A war involving the Republic/Jedi fighting against evil clones - who all dress like snowtroopers, only with open-faced helmets - and Mandalorians.

DuracellEnergizer said:

A war involving the Republic/Jedi fighting against evil clones -

Me too - I'm guessing a lot of people thought this.

I thought of Alec Guinness fighting alongside a bunch of clones.

TV's Frink said:

DuracellEnergizer said:

A war involving the Republic/Jedi fighting against evil clones -

Me too - I'm guessing a lot of people thought this.

Yep. And possibly some "Are you the real Obi-Wan?" type of situation At some point. And, honestly, I was never very intrigued about it.

Quackula said:

I certainly didn't imagine "clones vs droids", with the clones being the good guys.

Yeah, I think GL thought he was being clever by turning what we all assumed would be the bad guys into the good guys... then into bad guys again. Didn't work very well as I just can't invest any emotional connection or even interest into disposable, replaceable people.

I was only 15 back in 1977, so I didn't give it a great deal of thought.  I imagined it as the Jedi against a bunch of evil, cloned people.  As I've mentioned before, I was deep into The Star Wars story and didn't really care about what came before.  Occasionally pondered it, but not to the point of piecing together some sort of past for any characters or events.

Anchorhead said:

I was only 15 back in 1977, so I didn't give it a great deal of thought.

First "Make Frink feel young" post in a long time.

;-)

Anchorhead said:

I didn't give it a great deal of thought.

Me neither. Although I loved a reference to an in-universe historic event. Little things like that make us even more involved with that movie's universe.

TV's Frink said:

Anchorhead said:

I was only 15 back in 1977, so I didn't give it a great deal of thought.

First "Make Frink feel young" post in a long time.

;-)

I'm here to serve.  ;-)

Alexrd said:

Anchorhead said:

I didn't give it a great deal of thought.

Me neither. Although I loved a reference to an in-universe historic event. Little things like that make us even more involved with that movie's universe.

I agree.  The mention of some history between the characters, a reason why the princess has come looking for this guy, a reason why she's trying to get the robot to him gives the story depth, even if we don't know what she's talking about.  In fact, to me, that unknown part of the story helps create tension, it engages us in the story.  It did for me, anyway.

I think unknowns are something George has never understood the value of.  Star Wars77 is full of mysterious pasts and unknowns.  They help give the movie some depth and darkness.

It didn't take him long to abandon that mystery & depth and commence with over-explaining every possible detail, no matter how unnecessary.  That's what caused me to jump ship 30 years ago.  It wasn't magical anymore. 

Anchorhead said:

Alexrd said:

Anchorhead said:

I didn't give it a great deal of thought.

Me neither. Although I loved a reference to an in-universe historic event. Little things like that make us even more involved with that movie's universe.

I agree.  The mention of some history between the characters, a reason why the princess has come looking for this guy, a reason why she's trying to get the robot to him gives the story depth, even if we don't know what she's talking about.  In fact, to me, that unknown part of the story helps create tension, it engages us in the story.  It did for me, anyway.

Couldn't have said it better myself. But I understand your point regarding the mystery and the unknown being lost with the rest of the episodes (both sequels and prequels).

Personally, I didn't mind loosing part of the mystery and get more scope/depth to both the characters and the universe itself. Once again, I understand your position.

I thought that "The Clone Wars" was the "damned-fool idealistic crusade" that Obi-Wan was talking of.

• It was "damned-fool". Considered pointless.
• It was "idealistic". To spread the rule of law, peace and prosperity outside the pre-Empire.
• It was a "crusade". A fight against non-believers. There was a strong enemy that did not share their ideology or religion.

I thought it was clones vs clones.

Obi-Wan's old name sounded so much like (as in Artoo) a phonetic transcription of a registry code, that maybe OB1 was a clone too.

I thought could have resulted in the official outlawing of clone technology to mass produce slaves and armies resulting in droids taking their place (like the Butlerian Jihad in reverse)

I never heard that line right as a kid. I didn't know what a "clone" was at that age. I thought it was the "Cologne" wars.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cologne

I enjoy that you provided a link.

Well I had to differentiate it from the perfume. Because the "Eau de Cologne" Wars would just be silly.

see you auntie said:

"Eau de Cologne" Wars

I must find a use for this.