Spoilers The Controversial Star Wars Opinion Thread

[Reverend]

Saw something today that might make sense....

I love ROTS and it really gets better with age. But I still can't forgive them for letting Padme die of a broken heart while is medically fine.
Someone pointed out that earlier in the movie Palpatine talks about the unnatural abilities of the Force. And that perhaps, realizing that Padme was the only thing still connecting Anakin to the Light, he used the Force to kill her/drain her life force/whatever you want to call it, in order for there to be nothing left for Anakin and committing him to becoming Vader.

It might be a reach, but as far as head-cannon goes, it works for me.

It's not much of a reach when you pay attention to the sound design in the death scene and notice that Padme's heart weakens as Anakin strengthens, and Padme's stops just after Vader takes his first breath.
Also; how else could Palpatine be so sure she's even dead? She was already gone and still alive by the time he got to Mustafaar.

Honestly I'm just a little curious as to the official story of how her body even got to Naboo. Maybe the claim is that the droids took her home? Or they called Bail to come get her? Or Obi-Wan dropper her off then promptly disappeared?

 

[Mage]

It's not much of a reach when you pay attention to the sound design in the death scene and notice that Padme's heart weakens as Anakin strengthens, and Padme's stops just after Vader takes his first breath.
Also; how else could Palpatine be so sure she's even dead? She was already gone and still alive by the time he got to Mustafaar.

Honestly I'm just a little curious as to the official story of how her body even got to Naboo. Maybe the claim is that the droids took her home? Or they called Bail to come get her? Or Obi-Wan dropper her off then promptly disappeared?

I'm not really sure actually. Maybe someone who's read the novel will know?

 

[Mage]

Derp.... English is not my native language, so sometimes I'll slip up.

 

[Finn]

That looks more like a weird version of a TOS-era nacelle.

 

[Mage]

That looks more like a weird version of a TOS-era nacelle.

Nacelle?? I thought those WERE cannons!!

 

[Set Harth]

I'm not really sure actually. Maybe someone who's read the novel will know?

It just has Yoda say "To Naboo, send her body".

Or they called Bail to come get her?

Bail was already there!

 

[cooleddie74]

That looks more like a weird version of a TOS-era nacelle.

Like the 2147-era Warp 4 nacelle of the Franklin.

 

[Set Harth]

That's an unsettling level of specificity!

 

[cooleddie74]

I am nothing if not unsettling.

 

[The Nth Doctor]

I am nothing if not unsettling.

Can confirm.

 

[Xerxes82]

Saw something today that might make sense....

I love ROTS and it really gets better with age. But I still can't forgive them for letting Padme die of a broken heart while is medically fine.
Someone pointed out that earlier in the movie Palpatine talks about the unnatural abilities of the Force. And that perhaps, realizing that Padme was the only thing still connecting Anakin to the Light, he used the Force to kill her/drain her life force/whatever you want to call it, in order for there to be nothing left for Anakin and committing him to becoming Vader.

It might be a reach, but as far as head-cannon goes, it works for me.

I'm a proponent of the drained life force theory. But I personally prefer it as Anakin accidentally draining her in order to save himself. As he lay mortally wounded, he reached out through the Force for the only meaningful connection he still had (what with Obi-wan now a traitorous bastard and all). And then the mechanical monstrosity of Darth Vader is born from feeding on the one thing Anakin could have loved.

The irony of Anakin turning to evil using saving Padme as an excuse only for the end result to be his own murder of her is just too delicious to pass up.

 

[Mage]

I'm a proponent of the drained life force theory. But I personally prefer it as Anakin accidentally draining her in order to save himself. As he lay mortally wounded, he reached out through the Force for the only meaningful connection he still had (what with Obi-wan now a traitorous bastard and all). And then the mechanical monstrosity of Darth Vader is born from feeding on the one thing Anakin could have loved.

The irony of Anakin turning to evil using saving Padme as an excuse only for the end result to be his own murder of her is just too delicious to pass up.

I could accept that as well.

 

[cooleddie74]

 

[fireproof78]

It's like poetry; it rhymes.

 

[cooleddie74]

George has his storytelling flaws but when he gets something right, he nails it.

 

[Set Harth]

It reminds me of a youtube video from years ago where Vader is flashing back to the prequel events while Luke is being electrified.

 

[kirk55555]

The fight between Anakin/Mace is an example of Lucas' whole "rhyming" thing not being too bad, but the new versions of RotJ having Vader scream "NOOOOO" while tossing Palpatine ruins that whole scene for me. Seriously, I have never been an "original cut" person, I actually think that the first Special Edition of the OT is superior to the original cuts outside of the Jabba scene in Episode IV, but I just can not deal with that RotJ scene going from Vader silently looking on before deciding to save Luke to Lucas making him scream like a moron just because he did it at the end of RotS.

 

[fireproof78]

Having seen ROTJ in the theater recently I was surprised that the No wasn't so jarring.

Now, Hayden as Force Ghost Anakin definitely stands out. But, as with most Special Edition changes it's case by case for me.

 

[Set Harth]

It's not just jarring, it's jar jarring.

 

[cooleddie74]

Meesa done seein' what yousa diddee dere.