I'm old enough to remember seeing Star Wars when it came out(sorry George, it'll always be Star Wars to me, I can't do "A New Hope" or Episode 4). I remember being blown away by it in the first few minutes. It was something I had never seen before and it was stunning. It set the expectation for Empire and Return of the Jedi and I loved, loved, loved them all. (Dudes, I ditched my Sr. Seminar class to stand in line for 2 hours alone to see Jedi and got blasted by my advisor for doing it and he almost didn't pass my thesis but I didn't care 'cause... Jedi!!) So my disappointment was vast when we saw PM and AotC. Now I can't even get any enthusiasm up for seeing Sith no matter what any of the reviews say, and I'm very sad about that. Almost as sad as the fact that my almost 9 y.o. thinks the original three movies are lame and that PM and AotC are terrific. Although I have enormous cred w/ the youngin' 'cause of my deep well of Star Wars knowledge.
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I'm also old enough to remember seeing the original trilogy on the big screen (I was 11 in 1977). I actually remember seeing the TV trailer before they realized that they didn't need the additional publicity and pulled the ads. The original SW was the first movie I saw multiple times in the theater (three times that summer, including once from the front row--Luke's nostril looks very strange from that perspective), because it just sucked me in so wonderfully. I didn't get that kind of a thrill down my spine from a theatrical movie again until FotR.
Speaking of not getting a charge from SW anymore, do I need to see AotC before seeing Ep. 3, or should I make a quick run to the Blockbuster sometime this week?
do I need to see AotC before seeing Ep. 3
No. Nothing important happens in either Ep 1 or 2.
It might be worth renting Clone Wars, though more because it's good than because it contains any super-important backstory.
Speaking of not getting a charge from SW anymore, do I need to see AotC before seeing Ep. 3, or should I make a quick run to the Blockbuster sometime this week?
Ummm... I don't think so. Unless there's something I'm forgetting that's essential.
eta xposty.... but I'm still trying to think of something essential.
Oh, and why General Grievous coughs was explained in The Clone Wars Vol II (the animated thingie).
Nothing important happens in either Ep 1 or 2.
This is such a sad statement on Lucas's ability to plot effectively...
Has this been posted here? Lucas said that years ago he wrote a treatment of all the stuff that happens in the prequel trilogy. It ended up that 20% of this treatment ended up in each of Ep 1 & 2, and the remaining 60% ended up in Ep III. So he's pretty much admiting that the first two are mostly filler. Although he uses the word "riffs" instead.
I was 4 when Star Wars came out so I don't remember seeing it. I actually don't remember goign to a theater and seeing Empire or REturn (but my memory is weird about stuff like that). What I do remember is playing with my brother's action figures all the time.
And we had/have this great rocker/recliner with a swivel base that was perfect for playing Darth Vader or pretendign to be in the Falcon.
I won at ticket to Attack of the CLones and sat there really wanting to leave becuase the movie just kept getting worse but somehow everytime I thought about leaving I'd get my hope renewed, until Jar Jar's name was mentioned, the spell was broken, and I left.
I may, at some point, rent the dvd and fast forward to the end, but probably not.
I used to wonder if the Force would ever become a religion (or at least a cult) - we're due for a new one, after all.
Yeah, the Mormons have really grown up, haven't they? Lost their cult status . . . .
Nothing important happens in either Ep 1 or 2.
You do find out that Yoda can flip around. Oh, and that Anakin has more chemistry with R2D2 than Natalie Portman.
Anakin has more chemistry with R2D2 than Natalie Portman.
BWAHHH it's funny 'cause it's true!
I was 4 when Star Wars came out
I was a freshman in college ::shakes cane::
I was negative thirty-nine months. This makes no one feel better.