Bingowings said:

Niflamol said:

Anyone seen these?

Part 1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vAbTQoF0s_Q

Part 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SjJLpxqJNps

I believe they prove why adywan's care is so important and why the way he fixes things, doesn't destroy the bridges of the thematic narration with the story narration.

Thanks for those links.

Nicely observed. Maybe some more metaphors of that nature could be added to ROTJ and the PT duels.

The lack of dialogue from Maul in TPM backfired on this audience member.

Story, story, story. That's what makes ESB so great. I'll never claim to be a master storyteller, but I think most people can register even on a subconscious level when a film's story just doesn't make sense. ESB is darn near perfect in its exposition and flow. @Niflamol - thanks for sharing.

@Bingo - I think Maul's lack of dialogue was based on the fact that Lucas didn't really know what story he was trying to tell. As Red Letter Media points out in his review, "it's like an 8-year old wrote it." Lucas probably just thought, "We need a cool-looking villain. Let's give this guy the same number of lines as Boba Fett had in Empire. That mystique should guarantee that fans will love him and I can sell more action figures."

I often have found myself asking, "Empire is so good. How is it possible the PT turned out so bad?!" Either Collative Learning is right in that Kirshner is a genius, assisted by a team with impeccable attention to detail (i.e. the details of the hand-chopping scene in Pt 2 of his review above), or it was just dumb luck how all the elements came together the way they did. Either way, I enjoy reading Ady's explanations on his decisions and the team's efforts to preserve the integrity of the narrative. Keep up the fine work on making this great film even better!