Sluggo said:
Bobby Jay said:
Why do people keep on saying the scene with the added "Nooooo" now mirrors the scene in ROTS? The scene without the audio tweaks mirrored a scene in ROTS already and was a lot better than Vader's "birth" scene.
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Sadly, I doubt Lucas intended these scenes to mirror each other. People who think the added "NOOOOO" is the perfect mirror to the one in ROTS sadly misinterpret repetition as a form of mirroring.
Can someone explain to me how mirroring makes for good storytelling? Granted it makes the films interesting, but wouldn't the fact that the film deals with the Jedi vs. the Sith/Empire and center around the Skywalkers be enough? If you really want mirroring, run all six movies through a black magic program and overlay all the scenes.
There's definitely value to be had in 'mirroring' as a storytelling tool. For example, in Les Miserables the first time someone is kind to Valjean is redeems him and sets the story in motion, and at the end the first time someone is kind to Javert he can't take it and kills himself, ending the story.
On the other hand, having people always say "I have a bad feeling about this" really doesn't have any particular resonance to a story, any more than the fact that Jabba, his dog, and the Sarlac all belch.
Vader screaming "Noooo" in Sith and then screaming No a couple times in Jedi doesn't increase or alter our understanding of the themes, or character at all.
Lucas's talk of mirroring and 'visual jazz' is interesting, sadly on the screen it's just not that compelling.