Xim the Despot is a fictional character from the Star Wars Expanded Universe.
In The Star Wars Essential Chronology, Xim's character and origin are described in detail. He possessed advanced technology for his time, including stores of Kiirium (for shielding of space vessels) and Mytag (used in crystalline form as oscillators in old subspace communications and detection equipment). When combined when his large army of massively-armored and armed war droids, Xim was victorious in most battles.
He also built massive vaults for the tribute to be collected by his conquering armies, but the bounty never came to be. At the time of the Star Wars saga portrayed in the films, the vaults are all that remained of his "empire," and served only as a minor curiosity.
The area of space that Xim conquered included what was later deemed the Corporate Sector. It has been speculated that Xim is responsible for the complete lack of native sentient life in that area of space.
Xim's reign came to an end at the Third Battle of Vontor, which he fought against the Hutts; after this battle, his empire collapsed nearly immediately, in revolts and invasions, without Xim or his droids to hold it together. According to his former subject worlds, and the Republic, Xim was killed in the battle, but the Hutts maintain he was captured and made a slave of Kossak the Hutt, leader of the Hutt forces at Vontor.
He was a fearsome conqueror and in his time his vaults contained priceless treasures. However, by the time of the Original Trilogy, the destruction of much of the treasure by his war droids left only the items of lesser value which had depreciated to worthlessness.
Perhaps the most lasting and memorable monuments to Xim's former greatness is his War Droids, massive automatoms of destruction. The legions of his droids contained several distinctive classes of droids, distinguished by their color, from black armor plating of the common soldiers to the much rarer blood-red plating used by certain droids. These droids in question were rumored to be able to manipulate the force by grace of force-sensitive components left over from the glory days of the Rakatan Empire. Needless to say, these droids were the most fearsome of Xim's troops on the battlefield; as such, the rumors might not be completely trustworthy, rather being tales told by terrified soldiers. Force-sensitive or not, any member of the droid legions was an awsome opponent, worthy of combat with the greatest of the galaxy's warriors. After the destruction of the warlord, hundreds of the droids were deactivated and brought to Nal Hutta and placed in city squares as monuments to the Hutts who defeated Xim and as a warning to those who dreampt of overpowering the Hutts. The droids fought one last time during the invasion of Nal Hutta by the Yuzzanh Vong; as a the droids mysteriously reactived as one, slaughtering hundreds of thousands of the Vong's best warriors before finally being brought down under rains of thud bugs, razor bugs, amphistaffs, and plasma spitters.
The Genoharadan assassin guild claimed to have been founded by Xim.
In The Star Wars Essential Chronology, Xim's character and origin are described in detail. He possessed advanced technology for his time, including stores of Kiirium (for shielding of space vessels) and Mytag (used in crystalline form as oscillators in old subspace communications and detection equipment). When combined when his large army of massively-armored and armed war droids, Xim was victorious in most battles.
He also built massive vaults for the tribute to be collected by his conquering armies, but the bounty never came to be. At the time of the Star Wars saga portrayed in the films, the vaults are all that remained of his "empire," and served only as a minor curiosity.
The area of space that Xim conquered included what was later deemed the Corporate Sector. It has been speculated that Xim is responsible for the complete lack of native sentient life in that area of space.
Xim's reign came to an end at the Third Battle of Vontor, which he fought against the Hutts; after this battle, his empire collapsed nearly immediately, in revolts and invasions, without Xim or his droids to hold it together. According to his former subject worlds, and the Republic, Xim was killed in the battle, but the Hutts maintain he was captured and made a slave of Kossak the Hutt, leader of the Hutt forces at Vontor.
He was a fearsome conqueror and in his time his vaults contained priceless treasures. However, by the time of the Original Trilogy, the destruction of much of the treasure by his war droids left only the items of lesser value which had depreciated to worthlessness.
