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Jaster Mareel

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#109003
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FOX issuing takedown notices to Sith downloaders
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/109003/action/topic#109003
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Okay, the way I see it, I've already seen RotS 3 times in theaters. And one of the tickets I baught on Fandango, which adds an extra dollar. So I've already spent 23.50, and each time I've gotten various snacks and a drink. That brings it up to around $31 - $35. I also plan on seeing it a fourth time this weekend with my older Brother, and I'll probably get snacks and a drink then aswell. That'll bring the money I've spent up to around 50 dollars. Maybe more.

That's right around the price of a new release DVD. And I'm with out doubt going to be buying the official DVD when it comes out in November. That means I'll have spent $80 - $100, depending on where I buy the DVD.

That's already way more money than I would spend on almost any other movie. If I'm already giving him all this money, and the only thing that will stop be from getting the official DVD when it comes out is death, then why shouldn't I be allowed to download the movie?

An example: Say my brother has a really cool toy. Now, I really like the toy, so I give my brother a lot of money so I can play with it for one hour. I do this a few times, and then find out that a good friend of mine has the same toy, and he's giving it away for free. So, I go to my friend and get the toy. I've already give my brother a load of money, and he still has the toy. So, what's wrong with me also having the toy?

Besides all this, RotS has already made $317,502,507 worldwide, and everyone knows it's going to make much, much more. There people already have so much money, so why are they complaining about this? It's just rich people wanting to get richer, and it's stupid.
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#108866
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Things you DID like about Episode III
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/108866/action/topic#108866
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Originally posted by: HotRod
I liked the scene where Anakin is in the Jedi council room and Padme in her apartment, sort of looking at each other across Coruscant. The Music was just fantastic in the scene!


That's the scene I was talking about when I said "the scene before they go to arrest Palpatine." That was a really great scene, with really great music.
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#108635
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who had the better actors/characters?
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/108635/action/topic#108635
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Obviously Tolkien had an influence on Willow, but I think that Star Wars was more influenced by old World War 2 movies and old Samurai movies. Mostly Akira Kurosawa's movies. Watch Tora! Tora! Tora! and The Hidden Fortress and you'll see many similarities.

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Mark Hamil rocked as the Joker in the Batman animated series.

I also thought he did a great job as the Joker.
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#108626
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Things you DID NOT like about Episode III
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/108626/action/topic#108626
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I didn't like Grievous. He wasn't as cool as I was expecting, especially after watching Clone Wars.

I had no idea Tarkin was going to be in it at all, but now that I know he's in it, I wish he had more screen time and maybe a line or two.

I thought everything was fine with the Darth Vader scene except two things. 1. Why would Palpatine tell Vader he killed Padme? I just don't understand that. 2. The "Noooooo!" line was really dumb, though the more times I watch it, it doesn't get better, but it gets more bearable.

The lack of Shaak Ti was dissapointing, but nothing that would make me dislike the movie completely.

Although I've come to accept the "force memories" theory, I still think it would have been better if Padme had lived on so Leia could remember her.

There were some other things that could of been improved, but besides the things I listed, nothing else really struck me as being stupid or dumb.
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#108622
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Things you DID like about Episode III
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/108622/action/topic#108622
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Originally posted by: Trooperman
What does "flame" mean, precisely? Is it to insult something, to argue against something?


Flame means to insult something.

Also, things I liked:

The opening space battle. It wasn't as good as the Battle of Endor or the Battle of Yavin, but it was still awesome.

The fight with Count Dooku was great. Much better than episode 2.

The acting was way better than the previous two. Even the people who were bad were still much better.

The fact that I actually felt like I was watching a Star Wars movie. Episode 1 and 2 don't make me feel that way... It's hard to explain.

The ending I really liked, though I agree with Ric. The Tarkin and Uncle Owen scene should be switched.

Hearing Darth Vader breath for the first time was one of the coolest parts in any Star Wars movie.

Order 66 was done very well. It's one of my favorite scenes.

The music in the "Opera" where Palpatine tells Anakin the Plagueis story, and the music in the scene before the Jedi go in to arrest Palpatine.

I loved the Wookie battle... I was much, much shorter than I was expecting, but it was still really awesome.

Most people think Anakin turns to the dark side really fast, but the more time I watch the movie, the more I really like watching his turn to the dark side.

Making the connections to 4 was really fun. Like seeing how Luke and Leia were born, and seeing Captain Antilies. I hope the Yoda landing on Dagobah scene is on the DVD, because that'd be cool to see too.

Bail Organa was much cooler than I was expecting. I think it was the way the actor played him, but he was one of my favorite characters in Episode 3.

All the lightsaber fights were fantastic.

I didn't mind the Lizard and the Tarzan scream. I didn't think they were really cool or anything, but people keep complaining about them and they don't bother me at all.

I like the fact that if you watch RotS, and then you watch ANH, you kind of get a different feeling when you watch some scenes. Even though I've seen the scene at Obi-Wan's house a million times, I now find that scene to be much... I don't know... much more interesting and I like hearing Obi-Wan's explanations about different things.

