What is your favorite Star Wars film?
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Dark Jezter
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I'm tempted to say The Phantom Menace, just so I can annoy the knee-jerk Lucas bashers. 
Actually, my favorite Star Wars movie is the Empire Strikes Back. I have a feeling a lot of people will be voting for that one.
Actually, my favorite Star Wars movie is the Empire Strikes Back. I have a feeling a lot of people will be voting for that one.
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Ankh-Morpork Guard
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I've never been able to decide...I LOVE Empire...but I have the same feeling about A New Hope...actually, I have to say I like the whole original trilogy equally. I didn't mind AotC that much. It wasn't the best, but it wasn't the worst...that was TPM(though truthfully, this movie isn't nearly as bad as some people like to say).
EDIT: And to make it worse, you make me decide between the SE and the OT. I'm just not really biased against the SE like a lot of people seem to be...I'm just a Star Wars fan. Simple as that...doesn't seem to be that many people that are just Star Wars fans these days.
EDIT: And to make it worse, you make me decide between the SE and the OT. I'm just not really biased against the SE like a lot of people seem to be...I'm just a Star Wars fan. Simple as that...doesn't seem to be that many people that are just Star Wars fans these days.
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Wombat
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I once again bring forth my favourite heresy:
The biggest problem with the Star Wars franchise is ...
... The Empire Strikes Back.
Why?
Because it raised the bar too high.
In Star Wars (now A New Hope, but I stick the original name) we had a whopping great Saturday afternoon matinee bubblegum flick. It was WHIZ, BANG, WOW, with a minimal script, cheesy acting, and propped up primarily by special effects. Was it good matinee fair? Yep. Was it Fantastic Cinema? Nope, not really.
Then came Empire. Here we had serious character development, deep menace, and the all important, "Luke, I am your father!" The script was tighter, the action more impressive, and the stakes incredibly high. This film also had the least direct input by George Lucas. That may have something to say about it.
Since then the films went back to Saturday mantinee fair. Not too bad, but certainly nothing deep, great, or important. They are special effects driven films with too many Kewt Things (ewoks, JarJar, Li'l Luke, etc.), but the depth and the mythological resonance of ESB is gone.
So, if ESB hadn't raised the bar, Star Wars, as a series, would just be a cult series, probably not this long, and certainly with no huge level of anticipation, or such crushing levels of disappointment.
So the problem with the whole series, my opinion only, of course, was the one truly brilliant film in the series.
The biggest problem with the Star Wars franchise is ...
... The Empire Strikes Back.
Why?
Because it raised the bar too high.
In Star Wars (now A New Hope, but I stick the original name) we had a whopping great Saturday afternoon matinee bubblegum flick. It was WHIZ, BANG, WOW, with a minimal script, cheesy acting, and propped up primarily by special effects. Was it good matinee fair? Yep. Was it Fantastic Cinema? Nope, not really.
Then came Empire. Here we had serious character development, deep menace, and the all important, "Luke, I am your father!" The script was tighter, the action more impressive, and the stakes incredibly high. This film also had the least direct input by George Lucas. That may have something to say about it.
Since then the films went back to Saturday mantinee fair. Not too bad, but certainly nothing deep, great, or important. They are special effects driven films with too many Kewt Things (ewoks, JarJar, Li'l Luke, etc.), but the depth and the mythological resonance of ESB is gone.
So, if ESB hadn't raised the bar, Star Wars, as a series, would just be a cult series, probably not this long, and certainly with no huge level of anticipation, or such crushing levels of disappointment.
So the problem with the whole series, my opinion only, of course, was the one truly brilliant film in the series.
John Crichton
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Bah. Star Wars was an excellent use of the medium and therefore great cinema. A great film doesn't have to have great acting.Wombat said:
Oh er, yeah. I voted for A New Hope (original crispy flavor) but I like ESB & ANH equally with AOTC trailing very close behind.
WanderingMonster
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As of this moment I am the only one who voted for RotJ. I only have two words for why I so love this movie: Sarlaac Pit. IMHO, that is by far the best action sequence of the original trilogy. If I had two other words to offer into evidence: Slave Girl.
Yes, the ewoks were annoying, but we got to see Palpatine in all his evil glory. And you thought it couldn't get more BBEG-ish than Darth Vader!
ESB was a great film, no doubt, but RotJ just makes me feel good...I guess to paraphrase Peter Jackson (about The Return of the King), It's all about the third movie.
Yes, the ewoks were annoying, but we got to see Palpatine in all his evil glory. And you thought it couldn't get more BBEG-ish than Darth Vader!
ESB was a great film, no doubt, but RotJ just makes me feel good...I guess to paraphrase Peter Jackson (about The Return of the King), It's all about the third movie.
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Welverin
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Gamefaqs a while back had a poll on people's favorite SW movie, no big surprise on the winner, runner up may be though. tPM doesn't all that far behind ANH for last. The poll the next was for least favorite SW movie. I find the comparison of the two rather interesting.
I'd probably go with ANH as my favorite, but I won't vote in the poll since you separated the original and SE versions, and I don't think the changes merit the distinction.
I'd probably go with ANH as my favorite, but I won't vote in the poll since you separated the original and SE versions, and I don't think the changes merit the distinction.
Zulithe
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Dammit why did you feel it necessary to split the Special Editions into their own category Well, I'll pick The Empire Strikes Back: Special Edition.
I prefer the Special Editions. Yeah, so Han Shoots first, hate it, but I can try to overlook it. Jabba sure as hell looksty in CGI in ANH but the scene is still pretty cool to have around. In EBS:SE The entire Hoth Battle looks much better. The extra shots of the Wampa and luke in the ice cave were a nice addition too.
Well, I'll pick The Empire Strikes Back: Special Edition.I prefer the Special Editions. Yeah, so Han Shoots first, hate it, but I can try to overlook it. Jabba sure as hell looks
ty in CGI in ANH but the scene is still pretty cool to have around. In EBS:SE The entire Hoth Battle looks much better. The extra shots of the Wampa and luke in the ice cave were a nice addition too.
