Interstellar Smuggler Pirate Dude!!
"Uh, we had a slight weapons malfunction, but uh... everything's perfectly all right now. We're fine. We're all fine here now, thank you. How are you?"
"No reward is worth this."
"Kid, I've flown from one side of this galaxy to the other, and I've seen a lot of strange stuff, but I've never seen anything to make me believe that there's one all-powerful Force controlling everything. 'Cause no mystical energy field controls my destiny."
interesting...han solo could possibly be considered a dude...but he did run around owing money all over the galaxy...
Quote from: always abides on October 18, 2008, 12:47:37 AM
interesting...han solo could possibly be considered a dude...but he did run around owing money all over the galaxy...
I think Han Solo was more Walter-like...pulls out his Blaster...ACROSS THIS LINE, YOU DO NOT!!
But, Obi Wan; now there's a total dude. Obi-dude.
Quote from: always abides on October 18, 2008, 12:47:37 AM
interesting...han solo could possibly be considered a dude...but he did run around owing money all over the galaxy...
including to known Hutts
Just watched "Empire Strikes Back" yesterday and I have more evidence of Han's Dudeness...
When Luke is recovering in the sickbay, just after Leia kisses him to shut Han up, Han tells Luke (in the parlance of The Dude himself) to "take it easy".
When the hyperdrive fails to work again, after Han and Chewy thought they had fixed it, Han is dumbfounded, and says, "It's not fair. It's not my fault!" He might as well have said, "Look, man, new shit has come to light!"
Han's closest companion is a beast who is taller than him, more prone to violence than him, and would pull a droid's arms off because he hates to loses because a droid's toe was over the line.
I would go into a long Lebowski/Star Wars correlation, you know, Han is the Dude, Leia is Maude, The Big Lebowski is Palpatine, etc, but Luke and the other jedi throw a huge spanner into that idea. In other words, there is no literal connection.
I agree, there is no literal connection. Mark it zero, next frame.
Quote from: always abides on October 22, 2008, 05:09:32 PM
I agree, there is no literal connection. Mark it zero, next frame.
Bullshit, Walter.
Think about it. You can easily see Han bowling, flying the Millenium Falcon around, having the occasional Carbonite flashback.
After Treehorn (Vader) freezes him, you can hear Yoda saying, "Over Han Solo darkness washed. It was darker than a bantha's tuckus on a moonless Dune Sea night."
Quote from: digbys kid on October 22, 2008, 12:00:38 PM
Just watched "Empire Strikes Back" yesterday and I have more evidence of Han's Dudeness...
When Luke is recovering in the sickbay, just after Leia kisses him to shut Han up, Han tells Luke (in the parlance of The Dude himself) to "take it easy".
When the hyperdrive fails to work again, after Han and Chewy thought they had fixed it, Han is dumbfounded, and says, "It's not fair. It's not my fault!" He might as well have said, "Look, man, new shit has come to light!"
Han's closest companion is a beast who is taller than him, more prone to violence than him, and would pull a droid's arms off because he hates to loses because a droid's toe was over the line.
I would go into a long Lebowski/Star Wars correlation, you know, Han is the Dude, Leia is Maude, The Big Lebowski is Palpatine, etc, but Luke and the other jedi throw a huge spanner into that idea. In other words, there is no literal connection.
Those two dudes in the Cantina!
'My friend doesn't like you!'
'Sorry'
'I don't don't like you either!'
They seem like carpet pissers to me...
FUCKIN GOLDBRICKIN FAKE ASS CARPET PISSERS!!
Or that guy is Jesus (we gonna fuck you in the ass!) and the creature is his partner
I agree that Han Solo is far more Walter than he is Dude. Han's way too tightly-wound to be a Dude. He breaks the first rule of Dudeism - he doesn't abide.
But there IS a clear Dude in Star Wars, man.
R2-D2 is The Ultimate Space Dude.
He doesn't worry, man. He just keeps doin' he job, always with a cheerful beep or two. He ain't pushin' the other droids around (unlike the very unDude EV-9D9). He ain't hustling for some big reward or tellin' other people how to live their lives (unlike the very unDude C3P0). I mean, the little guy was literally chewed up and then spit out by a freakin' swamp monster, and still managed to keep goin'! Talk about having someone "piss on your rug", metaphorically-speaking.
In short: R2D2 abides, man.
I bet if we were able to translate his beeps into English, we'd have a lot of great Dude sayings.