Perhaps the most lasting and memorable monuments to Xim's former greatness is his War Droids, massive automatoms of destruction. The legions of his droids contained several distinctive classes of droids, distinguished by their color, from black armor plating of the common soldiers to the much rarer blood-red plating used by certain droids. These droids in question were rumored to be able to manipulate the force by grace of force-sensitive components left over from the glory days of the Rakatan Empire. Needless to say, these droids were the most fearsome of Xim's troops on the battlefield; as such, the rumors might not be completely trustworthy, rather being tales told by terrified soldiers. Force-sensitive or not, any member of the droid legions was an awsome opponent, worthy of combat with the greatest of the galaxy's warriors. After the destruction of the warlord, hundreds of the droids were deactivated and brought to Nal Hutta and placed in city squares as monuments to the Hutts who defeated Xim and as a warning to those who dreampt of overpowering the Hutts. The droids fought one last time during the invasion of Nal Hutta by the Yuzzanh Vong; as a the droids mysteriously reactived as one, slaughtering hundreds of thousands of the Vong's best warriors before finally being brought down under rains of thud bugs, razor bugs, amphistaffs, and plasma spitters.
The Genoharadan assassin guild claimed to have been founded by Xim.
Since the release of Jurassic Park in 1993 there have been numerous parodies of the film and its sequels.
TV/Film
* A fan film, entitled "Jurassic Park: The Return" was made in 1994 using the action figures released for the movie. It can be found here on YouTube.
*In Toy Story, when Woody accidentally awakens Sid's dog, the dog's pupil contracts.
*Toy Story 2 features a scene where Rex, the toy dinosaur, is seen through the rearview mirror of the toy car he is chasing. The sentence made famous by the Jurassic Park movie, "Objects in the mirror may be closer than they appear," is also visible on the rear-view mirror of the toy car.
*On The Simpsons:
**In the episode "Bart Gets an Elephant" the titular elephant ('Stampy') peers into the Simpsons' living-room window upon arrival at their home. His pupil contracts, similar to when the T. rex looks inside the tour car in Jurassic Park.
**In "Itchy & Scratchy Land", both the design of and emblem on the helicopter that takes the Simpsons to the titular theme park resemble the helicopter which brings visitors to Isla Nublar in the movie. Later in the episode, Professor Frink warns of impending disaster at the park, basing his ascertations on chaos theory, Ian Malcolm in the movie. During the disaster, the park's power goes out, as in Jurassic Park.
**In the second story of "Treehouse of Horror V" when Homer travels back in time he arrives in the dinosaur age. Upon his arrival, Homer views a panorama highly reminiscent of the movie's 'lake scene', and remarks that he has gone back to a time when "dinosaurs weren't just confined to zoos" (a clear reference to Jurassic Park). The music in the background resembles John Williams' score for Jurassic Park. Homer is promptly attacked by a T. rex, which both sounds like and resembles the movie's creature, only with an added Simpsons-esque overbite. This can also be seen as a reference to A Sound of Thunder, when Homer remembers what his father said about not stepping on anything.
**In "The City of New York vs. Homer Simpson", Barney notices a bowl of peanuts vibrating when the Duffmobile approaches, spoofing the scene with the cups of water when the dinosaurs approach.
**A similar parody occurred in When You Dish Upon a Star, when Ron Howard pointed out the vibration of the lemonade as fans approached him.
**In "Thirty Minutes over Tokyo", the family is flying home from Japan when Japanese kaiju, including Godzilla, attack their plane. Lisa sees Godzilla's eye in one of the windows of the plane, just like the Jurassic Park scene of the T. Rex's eye in the window.
*In The Flintstones motion picture, there is a scene that features a children's playground called, appropriately enough, Jurassic Park.
*In ', Timmy goes through the T. rex looking into the car scene but the T. rex is actually Wanda in disguise.
*On an episode of The Showbiz Show with David Spade, a small crew was given the task of recreating the Jurassic Park theatrical trailer using strictly limited resources such as yellow clay and toy army men. The two versions of the trailer were then played side-by-side.
*The television series Family Guy has parodied the film three times:
**The scene involving the T-Rex eating Donald Gennaro on the toilet was referred to on Hell Comes to Quahog.
**During the episode "I Take Thee Quagmire", Peter is shown humming the Journey to the Island theme as he pretends the toy dinosaur in his hand is eating his friend Quagmire.
**the episode North by North Quahog spoofs it when peter Peter tells Lois that the prostitutes' vision is based on movement, a reference to the Tyrannosaurus Rex in Jurassic Park.
*In an episode of The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy Mandy and Grim find a big hole on the ground after a giant foot (very similar to a T-Rex). Later in the episode Mandy and Grim find a chicken laboratory (similar to the laboratory in Jurassic Park III).
