i love star wars. sure there are things that i don't like. there's plenty in there to irritate and aggravate. but overall i enjoy the star wars movies.
if you are particular to criticism about your beloved star wars franchise then stay away. and don't come back yelling at me. i didn't make the site. but i don't care how much you love star wars, if you don't laugh at least once on that site then you're in that realm of believing you really are luke skywalker or something and need psychiatric help.
okay. i just noticed that the language isn't pervasive, but there is some adult language here and there. so no hard feelings if a mod feels the need to move or delete this thread. sorry for any inconvenience.
Reason #31
"He can help you. He was meant to help you."
This is what Shmi Skywalker (stupid name) says about Anakin helping Qui-Gon. She makes it seem so important that Anakin is about to help a bunch of weirdos, whose plan for getting off the planet involves betting on a fancy go-kart race. Shmi could use to tone it down a bit, she's a touch too melodramatic for my taste.
"I'm for it so we can put Nuclear power plants up there, and then beam the power back to earth on a laser beam." ~ Whidden
Reason #20
R2-D2's Big Day!
The fact that all of these characters just happen to board a ship with R2-D2 is lamer than lame. The fact that R2-D2 saves the day by fixing the shield connection (Again, why do they line these damn ships with the most important components?) is lame. You know when you have to answer the question: "What was the most embarrassing thing that ever happened to you?" Well my answer is as follows.
In Star Wars: Episode I there is a scene where R2-D2 saves the day. After he saves the day Queen Amidala asks one of her lackeys to read the number off the droid. The man says "R2.. D2, your highness." Then Queen Amidala says and I quote: "Padme, clean this droid up. It deserved our gratitude." I have never been so embarrassed in all my life.
It's true. I gasped in horror as this scene unfolded before my very eyes. I remember slouching down in my seat in the theater, my face must have been glowing red. The words of Joseph Conrad ringing in my head. The horror. The horror.
There are many flaws with the scene. Firstly, if this had been any other droid they wouldn't have had a gay ass little award ceremony for it. Secondly, the Queen's decoy is having Padme (actually Queen Amidala in this very scene) scrub down the droid. Thirdly, we saw earlier in the movie that droids receive very poor treatment from humans. Earlier, on the Viceroy's ship, Qui-Gon and Obi-Wan don't even look at a droid that has served them drinks let alone thank the droid. Just because the droid's intelligence is artificial is no reason to treat it so poorly.
The movie could have benefited so much from leaving out this scene and my most embarrassing moment could revert to the time the high school football team took off my pants and gave be a spanking in the school cafeteria.
gaboman: don't blame me. i was seduced by the dark side. but there is still good in me. but before i come back to the light side...
wait til you get to the original trilogy (i know, i know. blasphemy!!!) this one is about the empire strikes back.
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Nitpick #4
Emperor and Vader Dialogue
The dialogue has changed. For the better? C'mon, you know better than that. Here is the new dialogue:
DARTH VADER: What is thy bidding my master?
EMPEROR PALPATINE: There is a great disturbance in the force
DARTH VADER:I have felt it.
EMPEROR PALPATINE:We have a new enemy, the young rebel who destroyed the death star. I have no doubt this boy is the offspring of Anakin Skywalker.
DARTH VADER:How is that possible?
EMPEROR PALPATINE:Search your feelings, Lord Vader, you will know it to be true. He could destroy us.
DARTH VADER:He's just a boy. Obi-Wan can no longer help him.
EMPEROR PALPATINE:The Force is strong with him. The son of Skywalker must not become a Jedi.
DARTH VADER:If he could be turned, he could become a powerful ally.
EMPEROR PALPATINE:Yes, he would be a great asset. Can it be done?
DARTH VADER:He will join us or die master.
"How is that possible?" How is that possible? We are told in the opening scroll and throughout the entire movie that it is a relentless pursuit of Luke Skywalker that is driving Vader. Vader even says: "That is the system. And I'm sure Skywalker is with them." If he doesn't think that Luke is his son then who does he think Luke is? Does Vader remember his original name? Is he just really dumb? Why would he be in pursuit of Luke Skywalker if he thought that the surname they share was just a funny coincidence?
I know if I found out about someone named Chefelf, Jr. who was approximately 20-25 years younger than me it may occur to me that he is my son, even if I didn't have any children that I knew about.
the guy complains a lot. but you can sense the love. i bet he even has a stuffed jar-jar.
hey whidden. if you turn me pink i'll go to the flamer's ward and talk about all my posts you've deleted. and then i'll report you to mr. rucker!
Going through six 2-hr+ movies to find holes in the plot must be TREMENDOUSLY exhausting. But that to me is where the obvious love comes from. No one would do that if they weren't seriously trying to keep themselves from taking the series as reality, like some form of god-like documentary or something to have faith in... He's just trying to keep sane...
The final scene of Episode III has long been known to fans as the scene where Anakin puts on the Darth Vader mask for the first time. This sounds like it could potentially be an amazing and powerful scene to conclude this prequel trilogy. Unfortunately it's going to be handled by the one man who could possibly ruin something that conceptually great... George Lucas.
It's funny, cause after seeing Episode III, it ended up being true... Vader's "nooooooo" was just lame
"I'm for it so we can put Nuclear power plants up there, and then beam the power back to earth on a laser beam." ~ Whidden
i agree gaboman. that was pretty bad. after the emperor told vader padme died it would have been really stone cold if vader had said "good". because the path he was going led him to believe that not only had padme betrayed him and brought obi-wan to kill him, but there was a subtext of anakin thinking there was something going on between them as well. this led vader to force choke padme. after he was left for dead by obi-wan, it would have been more appropriate for vader to be glad she was dead. imo.
Hm, that would have been alright too, but it wasn't the anger that was weird, it was just the whole... theatrical aspect of him yelling "NOOOO" at the sky... But perhaps Lucas couldn't think of a better way to show Vader submitting himself to the darkside....
"I'm for it so we can put Nuclear power plants up there, and then beam the power back to earth on a laser beam." ~ Whidden
I like the nitpic of episode IV about Chewbacca not getting a medal. Wondering what Chewbacca's thinking as he's triumphantly walking with Luke and Han, and seeing Leia only has 2 medals. Poor fellow.
"I'm for it so we can put Nuclear power plants up there, and then beam the power back to earth on a laser beam." ~ Whidden
hehehe me either, actually. I always thought Arrtoo got one though. May have been my imagination.
He also had one about Padme shunning Yoda in episode II, after he says how great it was to see her again, she just kind of walks past him. Poor Yoda, just 'cause he's so short, no one respects him.
"I'm for it so we can put Nuclear power plants up there, and then beam the power back to earth on a laser beam." ~ Whidden
06-02-2005 07:58 PM
that one about the robot soldiers having ranks is hilarious 
but before i come back to the light side...
and then i'll report you to mr. rucker!
