Star Wars: The Complete Saga (1977-2005)

[stvn1974]

Natalie Wood is dead, but with Natalie Portman's performances in the prequels she might as well have been too.

[chip75]

Originally Posted by KaineKinetic

Huh?

I think they meant Natalie Portman as Jane Foster (in the Thor movies).

[Falaskan]

Originally Posted by KaineKinetic

Huh?

She spent 9 years obviously phoning in her performance as Padme in front of a bunch of green screen and her acting in Thor isn't much better.

Lol yes I meant Portman! Haha

[Astro Zombie]

Originally Posted by Falaskan

She spent 9 years obviously phoning in her performance as Padme in front of a bunch of green screen and her acting in Thor isn't much better.

It's Portman, not Wood.

[Gold Ranger]

Originally Posted by Thomas Guycott

4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4

Am I doing this right?

[Show spoiler]

Theatrical
Revised Theatrical
Red/Blue 3D
Special Edition '97
Special Edition '04
Special Edition Blu-Ray
Adywan's Edition*

Yup, you are doing it correctly

*
Included because there will be an Episode 7...

[Gold Ranger]

Originally Posted by Falaskan

Lol yes I meant Portman! Haha

Ok, I thought so, but there could have been an old movie where she played "A" Jane Foster...

[sarah_wentworth]

Originally Posted by Falaskan

She spent 9 years obviously phoning in her performance as Padme in front of a bunch of green screen and her acting in Thor isn't much better.

Lol yes I meant Portman! Haha

i thought she did okay. she was always hanging out with emotionless jedi so i think thats why she acted how she did. she would have been a fun party girl if she hung out with the Sith.

[Elvis]

Originally Posted by Blu-man08

You think that's bad? Ever Since Star Wars, poor Anthony Perkins hasn't found any other work...

Perkins?

[JimmyTwoTimes]

Originally Posted by Geoff D

No, the original The Clones Wars shorts by Genndy Tartakovsky are what leads into Ep III. I suppose it's not canon any more (even though it introduced Asajj Ventress and General Grievous, who was BADASS) but AFAIK they made sure not to contradict anything in it with the CG Clone Wars series, so it still works.

I always wondered about this. I know the new Clone Wars show was originally sold as fitting into a gap in those shorts. I don't think anyone knew how long the show would go on, and it's to the point where there are probably fans of TCW that don't even know the shorts exist. Those things are long gone now and I thought the new show did itself a disservice by trying to comform to a bunch of silly 5 minute Cartnoon Network shorts.

Did the producers ever comment on the canonicity?

[stvn1974]

Originally Posted by Elvis

Perkins?

I think they meant "Porkins".

[Elvis]

Originally Posted by stvn1974

I think they meant "Porkins".

Maybe Daniels?

[Blu-man08]

At least Kenny Logginss' height helped him have a carrier after R2-D2...

[Jakdonark]

Originally Posted by Blu-man08

At least Kenny Logginss' height helped him have a carrier after R2-D2...

Little known fact: All of James Earl Ray's voice work for Vader was done from behind bars. Otherwise he might has actually been in the suit instead of Robert Shaw. No wait, that was the actor whose face was seen. It was David Keith in the suit right? Or Keith David? Man I always get those two confused. And then Josh Lucas replaced Robert Shaw's ghost at the end of ROTJ with Hayden Pantyierre. Gotta be a record for the most number of actors involved in playing one character. Oh, and don't forget Christopher Lloyd as Anakin in eps 1. "Great scott! I'm going to be a Jedi!"

Okay. Can this one end it now?

[sarah_wentworth]

Originally Posted by Jakdonark

Little known fact: All of James Earl Ray's voice work for Vader was done from behind bars. Otherwise he might has actually been in the suit instead of Robert Shaw. No wait, that was the actor whose face was seen. It was David Keith in the suit right? Or Keith David? Man I always get those two confused. And then Josh Lucas replaced Robert Shaw's ghost at the end of ROTJ with Hayden Pantyierre. Gotta be a record for the most number of actors involved in playing one character. Oh, and don't forget Christopher Lloyd as Anakin in eps 1. "Great scott! I'm going to be a Jedi!"

Okay. Can this one end it now?

i don't remember that

[Nailwraps]

He's joking, man.

[Vlad Draculi]

Originally Posted by Geoff D

No, the original The Clones Wars shorts by Genndy Tartakovsky are what leads into Ep III. I suppose it's not canon any more (even though it introduced Asajj Ventress and General Grievous, who was BADASS) but AFAIK they made sure not to contradict anything in it with the CG Clone Wars series, so it still works.

I know what those are, but what I'm saying is this show had no excuse to not lead into RotS, since the point of this show was to tell stories from the Clone Wars and bridge the movies together.

Originally Posted by Thoix

I admit, TCW has it's "off" episodes, especially in the first two seasons. But it really does get better about 1/3 into season three. It's still best to watch the whole series though so you can really understand the characters and their actions.

I don't need to understand the characters and their actions in the movies though when Obiwan and Anakin are all that matter.'

Season six on Netflix fixes the issue with TCW not leading into ROTS for me. It still doesn't directly lead into ROTS, but at least the final arcs in season six give closure to many of the big story lines. But hey, the show doesn't take place right after AOTC either. It begins a few months into the war and ends a few months before the end of the war.

See, I watched the final episode of S6 and there was nothing in there to indicate that Coruscant was about to be invaded and Palpatine was not kidnapped.

[Nailwraps]

You seem to forget the last 4 chapters of the original micro-series which lead up to ROTS. It goes like this:

-AOTC
-CW Micro-Series Chapters 1-21
-CW Movie/TV Series
-CW Micro-Series Chapters 22-25
-ROTS

[popeflick]

Originally Posted by Jakdonark

Little known fact: All of James Earl Ray's voice work for Vader was done from behind bars. Otherwise he might has actually been in the suit instead of Robert Shaw. No wait, that was the actor whose face was seen. It was David Keith in the suit right? Or Keith David? Man I always get those two confused. And then Josh Lucas replaced Robert Shaw's ghost at the end of ROTJ with Hayden Pantyierre. Gotta be a record for the most number of actors involved in playing one character. Oh, and don't forget Christopher Lloyd as Anakin in eps 1. "Great scott! I'm going to be a Jedi!"

Okay. Can this one end it now?

I know most of this post is a joke, but I actually read this today, what a Boba Mess:

http://www.bobafettmp.com/bobafett/b...en/themen.html

[reason108]

Originally Posted by Elvis

Perkins?

After doing such a great job in Psycho, Lucas hired him to butcher the SW films.

[Geoff D]

Originally Posted by JimmyTwoTimes

I always wondered about this. I know the new Clone Wars show was originally sold as fitting into a gap in those shorts. I don't think anyone knew how long the show would go on, and it's to the point where there are probably fans of TCW that don't even know the shorts exist. Those things are long gone now and I thought the new show did itself a disservice by trying to comform to a bunch of silly 5 minute Cartnoon Network shorts.

Did the producers ever comment on the canonicity?

The S2 DVD comes with a featurette about the specific link it has to Ep III (S2 literally leads into the movie) and it has an interview with Lucas IIRC.

You're dead wrong about the "silly" part, but I think you're right about how some fans of CW don't even know that TCW exists, or at least they haven't seen them; "I know what those are" isn't the most convincing of responses.