobi" I have the VHS of the episode at home, do I need to ref the specific episode? 69.25.108.3 12:47, 3 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Citation in Parodies 

message: *"Lucas has been criticized for allegedly deviating from his original conception of the universe that was introduced in the original 1977 film. It has been theorized by some that developments in the later films, including (but not limited to) the revelation of Darth Vader as the father of Luke Skywalker, the revelation of Princess Leia as Luke's sister, and the progression of Darth Vader from a powerful lackey serving under Grand Moff Tarkin to a much-feared military leader answerable only to the Emperor (as well as the overall Star Wars Saga's shift in focus from Luke to Vader as the main character) go completely against the history/characters/relationships that were established in the original 1977 film. The Star Wars prequel trilogy has also been accused of similar retroactive changes that were allegedly not part of Lucas' original concept for Star Wars."
and that is just a small part. I feel the over the past little bet this page has lost its NPOV for a more anti lucas feeling.Leapster 18:11, 9 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  NPOV 

message: As far as I know (according, i think, to other parts of wikipedia) Weird Al [i]didn't[/i] do the Yoda song, it just gets attributed to him. He did, however, do Star Wars - The Saga Begins, a parody of American Pie. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 128.232.248.162 (talk) 22:55, 22 January 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: "Yoda" is track 5 on Weird Al's album Dare to be Stupid. There is no inaccuracy. PurplePlatypus 05:09, 24 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Innacuracy -Music Section-Weird Al's Song 

message: In the books section it says that Splinter of the Mind's Eye was "very nearly" the first book dealing with the expanded universe. This implies that something else was first. Can anyone clarify? Cris Varengo 20:01, 1 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: It is the first written, but wasn't released at this time. Later, after the novels made tons of sells, they re-introduced it. Barraki 16:09, 7 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I don't know, I have a pretty clear memory (although I was pretty little) of seeing that book in a store before the 2nd movie even came out... Cris Varengo 22:20, 28 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Expanded Universe 

message: On the article of each movie of the original trilogy states that they were re-released on VHS,laserdisc and DVD.This is not true.The 1997 special editions never came to DVD.The 2004 DVD editions are different from the 1997 special editions because of many significant changes.I corrected the article,but I just wanted to let everyone understand the difference so the same mistake is not repeated again.Thanks.Nadirali نادرالی
*I can see what you were talking about with Return of the Jedi, which you corrected. However, I'm afraid I'm not seeing what you're talking about with the other two articles. I think that you can be bold and change them yourself. If I disagree, I'll let you know. The Filmaker 17:11, 12 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Confusing the 1997 special editions to the 2004 DVD editions 

message: As reported by [Salon] Joseph Cambell's ties to Star Wars are tenuous. If it were up to me I would remove the references to Campbell from this and related articles (such as the Darth Vader article). But people like the idea that Star Wars was intentionally modeled after Campbell's work so this is unlikely to happen... however you still might want to change the wording to acknowledge the disagreement.
--Logomachist 00:56, 1 March 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Joseph Campbell's influence was also discussed in the 2-hour Biography Channel episode on George Lucas, which was filmed and first aired in 2002 (before Attack of the Clones was finished), and which was recently re-aired in conjunction with the 30-year anniversary of Star Wars. — KieferSkunk (talk) — 17:19, 30 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Joseph Campbell doubted as a significant inflence on Star Wars 

message: In The Empire Strikes Back, Luke asks Yoda "But how am I to know the good side from the bad?", referring the dual sides of the Force. I believe this is the only time, in any of the films, that the "good side" of the Force is referred to. The clear connotation by most characters who use the term "the Force" is that the term refers to the "good" side by default, unless specifically qualified as the Dark Side. Dh67 19:27, 23 March 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Young Jedi Knights: Shadow Academy Barraki 23:09, 20 March 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Cool, thanks, but I meant if someone could actually tell me the name of the "Light Side" as referred to in a reliable canon source. I'll take your word for it that Young Jedi Knights: Shadow Academy is a reliable source, but I'm most likely not going to buy it and read it. So, what does it cite the "Light Side" as? --Bentonia School 17:02, 21 March 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I meant they do use the term "Light Side". Barraki 22:37, 23 March 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Awesome. Thanks. --Bentonia School 05:48, 24 March 2007 (UTC)

text: I believe that the "light side" is actually only referred to as "The Force." This is consistent since Jedi would likely believe that the "Dark Side" is a weaker, inferior counterpart of the legitimate, "Force," and the Good will always eventually defeat the evil dark side in the end.  The conception of a "dark side" being equal to light, and therefore the need to call the counterpart "light," instead of just-"The Force," would likely be provenance of Sith. Actually my understanding comes from a very real debate in Christianity about Manichaeism. I believe George Lucas could have been influenced by those ideas, even if he were not aware of the history or scholarly work, although I am unaware of the backgrounds of other authors in the star wars 'verse.  Cuvtixo 19:44, 29 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  The Dark Side and "The Light Side" (?) 

message: Don't know if it's mentioned, there are new Star Wars stamps being made.  I saw the article on MSNBC.com: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/17838341/ —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 208.31.45.49 (talk) 01:16, 29 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Stamps

message: We should change where it says in the beginning of this article that it is one of the most successful movie franchises of all time and say it is the most successful movie franchise of all time.  20 billion dolars. Lord of the rings nor Spiderman has made nearly that much. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Timsgotaim (talk • contribs) 04:22, 10 May 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: They also haven't been around nearly as long.  Give 'em more time. :) — KieferSkunk (talk) — 17:24, 30 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  succesfsul film??? 