Quote"Kid, I've flown from one side of this galaxy to the other, and I've seen a lot of strange stuff, but I've never seen anything to make me believe that there's one all-powerful Force controlling everything. 'Cause no mystical energy field controls my destiny."
Sorry dude, but those are the words of a nihilist.
If Han Solo had been a true Dude in that situation he woulda said something like, "geez kid, relax for a freakin' second woulda? We got a long trip ahead of us and all that saber-swingin' is makin' me tense! Here, lemme make you a White Space-Russian..."
Quote from: roystonlodge on October 23, 2008, 01:34:06 PM
I agree that Han Solo is far more Walter than he is Dude. Han's way too tightly-wound to be a Dude. He breaks the first rule of Dudeism - he doesn't abide.
But there IS a clear Dude in Star Wars, man.
R2-D2 is The Ultimate Space Dude.
He doesn't worry, man. He just keeps doin' he job, always with a cheerful beep or two. He ain't pushin' the other droids around (unlike the very unDude EV-9D9). He ain't hustling for some big reward or tellin' other people how to live their lives (unlike the very unDude C3P0). I mean, the little guy was literally chewed up and then spit out by a freakin' swamp monster, and still managed to keep goin'! Talk about having someone "piss on your rug", metaphorically-speaking.
In short: R2D2 abides, man.
I bet if we were able to translate his beeps into English, we'd have a lot of great Dude sayings.
Fuckin' A, man. I second R2-D2, but I have one question...Was R2-D2 carrying a Caucasian on his drink tray while on Jabba the Hut pleasure barge?
Digbys Kid, shut the fuck..oh, yeah, we was carrying a White Russian. I fuckin' third that! R2-D2 makes one helluva Caucasian.
Unfortunately, those don't look like White Space-Russians to me. But they weren't his drinks, so fuck it.
(http://www.theforce.net/SWTC/Pix/books/swtj/r2tray.jpg)
Watch it, man! There's a beverage here!
Quote from: roystonlodge on October 24, 2008, 11:11:39 AM
Unfortunately, those don't look like White Space-Russians to me. But they weren't his drinks, so fuck it.
(http://www.theforce.net/SWTC/Pix/books/swtj/r2tray.jpg)
R2Beer2
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Quote from: roystonlodge on October 23, 2008, 01:46:01 PM
Quote"Kid, I've flown from one side of this galaxy to the other, and I've seen a lot of strange stuff, but I've never seen anything to make me believe that there's one all-powerful Force controlling everything. 'Cause no mystical energy field controls my destiny."
Sorry dude, but those are the words of a nihilist.
...but don't we as dudes not believe in one all-powerful force controlling everything? I sure don't. I don't agree that Solo is a dude, but he certainly is not a nihilist. He cares about his friends, as shown when he saves Skywalkers ass in A New Hope.
Quote...but don't we as dudes not believe in one all-powerful force controlling everything? I sure don't. I don't agree that Solo is a dude, but he certainly is not a nihilist. He cares about his friends, as shown when he saves Skywalkers ass in A New Hope.
Sorry, but I don't get that at all from my reading of the teachings of Jeff "The Dude" Lebowski. Nowhere in the sacred text does he indicate that he doesn't believe in the possibility of an all-powerful force controlling everything. Of course, nor does he indicate that he does believe in the possibility of an all-powerful force controlling everything. The point is that it would be very unDude for him to berate someone for harbouring such a belief. It's not The Dude's job to tell people what to believe, much less to mock the deeply held beliefs of others.
As futher evidence, I offer the words of The Dude himself in reference to Bunny Lebowski: " Look at it... a young trophy wife, in the parlance of our times, you know, and she, uh, uh, owes money all over town, including to known pornographers, and that's cool... that's, that's cool." See, he refuses to judge Bunny's behaviour, referring to it as "cool".
In contrast, that's what Han Solo is doing in that scene - MOCKING Obi-Wan's deeply held religious beliefs and judging Luke for keeping an open mind about what Obi-Wan is teaching. Very unDude.
According to the sacred text, it is sometimes acceptable to criticise the actions of others, but not their beliefs: "You're not wrong, Walter, you're just an asshole."
Yoda. The ultimate Star-Wars Dude. He's chill as fuck.
Do. Or, Do Not. There is no Try.
Dude, or Dude-not. If you will it, dude, it is no dream.
Aye, Yoda is a strapping young lad aren't eh'?
Just relaxing in his little swamp and doing his drugs, no one to interfere in his business.
...that is until...Luke comes 'dude, tomorrow is already the 10th'...