Star Wars: Episode III — Page 13

No it's not. We all love him for starting the saga in the first place and for his creativity...


...he should just stay away from the script aspect.

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In a joyful world, Ian McDiarmid would at least get an Oscar nomination for his delicious, scenery chewing performance!!!!

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jrb, in 'my world' Ian would definitely be nominated but it's never gonna happen.

As we are amongst friends here and now that I have seen the movie a few times (ahem) and have finally gotten over the excitement a little bit and can concentrate on the things I have a problem with, let's talk business:

I have issues with Anakin's 'fall' to the Dark Side. From the original trilogy I always felt Darth Vader was a hungry, greedy person whose main ambition was 'unlimited power'. Don't get me wrong it certainly makes sense that he is trying to save Padme and it makes his seduction more believable.
But my question is, has Lucas sacrificed the biggest villain ever, so that he can have an emotional Hollywood climax? Wouldn't it have been more 'in character' if Anakin had turned on Obi-Wan and the other Jedi because he was jealous and wanted just wanted more power instead of actually being a good guy who just tried to save his wife and hence losing the 'plot' a bit? I know his jelously and lust for power is literally 'scratched' on but never really developed. Do I make any sense? I doubt it....

Also, I really do LOVE the movie but there is this one scene in it I have problems with: Anakin walks into Mace's and Palpatine's fight, he realizes Mace is about to kill Palaptine but is desperate to keep Palaptine alive as he still 'needs him', so he chops off Mace's hand and Palaptine finishes him off.
Anakin, still being a good person really, realizes what he's done, is showing some remorse but within 30 seconds throws EVERYTHING overboard to become Darth Vader and Darth Sidious' new apprentice. So what happened there? Was Anakin really that weak? Or did Sidious use some mind tricks on him?
That scene seems so rushed and unbelieveable in my opinion...

What do my fellow Star Wars friends think of this?

QM

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Updated On: 6/6/05 at 10:51 AM

You are right, there are quite a few years between SITH and HOPE, so Darth Vader has had quite the time to develop into this greedy Sith Lord, maybe I should see it from that point of view.

It might just be me but I didn't really have any issues with the acting. I thought Ian was amazing, both Ewan and Hayden did a great job and I didn't have any issues with Jackson either. The only person who disappointed me was Natalie Portman.

Because I'm a real Star Wars nerd I'm obviously reading the Making Of book at the moment. It's a very interesting read as it gives you some idea what issues the actors had with the script. Natalie and especially Hayden don't stop discussing their issues with the script with Lucas. Hayden also seems to have a very different opinion on how Anakin should be portrayed... interesting read.

QM

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Ewan is the better singer and actor

Hands down
--korenglish

Ok, ladies and gents, get your calendars out:

11/01/2005 is the release date for SITH on DVD! In fact, there will be 6 different Star Wars releases on that day. It looks like you can buy the final movie separately, buy the prequels together or buy all six films in a complete set.

Now I just hope Lucas is not going to kill me financially by adding more extras on the complete set, so that I have to buy it on top of the original trilogy again! Yep, I can just see myself walking out of the shop on 11/01 with 3 different DVD sets.

QM

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DG, I know! He will probably do a 'Peter Jackson' with us and release uncut/extended versions sometime in 2006...

I'll be in heaven if he releases an extended version of SITH!

QM

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Your ONE gripe? And what happened to your signature?

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There's always the fanfilms. Anyone seen Revelations?

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