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Orrex

(67,589 posts) Thu Dec 18, 2014, 04:44 PM Dec 2014

Apparently the Trade Federation has objected to its onscreen portrayal and has threatened retaliatory sanctions.

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Disney blocking re-release of 1999's Star Wars: Episode I [View all] Orrex Dec 2014 OP

Ha! Warpy Dec 2014 #1

That was a horrible movie Aerows Dec 2014 #3

That, and the awful Asian-stereotype trade federation characters... Aristus Dec 2014 #6

I think he just needed another director/writer el_bryanto Dec 2014 #10

I agree... Lucas catches a lot of flak.. SomethingFishy Dec 2014 #18

Nobody hates that movie more than the kid who acted in it. NOBODY. XemaSab Dec 2014 #11

I don't get why GummyBearz Dec 2014 #19

The answer is a thread in itself Orrex Dec 2014 #22

To me GummyBearz Dec 2014 #26

people who were kids d_r Dec 2014 #29

I was 12 when I saw Jedi in the theater in 1983 Orrex Dec 2014 #30

I don't think kids loved jar jar d_r Dec 2014 #31

But not for idiots, and Lucas apparently can't tell the difference. Orrex Dec 2014 #32

I don't disagree d_r Dec 2014 #33

LOL Great pic! Orrex Dec 2014 #34

There is an edit out there with all Jar Jars scenes removed... SomethingFishy Dec 2014 #27

Or so you would think... GummyBearz Dec 2014 #28

Skip to 1:23? NO WAY!! You don't skip through Robot Chicken! SomethingFishy Dec 2014 #37

Shut yo mouth!!!! ;) Adrahil Dec 2014 #36

#NotAllGungans NuclearDem Dec 2014 #2

They had to! HappyMe Dec 2014 #4

Haw. riqster Dec 2014 #5

Frankly I think this whole North Korean thing is good TlalocW Dec 2014 #7

Peanuts to you. Orrex Dec 2014 #8

What an upstart! morningfog Dec 2014 #35

Oh my, yes! HappyMe Dec 2014 #12

I haven't forgotten. I have that ducumentary on DVD. progressoid Dec 2014 #13

Sony to begin production on new James Bond movie starring Dennis Rodman. Brother Buzz Dec 2014 #14

Han shot first n2doc Dec 2014 #16

No, he didn't Orrex Dec 2014 #25

The trade federation threatened to clone JarJar mindwalker_i Dec 2014 #17

One of the worst movies I've ever paid to watch. ileus Dec 2014 #21

Same here, and I saw Howard the Duck in the theater. Orrex Dec 2014 #24