A theory introduced circa 2003 which has yet to gain significant ground claims that it is possible that it is not Luke who changes size between different shots but, in fact, everything else around Luke changes size, including the characters. Much like the theories surrounding Mark Hamill's car accident in early 1977, it is assumed that the scenes with smaller sets and characters were chronologically filmed after the other scenes. The presumed reason for this was due to budget cuts on the set due to the 1970's Oil Crisis, and therefore all set pieces and props were cut slightly smaller to save money. The reason as to why all other characters besides Luke are slightly shorter can be chocked up to slight malnutrition, as due to the crisis food was prioritized for the star of the film.
This theory has never been taken seriously by any significant number of Bigger Luke Theorists, who have always considered it far too outlandish. It is generally believed that the proponent of this theory was joking - or even trying to poison the well
On or around June 23rd, 1998, a man who chose to identify only as "Samuel" first showed up in a Bigger Luke IRC chat. After partaking in rather run-of-the-mill discussions pertaining to Mark Hamill's alleged slightly larger double, Samuel began to claim he had worked for the CIA. He stated that he had important and vital information pertaining to the Bigger Luke hypothesis
He claimed that in the early 1970's the CIA had acquired a set of experimental lenses from the re-entry capsule of a Russian "Zenit"-type recon satellite, believed to have been recovered from off the coast of Guam. The lenses were apparently designed to magnify images to such an extent that they could take extremely detailed and high-resolution photographs of American military bases. The way they were manufactured was kept secret, yet apparently utilized an advanced, theoretically untested technology that was never used before
Samuel claimed that samples of these lenses were modified and intentionally swapped with the regular lenses of the Panavision PSR 35mm camera that was being used to film A New Hope. He also claimed that he could not determine whether or not the crew working on A New Hope was aware of this, but he believed it was unlikely most of them knew. If any of them knew, he claimed it was likely they were sworn to secrecy
Perhaps Obi-Wan created an illusionary slightly larger Luke in A New Hope in order to potentially frighten imperial stormtroopers? Perhaps he has always been doing this? Perhaps Obi-Wan has been remotely replacing Luke with a slightly larger doppelgänger periodically throughout his life in order to deter would-be Imperial entanglements. Supporters argue this would explain Obi-Wan's decision to give Luke to Owen and Beru Lars on Tatooine, as it has been criticized in recent years due to the revelation that Tatooine is in fact Darth Vader's home planet. Keeping Luke on Tatooine would allow Obi-Wan to periodically resize Luke, as it can be assumed that The Force has a limited range, even for a well-trained Jedi like Obi-Wan.
Detractors argue that Imperial Stormtroopers would not be phased - let alone notice - a slightly larger Luke, and if that was the case why not keep Luke slightly larger at all times? It has also been argued that Obi-Wan is not limited to Tatooine, and could have gone to any planet he had decided to hide Luke.
Supporters argue that the sophisticated targeting computers likely present in Stormtrooper helmets would in fact be able to distinguish slight height fluctuations in Luke.
A somewhat controversial theory states that there is not a Bigger Luke or a Regular Luke, but in fact Luke is resizing between different shots. The most commonly cited reason for this phenomena is Luke's high force sensitivity. In some circles it is believed that high force sensitivity causes a person's size to fluctuate due to the immense energy contained within. It can therefore be assumed that all force sensitives fluctuate slightly in height.
Perhaps it is a force illusion?
It is possible that Luke's resizing is merely the aforementioned force illusion brought about by Obi-Wan, and likely also manifests in Leia, and is not a natural result of high force sensitivity. Perhaps slightly resizing Luke keeps Imperial scanners from establishing a lock? Perhaps this is the reason Stormtroopers allegedly have "poor aim" - it is not plot armor at all, but because they are unable to establish a lock on Luke with the built-in targeting computers of standard issue Stormtrooper helmets.
This would imply that Bigger Luke and Regular Luke switch places quite frequently, probably far more often than we can directly ascertain using a consistent frame of reference.
Luke was behind the force illusion
It may be possible that Luke was angered by Leia's comment of "Aren't you a little short for a stormtrooper?". This statement could have made Luke feel quite "small", as as such he may have made himself appear bigger using The Force, probably subconsciously. This feeling of anger would fluctuate randomly, making Luke appear bigger only in certain scenes. This hypothesis is not very popular, as it does not explain the instances of Bigger Luke prior to Leia's comment.
Some have suggested that Luke's constant feeling of helplessness due to being stuck on a moisture farm all his life is the real explanation, not specifically Leia's comment. This would explain earlier instances of Bigger Luke. Luke would not have to be consciously aware of the existence of The Force
You told me VII was shit.
You told me it had bland characters, and awful soundtrack, and stupid direction.
You told me it was "LOL LE GLIB FACSIMILE" and that it was a shot-for-shot remake of A New Hope. You told me Finn was pure nigga, Rey was a Mary-Sue, and that Kylo Ren was a bitch.
Well, no more. I'm done with this place.
ur a liar lindsay.
>>63772556
>a few x-wings get shot down
HALF OUR FLEET IS GONE!!!!!!1
Meanwhile the star destroyers just fucking up and disappear, guess that big new death star don't need no SD's escorting it.
Hope no one misses Coruscant, because it's fucking gone.
And the sheer number of Deus-ex Machina in the movie is fucking ridiculous.
Also Luke runs the worst Jedi day care in existence and became a hobo to avoid paying child support for 30 years.
Then fuck off and delete yer shit. No1curr
Nice blog.
