Originally posted by: Neil S. Bulk
Originally posted by: Darth-Adroit
Perhaps if George had watched ANH and ESB just once before writing Jedi and the PT we would have decent continuity in the entire saga.
Originally posted by: Darth-Adroit
Perhaps if George had watched ANH and ESB just once before writing Jedi and the PT we would have decent continuity in the entire saga.
That's right. With the exception of the "two Sith rule" established in TPM (it was clear in Jedi that the emperor wanted Luke to join him and Vader, either that or Vader was a big dope for not realizing he was being replaced) the prequels match up perfectly with the continuity of Jedi. Less so with Empire and even less with Star Wars.
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I actually think when watched 1-6, the PT really makes ROTJ worse, cause now you see all the plot holes that were established in ROTJ. If just watched 4-6, I can enjoy the OT story, sure Luke/Leia was made up last minute, but the OT is so general, you can't prove anything when crying plot hole, and in the end, the story does work for me as a trilogy.
With the PT, major lines in ROTJ are ruined and you begin to realize that Lucas couldn't connect the trilogies:
"You don't know the power of the darkside, I must obey my master." I always thought this was a powerful line from ROTJ when spoken by Vader to Luke. After the PT, what does it mean? Why must he obey his master?
"Obiwan once thought as you did." Another line that means nothing in the PT. Obiwan went to Mustafar to kill Anakin, not redeem him, it was Padme who tried to bring him back. Remember when Padme asks Kenobi, "You're going to kill him aren't you?" And he doesn't answer. Sorry, Vader, Obiwan never thought that way.
"Leia, do you remember your mother, your real mother?" Leia responds, "Just a bit, through memories, images, she died while I was very young, she was beautiful, but sad." Leia, you got all that in the 5 seconds your mother was alive? That whole scene is now a plothole cause of the PT.
Three huge scenes ruined when watching it 1-6, that is why ROTJ gets butchered after the PT, and that is a shame.
And don't get me started on Hayden as a force ghost, or the new MTV song in Jabbas Palace, they are pure shit changes, that have made me not even recognize the SE because of those two changes.