Blazers as Star Wars Characters
by SloppyJoe on Mar 26, 2009 11:28 AM PDT
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This post was inspired by the Blazers as BEdgers post earlier today.
When our beloved Blazers lock their 'S-foils' in attack position tonight when they face the Suns, I, in my total lack or work-motivation came up with the following Star Wars/Trailblazers comparison:
Luke Skywalker = Brandon Roy - With a midichlorian count as high as his, his nickname of "The Natural" is even more fitting.
Yes, the Force is strong with this one. His death defying last second winning shots, his ability to use "jedi mind tricks" while juking and pausing while attacking the lane is becoming legendary.
Yoda's comment, "Too young to train, yes, he's too young." is not applicable to BRoy..the man is young, yes, but he is schooling many already. He is a new breed of Trailblazer, bringing light to the dark that was the Jailblazers era. He is the "New Hope"
Here are a couple of other brief comparisons:
Obi Wan Kenobi = Nate McMillan - Once a crafty and powerful young jedi (point guard), now training the latest Trailblazers in the ways of the Force. Apparently once called Tualatin a "wretched hive of scum and villany" .. ok, kidding on that one.
Greg Oden = Anakin Skywalker (from the sucky prequels). GO at a young age has shown the potential to dominate. All he needs is proper training to take over the universe. I hope he avoid the dark side..
So, I ask my fellow BEdgers..What are your Trailblazers = Star Wars comparisons? Who is Princess Leia (how this person looks in a bronze bikini must be considered.)
Or am I WAY too geeky for you all? ;-)
Go Blazers tonight!
Joe
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Rudy is Han Solo
no question
"You're welcome friend
I love you."
- Tom "Dragline" inHawaii
by 92wastheyear on Mar 26, 2009 11:32 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
bah I wish steven hill was still on the team….he would be chewwy for sure :P
by jjudd43 on Mar 26, 2009 11:36 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Jerryd could be the young apprentice of Vader from the "Force Unleashed" video game (now part of the official canon)
Not exactly the chosen one, but still a lot of potential and ultimately having to choose between the dark side and the light.
P.S.: Who is Jar Jar Binks? Good heart and ultimately wins out, but often annoying and more with luck than skills. Sergio? Travis? :)
by Norsktroll on Mar 26, 2009 11:44 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
how about
Mike Rice as Jar Jar, some love him, some hate him, can be funny, adn stupid at times.
by ggassen85 on Mar 26, 2009 11:54 AM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Jar Jar Binks? Channing Frye!
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by LaMarvelous on Mar 26, 2009 12:39 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
no, Jerryd is Boba Fett
unless he’s the Sarlac
by two4larue on Mar 26, 2009 3:27 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Nah, Batum is Jar Jar.
The nose, the ears! Wait until he really starts talking. He is like a baby Jar Jar.
by LaoTzu on Mar 27, 2009 12:08 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Batum is like one of those skinny aliens
who fulfilled the contract for the clone army
by two4larue on Mar 27, 2009 12:19 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Joel = Chewbacca
Yes! Yes! In the face!
by LeafHawk on Mar 26, 2009 11:45 AM PDT reply actions 1 recs
the vanilla gorilla isn't hairy enough
but Stephen of Nazareth would make a good Chewie
by two4larue on Mar 26, 2009 3:35 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
It's more about the spirit, less about hair
Joel is definitely Chewie, because he is loyal and will do what he needs to do.
Mo Lucas was Chewie back in the day, to Walton’s Han Solo. Plus, Chewie is supposed to be a veggie-tarian, just like Mo Lucas, except for the part of Jedi where some hanging meat attracts Chewie because George Lucas prolly forgot he was a veggietarian.
Mo
by Mortimer on Mar 26, 2009 3:42 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Sergio is Chewy to Rudy's Han?
I also kind of like Blake as Han and Joel his body guard Chewie.
Karma
by Sabonis4Ever on Mar 26, 2009 5:24 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Sergio and Rudy = Leia and Han?
draft dejuan blair
by Cablinasian on Mar 26, 2009 11:59 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
ah....explains the matching sweaters
"You're welcome friend
I love you."