message: http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,270874,00.html
"And here's a little news: Lucas tells me he will make two more live-action films based in the "Star Wars" era.
"But they won't have members of the Skywalker family as characters," he said. "They will be other people of that milieu."
The two extra films will also be made for TV and probably be an hour long each. But, like "Clone Wars," Lucas doesn't know where on TV they will land. Hello, HBO and Showtime. It may be time to pony up." —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 82.131.210.162 (talk) 13:58, 11 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Look, I'm your father of profits! 

message: I think there is a rather large blindspot in the Star Wars story line that few people have discussed and is directly addressed in the dialog: Palpatine basically tells Anakin he is his father. I realize this is speculation, but I think it is pretty reasonable to ask what folks think of the theory. This may not be the place, but maybe someone can help me find a more appropriate place to move this short article? 
The idea draws some intriguing parallels to the Vader vs. Luke plot; relates to the Greek mythology aspects of the Star Wars universe; and goes a long way towards explaining why Lucas would do something as controversial as including an Immaculate Conception in his script for Episode I. Read this scene closely to see what I mean:
REVENGE OF THE SITH: CORUSCANT-GALAXIES OPERA HOUSE-NIGHT 
PALPATINE: (continuing) Did you ever hear the tragedy of Darth Plagueis "the wise"?
ANAKIN: No.
PALPATINE: I thought not. It's not a story the Jedi would tell you. It's a Sith legend. Darth Plagueis was a Dark Lord of the Sith, so powerful and so wise he could use the Force to influence the midi-chlorians to create life ... He had such a knowledge of the dark side that he could even keep the ones he cared about from dying.
ANAKIN: He could actually save people from death?
PALPATINE: The dark side of the Force is a pathway to many abilities some consider to be unnatural.
ANAKIN: What happened to him?
PALPATINE: He became so powerful . . . the only thing he was afraid of was losing his power, which eventually, of course, he did. Unfortunately, he taught his apprentice everything he knew, then his apprentice killed him in his sleep. (smiles) Plagueis never saw it coming. It's ironic he could save others from death, but not himself.
ANAKIN: Is it possible to learn this power?
PALPATINE: Not from a Jedi.
Kenmikemark 18:28, 13 May 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I don't think this is Palpatine telling Anakin that he is his father.  Palpatine/Sidious/The Emperor doesn't actually keep Anakin alive - Anakin somehow manages to stay alive himself even though he's burned to a crisp.  All that the Emperor does is recover him, clean him up and put him in the Darth Vader suit.  To my knowledge, the official canon basically says that Anakin is an immaculate conception (his mother doesn't know how she became pregnant with him) - this is partially explained by his extremely high midi-chlorian count.  (Could the Force have conceived him?)  In any event, without more canonical evidence, drawing such a connection between Palpatine and Anakin is extremely tenuous at best. — KieferSkunk (talk) — 17:36, 30 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  A Major Relationship Overlooked? 

message: As the article seems to be undergoing revert war of sorts right now, perhaps we should discuss the issue here before making any more changes.  Given the level of detail of the plot summary, I think that a spoiler tag is justified.  I don't really see a good reason not to have one, other than aesthetics, perhaps.Chunky Rice 19:14, 15 May 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: What kind of content do you expect in a section that is called "Plot"? Kusma (talk) 19:20, 15 May 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Something like the first couple sentences.  A broad overview of what the series was about.  More or less the same information you'd get from a blurb or a movie trailer.  Not a blow by blow account like the one that we have.Chunky Rice 19:24, 15 May 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Then what would be a better section title? Kusma (talk) 19:25, 15 May 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I don't understand the question.  I think that the section title is appropriate, but that the content is excessive.  Especially since each movie has it's own plot section.  Regardless, that's not the issue at hand here.  I wanted to try and establish a consensus on spoiler tags and all I'm saying is that if we are going to include plot information beyond a basic overview, a spoiler tag is appropriate.Chunky Rice 19:27, 15 May 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: In that case it seems the solution you'd find optimal would be to trim the detail, not to put up a spoiler flag. There are, after all, spoilers for the movie in other sections of the article -- those aren't being flagged. How about take a weed-whacker to the plot section and trim it to the essentials; save the extraneous detail for the individual episode articles (if anywhere at all). --EEMeltonIV 19:31, 15 May 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I'd be fine with that as a reasonable resolution.  I'll let this discussion percolate for a while, but I'd be happy to knock the plot summary down to a reasonable size/content if there aren't significant objections.Chunky Rice 19:35, 15 May 2007 (UTC)

text: * I second the motion to condense the plot section. I will add that there is not a consensus on the need for spoiler warnings, merely a consensus on how to apply them should they be deemed appropriate. In my opinion, they detract from the purpose of an encyclopedia (although I wouldn't personally remove them without discussion) --Dystopos 20:03, 15 May 2007 (UTC)

text: Knocked it down to the intro paragraph which seemed to sum it up nicely.  Looking at the rest of the article, though, there's a lot of rampant original research going on here.  I'm going to try to remove the most egregious bits.Chunky Rice 16:43, 16 May 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: May the force of others be with you. --Dystopos 16:48, 16 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Spoiler tag 

