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<blockquote data-quote="John Crichton" data-source="post: 2097049" data-attributes="member: 4779"><p>Good points, in all.</p><p></p><p>I have never expected the greatness of A New Hope or Empire Strikes Back in the prequels. That is unfair. Those 2 films are 2 of the best ever put to screen and I'm not just talking about genre films. Yes, there have been a few misteps and some things that just sucked. I like what I read in Empress' post and that would have been another way to go. After reading the novel of tPM, the movie was a little harder to swollow (loved it when it came out and still like it overall). Kid Anakin in the films was for the most part, corny. He didn't ruin it but the version in the book was much more "Anakin" to me.</p><p></p><p>[SPOILERS for the book ahead] That version had him going on personal adventures before he ever met the Jedi. He survived the Dune Sea and befriended one of the sand people. We got that he was a great pilot from the movie but it was too kid-like. Having fate, not Anakin, destroy the droid control ship hurt his story. Or at least the way it was shown. Could be the actor or the director - I'm not sure. But that was tPM and it is one of the weaker films of the 5 we've seen.</p><p></p><p>Also, the tone (as mentioned) was a little jarring. But things need to start off lighter before you can get to the crushing darkness that needs to be Episode III - the film that needs to be the darkest of the 6, or barring that at least as dark and depressing as ESB. It's not an excuse as I can see why Lucas went the route of showing young Anakin. It wasn't just to show him but to show a different era: a period before the Dark Times, before the Empire.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="John Crichton, post: 2097049, member: 4779"] Good points, in all. I have never expected the greatness of A New Hope or Empire Strikes Back in the prequels. That is unfair. Those 2 films are 2 of the best ever put to screen and I'm not just talking about genre films. Yes, there have been a few misteps and some things that just sucked. I like what I read in Empress' post and that would have been another way to go. After reading the novel of tPM, the movie was a little harder to swollow (loved it when it came out and still like it overall). Kid Anakin in the films was for the most part, corny. He didn't ruin it but the version in the book was much more "Anakin" to me. [SPOILERS for the book ahead] That version had him going on personal adventures before he ever met the Jedi. He survived the Dune Sea and befriended one of the sand people. We got that he was a great pilot from the movie but it was too kid-like. Having fate, not Anakin, destroy the droid control ship hurt his story. Or at least the way it was shown. Could be the actor or the director - I'm not sure. But that was tPM and it is one of the weaker films of the 5 we've seen. Also, the tone (as mentioned) was a little jarring. But things need to start off lighter before you can get to the crushing darkness that needs to be Episode III - the film that needs to be the darkest of the 6, or barring that at least as dark and depressing as ESB. It's not an excuse as I can see why Lucas went the route of showing young Anakin. It wasn't just to show him but to show a different era: a period before the Dark Times, before the Empire. [/QUOTE]
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