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Star Wars - Episode 1 : 25th year anniversary
Posted on 5/3/24 at 10:22 pm
Posted on 5/3/24 at 10:22 pm
The wife and I went today for the 25th year anniversary showing. I was 11 when it came out so it always felt like Anakin was my generations Luke.
The Bad:
Jar Jar Binks was just terrible. Not funny and many times you couldn’t understand what he was blubbering about.
The trade embargo stuff was just so unnecessary and boring. What was Lucas thinking?
The Good:
Darth Maul was great and should have been the main villain throughout or at least until Ep 3.
Pod Race scene is fantastic in theaters.
Duel of Fates is amazing
The Bad:
Jar Jar Binks was just terrible. Not funny and many times you couldn’t understand what he was blubbering about.
The trade embargo stuff was just so unnecessary and boring. What was Lucas thinking?
The Good:
Darth Maul was great and should have been the main villain throughout or at least until Ep 3.
Pod Race scene is fantastic in theaters.
Duel of Fates is amazing
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Posted on 5/3/24 at 10:29 pm to Draco Malfoy
It had one of the coolest movie posters of all time. 
Posted on 5/3/24 at 10:36 pm to Draco Malfoy
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The trade embargo stuff was just so unnecessary and boring. What was Lucas thinking?
To show the greatest evil in the galaxy is not the Sith, but political bureaucracy.
Posted on 5/3/24 at 10:51 pm to Draco Malfoy
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The trade embargo stuff was just so unnecessary and boring. What was Lucas thinking?
I mean... it kind of shows Palpatine's rise to power which you can say is the major outcome of the movie aside from Anakin getting with Obi Wan
Posted on 5/3/24 at 11:36 pm to Draco Malfoy
Went today as well. Me and about 10 others at noon. I sat in front of an old man and right before the opening, there was the announcement that a sneak preview of The Acolyte would play after the movie
The old man snorted and said, “Fat chance.”
The old man snorted and said, “Fat chance.”
Posted on 5/4/24 at 12:14 pm to Draco Malfoy
I think I’m gonna go to an afternoon showing.
Have nothing else to do
And I’ll go back for the nostalgia alone as I remember vividly 25 years ago seeing it in theaters as a 10 year old
Have nothing else to do
And I’ll go back for the nostalgia alone as I remember vividly 25 years ago seeing it in theaters as a 10 year old
Posted on 5/4/24 at 10:27 pm to Lawyered
Hope you enjoyed it! I hope to take my daughter to the next two 25ths. Shes two now so no way but hopefully at 5 and 8
Posted on 5/5/24 at 7:15 am to Draco Malfoy
If they would have done a few of things differently, it could have been a very good episode.
Completely get rid of Jar Jar and all of his people.
Anakin should have been about 12 or 13 and a better actor.
Don’t make the droid army so comic relief slapstick.
Mainly get rid of the silliness they put into it. There’s a little bit of silliness in every Star Wars episode. Empire definitely has the least amount of silliness in it. I wonder why people like it the best.
I actually like the trade federation plot. I don’t care if it’s boring. At least we get some kind of beginning to how the whole war started.
Completely get rid of Jar Jar and all of his people.
Anakin should have been about 12 or 13 and a better actor.
Don’t make the droid army so comic relief slapstick.
Mainly get rid of the silliness they put into it. There’s a little bit of silliness in every Star Wars episode. Empire definitely has the least amount of silliness in it. I wonder why people like it the best.
I actually like the trade federation plot. I don’t care if it’s boring. At least we get some kind of beginning to how the whole war started.
Posted on 5/5/24 at 9:24 am to Draco Malfoy
Not sure if this was addressed in another thread, but ViceTV was re-airing its "Icons Unearthed: Star Wars" series yesterday. A couple of takeaways:
1) Likely the greatest reason why the prequels didn't work - Lucas did not have anyone around to tell him "no." When producing the original trilogy, he had pros like Irvin Kershner, Lawrence Kasdan, Gary Gertz, Howard Kazanjian and Marcia Lucas (his first wife) to reel him in at different points in time. During the prequel trilogy, it was mostly Lucas and some guys who helped him with "Young Indiana Jones."
2) Lucas truly thought that Jar Jar would be the breakout character. Ahmad Best really got a raw deal. A lot of the cast & crew thought he was incredibly talented. Liam Neeson told his agent "I'm working with the next Eddie Murphy."
3) The Lucasfilm marketing people knew Phantom Menace was kinda shitty and felt bad about how they cut that first trailer, which set expectations even higher.
4) At the time of its release, there were rumors that Spielberg "rescued" Revenge of the Sith. Apparently his only real involvement was consulting on the big Kenobi/Anakin duel, which he did not just to help Lucas, but to also learn more about some new pre-visualization stuff that Lucasfilm developed.