message: You need the DVD to access it - does anyone know what's there? —Preceding unsigned comment added by  (talk • contribs) 
It runs along with the DVDs (any of the six Episodes) to provide the original scripts and some other special features I can't remember. --Addict 2006 14:49, 26 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  dvd.starwars.com 

message: This article has been listed at the good article review process for possible delisting of its good article status, due to WP:MOS issues, a lead that doesn't pass WP:LEAD, citation issues, fair use images without properly detailed fair use rationales, and instability.  Please assume good faith and work to improve the article. -Malkinann 07:43, 21 May 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Per the consensus reached at Good Article Review this article has been removed from the good article list.  Please see the archived discussion for the results of the discussion and suggestions to improve the article up to good article standards so that it may be renominated.  Once standards are met, feel free to renominate it at the candidates page.  --Jayron32|talk|contribs 03:08, 31 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: [[WP:GA/R|Good Article Review]]

message: Does anyone think that we need the Feature Film:Television Rights section?  I can't figure out in what way it's notable information.
Also, the Scripts section doesn't seem to be about the script at all.  The section either needs a major re-write or at least a renaming.  
Anybody agree?  Disagree?  Chunky Rice 21:47, 24 May 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Okay, I'll let this percolate over the weekend, but unless someone raises an objection, I'm going to cut the television rights section and seriously re-work the Scripts section. -Chunky Rice 21:33, 25 May 2007 (UTC)

text: It would be less of an indiscriminate collection of information and contain less POV and OR.  It doesn't really matter what people come here looking for.  People might come to Wikipedia to look for original research, but we shouldn't have it because it is expressly against Wikipedia policies.Chunky Rice 03:36, 27 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Clean-up issues 

message: User IP address 66.51.146.251 is located in Farmington, Michigan at the Public Library. 
User's Contribution page shows multiple vandalization's. --Coldbourne 19:43, 25 May 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: not really much you can do about that, unless you have access to the library's abuse staff. Whateley23 01:35, 26 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Recent Vandalism 

message: Got rid of the ridiculous Wagner reference. It was quasi-relevant, not particularly helpful and had an air of simply being included to namedrop Wagner. If someone wants to add the reference back then please use a more apt example, like another filmmaker or film series at the very least. Cellscape 13:30, 31 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Leitmotifs in themes 

message: Someone added or changed the film information to tack on three more films.  I don't know of their existence or what have you, so I simply added cite requests for them and a future movie tag.  If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to contact me.  Cheers. =)  --koder 02:48, 3 June 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I've removed this material as blatant speculation; there is zero evidence to suggest that these films would ever be made, and Lucas himself has stated several times that there would be no more feature films.  The only future releases that have been mentioned are the two television series and two made-for-TV hour-long movies that are being considered (no dates have been set nor have the films even been confirmed as happening). -- Huntster T • @ • C 03:01, 3 June 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: That's what I figured, but a quick google showed there was at least some sorta-remote-kinda-sorta-possibly-speculatory aspect to it, so I just figured I'd add the cite tags, the big 'ol warning, and then come back and yank it if it wasn't fixed without having to worry about good faith.  Glad to know someone else was on top of it.  I bow to your Star Wars wisdom. :) --koder 03:14, 3 June 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Addition of future film tag/cites 

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thread_title: Fair use rationale for Image:George lucas03.jpg

message: In the "Plot" section, right after it sums up Episodes I, II, and III, it says "Star Wars is very cool to get into." This is an opinion and completely unrelated to the section that it is found in, so I tried to delete it. The problem is, it doesn't show up on any of the Edit pages. If this problem is fixable, it needs to be fixed. CommonWikian 07:35, 6 June 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Don't worry, this was just a bit of vandalism, and was removed so quickly that between the time you saw it on the page and tried to find it in the edit page, it was already gone. -- Huntster T • @ • C 09:43, 6 June 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  "Plot" section unrelated opinion: I can't delete! 

message: Per the new resolution at Wikipedia:Featured topic criteria, the Star Wars featured topic will be eligible for removal after 1 January 2008 if a satisfactory GA or FA level lead article (presumably Star Wars) is not found.  See also Wikipedia talk:Featured topic candidates#Star Wars lead article.  Thanks.--Pharos 03:16, 8 June 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: *sigh* I'll get to work... :) The Filmaker 04:23, 8 June 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I will also get to work on this as well. I've been lately working on the Return of the Jedi article. :D Sjones23 21:26, 17 June 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Featured topic deadline 

message: Why not change the genre from 'sceince fantsy' to space opera.It's a more suitable word as far as I can see and as seen per the content of the films and descriptions from sources.
Also take a look at these..
Can I please have an opinion on this? Thanks.-Vmrgrsergr 20:03, 18 June 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I suppose since space opera has been used a lot more frequently (in DVD featurettes and such), and there don't appear to be any objections, it should be changed. The Filmaker 23:53, 22 August 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Works for me. -Chunky Rice 00:01, 23 August 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  space opera is a more suitable word 

message: This article has undergone some recent vandalism. If you read the second-to-last edit, you will notice that the first line contains something about "like to poop". Obviously, the article's first section was completely re-written by an amateur at that point, as I can spot at least a dozen mistakes that particular Wikipedian made. I'm not sure of the style of Wikipedia, but I don't really believe that credits should come before a bried introduction as to what Star Wars is all about. Besides, the image of Star Wars (svg as it may be) is gone, regardless of whether it was meant to be rasterized at low-res or not. I thought that image was essential to the article. Although I am helpless at Wikipedia formatting, I hope that someone will help either to revert or to rewrite the first section of the article. I don't dare to do it myself, in case someone gets mad. Danny Sepley 04:28, 18 July 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Please place new comments at the botom of the page.  Also, edits can be undone, if you think the intro should be re-written, be bold! and do so!  Someone else will be along to fix the formatting.  WLU 20:14, 19 July 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Recent Changes