*In ', Jurassic Park is mentioned in front of the theater during Roll Back the Rock (to the Dawn of Time).
*In the Futurama episode "I Dated a Robot", Fry rides a T-Rex at the Jurassic Kiddie Park.
*In Teen Titans episode "End Part II or III," Beast Boy, Starfire, and Cyborg are battling dark versions of themselves created by trigon. Beast Boy becomes a Tyrannosaurus and the Dark One is a Spinosaurus. This is a parody of the Jurassic Park III battle.
*In a Ben 10 episode a Tyrannosaurus is brought to life. It sounds like and resemble the movie creature except the stripes are missing and the calls are only partially reminiscent.
*In a Catscratch episode there is a banshee that Gordon fights. The banshees calls are similar to the calls of the Velociraptor in the films.
*In Wayne's World 2, the first Tyrannosaurus rex scene is parodied when the Wayne and Garth are reading a map in the night in their car. Ripples form in the cup of soda, just like in Jurassic Park, and they put the map down and see the T. rexs eye in the window.
*' features 2 parodies: in the opening, the police car stops after being eaten by a T. rex, and Spielberg is nominated for the Academy Award for Best Director with the film "Geriatric Park".
In the South Park episode Cartman's Mom Is Still a Dirty Slut when the hospital loses power Kenny has to go out and fix the generator. The doctor also warns him about velociraptors, like the scene in Jurassic Park where Elli has to go restart he power.
Video games
*In the video game Beetle Adventure Racing for Nintendo 64, one of the racing courses includes a recurring T. rex breaking through an electric fence, similar to the T. rex scene in Jurassic Park.
Music
*"Weird Al" Yankovic released a single, Jurassic Park, parodying MacArthur Park. The music video that comes with the song is claymation animation, and parodies several scenes from the movie. The song was released on his 1992 album Alapalooza.
TV/Film
* A fan film, entitled "Jurassic Park: The Return" was made in 1994 using the action figures released for the movie. It can be found here on YouTube.
*In Toy Story, when Woody accidentally awakens Sid's dog, the dog's pupil contracts.
*Toy Story 2 features a scene where Rex, the toy dinosaur, is seen through the rearview mirror of the toy car he is chasing. The sentence made famous by the Jurassic Park movie, "Objects in the mirror may be closer than they appear," is also visible on the rear-view mirror of the toy car.
*On The Simpsons:
**In the episode "Bart Gets an Elephant" the titular elephant ('Stampy') peers into the Simpsons' living-room window upon arrival at their home. His pupil contracts, similar to when the T. rex looks inside the tour car in Jurassic Park.
**In "Itchy & Scratchy Land", both the design of and emblem on the helicopter that takes the Simpsons to the titular theme park resemble the helicopter which brings visitors to Isla Nublar in the movie. Later in the episode, Professor Frink warns of impending disaster at the park, basing his ascertations on chaos theory, Ian Malcolm in the movie. During the disaster, the park's power goes out, as in Jurassic Park.
**In the second story of "Treehouse of Horror V" when Homer travels back in time he arrives in the dinosaur age. Upon his arrival, Homer views a panorama highly reminiscent of the movie's 'lake scene', and remarks that he has gone back to a time when "dinosaurs weren't just confined to zoos" (a clear reference to Jurassic Park). The music in the background resembles John Williams' score for Jurassic Park. Homer is promptly attacked by a T. rex, which both sounds like and resembles the movie's creature, only with an added Simpsons-esque overbite. This can also be seen as a reference to A Sound of Thunder, when Homer remembers what his father said about not stepping on anything.
**In "The City of New York vs. Homer Simpson", Barney notices a bowl of peanuts vibrating when the Duffmobile approaches, spoofing the scene with the cups of water when the dinosaurs approach.
**A similar parody occurred in When You Dish Upon a Star, when Ron Howard pointed out the vibration of the lemonade as fans approached him.
**In "Thirty Minutes over Tokyo", the family is flying home from Japan when Japanese kaiju, including Godzilla, attack their plane. Lisa sees Godzilla's eye in one of the windows of the plane, just like the Jurassic Park scene of the T. Rex's eye in the window.
