Star Wars Megathread Ep 1: The Though Out Menace (AKA The Phantom OP) - General

[QUOTE=eatdembeanz;33309138]That show was the BOMB. I keep thinking it was done by the person who made Samurai Jack. Did he/she?[/QUOTE] Yeah, you're right. And Samurai Jack is pretty much the best cartoon ever made in my opinion.

[QUOTE=TheFilmSlacker;33309767]What's your guy's favorite of the original trilogy? I'm having a hard time deciding, they're all so fucking great.[/QUOTE] Empire Strikes Back is my favorite movie. But the scene in Return of the Jedi where Luke goes apeshit on Vader is my favorite scene from any movie. The music, and emotion in that are so powerful!

[QUOTE=The Maestro;33309949]Empire Strikes Back is my favorite movie. But the scene in Return of the Jedi where Luke goes apeshit on Vader is my favorite scene from any movie. The music, and emotion in that are so powerful![/QUOTE] this [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wRY5dl_oxvo[/media]

[url]http://revision3.com/deathbattle/lukeskywalkervsharrypotter[/url] Few months old but still a good watch.

I've got a bad feeling about posting this, but... Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace is my favorite out of the six movies. I saw it in theaters when I was just five years old (My parents had shown me The Original Trilogy almost a year before I saw TPM). I loved it. Especially the Battle for Naboo at the end. The music was great, the choreography was spectacular, and the story was the perfect way to set up Anakin Skywalker's descent to the Dark Side of the Force. Now, don't get me wrong, I like the other five movies, and I'm not one of those younger fans who think "hurr durr eps 4-6 were so terribad george lucas should put in a fuckton of cgi". I love the older quality of The Original Trilogy, and I equally love The Prequel Trilogy. I don't like the new changes to The Original Trilogy, like Obi-Wan's new Krayt Dragon call in ANH, or the poorly-edited "No...No!" line that they make Darth Vader say before he throws Emperor Palpatine into the reactor in RotJ. CGI Yoda was a must in TPM, though. The Yoda puppet looked out of place compared to the CGI effects used in the rest of The Prequel Trilogy. I'm also going to be pissed if the Snowspeeders and the AT-ATs in TESB are changed to CGI, because the Battle of Hoth is my favorite part of the movie. TL;DR - The Phantom Menace is my favorite movie, but I enjoy all six of them for various reasons, and then I went off on a tangent about the Blu-Ray re-release changes.

[QUOTE=Lordgeorge16;33512058]I've got a bad feeling about posting this, but... Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace is my favorite out of the six movies. I saw it in theaters when I was just five years old (My parents had shown me The Original Trilogy almost a year before I saw TPM). I loved it. Especially the Battle for Naboo at the end. The music was great, the choreography was spectacular, and the story was the perfect way to set up Anakin Skywalker's descent to the Dark Side of the Force. Now, don't get me wrong, I like the other five movies, and I'm not one of those younger fans who think "hurr durr eps 4-6 were so terribad george lucas should put in a fuckton of cgi". I love the older quality of The Original Trilogy, and I equally love The Prequel Trilogy. I don't like the new changes to The Original Trilogy, like Obi-Wan's new Krayt Dragon call in ANH, or the poorly-edited "No...No!" line that they make Darth Vader say before he throws Emperor Palpatine into the reactor in RotJ. CGI Yoda was a must in TPM, though. The Yoda puppet looked out of place compared to the CGI effects used in the rest of The Prequel Trilogy. I'm also going to be pissed if the Snowspeeders and the AT-ATs in TESB are changed to CGI, because the Battle of Hoth is my favorite part of the movie. TL;DR - The Phantom Menace is my favorite movie, but I enjoy all six of them for various reasons, and then I went off on a tangent about the Blu-Ray re-release changes.[/QUOTE] [i] WAT [/i] [editline]30th November 2011[/editline] Don't get me wrong, I had a similar experience, I loved the prequels when they first came out, but then I got older and saw them again, that's when I stopped liking the prequels.

What amazes me is the stupidity of people who try to compare the prequel trilogy to the original trilogy. There's a reason they're two separate trilogies. The prequel trilogy is nothing more than a "how this and that happened" story. It explains how the droids came to be, how Anakin rose prominently in the Jedi Order and fell to the Dark Side to inevitably become Darth Vader, how Palpatine became so ugly (lol), etc. The original trilogy follows his children, Luke and Leia, in their struggle against the Empire, Luke's finding of his place in society, rise to Knighthood and defeat of the Empire. Two separate stories, separated by twenty years of technology, actors/actresses, and lots of fan-fiction. Shaddup and go complain somewhere else.

That doesn't change the fact that the prequel trilogy should have never happened and was extremely poorly written.

5 > 4 > 3 or 6 > 1 > 2 How does everyone not have that as their list of rankings

5>4>6>3>1>2 Almost the series in reverse.

[QUOTE=TheFilmSlacker;33515269]Episode III was easily the best of the prequels, but it was still incredibly cheesy at times. It's both really good and really bad. A mixed bag, but not the ending to the saga we wanted...but we didn't expect anything more.[/QUOTE] how else are you supposed to end a prequel?