message: I wasn't alive when "Star Wars" came out, but I do know from my father who saw it back in 1977 when it came out(he was eleven at the time) and when i got my copy of the Unenhanced versions, I watched the Obi-Wan VS Vader scene and remember from the original trailer for Star Wars that I saw online that there was no color in the lightsabers, and the version I bought put the lightsabers in full color!It even looked like new!I asked my father if there was color in the lightsabers in the original version he saw in theaters back in 1977, and he said no. I also saw some other things that looked relatively new, which proves that they're not really "Original".
All Rights go to the 20 Century Fox Film Cooperation,
Lucasfilm Ltd,
And George Lucas.Vaderman426 17:51, 25 August 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Okay, well, first, this is original research. Second, I believe on the Empire of Dreams documentary they have the special effects team talk about cutting the original trailer, having Orson Welles narrating it, and how they allowed the audience to get a look at "some early lightsabers" thereby stating that the lightsabers with no color were only in the trailer. Also, I do own the original trilogy on VHS, which are the original versions of the films and they do contain colored lightsabers. Finally, your father isn't a particularly reliable source. The Filmaker 20:25, 25 August 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Lightsabers In So Called "Original Theatrical" Release 

message: A search for "Star Wars Toys" redirects to this article, which makes ZERO mention of any of the toy lines.  Either some mention needs to be made, or a separate article.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.88.78.11 (talk) 22:08, 25 September 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Star Wars Toy line 

message: Originally prodded with the summary "It's small enough that it could fit in the Star Wars series article and serve to improve that one rather than splitting them apart and making inferior articles." by User:A Link to the Past. No opinion myself. Will (talk) 17:43, 7 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Merge [[Star Wars opening crawl]] 

message: Star Wars Galaxies appears to have come under attack from vandals. it's hard to tell which edits are legitimate and which are vandalism. some help would be appreciated. thanks. --Steve, Sm8900 00:09, 15 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Help with [[Star Wars Galaxies]] 

message: At the moment, the first mention of Leia is 1/3 of the way down in a parenthetical statement; and not one of the four or five mentions of Leia is a link to Princess Leia. And the first mention of Han Solo is 3/4 of the way down in the Parodies section! These are principal characters in the original trilogy and need to be mentioned much earlier, either in the Plot section or a new section specifically glossing the characters. --Tysto 03:08, 15 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Losing sight of the subject

message: After messing around on Microsoft Word a bit, I found that merging the Battlfront and KotOR pages into series articles, keeping only notable information, can be done with extreme ease. I'm already done with the Battlefront series and half way through the KotOR series, but I thought I'd give you all a heads up before going ahead and merging/redirecting. A week to discuss should be more than enough time for you guys to talk about whether this is a good idea or not.
As a little note, I'm grounded and can't get on the computer often, so asking me questions here would be pointless (unless you can wait until next Saturday for me to answer them). However, my parents, for one reason or another, let me check my email from time to time, so questions can be asked there. Still, like I said, I'm grounded, so a response might take about 24 or so hours. My email address can be found on my user page. That being said, see you again in a week! // DecaimientoPoético 17:47, 21 October 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Well, you can't say a week's notice wasn't a fair warning. I've merged the Battlefront and KotOR articles, keeping all need-to-know information (except development info for the KotOR series). Any problems can be addressed on the respective series' talk page, and don't be afraid to personally add anything you feel might improve the article. // DecaimientoPoético 19:53, 28 October 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Wait, wait, wait. You merged the KOTOR articles? If those aren't notable on their own, I don't know what is. There's an enormous amount of information on them - development, reception, etc. I would definitely restore them. Sephiroth BCR (Converse) 19:57, 28 October 2007 (UTC)

text: Same thing with the Battlefront articles. If something is receiving coverage from multiple sources, you see reviews from them, then it's notable. Heck, several of these games get Game of the Year (or nominations) awards from publications such as GameSpot, IGN, etc. Sephiroth BCR (Converse) 20:01, 28 October 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I agree with Sephiroth, these games are more than notable to have their own articles. MaxSem 20:27, 28 October 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: If the various incarnations of Pacman are given separate articles, then KotOR and BF deserve far more than that. Sorry, but a merge tag for a week on a controvertial issue is not reasonable. --lincalinca 09:02, 12 November 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Article merging 

message: First of all,I KOW my uncle is not a reliable sourcebut he seems to think lucas found a very old book,called star wars,which was so long it went hundreds of years before and after 1-v1.He describes the original author as alienated for having wrote the book in,I believe,the late 1600's.I dont necessarily believe this,but I just wanted to know if anyone had ver heard of this.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.227.12.81 (talk) 15:00, 5 November 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Not how I understand it being. Lucas wrote Star Wars with mythology intertwined, drawing on references from hundreds, or even thousands of years old, as influences, but I've never heard that he directly ripped anybody off. By the same token, there's nothing new under the sun and it's possibly able to closely resemble something else, especially since it's quite a simple story, at its core (the original film, that is). --lincalinca 05:31, 11 November 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: No clue. --lincalinca 08:52, 12 November 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I think he means I-VI (Episodes one to six) And no, I have never heard of that.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Omega Archdoom (talk • contribs) 08:09, 28 November 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Well, this is interesting. Could you go into more detail about this concept of yours, 74.227.12.81?--Padawan Animator (talk) 18:21, 24 December 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Does anyone know about this? 

