Star Wars 411

  

Star Wars 411 is a thread published by Dragon Warrior in the Music, Movies & TV forum, dedicated to the discussion of all things Star Wars. The thread originally hit the boards in 2002 in the Introduction forum and was ultimately closed.  Dragon Warrior’s version, (created directly after the closure) continues to the present day. It is to this date, the longest running thread in Otakuboards history.  Star Wars 411 is also the most replied-to thread in OB history (at least the history from v3 to v7), with 1,610 replies.

The thread began its life quite simply, with the question “do you like Star Wars?” posed to the memberbase. The original post references another locked Star Wars topic before going on to say “All Star Wars, all the time!”

Since it’s opening, Star Wars 411 has gone from simple “yes, I like Star Wars” type replies to lenghty discussions and debate about  all the Star Wars films, books, games, non-canon spinoffs and much, much more. The threads progression into more mature discussions mirrors that of the OtakuBoards as a whole, and is a perfect snapshot spanning many different versions and era of OtakuBoards.

The threads popularity soared during and after the release of the last two prequel films, before dying off shortly after the release of Episode III: Revenge of the Sith.

The thread remains dedicated to all things Star Wars and has been immortalised as *the* Star Wars thread in the Movies directory.

Spin-Offs

Lord of the Rings 411: This thread was dedicated to all Lord of the Rings-based discussions and was titled to reference Star Wars 411 and its enduring popularity. However, it never became as popular as the Star Wars thread and died relatively quickly afterwards. One reason for this may be the compartiively limited scope for discussion, with little to no extra-canon of other materials to discuss aside from the first trilogy.

The Amazing Race -411-

Jeremiah (S@bretooth at the time) created this spin-off, intending that the thread would span all seasons of The Amazing Race reality show. However, the thread died quickly (it received two replies), with Reality TV Show threads not being particularly popular discussions.

 Pirates of the Carribean: The Tavern

“The Tavern” is a current  thread dedicated to discussion on all of the 3 Pirates of the Carribean films. While not exactly a spinoff in the titular sense (the title does not carry the singature 411 code) the basic premise of the thread is the same as Star Wars 411; the thread was also created by Dragon Warrior.

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