Originally posted by: Mask
What I meant, you could do a flashback scene in AOTC, in TPM it would be confusing since the audience doesnt know who this new character.
It makes more sense for AOTC since it gives new light to this newly introduced character.
It may simpilfy, but viewers that see this new version first instead of watching the original will be confused, you do want to simplify the movie but to leave important details than your creating new problems.
What I meant, you could do a flashback scene in AOTC, in TPM it would be confusing since the audience doesnt know who this new character.
It makes more sense for AOTC since it gives new light to this newly introduced character.
It may simpilfy, but viewers that see this new version first instead of watching the original will be confused, you do want to simplify the movie but to leave important details than your creating new problems.
Well, wait until you see it ;-)
No one was confused in ANH by reference to the Emperor. There will be no confusion in our Episode I-- in fact there will be less than there was with TPM. Don't you remember people being baffled about the political story in TPM? I sure do. It seemed sort of clear, but what was the Emperor doing in there and why did he pretend he didn't know stuff that Palpatine knew? All that's gone and the Sidious role is played the way things would have been if this were in the OT-- more subtle on the politics. More emphasis on story and adventure.
And as to Dukoo -- I don't think we've established a way to include him for sure. But if we do, he won't be any more confusing than the dozen or so other characters who are introduced in this story as Jedi whom we've never seen before. At any rate, flashbacks are kind of out of the question because we won't be introducing any techniques which aren't in the OT-- except maybe the dream which has become essential to SOTD and is included in ROTS quite effectively. I think an Episode II flashback might come off as a band-aid anyway. The problem with the character isn't that he somehow didn't exist in the past, it's that we didn't know he existed. It would've been cooler if we'd sort of heard the name before. Don't you agree? (Maybe that's the solution-- just say his name. Kind of like when Luke asked "Did you fight in the Clone Wars?" and we waited four more movies to see what he was talking about.)
If we could just get Dukoo into Episode I, then it would really make him a richer character in Episode II. But if we can't-- he never bothered me that much anyway. I like that idea of just getting his name in there somewhere...
Thoughts?