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#939498
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The Unofficial Complete REVISITED SAGA Ideas and Random Discussion Thread
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Smithers said:

They never actually act like friends. Instead Anakin goes on about saving Obi-Wan and Obi-Wan denies it. They have the absolute worst on-screen chemistry of all time. ANH at least makes it seem like Vader and Obi-Wan really were good friends but the PT fails at actually showing it.

If you watch The Clone Wars animated series, you will see that they actually were good friends.

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#939471
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Startale: A New Star Wars Fanedit Concept
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This is an idea for an experimental fanedit that, rather than making it better, is a different take on Star Wars. I was inspired by The Man Behind the Mask’s The War of the Stars. The idea of this fanedit is to make Star Wars into something an average Tumblr user would obsess over.

Here are some of the changes I have in mind:
Luke is a trans girl and Leia is his (her?) future self rather than his sister.
Vader is not Luke’s father, rather he and Darth Maul are the same person.
Droids are non-binary, all their voices will be replaced by beeps with subtitles to make their gender more ambiguous.
All of John Williams’ score will be replaced by music from Undertale.

You can watch a concept for the opening scene here.

Do you think I should go through with making this?

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#937292
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If you had to keep one Special Edition change…?
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CHEWBAKAspelledwrong said:

Windows7Guy100 said:

IsanRido said:

It could be considered, though, the beginning of the revisionist saga that culminated in Lucas stating Star Wars was the tragedy of Darth Vader.

What is Star Wars, then?

Oh, I don’t know, maybe classic story of good versus evil following protagonists Luke, Leia and Han.
If you think the OT is about Darth Vader, you’re smoking something.

Sorry, I’m autistic and I needed someone to say exactly what it was.

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#936618
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What is wrong with... <strong>Attack of the Clones</strong>? - a general discussion thread
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Frank your Majesty said:

Scott109 said:

Bingowings said:

Scott109 said:

Is the romance between Anakin and Padmé really that unrealistic? I think it is a psychologically accurate portrayal of a woman falling in love with a man suffering from Bipolar Disorder, an occurrence which happens much more frequently than you would imagine.

What?

It was pretty obvious that Anakin suffered from Manic Depressive Disorder or Bipolar Disorder.

These are common symptoms of Bipolar Disorder:

  • Delusions of grandeur (“I will be the greatest Jedi ever. I will even learn how to stop people from dying”)

  • Either sleeping excessively or experiencing insomnia (Anakin wakes up early because he cannot sleep)

  • Extreme restlessness and extreme depression (Anakin is constantly active, has intense bursts of energy, throws things, weeps bitterly, and massacres the Tusken Raiders when his mother dies)

  • Rapid and unprovoked mood swings (Anakin’s mood is always unpredictable)

  • Hallucinations or visions (Anakin sees hallucinatory visions of his mother)

  • An inability to concentrate (Obi-Wan always tells Anakin to concentrate)

The problem is not that Anakin isn’t realistically portrayed as a jerk, it’s that he acts like a jerk at all. He’s supposed to be one of the main characters, in the OT he was described as a great man and a good friend, we should be relating to him and care for him, not cringe at his creepy attempts to seduce Padme, even if this creepiness was intended.
The same can be said of all in-universe explanations of the PT’s faults. Sure, Palpatine can use the dark side to make the Jedi order stupid, but does it make for a good movie if the protagonists are a bunch of idiots?
These inconsistencies between how Obi Wan describes the Jedi and Anakin in Star Wars vs. how they are portrayed in the PT transforms him from a wise wizard to a senile old man, when his character was already weakend by making him a liar (from a certain point of view) in Empire.

If you watch the Clone Wars animated series, you will see that Anakin really wasn’t a jerk at all, and really was how he was described in the OT.

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#936615
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What is wrong with... <strong>Attack of the Clones</strong>? - a general discussion thread
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TV’s Frink said:

Bingowings said:

The acting and direction and writing of the love story has nothing to do with depictions of mental health conditions and everything to do with George’s actual arrested emotional and artistic development.
He thinks like an 11 year old (and sometimes this is his strength) Only really gifted actors and directors can get those thoughts to feel like something real people might do.

My wife and I have long suspected George has Asperger’s. This is not an insult (those who know me understand why) but an observation on both his strengths and weaknesses.

I thought about that too.

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#934188
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Discussion: The worst Star Wars thing ever made?
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Lord Haseo said:

Windows7Guy100 said:

darklordoftech said:

imperialscum said:

This by far. The “Shaw was NEVER Anakin” revisionism really gets on my nerves. Hayden takes me out of what’s supposed to be the happy ending of everything.

He’s still the dying Anakin.

No

this is the dying Anakin.

That’s what I meant, Shaw is still the dying Anakin.

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#934183
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Idea: Jar Jar as the Han Solo of the Prequel trilogy
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With people dubbing over Jar Jar in their fan edits to make him a better character, here’s an idea, why not make him a grounded realist, the Han Solo of the prequel trilogy, basically the polar opposite of what he is in the actual version. I thought of this while reading this article, specifically the part about the PT needing a Han Solo.

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#930673
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Info Wanted: Has anyone done a 'Turkish Star Wars' Remastered project?
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There’s a bad Turkish film called The Man Who Saved The World, also known as Turkish Star Wars, that is notorious for using footage from Star Wars and other films in it. It has gained a so bad that it’s good cult following and is a must see for bad movie lovers. Alas, the film is in poor quality. Would anybody be interested in remastering it using footage from newer releases of Star Wars and the other movies that it rips off?