I've really been thinking about this, and something I'd like to see is a lot more tie-ins with ESB. ESB was the darkest movie of the OT, and I think AOTC, considering it's subject matter should be very dark film as well. I'd like to see a lot of ESB musical cues get more play in AOTC. The asteroid theme, the Imperial March, Yoda's theme (I loved that little bit of Yoda's theme in the Dooku fight) In many ways, AOTC parallels ESB. The "worm scene" parallels the Wampa scene. there is a proid droid towards the beginning of the movie. Jango Fett is introduced like Boba in the OT. Anakin gets his hand cut off like Luke. AOTC should be like a dark and twisted ESB where the Empire are actually the good guys and the rebels are the bad guys. The problem is that it feels far too upbeat and campy. Dooku currently seems like a pure baddie when he should seem like a conflicted and ultimately right character. Maybe misguided in his motives, his seperatists are the precursor of the rebllion. I'd love to see some rebel themes mixed in with the seperatist themes in a dark and unusual way. It would be great juxtaposition. I'd also like to see Dooku with a yellow or green lightsaber and more talk about his grand ideas from deleted scenes as well as no references to his master I'd order to make the Sidious revelation at the end a complete surprise. Also, no federation themes with the clones! Imperial march! Having the same themes for the seperatist and republican armies really confusing things. Giving the Republic Imperial themes and the Seperatists a few hinted rebel themes would make the whole thing feel more like the twisted and cold work of Sidious that it is. He's the master puppeteer and he's got everyone fooled. I'd also like to see something done with the worm scene that is more suspenseful. I like the close up you added but I'd also like it if the worms are heard and not seen before the Jedi sense them, like the Wampa in ESB. I think more things need to revealed by surprise. The audience doesn't need to know everything before the character's do. It ruins the shock. There needs to be more "oh sh*t!" moments like Vader at dinner in Bespin, the Wampa, I am your father ect. Jango should be introduced by the dart scene instead the pointless little exchange, what the probe is carrying (the worms) needs to be a surprise. Palps heading the seperatists needs to be a surprise. The audience needs to be kept on their feet not bored to death. I also think something should be done about Yoda's voice and appearance. he looks or sounds nothing like ESB and has some really stupid backwards lines. his lightsaber skittles need to preserved for ROTS. It would be awesome if the first time we saw him whip out his saber was unexpectedly to cut down some traitorous clones.
Post #326314
- Author
- Octorox
- Parent topic
- Episode II: Shroud of the Dark Side (the TM edit) (Released)
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- https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/326314/action/topic#326314
- Date created
- 8-Aug-2008, 9:56 AM