C3PX said:Vaderisnothayden said:I'm not 100% sure I agree. They're celebrating, and really happy, but they celebrated and were happy at the end of 'Star Wars' also.
The celebration at the end of Star Wars was of a different kind with a different tone. The ROTJ celebration was an end-of-the-war it's-all-over we-don't-have-to-worry-about-the-future kind of celebration.
In other words, it was just like an Obama supporter's "Yes We Did!" victory party. The next day they wake up, take a look around, down a few pills for their hang over, and say, "What the fu... the stock market is still down? I don't get it? What went wrong?" Only in this case, they wake up next morning, down a few pills for there hang over, and realize, "My goodness, seems the Empire is still around! What do ya have to do to get rid of a damn Empire around here?"
I think the new ending theme gives a sense of finality while the yub nub makes it sound as if it's just one more chapter finished. Anyways, on one of the dvd commentaries (III maybe?) , Lucas states the empire can only be defeated when both sith are killed off. Which happens at the end of Jedi. So Jedi may have been thought of as just another chapter at one point but Lucas decided that he wanted to wrap it up with the third ot movie.
About the Obama thing. Anyone see the Onion video describing just that, supporters the day after.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c3_95F5e-Ac