Easterhay

Imrahil said:

Bingowings said:

The weak PT is already connected to the ST via the connecting tissue of the beloved OT.

I really do think avoiding it will make it more conspicuous.

It would be better to try and re-jig your memory of the past for the better while running the new present.

 

I think you're wrong, and that most people will breathe a huge sigh of relief at leaving the prequels behind.

No but I'm more concerned that I'd planned to do quiche for me and the kids tonight. Thanks for ruining my plans, people :)

I'm sorry is this SW and ESB.com?

Hur hur hur.

I enjoyed Jurassic Park 3.  The pterodactyls on the bridge is classic.

I go with Bingowings on this.  There are some fans who want to rewrite reality in the way that Lucas is accused of doing - ergo, "when people think of Star Wars they think of the OT".  Maybe some people, but by no means all.

And in the way that certain plot points of the PT enriched the OT for some, I think that Bingowings's ideas for how Padme could feature in the story of the new trilogy would certainly enrich plot points of the PT (a trilogy where Padme's character was seriously un-developed).

By "A New Hope" I think people mean the film that's been called that since 1980.  Ah, but since you think the puppet Yoda in TPM looks better than the CGI one....

You are right, though, that none of the films are safe.  Now, where's the TPM restoration project?! 

The Clone Wars doesn't look cheap.  Far from it.

Anyway, it was more appealing an idea before Disney bought the "franchise".  Now, there's an inevitability that the next trilogy will be live action.

I'm not so in love with Peter Jackson's Lord of The Rings films. They all look exactly the same. Gets boring after a while - and they do last a while.

Before the announcement of a new trilogy I thought that they should definitely entertain the idea of doing Star Wars feature films as animation rather than live action. The Clone Wars has proved massively popular so why not?

Bingowings said:

Easterhay said:

As for the awful dialogue in Attack of The Clones, I don't know who wrote it - Lucas or Hales - but it is pretty sad that people always assume that anything bad in the films is automatically Lucas's fault, even when he's had a co-writer.

It's probably because as employer of the co-writer, even if the rubbish lines were Hales, Lucas still kept them. He also directed the scenes where they were said and oversaw the editing and had final say to the theatrical cut and home cinema cuts of the film.

So it is automatically his fault.

Thanks, McFlabbergasty. And yes, I will put my story up here soon as I've finished chapter one - I was 7,000 words into it and scrapped it because it wasn't dynamic enough.

Keep up the excellent work :)

For some reason this forum (or maybe it's my laptop) goes a bit nuts when I try and quote other posts within a reply.

Why no Sith Ladies? Excellent point, I think. Remember Shira Brie from the comics who then became the Lady Lumiya? Excellent character and I believe she is now in the EU books. The supremely talented ian McCaig came up with the design for the Sith Witch for The Phantom Menace but Lucas felt (probably quite rightly) that it was too scary. McCaig pushed again in Attack of The Clones for a female villain and apparently it was on the cards until lucas went for the Count Dooku character, the design eventually being taken up for the Clone Wars cartoon.

So, this is their chance now, with these three films, to introduce a female villain. I, for one, hope they do it.

As for the awful dialogue in Attack of The Clones, I don't know who wrote it - Lucas or Hales - but it is pretty sad that people always assume that anything bad in the films is automatically Lucas's fault, even when he's had a co-writer.

saw him in the Ladykillers.

Sorry - problems posting here for some reason.

AntcuFaalb said:

bkev said:

Man, that's a sad story.  I've heard a number of things about Alec Guinness that don't really paint him in a flattering light, and this doesn't help.

I agree. It's unfortunate that it clashes so much with the personality of the character he plays in the OT.