Originally posted by: jack Spencer Jr
there were literally hundreds of Star Wars wanna be's in the last thirty years, and only a handful even come close. The main reason was that many of the other movies had piss poor stories and relied on the special effects to hold the audience interest. And it did for an opening weekend and then tapered off and then no one bothered to think of them much after that. With this approach, Lucas has made Star Wars into the worst knock off of Star Wars. This boggles the mind.
there were literally hundreds of Star Wars wanna be's in the last thirty years, and only a handful even come close. The main reason was that many of the other movies had piss poor stories and relied on the special effects to hold the audience interest. And it did for an opening weekend and then tapered off and then no one bothered to think of them much after that. With this approach, Lucas has made Star Wars into the worst knock off of Star Wars. This boggles the mind.
Heh, that's very true. The worst tragedy of the prequels is how they unintentionally turn the Star Wars universe into a caricature of itself! I suppose can't get angry at Lucas (well, beyond his arrogance anyways). I suppose he's doing the best he can, but what a freakin' let down.
That reminds me: how many times during the 90's did we here about how such-and-such movie was "the Star Wars for the next generation" in their stupid ads?! The OT is the Star Wars for the next generation. Hopefully Lucas will reaize that as well and give its fans access to every version of the great films and not just his latest edits.
Otherwise, about the PT story, the more I think about it, the more I believe that it shouldn't have been about Anakin or the actual Clone Wars at all. At the most it should have had Obiwan at a young age and the Palpatine's rise to a place of power (with foreshadowings), but otherwise with completely different characters and none of this the-saga-is-about-Darth-Vader plot nonsense. Darth Vader is one of the greatest villains ever and should not have had his mystique ruined.