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Post #1479528

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Emre1601
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The Darker tone of Revenge of the Sith - But why?
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12-Apr-2022, 6:41 AM

Many people know George had outlines and ideas for the Prequel films back in the 70’s and 80’s as part of the backstory for the Original films. This is known and not really surprising. These ideas were also not well executed onscreen in the PT for many fans, and as you say are rushed.

Plans also changed over time, of course. Yet many other discrepancies were also needlessly introduced.

From the “Making Of ROTJ” book and Huffington link you posted:

George Lucas [on The Force]: “Like yoga. If you want to take the time to do it, you can do it; but the ones that really want to do it are the ones who are into that kind of thing. Also like karate. Also another misconception is that Yoda teaches Jedi, but he is like a guru; he doesn’t go out and fight anybody.”
 

But that doesn’t really have much to do with the dark tone of ROTS that you are asking about. Why do you think the 3 scenes Ken-Obi mentions above were so rushed in ROTS? Or appear so dark in tone?
 

In the countless interviews George has done on Star Wars it is striking nobody asks him why there are so many disconnects, or why he did not follow through some of his outline ideas for the Prequels back in the 80’s, or simply correct the changes he made to them before filming.

As you said: Padme not dying in the early ideas, but then dying on screen in ROTS, contradicting Leia remembering her mother in ROTJ, when ROTS later shows this is not possible.

Lucas: “Yes, so we can bring that out when Luke is talking to her [Leia]; she can say that her mother died when “I was two years old.”

This is quite a simple fix to make if killing Padme was to become a thing in ROTS, but George didn’t adapt the story to go with this change. Yet nobody asks him why? Perhaps because there are so many, and nobody want to open that can of worms?! 😃
 

Many other discrepancies were also needlessly introduced. Or plain “time-travelling revisionism” as listed in the link you posted: https://originaltrilogy.com/topic/George-Lucas-Star-Wars-Creator-Unreliable-Narrator-Time-Travelling-Revisionist/id/66986

The depth process is something that was there in among George’s outlined plans and ideas, it is unfortunate he did not see them through. Or give them the attention to detail that any changes in story warranted. Instead it comes off as lazy, disconnected, a little baffling, and incoherent storytelling. And not really “connect them more seamlessly by outlining the dark and dramatic events, so they could tie into each other and therefore flow” - even for the instances which you mention (is it a parallel when a writer uses something similar, or flips something, to what was used some 20 years before? Does it tie into each other and flow? To me, no. But it is good that some people do, and also enjoy them).

In trying to retcon or re-write Star Wars history so many times, George also does himself no credit, making it more difficult to believe or trust his other claims.
 

Have you read “The Secret History Of Star Wars”, jinxfan2? There is some interesting facts and evidence on George’s backstory for what became the Prequels in there. It is very much an eye opening read.