*In The Flintstones motion picture, there is a scene that features a children's playground called, appropriately enough, Jurassic Park.
*In ', Timmy goes through the T. rex looking into the car scene but the T. rex is actually Wanda in disguise.
*On an episode of The Showbiz Show with David Spade, a small crew was given the task of recreating the Jurassic Park theatrical trailer using strictly limited resources such as yellow clay and toy army men. The two versions of the trailer were then played side-by-side.
*The television series Family Guy has parodied the film three times:
**The scene involving the T-Rex eating Donald Gennaro on the toilet was referred to on Hell Comes to Quahog.
**During the episode "I Take Thee Quagmire", Peter is shown humming the Journey to the Island theme as he pretends the toy dinosaur in his hand is eating his friend Quagmire.
**the episode North by North Quahog spoofs it when peter Peter tells Lois that the prostitutes' vision is based on movement, a reference to the Tyrannosaurus Rex in Jurassic Park.
*In an episode of The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy Mandy and Grim find a big hole on the ground after a giant foot (very similar to a T-Rex). Later in the episode Mandy and Grim find a chicken laboratory (similar to the laboratory in Jurassic Park III).
*In ', Jurassic Park is mentioned in front of the theater during Roll Back the Rock (to the Dawn of Time).
*In the Futurama episode "I Dated a Robot", Fry rides a T-Rex at the Jurassic Kiddie Park.
*In Teen Titans episode "End Part II or III," Beast Boy, Starfire, and Cyborg are battling dark versions of themselves created by trigon. Beast Boy becomes a Tyrannosaurus and the Dark One is a Spinosaurus. This is a parody of the Jurassic Park III battle.
*In a Ben 10 episode a Tyrannosaurus is brought to life. It sounds like and resemble the movie creature except the stripes are missing and the calls are only partially reminiscent.
*In a Catscratch episode there is a banshee that Gordon fights. The banshees calls are similar to the calls of the Velociraptor in the films.
*In Wayne's World 2, the first Tyrannosaurus rex scene is parodied when the Wayne and Garth are reading a map in the night in their car. Ripples form in the cup of soda, just like in Jurassic Park, and they put the map down and see the T. rexs eye in the window.
*' features 2 parodies: in the opening, the police car stops after being eaten by a T. rex, and Spielberg is nominated for the Academy Award for Best Director with the film "Geriatric Park".
In the South Park episode Cartman's Mom Is Still a Dirty Slut when the hospital loses power Kenny has to go out and fix the generator. The doctor also warns him about velociraptors, like the scene in Jurassic Park where Elli has to go restart he power.
Video games
*In the video game Beetle Adventure Racing for Nintendo 64, one of the racing courses includes a recurring T. rex breaking through an electric fence, similar to the T. rex scene in Jurassic Park.
Music
*"Weird Al" Yankovic released a single, Jurassic Park, parodying MacArthur Park. The music video that comes with the song is claymation animation, and parodies several scenes from the movie. The song was released on his 1992 album Alapalooza.
Early Years
Georgethan was formed in 2001. Georgethan's First album, The Georgethan Soundtrack, was recorded when Josh Willis was only 12 years old. It was originally released in 2001, but Georgethan released a remastered version in 2002. The name started when Josh (Georgethan) was in fourth grade when the class was required to write a story about anything. Josh states that "i guess that the name just came out of a mix of george and jonathan, and it just kept evolving." His follow up album, The Georgethan Soundtrack Volume 2 had a positive rating by many listeners. Shorty after the release Georgethan was back in the studio for a 3rd volume.
Mainstream Success
Apples to Apples, which is to be released on 23 October 2007, strayed from the usual Georgethan genre, and abandoned the recognizable singing of Georgethan. Although he does still sing in the usual Georgethan voice at times, his new approach, an M. Shadows imitation, he says it will always change. He says he has been working on screaming, but will not use that style as main vocals, because it is abnoxious. "my voice is always going to sound different, thats just the Georgethan voice. As far as screaming, yes, i am learning how, however i will never use it as main vocals, it is rediculous," says Josh. in Critical Acclaim, he screams in the intro as backup vocals, and there are many overlapped voices throught the soundtrack.
