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Originally posted by: JackLucas
Firstly, Adam... your sig pic is making me want to kill myself. Seriously.... TOO BIG!
Second...
Take the famous "Nooooooooo!!!!!!!" from ROTS. I ask everyone, do you honestly think that it is any better than Lukes "Noooooo!!!!!!" in ESB?
This is the first time where I will disagree with you 200%. While I have made it clear that I think that everyone is entitled to their own opinions, I have to say that if you think that the Vader "jazz hands" scene from ROTS (the one scene that made me almost want to crawl under my seat in the theater the first time out) is on par with Luke's agony at the revelation that Vader is his father in EMPIRE, you are one tiny step away from delusion. Hell, I would go out on a limb and say that that is one of the best acted moments in the entire Original Trilogy! I know a lot of people like to parody it, but all I know is that every time I watch it, I feel Luke's pain reflected up on that screen. When I watch ol' Frankenvader in ROTS, I can't help but feel the urge to revert to my childhood mantra of "LALALALALALALALALALA, I'M NOT LISTENING TO YOU!". Good Lord... that scene seriously derailed a train that was at that point CHARGING down the tracks full steam. One of the biggest misteps in the entire Prequel Trilogy in my opinion.
I agree with you completely.
As for the prequels, I wasn't expecting Vader hunting down Jedi throughout all three. I was expecting it for a decent segment of EPIII, however, as this IS the backstory! It is what Obi-wan said happened before! The Jedi didn't get gunned down like lousy punks by a bunch of pathetic clones (and if they did, they didn't get taken by surprise), they were personally seen to and killed by Darth Vader. The Clone Wars was clones vs. clones. Obi-wan was trained by Yoda directly. Obi-wan happened upon Anakin and trained him himself. Anakin was a crack starfighter pilot, not a crack podracer or accidentally crack starfighter pilot. The list goes on...fundamental backstory elements that were simply ignored for GL's 'greater new enhanced vision' yada yada yada.
In fact, if you want to know exactly what I expected, I have re-written the stories to EPI and II in the Fan Preservation and Edits section.