Welcome to Naberrie Fields! Introductions & banter

I see you've lived in Russia, natalie. There's another Russian and also a Bulgarian in this forum, if you didn't already know. And I've been living in the Czech Republic for the last 14 months.

It is curious to see how differently Eastern and Central European countries received the PT. I think a big factor in play is how much more relatable it feels in these parts. Whereas, at least back then, Americans, at least of our generations, had never really experienced such things as the political woes seen in the PT.
Then there's also the classic, baroque architecture, wardrobe and manners that most Americans, especially the youth, don't even know exist... Interesting stuff.

And, welcome.

I was content with the six movies telling a story of the rise, fall and redemption of Anakin Skywalker along with the larger political story of the fall of the Republic and fight against the Empire. ROTJ has a fairy-tale happy ever after ending that's deliberate and tough to follow without undoing. I also think creating new villains rivaling the Sith would've been hard even for Lucas. I wouldn't mind seeing spinoffs set in the distant past or future or at least not relying on any of the original characters (maybe that's why a lot of people rank Rogue 1 so highly).

The prequels were successful here. Even in the fandom, there were some prequel haters but they never had much influence The main debate was not about the prequels but "Is the EU canon?"

The evil empire aka USA

Prequel years were fund despite the negativity. I really looked forward to AOTC and ROTS and I wasn't disappointed. The major annoyance is how until recently the media just assumed everyone hated them. [/div][/quote]

Now is precisely the time to sell. I think the redditors are a bit foolish in believing they are holding onto enough stock to keep the price firm. The main reason gamestop stock skyrocketed is because when the price strarted to climb, all those hedgefund bros that shorted the stock started to buy all the stock back so as to avoid losing as little money as they could. Those hedgefund bros have to replace that stock they borrowed, and once the price started climbing and they realized they were going to lose money, well they started buying every single share they could in order to minimize their losses. This buying frenzy by the hedgefunds probably contributed more to the sudden rise in the price of the stock than the redditors buying did. 

What's going to happen is those hedgefunds are going to return the stocks they borrowed and shorted back to their rightful owners/brokerages and those brokerages are going to turn around and dump all those shares on the market in order to profit off the now inflated and overvalued price. That stock is going to plummet real fast one day and a lot of redditors will be holding the bag because it will happen and they won't realize why it's happening. 

If I was a redditor I would sell now, take my profits. The point has been made, the hedgefunds took billions in losses because they had to buy back overpriced stocks. The cherry ont op of all of this is for all those redditors to walk away with a nice payday as a big FU to the hedgefund bros. 

That means sellling now and fast before the brokerages do it to them. 

Welcome to our new recruits, natalie and Anthony ! Of course, I recognise you both. 

A big shout-out to Anthony, in particular, for his excellent prequel blog Naboo News. And a hearty thank-you to Anthony for letting me (and Arch Duke) have our say, unfiltered, when we had some epic exchanges in the comments section in 2018 and 2019. It was great to finally have somewhere to park my butt (or my big mouth) and not encounter any kind of censorship or "community standards" violation. That is getting rarer on the Internet these days. Your generous hands-off approach, Anthony, will be remembered.   

Now, some quick business here...



It's sat on my computer, in a perpetual state of nearly-done. It will probably see the light of day before I'm 80 or something. 

Sorry. George Lucas emulation circuits kicking in (I sound like George discussing the sequels in the 1980s).

It should come out in some form soon. I know there's still a few bits to fill in (not much), but two things keep happening:

i) I keep losing the will to return to it. And when I do:

ii) Instead of filling those missing parts in, I keep adding and finessing in other areas!

It's a bit like that infinite staircase in Super Mario 64. The end is forever just out of reach. I'm my own worst enemy. Best if you don't keep asking. I've obviously set targets I've repeatedly missed. But a few things I am serious about and not trolling on: My document a) actually exists, b) is long and c) is mostly done. It's been that way for many months. When I was working relentlessly on it, I managed to get a ton done. That was in the first few months. After that, the desire and inclination only took hold now and again, and I added to it in dribs and drabs. I really have to finish it! But we'll see. I don't want to let all that effort go completely to waste.




Oddly, I recently discovered I'd been IP-banned on there. Never had an account, and hardly ever even browsed there -- so quite an achievement, really!

To be fair, I think their software was acting up. I discussed it with some other people. They had access, but one of them took a screenshot and showed me coding glitches.

Checking today, for the purposes of this post, I can now access the site again, suddenly? But I'm seeing those same glitches at the top of the screen that the other person showed me. I dunno. Maybe they banned me, maybe they didn't. They probably did diddly squat, but who can tell anymore? The Internet has turned crazy the past half-decade.