Originally posted by: Jumpman
CO,
Less is always definitely better. But, I guess Lucas wanted to show more of the Star Wars universe. I can't fault him for that. Clearly, he has a much more invested interest in Anakin than Luke.
And to this day, I'll give Return of the Jedi the benefit of the doubt. I'm telling you if Lucas had the money, time, and technology to pull of Kashyyyk and the Wookies, Jedi wouldn't be getting crucified as it does now. The Han situation, along with the Ewoks is interesting, because Lucas took alot of criticism after Episode V was released for it not being as fun as Episode IV, hence the feel of Episode VI.
CO,
Less is always definitely better. But, I guess Lucas wanted to show more of the Star Wars universe. I can't fault him for that. Clearly, he has a much more invested interest in Anakin than Luke.
And to this day, I'll give Return of the Jedi the benefit of the doubt. I'm telling you if Lucas had the money, time, and technology to pull of Kashyyyk and the Wookies, Jedi wouldn't be getting crucified as it does now. The Han situation, along with the Ewoks is interesting, because Lucas took alot of criticism after Episode V was released for it not being as fun as Episode IV, hence the feel of Episode VI.
But Ewoks are not the major problem with ROTJ, they are just a sympton of the problem. Money had zero to do with ROTJ being average, it was ideas. Say Lucas had money to do Coruscant, the throne room scenes would have been shot in there, and they would still be great as they are in the death star.
I don't want you to take this the wrong way, but you guys think, more money = better movie, and I disagree. Lucas got creative on ESB, look out Cloud City, Lucas could have done something much more stylistic now with the technology he has to make Cloud City look like Kamino, but that still doesnt mean it would be better. Cloud City is alright, but what happens in Cloud City sells the movie, and makes it a classic. The last 40 minutes of ESB are probably some of the greatest on film, and this is coming from a fan who favorite movie is ANH. The problem with the PT, is Lucas worried too much about how things looked instead how things got executed. Cloud City is just a basic design, and if you watch the O-OT version, there aint much to this city in the clouds, but what happens inside this city is the reason I love ESB.