- Tom "Dragline" inHawaii
by 92wastheyear on Mar 26, 2009 12:06 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
yeah, but
I personally wouldn’t want to see Sergio in a brass bikini. Come to think of it, I wouldn’t want to see any Blazer player in a bikini!
by SloppyJoe on Mar 26, 2009 1:00 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
But if you HAD to see one... it'd be Sergio
by Zaig on Mar 26, 2009 1:01 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
If i had to it would be Rebecca
yowzers!
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by Fund A Mental on Mar 26, 2009 2:42 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
That's cheating!
And holy cow she looks nice from up close.
by Zaig on Mar 26, 2009 2:59 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I like those athletic types
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by 22baylor on Mar 26, 2009 3:08 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Phil Jackson has to be that guy who wears the black helmet and has a deep voice
by tominhawaii on Mar 26, 2009 12:11 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
whoever the hell he was...
From the back of Travis Outlaw's Franz card: Travis leads the team in monstrous thunder dunks, wins awards for post game interviews, and often gets extra points for degree of difficulty.
From the back of Greg Oden's Franz card: Nickname: Jaws. Has an insatiable desire to tear rims apart while cruising the open court, and was once interested in using head-gear for his profession.
by TheOdenator on Mar 26, 2009 12:13 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
This is so stupid but i cant help it
“i am your father” – greg oden
Though patience be a tired mare, yet she will plod. - William Shakespeare
Roses are red
violets in bloom
Sophia’s in love
with Nicholas Batum
-Bow4Meow
by BlazerFan1 on Mar 26, 2009 12:13 PM PDT reply actions 1 recs
this is really funny
if you imagine that being said in Greg’s actual voice…
He would have to win some kind of Most Entertaining Dad award
by T$ 225 on Mar 26, 2009 1:05 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Do you mean in Greg's ACTUAL voice?
Or the voice he uses in those car commercials?
“The force is strong with you……..Town and Country? Yah…..I’ve heard of them.”
Yes! Yes! In the face!
by LeafHawk on Mar 26, 2009 1:07 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Jerryd is Boba Fett
For every reason possible.
From the back of Travis Outlaw's Franz card: Travis leads the team in monstrous thunder dunks, wins awards for post game interviews, and often gets extra points for degree of difficulty.
From the back of Greg Oden's Franz card: Nickname: Jaws. Has an insatiable desire to tear rims apart while cruising the open court, and was once interested in using head-gear for his profession.
by TheOdenator on Mar 26, 2009 12:14 PM PDT reply actions 1 recs
My reasons
badass, cool, a lone soldier, easily the best dressed.
From the back of Travis Outlaw's Franz card: Travis leads the team in monstrous thunder dunks, wins awards for post game interviews, and often gets extra points for degree of difficulty.
From the back of Greg Oden's Franz card: Nickname: Jaws. Has an insatiable desire to tear rims apart while cruising the open court, and was once interested in using head-gear for his profession.
by TheOdenator on Mar 26, 2009 12:17 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yeah what I don't get...
Is that the clones were supposed to be like Jengo/Boba in EVERY way except that they are more passive. Meanwhile, every storm trooper alive fails to have basic knowledge of using a gun. Makes no sense!
by Zaig on Mar 26, 2009 12:20 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I KNOW!
seriously what is the deal?? How does this make sense at all? Ewoks for crying out loud?? Freaking Ewoks? What the heck?
From the back of Travis Outlaw's Franz card: Travis leads the team in monstrous thunder dunks, wins awards for post game interviews, and often gets extra points for degree of difficulty.
From the back of Greg Oden's Franz card: Nickname: Jaws. Has an insatiable desire to tear rims apart while cruising the open court, and was once interested in using head-gear for his profession.
by TheOdenator on Mar 26, 2009 12:25 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Sounds like Lando Calrissian
for the same reasons
by jiminut on Mar 26, 2009 12:30 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Man I suck at Photo-shop, well not really photo-shop, more like paint. but still I am hoping someone else can do this a lot better.
