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    Go Broke Helping Others And Firming Up Next May's Social Plans With Iron Man Auction

    These Are The Droids You're Bidding For

    Introducing Darth "Your Name Here"

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    Image of GreyHammer GreyHammer
    09/18/09

    In reply to Go Broke Helping Others And Firming Up Next May's Social Plans With Iron Man Auction
    i can see the headlines now
    "rich stalker flays scarjo at ironman 2 premiere"
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    Image of ManchuCandidate ManchuCandidate
    09/18/09

    In reply to Go Broke Helping Others And Firming Up Next May's Social Plans With Iron Man Auction
    I hope for the "winners" that the event is attended by the real ScarJo and not ScarJo impersonator Raymond Donatello.
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    Image of VEXisGaY? VEXisGaY?
    09/18/09

    In reply to Go Broke Helping Others And Firming Up Next May's Social Plans With Iron Man Auction
    Scarlet Johanssons nice and all but the one I want to sit next to is mikey rourkes underwear.. yummy
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    ggodo, the man from R.O.A.C.H. promoted this comment OW-Holmes--Upset with Polling approved this comment VEXisGaY? was starred VEXisGaY? was unstarred
    Image of bonniegrrl bonniegrrl
    08/10/09

    In reply to These Are The Droids You're Bidding For
    The Muggs represent Star Wars characters in TV, movies, games, comics and novels. A few others are mashups of Star Wars characters and other pop culture references.
    You might recognize a few from Robot Chicken: Star Wars! ;-)
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    Image of Hamslicer Hamslicer
    08/04/09

    In reply to These Are The Droids You're Bidding For
    The creation of the Lucas double chin beard is awsome!
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    Image of Klebert L. Hall Klebert L. Hall
    08/02/09

    In reply to These Are The Droids You're Bidding For
    These are all sort of odd, but I must say that the Death Star and T.I.E. fighter ones are extra-odd.
    -Kle.
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    Image of Berd Berd
    08/02/09

    In reply to These Are The Droids You're Bidding For
    These are suprisingly original. They could easily just made the main characters, but they really explored their options. I especcialy liked George Lucas with a Han shoothing (first) T-shirt and pet AT-AT. However, I don't recognise nr. 9.
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    Image of _MARVKO_ _MARVKO_
    08/02/09

    @Berd: I don't recognize her either. Maybe an expanded universe character?
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    Image of capnrob capnrob
    08/02/09

    @_MARVKO_: If so, she's probably Mara Jade, based on the amount of slash I've successfully avoided featuring her. No idea who the character *is*, though - I just know the name from too many discussions of Rule 34.
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    Image of The_Sporean_Bob The_Sporean_Bob
    08/02/09

    @capnrob: Luke Skywalker's wife, I believe...
    Yeah, I don't know who 9 is either...
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    Image of RandomFrequentFlierDent RandomFrequentFlierDent
    08/02/09

    @Berd: It can't be Mara, she has red hair/green eyes . . . I just looked at the site, apparently it is "Leia Robotika". There's your question answered, although I'm not entirely sure what the answer means.
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    Image of Grey_Area Grey_Area
    04/17/09

    In reply to Introducing Darth "Your Name Here"
    Piffle. I am already retroactively featured in a science fiction book.
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    Image of DarthAthema DarthAthema
    04/17/09

    In reply to Introducing Darth "Your Name Here"
    Oh right, and I think my user name speaks for itself on the subject of the post.
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    Image of OW-Holmes:Bringer of Fear OW-Holmes:Bringer of Fear
    04/17/09

    @DarthAthema: Darth Darth is a ridiculous name.
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    Image of braak: You are, as usual, completely correct. braak: You are, as usual, completely correct.
    04/17/09

    In reply to Introducing Darth "Your Name Here"
    All of you should go home, because the only person whose named would even make sense is mine:


    Darth Braak.


    HE LIVES!

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    Image of Ed Grabianowski Ed Grabianowski
    04/17/09

    @braak: You don't think Darth Ed has any zing? How about Darth Grabianowski?


    Hehe, Darth Ed.

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    Image of braak: You are, as usual, completely correct. braak: You are, as usual, completely correct.
    04/17/09

    @Ed Grabianowski: Darth Ed is pretty good.
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    Image of OW-Holmes:Bringer of Fear OW-Holmes:Bringer of Fear
    04/17/09

    In reply to Introducing Darth "Your Name Here"
    Sith lords come and go (and in the EU, come and go and come and go again), but I want something bigger.


    Rename the Sarlacc after me and I think we have a deal.

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    Image of J_Frank_Parnell J_Frank_Parnell
    04/17/09

    In reply to Introducing Darth "Your Name Here"
    what will they do, use one of those lame online Star Wars Name generators? Or maybe they just spell your name backwards?


    Darth Knarf

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    Image of tetracycloide tetracycloide
    04/17/09

    @J_Frank_Parnell: darth knarf was a weak an ineffectual sith lord. some said it was his diminutive stature that precipitated his beheading, some said it was his portly build, some his huggably soft fur, but they were all mistaken. the true reason darth knarf's reign as a sith lord was shorter than any before or after him was his obnoxious habit of ending every sentence with 'knarf.'
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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_DefinesTurgid GitEmSteveDave_DefinesTurgid
    04/17/09

    In reply to Introducing Darth "Your Name Here"
    Darth GitEmSteveDave conveys an ability for this Sith apprentice to find/capture/neutralize any targets or objectives given to him by his new Dark Side Emperor.
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    Image of Logan5 Logan5
    04/17/09

    In reply to Introducing Darth "Your Name Here"
    To be enshrined in the Star Wars Expanded Universe is a couple of orders of magnitude below being enshrined in a pile of crap and probably about the same as being enshrined in one of the prequels. The Expanded Universe should have as much to do with Star Wars as a Star Wars themed Happy Meal.


    Blame Alan Dean Foster for my vitriol.

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    Image of OW-Holmes:Bringer of Fear OW-Holmes:Bringer of Fear
    04/17/09

    @Logan5: Star Wars themed happy meals are actually canon. Delicious canon.
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    Image of thesis thesis
    04/17/09

    In reply to Introducing Darth "Your Name Here"
    Wait, is this literal? Would this be your real life name? I haven't really kept up on the expanded Universe, but I have the feeling a Darth Ramirez, Darth Greenwald, Darth Archer or Darth Bruinsen wouldn't really fit in. So I'm hoping they'd just have you make up a Star Warsy name and say it's you.
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    Image of Andrew Liptak Andrew Liptak
    04/17/09

    @thesis: Of course, they're not likely to introduce any new Darths in these books, are they?
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