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    The Empire Strikes Underhandedly

    Who Wouldn't Want To Date Felicia Day's Avatar?

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    Image of TheGreenRanger TheGreenRanger
    09/14/09

    In reply to The Empire Strikes Underhandedly
    hmm, not sure i buy that pic at 2:10 where he beats an alien down with his bare hands, when said alien seems to be 3 times his size.
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    Image of The Curse of Millhaven The Curse of Millhaven
    09/14/09

    In reply to The Empire Strikes Underhandedly
    The ancient title of Ultimate Warrior King? Ahhahah.
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    Image of cletar cletar
    09/13/09

    In reply to The Empire Strikes Underhandedly
    So, it's "Gladiator:The Game," except everybody chants "Mandalore! Mandalore!" instead of "Spaniard! Spaniard!" ? Ok, then.
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    Image of OakRidge OakRidge
    09/13/09

    In reply to The Empire Strikes Underhandedly
    This is the film I want to see!!!
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    geesejuggler promoted this comment OakRidge was starred OakRidge was unstarred
    Image of omgwtflolbbqbye omgwtflolbbqbye
    09/13/09

    @OakRidge: Ditto x100,000 for ANYthing like this trailer.
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    Edited by omgwtflolbbqbye at 09/13/09 10:04 PM omgwtflolbbqbye was starred omgwtflolbbqbye was unstarred
    Image of r0cketman22 r0cketman22
    09/14/09

    @omgwtflolbbqbye: AGREED.
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    Image of ManchuCandidate ManchuCandidate
    09/13/09

    In reply to The Empire Strikes Underhandedly
    Jango Fett: Well, when Sy Snootles was first starting out, he was signed to a personal services contract with this big-band leader. And as his career got better and better, he wanted to get out of it. But the band leader wouldn't let him. Now, Sy Snootles used to be the Emperor's ball washer. So the Emperor went to see this bandleader and offered him 10,000 Credits to let Sy go, but the bandleader said no. So the next day, the Emperor went back, only this time with Darth Vader. Within an hour, he had a signed release for a certified check of 1000 Credits.
    Unknown Female: How did he do that?
    Jango Fett: The Emperor made him an offer he couldn't refuse.
    Unknown Female: What was that?
    Jango Fett: Darth Vader put a lightsabre to his head, and the Emperor assured him that either his brains or his signature would be on the contract.
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    Image of CoffinDodger (If the typos crap. Blame my keyboard) CoffinDodger (If the typos crap. Blame my keyboard)
    09/13/09

    @ManchuCandidate: And they all lived happily after yes?? they did didnt they!!
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    Image of Unmarketable_Product Unmarketable_Product
    09/13/09

    @ManchuCandidate: I will never get these 20 seconds back.

    Aside from the fact that Jango Fett was dead before there was an Emperor and Vader...

    There's no joke here.
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    cletar promoted this comment Unmarketable_Product was starred Unmarketable_Product was unstarred
    Image of cletar cletar
    09/13/09

    @Unmarketable_Product: I think maybe you need to see "The Godfather."
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    Image of The Curse of Millhaven The Curse of Millhaven
    09/15/09

    @cletar: He needs to very much. It helps avoid embarrassing lapses of cultural literacy.
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    Image of zerofritz zerofritz
    09/13/09

    In reply to The Empire Strikes Underhandedly
    Sigh. I wish i could go back in time and tell people in 1980 that no, Boba Fett was not cool. it's been Mandalore this and Bounty Hunter that ever since. And seriously, the guy didn't do *anything*.

    (aside: Autoplaying videos are classically frowned upon, and make the Gawker Media Player look good by comparison. and it so pains me to type that)
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    Image of Evdor Evdor
    09/13/09

    @zerofritz: I hate to tell you this, guy, but people are going to like what they like. I'm not saying Boba Fett was awesome, I'm just saying I was way more interested in the world of Smuggler's, Bounty Hunters, and people in the Star Wars universe trying to get by, not intergalactic Space Paladin/Samurai.

    In fact, the reason Boba Fett is so enduring is that Lucas wrote almost nothing for him. That's an arc you can practically chart, by the way. The more Lucas writes about any subject in the Star Wars universe, the more it starts to suck.
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    Image of Bill-Lee Bill-Lee
    09/13/09

    @Evdor: The Boba Fett myth really started to grow when Kenner (remember Kenner?) released the first Boba Fett action figures. Fett was first released as a mail away premium before The Empire Strikes Back was released.A prototype featured a backpack with a spring launched missile. This version was pictured in advertising, however, safety concerns caused Kenner to cancel this version and release the figure with a permanently attached missile. Regardless, some kids claimed to have purchased the firing missile version and an urban legend started that some kid was playing with his Boba Fett and choked to death on the toy missile.
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    Image of Lassus Lassus
    09/13/09

    @Bill-Lee: I think pegging Boba Fett's popularity on this toy figure and an urban myth, rather than a million kids filling in the Fett void with their own imagination - regardless of a plastic object - is a little off.
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    Edited by Lassus at 09/13/09 7:18 PM Lassus was starred Lassus was unstarred
    Image of bma2192 bma2192
    09/13/09

    @zerofritz: --I agree...as far as I know, his claim to fame is that he had a really cool helmet. --which is the reason I always lied him, but I have to agree that all he ever did was give that sand monster gas.
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    Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H. promoted this comment bma2192 was starred bma2192 was unstarred
    Image of thexpert thexpert
    09/13/09

    @Bill-Lee: Battlestar Galactica's 'Colonial Viper' was the culprit in the version that I kept hearing in the 70's.

