My Thoughts During RotS [SPOILERS]

[John Crichton]

... plenty inconsistencies. Plenty.

There were some but if you look closely you'll find that they really aren't. I bet that I can answer most of the "inconsistancies" that most folks point out in the films. Been doing it for years and I ain't gonna stop now.

Of course, there are some that there is no explaination for. Just not as many as one might think. Lucas can't write dialogue to save his life but he is good at plotting.

 

[John Crichton]

Talk of the Clone Troopers got me thinking. Aren't they nothing more than slaves? Conditioned to obey, bought for, there only life is being a solider.

But in Episode One, Amadla was shocked to hear that Anakin was a slave. But in Episode 2, "Oh here are the tens of thousands of slaves you ordered." And not a peep out of anyone about it. They just say. "Gee thanks alot! We really need those."

And you saw what happened because of it. Democracy died. They willingly accepted an answer to their problem: Either use the Clone Troopers or lose the war before it starts.

Twas an omen of bad things to come.

 

[Cthulhudrew]

General Grievous: "Bwah-hah-hah! My devious plan to ESCAPE is nearly complete!"
(Great plan, there, General.)

Yeah- That's a guy I'd love to follow into battle!

Glad I'm not the only one who noticed that he runs away *a lot*!

 

[DarkSoldier]

My thought:

Yoda vs. Sidious. Sidious starts in (very) high guard. Yoda goes high, rather than going low and taking Sidious off at the knees, leading into a prolonged battle that causes massive collateral damage and nearly kills Yoda.

 

[Welverin]

Clone Trooper army are those jedi hunters everybody was wondering about. Then how come in Episode 4-5-6 the stormtroopers can't hit anything.

They're the bad guys and thus they fall victim to hero plot protection.

Yeah- That's a guy I'd love to follow into battle!

Glad I'm not the only one who noticed that he runs away *a lot*!

Well seeing as how Mace comes right out and says it I would hope not, hell Mace even called him a coward.

My thought:

Yoda vs. Sidious. Sidious starts in (very) high guard. Yoda goes high, rather than going low and taking Sidious off at the knees, leading into a prolonged battle that causes massive collateral damage and nearly kills Yoda.

Well the whole rise of the empire could have been stopped by any of three people at four times, Padme could have prevented things by not calling for a vote of no confidence in Chancellor Vallorum, Jar-jar could have avoided things by not suggesting Palpatine get the emergency executive powers, and Mace had two opportunities to put an end of things, if he had just avoided falling into the old villain trap of talking too much, first by killing Dooku on Geonosis or by killing Palpatine. Now the first two you can dismiss by saying someone else easily could have been manipulated into doing them, the third would have been of questionable effectiveness (it would have stop the clone war before it started, but that likely would have only delayed Palpatine), but the last would have been unquestionably effective.

 

[Jdvn1]

Some of my thoughts:

... That was a very conveniently placed runway.

How come no one notices the evil people?

"Can you hear me? Can you hear me now? Can you hear me now?..."

Okay, you just killed your wife so you're probably very distraught. What do you say?
"Yes! Woo!"
Hold it-- cut, cut. Distraught, remember.
"Oh, right, sorry."
And... go.
"Adrianne!"
Cut, cut! Wrong movie.
"Noooo!"
Perfect! Can't get much more cliched than that.

And...
"... I've created a monster!"[/Dr. Frankenstein]

 

[CrusaderX]

My thoughts during RotS:

Wow! Natalie Portman has never looked hotter!

Seriously, she looked absolutely gorgeous in this movie. I'd go to the dark side for her, for sure.

 

[Wormwood]

Obi-Wan: "Only Sith deal in absolutes!"

Obi-Wan, one minute later: "The Chancellor is Evil!"

I guess he was referring to a nuanced, shades-of-of-grey type of evil there. Nothing absolute.

 

[Dagger75]

Obi-Wan: "Only Sith deal in absolutes!"

Obi-Wan, one minute later: "The Chancellor is Evil!"

I guess he was referring to a nuanced, shades-of-of-grey type of evil there. Nothing absolute.

I was taken back by that as well. I thought Jedi did see things as Good and Evil, the Sith and the Dark Side would be the shades of grey type of people.

And what does the Republic do with all that Military Hardware they seem to mothball every 3 years. I mean the big ships in Episode 2 what happened to them all? Why did they change them? Why does lame stuff like this bother me?

 

[Edena_of_Neith]

Does Taoism advocate being non-emotional about everything, the way Yoda councilled Anakin to be?
If so, perhaps Lucas is mocking Taoism?

Because, IMO, the Jedi were defeated and destroyed because they eschewed emotion and caring. The Emperor won because he embraced emotion: it was the deciding factor in his battle with Yoda, I thought.
And it seemed to me that when they trained Luke, Obi-Wan and Yoda constantly talked about feelings and the need for feelings ... like they had realized that their former approach was a failure, and they wished a more well rounded approach to the Force (as the Emperor might say.)

Could someone explain Taoism to me, and what it espouses? How the Jedi subscribed to it? How they did, or did not subscribe to it for Luke in Episodes 4, 5, and 6?
Did their belief in Taoism take them down? What happened?

And yes, obviously, both Yoda and Obi-Wan were hypocrites. That was made painfully clear. And the characters were made to suffer painfully, as their order was annihilated and they were driven into permanent exile, and we got to see that pain, too.