Talk:Star Wars

Mace "Windy"?

I'm sure the character is called Mace Windu but the page says Mace Windy. For some reason I can't access the section to edit it so could somebody help me out here? Thanks. This can be found in one of the "Production History - Original trilogy" section. It reads: "Lucas wrote a short summary called "The Journal of the Whills", which told the tale of the training of apprentice C.J. Thorpe as a "Jedi-Bendu" space commando by the legendary Mace Windy." Let me know if anyone is able to change this to the way it should be. FlipsidePro09 (talk) 20:02, 9 December 2009 (UTC)

Fixed. You can always edit the entire article (instead of just a section) and use your browser's Find function. Also, please put new topics on Talk Pages at the bottom of the page. Happy editing! DP76764 (Talk) 01:15, 10 December 2009 (UTC)

Actually, in this instance, "Windy" was correct. I checked the listed reference (J.W. Rinzler's 2007 book The Making of Star Wars), and not only does the page corroborate the spelling, it has a scan of an original draft which shows the "Windy" spelling in Lucas' own handwriting. I've restored the original spelling. MikeWazowski (talk) 05:15, 10 December 2009 (UTC)

Okay, thanks very much for your responses, glad somebody could clear this up for me. Thanks again. FlipsidePro09 (talk) 10:36, 10 December 2009 (UTC)

credits inspiration

the Starwars credits ,including music and unrolling of the text seem to be inspired by the french film "Les disparus de Saint Agil"

(the video showing it can be seen on the dailymotion video "la marche de saint agil" ) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Butard (talk • contribs) 16:52, 4 August 2009 (UTC)

If this is true, which it may well be, it should still be left out of the article unless someone is able to find a quote about any of the makers of Star Wars referring to the film, which seems unlikely. --Darktower 12345 17:23, 4 August 2009 (UTC)

The credits seem to com the the 1930s Flash Gordon. They are almost identical. This is far more likely than an obscure French film with little thematic or likely inspirational connection. Gingermint (talk) 21:46, 1 December 2009 (UTC)

Star Wars Reading

In what order should SW books be read?

Which book or series of books should one read in the proper order; which is the first and all that follow?

Is it according to the publishing date order or is it according to chronology of the stories?

If someone can guide me I would really appreciate it. --Stargazer2oo (talk) 13:13, 10 August 2009 (UTC)

One should read the books in whatever order one wants. If you are looking for the canonical chronology, some books (like Dell Rey books) will list all currently published books in chronological order in a little section of the beginning. Emperor001 (talk) 02:52, 11 December 2009 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Chronology of Star Wars (2nd nomination)

FYI. Ikip (talk) 09:16, 8 November 2009 (UTC)

Trilogy is only three

"With this new backstory in place, Lucas decided that the series would be a trilogy, changing Empire Strikes Back from Episode II to Episode V in the next draft.[32]"

Should this read "*more* than a trilogy"? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Palaquin (talk • contribs) 01:26, 10 December 2009 (UTC)

Major stars not mentioned

I just thought I would point out that the article mentions 17 comic book authors by name, and yet there is literally not one mention of Harrison Ford in the entire article.

I think the main cast members of the franchise deserve to be mentioned.

This is my first ever "discussion" on Wikipedia so sorry if this is inappropriate. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 79.84.43.19 (talk) 06:45, 16 December 2009 (UTC)

Jedi Religion

Why doesn't it mention that most people who declared their religion as "Jedi" did so in humour? The way the article is written implies that there are 390,000 people in Britain who actually consider themselves as "Jedi". —Preceding unsigned comment added by 202.67.118.188 (talk) 10:04, 9 January 2010 (UTC)

I agree. This was added [1], and I've reverted. For now I've left the See also link to Jediism which is more than sufficient, if the real world religion really exists (I think that article itself has major issues). I've added a See also to Jedi census phenomenon, which is the article that accurately discusses the census issue, without making absurd claims that all these people seriously believed themselves to be Jedi Knights(!) Mdwh (talk) 01:59, 19 January 2010 (UTC)

Grievous

Is general grievous considered a sith? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 174.100.154.19 (talk) 06:52, 22 January 2010 (UTC)

I'd say no, as Grievous was not a Force user. He was only instructed in lightsaber usage. ~ (The Rebel At) ~ 18:05, 22 January 2010 (UTC)

Space Opera

Wikipedia is not a joke... That is ridiculous. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.30.133.174 (talk) 07:06, 14 February 2010 (UTC)

Could you please explain what you mean? --The Taerkasten (talk) 18:02, 17 February 2010 (UTC)

I dont really think who ever added space opera was being serious. Its a movie that george lucas had no intent to be a "space opera" —Preceding unsigned comment added by 206.13.102.95 (talk) 19:58, 21 February 2010 (UTC)

Unbiased citation needed in Themes

There are a few claims to inspiring "Aliens", "Mad Max 2", and "Blade Runner" without any citation provided except one. This reference is the "Special Features" of the Star Wars films which is not an unbiased source of information.

Suggested removing of all links in the section - as Google and other search engines are inappropriately referencing this page for information on items.