1) Likely the greatest reason why the prequels didn't work - Lucas did not have anyone around to tell him "no." When producing the original trilogy, he had pros like Irvin Kershner, Lawrence Kasdan, Gary Gertz, Howard Kazanjian and Marcia Lucas (his first wife) to reel him in at different points in time. During the prequel trilogy, it was mostly Lucas and some guys who helped him with "Young Indiana Jones."
2) Lucas truly thought that Jar Jar would be the breakout character. Ahmad Best really got a raw deal. A lot of the cast & crew thought he was incredibly talented. Liam Neeson told his agent "I'm working with the next Eddie Murphy."
3) The Lucasfilm marketing people knew Phantom Menace was kinda shitty and felt bad about how they cut that first trailer, which set expectations even higher.
4) At the time of its release, there were rumors that Spielberg "rescued" Revenge of the Sith. Apparently his only real involvement was consulting on the big Kenobi/Anakin duel, which he did not just to help Lucas, but to also learn more about some new pre-visualization stuff that Lucasfilm developed.
Posted on 5/5/24 at 10:43 am to Draco Malfoy
Took my mother to opening day 25 years ago for mothers day and we went last night. I know the story well but I chose to really focus on Palpatine's manipulation and it was solid. Once you get passed jar jar and anakin scenes it is a good movie
Posted on 5/5/24 at 2:04 pm to upgrade
quote:
If they would have done a few of things differently, it could have been a very good episode. Completely get rid of Jar Jar and all of his people. Anakin should have been about 12 or 13 and a better actor. Don’t make the droid army so comic relief slapstick. Mainly get rid of the silliness they put into it. There’s a little bit of silliness in every Star Wars episode. Empire definitely has the least amount of silliness in it. I wonder why people like it the best. I actually like the trade federation plot. I don’t care if it’s boring. At least we get some kind of beginning to how the whole war started.
I have always felt that the “problems” with Episode 1 were that it put too much emphasis on marketing itself to children…or at least what Lucas thought children would like with “Little Ani” and Jar Jar.
The ironic thing is that when I saw Star Wars as a five year old child I was absolutely hooked with Luke Skywalker, Han, Chewy, Obi Won and Lea fighting against Darth Vader and Stormtroopers.
Posted on 5/5/24 at 2:18 pm to Draco Malfoy
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Darth Maul was great and should have been the main villain throughout or at least until Ep 3.
I will never forgive Lucas for spoiling Maul's 2nd lightsaber blade in the final trailer.
That could've been such an amazing surprise.
Posted on 5/5/24 at 2:20 pm to lsusa
My first impression in the theater was I didn't like it. I still don't.
Darth Maul was such an underdeveloped character in the movie. The kid was annoying too.
Darth Maul was such an underdeveloped character in the movie. The kid was annoying too.
Posted on 5/5/24 at 2:30 pm to upgrade
Lucas has said his goal was to target 12 year olds. A big problem for the prequels was the fanbase was older, so these silly films were reviled. But the truth is the OG films were also pretty silly. ESB being the least cheesy film.
Posted on 5/5/24 at 2:46 pm to RLDSC FAN
Do any of you believe the theory that Jar Jar was being set up to be a villain?
I personally think they should have scrapped Doolittle and made Maul the apprentice until revenge of the Sith
I personally think they should have scrapped Doolittle and made Maul the apprentice until revenge of the Sith
Posted on 5/5/24 at 2:59 pm to Draco Malfoy
I have only seen the prequels once and will never watch again. The ones that followed the originals other than Rogue one i will never watch again. Rogue One will never be the same as the original 3 but compared to the rest of the movies it's a dam classic.
Posted on 5/5/24 at 5:06 pm to FLObserver
Revenge of the Sith is great and I’ll die on that hill
Posted on 5/5/24 at 9:22 pm to Draco Malfoy
I'm rewatching this as I type. Does any see the resemblance between the Droid vs Gungan battle and the battle for Wakanda in Endgame? It's basically the same thing at the beginning. Maybe I'm late to the party on this because it's been so long since I've seen Episode I
Posted on 5/5/24 at 11:20 pm to FLObserver
I’d rather watch the prequels a hundred times than the sequels. Yes the prequels are flawed but if you love Star Wars, there’s plenty to love in those
Can’t say the same for the sequels
Can’t say the same for the sequels
Posted on 5/6/24 at 6:41 am to Draco Malfoy
I was in the 5th grade when this film came out and my dad checked me out of school early to go see it. So I will always have a soft spot for the film. While I loved (and still do) the original trilogy, I didn't really have a favorite character until this film and I saw a young Obi-Wan, who to this day many years later is still my favorite SW character. Also, there is no better lightsaber duel in the entire series than Obi-Wan/Qui-Gon vs Darth Maul with Williams epic Duel of The Fates.
Is Jar-Jar unbearable? Yes.
Are there moments where this film is dull? Yes.
However, I think overall the good outweighs the bad.
Is Jar-Jar unbearable? Yes.
Are there moments where this film is dull? Yes.
However, I think overall the good outweighs the bad.
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