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May 19, 2005 - May 19, 2013
8th Anniversary of Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith -
No, this is a variation on a circle parry and a counter circle parry. Both are commonly taught in French and Italian style foil fencing.
A circle parry is when you avoid your opponents blade by moving your blade around theirs in a circle. A counter circle parry is circling around your opponents circle so that they can’t get their blade past to stab you.
When two fencers know each other well, this often happens. It becomes a game of chicken, it only ends when someone is willing to risk leaving an opening so that they can launch a different attack.
The foil version of this happens at least once a practice on my college fencing team. The only difference is that the blades are horizontal rather than diagonal.
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Yeah, what does Padme see in this dude?
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Sorry A/P fans, but this is… Kind of amazing.
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It’s time to get over the Star Wars prequels
I am an admitted non-fan of the prequel trilogy; I’ve never claimed otherwise. I’m not going to now.
But folks: It’s time to get over the prequels.
Yeah, maybe you don’t think the movies are that great. This isn’t about the quality of the films, or lack thereof. I’m not going to pull any of that ‘true fan’ bullshit: We’re all entitled to our opinions. It’s okay to not like them. Sometimes the jokes are funny!
But it’s 2013. It’s been eight years since Revenge of the Sith. 11 years since Attack of the Clones. 14 since The Phantom Menace. The hate is stale. Let it go.
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In the wake of yesterday’s rumor that there might be a young Han Solo film… Did you know that George Lucas considered having a 10-year-old Han cameo in Revenge of the Sith? Slashfilm pulled the scans and this Iain McCaig quote from The Art of Revenge of the Sith:
It’s not in the script anymore, but we were told that Han Solo was on Kashyyyk and that he was being raised by Chewbacca. He’s such a persnickety guy later on – he always has to have the best of everything – so I thought it’d be great if when he was a kid, he was an absolute slob.
From the script:
HAN SOLO: I found part of a transmitter droid near the east bay… I think it’s still sending and receiving signals.
YODA: Good. Good. Track this we can back to the source. Find General Grievous, we might…
I doubt that any of this will prove particularly relevant to an actual Han origin film, if it even happens, but it’s an interesting little factoid to kick around.
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