Dining With Developers, Vol. 2: Haden Blackman, Part 2
4/17/2009 5:16 PM | 10 Comments | Page 4 of 9
Scott Jones
Status: Coffee makes me feel 4-percent sexier.
Blackman: Well, there's DLC, which is 1.2, or 1.6...
Narcisse: What's your favorite moment from the films?
Blackman: The carbon freezing.
Lucas: "I love you." "I know."
Blackman: And I'll tell you why. "Empire" is one of the greatest films of all time -- not just among Star Wars films; it's one of the greatest films of all time.
Lucas: That and "Raiders of the Lost Ark."
Blackman: Oh god, yeah. And the thing that's so awesome about the carbon freezing scene is, there are six or seven characters; there's Leia, C-3PO, Chewie, Boba Fett, Lando, Han, right? And there's a meaningful interchange between all those characters.
Chewie was my favorite character growing up. Then, when I rediscovered the films in college, Lando became my favorite character, because I actually thought there was complexity there.
Lucas: Lando deserves a game. We don't know anything about him.
Blackman: He makes a really hard choice, right? It's his people versus his friend. And he redeems himself for it.
Narcisse: Follow that up with your least favorite scene.
Blackman: Least favorite scene?
[Mocking voice] "Oh. I loved them all."
[Laughter]
Kahn: The line about sand being "coarse"? From "Episode II"? The love scene?
[Quiet]
Narcisse: You don't have to say anything...
Blackman: Yeah. You know, I try to find things that I love about all six films.
Narcisse: Fair enough.
Blackman: Good thing this is only my second beer. You should have seen me at DICE. I would have answered that question at DICE.
[Laughs]
This feat of strength HAS GOT to unlock about 500 Achievement points AT LEAST.
People are hard on "Return of the Jedi," but I love the first half of "Jedi." Even Jabba's palace, some people have a problem with that. I love it.
Kahn: Luke is so bad-ass.
Narcisse: [To Khan] Thank you!
Lucas: But Boba Fett's jetpack goes crazy and he winds up in the Sarlacc pit? And the Ewoks. That was just too much.
Jones: I don't mind the Ewoks. I think the Ewoks get a bad rap.
Lucas: Come on.
Blackman: I love all the Death Star stuff in "Jedi," and Luke and Vader, and the Emperor being there, and Lando blowing up the Death Star.
Narcisse: And you see Luke being tempted. I think he's tempted in that scene.
Jones: Man, I was tempted. I'm watching the movie and thinking, What about me, Vader? Take me! Take me!
Narcisse: I want to talk about the comic books again.
Lucas: That's Scott's favorite subject.
Blackman: I am a huge comic book geek.
Narcisse: If you had to make a game out of a favorite comic book, what would it be?
Blackman: That's good question. "Preacher." "Preacher" is an amazing comic. "Fables" is a great comic. One of my favorite characters is "Swamp Thing," but I'm not sure how you make a game out of that.
Narcisse: You work in the sci-fi realm. What do you think of the new sci-fi franchises, like Battlestar Galactica?
