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Posted: Fri Apr 21, 2006 6:08 pm

Deadlord39 wrote:http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... L:RTQ:US:1

Look at the response to my question.

Dang it! I keep asking this guy questions, but he doesn't post them! How am I supposed to have any fun?

Mark :lol:

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Posted: Fri Apr 21, 2006 8:33 pm

MShipley88 wrote:
Deadlord39 wrote:http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... L:RTQ:US:1

Look at the response to my question.

Dang it! I keep asking this guy questions, but he doesn't post them! How am I supposed to have any fun?

Mark

Post them here so we can laugh about them....he isn't going to post mine either:

Hey Muppet, is the beeeyotch in the photo housebroken?

Love, Cougar

BTW "Muppet" is a shout out to Kill....a funny word that I should use more when describing a brain dribbling moron...

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Posted: Fri Apr 21, 2006 8:38 pm

Badmike wrote:
MShipley88 wrote:
Dang it! I keep asking this guy questions, but he doesn't post them! How am I supposed to have any fun?

Mark

Post them here so we can laugh about them....he isn't going to post mine either:

Hey Muppet, is the beeeyotch in the photo housebroken?

Love, Cougar

BTW "Muppet" is a shout out to Kill....a funny word that I should use more when describing a brain dribbling moron...

Mike B.

Just sent him another:

Yo Mupp;

I I do the Buy It Now thing, Do I have to pay $10 shipping? I want to pay double that to assure the girl rubs her parts on the items.

Love, Jonb

God I am cracking myself up....

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Posted: Fri Apr 21, 2006 11:40 pm

Geez, I was a lot nicer than that:

I just asked:

"Is she still in the original shrinkwrap?"

and

"If I win the girl do I also get the underwear?"

Mark

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Posted: Sat Apr 22, 2006 6:38 am

Badmike wrote:BTW "Muppet" is a shout out to Kill....a funny word that I should use more when describing a brain dribbling moron...

Mike B.

hehe cheers chummer

one of my more favoured words when i aint got summit good to say about someone

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Posted: Sun Apr 23, 2006 12:58 am

Not really a laughable description, but just a strange unintended D&D / Star Wars crossover. I guess the early 80's were a much less litigious era.

Skeleton Soldiers of Sith
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... 8797132563

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Posted: Sun Apr 23, 2006 2:02 am

Always 2 there are, a master and an apprentice.

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Posted: Sun Apr 23, 2006 12:24 pm

DM: "Your character is mysteriously awoken from his slumber by loud noises".

Player: "I jump up and grab my sword. Can I see anything? Is a daylight?"

DM: "Roll d24 to find out what time of day it is". Evil Grin

Player: "Come on 10 am! Damn, 19:00 o'clock . . . wait, I wasn't in the military . . . what time is that? Is it still light out?" Hold's breath

One more die for the pouch

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Posted: Sun Apr 23, 2006 1:02 pm

Beyondthebreach wrote:
One more die for the pouch

Heh, heh. Very useful, yeah!

*checks out price and other auctions from same seller*
Hmm... too high for me (vs. $2.29 @ Noble Knight), but never have picked up one of those 'for fun'.

*g*. Good luck to the winner of http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... 8795922121 that their GM (or players) dun string them up.

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Posted: Sun Apr 23, 2006 1:25 pm

faro wrote:
*g*. Good luck to the winner of http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... 8795922121 that their GM (or players) dun string them up.

always saddens me when you see that. easy to sort out tho.

"oh sorry guys i forgot my dice today, so i will use them as well"

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Posted: Sun Apr 23, 2006 10:30 pm

NetRodent wrote:Not really a laughable description, but just a strange unintended D&D / Star Wars crossover. I guess the early 80's were a much less litigious era.

Skeleton Soldiers of Sith
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... 8797132563

I don't think anyone actually knew the word "Sith" in the early 80's. Does anyone know when the Star Wars people may have first used the term?

As far as I know, "Sith" is a product of the 1990's, and the word never appeared in any of the original three movies.

Mark

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Posted: Sun Apr 23, 2006 10:54 pm

There was promotional material as far back as the original movie in 1977 (and even the Marvel comics from that era) that referred to Vader as a "Sith lord" ... of course, this had about as much impact as calling something a "wamp rat," since neither actually made an appearance in the movie. It just sounded like some interesting word-candy.

As far as which movie was the first to feature "Sith" uttered on the screen ... no idea. If I had to take a flyer, I'd say that maybe it was Return of the Jedi. Maybe.

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Posted: Sun Apr 23, 2006 11:17 pm

Xaxaxe wrote:There was promotional material as far back as the original movie in 1977 (and even the Marvel comics from that era) that referred to Vader as a "Sith lord" ... of course, this had about as much impact as calling something a "wamp rat," since neither actually made an appearance in the movie. It just sounded like some interesting word-candy.

As far as which movie was the first to feature "Sith" uttered on the screen ... no idea. If I had to take a flyer, I'd say that maybe it was Return of the Jedi. Maybe.

Did Yoda refer to the Sith in Empire?

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Posted: Sun Apr 23, 2006 11:46 pm

I think that "Sith" is a procuct of the literature from outside of the movies.

Mark

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Posted: Mon Apr 24, 2006 9:43 am

In the scripts for all three original movies, Vader is referred to as the/a lord of the Sith in the stage direction. It isn't used in the dialog of the films though.

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Posted: Mon Apr 24, 2006 4:30 pm

NetRodent wrote:In the scripts for all three original movies, Vader is referred to as the/a lord of the Sith in the stage direction. It isn't used in the dialog of the films though.

Interesting detail.

Can they claim a copyright on unpublished material like a script referrence?

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Posted: Mon Apr 24, 2006 4:45 pm

MShipley88 wrote:
NetRodent wrote:In the scripts for all three original movies, Vader is referred to as the/a lord of the Sith in the stage direction. It isn't used in the dialog of the films though.

Interesting detail.

Can they claim a copyright on unpublished material like a script referrence?

Mark

They can certainly claim copyright on unpublished material. All of the unpublished manuscripts that Rob Kuntz that were recently sold here were under copyright.

The relevant law isn't in this case isn't copyright; it's trademark. If the mark wasn't registered and only appeared in the stage direction of an unpublished script, Lucas would have had a hard time claiming trademark infringement. Of course that doesn't mean he couldn't have tried.

According to the USPTO, Lucas applied for the Sith trademark in 1997.

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Posted: Mon Apr 24, 2006 4:54 pm

The first time Sith are mentioned by name, IIRC, is when trade federation Viceroy Gamray is speaking to the image of Sidious.

Gamray "My Lord, it's impossible to find the ship. It's out of our range."
Sidious " Not for a Sith. This is my apprentice, Darth Maul. He will find your lost ship."
Gamray " This is getting out of hand. Now there are two of them"
(other Chinese-imitation alien) "We should not have made this bargain"

I might be a bit off on the exact dialogue. Memory is not what it used to be.

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