Episode I was cliche. Lucas has a formula he devised that is rather old fashion. He then followed that formula... and the Star Wars generation that is now all grown up and needs/expects something more sophisticated... well we get **** like Jar-Jar Binks... stereotypical and cliched villains like the Battle Droids, Trade Federation Envoys... and a protagonist dripping with so much false empathy that you want to strangle him dead rather then root for him (like you're supposed to do in movies).

Episode I didn't even feel like it was a Star Wars movie... if it didn't say "Star Wars" Episode I ... it could have been Episode I of a completely unrelated franchise.

80% of the characters in the story I wanted to punch in the mouth... and the ones you wanted to see more of? Like Darth Maul? They kill him off. That would be like having Darth Vader's TIE Fighter explode in the collision at the end of Episode IV.

Metachlorians? Really? Did you have to create a tangible explanation of what "The Force" was? Im pretty sure there is a chapter in the story telling manual about it being more effective to just leave something to the imagination of the audience... we're not idiots, we're not going to become hopelessly confused with the story if your not holding our hand to explain everything in minute detail... we know it's not real, we call it "suspension of disbelief".

You know... where we let certain things we know are impossible slide in the interest of being entertained by a sense of imagination?


**** You George.

Originally Posted by Slayer9

i get pounced for bringing up rifftrax and this **** is all friendly like

i see how it is

so true cuz that got changed like 6 years ago

people like george lucas are proof that success and ingenuity do not always go hand in hand

many rich people in history were simply lucky and/or fortunate to be born into the situations they were, nothing else. what percentage of uber-wealthy people fall into one of the two categories, they'll never admit.

im so confused right just now

Originally Posted by Calx

people like george lucas are proof that success and ingenuity do not always go hand in hand

many rich people in history were simply lucky and/or fortunate to be born into the situations they were, nothing else. what percentage of uber-wealthy people fall into one of the two categories, they'll never admit.

you can still be awesome gogogo

surrender to the waiting worlds that lap against our sides

or dont

If he replaced Anakin with whiny teen actor, why didn't he also replace OWK with Ewan MacGregor?

And why wouldn't we also be seeing the younger Yoda?

Oh wait, that would involve some semblance of logic.

Wait... didn't this already happen a while ago?

Originally Posted by GKFC

Wait... didn't this already happen a while ago?

Yes in a galaxy far. far away...

He made the changes saying, "That's the way it should of been." For example, when the death star explodes in episode 4, the explosion is more dramatic. How could he put the younger A****n in episode VI when the III hadn't been made yet?

Movies are all CGI these days, makes me not care to go see them.

Originally Posted by GKFC

Wait... didn't this already happen a while ago?

Exactly. This isn't even a little bit new.

Granted she's 55, but how does this

Go to this?

It's ok, because they changed Lucas' the original before they even made it.

http://www.scifiscripts.com/scripts/swd1_5-74.txt

like.. to something almost completly unrecognisable.

Lucas is just trying to turn it back into the pile of dog**** he had originally envisaged.

Originally Posted by NoGodForMe

Granted she's 55, but how does this

Go to this?

Err... 30+ years, alcohol and drug abuse (she OD'd on coke while filming Empire), psychological disorders.. In summary, "Life".

I think ppl rage @ the 3 recent movies just because.

I love the 6 film saga. gg

It feels like everyone in this thread has not seen Star Wars Review by Plinkett.

phantom menage (lol)

This thread makes me glad I got rips of the original laserdisc versions before everything got screwed up.

Originally Posted by NoGodForMe

Granted she's 55, but how does this

Go to this?

That is pretty perfect to how I saw Star wars as a kid and how I see it now.

The original Star Wars was only successful because of the studio system keeping George Lucas in check. Experienced writers, producers and editors along with a groundbreaking special effects team created Star Wars. Lucas was completely beyond his depth.

The problem with I-III is that Lucas had too much clout and nobody would say "No, **** you George that's a dumb ****ing idea."

Also anyone who mentions anything about Star Wars books needs to **** off. I don't know how anyone could follow those things, with all their jibberjabber plotlines and gobbledegook character names.