message: Does anyone know what order Lucas thinks the hexology should be viewed (original or prequel first)? This could be significant info for parents or older siblings wanting to introduce the new generations to Star Wars.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.69.118.1 (talk) 03:09, 11 November 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: In numerical (i.e. episodic) order, rather than chronological release order. Even though the others were made first, Lucas has stated that the first films were made first because that's what he had fully in his mind first, but according to the DVD commentary from Ep4, he had an idea of the background and what would happen after, but that was the most complete story, and the most interesting story to tell, being why the others weren't made till later. --lincalinca 03:36, 11 November 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Doesn't this contradict what the article claims in its script-writing section? That section indicates that Lucas is full of crap when he says he always had this backstory in mind. TheHYPO (talk) 21:15, 24 December 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Prefered Order? 

message: I've removed the text "though recently the Harry Potter franchise, with still two films left, surpassed Star Wars with earnings totaled at US$4.47billion." from the end of the summary text because it doesn't seem relevant to me.  The sentence as it shows now states that the Star Wars franchise is "one of" the most successful franchises and IMHO it should be left at that.
I checked the discussion page first but didn't see it mentioned, so I went ahead and deleted it.  If anybody has an issue with that, please bring it up here. STLocutus (talk) 15:57, 20 November 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Irrelevant Harry Potter reference 

message: Added star Wars disambiguation link at the top, please tell me if there are any problems with this.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Stealth500 (talk • contribs) 02:20, 4 December 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: No I absolutely agree, any article which has a "(disambiguation)" page, it should be linked to from the hatnote. I just edited your edit to bring it into standard Wikipedia style. --Stormie 02:30, 4 December 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Some other guy named  EEMIV says it shouldn't be.... I added it to the "See Also" part. --Stealth500! 02:32, 4 December 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I removed it from the "See also" at the bottom of the page since it's already at the top. Also removed the unnecessary links to two Star Wars games, since they're easily accessible via the "See also"s in the Games section. --EEMIV (talk) 02:33, 4 December 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: EEMIV is right. Star Wars (disambiguation) shouldn't really be in the "See also" since it is prominent linked at the top of the page. And the Battlefront games shouldn't be there because Star Wars video games is there, if we listed every game individually the section would blow out to immense size. As that article says, "Star Wars has spawned over one hundred computer and video games"! --Stormie 03:15, 4 December 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: All fixed now! No need for this anymore
--Stealth500! 03:42, 4 December 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  star Wars Disambiguation 

message: Article says box office revenue is 4.3 bil, while the infobox says gross revenue is 6.6 bil. What is the difference? the 6.6 should appear somewhere in the article (sourced) and be explained (perhaps right next to the 4.3) TheHYPO (talk) 02:07, 20 December 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I believe Harry Potter is the top grossing series at this time. James Bond is another high grossing series. TheHYPO (talk) 18:23, 17 March 2008 (UTC)

text: nope TheHYPO (talk) 09:15, 27 March 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  revenue? 

message: >>Darth Vader and Anakin Skywalker are the same person, in different states of mind
This note from the apperance table seems like a poor wording for wikipedia. There is no way to assess a characters "state of mind". The characters should either be combined into one row on the table, or a clearer wording should be used, but as they are the same character, and he appears as both vader and outside his suit in two of the films, they should simply be one row, one character. 
Frankly, I think the whole table thing is stupid and pointless - who needs a table of apperances? To see a character's appearances, one can check the characters' pages. A better route, IMO would be a bolded linked-name with a brief description and perhaps mentioning which films the characters appear in. TheHYPO (talk) 19:51, 23 December 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I agree. The whole table thing really is stupid and pointless. Happy editing,--Padawan Animator (talk) 18:18, 24 December 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Wording 

message: I have undertaken to clean up this article because it really needed it:
this is a permanent link to the edit prior to my cleanup, for reference to what was deleted.
I think the main problem is that this article is billed on the topic of "Star Wars" as a media franchise, yet 80% of the article is a history of the films. Articles already exist for Star Wars original trilogy and Star Wars prequel trilogy. Those articles are the perfect place for information about the scripts (info about the scripts of each film should really be in the film's article, while info about each trilogy as a whole could go in those articles.)
* I killed the infobox - I can see both sides on this and if people want it returned, I can accept that - but I think that since this article is about the franchise, infoboxes showing producers and writers and directors of the films themselves focuses the article on the films, and not the franchise.
* Very little info was sourced, and a lot of it was original research or personal opinion
* Stuff that was very film-specific I killed because I feel there is a better place for it if it can be sourced - eg: the television rights, or the re-release info.
I really WANT to kill the script info here because it's general broken down film by film (or at least between the two trilogies) - it should go in the films' articles, or in the trilogy articles, but it's all fairly well sourced so I didn't want to kill it outright - but I think it needs rewriting to be a little more neutral, better gramatically, and more concise.
Looking at those trilogy articles, I see they are in a terrible state. I think the best thing to be done would be to "merge" them both into another article called Star Wars films for all the info on all six films as a whole (as opposed to info about the films individually) - such as group DVD releases, etc. I see now that the trilogy articles are quite baron. They should not contain bare lists of characters and cast and locations as such (cast lists should be relegated to the individual films), and synopses as large as the ones in those articles should also be left for the individual films. I propose that the info that was previously on this article be (properly sourced) moved to an article like Star Wars films, and the trilogy articles be merged into that article (which could have a division for each of the two trilogies).
Then, this article can have a very short "Star Wars films" section, with a  template pointing to the main article, and this page being merely a coinduit to point readers to all the different facets of the Star Wars franchise, which is what this article purports to be TheHYPO (talk) 13:27, 27 December 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Mass pruning

