Maul would have been that more Epic.:rock:

LOL Dooku was far more effective than Maul because he was a former Jedi and therefore more able to do the Emperor's work discreetly and openly.

Epic and Effective aren't quite the same word.

I can most definitely see Maul standing there on the Geonosis arena with arms crossed. And smirking to Mace as super battle droids stomp in... Punking Obi-wan again and de-limbing Anakin would be much more epic than that Kenny Rogers lookin' stunt double. Dueling Yoda (the duel REALLY needs to have the rumored/deleted scenes of Dooku using two lightsabers against Yoda - the theatrical cut appears more like a draw than it should IMO) with the double-bladed lightsaber would be epic.

Obi-wan/Anakin/Maul 3-way duel echoing the duel in TPM would be much more epic. Maul punking Obi-wan AGAIN before finally being beaten by Anakin would be epic.

Whenever I read these sort of fan fantasies, I am insanely glad that George Lucas directed his movies the way he wanted. :D:p

Not a bad idea but I would've had Maul die in ep 2 and his parts used to create Grievous for ep 3.

That said, I don't blame Jake Lloyd for being in ep 1. I blame the horrible writing/direction that resulted in the role of a kiddie vader being a reality. I don't think anyone cares about what a kiddie/childish vader went through. What they cared about was his trials and tribulations during the clone wars that unfortunately Lucas didn't deliver enough to satisfy in the prequel movies. Luckily we now have the clone wars CG series that is filling that gap and they are arguably more entertaining than the big budget, big screen counterparts.

am I the only one who absolutely HATED Darth Maul even being in the movie at all? It made the whole story of Anakin succumbing to the dark side that much less effective. I mean I always imagined as a kid Anakin betrayed Obi-Wan and somehow turned to the dark side in some epic manner, and the fact it happened at all was such a shock and tragedy. Then along comes Darth this and Darth that and all of a sudden he is just another loser manipulated by the emperor. I mean after the whole thing was said and done I really came to accept it especially cuz The Phantom Menace is one of my favorites in the series. I also do not get all the Jake Lloyd hate I really liked his Anakin a lot more than Episode II Anakin. Honestly I think I have seen Episode I more than any other film in the saga.

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Why would you watch any film with 120hz on? It ruins the film and makes it look like video. 60hz FTW! Who's with me!

Don't hold your breath...or do, because it's not going to happen.

I just want all 6 movies in whatever form presented to us, I really don't care. I just want Star Wars on Blu-ray, and now!

Right. I understand why he did it (he wanted to show that he had a good caring mother growing up and that we shouldn't blame his childhood for his fall...) but in a way he kinda justified that argument by making him a childhood slave with his mother and saying that Watto would beat him now and then and all that. Yeesh. He could have gotten away with making his mom a debt-slave or something like that


Well, I think the point was that the Emperor's apprentices WERE disposable 'losers being manipulated' by him, kept only as long as they were useful. It's justified given how easily the Emperor is willing to drop Vader and take Luke in his place

Yeah it took re-watching the originals to realize that after first viewing. I always wondered why the Emperor would sacrifice Vader for Luke instead of having them both on his side. So the prequels did at least clear that up.

YODA: "Always two there are... no more... no less. A master and an apprentice."

And people still think Prequels are a mistake...Bunch of ______.

Since ______ means insert your word of choice, mine begins with a "P"...

It's weird, usually I'm a classy and polite guy who couldn't care less what people might think, but when it comes to the prequels, I just go berserk...

No offence guys.

i'd love to get it. i still haven't seen the updated version that "George Lucas" did that most people seem to freanking HATE! i don't think it'd bother me to be honest if both versions were out the (1997) version & the original version. i'd prolly buy both just to have them. also to be honest i thought these would already be out.

Well it makes sense that since Vader was getting kind of old and crippled that Palpatine would want to acquire his son as his new apprentice.

I never thought like that when I was a kid watching these movies, I thought sure Vader was older than Luke but judging by how young Luke was I figured he can't be too old. Also you can't tell how old he is to me I always thought of him as a robot with a human inside. I was actually disappointed once I finally saw the entire saga (original) and found out Vader was a man and not a robot. That was mostly cuz growing up I never saw the entire movies all the way through in one sitting. I had the final battle of Star Wars at the end of a VHS tape with a Super Bowl game my dad could never get rid of and the first half of Return of the Jedi at the end of another tape and it always shut off when Luke was just arriving at Endor and I never really paid attention during the slow talking scenes on Degobah.

Then once I watched Empire years latter my whole world was turned upside down, everything about Star Wars was so different. First time I saw the entire trilogy all the way through in proper order was on my 15th birthday I got the Special Edition boxed set on VHS and watched those to death.

Same goes for Palpatine too. More so than Vader by a long shot.

I really wonder how easy it would have been for Vader to turn on old Palps out of the blue and take his place, or did he really have to double team him with his son to get it done?


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Eventually they will come out. Probably after we all buy the first couple of "Collectors Editions".

George Lucas is a businessman. And businessmen like making money.

There were plenty of Jedi left in Episode I, it was Episode III that most of them were killed. Yeah I doubt he would of taken Yoda either, Windu maybe.

Possible, sure... reasonable, NO.

Oh, come on. He's not making evil faces, he's making bashful faces.

George Lucas is a filmmaker, and filmmakers like making films.

I think it's really shabby how people fault him for being successful, or for making re-releases of a product that is in high-demand.