Recent Events
In 2006, Georgethan completed a worldwide tour, including the U.S., Europe, and eastern Asia. After cancelling the rest of the Young Entrepreneur Tour, he announced that he was planning his 3rd studio album, Apples to Apples, scheduled for October 23, 2007. Georgethan stated that there will never be a Young Entrepreneur Part 2, or Georgethan Soundtrack Part 2, but he says it will attract fans of both original albums while still being a surprise.
"Critical Acclaim", along with the announcement that it would be released via Limewire as the first single on September. The song was also put up in full to be streamed on his MySpace, as well. The music video for the first single off the new album, "Almost Easy", was added to thewas added to the Kerrang TV playlist in the UK on the 16 October.
To "tide fans over" until the release of the new album, Apples to Apples, released his first DVD, All Excess, on 12 September 2007. The DVD includes a documentary and live footage dating back to 2001 along with music videos and the making of the Home Alone music video. It is a region-free DVD and is approximately 156 minutes long. Before the actual release of the DVD, there were several theatrical premiers around the United States on 11 September 2007.
Band Name and Lyrical Content
The Name "Georgethan" was invented by Josh, as stated above, it is a mix of George, and Jonathan. Josh says that the songs have absolutley no meaning whatsoever, and he just comes up with the names off the top of his head. "You know, the song "Mornin' Subble" actually came from when i was sitting there thinking about ideas for volume 3, and i saw a picture of a guy with a beard, and it just came into place, the song." he also writes about random things to not get anybody mad about anything that could happen. "I just, the music's there to entertain and maybe thought-provoking on both sides, but I don't try to, like, really shove anything down anyone's throat. There's too many bands that do that nowadays, I think. In his new song, Critical Acclaim, he took the gambit of making the lyrics somewhat political.
Band Members
----
Josh / Georgethan:
Guitars
Drums
Keyboards
Vocals
Discography
----
Studio Albums
September 12, 2001 - The Georgethan Soundtrack
July 14, 2004 - The Georgethan Soundtrack Volume 2: Young Entrepreneur
October 23, 2007 - The Georgethan Soundtrack Volume 3: Apples to Apples
Videography
2005 - Home Alone - Music Video
2006 - All Excess-DVD
2007 - Almost Easy - Music Video
Georgethan was formed in 2001. Georgethan's First album, The Georgethan Soundtrack, was recorded when Josh Willis was only 12 years old. It was originally released in 2001, but Georgethan released a remastered version in 2002. The name started when Josh (Georgethan) was in fourth grade when the class was required to write a story about anything. Josh states that "i guess that the name just came out of a mix of george and jonathan, and it just kept evolving." His follow up album, The Georgethan Soundtrack Volume 2 had a positive rating by many listeners. Shorty after the release Georgethan was back in the studio for a 3rd volume.
Mainstream Success
Apples to Apples, which is to be released on 23 October 2007, strayed from the usual Georgethan genre, and abandoned the recognizable singing of Georgethan. Although he does still sing in the usual Georgethan voice at times, his new approach, an M. Shadows imitation, he says it will always change. He says he has been working on screaming, but will not use that style as main vocals, because it is abnoxious. "my voice is always going to sound different, thats just the Georgethan voice. As far as screaming, yes, i am learning how, however i will never use it as main vocals, it is rediculous," says Josh. in Critical Acclaim, he screams in the intro as backup vocals, and there are many overlapped voices throught the soundtrack.
Recent Events
In 2006, Georgethan completed a worldwide tour, including the U.S., Europe, and eastern Asia. After cancelling the rest of the Young Entrepreneur Tour, he announced that he was planning his 3rd studio album, Apples to Apples, scheduled for October 23, 2007. Georgethan stated that there will never be a Young Entrepreneur Part 2, or Georgethan Soundtrack Part 2, but he says it will attract fans of both original albums while still being a surprise.
"Critical Acclaim", along with the announcement that it would be released via Limewire as the first single on September. The song was also put up in full to be streamed on his MySpace, as well. The music video for the first single off the new album, "Almost Easy", was added to thewas added to the Kerrang TV playlist in the UK on the 16 October.
To "tide fans over" until the release of the new album, Apples to Apples, released his first DVD, All Excess, on 12 September 2007. The DVD includes a documentary and live footage dating back to 2001 along with music videos and the making of the Home Alone music video. It is a region-free DVD and is approximately 156 minutes long. Before the actual release of the DVD, there were several theatrical premiers around the United States on 11 September 2007.