[QUOTE=TheFilmSlacker;33515269]Episode III was easily the best of the prequels, but it was still incredibly cheesy at times. It's both really good and really bad. A mixed bag, but not the ending to the saga we wanted...but we didn't expect anything more.[/QUOTE] Episode 6 was the ending of the Saga, episode 3 is the midway point. Its written like a series, they're meant to be watched from 1-6

[QUOTE=Tuskin;33515721]Episode 6 was the ending of the Saga, episode 3 is the midway point. Its written like a series, they're meant to be watched from 1-6[/QUOTE] Well doesn't that just entirely ruin the twist in episode 5 then? Watch 'em in whatever order you want

[QUOTE=thrawn2787;33516700]Well doesn't that just entirely ruin the twist in episode 5 then? Watch 'em in whatever order you want[/QUOTE] Well yes It doesn't ruin the moment though if you don't know that Vader is going to reveal the truth. (talking for first time viewers of the entire saga for that point) Sure it lessens the effect on you, but not on Luke, and how the audience feels for Luke when he learns the truth. [editline]1st December 2011[/editline] Anyone remember what the onset Script for Ep5 had in place for "I am your father" to hide the truth? Only Lucas, Hamil and I think the Director knew the real line. (and then James Earl Jones during the recording session) Wasn't it "Obi-Wan killed your father"?

[QUOTE=Tuskin;33515721]Episode 6 was the ending of the Saga, episode 3 is the midway point. Its written like a series, they're meant to be watched from 1-6[/QUOTE] no they fucking aren't

[QUOTE=Tuskin;33518029]Well yes Wasn't it "Obi-Wan killed your father"?[/QUOTE] Yes, but only because they changed it at the last second, I think

[QUOTE=thrawn2787;33522045]Yes, but only because they changed it at the last second, I think[/QUOTE] He only said "Obi-wan killed your father" because they didn't want anyone to get wind of the big twist until the movie came out, Lucas told Mark Hamil what the line actually was before going on set. and "No, I am your father." was always there, but was going to be dubbed in with James Earl Jones later.

God, I wish they had made the Thrawn series into movies instead of the prequels. Could've been amazing.

I could see the Legacy series working as a TV show of some sorts. but I'm only on volume 2 of Legacy so w/e.

Alright, I have a question Jango or Boba Fett? Boba's cool because he was in the originals but Jango is such a badass I can't decide.

Boba without question. ~oh,Boba...~

[QUOTE=The Castro;33528393]I could see the Legacy series working as a TV show of some sorts. but I'm only on volume 2 of Legacy so w/e.[/QUOTE] God no not at all. First off they couldn't get any of the original actors. And turns out Jacen is a billion more times retarded than his grandfather

[QUOTE=thrawn2787;33529525]God no not at all. First off they couldn't get any of the original actors. And turns out Jacen is a billion more times retarded than his grandfather[/QUOTE] You mean Cade? Maybe you have the wrong Legacy in mind, or not, but the more I think about it, yes Star Wars Legacy as anything else but a comic would not make any sense.

I'm thinking of Legacy of the Force where Jacen Solo turns evil while thinking he isn't

[QUOTE=thrawn2787;33529912]I'm thinking of Legacy of the Force where Jacen Solo turns evil while thinking he isn't[/QUOTE] yep castro is referring to the comics with cade skywalker, luke's descendant (great-great-grandson or something like that). they're kinda ridiculous, but i like that darth krayt was actually a'sharad hett, son of sharad hett, who was a tusken jedi dude that had a brief meeting with anakin skywalker during the clone wars, but was ultimately dishonored in front of his tribe and forced to be an outsider for the rest of his life and god damn this is one big run-on sentence. anywho, i think adapting KOTOR as a miniseries would be a great idea. KOTOR 2 as well, but ultimately i want to see the darth bane trilogy as a film series.

[QUOTE=Pops;33530493]yep castro is referring to the comics with cade skywalker, luke's descendant (great-great-grandson or something like that). they're kinda ridiculous, but i like that darth krayt was actually a'sharad hett, son of sharad hett, who was a tusken jedi dude that had a brief meeting with anakin skywalker during the clone wars, but was ultimately dishonored in front of his tribe and forced to be an outsider for the rest of his life and god damn this is one big run-on sentence. anywho, i think adapting KOTOR as a miniseries would be a great idea. KOTOR 2 as well, but ultimately i want to see the darth bane trilogy as a film series.[/QUOTE] tor pretty much rapes the kotor fluff tor spoilers [sp]you can kill revan and not even ask who he is[/sp]

ITT: We complain about the prequel.

[QUOTE=Pops;33530493]yep castro is referring to the comics with cade skywalker, luke's descendant (great-great-grandson or something like that). they're kinda ridiculous, but i like that darth krayt was actually a'sharad hett, son of sharad hett, who was a tusken jedi dude that had a brief meeting with anakin skywalker during the clone wars, but was ultimately dishonored in front of his tribe and forced to be an outsider for the rest of his life and god damn this is one big run-on sentence. anywho, i think adapting KOTOR as a miniseries would be a great idea. KOTOR 2 as well, but ultimately i want to see the darth bane trilogy as a film series.[/QUOTE] I thought I had made it clear that I was only on volume 2, but whatever. [editline]1st December 2011[/editline] [QUOTE=thrawn2787;33530576]tor pretty much rapes the kotor fluff tor spoilers [sp]you can kill revan and not even ask who he is[/sp][/QUOTE] Fucking shameful. Lucasarts can give TOR two years to write the script, but they can't let KOTOR 2 even be finished, had to rush it for a Christmas release with half of the god damn content not implemented. and KOTOR 2 had such an awesome story originally.

Saint's Row 3 made a refrence to Episode 1. Of all the movies, why episode 1? If you get into the VTOL the first time with the Cockney Voice he'll say "Let's try spinning, thats a neat trick"

So the latest episode of Clone Wars was pretty cool and Brutal. [sp]You see a group of Mandalorians burn down an entire village, and stabs the chieftain's daughter through the chest right in front of him (with a cool Black blade BTW), also Ashoka decapitates 5 Mando's on screen, and force throws a pipe through another one chest. Damn Clone Wars, when did you become so... un-kid show like[/sp]