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An Open Letter to Fantasy Flight and Cubicle 7 -- Cut the "Foreplay" and Give Us the Good Stuff
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<blockquote data-quote="alien270" data-source="post: 6160230" data-attributes="member: 6698097"><p>Oh, I absolutely agree 100%. The RotJ fight has emotional underpinnings brought to the forefront partially because the viewer isn't <em>distracted</em> by flashy acrobats. But that fight also just carries a lot more weight in general. It's a crucial moment because Luke succumbs to anger (to his advantage in the fight), composes himself to resist the lure of the dark side (unlike his father), and is ultimately about him trying to reignite that last spark of good in Anakin. It's a VERY personal fight.</p><p></p><p>Granted the Obi-Wan/Anakin fight in RotS was personal as well, but it still didn't carry the same weight because the damage was already done. Anakin had already fully succumbed to the dark side, and Obi-Wan was in no danger of doing so. While Obi-Wan had to struggle with killing/defeating the best friend he had, it was still basically just a grim task that had to be done, with no real chance at redemption for Anakin (you know, aside from the fact that Obi-Wan left him for dead, allowing his son to redeem him 20 years later). </p><p></p><p>Heck, I enjoy the Cloud City fight more than most of the prequel fights, if nothing else than because the lighting in that scene was used to incredible effect.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>+1</p><p></p><p>Actually, it just so happens that I never bought a single Saga book because, upon looking through it, it was just too similar to D&D and wasn't a very good expression of the Star Wars universe. EotE, partial though it might be, succeeds very well in that department (in my opinion).</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="alien270, post: 6160230, member: 6698097"] Oh, I absolutely agree 100%. The RotJ fight has emotional underpinnings brought to the forefront partially because the viewer isn't [I]distracted[/I] by flashy acrobats. But that fight also just carries a lot more weight in general. It's a crucial moment because Luke succumbs to anger (to his advantage in the fight), composes himself to resist the lure of the dark side (unlike his father), and is ultimately about him trying to reignite that last spark of good in Anakin. It's a VERY personal fight. Granted the Obi-Wan/Anakin fight in RotS was personal as well, but it still didn't carry the same weight because the damage was already done. Anakin had already fully succumbed to the dark side, and Obi-Wan was in no danger of doing so. While Obi-Wan had to struggle with killing/defeating the best friend he had, it was still basically just a grim task that had to be done, with no real chance at redemption for Anakin (you know, aside from the fact that Obi-Wan left him for dead, allowing his son to redeem him 20 years later). Heck, I enjoy the Cloud City fight more than most of the prequel fights, if nothing else than because the lighting in that scene was used to incredible effect. +1 Actually, it just so happens that I never bought a single Saga book because, upon looking through it, it was just too similar to D&D and wasn't a very good expression of the Star Wars universe. EotE, partial though it might be, succeeds very well in that department (in my opinion). [/QUOTE]
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