Right, I remembered that might be it right after I posted, and edited that in subsequently. Not as sharp on the prequels as I am on the OT. I'm keeping this nerd card!
Star Wars: Episode VII: The Nerd Rage Awakens
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The 'nooooooooo' part of that also sounded horrible.
It did. I don't know if that was Liam Neeson's voice doing that particular line but it didn't sound much like him.
I think, in Anakin's mind, recalling the sound of the raider yell helped him ignore his training for good to make the kill. His "They're animals" way of thinking makes it easier to move towards the DS.
Thank goodness we were were spared the young ones carnage scenes. The noise in his head to accomplish that directive must have sounded like a slaughterhouse.
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Along with the murder of billions of natives of Alderaan in the original film the slaughter of the Jedi younglings by Anakin (now Darth Vader) as they cowered in fear has to be one of the darkest moments in the entire franchise, at least on the big or small screens. No matter how much one likes or detests Hayden Christensen's portrayal of Anakin Skywalker he has some truly sinister and gripping moments in Episode III as he depicts a young man who will murder anybody he has to in order to protect his wife and unborn child from harm - even small children who had been his friends and allies just hours earlier.
Well, I don't blame him directly (although he did just stand by and let Tarkin do it so he was at the least complicit since he didn't raise a finger even as the Emperor's second-in-command and enforcer to stop the Grand Moff) but I know some fans do hold him just as responsible as Tarkin for the planetary genocide. For the record my earlier post wasn't saying that Anakin/Vader was responsible for it, only that the destruction of Alderaan was one of the truly dark moments of the franchise on par with or even worse than the murders of the younglings.
I'd rather have an animated series set between the two trilogies instead of these "canon" novels.
<<the destruction of Alderaan was one of the truly dark moments of the franchise on par with or even worse than the murders of the younglings. >>
How could the deaths of billions of people possibly be on par with the deaths of a couple dozen kids???
Not on par in terms of scope, but in terms of it being a dark scene.
When Alderaan blows up, we don't know any of those people, we don't see any of their deaths, and our only connection to it is through the reactions of Obi-Wan and Leia, both of whom almost immediately have to set aside their grief and go back into saving the galaxy mode.
With the Younglings, we're introduced to them in the previous film and get to enjoy their cuteness with their tiny lightsabers and oversized helmets, only to have the hero of the trilogy come by and hack them to bits when they trusted him to help save them. Then we get to contemplate the enormity of Anakin's betrayal and downfall through some slower scenes before revisiting the dead children as Yoda and Obi-Wan grieve over them.
Obviously many more children died when Alderaan was destroyed, but seeing them up close and personal at the moment prior to their deaths, and to have the hero of the story ignite his lightsaber and be the one who murders them, is some pretty dark shit.
That wasn't the chain of command when the first movie was made, though.
Yeah, to say the movie "under-plays" Leia's reaction to having her family, home, friends and everyone else on the planet wiped out would be putting it mildly.
True, the destruction of Alderaan kills billions whereas Anakin's slaughter of the younglings is a far smaller crime in terms of the death toll, but like others have said we don't actually see the victims on Leia's homeworld and the dramatic impact of the genocide is further lessened by Leia's reaction to the tragedy and Obi-Wan's brief sensation that something terrible had just happened before going right back to instructing and training Luke.
Yes, the slaughter is on par or even worse because we get to see the terrified faces of the small children moments before Anakin slices them to bits. One was much worse in-universe and for the characters, but as a viewer of the films the Jedi Temple massacre felt a whole lot more visceral and brutal. We were watching a former hero and the hope for the future become a cold-blooded murderer.
Yes, the slaughter is on par or even worse because we get to see the terrified faces of the small children moments before Anakin slices them to bits. One was much worse in-universe and for the characters, but as a viewer of the films the Jedi Temple massacre felt a whole lot more visceral and brutal. We were watching a former hero and the hope for the future become a cold-blooded murderer.
Eh. I feel like I already did this once. Maybe my kids will read them. I suppose I will if they end up being any good.
I honestly don't think it is supposed to be Liam Neeson's voice, for a couple of reasons. One, I think it was Anakin shouting "No!" at the voice, and two, Liam Neeson didn't record anything new for Episode 2. It was all old audio from Episode 1, and I don't think he ever shouted "No."
Isn't that what "Rebels" is?
I think George may have intended it to be Qui-Gon's voice and even his Force ghost that Yoda was hearing but after Liam Neeson didn't record any dialogue for the end of Episode III it left everything ambiguous and confusing until episodes of The Clone Wars cleared up those lingering issues many years later.
Spin-off movie gets a name: Star Wars: Rogue One.
He means a series between Episodes VI and VII. Rebels is between III and IV.
I wouldn't be surprised if after Rebels ends if the next animated series fills in the gap between Episodes 6 and 7.
Episode 8 is set for a May 26, 2017 release
Episode 8 is set for a May 26, 2017 release