Band Name and Lyrical Content
The Name "Georgethan" was invented by Josh, as stated above, it is a mix of George, and Jonathan. Josh says that the songs have absolutley no meaning whatsoever, and he just comes up with the names off the top of his head. "You know, the song "Mornin' Subble" actually came from when i was sitting there thinking about ideas for volume 3, and i saw a picture of a guy with a beard, and it just came into place, the song." he also writes about random things to not get anybody mad about anything that could happen. "I just, the music's there to entertain and maybe thought-provoking on both sides, but I don't try to, like, really shove anything down anyone's throat. There's too many bands that do that nowadays, I think. In his new song, Critical Acclaim, he took the gambit of making the lyrics somewhat political.
Band Members
----
Josh / Georgethan:
Guitars
Drums
Keyboards
Vocals
Discography
----
Studio Albums
September 12, 2001 - The Georgethan Soundtrack
July 14, 2004 - The Georgethan Soundtrack Volume 2: Young Entrepreneur
October 23, 2007 - The Georgethan Soundtrack Volume 3: Apples to Apples
Videography
2005 - Home Alone - Music Video
2006 - All Excess-DVD
2007 - Almost Easy - Music Video
Corto Maltese is a rock and roll band formed in Austin, Texas in early 2006. The band had their American radio debut on Esquire magazine music critic
101x show the “.” "Corto Maltese. . . already gain major points for naming themselves after the of the same name about a swashbuckling sea captain. Formed just last year, this indie pop foursome are already building a buzz and are often compared to Arcade Fire." Their song "Man Alive" is featured in the upcoming Spencer Parsons/Line Langebek Knudsen film "." Though these “Austinite indie rock guitar mavens” have yet to release their full length album the band has enjoyed widespread underground/cultish acclaim, gathering thousands of fans. “Corto Maltese are generating lots of local buzz with their catchy, Arcade Fire-ish tunes.” "On the strength of their just released demo and excellent live shows, Corto Maltese have already been making waves around town. With the frenetic ruckus of the Arcade Fire and a touch of David Bowie, "Providence" is a spirited anthem that is fast becoming an early summer hit."
Reviewers have described their work as "uber-catchy indie-pop and relentless hooks. You'll be lucky if you leave without one of their new demo's songs playing in your brain's stereo on repeat,” and "sleek tightly wound hooks to die for, melodies that attach like limpets in your head space blessed with a humable factor to the power 10 and riffs ripped from the Pixies, the Loft, Green on Red, and the Eskimos - three track demo . . .each cut a peach." "Music based on merit instead of genre."
Band Members
* Ben Maddox (vocals/guitar)
* Tyler Thompson (guitar)
* Wes Turner (bass)
* Justin Roberts (guitar)
* Eric Loftis (drums)
101x show the “.” "Corto Maltese. . . already gain major points for naming themselves after the of the same name about a swashbuckling sea captain. Formed just last year, this indie pop foursome are already building a buzz and are often compared to Arcade Fire." Their song "Man Alive" is featured in the upcoming Spencer Parsons/Line Langebek Knudsen film "." Though these “Austinite indie rock guitar mavens” have yet to release their full length album the band has enjoyed widespread underground/cultish acclaim, gathering thousands of fans. “Corto Maltese are generating lots of local buzz with their catchy, Arcade Fire-ish tunes.” "On the strength of their just released demo and excellent live shows, Corto Maltese have already been making waves around town. With the frenetic ruckus of the Arcade Fire and a touch of David Bowie, "Providence" is a spirited anthem that is fast becoming an early summer hit."
Reviewers have described their work as "uber-catchy indie-pop and relentless hooks. You'll be lucky if you leave without one of their new demo's songs playing in your brain's stereo on repeat,” and "sleek tightly wound hooks to die for, melodies that attach like limpets in your head space blessed with a humable factor to the power 10 and riffs ripped from the Pixies, the Loft, Green on Red, and the Eskimos - three track demo . . .each cut a peach." "Music based on merit instead of genre."
Band Members
* Ben Maddox (vocals/guitar)
* Tyler Thompson (guitar)
* Wes Turner (bass)
* Justin Roberts (guitar)
* Eric Loftis (drums)