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I knew we had more in common than just our taste in classic rock, puns and ham sandwiches! 
/ravi
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Yea, I havent seen any of them
can anyone point out some reasons to watch them?
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The grass is always greener on the other side of the fence
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though does it count as a real Star Wars movie. Not sure I liked IX so much, a bit too much of that telepathic fighting nonsense.
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Star
Wars.
There is only one and it was released in 1977.
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To me Rogue One is the most 'grown up' of the bunch. It feels the most like a serious sci-fi movie. Of the main set, episode 3 is also more serious. The others of the original six are just aiming a bit too low in the age demographic for my tastes, though I still watch them from time to time.
Leaving aside a few silly bits like "Leia's Body in Space on Ice", I actually like The Last Jedi. In particular those final scenes between Kylo and Luke are visually pretty epic.
Explorans limites defectum
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I just realized this is the original movie. Never heard that before.
It all went downhill about the time McDonald's started selling drinks in SW cups before the movie was even out. When I first encountered the Jar Jar Binx character I almost puked. It was obvious this cuteness was added to appeal to the kiddies and no other reason. It could have been a great series but they needed return on investment.
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MKJCP wrote: It was obvious this cuteness was added to appeal to the kiddies and no other reason
Seriously, Star Wars has always been about selling merchandise since its very beginning. There were plenty of SW-related toys already back in 77.
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True. I guess it just didn't feel so commercialized at the beginning.
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...could it be because you were a kid yourself back then, and thus not as aware of the ulterior motive?
Or if not a kid, then at least 40+ years younger... 
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Yeah, I was 16 and working as an usher at the movie theater. We sold out 700+ seats in the big theater for Star Wars for quite a while. I was not as aware of many ulterior motives then. Those of women especially.
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You weren't aware of women's ulterior motives at 16?
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Heck no, I'm still figuring them out.
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Well...anyone who pretends to have them completely figured out is lying.
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But I feel, the survey is not relevant in coding related site.
Which website is good place to discuss about the movies? CodeProject? definitely not.
May be a little fun is also good.
Life is a computer program and everyone is the programmer of his own life.
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I'm sorry but Sci-Fi movies (and cult horror movies) are, like coffee, part of the coder's support package.
Definitely on-subject.
So old that I did my first coding in octal via switches on a DEC PDP 8
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If you stick to the strict definition, SW is fantasy, not sci-fi. Being set in space doesn't make it sci-fi. It's got more in common with the traditional fantasy genre. Trying to retcon midichlorians into the story 4 movies into it doesn't make it sci-fi either.
That was news to me back in the day when it was first explained to me, but in hindsight, that's absolutely correct.
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You are of course correct!
My point still stands though. (IMO, humble though it may be)
So old that I did my first coding in octal via switches on a DEC PDP 8
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M.D.V. 
If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about?
Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you
Rating helpful answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.
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/ravi
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I bet don't you like Lord of the Rings either, do ya?
- I would love to change the world, but they won’t give me the source code.
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Well, my point was not about my likes and dislikes.
I really like almost all Sci-Fi movies.
My point was to which forum should we discuss them.
Probably, you would not like to post Java questions in .net forum or vice versa.
We have regulated many off-topic articles/forum messages in codeproject very strongly.
But survey related to movies got different opinions.
Yes, as I rightly said, a little fun is Good.
Life is a computer program and everyone is the programmer of his own life.
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I have fond memories of 'A New Hope'; I took my girlfriend to see it. Drove an about an hour to get to the theater, waited about an hour to get to the sales window and ended up watching some movie involving the French foreign legion. 
When I finally saw it, I sat through the movie 3 times - long before reserved seating. It was the best (non-horror) SyFi movie of its time - despite the subpar acting. I waited to watch the next one in the series until people stopped camping out around the block waiting to see it. 
INTP
"Program testing can be used to show the presence of bugs, but never to show their absence." - Edsger Dijkstra
"I have never been lost, but I will admit to being confused for several weeks. " - Daniel Boone
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I grew up with the original trilogy, but I voted Rogue One.
I was really pleasantly surprised by that one AND it answers some questions I've had since I was a little kid 
The originals were awesome, especially in their day, but I don't want to get stuck in the past.
Also, I liked the prequels (and loved the game Star Wars Episode I: Racer - Wikipedia[^]).
I havent seen Solo and Episode IX (yet), but so far I'm not fond of the sequels (I mean VII was just A New Hope remastered, but worse) 
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Before it was retitled "A New Hope", and re-worked (and re-re-worked...) by George Lucas.
Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows.
-- 6079 Smith W.
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