From the back of Travis Outlaw's Franz card: Travis leads the team in monstrous thunder dunks, wins awards for post game interviews, and often gets extra points for degree of difficulty.
From the back of Greg Oden's Franz card: Nickname: Jaws. Has an insatiable desire to tear rims apart while cruising the open court, and was once interested in using head-gear for his profession.
by TheOdenator on Mar 26, 2009 1:13 PM PDT up reply actions 2 recs
I'd give anything to see Travis in that getup
with that look in his eye. – Elgin
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by 22baylor on Mar 26, 2009 3:10 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
LOL! I really did laugh out loud at work on this one!
Did you do this Photoshop piece, appel82?
Whoever did it – awesome…
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by LaMarvelous on Mar 26, 2009 12:45 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Blake is easily = Yoda
because of the wisdom.. and ALIEN EYES
by dsx460 on Mar 26, 2009 12:44 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
I think Sam Cassell has Yoda locked-up.
.
by MiledAnimal on Mar 26, 2009 12:52 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Make or make not.
You no make, I no get assist.
by LaoTzu on Mar 27, 2009 12:10 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Sergio is like R2D2
Kind of undersized, brash, gets angry when told what to do, can make impulsive decisions, always associated with his taller buddy (though I don’t equate Rudy with C3PO)
"whoever scores the most points is probably gonna win the game"
by kobestopper on Mar 26, 2009 1:58 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
One other major problem
R2D2 is like 129021093129012390123 times cooler than C3PO. I don’t think that many people would agree that this is true with Sergio/Rudy.
C3PO
CP3-Orly?
by Zaig on Mar 26, 2009 2:24 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
C3PO is Shav
he keeps hanging around and proves useful at times but yet you’d forget about him if you could.
by NWfan on Mar 26, 2009 3:17 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
The only problem is
R2D2 is my favorite character and Sergio is decidedly not my favorite Blazer.
Plus, R2D2 was extremely useful and saves everyone’s bacon… also not really an attribute of Sergio.
No, no, nothing adds up about this at all!!
Mortimer
by Mortimer on Mar 26, 2009 3:38 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Well...
Sergio helped out situationally (Blake out) which is what R2D2 does. 95% of the movie he’s useless, but he comes in when needed and helps out?
by Zaig on Mar 26, 2009 3:45 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
But he REALLY saves everyone
Not just standing in as a last resort.
Plus, he knows Luke is Darth Vader’s kid the whole time and keeps it a secret. Sergio would tell Marca the second he found it out and knew it was important.
No, no, nothing adds up about this at all!
R2D2 is a pimp, Sergio is more Jar Jar or an Ewok… yeah, an Ewok. Cute, not needed, but I don’t hate him. I hate Jar Jar, so that ain’t fair.
MortyD2
by Mortimer on Mar 26, 2009 3:56 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Did more than you did
…did more than you did.
We don’t have R2D2 yet, obviously. He needs to be a feisty do it all type creature, and since Roy is Luke we don’t got a R2D2. It’s that simple and if you don’t like it you need to grow up. This is the big boys table.
I say Rudy is more R2D2 than he is Han Solo, even though he LOOKS like he should be Han Solo.
Morty
by Mortimer on Mar 26, 2009 5:37 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Travis is R2
Broy/Luke’s constant companion. Has saved the day many times, only his friends can understand what he is saying. Mischievous, endearing, has been around the longest. I solved the problem. I dunno who would be C3P0.
Karma
by Sabonis4Ever on Mar 26, 2009 5:46 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
For some reason
R2 reminds me of a midget in a tin can…I know…weird huh?
"You're welcome friend
I love you."
- Tom "Dragline" inHawaii
by 92wastheyear on Mar 26, 2009 4:00 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Coach Demopoulos could be...
Grand Moff Tarkin???
compared to Dean:
"whoever scores the most points is probably gonna win the game"
by kobestopper on Mar 26, 2009 2:04 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Zach Randolph = Jabba
Yes! Yes! In the face!
by LeafHawk on Mar 26, 2009 2:21 PM PDT reply actions 1 recs
he’s more of a Greedo really.
