Maybe Lucas is troubled because Star Wars saga is not so extremely popular nowadays as it used to be in the past. And that's why he tries to push the prequels forward, maybe with the idea they are more suitable for today's generation. Anyway, he has almost completely lost his touch with the (Star Wars) reality.
theprequelsrule said:
I've seen most of his films and he always seems to play his different characters in a very similar manner. Like Natalie Portman.
Most of his roles are him playing Han Solo/Indiana Jones, just in different circumstances - he tends to play his characters either as a slightly nicer or meaner version of them, depending on the film. Since a lot of people disagree with me this might be just my perspective.
But his performance in the Mosquito Coast (which I finally got around to seeing a few years ago) stood out as being very different: facial expressions, vocal tone, everything.
According to this review of Cowboys & Aliens, Harrison Ford "is certainly one of the few actors who can afford playing the same role over and over again and stay entertaining all the time." So, you are not the only one with such an opinion. I think in Witness he was a little bit different than usual too.
Puggo - Jar Jar's Yoda said:
A list of important reveals that were blown by the Prequels and/or SEs would be interesting. Something like:
- Jabba's surprising appearance
- Yoda's surprising appearance
- the Falcon
- Vader is dad
- Luke has a sister
Any others? A lesser one would be the Jedi Mind Trick, because it's so cool when ObiWan does it and you're wondering what's going on. But no biggy if you've seen the prequels in the order that George suggests.This is where the prequels do some real damage... by effectively ruining some of the best moments of the OT. It's like walking into a comedy show and having someone give you a sheet that lists all the punch lines before you get to hear the jokes.
But now it's like a soap opera. Everybody knows who's who except for the characters.
So the audience could cry while watching: Oh, pure boy, he doesn't know the bad man is his father. And that pure girl is about to fall in love with her brother.
The only ingredient that is missing is the number of episodes. But I don't think it will be a hard task for Lucas to correct this little fault. ;)
I've read somewhere that Portman hasn't been acquainted with Star Wars prior to receiving the role of Padme. So, maybe the whole series has not been her thing, especially when many of the scenes are forced and not very natural.
I've read an article yesterday comparing Lucas and Darth Vader. And after seeing this topic, it seems that such a comparison has been something common for months or years already. It strange, I haven't thought about this myself cause it makes sense to a degree.
It's nice George hasn't put a flying Yoda in the OT yet. Although it's never too late.
But seriously, he did something important and influential in his life (although he is trying to destroy it now). There are not so many people who have managed to achieve something like this.
The major flaws for me were discovering that Darth Vader had been a near idiot in his youth and the fact that Yoda is a buttefly (both discovered in episode 2 and confirmed in ep. 3).
ChainsawAsh said:
I still maintain that TPM is the best of the prequels, since, while it doesn't matter in the grand scheme of Star Wars, it has the most cohesive story of all the prequels.
Agree with this. It's also mentioned here and I also think that while it is more like a children story, it does not spoil the original trilogy so much as episodes 2 and 3 do.
Hi guys,
Is there anyone that has watched the original trilogy Blu-ray discs and who is actually happy with the new alterations after seeing them?