Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (12/16/16) *SPOILERS*

[Wor-Gar]

Ugh. That diner scene in AOTC is the most clichéd and out-of-place element in the entire Star Wars canon.

Whatsa yousa sayin'?

 

[ironwez20]

Ugh. That diner scene in AOTC is the most clichéd and out-of-place element in the entire Star Wars canon.

I look past that movie tbh. I take bits and pieces from it and pieces from phantom of the menace to enjoy. Who am I though lol. My fav Star Wars film is rots. Just thought it was a good movie and loved the demise of the hero anakin. Idk. I'm a very strange Star Wars fan.

 

[Sweet Rabbit]

I look past that movie tbh. I take bits and pieces from it and pieces from phantom of the menace to enjoy. Who am I though lol. My fav Star Wars film is rots. Just thought it was a good movie and loved the demise of the hero anakin. Idk. I'm a very strange Star Wars fan.

I did like Yoda coming in like a boss in the gunship and the arena fight

 

[SNIKT1950]

I did like Yoda coming in like a boss in the gunship and the arena fight

There's alotta good stuff in AOTC.

-Anakin on Tatooine
-All of Palpatine
-All of Dooku
-Obi-Wan on Kamino
-Mace vs Jango
-The Jedi Order on Geonosis
-Anakin and Obi-Wan in Coruscant

Its a movie that suffers from dialogue and line delivery more than anything. From a story perspective its good.

 

[GasparZizou]

There's alotta good stuff in AOTC.

-Anakin on Tatooine
-All of Palpatine
-All of Dooku
-Obi-Wan on Kamino
-Mace vs Jango
-The Jedi Order on Geonosis
-Anakin and Obi-Wan in Coruscant

Its a movie that suffers from dialogue and line delivery more than anything. From a story perspective its good.

Yup, still can't get over how dumb Yoda fighting is though. I know Lucas can do better than Disney, but he also can do a lot worse

 

[The Clown Prince of Crime]

Its a movie that suffers from dialogue and line delivery more than anything. From a story perspective its good.

Bad humor. Don't forget C3PO getting a new body sequence and being "funny" while the Jedi are fighting. Also, poor editing and transitions from scene to scene.

 

[Wor-Gar]

AOTC never really knew what it needed to be. The middle act of a trilogy that really had nothing to reveal except the creation of a clone army -- which is background for the Anakin story -- and a love story that presented no real drama. It's a horrible mess in so many ways. Starting with its title -- a loose description of an event in the final act.

But this is what happens when you try to stretch a one-movie idea into its own trilogy.

 

[The Clown Prince of Crime]

One 3 hour film would've been enough to tell Anakin's story.

 

[jye4ever]

Kid Anakin and Kid Boba Fett

WTF Lucas.

 

[GasparZizou]

But this is what happens when you try to stretch a one-movie idea into a franchise

ftfy.

 

[The Clown Prince of Crime]

Fett came full circle in the PT. As if Boba Fett's death wasn't bad enough, his origin is just as lame.He's a generic looking clone....and he ripped off his dad's style.

 

[RIDDICK]

One 3 hour film would've been enough to tell Luke's story.

 

[SNIKT1950]

AOTC never really knew what it needed to be.

I disagree. From the start, the driving force of the film is Anakin's reunion with Padme, which Grand Sith Master Palpatine arranged for after years of mentoring the young Jedi (and probing his mind for forbidden desires towards a Republic Senator).

Anakin's love for Padme ultimately accounts for why Vader was willing to sell his soul to the devil and betray the Jedi Order. Without AOTC, his decision to turn in ROTS doesn't hold any weight. It also begins to catalog why turning on the Jedi was even feasible to him. If it was between the love of his life and the Jedi, the Jedi were definitely not going to get priority over her. Not even Obi-Wan.

AOTC is not a great film but its not a bad one either.

 

[The Clown Prince of Crime]

In a more capable writer's hands.

Or an editor's hand. You could probably just take the 3 films as they exist, and just edit most of the unnecessary subplots and make it one film.

 

[a-dev]

Or an editor's hand. You could probably just take the 3 films as they exist, and just edit most of the unnecessary subplots and make it one film.

Ehhh. I dunno about that to be honest. Personally I don't like much of anything that's in those films. I would jettison all of it and restart from scratch.

 

[Wor-Gar]

I disagree.

I knew you would.

Did you just recount the screener notes? That's what the film "wanted" to be. All it needed was one great romantic scene to sell the "forbidden" romance bit but it couldn't even do that right.

The last shot of the wedding should have been in the middle of the movie -- and Anakin could spend the 2nd half trying to keep that 'love' a secret while evil forces conspire to reveal Anakin's lie. Would be interesting dilemma for Anakin: is he protecting his love, Padme... or is he trying to just cover his selfish ass?

 

[GasparZizou]

Or an editor's hand. You could probably just take the 3 films as they exist, and just edit most of the unnecessary subplots and make it one film.

It's already been done, there's a 3 hour PT film done by a fan, I've read it's good, I haven't seen it though.

 

[SNIKT1950]

My favorite moments in AOTC are those when Obi-Wan indirectly approves of what Anakin feels for Padme. It reinforces the notion that the Jedi Order's rigid nature wasn't something all of the Jedi agreed with.

Obi-Wan really was his brother.

 

[jye4ever]

Wut...

The PT never sold their friendship for even one second.

 

[The Clown Prince of Crime]

It's already been done, there's a 3 hour PT film done by a fan, I've read it's good, I haven't seen it though.

Well then, there goes my pet project.