Originally posted by: AbsoluteDestiny
You could actually remove "Vader" from ROTS entirely.
If you watched the films like this, it would appear that Obi Wan killed Anakin for being tempted to the dark side and that Obi Wan was lying to Luke to hide this dishonourable death.
But you're forgetting that Obi-wan tells Luke that Vader was his apprentice, and even if the audience thought he was lying, Vader later confirms this when speaking to and about Obi-wan.
Obi-wan had no other apprentices, and since we'll have seen anakin go to the darkside in ep3 and he's obi-wan's apprentice its still 100% clear who Vader is.
Lucas should of had Obi-wan have two apprentices throughout the PT. one a red herring for Vader, and then anakin would of fought HIM on mustafar, they both fall in the lava, and then The emperor saves Vader, but we are made to assume that it is the other apprentice and only Obi-wan, Vader, palpatine and yoda know the truth
The only way the surprise could be preserved is if you tell both Anakin's and Luke's stories simultaneously over the course of three movies instead of six, through a series of flashbacks and flash-forwards (i.e. - The Godfather II). How else could you do it?
You could actually remove "Vader" from ROTS entirely.
If you watched the films like this, it would appear that Obi Wan killed Anakin for being tempted to the dark side and that Obi Wan was lying to Luke to hide this dishonourable death.
But you're forgetting that Obi-wan tells Luke that Vader was his apprentice, and even if the audience thought he was lying, Vader later confirms this when speaking to and about Obi-wan.
Obi-wan had no other apprentices, and since we'll have seen anakin go to the darkside in ep3 and he's obi-wan's apprentice its still 100% clear who Vader is.
Lucas should of had Obi-wan have two apprentices throughout the PT. one a red herring for Vader, and then anakin would of fought HIM on mustafar, they both fall in the lava, and then The emperor saves Vader, but we are made to assume that it is the other apprentice and only Obi-wan, Vader, palpatine and yoda know the truth
The only way the surprise could be preserved is if you tell both Anakin's and Luke's stories simultaneously over the course of three movies instead of six, through a series of flashbacks and flash-forwards (i.e. - The Godfather II). How else could you do it?
yeah exactly.
The other way is to watch ANH, ESB, and rotj up till the end of the dagobah stuff, then watch the PT, then the end of Jedi from the rebel meeting forward.