Briareos H on 8/3/2006 at 23:04
What, Kyle Katarn of course !
Havvoc on 8/3/2006 at 23:24
Quote Posted by Dia
Chewie dies???
I can't handle that.
*sob*
I second that. Chewie is the man... well I guess not REALLY the man... maybe the walking carpet? I don't know. He's the shit anyway. I pay no attention to those fanatics who like to kill off good characters. As far as I'm concerned, Chewie lives to a ripe old age and has many furry childs with some hot Kashyyk chick.
Boba Fett has always, and I mean ALWAYS, been my favorite. He's pretty much badass that kicks good ass while not really being bad or good either way.
Aerothorn on 8/3/2006 at 23:39
Vector Prime left me rather cold back when it came out...but then again that was many years ago so maybe I should give New Jedi Order another shot, I dunno...a lot of the books seemed overly technical (I remember opening up one and the first sentece was something like "the yaaionfijd versonified the mashngit in ADorrnr prime"...and I was somewhat of a Star Wars expert but all this Yuzhann Vong verbage left me confused).
Favorite character...I used to have one, but I dunno. A lot of the character from the short stories are good. I'm just gonna say Davin Felth for no reason other than that he was the first name to pop into my head.
Malygris on 9/3/2006 at 00:49
Put my vote down for either Lumpy or Itchy - I just can't decide!
Scots Taffer on 9/3/2006 at 01:23
I was thinking today, on the bus, half asleep, if someone were to ever redo Star Wars prequels (it'll never happen, obviously) what would I like to see change?
The Phantom Menace
I'd remove all trace of the gungans, not because it's a kiddy part and introduces Jar Jar, but primarily because it distracts from the story and also because you can have levity spread throughout by putting more emphasis on the Obi Wan / Qui Gonn relationship (turning it into a Han Solo / Luke sort of thing), which was needed anyway - I mean, what was the point in Qui Gonn's character really. It needed more.
With Gungans gone, you have easily around 30 minutes more screentime that could be better devoted to the scenes in Tatooine. I wouldn't take out the pod race, because it was quite fun, but what I would've done is had more of a discussion on the myths about the Sith, relevant background about the Senate that bogged down Episode II (like sudden introduction of Seperatists, Trade Federation, etc), I'd simplify that part into a much more clearly defined US and THEM from this point because a few of the subtleties that Lucas actually managed to get (although they failed because the films were written, directed and acted so poorly) was the Jedi siding with the enemy, the ability of the dark side to cloud people into fighting each other and some of the senate intrigue could have worked if expanded.
A major revision also would be the character of Anakin and his mother, for slaves they were just living it up too richly, I'd expect more poverty, more oppresion and more abuse - just to give Anakin that background in violence so that his eventual turn isn't so CUTE FLUFFY TO ZOMG EBIL. Pretty much everything else I'd keep, athough I'd tone down the WHOOOA I'M FLYING Anakin shit because the character would be completely different.
Attack of the Clones (well, the TITLE obviously)
This is a problematic one, because I actually love a lot of how this film built up the pace and the way much of the plot unravelled (Jango, Clone investigation, Palpatine's rise to power), really all you need here is a good director to take what would work if they did Episode I the way I've outlined above and continue it. I wouldn't even lose the love story, because it's essential, it just needed to be done well. The forbidden love angle could have been much more sordid, secretive and sticky once they actually hooked up. This is supposed to be DOOMED love, not happy lakeside weddings and frolicks in the green grasses, it's supposed to be a queen getting it on with a horny fucked up jedi who's two steps away from beheading everyone in sight.
Obviously, you want to keep the levity and this could have been done so much better if you'd established Obi Wan's dry wit early on and then he and Anakin during their dialogues could have had a whole lot more banter.
You need an edgier, more adult Anakin (closer to Portman's age to make it more believable) and I'd have way more about his actual training, like sparring with other jedi and his attitudes while dealing with people (remember, jedis are actually supposed to do stuff, not just stand around and talk crap). Here you'd be able to get a handle on that arrogant shit-hot kid attitude that never really flew in Episode II because you didn't see him DO anything worthwhile. Then this cocky kid could be all firing into Padme and she's flattered but at the same time, work on the angle that she's a little bit wary - she's supposed to have been a queen at what age? Surely she has some fucking smarts and can get a vibe from a severely unbalanced dude who has the hots for her and is being all kinds of obvious about his not-so-light-side intentions.
Since the separatists plot would be jettisoned in favour of a more simplified version of this part of the story (probably just a straight Civil War split, with Palpatine engineering Dooku into the separatist position of before, fuck all this trade federation and taxation bullshit), more time could be spent on backroom politicking (seeds of the rebellion), anakin being torn between love, honour, duty and power, you could work Dooku in there as the ever-present sign of the Dark Side that is tempting and intriguing Anakin.
It'd still pan out the same way, with a big battle between Clones and Robots, but I'd have no battle arena scene or those random flying insect creatures - more time would be spent in this with Anakin wiping out the sandpeople after his mother dies, dealing with the consequences and more stuff to flesh out his temptation by the dark side by types like Dooku.
Then obviously, much of Episode III would be the same - as I think Episode III works in nearly every way possible with the exception of the acting. I'd maybe cut the Kashyyk stuff because it was a bit random, in favour of some more DOWNFALL OF ANAKIN type stuff.
Printer's Devil on 9/3/2006 at 01:36
Well, Lucasfilm will keep tweaking and re-re-re-releasing all six films as long as it still exists, so they may eventually transform themselves into the movies you are describing.
Headphones on 9/3/2006 at 01:53
It's Star Wars not fucking ER. I don't care about storm troopers' motivation. You're basically describing Star Wars made by girls. I hope you're happy! BUT WOULD ANAKIN REALLY WEAR THAT HAT
o christ
Anyway, I like the little guy wicket or whatever he's called because he's named after cricket and he looks funny. I also like the guy with fingers all over his face because that must suck and I feel for him with his friends making him open cans all the time.
(edit - minus dude)
