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Alas the Reylo shippers were left disappointed.
LOL ... it was a lot to take in and a great time. After I retired from fighting (Muay Thai) I tried a few different competitive sports afterwards to fill the void, so to speak. But I had started Muay Thai much younger and when I had a lot more time to commit -- ultimately I let fencing go, but it was a great experience.That's an admirably unique endeavor to challenge yourself with. Very cool! The difficulty and danger is already awe-inspiring as a spectator, so knowing that it gets so much more pronounced with hands-on experience is crazy to think about.
I can only imagine the levels of eyerolling and groaning that you've reacted with since then when watching dramatized/choreographed sword dueling on screen. The stylish flourishes and extended close-quarters sequences must go over really well.
The past few weeks my son has been watching various films from the Saga mostly out of sequence and so of course I tend to get sucked in all over again. It was some crazy order too like AOTC, TFA, Solo, TROS, RO, then TPM, lol. Sadly he started ESB somewhere in the middle of the group but seemingly lost interest once Luke arrived on Dagobah and didn't end up finishing it nor did he dive into either of the other OT films.….. but but… muh pt!!!
They are slowly fixing the PT.The past few weeks my son has been watching various films from the Saga mostly out of sequence and so of course I tend to get sucked in all over again. It was some crazy order too like AOTC, TFA, Solo, TROS, RO, then TPM, lol. Sadly he started ESB somewhere in the middle of the group but seemingly lost interest once Luke arrived on Dagobah and didn't end up finishing it nor did he dive into either of the other OT films.
Anyway I do find it worth noting that the imagination and world building of the PT really *does* make it something special IMO, regardless of all the other shortcomings. It's really quite amazing just how much George expanded on and fleshed out the galaxy with that trilogy. So much so that the ST can't help but feel massively lacking in that regard.
I know that Disney LFL's motto was clearly "pretend that the PT doesn't exist" (save for a throwaway line here and there) when they made the ST but Mando has shown that that really wasn't necessary. All they had to do was update the PT visuals to a more tangible "lived in" feel and tell good stories with likable characters and go from there. RO's glimpses of Mustafar and Coruscant didn't derail the story at all for instance.
I get why Disney LFL did what they did but I think that most can agree that they really did throw the baby out with the bathwater in that instance.
Ah man... I love the Pod race. Its pure SW. The audio. The visual. The humor (I laugh every time the one alien screams before he hits the rock and the sandpeople shooting and yelling) and the speed. IDK its a PT highlight for sure.Pod Race did take up too much time in the movie for sure. Just Lucas selling his videogame he did. I did like alot of the creature and ship designs though.
Yep. I have always said the ST was lacking GL's imagination. Its too bad it did not try and "go for it" a bit more in the creativity aspect. Because they didn’t the Galaxy feels smaller.The past few weeks my son has been watching various films from the Saga mostly out of sequence and so of course I tend to get sucked in all over again. It was some crazy order too like AOTC, TFA, Solo, TROS, RO, then TPM, lol. Sadly he started ESB somewhere in the middle of the group but seemingly lost interest once Luke arrived on Dagobah and didn't end up finishing it nor did he dive into either of the other OT films.
Anyway I do find it worth noting that the imagination and world building of the PT really *does* make it something special IMO, regardless of all the other shortcomings. It's really quite amazing just how much George expanded on and fleshed out the galaxy with that trilogy. So much so that the ST can't help but feel massively lacking in that regard.
I know that Disney LFL's motto was clearly "pretend that the PT doesn't exist" (save for a throwaway line here and there) when they made the ST but Mando has shown that that really wasn't necessary. All they had to do was update the PT visuals to a more tangible "lived in" feel and tell good stories with likable characters and go from there. RO's glimpses of Mustafar and Coruscant didn't derail the story at all for instance.
I get why Disney LFL did what they did but I think that most can agree that they really did throw the baby out with the bathwater in that instance.
If anything makes the galaxy feel about the size of one floor of a freshman dorm, it's the PT.
Darth Vader just happened to beat up Greedo as a kid after he was finished building C-3PO who then went to live with Owen Lars a few decades before he buys him off some jawas but none of them remember any of it?
