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#240716
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The Artistic Vision (TM Luca$hFilm)
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Originally posted by: skyjedi2005
In star wars it's the seperatists in real life it's bin ladin and his crazy ass islamic buffoons whome are called terrorists, but are really just asshole's and bloody murderers and lawless cuthroats.


Now thats an inflammatory remark and no mistake. Could we keep this sort of thing in the 'Politics' thread in the 'Off Topic' forum?
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#240501
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2006 OT DVD: Poll: So What are You Going to Do?
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/240501/action/topic#240501
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Darth Vader is interesting for that reason, actually. He must have been one of the first on-screen, live-action characters to be played by so many different people IN THE SAME FILM (ROTJ). I mean, you've got two actors straight away, with David Prowse and James Earl Jones. Then Sebastian Shaw. Now we've had Hayden in the suit as well (which still makes me laugh SO hard!!). Have there been any others I've missed?!
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#240472
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The Artistic Vision (TM Luca$hFilm)
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/240472/action/topic#240472
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I agree, Tiptup. I think his friendship with Coppola during the 70s must have influenced his filmmaking. Once he started to get full control of his own material he started to move away from that and indulge his inner child.

The connotations of this train of thought are that the saga I imagined from the OOT and hence my expectations for the PT were not in line with Luca$h' artistic vision because, as he has said, the OOT is not in line with it.

I wanted something he was never going to deliver.
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#240411
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The Music Thread
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/240411/action/topic#240411
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The only PF album I have so far is 'Piper At The Gates Of Dawn'. I tend to purchase major artists' albums chronologically by original release date (just for my own interest, you understand). I then detoured into Syd Barrett's solo records, which I love. One day I'll have the money to press on with the PF albums!
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#240332
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The Artistic Vision (TM Luca$hFilm)
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/240332/action/topic#240332
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Isn't it true that Luca$h originally wanted to film 'Flash Gordon' but found that De Laurentiis had the rights. Then he wanted to do 'Dune' and the same thing happened. And he wanted to make films that emulated the lightweight, low-budget serials he watched as a kid?

So, was the Emperor going to be like Ming The Merciless? And are Luke and Han basically Paul Atreides and Flash Gordon? He certainly namechecks the "spice" of 'Dune' a couple of times (spice-mines of Kessel, spice freighter).

Perhaps Luca$h really did want to make fluff. The first one is fun, but has serious overtones. The next was very dark. He took back control for the third and made a jokey movie with serious bits. The PT largely follow this pattern too.

I wonder if he wants to remake the saga as a mindless entertainment and that's what his constant tinkerings will lead to? He's trying to tone down the seriousness and up the effects and laughs. He never wanted to make a sweeping 'Ring Des Nibelungen' epic, he wanted a daft concept that allowed him to indulge in special effects and costumes.

Maybe ESB was the worst thing that could have happened, as far as Luca$h is concerned, because it started the idea that SW should be a serious-minded exploration of the human condition and not just an excuse for cool spaceships and fighting with laser swords.
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#240331
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What did the Prequel Trilogy need?
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/240331/action/topic#240331
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I've been thinking about the Force. A continuous energy field, created by all living things.

I don't know why Luca$h introduced the idea of midichlorians and I don't care. The Jedi and Sith are much more interesting if the Force is part of everyone but these people can actually use it to do their own will. It would make sense that Jedi and Sith are first taught to sense the energy field, then to read its ebb and flow and then, finally, to manipulate the field. The Jedi and Sith and even orders within those groups would differ according to the principles and techniques that they practice. Skills are developed over years and decades. Some individuals may have a particular aptitude and can develop quickly, while others may struggle to master even basic skills.

I think the Clone Wars would work well as a parallel struggle: Jedi versus Sith and Republic versus Empire. This is similar to how the struggle of the Rebel Alliance is compared to the fight between Luke and Vader in ROTJ. The fate of the Jedi and the Sith are inextricably linked to the fate of the galaxy because they represent the opposing sides of the Force which binds the galaxy together.

I don't believe that Stormtroopers could kill Jedi any more than I think "five pistolaires could do in Josey Wales". Sidious' Sith Lords go out and hunt down the Jedi Knights while the battle rages between the Imperial Stormtroopers and the Republican forces. I think the war ends too quickly in the existing PT. When we first see Anakin and Obi-Wan, they should be in their 20s and, I think, the war should already have been going for several years. It shouldn't end before they're both in their late 40s.

When Obi-Wan first notices how strong Anakin is with the Force, the Jedi and Sith have been fighting for years and both sides have suffered heavy losses. He takes it upon himself to train Anakin, because he doesn't think there's time for Anakin to go through the usual training regime and go to Dagobah to be with Master Yoda. The training process becomes complicated by the fact that Anakin is controlled by his passions. This will usually overturn his concentration. This leaves him vulnerable to persuasion by the dark side.

Obi-Wan is a General with the Republicans when he meets Anakin, who is a fighter pilot. Obi-Wan has become detached from his order of Jedi and joined up with Bail Organa's Alderaanian forces. The Jedi are losing and he has lost hope. He senses Anakin's ability and arranges to meet him. He starts to consider the possibility of training this young man, who has such a great aptitude. The two of them could take the fight to the Sith and start rallying the remaining Jedi. He finds it hard to get Anakin to control his emotions but he presses on anyway, convinced that the two of them can save the Republic. This, I suggest would be the "damned-fool idealistic crusade" that Anakin follows Obi-Wan on. If we see Anakin and Obi-Wan stay at the farm on Tatooine for a time, this would mean that Owen and Beru see the change in Anakin that his training brings and hear about what Obi-Wan is planning.

A work in progress. Any thoughts?
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#240110
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What it was like to experience Star Wars for the first time in 1977.
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/240110/action/topic#240110
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Having been born in 1979, I'm afraid I can't share any personal experiences of the original theatrical release of Star Wars.

I experienced Star Wars for the first time by watching it on VHS at a friend's house. I would have been about 3 years old at the time. I remember being fascinated by the moment when the Jawas put a restraining bolt on Artoo and suck him up into the Sandcrawler. We watched that moment several times on slow motion and slow rewind.

I subsequently went to see the re-releases of the movies in cinemas. I remember seeing all three in a row at one cinema and I was almost on my way out of the cinema when the Emperor was killing Luke. I stood with my Mum at the door and only went back to sit down once it was clear Luke was going to be okay!

As a fan, I found that my enjoyment of the films in 1997 was impaired by my noticing changes all the time. I went a second time to each film to try and ignore the changes and just enjoy them, but it wasn't so easy. And I was certainly left with the conclusion that I would be fine as long as I could choose to watch the originals or the SEs. I knew that I didn't rate the SEs as highly as the OOT.

I can't be the only one who found the special effects in Star Wars convincing! Why does everyone have a problem with the Wolfman in the cantina?!
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#240067
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The Return of Six Degrees of Star Wars
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/240067/action/topic#240067
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All Six Degrees:

Lance LaGault (Nightmare Beach, 1988) Michael Parks (Kill Bill: Vols. 1 & 2, 2003/4) David Carradine (The Rage, 1997) Gary Busey (Big Wednesday, 1978) William Katt (Carrie, 1976) Betty Buckley (Frantic, 1988) Harrison Ford - Han Solo

One of the shortest I found:

Lance LaGault (French Quarter, 1977) Bruce Davison (X-Men, 2000) Ray Park - Darth Maul

How about... John Ashley! (The V/O guy at the beginning of each episode)