Jacen said:
fgqb#19nyj said:
The more you start rationalizing the Hoth battle, the more it doesn't make sense.
The more you start rationalizing the entirety of The Empire Strikes Back, the more it doesn't make sense. In fact, the story and plot make less sense than any of the movies, including the prequels....
What's great about Empire though, is it's still freakin' awesome.... and in a nutshell, that is the difference between the OT and the PT.
I don't know, I always thought Empire had the simplest story, but it was told well in comparison to the others. ANH gives us an introduction to this new universe, so there's more exposition and explanation. By Empire we're on familiar ground. The villain was mostly just carrying out orders before (recovering stolen plans). Now he's carrying out a personal vendetta at any cost. He's hell-bent on capturing one of the heroes, and has total disregard for anyone who gets in the way, including his own men. This culminates into one of the most famous reveals in the history of cinema. There are new settings and characters introduced, but the general theme is pretty straightforward. I think that's why it's freakin' awesome... as an audience we understand (for the most part) who's doing what and why, though I agree there are some details that don't always make sense.
Compare that to the prequels. I don't have a clue what the hell is going on, and I've stopped trying to figure it out. I don't care about any of the characters because I have no idea why anyone is doing anything. The only one we truly get to understand is Palpatine, culminating in one of the most boring and predictable reveals in the history of cinema. Other than than, we know Obi-Wan=good, Anakin=unconvincingly trying to be good, ends up bad. Yoda=indifferent with a policy of avoidance and inaction. Lando may have been a scoundrel, but at least we got to see that he cares about something.
