Han Solo

[digbys kid]

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."

[always abides]

interesting...han solo could possibly be considered a dude...but he did run around owing money all over the galaxy...

[DigitalBuddha]

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.

[Dude1967]

interesting...han solo could possibly be considered a dude...but he did run around owing money all over the galaxy...

including to known Hutts

[digbys kid]

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.

[always abides]

I agree, there is no literal connection.  Mark it zero, next frame.

[digbys kid]

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."

[TheGermanNihilist]

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

[SmokeytheBuddha]

But, Obi Wan; now there's a total dude. Obi-dude.

Obi-Dude, indeed. Far out. Mark it eight for Obi-wan...

[roystonlodge]

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.

[roystonlodge]

"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..."

[digbys kid]

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?

[TheGermanNihilist]

Digbys Kid, shut the fuck..oh, yeah, we was carrying a White Russian. I fuckin' third that! R2-D2 makes one helluva Caucasian.

[roystonlodge]

Unfortunately, those don't look like White Space-Russians to me.  But they weren't his drinks, so fuck it.

[digbys kid]

Watch it, man!  There's a beverage here!