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#628065
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Top lingering questions you want answered in Sequel trilogy?
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Puggo - Jar Jar's Yoda said:

Good movies don't answer questions, they raise questions.

It can be done, if you're really really good - like 2001 a Space Odyssey. We never truly learn who was behind the creation of the monoliths, etc., and it's still satisfying and wondrous. Keeps you thinking about the movie for years to come. But come on - Star Wars is based on Flash Gordon. As trancedent as the OT was, the whole saga's batting average is pretty damn mediocre with the PT out there. Arthur C. Clark it ain't.

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#628063
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Top lingering questions you want answered in Sequel trilogy?
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Bingowings said:

NeverarGreat said:

It's not the job of a fantasy movie to answer questions.

I want the sequels to mystify me, to leave me in a state of wonder at the universe of possible answers.

The PT mystified me and filled me with a sense of wonder at what the hell was going on between George's ears.

Fantasy stories are still stories and while it's not necessary to explain everything and underline everything some questions require an in universe explanation or else you get an annoying advert for an unseen sequel like Prometheus.

The Force Ghost thing was a particular niggle because it's made clear in ANH Vader hasn't a clue what is going on.

It isn't explained in the rest of the OT and isn't explained in the PT other than the annoying story patch injected at the end of ROTS which still doesn't explain how Anakin managed to do it.

The Syfo Dyas thing is arguably as annoying as it's actually introduced in AOTC as a plot point and forgotten.

Well said! Saying that a fantasy movie doesn't have to answer any questions is a cop-out. It's like LOST - we set up all these crazy-ass plots and subplots to "fill you with a sense of wonder," but it's not our responsibility as fantasy to answer any of those questions.

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#627175
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30 years: Your Memories of Waiting for ROTJ
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I remember reading an awesome theory in Starlog that Vader was a clone of Anakin. The clone wars were believed to have been called that because they needed more warriors, and so Jedi knights were cloned. Vader was seduced, and felt inferior to the original so he killed Anakin. This, he was Luke's father and not at the same time. I was so ready to believe that going into the movie when I was 12!

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#627081
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"Bring my shuttle."
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An often under-discussed change in ESB SE is Vader's line change from "Bring my shuttle," to "Alert my Star Destroyer to prepare for my arrival" and the subsequent shuttle taking off, flying away from Bespin, flying towards the Executioner, the shuttle landing in what is obviously the Death Star's bay, Vader disembarking, etc.

This change has always really pissed me off for several reasons.

1. Vader has just walked away from the second most traumatic experience of his life. He confronted his own son for the first time, told him he is his real father, and may have just killed him. The fact that he originally made a dismissive "Bring my shuttle" command exemplifies that he has absolutely no time for anything else on his mind (also exemplified by his NOT punishing Admiral Piett at the end and simply walking away). I don't think he's suddenly going to worry if there is enough pomp and circumstance when he arrives on the executioner during a pursuit.

2. We never needed to see how Vader got back to his Star Destroyer. "Bring my shuttle" kind of economically fills that in. He got back there by taking his freaking shuttle.

3. It slows the action of the final pursuit scene. That is an intense scene, with the Falcon trying to get away. You just totally slowed it right down.

4. The introduction of the Imperial Shuttle at the beginning of ROTJ is a much sleeker intro of this ship.

Anyways, I know that in light of other changes, this one is less important to most fans, but it always pissed me right off. Anyone concur?