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JediFlyer06
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The Most Boring Commentator Ever
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2-Jun-2006, 1:47 AM
I'm so glad someone else picked up on Ben's disdain on the special features. You also see it in the doc, "The Beginning", after they've watched the whole movie cut together for the first time and Ben is talking about cutting between so many story lines in the span of 30 seconds, and having it be overload for the audience. The look on his face and his body language say it all.

Another great moment is in the documentary about casting young Anakin. They show a bunch of little kids doing a scene with Natalie in Watto's shop as a screen test. One kid is a clear stand out, the best shown in the doc. I remember Natalie tells him he's just a little boy, and he replies (as Anakin) with an incredible amount of weight and depth...menace, foreshadowing, longing, etc..." I won't always be". The way he delivers that one line gave me chills, and in the doc, you can hear someone go. "woah" when he delivers the line. Lucas of course then pics Jake for the part because he's more "natural" and "unstudied", all the code words for "bad"...nothing against Jake at all. And all the minions start wringing their hands in agreement and chanting "yes, master".