Originally posted by
bi Jeewhyen
Well, then I hope you (and perhaps others here) won't think ill of me for applying the same emotional response to the O.T. Empire and Jedi are not the story that comes after Star Wars - because that film presents a universe where Luke's father, Anakin, was betrayed and murdered (not in an imaginary sense) by someone entirely different, i.e., Darth Vader ... and Princess Leia is a legitimate love interest for the hero, and not the hero's sister.
The follow-up movie is so completely different in story, and in tone, and in throwing in both retarded childishness and boring maturity (faults thrown at the P.T., but sooooo applicable to The Empire Strikes Back) ... and frankly is different in everything I found enjoyable in Star Wars such that I don't consider it a "continuance" at all ... but rather an offshoot that has almost no continuity with the source.
But I can still enjoy Empire and Jedi to an extent. And I can't even sit through any of the prequels. Heck, I tried to watch my favorite of them just the other night, and I couldn't stand more than half-an-hour of it. Gak!
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bi JeewhyenWell, then I hope you (and perhaps others here) won't think ill of me for applying the same emotional response to the O.T. Empire and Jedi are not the story that comes after Star Wars - because that film presents a universe where Luke's father, Anakin, was betrayed and murdered (not in an imaginary sense) by someone entirely different, i.e., Darth Vader ... and Princess Leia is a legitimate love interest for the hero, and not the hero's sister.
The follow-up movie is so completely different in story, and in tone, and in throwing in both retarded childishness and boring maturity (faults thrown at the P.T., but sooooo applicable to The Empire Strikes Back) ... and frankly is different in everything I found enjoyable in Star Wars such that I don't consider it a "continuance" at all ... but rather an offshoot that has almost no continuity with the source.
But I can still enjoy Empire and Jedi to an extent. And I can't even sit through any of the prequels. Heck, I tried to watch my favorite of them just the other night, and I couldn't stand more than half-an-hour of it. Gak!
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Part of me feels exactly like you do towards the original SW, but part of me loves the OT too. I am one that feels SW '77 is so different in any of the other 5 movies, cause it was the only one that didn't have Vader as a relevant character, other than just a bad guy. Even though I think ESB is as great as SW '77, I don't love it as much, cause I just love the story that Lucas set up in 1977, and it really is a much different road that originally mapped out. I can't explain it, but it just feels different then the other 5 movies, cause Lucas was trying to convey a simple good vs evil story in the original, and wasn't going for the juggular with the characters meaning he was just giving us a rough overview of the universe, and to me that is its biggest strength.
But in the same respect, I do love the OT as a trilogy, cause it still kept the focus on Han, Luke and Leia for all 3 movies, and the Vader redemption was just a subplot. And I will say the Vader redemption never really did anything for me even in 1983, and I know many of you will disagree with me on that one. To me, once Lucas got too indepth with Vader as per ROTJ and his 'emotions' that is when SW went from being fun to just another serious scifi movie plot point that never reaches his dramatic potentional cause it is very hard to write something like that. What I am saying is once Lucas went Vader crazy, that is when he kinda lost me as a diehard fan, and just became interested in the macro stuff from the PT.
If Star Wars from 1977 never had sequels, or prequels, I would still be happy and content, and I have no doubt it would still be my favorite movie of all-time, so ObiJeewyhn I see where you are coming from about the story stopping with SW in 1977, for me the story stops with ROTJ, and Jar Jar, Hayden, and General Grevious, they never existed.