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moviefreakedmind said:

I personally would say that the droid assembly line sequence in AOTC is the worst sequence ever to appear on screen in a Star Wars film. It’s long, bland, inconsequential, and ultimately completely forgettable. Do you agree? What would you say is the worst? The Ewok movies don’t count, the Clone Wars animated movie or TV shows don’t count, the Holiday Special doesn’t count, and Rebels doesn’t count. We’re only counting the live action films: episodes I-VIII and R1.

I’d also throw the whole colosseum sequence in as a runner-up

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Oh no! Ki-Adi-Mundi! What will I do without him in my life?

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Star Wars - The Tosche Station scenes.
The Empire Strike Back - The Wampa’s attack on the base.
Return of the Jedi - The endless sequence of Han attempting to open a door.
Phantom Menace - Of the third act I’d say Amidala storming the palace.
Attack of the Clones - The Arena scene as soon as Yoda and the clones land.
Revenge of the Sith - The duel with General Grievous.
The Force Awakens - Most of the third act’s wandering in the base.
Rogue One - Vader’s assault on the Tantive IV.
The Last Jedi - The battle at the salt planet.

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Star Wars - The Tosche Station scenes.

Just a casual remind that I’m working on a frame-by-frame restoration of Luke and Biggs’s conversation.

Rogue One - Vader’s assault on the Tantive IV.

Um, what? That’s the most universally beloved scene in the movie. If you disliked it for being fanservice, you’re gonna hate Solo.

JEDIT: Punctuation

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Anakin Starkiller said:

Star Wars - The Tosche Station scenes.

Just a casual remind that I’m working on a frame-by-frame restoration of Luke and Biggs’s conversation.

Rogue One - Vader’s assault on the Tantive IV.

Um, what? That’s the most universally beloved scene in the movie? If you disliked it for being fanservice, you’re gonna hate Solo.

Methinks we have a rebel spy in our midst.

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Anakin Starkiller said:

Rogue One - Vader’s assault on the Tantive IV.

Um, what? That’s the most universally beloved scene in the movie? If you disliked it for being fanservice, you’re gonna hate Solo.

Is it? Well, at least I now know that my friends aren’t so crazy after all for loving that scene so much.
I think it’s dreadful. Vader had nothing to do with the movie up to that point, (save from another fanservicy scene halfway through that probably only exists to set up the later sequence) so why is the last couple of minutes dedicated to him? Stuff like that contributes to Rogue One not even feeling like a proper movie at all.
My memory’s not too good so I can’t recall exactly how the thing went down, but at the time I thought the way he mowed through a bunch of goodies with his lightsaber and epic force powers like he’s the player character in The Forced Unleashed was actually pretty goofy and uncharacteristic of how Darth normally conducts himself. Vader doesn’t strike me as the type to do any dirty work himself, he’s well behind the stormtroopers when he first makes his appearance in the first movie and taking out his lightsaber to duel Obi-Wan seemed like a pretty big deal. Guess not though, apparently he sparks that thing up to take down petty troops all the time. The scene didn’t even please the fanboy in me, so I don’t know what this apparent hype around it is all about.

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Anakin Starkiller said:

Star Wars - The Tosche Station scenes.

Just a casual remind that I’m working on a frame-by-frame restoration of Luke and Biggs’s conversation.

Rogue One - Vader’s assault on the Tantive IV.

Um, what? That’s the most universally beloved scene in the movie? If you disliked it for being fanservice, you’re gonna hate Solo.

I have nothing against fan service, I’m an anime fan after all. I disliked it because for a multitude of reasons:
-It presents an excessively agile Vader that fails to match his mannerisms in the original trilogy.
-Portrays Vader as a one man army that takes an entire squad by his own unharmed. This begs the question as to why they bother sending storm troopers in the first place.
-There’s an inherently artificial feel to the scene. Comparing it to scenes in similar locations in Star Wars it’s baffling how something made on a larger budget several decades later could look so much worse.
-It’s illogical, Vader could simply snatch away the plans (they’re right there!) with his powers.

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joefavs said:

C-3PO spouting hacky zingers in the droid factory and subsequent battle in AOTC. Nothing else even comes close.

I haven’t sen the PT in over a decade, but I’d say this is the obvious winning answer.
I love 3PO, which makes it even worse. Every single line he says once they get to the factory is just terrible.

It’s no longer as horrific as some of the useless movement in the prequels or Rogue One, however I’d positioned the Endor protect generator stuff in a listing of worst sequences in all of celebrity Wars. It’s genuinely the maximum unwatchable a part of the OT (OOT this is).

