The attached publicity photograph depicts a vertical envelopment training exercise from the Pacific Missile Range Naval Missile Facility. The full scene details Marine helicopters overhead, amphibious vehicles, theatrical explosions, and Marine infantry storming the beach.
Happy (?) Clone Wars Friday! (Why do I say happy? It never is!)
The three Star Wars trilogies parallel in each other in interesting and not-so-interesting ways. One of the less obvious parallels is that a never-before-seen but beloved minor character dies at the beginning of each “dark middle chapter.” Padme’s decoy Corde dies at the beginning of Attack of the Clones; Luke’s gunner Dak dies at the beginning of Empire Strikes Back; and Rose’s sister Paige dies at the beginning of The Last Jedi. These deaths accomplish two things: they set a grim tone after the victorious finale of the previous film, and they establish a main character’s emotional investment in the war.
Both Dak and Paige die in battle, but Corde is assassinated just outside the Senate. Though The Clone Wars have not been declared, this act of aggression was certainly meant to provoke them. I would argue that Corde is technically the first casualty of The Clone Wars – the Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Star Wars.
Little Golden Book: Attack of the Clones. July 28, 2015. Writer: Geof Smith. Illustrator: Ethan Beavers.
Spooks | MI5 Episode 1.01 (aka “Thou Shalt Not Kill”) Kudos/BBC 13 May 2002; dir. Bharat Nalluri; written by David Wolstencroft.
“What about you, spying for a living - lying and betraying your friends and family? You ought to take another look in the mirror.” // “I help protect the country from the likes of you.” // “Really. And who’s protecting the country from you? Your whole life is a lie. I stand by my beliefs. I doubt you’ve ever believed in anything in your entire life.“ // “I believe that killing people in the name of life is just about the stupidest thing I’ve ever come across.”
God fucking damn it. For once in my life could I PLEASE be put in jeans that don’t have tears or runs.
Oh, I know, right!?
It’s even almost impossible to buy jeans that AREN’T ripped.
Maybe I could sell all my torn up ones for a higher price and call it fashion?
Considering the amount of times some of those pair have been through a fight with a weevil or other alien, explosions, or any time I’ve been dragged, I’d say I deserve a few extra quid for the trouble.
“Just give it up, kiddo. Bloodwing’s got ALL the elements at her disposal! Fire! Electricity! Corrosion! Slag! And… ah, damn, I forgot the last one. What the hell was that, again? “
Still one of my best editing job to date… shame that it disappeared like that…
