"Our forums can't repel news of this magnitude!!!" TRANSIMPERIAL FLIES AGAIN!

[changing_seasons]

I'm sorry, but for people who don't know the Star Wars story, this is the biggest meh of the year.

[bosk1]

I'm sorry, but for people who don't know the Star Wars story, this is the biggest meh of the year.

Yes, but I'm sure both of you can be patient and wait it out for a few hours.

[glaurung]

I'm sorry, but for people who don't know the Star Wars story, this is the biggest meh of the year.

What the hell is wrong with you? Go watch Star Wars right now!

[changing_seasons]

I'm sorry, but for people who don't know the Star Wars story, this is the biggest meh of the year.

Yes, but I'm sure both of you can be patient and wait it out for a few hours.

I don't mind the new theme though, and I appreciate the cultural significance of Star Wars (to Americans at least).

[OsMosis2259]

omg this is amazing. at first i was like WTF where is DTF but i saw the calendar and you guys really got me.  Kudos!

[yeshaberto]

this is beyond awesome!!!!

[hefdaddy42]

"And you're dancing with the midochlorians
Taking a step to set us all free
You are dancing with the midochlorians
Why aren't they mentioned in the original trilogy?"

Post of the Year.

EDIT: Oh wait, that's in hef's lyrics.  POTY, Hef.

I didn't write that one.  There were some last minute rewrites of some sections.  That was either Splent, Nick, ReaPsTa, or bosky.

But it's definitely one of my favorites!

[bosk1]

*raises hand*  That was mine.

[Sir GuitarCozmo]

I still quite liked the "Care Bear Forums" from a couple of years ago.

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[hefdaddy42]

I'm sorry, but for people who don't know the Star Wars story, this is the biggest meh of the year.

Yes, but I'm sure both of you can be patient and wait it out for a few hours.

Him and Chino.

[Jamesman42]

  Amazing, this is why DTF rules.

So, um, whose idea was it to replace the blatantly Christian member of TA with the evil Darth Vader. 

[hefdaddy42]

That was from the Dark Lord himself.

[Jamesman42]

Oh. . .




Oh God.

[antigoon]

[Phantasmatron]

So, um, whose idea was it to replace the blatantly Christian member of TA with the evil Darth Vader. 

That was from the Dark Lord himself.

Oh. . .




Oh God.

[Progmetty]

I'm sorry, but for people who don't know the Star Wars story, this is the biggest meh of the year.

That's just you and me hehe

[LCArenas]

I hope Darth Vader does a better vocal work than the one he did in his Tay Zonday tribute band: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P6dUCOS1bM0

[kirbywelch92]

My eyes contracted whenever I was expecting the screen to be black. This is the best parody in DTF history, I'm glad I've been listening to the Whirlwind lately or I wouldn't have really appreciated it.

[masterthes]

That was absolute genious. I love this place 

[Dr. SeaWolf]

How long did it take you guys to put this together?  Those lyrics must've taken hours to write.

[bosk1]

How long did it take you guys to put this together?  Those lyrics must've taken hours to write.

They did.  We started writing them a couple of months ago.  And even though there was a bit of a break where we didn't do much, it still took a while.  I just went back and read through them one more time, actually singing them in my head to The Whirlwind melody, and I'm really happy with how they turned out.  I would absolutely die if the guys launched into a verse of these lyrics at one of the upcoming shows, even if it was just a line or two.

In the beginning, Hef, Reap, and I did about half the lyrics and the general outline for how the story of episodes I-VI would fit into various parts of The Whirlwind just fell right into place.  Then we just filled in the holes.  Splent and Nick jumped in toward the end and mainly worked on the last part.  Honestly, some of the stuff they came up with for that was just brilliant and I never would have thought of doing it that way.  I still had to go back and retool a few things that didn't quite fit the overall themes, but I still have to give them a huge round of applause for how they worked that part out.

[lonestar]

All bacon cooked today will be done in your guys' honor.  Well done.

[ariich]

Yeah as bosk said this has been in the works for ages. I did the album art ages ago, before we even thought of turning into an April Fools thing.

[Nick]

Bosk skipped the part where I was so excited about big Transatlantic news that they didn't even let me know about any of this until about a month before launch.

[glaurung]

 

[bosk1]

Since I don't think it's been posted, and we should archive this information along with the rest of this thread, here are the threads in other forums where we posted:

Neal Morse Forum

Mike Portnoy Forum

Marillion Forum

The Flower Kings Forum

[hefdaddy42]

And now, for the coup de grace (not even bosky has seen this yet):

[bosk1]

Times like this call for a  + emote.

[hefdaddy42]

 

[bosk1]

So, you know how the Flower Kings' forum has the Google ads box in the upper left?  I guess it must either read your cookies or at least your recent history or something, because now when I go back to that forum to check on the TransImperial thread, the ads are for the following:


-Star Wars fans dating
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-Luke Lightsaber
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[hefdaddy42]

I don't know what any of those sites are, but that's pretty funny.

[emindead]

The rumborak at the end is just

[bosk1]

I was going to say, "you just now noticed that?"  But in all fairness, both Hef and I looked at it a couple of times after rumby made it and didn't realize it was there either, so... 

[Ultimetalhead]

I didn't catch the "rumborak" at the end of that the first time. I saw it this time and split a gut laughing.

[Rafael Guerra]

No idea how scared I got when I saw the different interface...