Phoenix? Their fans can't even chant defense.
by pxilpooshr on Mar 26, 2009 2:40 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
which is fitting
because he probably would pull a gun under the table.
.
by JTDuck22 on Mar 26, 2009 3:29 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Pizza the Hut
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by 22baylor on Mar 26, 2009 3:38 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I've never seen a red comment
plus this thread is kind of offensive, Wheels has been working on getting healthy
From the back of Travis Outlaw's Franz card: Travis leads the team in monstrous thunder dunks, wins awards for post game interviews, and often gets extra points for degree of difficulty.
From the back of Greg Oden's Franz card: Nickname: Jaws. Has an insatiable desire to tear rims apart while cruising the open court, and was once interested in using head-gear for his profession.
by TheOdenator on Mar 26, 2009 3:50 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I keed, I keed
If not Jabba for Wheels, he can be Porkers
“stay on target…stay on target…”
Nobody better tell Channing he was voted the Blazer’s JarJar, he would be seriously bummed out
by two4larue on Mar 26, 2009 4:13 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
That's good!
I like Channing the person, so he can’t be Jar Jar. Jar Jar has no redeeming qualities.
M—
by Mortimer on Mar 26, 2009 4:51 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Everything has transpired according to my designs.
Brandon Roy – Luke Skywalker
LaMarcus Aldridge – Mace Windu
Joel Prizbilla – Chewbacca
Greg Oden – Darth Vader
Jerrod Bayless – Boba Fett
Nate McMillion and wife – Uncle Owen and Aunt Baru
Rudy Fernandez- C3PO
Sergio Rodrigez – R2D2
Steve Blake – Yoda
Travis Outlaw – Darth Maul
Channing Frye – Jar Jar Binks
Martel Webster – Lando Calrission
Randolf – Wedge
Ruffin – The Rancor
Rafe LaFrenz – Biggs Darklighter
Darius Miles- The Phantom Menace
Nick Batum – Han Solo
Sophia – Princess Leia Organa
Dave – Grand Moff Tarkin
Ben – Admiral Piett
Fatty – Porkins
Mortimer – the guy who says “You Rebel Scum”
Tom in Hawaii – Tuskin Raider
Anne the Fan – Mon Mothma
And…
The Emperor – BLAZERSAURUS
by Blazersaurus on Mar 26, 2009 2:52 PM PDT reply actions 2 recs
Dude
I’m an Ewok on my fantasy team.
by tominhawaii on Mar 26, 2009 3:00 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Meh to half the list, BUT
You get a rec for
“Ruffin – The Rancor”
by Zaig on Mar 26, 2009 3:00 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I racked my brain on Ruffin but couldn't think of anything for him.
You have an alternative character? Mabye A military Character? Then name the system.
I grow tired of asking so this will be the last time. What is the Star Wars character we can call Ruffin?
by Blazersaurus on Mar 26, 2009 4:20 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I dunno if he can have an actual name
He’s just an extra… one of the guys in a X-Wing maybe, but not given any lines.
I’m sure his toy has a name, but it ain’t spoken or said in the movies, so he is nameless. You see him there, but it’s window dressing.
Dig?
Morty
by Mortimer on Mar 26, 2009 4:24 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
How about the Rebel admiral
who looks like a fish?
by two4larue on Mar 26, 2009 4:41 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
That's the guy
I think Ruffin’s bald dome was the giveaway…plus he collects exotic pets
by two4larue on Mar 27, 2009 12:21 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
KP = Young George Lucas
Bob Whitsitt = Old George Lucas
YOU REBEL SCUM.
GOOD, FIRST CATCH OF THE DAY.
I like telling people “THEN I’LL SEE YOU IN HELL.”
Mortimer Starkiller
by Mortimer on Mar 26, 2009 3:40 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
KP can be Obie Won
Paul Allen = The force.. haha, no we’ll make him George Lucas
Bob Whitsitt is Watto as in Watto you doing trading Jermaine O’Neal for Dale Davis? Watto you doing trading our heart and soul Rasta Monster for Shawn Kemp?