Really, I liked a good chunk of the movie. I'd say about 80% of the movie was either really cool, or cool enough to not be bad. There were some dumb parts, but there wasn't anything that was bad enough to drag it down to the level of Episode 2 and 1.
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#108619
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ROTS: I'm gonna get my fur kicked for this
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/108619/action/topic#108619
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Originally posted by: Jay
I find the Ewok battle sequences from ROTJ horrifying.

The Ewoks rolled all those tree trunks up a hill so they could prop them up and roll them into the AT-ST?

The Ewoks hoisted two tree trunks into the trees, tied them up, and fate allowed an AT-ST to walk right between them so they could smash it?

A bunch of furry teddy bears with slings took out an army of storm troopers with blasters and AT-STs? I don't care how lousy the storm troopers' aim is. It's just absurd.

I endure the first two hours of ROTJ so I can watch the last 20 minutes. If I weren't such a completist, I'd skip past everything else.


The Ewoks were dumb, but c'mon... Jabba's palace and the Sarlacc scene are really cool!

Also, I didn't mind the Wookies at all. I've seen The Holiday Special, and that scene didn't remind me of it... Even though the battle should have been longer, I'd go with the Wookies over the Ewoks anyday. And honestly, the Tarzan scream doesn't bother me.
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#108458
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Calling out to the true Original Trilogy fanatics for help...
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/108458/action/topic#108458
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I don't know much about burning DVDs, but I guess maybe the person you baught it from just messed up the sound in that scene a little? Or maybe forgot to include a sound file or something? Do you use Bittorrent? You could always get a set from MySpleen and try burning it yourself. Or, if you really don't mind the error that much, I guess you could just ignore it.
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#108450
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Season Finale of The OC voted better than Revenge Of The Sith!
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/108450/action/topic#108450
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The OC is for moronic teenagers who just reached puberty that think they actually relate to whatever they watch on TV. Only kids who watch a movie like "Lords of Dog Town" and then after watching it go out and kill themselves because they want to be a skateboarded and start a revolution watch the OC. The kind of kid that thinks Che Guevara was a superhero and Anarchy is the best system of government.

Actually, I've never watch the OC... so really, I'm just talking out my ass. But that's the feeling I get whenever I hear someone talking about it or when I see previews for it.
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#108156
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Episode 3: Fan Editing Ideas Discussion
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/108156/action/topic#108156
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Originally posted by: DarthCarr
Hey MagFan,if GL decides to include both Shaak Ti death scenes(I saw a photo somewhere that had Anakin about to slash through Ti,Man I wish I could remember where). Can you offer 2 versions of FotR? One with Grevious killing her and one with Anakin killing her? And are you going to go the Maul is Grevious route? BTW I've seen BotF and plan on watching CW soon(Thanks Rikter,and you MagFan for making them!)


It'd be cool he if had an options menu where you could select which scene you want to see when you watch the movie.
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#108084
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Episode 3: Fan Editing Ideas Discussion
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/108084/action/topic#108084
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Originally posted by: MagnoliaFan
Yep, there was a subplot where Padme and Obi-Wan had grown increasingly closer throughout the movie and Palpatine had convinced Anakin that they were falling for each other behind his back.
There was also tension between Padme and Anakin as she was very influencial in founding the rebellion against Palpatine.
As Anakin got more paranoid, he drove Padme further and further away from himself and toward Obi-Wan. Sort of a self fufilling prophecy, not unlike her death.
That's why Anakin flips out with the whole:
"Liar!" "You brought him here to kill me!" "You turned her against me!" "You will not take her from me!"
That whole series of scenes is something I really hope makes the dvd (and it probably will judging from EP II's dvd).


That makes the line "Obi-Wan was here, wasn't he?" make a lot more sense. I was a little confused why he would be so mad/worried about it, because at that point he's done nothing wrong. If that whole subplot can be put back into FotR, then it should be. That could add alot more emotion to the ending fight between Anakin and Obi-Wan, and help explain his turn to dark side even more. And Shaak Ti should be put back in. She's awesome, and I was dissapointed when she wasn't even in the movie.
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#108189
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Trailers during ROTS
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/108189/action/topic#108189
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The theater I was at showed all the ones that Darth Simon listed, but also with Stealth and Cinderella Man. I thought they all looked good except for Stealth.

I wasn't expecting Chronicles of Narnia to be any good, because I don't like the books... But they actually made it look like it could be very good in the trailer. Cinderella Man has a dumb name, but it looks like a good movie.
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#107998
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Episode 3: Fan Editing Ideas Discussion
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/107998/action/topic#107998
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Originally posted by: ricarleite
What if you cutted the "noooo" scream all along and just left it with musical soundtrack? Would it work?

That would look dumb... Either cut the scream, or dub over it, but don't just have him standing their shaking his arms with no sounds except music.

think also dropping the dreams would be good too, I'm trying to remember if in Episode II they showed dreams and I don't think they did.


That's a good idea actually. Just have him wake up and talk about the dreams... Maybe a black screen with creepy music and then like a flash of light and then show when Anakin bolted up? Because the dreams are one of those things that wasn't dumb, but if edited right they could be improved.