dan76 said:
timdiggerm said:
dan76 said:
I don't like either of the new stormtrooper designs really. Why do these have to be updated, we don't want R2-D2 to look any different, or sleak Star Destroyers. These are iconic designs and can just be reused.
If they kept it the same, we'd all complain about how "OH COME ON are you telling me NOTHING changed in 30 years???"
Maybe, but as I said, R2 units have looked the same since the prequels, so I don't see a problem.
Obviously in "real life" things are up graded and evolve in a design sense so it would be more realistic, but the trade off is we won't have the visual element that made the original films so great.
It's just a personal opinion, I want to see old stuff in the new movie so that at least it looks like Star Wars. Nothing can beat the original stormtrooper, they're great.
Militaries change their uniforms fairly frequently. You won't find any US soldiers in Iraq wearing the same stuff as in WW2, Korea or Vietnam, and it's not just because the camo is a different color. Droids, meanwhile, are perhaps more like cars. As such, although it happens from time to time, it's getting rare to see one of these on today's streets - And Artoo may be a similar rarity in the Sequel Trilogy. On the other hand, droids may have somewhat longer operational lifespans, but the analogy is probably close enough.
