The Phantom Menace 3D Release
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Looking at those deleted scenes makes me think that, unless we may get a glimpse of a cot in the background of either Luke's or Ben's cot in their homestead, I'm not sure it was wise for Lucas to ever show us a bed or a couch on the series. Man, both kinds of props really bring down the spirit of adventure that is Star Wars. (I suppose I can excuse a bed, because our Chosen couple had to have children at some point, but, still) I think Star Wars used to be a fun, fast-moving, space adventure...
What happened?
What happened?
Lucas got creaky and rusty when it came to writing. It's as simple as that. I like or love all the STAR WARS movies, but it's obvious that between the writing and filming of JEDI during 1981-83 and the making of Episode I during 1997-99 that he lost some of his touch when it came to crafting fast-moving, thrilling space tales that didn't get bogged down by their own largesse. Even with its flaws and blatant pandering to kids with the Ewoks JEDI was a smoother, more efficient film than Episodes I or II. Lucas just got rusty and had too great a belief in his ability to make the prequels like the original films.
Well, he did write Return of the Jedi together with Lawrence Kasdan. Empire Strikes Back wasn't written by him at all, which is probably why it's so good.
An entire legion of Emperor Palpatine's best troops. Getting their ass kicked by a bunch of Teddy Ruxpins with spears and clubs.
The cloners on Kamino would have thrown up out of shame at what their great Clone armies had become. Jango Fett's headless corpse must have been turning in his grave.
The cloners on Kamino would have thrown up out of shame at what their great Clone armies had become. Jango Fett's headless corpse must have been turning in his grave.
I agree. I happen to like Jedi quite a bit, but even there, something is lost. Most of the film is just people arriving at different places, with a section in the middle in which pages and pages of exposition is delivered very clunkily, and it didn't feel like the sense of real drama and scope which finished the last act of Empire was really picked up on here. in Jedi the characters feel less like they are a part of the universe as they only talk about big plot points, whereas in the other films, there is a sense that they are living in the universe and talking about things in that context. Jedi did have two big highlights for me and one is the finest space battle ever put on film, and the second is the idea that they depicted Luke pretty much crossing to the Dark Side before it was all over and before Vader realized what he had to do.
I also enjoy watching the prequels. Hey, it's still Star Wars. Consider the quick shot in the Phantom Menace where, when Anakin takes the space plane up, there is a turret shooting lasers at him that you can see in the background. Star Wars is the only universe where the screen can be crammed with such detail, and have it feel like it's all part of the whole...
I also enjoy watching the prequels. Hey, it's still Star Wars. Consider the quick shot in the Phantom Menace where, when Anakin takes the space plane up, there is a turret shooting lasers at him that you can see in the background. Star Wars is the only universe where the screen can be crammed with such detail, and have it feel like it's all part of the whole...
yeah me too. Due to the appearance of Shaw I figured Anakin didn't have have the kids until at least his early thirties, and maybe there was a long time from when Obi-Wan met him when he was in his early twenties say, to when he had the kids.
The PT and OT timeline just doesn't gel at all to me-Obi-Wan also looks much older in the OT than he should be, as do Owen and Beru Lars. Oh well.
It is a myth that Lucas had nothing to do with the ESB script. He did it along with Kasdan, Leigh Brackett is credited but her draft wasn't used. Also Kasdan is not the perfect writer. Do people forget that the man wrote/produced/directed Dreamcatcher?
Kasdan and Harrison Ford also wanted to kill off Han Solo at the end of ROTJ, which would have been a huge mistake. Lucas was the only reason why Han made it out alive at the end of the OT.
Owen and Beru I always chalked up to spending twenty more years living in the desert and the stresses of raising Luke as a child and teenager.
Once you factor in those elements I can understand why Owen and Beru aged so badly. Trust me, I've seen somewhat similar things happen to people I know in real life. People who were in their twenties and relatively spritely when I was a kid looked like hell by the time I was a grown adult. Stress, alcohol, cigarettes, illness...they all played factors. A couple of them looked like they'd aged forty years in just half that time.
True. In any case, it's that kind of shot - the "adventurous backgrounds" that really make me love Star Wars.
Ever pay attention to the Naboo Plains Battle between the Gungans and the Droids? Some of Lucas' most ingenious CGI is used in those scenes...you can actually see Gungan warriors grappling hand-to-hand with Battle Droids, punching them in their snouts, wrestling them to the ground...it's so much fun to watch if you're not paying attention to Jar Jar's goofy-ass antics. Lucas and his team really scored big-time with the background details of this battle. Kudos to them.
Ignore the hilarious Benny Hill music and watch the background Gungans and droids.
[yt]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wguRHerd2Vw[/yt]
No way
Meanwhile the battle droids are using the Balboa method: I'm just going to let this guy keep punching me in the head until he gets tired of punching me in the head.
Also known in that part of the galaxy as the "Rope-A-Swamp" method.
That was the funniest video I've seen all day.
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