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Here are some high(low)lights from the Fridge Brilliance page:

I just noticed something about the titles of the Star Wars films. Compare:

• The Phantom Menace - A New Hope, both refer to a person of importance.
• Attack of The Clones - The Empire Strikes Back, both refer to attacking.

Revenge of The Sith - Return of The Jedi, both refer to an old power coming back

While I was always far more forgiving toward the prequels than many people, one part that seemed too dumb to put up with was Anakin's conception: Jesus rip off? Born of The Force? Gimme a break. But then Palpatine explained his master's preoccupation, and the stupidest part of the prequel trilogy suddenly became the most ingenious.

At first I thought the midichlorians in Star Wars was a stupid way to explain away the Force. But then I realized that Star Wars is a combination of science fiction and fantasy, with your wizards flying in starships and whatnot. So, the magic of the Force having scientific roots is very fitting, and it explains why everybody in the Star Wars universe doesn't use the Force, because they can't. Even then, the Force is not generated by the midichlorians, the Force is still that mystical energy that surrounds and binds us, but the best way for humans to use it is to quiet your mind and listen to your midichlorians, who just happen to be the best conductors of the energetic Force.

Also, don't forget that the way one becomes the Sith Master is by killing the previous Sith Master. And at the end of Return of the Jedi, Darth Vader kills Palpatine followed by Luke killing Vader (by removing his helmet). So one could argue that at the end, Luke is both the last remaining Jedi AND the last remaining Sith.

Up until ROTS, this troper used to think Vader's black lenses were just that. But as his mask is being lowered, we see the lenses show red and black LCD. Red and black were the two dominant colors of Mustafar, so as Vader, Anakin sees the world looking just like the one which changed him forever. It lends a greater impact to his line "Let me look on you with my own eyes".

I realized something about the OT: Luke's first and last spoken lines in the OT have to do with choice. In ANH, when we first meet Luke, his Aunt Beru asks him to remind him to tell his Uncle Owen to make sure a translator droid can speak Bocce, to which Luke says "Doesn't look like we have much of a choice, but I'll remind him". And towards the end of ROTJ, he says "Father, I won't leave you" as his redeemed father Anakin dies.

vote_for_palpatine said:

Here are some high(low)lights from the Fridge Brilliance page:

I just noticed something about the titles of the Star Wars films. Compare:

• The Phantom Menace - A New Hope, both refer to a person of importance.

 I'm still of the persuasion that, should a movie entitled The Phantom Menace actually exist, that the "Menace" in question does not refer to a 'person' so much as a 'threat.'  The 'threat of invasion/occupation' to Naboo was the fake threat ~or~ Phantom Menace that set events into motion for a much more serious threat to the Galaxy to take place.  Sort or like how some conspiratists think the Bush administration engineered 9-11 to get the political power to go to war in the Middle East.

Or, in the words of a very wise fish/man, It's a Trap!