{"id":223,"date":"2008-12-17T07:00:33","date_gmt":"2008-12-17T12:00:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/?p=223"},"modified":"2008-12-16T09:39:42","modified_gmt":"2008-12-16T14:39:42","slug":"star-wars-episode-iii-amputations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/wordpress\/2008\/12\/17\/star-wars-episode-iii-amputations\/","title":{"rendered":"Star Wars Episode III Amputations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">While on vacation in Colorado this past week, I watched &#8216;Star Wars: Episode III &#8211; Revenge of the Sith&#8217; with my 9-year old step-son.\u00a0 He&#8217;s been begging us to let him watch this movie, even though it&#8217;s rated PG-13.\u00a0 I decided to let him watch the movie, but only with his mother and I there to censor parts that we thought might be too graphic for him.\u00a0 I guess that&#8217;s the very definition of &#8216;Parental Guidance&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">While watching the film, I was astounded at the number of amputations that were shown on-screen.\u00a0 I never really noticed the frequency before, but this time I was watching for graphic material that might be too much for my step-son.\u00a0 Now I realize there is a long history of lightsaber amputations in the Star Wars saga, however, this movie just seemed to have an overabundance of them.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Here are all the folks that had their hands chopped off on-screen in Episode III:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Count Dooku<\/li>\n<li>Battle Droids<\/li>\n<li>General Grievous<\/li>\n<li>Mace Windu<\/li>\n<li>Clone Troopers<\/li>\n<li>Anakin Skywalker<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">That&#8217;s a lot of lost revenue on glove sales.\u00a0 Lucas must have some sort of weird fetish for this.\u00a0 I did a quick Google search, and was amazed to find a\u00a0website dedicated to this very subject &#8211; <a title=\"The Chopped-Off Hands of Star Wars\" href=\"http:\/\/www.runleiarun.com\/choppedoffhands\/start.html\">The Chopped-Off Hands of Star Wars<\/a>.\u00a0 Funny stuff &#8211; check it out!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">I guess it&#8217;s fair to say that amputation is a Jedi&#8217;s favorite way of dis-arming an opponent.\u00a0 &#8230; sorry, the joke was just sitting there.\u00a0 I had to use it.\u00a0 If I didn&#8217;t, then someone else would have in the comments anyway.\u00a0 \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-icon-text sd-sharing\"><h3 class=\"sd-title\">Tell the world about ONCE UPON A GEEK:<\/h3><div class=\"sd-content\"><ul><li class=\"share-twitter\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-twitter-223\" class=\"share-twitter sd-button share-icon\" href=\"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/wordpress\/2008\/12\/17\/star-wars-episode-iii-amputations\/?share=twitter\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Twitter\"><span>Twitter<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-facebook\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-facebook-223\" class=\"share-facebook sd-button share-icon\" href=\"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/wordpress\/2008\/12\/17\/star-wars-episode-iii-amputations\/?share=facebook\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Facebook\"><span>Facebook<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-email\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-email sd-button share-icon\" href=\"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/wordpress\/2008\/12\/17\/star-wars-episode-iii-amputations\/?share=email\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to email this to a friend\"><span>Email<\/span><\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#\" class=\"sharing-anchor sd-button share-more\"><span>More<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><div class=\"sharing-hidden\"><div class=\"inner\" style=\"display: none;\"><ul><li class=\"share-reddit\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-reddit sd-button share-icon\" href=\"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/wordpress\/2008\/12\/17\/star-wars-episode-iii-amputations\/?share=reddit\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Reddit\"><span>Reddit<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-linkedin\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-linkedin-223\" class=\"share-linkedin sd-button share-icon\" href=\"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/wordpress\/2008\/12\/17\/star-wars-episode-iii-amputations\/?share=linkedin\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on LinkedIn\"><span>LinkedIn<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>While on vacation in Colorado this past week, I watched &#8216;Star Wars: Episode III &#8211; 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