Star Wars: The Complete Saga (1977-2005)

[NYorker]

Originally Posted by AltaDef

It's been common knowledge since 1981 that George Lucas planned to do a prequel trilogy. This is when he added "Episode IV: A New Hope" to the opening crawl of Star Wars.

Imagine the possibilities if George had spent those 18 years perfecting the story of the rise of Vader. The prequels could have been great. Instead George Lucas forgot about them until 1994 when he realized that Star Wars was still popular and he could make a lot of money. Thus he begat the half-baked mess that is today known as the Prequel Trilogy.

Too true...
And I can't believe this thread is still going strong...

[Shaft Windu]

Originally Posted by AltaDef

It's been common knowledge since 1981 that George Lucas planned to do a prequel trilogy. This is when he added "Episode IV: A New Hope" to the opening crawl of Star Wars.

Imagine the possibilities if George had spent those 18 years perfecting the story of the rise of Vader. The prequels could have been great. Instead George Lucas forgot about them until 1994 when he realized that Star Wars was still popular and he could make a lot of money. Thus he begat the half-baked mess that is today known as the Prequel Trilogy.

bs!

[bttfiii]

i watched half of ANH and noted 2 things:

- the first time I see blood (in chronological order) was when that alien's hand got chopped off in the bar. No blood at all in the PT
- Luke wasn't upset at all when Uncle Owen and the wife got killed. Did he hate them or something?

[bttfiii]

Originally Posted by SixSpeedSamurai

What I don't understand is how R2 fit behind that rock.

when I saw the caps on the forum I was wondering the same. but once i watch the scene i realised there could be enough room in front of R2. the piece of rock in the bottom center blocking him is a parallex error

[BladeRunner2007]

Originally Posted by bttfiii

i watched half of ANH and noted 2 things:

- the first time I see blood (in chronological order) was when that alien's hand got chopped off in the bar. No blood at all in the PT
- Luke wasn't upset at all when Uncle Owen and the wife got killed. Did he hate them or something?

He was upset but I guess you need another Noooooooo to get it

[mrpink134]

Originally Posted by Shaft Windu

bs!

Half baked is 100% true! Its to bad that you don't see it.

TPM only good thing about that movie was Darth Maul and he got killed off
AOTC nothing good about this movie.
ROTS was a good movie and the only one out of the PT that was good, but left to many plot holes. Don't try to explain it to me because it will not change my mind. IMO after reading the last 100 post it really looks like you try to defend the PT's to point of trolling and baiting, I am really surprised you have not been suspended yet.

[bttfiii]

Originally Posted by BladeRunner2007

He was upset but I guess you need another Noooooooo to get it

if the people who took care of you for 20 years got killed randomly by some imperial storm troopers, I would have thought you'd be pretty damn upset

he was like "oh well, let's go to Alderron"

[Agent Cooper]

Originally Posted by bttfiii

i watched half of ANH and noted 2 things:

- the first time I see blood (in chronological order) was when that alien's hand got chopped off in the bar. No blood at all in the PT

Just FYI, there's still a clearly visible spray of blood when Darth Maul is cut in two on my copy of TPM.

[s2mikey]

Originally Posted by mrpink134

Half baked is 100% true! Its to bad that you don't see it.

TPM only good thing about that movie was Darth Maul and he got killed off
AOTC nothing good about this movie.
ROTS was a good movie and the only one out of the PT that was good, but left to many plot holes. Don't try to explain it to me because it will not change my mind. IMO after reading the last 100 post it really looks like you try to defend the PT's to point of trolling and baiting, I am really surprised you have not been suspended yet.

Oh C'mon - AOTC had some great stuff, like the Kamino/clone issue. The story, while convoluted at times does advance in this flick. TPM introcuces us to the main character of the whole damn series. The pod race is sweet.

Noone is suggesting these are all-time great films but for goodness sakes.... it appears that the "film pros" are dong plenty of baiting and trolling themselves. I have an idea - just stay out of any conversation regrading the PT. Its OK to despise them but many of us really dont care. Im quite sure lots of films you PT haters like are loaded with fuzzy logic, plot holes, and cheesey scenes. Ya know?

Originally Posted by bttfiii

if the people who took care of you for 20 years got killed randomly by some imperial storm troopers, I would have thought you'd be pretty damn upset

he was like "oh well, let's go to Alderron"

It was quite obvious he was upset and shaken. Was he supposed to start rolling around on the ground, screaming and crying? I though this scene was pretty effective as far as showing emotion. Thats what I saw, anyways.

