Happy 30th Anniversary to TESB!

[Darth Cruel]

I used to put my Han figure in a glass of water and put him in the freezer overnight and let him slowly unthaw the next day. I did it so many times that my figure shrank a few centimeters!

Oh the memories! Mine was a plastic travel soap box half so Han could poke out of the "carbonite". I don't think mine shrank, though.

 

[Darthrazz]

Oh the memories! Mine was a plastic travel soap box half so Han could poke out of the "carbonite". I don't think mine shrank, though.

So many memories! Life seemed so much better then.

 

[FQRizzo]

Awesome poster! You know seeing the Millenium Falcon in that shot reminds me that the Falcon was actually such an integral part of the OT. It was almost as if it was a another character.

This was a big element missing from the PT. How could they not realize this was part of the Star Wars formula?

I used to put my Han figure in a glass of water and put him in the freezer overnight and let him slowly unthaw the next day. I did it so many times that my figure shrank a few centimeters!

Sorry to hear about your shrinkage.

 

[Khev]

I remember before ESB came out on VHS and people couldn't just immediately watch the movie kids at school would argue the stupidest things. There were indeed those who swore that they remember a snowspeeder crashing into an AT-AT head and one kid even tried to convince us that those two quick shots of a scout walker were actually of an AT-AT that had its hindquarters destroyed!

 

[Darthrazz]

This was a big element missing from the PT. How could they not realize this was part of the Star Wars formula?

Seriously, so many great moments happened on that ship. Yet no ship was really that memorable in the whole PT, IMHO. YET! in the Clone Wars they are following that formula with Anakin's Twilight.

 

[Darthrazz]

I remember before ESB came out on VHS and people couldn't just immediately watch the movie kids at school would argue the stupidest things. There were indeed those who swore that they remember a snowspeeder crashing into an AT-AT head and one kid even tried to convince us that those two quick shots of a scout walker were actually of an AT-AT that had its hindquarters destroyed!

My favorite, was this kid that swore that Luke chopped off Vaders Head, Vader then just put it on on kept on fighting.

 

[FQRizzo]

Seriously, so many great moments happened on that ship. Yet no ship was really that memorable in the whole PT, IMHO. YET! in the Clone Wars they are following that formula with Anakin's Twilight.

How much have they shown that ship recently? I haven't been following religiously, but I haven't seen it in a while.

 

[FLOSI]

Awesome poster! You know seeing the Millenium Falcon in that shot reminds me that the Falcon was actually such an integral part of the OT. It was almost as if it was a another character.

It was as much a main character to me as Chewie or the droids.

The asteroid field scene needs some props too. Think how amazing that sequence is in terms of realistic believability. Hell, it still compares favorably to modern movie space scenes and even more so when you consider the technology at hand during that time.

 

[IrishJedi]

I remember thinking that Vader showed up on Dagobah and Luke decapitated him, end of saga! I didn't even recognize the visage in the exploded mask, I just thought that was Vader's dead face.

Best part is passing on the saga to my kids and my sons were both freaked by the vision sequence and Han being frozen in the Carbonite; they called him the "man in the box," for the longest time - they were only about 3 when they saw it the first time.

I used to put my Han figure in a glass of water and put him in the freezer overnight and let him slowly unthaw the next day. I did it so many times that my figure shrank a few centimeters!

My 7 year old likes Clone Wars, but he actually refers to the OT as "the real STAR WARS". And he came up with that all on his own!

 

[Darthrazz]

My 7 year old likes Clone Wars, but he actually refers to the OT as "the real STAR WARS". And he came up with that all on his own!

Irish, your son is a GENIUS! and he knows his Star Wars!

 

[FLOSI]

I used to put my Han figure in a glass of water and put him in the freezer overnight and let him slowly unthaw the next day. I did it so many times that my figure shrank a few centimeters!

That brings back a ____ load of great memories.... I used to do that all the time.... Sometimes I'd freeze Han with his arms or head sticking out.

 

[galactiboy]

I remember keeping the little plastic trays the figures came in and freezing 1/2 figures out of those Ah the fun you could have with the various states of water

 

[IrishJedi]

Irish, your son is a GENIUS! and he knows his Star Wars!

Haha. Thanks!

Like I said, he's into Clone Wars (he loves the clones... of which Rex is his fave) but he really does like the OT, and asks to watch those much more than the PT. I'm taking him to Celebration V for the day on that Saturday and he's psyched.

 

[Darthrazz]

Haha. Thanks!

I'm taking him to Celebration V for the day on that Saturday and he's psyched.

That is awesome!

 

[Anzik]

I remember when the toys first came out I was really disappointed because I had been heavily into Micronauts that had awesome articulation and the SW figures were so limited. Nice to see the new 3 3/4 figures finally caught up.

 

[FLOSI]

I remember keeping the little plastic trays the figures came in and freezing 1/2 figures out of those Ah the fun you could have with the various states of water

I always liked it when the top layer was solid, you could pull the figure out of the cup while the legs were still posable.... I'd get so impatinet waiting for the water to freeze that I'd end up getting yelled at. "Stop opening the freezer, Richie or I'll make you take your toys out of there!"

 

[Darth Waller]

I must admit I never froze any of my figures. Sounds like I may have been missing out.

 

[FLOSI]

I must admit I never froze any of my figures. Sounds like I may have been missing out.

OMG Waller.... You did miss out!

 

[fantasymaker]

My 7 year old likes Clone Wars, but he actually refers to the OT as "the real STAR WARS". And he came up with that all on his own!

The force is strong with him .......

 

[Darthrazz]

I'd get so impatient waiting for the water to freeze that I'd end up getting yelled at. "Stop opening the freezer, Richie or I'll make you take your toys out of there!"

OMG! I laughed out loud when I read this! That is so funny.