Star Wars: The Complete Saga (1977-2005)

[crazyBLUE]

so many critics that think there opinion is correct

[rickah88]

Personally, I love AotC! You've got: Jango Fett, young Boba Fett, Padme in the hottest outfit, a great battle involving a bunch of Jedi, Anakin loses a hand, and a wedding!

That's just good, clean, fun!

[Optimus]

Ugh Star Wars really has some of the worst "fans" smdh.

[Batmon77]

Originally Posted by rickah88

young Boba Fett,

[Howdy]

Well......if there's one thing I think we can all agree on, it's that the prequels sure are one hell of an awesome contribution to the great legacy of the Star Wars films.

[Howdy]

I was being sarcastic of course, but yes, I do love the prequels, just as I love the original trilogy as well

[Elvis]

Originally Posted by GuruAskew

That's the best you can come up with? Some unsourced generalizations passed off as facts?

Even if TPM was an otherwise-excellent film aside from Jar Jar (and it really isn't) the mere presence of Jar Jar in a major pivotal role cements it's status as the laughing stock of the Star Wars franchise. People who know nothing about Star Wars know the world hates Jar Jar. Your mom knows the world hates Jar Jar.

People are basically indifferent towards AotC. They can take it or leave it or even forget it altogether. But people hate TPM.

Roger Ebert's review has little to nothing to do with how these films were received by audiences or commercially.

How old are you? I'm not trying to be insulting, I'm just sincerely curious to see if you're old enough to actually remember what people thought of these movies when they were first released.

Umm let me think.....um yeah I think so seeing how I was in line for Star Wars in May of 1977 (Los Angeles) when I was 12 years old. That qualify as old enough? Not sure...maybe I'm not

[crazyBLUE]

Originally Posted by Elvis

Umm let me think.....um yeah I think so seeing how I was in line for Star Wars in May of 1977 (Los Angeles) when I was 12 years old. That qualify as old enough? Not sure...maybe I'm not

I was 16 at that time & probably saw it in the theater 5 times when it first came out

[rickah88]

Originally Posted by Elvis

Umm let me think.....um yeah I think so seeing how I was in line for Star Wars in May of 1977 (Los Angeles) when I was 12 years old. That qualify as old enough? Not sure...maybe I'm not

Originally Posted by crazyBLUE

I was 16 at that time & probably saw it in the theater 5 times when it first came out

Nice....finally I'm not the oldest guy in the room! I was 6.

[sarah_wentworth]

Originally Posted by master gandhi

I saw it as Vader finally seeing the err of his ways and ultimately choosing to save what's left of his family when clearly Palpatine didn't even care about Vader when his hand got cut off. Vader became Anakin again when he chose family over the Dark Side.

maybe thats how it happened.

Originally Posted by OptimusL

His love for his son brought him back to the light, of course he loved Luke!

That's not really hard to understand.

well its a little hard to understand. we don't see them going to ball games or opening presents at christmas. the change from evil to good seemed kind of out of nowhere

Originally Posted by Falaskan

Lucas didn't know how to right Vader's character. He actually thought it was in character for Vader to want to SAVE his son! How ignorant! He should've just had Vader watch him fry and then when Palpatine let him "up for air," he couldn't said "Still want to rule th galaxy with Daddie?!"

man that would have been a good ending

[Elvis]

Originally Posted by crazyBLUE

I was 16 at that time & probably saw it in the theater 5 times when it first came out

Well I saw it 35 times from May of 77 to July of 78 since it played all year round save for about 4 months and they brought it back. That was pretty much the norm for me Sat Night Fever 7 times, Grease 10 times etc..had no life I guess. Spent most of my time at movies or Dodger games with my dad. Oh looks like Brent is the old man in the room!

[crazyBLUE]

Originally Posted by rickah88

Nice....finally I'm not the oldest guy in the room! I was 6.

Don't call me an old man Rick

[sarah_wentworth]

Originally Posted by Bluyoda

That was Lucas' intention. He thought of Vader more like a fallen hero than a villain, and the fact that most people saw him as the ultimate villain was one of the main reasons for hi to do the prequels to begin with.

people have Vader on their lists of greatest movie villains of all time.

is he a villain or just a hero who was a bit angry at the galaxy for a few years?

i can't honestly say he's a villain after ROTJ. he shouldn't even be on 'Greatest Movie Villains' lists.

Originally Posted by Elvis

Sith the "grand finale" didn't even break 400 million domestic! That's awful for a Star Wars film, especially for one that setup the ultimate battle that we had been hearing so much about since 1977. And Clones....well let's not even go there. They craped out in the 300 million range why? Because they weren't that great, or at the very least well below Star Wars standards. Word of mouth you know...Sith was almost just as pitiful as Clones. I have no idea why so many think Sith is some great film as it has the same amount of problems as Clones. Now at least TPM looks and feels somewhat (loose term) like a Star Wars film and did a nice 430 Million in 1999 dollars.

maybe people just grew up and realized the whole Star Wars thing isn't all that important anymore. or maybe Star Wars just isn't as good as they remember when they were younger. it happens with lots of tv shows and movies.

the new movies will make money but the older fans will hate them because they won't be like the originals and younger people today really don't care about jedi and Sith.

they'll make a profit, but no more than your average marvel movie

[crazyBLUE]

Originally Posted by Elvis

Well I saw it 35 times from May of 77 to July of 78 since it played all year round save for about 4 months and they brought it back. That was pretty much the norm for me Sat Night Fever 7 times, Grease 10 times etc..had no life I guess. Spent most of my time at movies or Dodger games with my dad. Oh looks like Brent is the old man in the room!

Might be old but I bet there are a few that are older

[Aragorn the Elfstone]

I suppose being but a child when originally seeing the Trilogy helped me in my acceptance of the Vader/Anakin thing. At that age, you generally take things in black and white, and less so in areas of grey. I simply took at face value that Vader was the ultimate villain and Anakin was a good and noble Jedi who fell to the Dark Side and ceased to exist until Luke brought him out again from the depths of the creature he'd become.

[rickah88]

Originally Posted by crazyBLUE

Don't call me an old man Rick

Haha! Never old, just distinquihed.

[frogmort]

Originally Posted by rickah88

Nice....finally I'm not the oldest guy in the room! I was 6.

Me too.

Originally Posted by Stinky-Dinkins

Who cares which one was "better"? All the prequels were pretty bad. Being the best of the worst isn't much of a feat.

Haters gonna hate.

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[Geoff D]

I love that easter egg (look at the gangsta troopers nodding along in the background) but I wish they'd carried on with the gag reels like we got on I and II.

[STARKILLER--1138]

I was 5 when I saw SW in '77. Still remember that night.

Originally Posted by rickah88

Nice....finally I'm not the oldest guy in the room! I was 6.

I know how you feel. I'm usually the oldest one when gaming/ boosting online.

Originally Posted by crazyBLUE

Don't call me an old man Rick

Last pic I saw of you here, you sure didn't look it. What ever you are doing, keep it up man.

[Blu Myers]

Originally Posted by rickah88

Nice....finally I'm not the oldest guy in the room! I was 6.

I was 4. I always wished I could have seen the OT in theaters. Unfortunately the first one that I saw was Jedi in '83...great experience. I missed out on the '97 rerelease because my kids were 2 and 3 at the time and we couldn't get a sitter. Hopefully we'll get another theatrical release before Ep VII.