Mortimer has outed hisself as a SW geek. Impressive, most impressive.
by Blazersaurus on Mar 26, 2009 4:29 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
When Han cuts into the Taun Taun
And the guts come out, I always thought it looked like hashbrowns.
I had a Millenium Falcon as a kid, and we got it cheap at a garage sale, and the paper walls inside the Falcon were loose and I could pull them out a little bit and hide things behind it. They were the secret smuggling chambers Han Solo would use to sneak stuff past the Empire!
I like the Whitsitt = Watto comparison, and it would be better if Whitsitt was an offensive Jewish Stereotype as well. For these purposes I’ll just pretend he is.
I still got my Boba Fett, Snake Eyes (yeah, not Star Wars, but the best GI Joe by far), and R2D2 from my childhood on my desk in my office here at home. They hold down the fort.
Mortimer
by Mortimer on Mar 26, 2009 4:55 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
and of course
Paul Allen as George Lucas
especially in the early 80’s
by jiminut on Mar 26, 2009 2:58 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
yes - when both were bearded
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by 22baylor on Mar 26, 2009 3:13 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Luke Skywalker is the most annoying hero ever
suchawhiner
by tevisthe4th on Mar 26, 2009 3:00 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Nowhere NEAR as whiny as Daniel-San
Yes! Yes! In the face!
by LeafHawk on Mar 26, 2009 3:26 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Well in his defense
His friends WERE at Toshi station having fun.
(That’s going off my memory I’m sure I got the quote wrong).
Morty
by Mortimer on Mar 26, 2009 3:41 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
It's also genetic
His dad was a more annoying whiner to me.
I mean, he was born as a slave, you’d think anything better than being a slave would be gravy, let alone being a Jedi. He needed some perspective!
M.
by Mortimer on Mar 26, 2009 3:44 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
For some reason I see you cackling
“Powerrrrrrrrrr……….”
"You're welcome friend
I love you."
- Tom "Dragline" inHawaii
by 92wastheyear on Mar 26, 2009 3:59 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Entitlement
Anakin was like the kid who grew up in the hood but had talent, and the Jedi were his AAU coaches…if you catch my drift
by two4larue on Mar 26, 2009 4:47 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
It's actually just the one line really it just happens to be the whiniest line in cinima history
by Blazersaurus on Mar 26, 2009 4:30 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I dunno I think it might be mark hammil? in general, he just doesnt scream jedi to me
but he oozes fail
by tevisthe4th on Mar 27, 2009 12:20 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
actual line:
But Uncle Owen I wanted to go to the Toshi station to pick up some power converters….
by boppitywop on Mar 26, 2009 8:59 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Its lines like that that lead me to believe
that the so called terrible dialog of the prequels isn’t that much different from the original trilogy
by tingeyga on Mar 26, 2009 10:22 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Everything that has transpired has done so according to my design.
If there is an Emperor Palpatine in the Blazers universe, it can only be Stern.
by jiminut on Mar 26, 2009 5:00 PM PDT reply actions 1 recs
I'm done looking
I am ashamed to be living in a world where no one has done a Stern/Palpatine photoshop job that can be easily found on a Google image search.
THIS IS NOT A WORLD I WANT TO BE LIVING IN.
I tried to find one to post under what you said, thinking it such an obvious thing for one to create… but alas. So, we end up with this.
And that’s just dumb.
I have never been less proud of our world than I am right now.
Mortimer
by Mortimer on Mar 26, 2009 5:11 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
True. That should really be Rod Thorn up there, anyway.
Stern just isn’t that nice.
by LaoTzu on Mar 27, 2009 12:13 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
without a doubt
and his Imperial bureaucrats wear whistles and have names like…Javie
by two4larue on Mar 26, 2009 7:21 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Duh... Rebecca Haarlow as Princess Leia
Unless I missed it, I cant believe know one brought this up. Wouldn’t mind seeing Rebecca in that gold bikini!
by Parade in Portland! on Mar 27, 2009 1:01 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
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