"Also, why were they constructing the Death Star at the end of the movie? What, did it take the Empire twenty years to build the first Death Star, when it took only them six months to build the second one? They should've had them looking at a 90% complete Star Destroyer, or something like that."
I brought that up with my friend after seeing the film and his response was "well obviously Death Star technology has greatly improved over the years."
Overall I liked the movie. It's nowhere near the same league as the original trilogy though. It's best qualities seems to be that it's not as terrible as Episode II. It's a competent movie but "not sucking" is still way below Star Wars expectations.
The Good:
- Anakin's heel turn is quite believable. In Episode II he was an out-of-character brat. In this he really comes across as Darth Vader. I really feel that the character in this film matches Vader in Return of the Jedi particularly at the end when he kills the Emperor. He's deep down a good guy with good intentions who's loyal to the Jedi order that gets corrupted by the Dark Side. His redemption in Return of Jedi is a more powerful moment because of this film (though it's ruined by the edited ending).
- I love how Anakin make a big mistake by misinterpreting a vision, just like Luke does in Empire Strikes Back. That parrallel is perfect. Both jump to conclusions and bad sh!t happens to them as a result. Both also don't accomplish what they set out to do.
- There's no dead space in the story. Everything is important to the plot and the pacing is great.
- Jame Earl Jones
The Bad:
- It still has bad acting, bad direction, bad writing, and too much computer animation.
- Padme dying of a broken heart is f*cking lame.
- There's a huge inconsistency in that in Return of the Jedi Luke asks Leia if you she remembers her real mother because he never knew his. She remembers stuff but in this film she only knows her mother as well as Luke does. That's just unacceptable and it's the biggest problem with these prequels. I, a casual Star Wars fan, should not have a better knowledge of the Star Wars continuity than George Lucas.
- There is a lot of neat stuff that was only referenced in this movie. Why the f*ck is Episode II full of sh!tty Anakin/Padme romanitic crap while the Clone Wars are related to a cartoon series (which I haven't seen)? Dooku and Grievous should be dying in Episode II. This film should have been all about Anakin's turn with all the other looses ends being tied up first. This is really a problem with the other two prequels which have too few essential plot points and a lot of fluff.
- Everything is too accelerated. Anakin turns heel and wipes out the entire Jedi order in, what, two hours or so? Again this has to do with what Lucas didn't show before and had to squeeze into this film.
What I would like to see is someone else, with TALENT, take the general storyline of these films and make their own interpretation of Star Wars Episodes I-III. I would like to see someone who can direct and write, who knows exactly what needs to happen by the end of Episode III (I imagine Lucas just made it up as he went along), and who knows what worked and what didn't with these films take a shot at it.
Here's what I would do if I made a remake:
- Less CG. I would make the film match the look of the original trilogy. Animation would be a last resort with models and puppets getting priority.
- No Jar Jar. He's a useless character and he sucks.
- Darth Maul and Count Dooku would be the same character. It makes no sense to have a really cool Sith Lord get barely introduced and then killed in Episode I when there's a perfect role for him in the other movies. Darth Maul would be the big secondary villian of all three movies (or maybe just the first two depending on how I break up Ep III) until Anakin kills him at the request of Palpatine.
- Anakin would be a teenager when he meets Obi-Wan. The pod race still happens but the events of Eps I and II are laregely bridged together. Most of Ep I is unessential so I would eliminate it. The attempt on Padme's life in Ep II and the trade dispute in Ep I would be combined. The first half has them rescuing the Queen and meeting Anakin. The second half is them investigation Jango Fett and having the big ass battle which introduces the clone army. Palpatine would already be the Chancellor.
- No Qui-Gon. Obi-Wan's character would act as both roles. Obi-Wan is useless in Ep I anyway. Obi-Wan would also have been directly trained by Yoda to be consistent with the original trilogy. Jedi are not trained a children. It's like a priesthood. You join as an adult and get trained one-on-one. There's no issue with Anaking being trained. He wants to be a Jedi so Obi-Wan teaches him.
- No midiclorians. Being a great Jedi requires dedication not good genetics. No prophecy either since it really makes no sense and Anakin being concieved by the Force is stupid. I probably wouldn't have his mother either since saving his girl seems like a good enough incentive to turn to the Dark Side. Since Anakin's mom is out of the picture Owen Lars is Obi-Wan's brother (he'll change his name from Kenobi to hide from the Empire when he has Luke). He'll help them out on Tatooine in Ep I and then get Luke in the end of Ep III.
- Episode II is largely based around Obi-Wan training Anakin and the Clone Wars. Anakin and Padme fall in love in a less obvious and irritating way.
- Episode III is largely the same though it won't be as accelerated. The rescue of the Chancellor will likely occur at the end of Ep II.
- No damn inconsistencies.
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