The Phantom Menace 3D Release

[cooleddie74]

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Well put. In the end they belong to George Lucas, and he could turn them into softcore porno or black-and-white silent movies if he so chose. I just decided quite a few years ago to try to enjoy the Saga on its own merits, and whether the film be strong or weak to get the most I can out of it.

 

[Set Harth]

Check this **** out

 

[cooleddie74]

If there was ever a sci-fi/fantasy mother disappointed in her offspring, it had to have been Shmi Skywalker.

 

[Dick Whitman]

Check this **** out

I am assuming Joe Corroney did this. It looks like his style. I am a huge fan of his. I bought a piece of orginal art from him.

 

[Skywalker]

Check this **** out

"Son, I am disappoint."

 

[od0_ital]

Is there a reason why Shmi would be a force ghost?

 

[cooleddie74]

Oh, I'm sure it's just for visual effect. To make an emotional statement. In the SW universe someone like Shmi never learned how to make her life-consciousness survive physical death and become one with the Force.

Still, it's a terrific and moving piece of artwork, isn't it? I like it a lot.

 

[od0_ital]

... Still, it's a terrific and moving piece of artwork, isn't it?

Not really...but that may just be me. I'm all jaded & hateful, ya know...

 

[cooleddie74]

Not really...but that may just be me. I'm all jaded & hateful, ya know...

You're an old softie at heart, and the rest of us know it.

Anyways, I've decided I'm going to rewatch Episode I on DVD or BluRay this weekend. Seeing the film in 3-D on a huge screen really deepened my appreciation for the movie, as flawed as it is. The experience won't be the same on a 32" HDTV and without 3-D glasses but I have a jones to see the film again. Sometimes---every once in a while---I get on a major TREK or SW kick and have to satiate it with a living room marathon.

 

[Mach5]

Sometimes---every once in a while---I get on a major TREK or SW kick and have to satiate it with a living room marathon.

I used to be like that. Mandatory Star Wars OT rewatch in may (prequels optional), LOTR & SW marathon around Christmas. I might go back to doing that.

 

[DWF]

If there was ever a sci-fi/fantasy mother disappointed in her offspring, it had to have been Shmi Skywalker.

Anakin died saying her grandson so I don't think she'd be all that disappointed in him.

 

[Photoman15]

Is there a reason why Shmi would be a force ghost?

She's not. She's the Madonna holding her Savior Son after he "died". Famous painting/sculpture....
He will rise again...

 

[Set Harth]

I am assuming Joe Corroney did this.

Yes.

 

[Dick Whitman]

I am assuming Joe Corroney did this.

Yes.

Was it made for something printed?

 

[cooleddie74]

If there was ever a sci-fi/fantasy mother disappointed in her offspring, it had to have been Shmi Skywalker.

Anakin died saying her grandson so I don't think she'd be all that disappointed in him.

Well, yes...in the long run. But in the short term and for a majority of his mortal life, though, Anakin would have been a cybernetic monster.

 

[I Grok Spock]

Is there a reason why Shmi would be a force ghost?

She's not. She's the Madonna holding her Savior Son after he "died". Famous painting/sculpture....
He will rise again...

The Shmietà.

 

[sonak]

If there was ever a sci-fi/fantasy mother disappointed in her offspring, it had to have been Shmi Skywalker.

Anakin died saying her grandson so I don't think she'd be all that disappointed in him.

um, huh? He was a mass murderer who served an oppressive dictator, killed his wife, and betrayed most of his friends. Looking at Anakin's life overall, you think the first thing she'd say upon meeting him as a force ghost would be "nice job saving my grandson?"

 

[Set Harth]

killed his wife

He didn't kill his wife ( other than in an indirect sense ).

 

[cooleddie74]

In the end he redeemed himself, but only after roughly 25 years as one of the greatest villains in galactic history. He just stood by and watched while billions perished on Alderaan, played an integral part in the slaughter and enslavement of the Wookiees and committed other crimes both direct and indirect. Shmi was a mother like any other so she would have still loved her son, but she would have felt heartbroken and betrayed by what he became in the second half of his life.

 

[TremblingBluStar]

Well, yes...in the long run. But in the short term and for a majority of his mortal life, though, Anakin would have been a cybernetic monster.

And before that he was a whiny, disloyal emo brat who whined about everything and stalked women.