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Anchorhead
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Why the first two are better
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10-May-2006, 11:11 AM
These two examples have always been what made the first film so magical to me. Also, it reminded me of real life. The characters were tiny - in a vast galaxy.

"The original trilogy — or at least the first two-thirds of it — was dirty and gritty. That was part of its charm. The Millennium Falcon didn't work. Luke's garage was a mess (and whoa! so was the jawa's sandcrawler). The base on the ice planet Hoth was in scattered disarray. Yoda was a slovenly housekeeper....

The space ships and the ground vehicles looked real. One got the feeling they might have been produced on a planet called Detroit, and that with time they'd gradually fallen apart...


In the original trilogy — especially the first film — The Force was a mysterious mystical mental power. It was a rare gift, difficult to harness."