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The Puzzle Piece

April 2021

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Lego Fun Facts-Ijah W.

● The way you pronounce “” in plural is… well, “Lego.” Yeah, the word is already pluralized. ● The Lego meant for toddlers, known as “Lego Duplo,” are eight times the size of normal Lego. ● Lego is the world’s largest producer of rubber wheels. They produce more than Bridgestone, Goodyear and all other car tyre manufacturers. ● You can stack the Lego all the way from Earth to the moon. TEN TIMES. You need 40 million bricks with it being over 384,400 kilometers tall. ● Every second passed equal seven Lego sets sold. That means: ○ Minute = 420 Lego sets. ○ Hour = 25,200 Lego sets. ○ Day = 604,800 Lego sets. ○ Week = 4,233,600 Lego sets. Memes of the Month- Jeremy N. and Tom J. Wars: The Original Trilogy Ranked Review by Sheldon Eads

The original trilogy of is an iconic trio of films that all tell a unique story. Even if you only watched one of them, you wouldn’t really have to watch all of them. Sure, certain plot points make more sense when watched in order but I feel these films were made to be as timeless and accessible as possible. Of course, there is debate as to which one is the best in their own personal opinion. This is where I go in and decide. It might get a little controversial but hey, this is the internet.

Star Wars/Episode IV: A New : It’s not entirely uncommon for the frst installment of a series to not be as good as its sequels. Sure, there are exceptions like for instance, but A New Hope feels pretty slow in comparison to the other flms. Story-wise, I think it’s quite compelling, especially when destroys , making his demise satisfying to watch and all the characters in the flm have appropriate interactions. In fact, this flm has the most main characters compared to any other movie here and the special effects are shockingly decent for 1977. The , while the weakest, is still pretty good. The problem to me arrives at the fact that it can be really slow. We are introduced to way later than we should’ve and Tarkin rarely makes that much appearances despite being one of the main antagonists of the flm. I have no idea why the latter gets very few screen time as he works great as a villain. While the soundtrack is good, I just don’t think it’s as exciting as John Willaim’s other works. Overall a good flm, but not my favorite.

Episode : : Coincidentally, all of these movies from worst to best are in release order. Regardless, The Empire Strikes Back is outright amazing. The locations are the most diverse in any OT movie so far, the plot has so many twists and turns and convey different feelings. The soundtrack is a major improvement from the frst and the production values are much better. The only reason it’s behind Return of the though is mainly because some of the issues from A New Hope are still there. is introduced much later than he should’ve and the and don’t really have that much personality. The special edition does try to change The Emperor’s and Boba’s voice to match the continuity better so there’s that but without context of the later released flms, it’s not anything mind blowing. It’s funny how the Emperor plays a larger role in the movie after this. There’s also not as much excitement compared to ROTJ or even ANH. Honestly, it might as well be the villains. Sure, Vader is much better than his appearance in the frst one but Tarkin also showed dominance and cruelty. Vader just wants Luke to join the Empire and that’s pretty much it for his character. Maybe I just really like Tarkin, I don’t know. Episode VI: : This flm has a mixed reputation from what I can gather. I hear people say it's their least favorite because of the (which are usually compared to ), the laziness of using the again, or the overuse of prequel-styled humor. Others however praise it for doing what the previous flms did right, the development of Luke’s character and Darth Vader redeeming himself and becoming Anakin Skywalker again. I’m on the latter for, Return of the Jedi. The flm manages to convey a lot of tone unlike the other flm. It can be mysterious, humorous, heartwarming, heartbreaking, or even straight terrifying. By fair the best thing in this movie though is The Emperor. Unlike the original version of Empire, he is played by Ian McDiarmid who is a phenomenal . He manages to represent pure evil fawlessly and is straight up threatening. His lines “You, like your father, are now mine!” and "So be it, Jedi.” clearly represent a cruel dictator perfectly. One of the most fghts from the original trilogy comes from here. I won’t get into everything because it would take up too much of this newsletter but I bet likely knew the pros of this flm as The Emperor (now renamed to Darth Sidious) reappears in the entire prequel trilogy and he is the highlight of those flms, especially Revenge of the . While did a great job on the flm, Lucas had decent foresight on what are good ideas and added scenes that make the flm the way it is.

If you had to watch at least one of these flms, pick Return of the Jedi. Unlike the others, I wouldn’t need things changed for me to enjoy it. Yes, it isn’t perfect, I do think Boba is an underdeveloped villain after all but at the end, I enjoy it for the story it was telling and the attempts at improving. You could skip A New Hope and The Empire Strikes Back, but you can’t convince me to skip Return of the Jedi at all.

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