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Yeah, go for it, it was Moore/Gibson's idea apparently.

Same thought process here.

Plus, [spoiler] assuming he's not a giant, why did he have to be projected so big that they need an enormous cavern to speak to him?[/spoiler]

Adrian, slight editorial slip with the first line in the second spoiler, [spoiler]should be Finn instead of Poe[/spoiler]. Yeah, that's a lot when you sum them up like that!

Even more with the correction, as it's [spoiler]not Poe who finds the droid, but someone who has had the droid briefly described to him![/spoiler]

Those Force Awakens coincidences in full:

[spoiler]Just as the map is passed on to Poe the village is attacked by stormtroopers. Poe puts the map in the droid, which is found in the desert by Rey, the only Jedi we know of apart from the Jedi the map is to locate.

Poe escapes and crash-lands back on the planet's surface and immediately finds his droid, along with the Jedi. They escape another attack by finding the Falcon, the ship formerly owned by the brother-in-law of the Jedi to be located by the map.

The ship breaks down and is immediately picked up by the ship's previous owner and last Jedi's brother-in-law, and his co-pilot. Ren is told the time is right to kill Solo.

The bar where Rey, Solo and Finn go has Solo's brother-in-law's lightsabre which Fey finds and realises she might be a Jedi. It's on the planet with a clear view of all the planets the starkiller weapon is then used on for the first time, and is them fought over by The First Order and nearby rebels led by the rebel who helped Finn escape. Everyone goes back to the rebel base to meet Leia and the droids from years ago, one of which has the other half of the map.

Now it is operative, the time is right for the rebels destroy the starkiller. Solo infiltrates it and meets his son. Their sabotage leaves just enough time for Rey to win a fight and escape.
[/spoiler]

I liked it [spoiler]more when it was called Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope.

Unfortunately, I still can't think of a single thing in the film which wasn't a mashup of elements from the first three films: Dark side Skywalker who wears a black mask, mysterious deformed master who appears by videolink, young Jedi discovering their powers, rebel information contained in droid, family crisis on bridge, Death Star weapon with vulnerable spot, rebel briefing, diminutive mentor, sleazy alien bar, inherited weapon, planets destroyed to send message, showdown hallucination, remote Jedi master... the most original elements were the reformed stormtrooper, which they have yet to elaborate on, and the villain being seen to be suffering pain, which felt more effective than Anakin's transformation.

The plot piled coincidence on coincidence... and exactly why do the Skywalkers keep having kids?

Star Wars was a blind spot in my childhood so I don't have the giddy feeling when I see the old toys come to life, and I'm not particularly into martial arts and combat scenes. Everything in the film looked great and tactile. I'm just disappointed that Abrams decided to carry on exactly where we left off rather than start with a new seed and a new foe... I mean, was there not a victory at the end of episode 6? It looks like everyone pretty much just carried on as they always had. I have to say, it made me appreciate George Lucas' vision with the prequels, even if he was punching above his weight in the directing and writing; I would have preferred to have seen those films made with these production values.

Lucas told Abrams he makes the best films he can rather than the films the fans want. I'm with him on that.[/spoiler]

They pay!

£41/minute for sketches, £20.50 for quickies and one liners.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/1hDdvFLfWClPHW7zT3sq01S/submit-a-sketch

1. Subscribe to Build a 3D Printer magazine.
2. Use the printer to build a Millenium Falcon.

Best of luck with that. I've been submitting to Newsbiscuit for about a year and get a lot of stories used. I've tried submitting elsewhere though I think my style may be a little dry; the other sites get way more 'likes' though their stories tend to be more brash and opinionated, especially in the headlines, so I guess that's the way to go. From this series I've started sending things in to Newsjack (Radio 4Extra) - they go more for sketches though nothing too controversial, and a lot of groansome puns. No takeup yet.

http://www.newsbiscuit.com/2014/11/20/michael-buerk-files-his-first-report-from-im-a-celebrity-jungle/
http://www.newsbiscuit.com/2014/06/08/egypt-swears-in-new-pharaoh/
http://www.newsbiscuit.com/2014/11/14/first-pictures-received-of-elated-boffins/
http://www.newsbiscuit.com/2014/08/19/vulgaria-shocked-at-child-catcher-abuse-allegations/
http://www.newsbiscuit.com/2014/06/26/threat-of-dolly-parton-and-metallica-fails-to-put-off-mud-enthusiasts/

Welcome back Buttonman - with what they can do with science and medicine, we truly live through amazing times!

There was a forum limerick challenge some years ago. The Shakara limerick was excellent.

If its any inspiration, my entries included:

A mysterious figure called Cadman
Was a terribly terribly bad man
He was hung until dead
With a bag on his head
But lived on in the dream of a madman

On Termite the atmosphere's grave
And a trip there is just for the brave
If you meet Torquemada
And his holy armada
Be pure - be vigilant - behave!

I was enjoying it but disappointed that the Doctor's theory that Robin was just an automaton programmed with the Robin Hood legend to give people hope didn't turn out to be the case. It could have been made to work, is more satirical, and could have led up to a Buzz Lightyear-esque identity crisis for Robin and a brief appearance by the 'real' Robin Hood at the end.

Yeah he might regret using that name.

Apart from the fact his MS Paint images, completed on request, are great fun, he also has 363,294 Facebook followers, so great exposure. Could do a great character composite I reckon. Images have a certain Steve Samson qualist. I floated the idea on Facebook and seems to go down well with everyone I canvassed. You know it makes sense!

https://www.facebook.com/JimllPaintIt?fref=ts

Farewell Steve Evans; a funny, eloquent, inspiring man who has shared his journey through terminal cancer with listeners of Richard Bacon's 5Live show, demonstrating how to face the blackness with love, dignity and humour.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p01q23cg