Star Wars Spoiler Thread

[Mouseferatu]

RE: Obi-Wan lying to Luke in RotJ and telling him Owen was his (Owi-Wan's) brother...

May I remind you that this occurred only in the novel, not in the movie. Lucas has stated many times that anything printed in a novel is canon only unless and until it is contradicted by something in a movie. Obviously, at the time, the author--and possibly Lucas himself--thought that Owi-Wan and Owen were related. Now they aren't. It doesn't matter, though, because in official continuity, Obi-Wan never claimed they were.

Heck, I've been told that, in the novelization of ESB, Yoda's blue, so we can all see how accurate the novels are.

RE: The voice yelling "Anakin! No!"

Definitely Qui-Gon. First, as someone pointed out, it sure sounds like the exact same intonation as from Ep 1. Second, it's Qui-Gon in the novel, and while--as I've just pointed out--things don't always jibe between movies and novels, A) there's no reason to change this detail, and B) Lucas seems to keeping a much tighter grip on continuity with the new trilogy and its subsidiary products. Finally, Liam Neeson made some comment ages ago about having a brief part in the 2nd movie.

 

[Corinth]

That's in the movie, so it's canon.

 

[Mouseferatu]

That's in the movie, so it's canon.

Which "that" are you talking about? The Qui-Gon bit? Yes. The bit about Obi-Wan telling Luke that he and Owen are brothers? No. I've got both versions, original and Special Edition right here next to me, watch them both regularly, and I can assure you there's no mention of Owen being related to anybody during Obi-Wan's Dagobah appearance.

Or you might have meant something else entirely, in which case, ignore me.

 

[Christian]

I wonder where that story will end... right after the kids are split up and hidden?

Ep. III spoilers (!!!) below, highlight at your own risk:

According to unreliable sources , exactly. There were reports from unnamed persons on the AotC set that there was one scene for Ep. III shot on the Tunisia location. The reason? That there was only one scene in that last episode set on Tatooine, so they shot that scene during the Ep. II Tatooine shoot to avoid the extra location trip for the next movie. The scene was shot under heavy secrecy, but evidently, the lead actor involved was Ewan, and the main prop was a small bundle. The speculation is that this was a closing or near-closing scene from Ep. III, in which Obi-Wan delivers the infant Luke to his step-grandfather ...

 

[Corinth]

Which "that" are you talking about? The Qui-Gon bit? Yes.

That's the one.

 

[LightPhoenix]

Finally got around to seeing it last night...

Many people have mentioned that Lucas needs to hire a writer. Even more so he needs to hire an editor. There was a good half hour that could have easily been cut from the movie without any loss of context.

Add my voice to the many that say lines were corny. My fav was Dooku challenging Yoda to a lightsaber duel.

Mace killing Jango was just about the coolest thing I've ever seen. They play him up to be really nasty, and Mace cuts him down in what must have been less than half a minute.

To me, so much of the movie seemed like it was just happening without any sort of rhyme or reason. Perhaps it was just bad editing, but every major scene change seemed to be, "Ah, let's go here! Ah, let's go there!"

I liked most of the characters, even Jar-Jar's minor stint, EXCEPT Amidala. Perhaps it's bad writing, perhaps it's Natalie Portman, but every time she was on the screen I winced and silently wished the movie would get onto cooler stuff.

In semi-counterpoint, I liked the lovey stuff to a point, until the blatantness and repetitiveness of it started to get to me. I felt like it was being crammed down my throat.