[svenge]

Originally Posted by s2mikey

Oh C'mon - AOTC had some great stuff, like the Kamino/clone issue. The story, while convoluted at times does advance in this flick. TPM introcuces us to the main character of the whole damn series. The pod race is sweet.

Noone is suggesting these are all-time great films but for goodness sakes.... it appears that the "film pros" are dong plenty of baiting and trolling themselves. I have an idea - just stay out of any conversation regrading the PT. Its OK to despise them but many of us really dont care. Im quite sure lots of films you PT haters like are loaded with fuzzy logic, plot holes, and cheesey scenes. Ya know?

I have an idea for you: Stop drinking the Kool-Aid.

[The Dragon]

Originally Posted by BladeRunner2007

He was upset but I guess you need another Noooooooo to get it

Quote of the day!

[NYorker]

Originally Posted by BladeRunner2007

He was upset but I guess you need another Noooooooo to get it

Maybe Ben's scream was still ringing in his ear...

[Mavrick]

I LOL'd yesterday as Ewan McGregor was talking about Star Wars on the Jonathan Ross Show and kept calling Aunt Beru Aunt Peru.

[mzupeman]

Originally Posted by horizonline

Host: /snip/ Three years ago /snip/ I remember talk of a sequel or even a prequel maybe.

Harrison Ford: It gets really confusing after awhile doesn't it?

/snip/

Mark Hamill: It just so happens that the trilogy after the next film will go 20 years earlier and tell of the young Alec Guinness character and how darth came to power, and then we wouldn't be involved in those because our characters are just... little different.

Host: So this is it for you guys?

Harrison Ford: The third one

Host: Alright

Harrison Ford: Which we haven't made yet.

The host interrupts Mark Hamill as he is talking and showing the height of characters. He doesn't say what characters which will be "just..little different". He says our characters, which could have meant they were going to have the role, but they wanted shorter persons. They are talking about prequels. Mark Hamill is without any doubts talking about a prequel trilogy.

And the bolded parts above pretty much prove how Ford was never approached to do a prequel because they would have been too old for their roles, or, their characters wouldn't have even been alive yet (at least in Luke's case). And what you have above says nothing about your theory on 'someone approaching Lucas to do a prequel'. These ideas and brand extensions came from Lucas. Period.

[s2mikey]

Originally Posted by svenge

I have an idea for you: Stop drinking the Kool-Aid.

Its not Kool-aid, its simply that the PT flicks have enough positives to outweigh the negatives. Sure, the OT is a better set of films. But that doesnt mean the PT is worthless.

Its not enough for you guys to dislike the PT - you are all on a personal quest to make sure the agenda gets rammed down everyones throat. Just let it be.

[Sephiroth5929]

I don't have a problem with the PT. I think they are good for what they are.

I feel like some people have become film snobs and want EVERYTHING to be perfect. Nothing is perfect. Take things as they are. If it doesn't appeal to you, that's fine, but don't rage on someone because they happen to enjoy it.

[Sephiroth5929]

Originally Posted by s2mikey

Its not Kool-aid, its simply that the PT flicks have enough positives to outweigh the negatives. Sure, the OT is a better set of films. But that doesnt mean the PT is worthless.

Its not enough for you guys to dislike the PT - you are all on a personal quest to make sure the agenda gets rammed down everyones throat. Just let it be.

I agree with this.

[Alan A]

Originally Posted by bttfiii

i watched half of ANH and noted 2 things:

- the first time I see blood (in chronological order) was when that alien's hand got chopped off in the bar. No blood at all in the PT
- Luke wasn't upset at all when Uncle Owen and the wife got killed. Did he hate them or something?

that's not what i saw, when he looked up after turning his head away from the burning corpse of his aunt and uncle he looked like he could go sith right there.

[happydood]

Originally Posted by Sephiroth5929

I don't have a problem with the PT. I think they are good for what they are.

I feel like some people have become film snobs and want EVERYTHING to be perfect. Nothing is perfect. Take things as they are. If it doesn't appeal to you, that's fine, but don't rage on someone because they happen to enjoy it.

Yes, but then how else do you validate your own shaky sense of self?

[Sephiroth5929]

Originally Posted by happydood

Yes, but then how else do you validate your own shaky sense of self?

I'm not sure what you're getting at?