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On Feb 18, 2025, Lynn McGuire wrote
(in article <vp3du5$1v8ri$1@dont-email.me>):

> On 2/18/2025 3:30 AM, D wrote:
> >
> >
> > On Tue, 17 Feb 2025, Ted Nolan <tednolan>  wrote:
> >
> > > In article<f0dc1e8c-b338-1261-cf4d-5ff6d5f503e4@example.net>,
> > > D <nospam@example.net>  wrote:
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > On Mon, 17 Feb 2025, William Hyde wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > In a conversation the other day I came up with a list of these, and
> > > > > to my
> > > > > surprise they were all SF/F.
> > > > >
> > > > > (1) The Return of the Jedi
> > > > >
> > > > > (2) The Lord of the Rings (Bakshi version)
> > > > >
> > > > > (3) Dune (Lynch version).
> > > > >
> > > > > Not that I haven't seen far worse movies, but in each of these cases
> > > > > I was
> > > > > expecting something better.
> > > > >
> > > > > Of course other people may have different lists. And I did like Dune
> > > > > somewhat more the second time I saw it.
> > > > >
> > > > > William Hyde
> > > >
> > > > I agree with Dune. LOTR (b) I saw when I was 12, haven't seen it
> > > > since, so
> > > > cannot say. I like 1. On my list are all the new star wars movies.
> > > > Absolutely horrible! They should have let the original 3 stand, and not
> > > > produce prequels that dishonored the memory of hte original. =(
> > >
> > > Rogue One is pretty good.
> >
> > Maybe I shall have to look into Rogue one. Andor is pretty good. Maybe
> > Rogue one is too?
> >
> > > I actually quite enjoyed TFA, but then I didn't believe Han was
> > > actually dead (I was pretty sure that with the big build-up on Maz,
> > > her connection with the Force and having gotten a light saber
> > > possibly through teleportational menas that she was going to pull
> > > some mojo that would be revealed later. TMF me.)
>
> "Rogue One" is awesome. It is based on the single line in the Star Wars
> IV movie (the first one), "Many Bothans ??? gave up their lives for this
> information.".
>
> Lynn

the ‘Bothan’ line was from Return of the Jedi; Senator Useless was 
filling time. Rogue One tells exactly how the Princess got the Death Star 
data, and why Anakin was so annoyed at her lying right to his face that he 
didn’t recognize his daughter.