Has anyone ever noticed that in the beginning of Star Wars when they are trying to get Leia to tell them where there base is, she has a slight british accent, then the rest of the movie it is gone.
it's not that i don't like A New Hope, or don't see why people would've have been amazed when it first came out, it's just that if ANH and ROTS were on at the same time and i had to watch one or the other, i'd have more fun watching ROTS. it's like jurassic park being one of my favorite movies ever but if it's on tv i have little interest in seeing the setup for the first hour b/c i already know it and just want to get to the fun. it was needed to make it a great movie, but i don't need to see it anymore. wow. star wars references are just so ubiquitous that it does seem hard to believe someone wouldn't know that. i mean i thought i was bad when the NT was coming out and people started mentioning boba fett and i didn't even know who they were talking about (i love the movies but it's easy to throw the names of minor characters and planet names past me). that's kind of the amazing thing about star wars, its iconic status. i mean think of how many things can be mentioned from star wars and practically anybody would get the reference. luke skywalker, darth vader, "luke, i am your father" (even though that wasn't the real line), han solo, princess leia, obiwan, chewbacca, yoda, jedi, light saber, the force, death star, jabba the hutt. everyone knows all of that stuff, even people who haven't seen it. and then there are things like the scrolling text at the beginning, the font of that text, the theme music, the imperial march. look at lord of the rings. an amazing trilogy, massive box office numbers, academy awards, by all accounts the movies were better made in terms of acting, dialogue and directing (at least imo), and yet it has almost none of the star wars mystique. try throwing aragorn into casual conversation and even if people knew what you were talking about it would probably take a second. there's just something about star wars.
I don't mean to sound all fanboy-apologisty, but he said that jokingly as a compliment to long-time publicist Sid Ganis. http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/film/news/e3i1bca43ffb402e1d76d149e407777a784 As for my order: Sith, Jedi, Empire, ANH, Clones, TPM Edit: Halfbreed beat me to it. Damn secondary sources!
They both wanted Luke and it was always a battle between the two. Vader almost turned Luke for himself in ESB but couldn't get the job done. He realized he needed the Emperor's help to turn Luke, then Vader would of tried to kill The Emperor. That's why he initially blocked Luke from striking down the Emperor. (even in ROS Vader offered for Padme to join him to overthrow the Emperor) The Emperor probably knew what Vader was thinking. He wanted Luke to kill Vader to turn to the dark side then become his new apprentice.
Vader seems much weaker than Anakin Skywalker though, Anakin was suppose to be a once in a millennium Jedi (how could he have lost that fight to his master?) Luke was a total wuss compared to the old Jedis.
Vader is weaker than Anakin due to him being severely disabled vs. Obi Wan, and "more machine than man." Obi Wan was still a formidable jedi, and it could be said that Anakin hadn't hit his prime yet... think Hakeem vs. Shaq in 95. (Obi wan ulitmately uses his smarts to win, while Anakin relies on sheer power). Luke also never received the training from birth (or a young age) that all the old jedis received... that was why Yoda said "he's too old to begin the training," in ESB.
1. Vader lost because of his pride and arrogance, not skill and talent. Obi-Wan warned him not to try and attack at because he had the higher ground. Vader still didn't listen. 2. Luke didn't have nearly the training as the old Jedis, so maybe.
Yeah, I always thought that. The fighting in the prequels was way better than in the original three, but that's due mainly to technology. It's been a long while since I've seen any of the originals, so with that I'd rank them like this. Revenge of the Sith Empire Strikes Back Return of the Jedi A New Hope Attack of the Clones The Phantom Menace
Empire Strikes Back. Return of the Jedi. A New Hope. Revenge of the Sith. Attack of the Clones. Phantom Menace.
Its due to more people being proficient with lightsabers back in the day... the only people using lightsabers in the original trilogy are Vader (who is disabled), Obi Wan (who is old), and Luke (who is untrained and inexperienced). Just like nowadays, if you had to give soldiers a sword and shield, they'd get obliterated. And as Han always said, "there's nothing like a good blaster..."; that's how most of the galaxy started to think like in those 20+ years between triologies.
It applies to everything... u have a better vantage point to see your oponents upcoming moves, and you have more stability since you're not having to climb up to them. Better footing, better visibility. Hell, remember "The Rock", and the massacre in the shower room? The rebels had the higher ground in that one, and they warned the navy seals down below not to attack, or suffer the consequences.
1. The Empire Strikes Back (the only one I can watch over and over) 2. Return of the Jedi (think its almost as good as Empire cept for the teddy bears) 3. A New Hope (introduction all around but just never love the first for some reason) 4. Revenge of the Sith (good finish to the lack luster prequels) 5. Attack of the Clones (doesn't do well on repeated viewing, gets painfully long before they get to the big fights at the end) 6. The Phantom Menace (I can't sit through that movie anymore, to boring, aside from the last jedi sith fight)
Empire A New Hope Jedi Then, the 3 prequels, that were all pretty bad. I guess the 3rd one was the "least bad" of those 3, so the rest of the ranking would be : Sith Clones Phantom Menace
it was fine, except it lacked a coherent storyline, dialogue that didn't want to make you tear your ears off and ruined the possibility of a talented cast doing anything, and a bunch of slapped together action sequences that didn't really mean much in the grand scheme, as well as the "well he was just setting the stage" excuse that was used for the general crappiness of Episode I. At least Episode I brought in a decent new orginal musical score. Honestly I watched it and just kind of fumed at how bad it was. It was filler, and not even good filler, IMO.
I would think it would have been Vader and Luke because: -Vader said "join me and we can rule the universe as Father and son". No mention of the Emperor. -Isn't part of the legend of The Sith that the apprentice always kills his master, then takes his own apprentice?
It's also because sword-fighting in movies is now 10x more advanced due to the specialized instruction and stunt guys available (Matrix, Crouching Tiger, etc).
Read my post again. Both of them wanted to have Luke, and to kill off the other one. Siths always crave power for themselves.
