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Japanese Star Wars Gorier, Longer, More Awesome

flecknoe — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 23:26:06 PST

Im in Japan. Im going to try and get some copies. flecknoe@hotmail.com

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Japanese Star Wars Gorier, Longer, More Awesome

s0crates82 — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 12:52:23 PST

@AngryEwok: not only his swordsmanship, but his lightsabers construction.

Remember, every Jedi is supposed to make his/her own - so depending on how Vaders is tuned and what focusing crystal(s) used, more heat vs. sharper edge may have been an advantage based on his personal style.

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Benjo — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 07:54:08 PST

@Frozen-Tex: I with you on the cauterizing of wounds as part of Star Wars lightsaber cannon. However, you have to wonder if this was instilled to get a PG rating for the movies back in the day.

Benjo

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superbryant — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 06:34:55 PST

@Garrison Dean: haha so true!...lol

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AngryEwok — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 05:53:56 PST

There are at least two examples of a wound not being instantly cauterized in Star Wars, and both of those are thanks to the swordsmanship of Obi-Wan Kenobi.

We all know "Old Ben" left Ponda Boba left a bloody mess in the cantina. Some of you may have forgotten about the way a young Obi-Wan halfed Darth Maul. Watch closely, and you will see a mist of blood as Obi-Wan strikes him.

Further evidence that Obi-Wan Kenobi is badass.

AngryEwok

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lightninglouie — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 22:19:54 PST

@Cantonkid: I think Lucas started pulling the Marvel stuff back into "Expanded Universe" canon once the prequels started coming out. As goofy and contradictory as the comics stuff was, there's nothing in them that's dopier than some of the stuff in the supposedly more "official" EU books or video games.

I have a soft spot for the old Star Wars comics, especially the ones released between Star Wars and Empire. I think part of the reason I'm fond of Phanton Menace is that the whole concept of Naboo, with its Renaissance Festival couture and "oceanic" core is like something out of the Goodwin/Infantino run of the late '70s.

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Cantonkid — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 21:29:35 PST

I remember the Marvel series when it picked up after the first Star Wars movie and going in so many directions that would later be deemed wrong (see any geekspeakpedia for Not Canon).

My favorite character was a cyborg bounty hunter named Valance...who was of course written out of existence when the later film sequels came out....that was when I quit the Star Wars comics.

But I am sure Mr. Lucas was laughing all the way to the bank.

Cantonkid

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Inkymonkey — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 21:06:19 PST

Japan FTW. That is gorgeous.

Inkymonkey

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Tiwa — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 20:32:03 PST

@tetracycloide: I'll admit that asian people have amazing bone structure, but that does nothing to cover up the fact that things start sagging around age 40.

Tiwa

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AmishJohn — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 19:13:41 PST

@xeijix: So lightsabers make their own gravy?

AmishJohn

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xeijix — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 19:02:59 PST

It did autocauterize, but not before it flash boiled the blood with his flesh forming a frothy overcoat

xeijix

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diverguy — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 18:29:20 PST

I wonder if all the characters look like 11 year old girls with big eyeballs...

diverguy

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tetracycloide — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 17:06:45 PST

@Tiwa: maybe it's because that's what old people actually look like in japan.

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Paul — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 17:00:25 PST

This blog is what is known in the vernacular as a happiness pill! :O)

It is invigorating to know that there are so many like-minded people out there enjoying, debating, and taking issue with developments in sci-fi, either those of the cutting edge sort or those built-upon-the-old sort.

Every time I feel kind of rudderless, I sojourn here for a little while and depart refreshed after browsing posts such as this one.

I have a nostalgic reverence for the original marvel comics adaptations, which I owned at one point, but I definitely look forward to the manga versions.

Paul
antiaging4geeks.com

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njudah — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 16:56:46 PST

I remember when the comics came out as a kid and many people being disappointed in them. The covers were nutso, and the art was whatever.

Around that time I remember taking a trip with my dad to Atlantis Fantasy World in Santa Cruz (the old store, same one in Lost Boys) because i'd heard of it on KTVU and somehow ended up with some very well produced 'zine about Star Wars and Comics. They got some folks to redraw the cantina scene properly and it was night and day difference.

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Tiwa — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 16:53:21 PST

I'm in continuing fascination with the fact that Japanese comic artists are kickass draughtsmen at pretty much anything, but they can't draw old people for shit (Obi-Wan). They usually looks like a youthful anime person with worry lines all over the place.

Tiwa

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Rus — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 16:09:55 PST

I've got them. They're pretty interesting... and yes, you do get Obi-Wan in Kurosawa Samurai poses.

My recollection is that they were translated and published in the U.S. by Dark Horse Comics. For those in the "WANT!" category, I'd suggest heading over to their site and seeing if they have any in stock.

Rus

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lightninglouie — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 16:09:54 PST

The 1970s and 1980s were sort of the Golden Age of the comic book writer as frustrated novelist; for the likes of Claremont, Englehart, Wolfman, et al., there is no action that cannot be drawn and narrated in equal detail. On the other hand, I can probably attribute my massive vocabulary to all those issues of Uncanny X-Men and Avengers I read back in grade school. So, kudos and excelsior, guys!

Kind of ironic that the writers who came to eschew narration altogether, like Neil Gaiman, have gone on to have the biggest success as prose writers.

lightninglouie

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blurey — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 15:55:14 PST

a japanese version of the old saga of good vs. evil. it is always the same story no matter who revises it.-blruey

blurey

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JoeyTheHobo — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 15:49:58 PST

...DO WANT

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Grrsn Dn — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 15:45:49 PST

And I never saw Darth in an "action pose" in the movies. Darth dont run, Darth don't lunge. If needs to reach you.. He brings you to him with a little Force pull, or unfairly chucks cargo at you like he did in that scene.

Grrsn Dn

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Grrsn Dn — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 15:44:03 PST

well, you don't have to worry about "machinery" IF YOU DONT DRAW BACKGROUNDS!!! Still, that is a badass Vader drawing.

Grrsn Dn

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GenXCub — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 15:35:37 PST

I dunno, there was blood in the Ep 4 cantina scene. I'm guessing they retconned the auto-cauterize starting in ep 5 just so people wouldn't think they were watching Evil Dead 2.

GenXCub

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cde — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 15:34:46 PST

Suspiciously? Pfft, that piece of machinery WAS in the movie. It's placement is canon :P

cde

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goldfarb — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 15:33:43 PST

Lightsabers cauterize...except for EP IV ;)

goldfarb

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DCI Gene Hunt — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 15:33:24 PST

In 2018, will there be a manga version of I-III that will make the original "digital video" versions not suck?

(And no, I won't call them films, because they shot no film. But that's another thread)

DCI Gene Hunt

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ubik — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 15:29:52 PST

Really an unfair comparison.
I'd love to get my hands on this manga!

ubik

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DocGratis — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 15:18:53 PST

Fake!
Lightsabers autocauterize.. That Japanese manga is fake...

It really isn't fair to compare anyhting published under the "comics code authority" especially before the last 10 years...

DocGratis

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Frozen-Tex — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 15:18:21 PST

That manga pic is little bloody... not that I'm squeamish, but the lightsabre is supposed to cauterize the wound, and certainly not trail blood behind it. And without the cauterizing, Luke woulda bled out in a few minutes.

Frozen-Tex