That's exactly what Lucas did with TCW and the hated PT and it worked because look at all the people who like the PT now that TCW has run its course.
I liked much of TCW but I still despise the PT movies. What TCW did do for me was make Anakin more likable as he was no longer forced to utter all of that atrocious dialogue written by Lucas. It also helped me forget he was an annoying child when he first met Queen Amidala, plus his relationship with Obi-Wan was fleshed out and as a result their "friendship" was more believable, whereas their PT movie relationship never evolved past instructor and petulant student.
Jar Jar was awful, but in the grand scheme of things was a landmark character for special effects, performance capture, and visual magic, that helped pave the way for the type of CG used to bring characters like Gollum, Planet of the Ape’s characters, the Na’vi, and Thanos to life. For all his backlash and flaws, he’s a historic step to our modern film experience.
At least Binks was intended as comic relief for children.
And yet here you are lol....
At least Binks was intended as comic relief for children.
Holdo is a decorated Admiral ... wearing an evening gown and heels during an active military engagement, witholds critical information from key personnel just because ... who then commits suicide for no particularly good reason given we're in a universe with high tech computers and DROIDS never mind all the other nonsense.
Her 'sacrifice' was about as weightless for the audience as it was onscreen when Leia's like "Oh well, take it easy. Have fun on your Kamikaze run."
Well we know who JarJar was based off, so who inspired Holdo?
...withholds critical information from key personnel just because ... who then commits suicide for no particularly good reason given we're in a universe with high tech computers and DROIDS never mind all the other nonsense.
Her 'sacrifice' was about as weightless for the audience as it was onscreen when Leia's like "Oh well, take it easy. Have fun on your Kamikaze run."
Actually, I think their relationship is beautifully laid out in both AOTC and ROTS with just a few scenes.
Well, maybe if Lucas didn't cast a 10 year old Jake Lloyd as Anakin in TPM (who was/is18 years younger than Ewan McGregor) then the "friendship" between them in AOTC (and subsequently ROTS) wouldn't have felt so forced/jarring to me. That's where I feel the criticism of HC as Anakin is unfair, as Lucas set up the character so poorly in TPM for what he had planned for the next two movies.
I still can’t believe he tells her all about butchering Tusken kids and she’s all “oh, you need love” and then in Ep. 3 is all “Ani would NEVER kill younglings!”Well, maybe if Lucas didn't cast a 10 year old Jake Lloyd as Anakin in TPM (who was/is18 years younger than Ewan McGregor) then the "friendship" between them in AOTC (and subsequently ROTS) wouldn't have felt so forced/jarring to me. That's where I feel the criticism of HC as Anakin is unfair, as Lucas set up the character so poorly in TPM for what he had planned for the next two movies.
In my mind Anakin should have been closer to Obi-Wan's age (and Padme's, for goodness sake!). I think if HC had just played Anakin in TPM as well it might have fixed quite a few things (well, except for the horrendous Lucas dialogue lol). Obi-Wan could have still graduated to a full-fledged Jedi like he did and Anakin could still become Qui-Gon's next padawan, with his being "too old to start the training" now making sense and paralleling Luke's story (albeit with a very different outcome). I think Qui-Gon should have survived at least until some point in AOTC, with Anakin's transferring to become Obi-wan's apprentice happening later and sowing the seeds for Anakin's resentment over being held back. Oh, and I almost forgot - Padme's relationship with Anakin also wouldn't have had to overcome the grossness factor that was in the back of everyone's minds.
Yep George making Anakin in TPM so young boggles the mind. If he had just cast Hayden then we'd have nice symmetry between the three films without such an odd and jarring change in Anakins from TPM to AOTC. Hayden would have been 17 years old when TPM was filmed compared to McGregor at 28 so there still would have been a nice age difference between the two.Well, maybe if Lucas didn't cast a 10 year old Jake Lloyd as Anakin in TPM (who was/is18 years younger than Ewan McGregor) then the "friendship" between them in AOTC (and subsequently ROTS) wouldn't have felt so forced/jarring to me. That's where I feel the criticism of HC as Anakin is unfair, as Lucas set up the character so poorly in TPM for what he had planned for the next two movies.
In my mind Anakin should have been closer to Obi-Wan's age (and Padme's, for goodness sake!). I think if HC had just played Anakin in TPM as well it might have fixed quite a few things (well, except for the horrendous Lucas dialogue lol). Obi-Wan could have still graduated to a full-fledged Jedi like he did and Anakin could still become Qui-Gon's next padawan, with his being "too old to start the training" now making sense and paralleling Luke's story (albeit with a very different outcome). I think Qui-Gon should have survived at least until some point in AOTC, with Anakin's transferring to become Obi-wan's apprentice happening later and sowing the seeds for Anakin's resentment over being held back. Oh, and I almost forgot - Padme's relationship with Anakin also wouldn't have had to overcome the grossness factor that was in the back of everyone's minds.