    Poor kid who somehow choked on a 3mm X 22mm plastic dowel.
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    Image of CoffinDodger (If the typos crap. Blame my keyboard) CoffinDodger (If the typos crap. Blame my keyboard)
    09/13/09

    In reply to The Empire Strikes Underhandedly
    Loving the Gladiatorial back stabbing and naughty buisness. But the Empire being lower than low...NEVER!! I saw this coming a mile off. Nasty Empire you! Training them up to be the Ultimate Warrior might be all good and well. But I bet the Empire couldnt tame this Ultimate Warrior!!!
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    Image of CoffinDodger (If the typos crap. Blame my keyboard) CoffinDodger (If the typos crap. Blame my keyboard)
    09/13/09


    @CoffinDodger (If the typos crap. Blame my keyboard): Yeah...this one!!
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    Image of Evdor Evdor
    09/13/09

    @CoffinDodger (If the typos crap. Blame my keyboard):

    Well yeah, nobody can tame him. Have you heard that guy talk? He doesn't make a damn bit of sense. I'm not entirely convinced he's sentient.

    Seriously? Destrucity? HE MAKES UP WORDS.
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    Image of CoffinDodger (If the typos crap. Blame my keyboard) CoffinDodger (If the typos crap. Blame my keyboard)
    09/13/09

    @Evdor: I know. He's fantabulous!!
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    Image of mattattaxx mattattaxx
    09/13/09

    In reply to The Empire Strikes Underhandedly
    autoplay! aaauuugh
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    Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H. promoted this comment mattattaxx was starred mattattaxx was unstarred
    Image of gre9del gre9del
    08/18/09

    In reply to Who Wouldn't Want To Date Felicia Day's Avatar?

    *sigh* Oh Gawker comments.... you strange and wonderful mess... one more time...
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    The-Simpsons-Rule!! promoted this comment gre9del was starred gre9del was unstarred
    Image of gre9del gre9del
    08/18/09

    In reply to Who Wouldn't Want To Date Felicia Day's Avatar?

    Lets try that wallpaper again
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    Image of joetato joetato
    08/18/09

    In reply to Who Wouldn't Want To Date Felicia Day's Avatar?
    Now I really want to go to Sears and buy a washing machine! (She's in a t.v. commercial for the Blue Crew @ Sears)
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    Image of crashedpc - Haifisch crashedpc - Haifisch
    08/17/09

    In reply to Who Wouldn't Want To Date Felicia Day's Avatar?
    Great, well, now I have that chorus stuck in my head. On auto-loop, and AutoTune. Pardon me while I go put on some the Studs instead.
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    Image of Mudderofcanton Mudderofcanton
    08/17/09

    In reply to Who Wouldn't Want To Date Felicia Day's Avatar?
    The only that could have been funnier is if they show whatwe girl gamers look like at the other end the the computer still super hot. (Why does my room smell like cheetos?)
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    OW-Holmes--Serious Face. promoted this comment Mudderofcanton was starred Mudderofcanton was unstarred
    Image of OW-Holmes:Bringer of Fear OW-Holmes:Bringer of Fear
    08/17/09

    @Mudderofcanton: Cheetos are a nerd aphrodisiac. Call me.
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    Image of omgwtflolbbqbye omgwtflolbbqbye
    08/17/09

    @ Mudderofcanton : Felicia is that you?
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    Edited by omgwtflolbbqbye at 08/17/09 9:32 PM omgwtflolbbqbye was starred omgwtflolbbqbye was unstarred
    Image of omgwtflolbbqbye omgwtflolbbqbye
    08/17/09

    *don't mind me im a dead link that got erased*
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    Edited by omgwtflolbbqbye at 08/17/09 9:31 PM omgwtflolbbqbye was starred omgwtflolbbqbye was unstarred
    Image of Alf Shot The FUD Alf Shot The FUD
    08/17/09

    In reply to Who Wouldn't Want To Date Felicia Day's Avatar?
    While Felicia Day is adorable as a basket of kittens, the hubba-hubba in this video for me is all the shots of Amy Okuda (Tinkerballa) and Maurissa Tancharoen (the Asian Whedon) as the backup dancers.

    Send all restraining order to...
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    OW-Holmes--Serious Face. promoted this comment Alf Shot The FUD was starred Alf Shot The FUD was unstarred
    Image of JustinHelenus JustinHelenus
    08/17/09

    In reply to Who Wouldn't Want To Date Felicia Day's Avatar?
    Name 5 celebs you think are super hot. I guarantee you I and others will think at least one of them is completely fug. Felicia Day is adorable and this video moved her to the top of my girl crush list. Sorry, Zoe Bell.
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    Image of OW-Holmes:Bringer of Fear OW-Holmes:Bringer of Fear
    08/17/09

    @JustinHelenus: I officially put her in my top 5 a little while ago. It was a big deal since most people respond with "who". She is totally deserving though.
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