message: I am not registered to edit the article, but would like to suggest changing this reference (and the stub it leads to) to "virgin birth". The confusion stems from a South Park episode and should not be encouraged by Wikipedia.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 65.27.175.98 (talk) 06:23, 13 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: The wording has been removed completely but I think your assumption is wrong. There is indeed great confusion about the difference between the alleged immaculate conception of Mary and virgin birth of Jesus. However this almost definitely has little to do with South Park, the confusion existed long before South Park Nil Einne (talk) 16:34, 24 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Immaculate Conception

message: There is a very large absence of pictures on this article. There are tons, why arent they on the page?--Royalmate1 (talk) 03:49, 25 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Good point. why don't you add some? I would do it myself but I have no clue how. Lets kick this pig! RC-0722 (talk) 04:42, 25 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Pictures 

message: There is a collection of Star Wars related stories that the TIME Archives put together, and that could be placed in the External Links section. The Collection could provide context and more resources for those users who wish to expand their research.  --Kevindkeogh (talk) 19:10, 5 March 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  TIME Collection 

message: Why don't we talk about Star Wars' prodigious impact on pop culture in the opening paragraph? 
I mean seriously. Badboysbadoyswhatugonnado (talk) 18:31, 19 March 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: The line "and became a worldwide pop culture phenomenon" alludes to it. Obviously it only \ it, but that's the purpose of the lead. Were the lead to use the word "prodigious" or some such word, the article's neutrality would be compromised. I agree that it'd be better worded to indicate just how massive an immpact on pp culture it's had, rather than simply beig a phenomenon, as there have been many phenomena that would fit the description used here. --rm 'w avu 20:44, 19 March 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Star Wars' prodigious impact on pop culture  

message: I think this artical should be re-nominated for good artical Poohman0 (talk) 01:53, 23 March 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Good Artical 

message: Talk:Star Wars/FA has more information, please post comments there. Stealth (talk) 01:31, 29 March 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Why do we need a separate page? Why not keep it here, in one place, and keep it simple? --Merbabu (talk) 01:48, 29 March 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  FA Status Project 

message: I was thinking that 120 gaems was an awful lot..... I then checked the Wikipedia Page List of Star Wars video games and I counted 91.... Can someone verify this from an outside source? If not lets remove this comment... Stealth (talk) 11:04, 31 March 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I changed it to 'dozens' to be less approximate since it's not worth it to research the exact number. Gary King (talk) 15:52, 31 March 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Games (number of them) 

message: This sentence, from the Literature section is incorrect:
LucasBooks radically changed the face of the Star Wars universe with the introduction of the New Jedi Order series written by written by Jude Watson, which takes place some 20 years after Return of the Jedi and stars a host of new characters alongside series originals.
Jude Watson did not write any books in the NJO series. It was written by a group of authors:  R.A. Salvatore, Michael A. Stackpole, James Luceno, Kathy Tyers, Troy Denning, Greg Keyes, Elaine Cunningham, Aaron Allston, Matthew Stover, Walter Jon Williams, Shane Dix, and Sean Williams.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.76.22.118 (talk) 15:50, 4 April 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  New Jedi Order 

message: ===Suggestions===
Red is needed for me to pass the GA, green is suggested, but not vitally required.
*
*  -> sentence runs for quite a bit. Try "on a farm as Luke. Annikin became Luke's father, a wise Jedi knight."
* - chop the second line
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* -> "late November 1977".
* -> same thing
*
* -> past tense
* -> "After losing much of his fortune as a divorce settlement in 1983"}} - unless the two aren't linked.
* - remove a bit of the blame from Lucas, like saying (beef this up) "Lucas often exaggerated claims about his work. Kaminski theorised that this was both a publicity and security measure."
* -> Space travel is common, with many planets in the galaxy members of a Galactic Republic, later the Galactic Empire.
* -> "The attack is a ploy by the Sith Lord Darth Sidious under the guise of Palpatine, a senator from Naboo, planned to overthrow the Supreme Chancellor of the Galactic Senate in his quest for galactic domination". (you could cut that further, to be honest)
* - remove "However".
* - remove "Also". 
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* - ""Weird Al" Yankovic recorded two parodies:" (Yoda); and (Saga Begins).
*As a matter of interest, there's a source somewhere were Yankovic says how accurate he was (even pronouncing 'Coruscant' correctly) with the latter recording despite not seeing a preview). You might want to include that. This is also good reading; I have an article at FAC and I've had to read over this to help with the prose. Might do well to read it and transfer the skills, because it looks like it could be FA with some more work. Sceptre (talk) 03:48, 6 April 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: All of the above are done. Gary King (talk) 04:15, 6 April 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Looks good. Passing, though still not sure about the Dick Cheney costume ref. Sceptre (talk) 04:23, 6 April 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Item removed as suggested, it is irrelevant and not needed, however a comment somewhere about the fact that many people (including Dick Cheyney) have dressed up as various characters could be good.... Stealth (talk) 22:06, 10 April 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  GA review 

