Originally posted by: Sluggo
Instead of these, the issue should be presentation. I don't care if the rebel medical friggin' frigate had a supply of prosthetic hands or whether it can make them from scratch in a few minutes. Or it shouldn't matter if they had a Sith suit lying around for Anakin (I suppose one could argue that they made Anakin to fit the suit, rather than claiming they had a suit in his size). The slow optical wipe from the escape at Bespin to the rebel fleet gives the audience a clue that enough time has passed for everyone to heal and catch their breath. In ROTS, Lucas needed to set the stage for the next 20 years between the Episodes III and IV, but who knows what the heck he was doing, so we get a very rushed end of the movie. All the things that the fans had been waiting to see were crammed into the last 10 minutes. No wonder the believability is shot to hell.
Originally posted by: C3PX
It isn't even an issue about believeability, but rather a question of good idea or bad idea.
It isn't even an issue about believeability, but rather a question of good idea or bad idea.
Instead of these, the issue should be presentation. I don't care if the rebel medical friggin' frigate had a supply of prosthetic hands or whether it can make them from scratch in a few minutes. Or it shouldn't matter if they had a Sith suit lying around for Anakin (I suppose one could argue that they made Anakin to fit the suit, rather than claiming they had a suit in his size). The slow optical wipe from the escape at Bespin to the rebel fleet gives the audience a clue that enough time has passed for everyone to heal and catch their breath. In ROTS, Lucas needed to set the stage for the next 20 years between the Episodes III and IV, but who knows what the heck he was doing, so we get a very rushed end of the movie. All the things that the fans had been waiting to see were crammed into the last 10 minutes. No wonder the believability is shot to hell.
Yeah. That is what I mean by bad idea. Bad concept, bad presentation. Imagine what a difference it would have made to the ending if he had done a slow optical wipe like in ESB and let a decent amount of time pass. We could have had a depressed and unhealthy Padme give birth to the twins and die in labor of complications rather than a broken heart. Yoda and Obi-Wan could have been carefully choosing their plan of action during that time. In that same context the birth of Vader could have come off as a totally different scene. It would have made a world of difference. The only time you get a hint of the passing of time is with the funeral scene then the Death Star scene.