Star Wars: Episode III — Page 9

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Well Luke has strong powers with the force, ever think that Leia might too? She could somehow remember Padme. Just a thought.

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I DID indicate there was a spoiler in my post Subject line - that wasn't added later! It was there originally.

Leia is supposed to have special powers too. In Empire, when Luke leaves to rescue his friends, Obi-Wan says something like all is lost - he was the final hope. Yoda then says, no there is another, implying Leia. Luke also says to Leia that she has the powers too and will learn to use them as he has.

As for the discussion of Leia's memories of her mother, in Jedi, she is supposed to be talking of her real mother, not her adoptive mother.

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Luke also says to Leia that she has the powers too and will learn to use them as he has.

And THAT is the first Leia knows about her dormant powers. So if they're dormant and she needs to learn to use them as Luke has, she wouldn't be able to use them to remember Padme now would she?

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I really enjoyed it, but was it just me or not... how cheesy was the part when Darth Vader learned of Padme's death? "Nooooooooo..." I could not help but laugh.

Actually, I found that moment quite effective. It was nice to see Vader show some emotion thinking that he killed Padme and his child.

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I didn't get that Vader kills Padme in Sith. He certainly begins to but is stopped. My thought was that she actually died in childbirth and not of her injury by Vader. My take away was that the Emperor wants Vader to believe he killed her. The look on his face when he tells Vade that he killed her implies that he is telling him a lie. IMO.

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I thought that he was moreso the CAUSE of her death than her actual killer. Remember, the med droid said that she LOST HER WILL TO LIVE. Her husband has turned into an evil, murdering scumbag. I think it was just her overwhelming grief that made her not want to live anymore--which is certainly just as tragic.

The whole problem with the Leia-mother thing... I'd believe that she could have special "force memories," I suppose. But then why wouldn't Luke? And her adoptive mother would have to die REALLY soon so she wouldn't be able to remember her and tell the difference. It's just not going to work completely right. I had been expecting Padme to live for just two or three years as a horribly sad woman until her broken heart finally killed her.

Stupid George Lucas ruining my storyline.

All in all, I really enjoyed the film. I saw it a second time today and enjoyed it even more! The destruction of the Jedi was truly very powerful--thanks in great part to John Williams.

I think one of the strengths of the movie that could override the poor dialogue and direction that was still present, if reduced, was the power of the actual story. The other two prequels didn't have an independent story in each strong enough to really engage me. Oh, Jedis crash on Tatooine and have to get this kid to win a pod race! I can barely even REMEMBER AOTC, although I haven't seen it since the midnight showing when it first came out. But the real power and darkness of the story allowed the film to stand on its own and made me overlook other weaknesses easier.

Christopher Lee (who is sadly not in the movie long enough, because he's always awesome) said in an interview that he played Dooku to really be believing that his actions are helping the Senate. His point was that it made Palpatine's betrayal (telling Anakin to kill him) even worse, as Dooku thought they were a real pair that was going to save the Republic. However, I found it most interesting to see two of the Sith having fallen to the Dark Side for reasons of good. Dooku and Anakin both believe in peace and the Republic. And Anakin wants to save his wife. It makes it all the more painful and poignant.

It'd be nice to know what caused Palpatine's fall, but I'm pretty convinced he just wanted the power the Dark Side offered.

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Anybody else noticed the pregnancy bump during the funeral?

Popping in to say that Leia DOES have the force- she becomes a Jedi in the books, though she doesn't do much with it.

If I'm not interrupting, my thoughts on the movie:

I liked it a lot, despite the annoyingly wierd scenes between Padme and Anakin. Lucas just can't write them and the actors are flat. They have no chemistry. Better than last time, but it'd be hard not to beat it.

I thought that Bail Organa should have been more involved, it still doesn't make sense why Yoda and Obi-Wan would turn Leia over to a VERY high profile family that they hardly knew. Perhaps some competition between him and Anakin for Padme would have been in order.

Ewan McGregor rocks. No one else could have made that bad dialogue good and actually bring depth to the character.

Hayden Christensen looks damned good without his shirt on. And is it just me, or was he playing some Star Wars knockoff version of a Gameboy? After his second vision of Padme dying, the camera cuts back to him and he's putting down what looks a great deal like a handheld video game. Hmmm. Another thing- how are they living together? Wouldn't someone notice? And even if he just sneaks over to her place, it would have come out sometime over the course of three years.

I thought Anakin's mind was a tad too easily molded. It makes the character seem weak because of how quickly he's convinced that killing tons of people will help things. Peace and order my ass. Please.

The final lightsaber battle tugged at my heartstrings just a bit. When Obi-Wan told Anakin that he was a brother... yeah. Just a bit there.

I loved how they interspersed scenes of Anakin being fitted for Vader's suit with Padme giving birth. Nice dramatic contrast.

And that's all off the top of my head. Hope I'm not interrupting or anything.

It might be an explanation for how Obi-Wan was able to come back briefly in five and six to communicate with Luke. Qui-Gon may have taught him that.

Also, I'm a bit peeved that Lucas brought in Liam Neeson for that one scene and then cut it. :P I'll just have to wait for the DVD, I guess.

I have not seen the movie yet... I met Hayden Christensen at a party one night. All I can say is, he can take me to the dark side anytime...

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