message: Red is needed for me to pass the GA, green is suggested, but not vitally required.
*
*  -> sentence runs for quite a bit. Try "on a farm as Luke. Annikin became Luke's father, a wise Jedi knight."
* - chop the second line
*
* -> "late November 1977".
* -> same thing
*
* -> past tense
* -> "After losing much of his fortune as a divorce settlement in 1983"}} - unless the two aren't linked.
* - remove a bit of the blame from Lucas, like saying (beef this up) "Lucas often exaggerated claims about his work. Kaminski theorised that this was both a publicity and security measure."
* -> Space travel is common, with many planets in the galaxy members of a Galactic Republic, later the Galactic Empire.
* -> "The attack is a ploy by the Sith Lord Darth Sidious under the guise of Palpatine, a senator from Naboo, planned to overthrow the Supreme Chancellor of the Galactic Senate in his quest for galactic domination". (you could cut that further, to be honest)
* - remove "However".
* - remove "Also". 
*
* - ""Weird Al" Yankovic recorded two parodies:" (Yoda); and (Saga Begins).
*As a matter of interest, there's a source somewhere were Yankovic says how accurate he was (even pronouncing 'Coruscant' correctly) with the latter recording despite not seeing a preview). You might want to include that. This is also good reading; I have an article at FAC and I've had to read over this to help with the prose. Might do well to read it and transfer the skills, because it looks like it could be FA with some more work. Sceptre (talk) 03:48, 6 April 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: All of the above are done. Gary King (talk) 04:15, 6 April 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Looks good. Passing, though still not sure about the Dick Cheney costume ref. Sceptre (talk) 04:23, 6 April 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Item removed as suggested, it is irrelevant and not needed, however a comment somewhere about the fact that many people (including Dick Cheyney) have dressed up as various characters could be good.... Stealth (talk) 22:06, 10 April 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Suggestions

message: I don't think there should be a picture of Tatooine because Tatooine, as important as it is, isn't the MAIN plot. Gregory E. Miller (talk) 22:41, 1 May 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: it is in a way..... Vader I believe essentially starts turning evil after he kills the animals/things guarding his mother. Stealth (talk) 20:26, 8 May 2008 (UTC)

text: There should NOT be a picture of Tatooine unless it is Free Use. Fair Use images are only allowed to be used when the understanding of the article would suffer without it. (So long as Tatooine is described a a "desert planet", I see no major added understanding a reader would get by seeing a picture. TheHYPO (talk) 19:58, 12 May 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Picture of Tatooine 

message: I would like to suggest the star wars film series article be... basically deleted. Everything it contains is available elsewhere: the films are synopsized equally thoroughly in this article, and the reception/criticism of the films are better left for each film's article, and not one big article.
The list of planets and characters already have their own pages, and are fairly trivial lists that don't belong in the body of that kind of article. I'd also be open to suggestions on how the film article could be improved to actually contain different information from this article, and not just lists that don't belong in the body of an article. TheHYPO (talk) 18:45, 20 May 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Alternatively, I think what has been built here under the "feature films" could be moved to replace the "Film Series" article, and what is here could be reduced significantly. Thoughts? TheHYPO (talk) 23:01, 21 May 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: While I think your latest suggestion has merit, I prefer the original idea of merging the Film Series article into this one. This seems to flow quite well as an overview of the entire universe, of which the films are the main element, so why not keep it intact and blow the other one away after salvaging whatever's useful from it (not a great deal)? However, I think best get a couple more opinions first. Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 23:38, 21 May 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I second a merge-- Sonarpulse | Talk 20:50, 26 May 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Merge proposal - [[Star Wars (film series)]] 

message: I know it was semi-recently reordered, but I'd like to suggest that the article would be better ordered if the "setting" and then "feature films" section were moved up above the History; The FF section provides and overview to what the films actually ARE (both plot wise, and things like how many films there were, when they came out, the relationship between the OT and the prequel trilogy, etc.) Putting the History section first explains to the reader the history of a film series they don't know anything about. The history section describes in depth how some of the characters and plot element changed between script drafts, but the reader hasn't read the overview of film series which would explain to the reader the characers and plot BEFORE they read the history of how that plot came to be final. TheHYPO (talk) 19:29, 20 May 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Agree, the story should come first to set the scene. Having History first presumes familiarity with the subject; after all, we put Plot before Production in individual film articles. Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 02:47, 21 May 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Section order? 