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The movie was good, but there's one thing I don't get: Why did Rey, the guy with the map, and the Falcon all happen to be not only on the same planet, but within walking distance of each other? Obviously all three were of significance not just by chance. The map for obvious reasons, the Falcon because it belongs to Han who is a key player in the Rebellion/Resistance, and Rey because she is Force sensitive and probably Luke's daughter. So why did all three of these all happen to be in the same location?
>inb4 because JJ Abrams felt like it
I want a real in-universe explanation. Is it just the will of the Force kinda like Qui-Gon and Obi-Wan meeting Anakin or is there some other reason?
I could see the guy being tasked with keeping the map also being there to watch over Rey in the same way as Obi-Wan was partly there to watch over Luke in IV, but the Falcon still doesn't make sense.
>>63772252
The entire planet of Tatooine is probably force sensitive or some shit.
>>63772290
This.Well, maybe not this exactly but everything that happens in star wars is obviously all supposed to happen according to force related prophecy/destiny, etc.
>>63772290
But it wasn't Tatooine it was Jakku.
Ssssssnek /SsssSsss/
>you will never have intense sex with the jungle python version of Scarlett Johannsen on the filthy floor of her snake nest
I'm ok with sexy voice.
>>63772199
why didn't anyone tell me about this
best character in the force awakens was son of porkins
>>63772095
I want to believe...
>>63772095
Haven't seen it, but it that's a real character then I'm going to watch it when it comes out on tv
>tfw porkins was actually fat due to genetics
>nobody believed him
Is it friendship or is it building towards romance?
I say friendship (she literally calls him "friend") but the person I saw it with said "they're obviously going to get together."
I disagree. Who's right?
>>63771983
Just a friendship. It's fairly obvious Rey is going to be some kind of God Jedi and therefore wouldn't be allowed to love.
>>63772068
>inb4 bringing balance to the force means learning to love
Finn acted like he wanted romance while rey was a stereotypical feminist wet dream that needs no man.
When you remove the nostalgia goggles, this movie wasn't any good.
They did a great job of replicating old star wars, sure, but the story and characters are shit.
Imagine the movie without Han Solo and tell me it was still good.
>They did a great job of replicating old star wars
They couldn't even do that. Couldn't get the vibe at all.
>>63771912
Ok I'm imagining it...
Still good. Classic narrative, funny, looks good, quality action scenes...
Fucking /tv/ I hate you.
>>63771912
>Imagine the movie without Han Solo and tell me it was still good
Thats true but Han Solo wasn't good because of nostalgia.
Han Solo was good because he's an entertaining character.
I also enjoyed the new girl and the R2D2 replacement.
Overall I felt it was okay but some of the dialog was shit.
The villain had pretty great writing.
Did they fug?
If not, will they in the next film?
I'm leaning towards no, especially becauseshe kisses his forehead at the end instead of his lips.
>>63771882
She has friendzoned him at the end.
Plus Luke wouldn't be too happy about his daughter dating a black man.
The biggest crime of this film is not having more of these two broing it up together.
That would've been problematic and regressive. Abrams is also a hack who didn't see the obvious potential in this.
We have two more films for it! :D
Poe had like 4 sentences of dialogue, that was the crime, Finn was meh.
So can someone watch it without seeing any Star Wars before?
If not which movies should I watch, and what order
>>63771638
You only really need to see the original trilogy.
>>63771638
4>5>2>3>6.
>>63771682
This family
>claims to hate the prequels
>brags on social media about how much of a nerd they are because they lined up for tickets or because they are so hyped about the new Star Wars movies
Why do Star Wars "fans" do this? Since they claimed to have hated the prequels then, shouldnt they have been pesemistic about the new one coming out instead of fucking lining up and camping out for tickets and being in such a rush to see it on the day of release
Why do people even pretend to hate the prequels too? Sure they werent as good as the OT but people blow it way out of proportion. They were sufficiently entertaining
There's a lot of stuff that the prequels had going for it and it took episode 7 in order for me to really appreciate them.
>>63771710
Can you give some examples?
Haven't seen VII yet but I consider the prequels to be absolutely irredeemable garbage
>>63772253
post more ally
>>63771610
atleast it isn't another fucking star wars thread
but i bet the fucking mods delete this thread for waifuism
>>63771610
It's on TV right now. VH1
>>63771610
Gladly!
Seriously why are the mods so fucking incompetent? Why can't they just make a rolling live thread for Star Wars?
What is the mods phone number or email?
>>63771415
>>>/qa/
Complain about it here. It's a hidden board specifically for complaining to the mods.
why can't we all just get along?
>>63771462
goback2jerktalkdiamond faggot
As of this moment the board /tv/ consists of 89 Star Wars thread
>89 Star Wars threads
>89 Star Wars threads
>89 Star Wars threads
Mods please god do something about this, it fucking stupid. I demand /film/ RIGHT FUCKING NOW
We need /film/ right now so I can jerk myself over The Social Network and the films of Christopher Nolan!
>>63771330
You shut up
I'll discuss some film with you op. Cuz I agree fuck this. Favorite director?
>>63771374
When have you ever discussed film? Nobody has in the past 3-4 years on /tv/ with the exception of a dozen of posters. I'm guessing by "discusingg film" you mean discussing marvel's latest cash grab.
>YOU NEED TRAINING
>I CAN TEACH YOU
LITTLE
THAT LIGHTSABER BELONGS TO ME
>Beats himself
>>63771199
Nigga stfu and give me your lunch money, you got beaten up by a girl on her first try with a lightsaber lol
