As I said in some other thread. Hayden's portrayal of Anakin was perfect according to how Lucas wrote him.

Not that that's any saving grace.

The second thing I hate about PT is droid army and clone troopers. I really hate those two aspects. The droid opponents make the whole thing even more soulless. The same thing applies for clone troopers. The clones are just boring and lack diversity. The galactic population was mostly uninvolved in the conflict. It makes the whole conflict completely dull.

When I heard Obi-Wan talking about Clone Wars in ANH I imagined it was a casual and interesting conflict that got a name after some sort of cloning incident. I was of course disappointed when I saw PT...

The droids would have been fine if they had been competent, cold-blooded killing machines. Same with the clones, had they not been played by CG cartoons sharing the same Maori guy's head.

errgghhhh!

This has freaked me out...

I realised Lucas was referencing Leni Riefenstahl in TPM but I've never noticed this before. I can't unsee it.

la la la la la la la la la

SilverWook said:

If it makes you feel any better, tv coverage of the Olympics have been using the camera techniques she pioneered in Berlin 1936 for decades now.

Yes any Olympic coverage or US election campaigning is textbook Riefenstahl. This a very interesting 3hr documentary about her:

Objectively, one of the 2 or 3 most talented film directors of all time. But she allowed that talent to be used for evil.  Using her camera to make a pathetic little man look like a conquering emperor.

I'm just going to come right out and say it: the Nazis had awesome aesthetics (it's their ethics that were the problem).

DuracellEnergizer said:

I'm just going to come right out and say it: the Nazis had awesome aesthetics (it's their ethics that were the problem).

Well to be honest, they certainly had the best looking uniforms in that era.

SilverWook said:

More fans seem to dress as Imperials rather than Rebels for some reason. Is it because the bad guys have cooler outfits?

The imps in Star Wars have better looking uniforms, ships and vehicles. Not to mention Sith looks intimidating, badass and cool. While Jedi look boring and ridiculous, like some monks. Just who would want to be a monk? :)

Trekkie313 said:

I just watched SW on VHS, it moves along much faster than I remembered. 

Carrie Fisher had some lousy lines...

Are you sure you weren't watching it on FFWD?

timdiggerm said:

The design history of the Star Wars logo

SilverWook said:

Is your new avatar Nimoy in top hat and dark glasses?

Trekkie313 said:

I just watched SW on VHS, it moves along much faster than I remembered. 

Carrie Fisher had some lousy lines...

Did it have PAL speedup? lol

I always wonder if movies I own on Blu-Ray now, are 4% more boring than when I watched them as a kid?

ANH for example is about 10 minutes longer now than when I used to watch it! :-(

I was reading that Lucas (With permission) almost 100% copied the probe droid design for ESB from a droid Jean Giraud Moebius drew for his 1976 comic 'The Long Tomorrow'. His work isn't that easy or cheap to come buy, I've got some books like 'The Incal' but not that one.

Does any body have it or a link to a scan of the relevant robot. I would love to see how it compares (btw the image below ain't it).

Some other Moebius art like or about SW...

                          ^ Mos Espa Pit (Click to see Hi-Res)

none said:

Ryan McAvoy wrote: Does any body have it or a link to a scan of *edit* the probe droid design for ESB from a droid Jean Giraud Moebius drew for his 1976 comic 'The Long Tomorrow'.

http://starwarsintimate.blogspot.com/2012_07_01_archive.html

Also has an image space ship reference from Mobius in the Droids cartoon.

Wow that was quick, thanks.

                   ^ That it?!?! (Still, it is very similar)

It's as similar as some Martian Tripod designs from War Of The Worlds covers.

The whole walking war machine concept in ESB is straight from H.G. Wells.

Even the title Star Wars is a riff on the same theme.

One of the things I hate the most from EU are Unknown Regions. It is just a dumb concept. The size and location of Unknown Regions is quite ridiculous.