message: It's annoying, but does anyone want to give a hand converting the "Secret History" citations from the old (either v1 or v2, I'm not sure) page numbers to the proper page numbers in the current version 3? Most of the citations are no longer accurate. The ones I came across in my edits, I corrected and changed the reference to v3.0 
You don't have to do them all, but if anyone has time to do a couple, it could probably get cleaned up fairly quickly. TheHYPO (talk) 20:29, 21 May 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Annoying task 

message: The only thing I haven't merged in the agree upon merge is the "critisism/reception" section. The section exists in history here
I believe that there is no real cohesion in this section that makes it about the series as a whole: it merely says "the first film was received [blah]. Empire was received [blah]. Critics hailed Jedi as [blah]." etc. Each movie is separately discussed. As such, anything there that is not already in each film's own article should be added to the films' article. Aid in checking that and carrying it out would be appreciated. TheHYPO (talk) 06:06, 4 June 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Merge aid 

message: First off, this is not "Critical" reception. This is public internet voting. Critical reception generally indicates reception by CRITICS. Second, is a table of random internet fan polling sites something that is appropriate for the space it takes up? I'm undecided. I can see ups and downs to its existance. Thoughts? TheHYPO (talk) 05:14, 25 June 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Agreed, and agreed. I've removed it due to its lack of encyclopaedic value. --Ckatzchatspy 06:08, 25 June 2008 (UTC)

text: * Section definitely needs to be improved, but not necessarily deleted. Dp76764 (talk) 15:56, 25 June 2008 (UTC)

text: * Also, FYI, Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic aren't "public internet voting" sites: their scores are a statistical average of critical reviews from, yes, real critics!  Now the Yahoo stuff, yeah, that's probably public voting. Dp76764 (talk) 17:08, 25 June 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Critical reception? 

message: I'm surprised that there isn't any section on the toys! Let's work together and make it. :) 142.166.200.246 (talk) 15:24, 26 June 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Star Wars Toys 

message: Right now the two Ewok films are listed as "direct to video". However, I seem to recall these were made-for-television movies when they first came out.--Daniel (talk) 15:08, 17 July 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Fixed and rewritten - they were made for TV. TheRealFennShysa (talk) 16:22, 17 July 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Ewok films "direct to video"? 

message: Can anyone add information about the RPG game for star wars, as it is not mentioned 207.172.250.247 (talk) 04:11, 23 July 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: There is a link to an RPG topic, along with the many many other spin-off entertainment games, in the Star_Wars#Games section of the article. --EEMIV (talk) 05:39, 23 July 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  RPG GAME 

message: There have been a few edits flying around regarding this.  While I hear your arguments, I read in the game/ campaign articles (one of the two) that the video game itself is seventh-generation, because it was made for the newest platforms and uses DMM, Euphoria .etc.  I don’t know how true this is – but I’m sure you will agree, we can’t have one article using next-gen and another using seventh-gen; the articles must be consistent.  Also, a phrase such as next-gen may apply now, but in a few years it won’t – so what are you going to call it then?
If the game turns out to belong to a different gen altogether, I’ll back down – but as it is, next-gen isn’t suitable, and all evidence suggests the game is seventh-gen.  TheMoridian 15:13, 23 July 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Next-gen or seventh-gen? 

message: Is there any citation that says that Reagan's "Evil Empire" reference is actually a reference to Star Wars?  Just because they use the same term doesn't mean that's what he was referring to.  This seems to be smack of fanboys. Mrmcgibby (talk) 23:13, 25 August 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: * There's a citation in the article. Dp76764 (talk) 01:18, 26 August 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Evil Empire? 

message: It's very awkward to mention how much of a legacy Star Wars has and then show 60% ratings from Rotten Tomatoes. Rotten Tomatoes is not the definition of critical reception, and neither is Metacritic. It's also weird to only have ratings from two websites under the critical reception section, and nothing else. I think we should either expand the section, preferably adding some details and snippets from reviews of certain things that seem to be liked/disliked, or remove the section entirely. As it is, the critical reception section is far to narrow-minded for such a big franchise. — NovaDog —  (contribs) 03:07, 28 August 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  critical reception, again 

message: The first film in the franchise was simply titled Star Wars, but later had the subtitle Episode IV: A New Hope added. . .
I tried verifying this on my own before challenging it, but have had no success. If the subtitle was not part of the original release, there should be a reliable source that can verify this somewhere. The only sources offered at present merely point to other articles here, which also fail to cite a proper source. If the claim isn't verified, it doesn't belong in a Good Article. --James26 (talk) 07:13, 12 September 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Thought I'd point out that I've since found what probably amounts to credible verification (Amazon.com), but I'm uncertain as to whether or not that would be appropriate here, so I'm taking no action. --James26 (talk) 08:56, 12 September 2008 (UTC)
replies: text:  Try the bonus disc (the original, unchanged theatrical version) of the Limited Edition DVD. --Cubs Fan (Talk) 18:29, 18 September 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I've removed the "reference" to Lucas' commentary track on the Episode IV point, since it's historically inaccurate. Lucas may claim otherwise now, but there is a wealth of evidence over thirty years to show that the Episode IV was never originally intended to be on the film, and certainly was NOT on the original release. MikeWazowski (talk) 03:52, 19 September 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Not originally called "A New Hope"?  

message: If Star Wars: The Clone Wars is on the critical reception chart, then how come it's not on the box office chart. The new movie isn't part of the original trilogy nor part of the prequel trilogy, but it could because it takes place between II and III, but a trilogy means three and now there are four theatrical Star Wars taking place before the original trilogy. Either we leave on the critical reception table or take off or/and place on the box office chart. Because it is now a theaterical Star Wars movie. We must do something NOW so that this can remain a good article. Christianster45 01:04, 14 September 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: This movie is nothing else than expanded universe, as so many books, novels, comics or video games are expanded universe. There's nothing to be worried about, the saga is made of six movies and only six movies, and new theaterical movies coming from the expanded universe don't change that unique important point. 343KKT Kintaro (talk) 16:58, 16 September 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Star Wars: The Clone Wars