Yoda finishes Obi Wan's training but ten hangs out on Kashyyk with his good pal Chewbacca, and a few decades later, Obi Wan just happens to run into Chewbacca in a random bar on Tattooine, minutes before Greedo (who was beaten as a child by Vader, I know it's a deleted scene, but hear me out) is murdered?
R2-D2 also happens to be Anakin's personal astromech droid for about 20 years before becoming Luke's personal astromech droid?
In this vast universe full of thousands and thousands of inhabited systems, worlds and cultures we can't even begin to imagine....there's about 12 people, apparently.
I've lived in my current apartment for 9 years and the same people have lived in the next apartment that entire time. I don't even know their names.
I kinda like the idea that the SW saga was a story related by C-3PO to some scribe who passed it down. As such, with Threepio's mind being wiped in ROTS, the entirety of events from the PT is being related by an unreliable narrator. Told ya it shouldn't count.Re the droids, they're the "heirlooms" of the Skywalker family, passed down from one generation to the next. It might not make sense if you watch the OT first but it makes perfect sense if you watch in episodic order.
They're also the "observers" of the Skywalker Saga, like we're watching it through their eyes. They lost that role in the ST which I think was lesser for it.
This is what happens when there is a prophecy….If anything makes the galaxy feel about the size of one floor of a freshman dorm, it's the PT.
Darth Vader just happened to beat up Greedo as a kid after he was finished building C-3PO who then went to live with Owen Lars a few decades before he buys him off some jawas but none of them remember any of it?
Yoda finishes Obi Wan's training but ten hangs out on Kashyyk with his good pal Chewbacca, and a few decades later, Obi Wan just happens to run into Chewbacca in a random bar on Tattooine, minutes before Greedo (who was beaten as a child by Vader, I know it's a deleted scene, but hear me out) is murdered?
R2-D2 also happens to be Anakin's personal astromech droid for about 20 years before becoming Luke's personal astromech droid?
In this vast universe full of thousands and thousands of inhabited systems, worlds and cultures we can't even begin to imagine....there's about 12 people, apparently.
I've lived in my current apartment for 9 years and the same people have lived in the next apartment that entire time. I don't even know their names.
Not sure how it makes sense if you watch in order…. They weren’t passed down. Captain Antilles owned them after Anakin.
Re the droids, they're the "heirlooms" of the Skywalker family, passed down from one generation to the next. It might not make sense if you watch the OT first but it makes perfect sense if you watch in episodic order.
They're also the "observers" of the Skywalker Saga, like we're watching it through their eyes. They lost that role in the ST which I think was lesser for it.
I prefer the notion that the opening crawls and overall narrative of SW were excerpts from the Journal of the Whills or a story told by R2 many generations later. 3PO and his many mindwipes just doesn't work, though I do like your idea that the current PT was told badly by him where he invented some stupid crap to make himself more prominent like pretending that Anakin built him and that he was running around with a blaster in the Geonosis arena.I kinda like the idea that the SW saga was a story related by C-3PO to some scribe who passed it down. As such, with Threepio's mind being wiped in ROTS, the entirety of events from the PT is being related by an unreliable narrator. Told ya it shouldn't count.
And he was wiped of his memory of much of TROS too. Excellent! It all makes so much sense!
Not sure how it makes sense if you watch in order…. They weren’t passed down. Captain Antilles owned them after Anakin.
I prefer the notion that the opening crawls and overall narrative of SW were excerpts from the Journal of the Whills or a story told by R2 many generations later. 3PO and his many mindwipes just doesn't work, though I do like your idea that the current PT was told badly by him where he invented some stupid crap to make himself more prominent like pretending that Anakin built him and that he was running around with a blaster in the Geonosis arena.
Lol I always thought the Ewoks was silly. But at the same time adorable how the almighty empire couldnt withstand the might of the Care Bears
Aw crap, that's right, Lucas attributed narrator duties of the "Journal of the Whills" to Artoo. Threepio would be relegated to just translator (and yes, self-appointed editor).I prefer the notion that the opening crawls and overall narrative of SW were excerpts from the Journal of the Whills or a story told by R2 many generations later. 3PO and his many mindwipes just doesn't work, though I do like your idea that the current PT was told badly by him where he invented some stupid crap to make himself more prominent like pretending that Anakin built him and that he was running around with a blaster in the Geonosis arena.
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