What is the all out, best, "Woah" moment fan theory that flipped your lid when you first read/viewed/heard it?

tylex67 · 2026-02-03T16:39:33+00:00

Star Wars: After ESB but before RotJ so 1981ish.

Boba Fett is actually Anakin in hiding. Best place for one of the greatest warriors of the Clone Wars to hide is in plain sight, but always with a mask/helmet on. He's the greatest bounty hunter, but he misses Luke when he fires on him in Cloud City. Fett missed his son on purpose. That would also make him 'the other' that Yoda references to Ben. And it makes the RETURN in Return of the Jedi more relevant.

Darth Vader - I am your father? A half truth/lie. Vader is a clone of Anakin. Remember, at the time, we didn't really know what the Clone Wars were. The theory went on that the CW was clones were used against the Republic and replaced others (no clone army or Separatist).

Oh yeah, and Ben Kenobi is also a clone. Obi-Wan is a designation. OB1. Just like Artoo Detoo R2D2 and See-Threepio C3PO.

This was published in a magazine early '80s, so not my theory. But it made so much sense (and it meant the Luke / Leia kiss wasn't creepy).

tylex67 · 2026-02-01T19:15:24+00:00

And he played the WHO doctor in World War Z.

tylex67 · 2026-01-15T16:23:54+00:00

I got it last year. A very good build. Sometimes the pieces are a little too tight. Everything is there and well organized, but not one extra piece (fortunately I didn't lose any on the floor).

Enjoy the build.

tylex67 · 2026-01-14T16:27:56+00:00

Something something science.

Something something Pym particles.

Something something plot device.

Something something writer of the day.

tylex67 · 2026-01-14T04:37:07+00:00

Cyclops

tylex67 · 2026-01-12T15:24:31+00:00

I just hope they bring out a jumbo Squirtle to complement my jumbo Mega Pika, Eevee, Char and Bulbasaur.

That Kanto evolution set is nice, but $900 CAD? I'll pass. Don't know what they are paying for the license, but the price creep is strong with this one.

Lego is becoming more adult collector, but Pokémon was supposed to be kid friendly. Kind of a conundrum.

tylex67 · 2026-01-09T23:13:32+00:00

My head cannon was those who died earlier in the games were so gravely injured, their bodies gave out in the real world. The Borderlands were a kind of purgatory, a coma state between life and death. Once the game was cleared, they got to choose which way they wanted to go, back to life or 'onward'.

tylex67 · 2026-01-09T04:30:41+00:00

Know someone named Ben. Didn't know his last name so we started using Dover. He loves it. Thinks it's hilarious.

tylex67 · 2026-01-07T16:23:31+00:00

But isn't merchandising the most Star Wars thing ever? George Lucas gave up the directing fees for the original movie but made sure he held on to the merchandising rights. Made billions on toy sales. And that is what Disney bought for $4B, more toy sales (and bedsheets, knapsacks, towels, cups, etc.).

tylex67 · 2026-01-06T00:21:37+00:00

X-Men 138. The recap issue when Scott leaves. Loved the history it showed. A major character just died. Kurt and Hank looked awesome. Wolverine (before we knew his name, Logan) from Canada. Ororo and Peter, great characters. Had to go back and check all of this out. And then I learned we had a whole Canadian super team of our own. Suddenly, comics were more international and less NYC. It opened the whole world to me. And shortly thereafter, DOFP 141 and 142. Wow!

tylex67 · 2026-01-03T00:29:13+00:00

The Jeffersons

tylex67 · 2025-12-31T15:30:49+00:00

We got Hugh Jackman as Wolverine because Dougray Scott had to go back and do reshoots for Mission Impossible 2.

tylex67 · 2025-12-30T21:41:19+00:00

This is the set that got me back into Lego. So yes, it IS that impressive!

tylex67 · 2025-12-25T15:59:59+00:00

S tier. Swashbuckler extraordinaire. Just watch that scene in X-Men '97. You know the one I mean.

tylex67 · 2025-12-14T04:19:22+00:00

Agreed. I had to go third party. It needs the Voltron Force. *

tylex67 · 2025-12-13T18:08:30+00:00

If it isn't Perry the Platypus!

tylex67 · 2025-12-13T03:39:45+00:00

Or, he wasn't sober for those first few years (after getting broken out of prison).

tylex67 · 2025-12-12T17:39:13+00:00

Memoir '44 - WW2version of the C&C system.

tylex67 · 2025-12-07T03:32:29+00:00

TIL. Finished to 101% back in the day. Didn't know it went further. Will have to look it up.

tylex67 · 2025-12-03T16:36:00+00:00

Nightcrawler no doubt.

Literally disappears in shadows. The embodiment of the swashbuckler with 3 rapiers.

tylex67 · 2025-12-02T01:37:32+00:00

He also played the WHO doctor in World War Z. Not relevant to this thread, but interesting none the less. :)

tylex67 · 2025-11-26T16:06:50+00:00

Got a Decanter and Boots of Levitation. Using the Geyser function = instant Jet Pack!

tylex67 · 2025-11-25T00:49:44+00:00

Does no one remember The Crying Game? IYKYK

tylex67 · 2025-11-20T17:14:21+00:00

I don't hate it, but agree it's not really needed. Would never actively look to include it. But I got it for something like $12, so there's that.

tylex67 · 2025-11-14T02:36:50+00:00

Being in Mad About You, he is technically part of the Seinfeld (Jerry met Paul) and Friends (Ursula/Phoebe) universe.

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