I’ve read this post three time trying to make some sense out of it.
I have very little idea what you’re trying to say, but the robot-head-swap is indeed the worst of Star Wars.

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IsanRido said:

-It presents an excessively agile Vader that fails to match his mannerisms in the original trilogy.
-Portrays Vader as a one man army that takes an entire squad by his own unharmed. This begs the question as to why they bother sending storm troopers in the first place.
-There’s an inherently artificial feel to the scene. Comparing it to scenes in similar locations in Star Wars it’s baffling how something made on a larger budget several decades later could look so much worse.
-It’s illogical, Vader could simply snatch away the plans (they’re right there!) with his powers.

Add to this the jarring tonal shift between the sacrifice of heroes and the badassery of villains… good work idiots, too bad evil is so coooool.

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Does Vader actually know that the doomed rebel is holding the plans in his hand? From his POV the rebel is trying to get the jammed door open. Unless Sith lords can read minds now?

He didn’t seem more or less agile than in ESB. It’s not like he was doing ROTS level acrobatics in R1.

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I don’t know about reading minds, but he certainly he certainly can interpret feelings well enough to know Leia is Luke’s sister, to sense fear, hatred, etc. It’s not so much of a stretch to believe he might have sensed whatever that rebel was holding in his hands was of great importance. Adding to that, the man frantically shouting “Take it!” before his demise, and the lenghts they went to protect that object might have been clue enough for him that he needed that tape.

As for his agility, he certainly isn’t doing backflips or the many nonesensical movements done in the prequels, but he is much slower in Empire. His ability to deflect blaster fire is present there, but he’s fighting one person (which he was expecting to appear), not an entire rebel batallion. I’d assume if he was able to fend of those troops he’d do it with greater difficulty, or in an entirely different manner.

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If you don’t like it then show us how you would do it better. Everything can be talked about but sometimes actions are more powerful than words and now is that time. 😉

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And maybe he usually send the storm troopers in because he normally doesn’t like to risk his life unnecessarily, but this was an emergency and he didn’t have time to mobilize a battalion?

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I would put this in my sig if I weren’t so lazy.

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It’s been a while since I’ve seen the movie. Did the Empire know the plans had been transmitted to Raddus’ ship before they boarded her? Or did they look through the logs, and figure it out after the Blockade Runner’s escape?

In hindsight, it might have been a good idea to not kill Take it! guy and find out what he was handing off. I presume the troops may have captured some other rebels alive for interrogation though.

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Vader was informed that a ‘transmission from the planet was received’ on the rebel capital ship IIRC.

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LordZerome1080 said:

If you don’t like it then show us how you would do it better. Everything can be talked about but sometimes actions are more powerful than words and now is that time. 😉

What.

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Oh wait this is still the SW fan edits site.

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I was humming Imperial March while making breakfast this morning and thought about watching DigMod’s Rogue One edit later today. Then I realized that there has been at least one introduced species / moment in almost every Star Wars movie that just didn’t work on me.

The prequels had Binks, the whole Gungan experience, droid factory etc, ROTJ had Ewoks, TFA had Rathtars, Rogue One had Bor Gullet, TLJ had Porgs + Space Leia and Solo had L3 + Han speaking Shyriiwook and getting his last name from an Imperial officer. Luckily most of these “problems” have been solved by some amazing fan edits.

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I can’t decide on the worst scene in the saga, so I’ll do one for each film.

Star Wars: Special Edition Mos Eisley. Completely cluttered with CGI comic relief.
The Empire Strikes Back: The giant worm cave. Serves no purpose story-wise.
Return of the Jedi: Jedi Rocks. Made me want to rip my eyes out and jam them into my ears.
The Phantom Menace: The podrace. Even more CGI comic relief.
Attack of the Clones: Battle droid Threepio. Would be okay if he didn’t spout bad puns constantly.
Revenge of the Sith: The opening scene. Cheesy and full of terrible comedy.
The Force Awakens: The battle above Starkiller Base. A lazy rehash of Star Wars’ climax.
Rogue One: Bor Gullet. Weird for the sake of being weird.
The Last Jedi: The ships running out of fuel. Only happens because they couldn’t rip off ESB without it.
Solo: Han getting his last name from an Imperial Officer. Contrived and pointless.

My preferred Skywalker Saga experience:
I II III IV V VI VII VIII IX

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IMO, the opening of RotS is one of the best parts of the saga. It’s not deep, but it’s good, dumb fun.