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Handmaiden-Kabe Registered: May '05	Date Posted: 5/29/07 6:40am Subject: Your least favourite bit of the OT - Date Edited: 5/29/07 6:42am (1 edits total) Edited By: Handmaiden-Kabe
	Firstly, this is not a criticism of the OT, I was just thinking about it... I'm sure this has been done before but I couldn't find it on the list, so I thought I'd give it a go. Sorry if it has! When I was little, I hated the bit where the ewok dies in ROTJ, and his friend doesn't realise and tries to wake him up. It used to make me cry! Fortunately I have seen the light about ewoks, and it no longer makes me cry. Most definitely not. Now my least favourite bit would be the sarlacc having a stupid beak in the new version of ROTJ. Don't get me wrong, I love some of the changes (ie Hayden C at the end), but a beak!?!? I think it was far more scary when it was just a gaping maw. I've been in Little Shop of Horrors- it's like deja vu! So which bits make you cringe? ... Oh, come to mention it, Luke's banana jacket at the end of ANH is pretty atrocious too! -----signature----- No guilt in life no fear in death, this is the power of Christ in me, From life's first cry to final breath, Jesus commands my destiny... It's a great song, just PM me if you want the full lyrics...
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DrAnakin Registered: Nov '05	Date Posted: 5/29/07 7:17am Subject: RE: Your least favourite bit of the OT
	I agree with the Sarlaac beak and Luke's banana jacket. I also hate the space slug in ESB. The first time you watch it, you expect a scary menacing creature to pop out of the asteroid, but instead you get a horrible-looking slug that resembles certain parts of the male anatomy. I always thought that ILM could have come up with something better.
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Handmaiden-Kabe Registered: May '05	Date Posted: 5/29/07 7:52am Subject: RE: Your least favourite bit of the OT
	Ho ho ho! I'd never thought of that...analogy. Still, I'm a wuss. If it had been scarier I might have had to retreat behind my sofa... -----signature----- No guilt in life no fear in death, this is the power of Christ in me, From life's first cry to final breath, Jesus commands my destiny... It's a great song, just PM me if you want the full lyrics...
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TwiLekJedi Title: Classic Trilogy Manager Registered: Jun '01	Date Posted: 5/29/07 8:21am Subject: RE: Your least favourite bit of the OT
	I have come to either accept or ignore the jacket, but in principle I agree that it's quite awful Most of the RotJ-Tatooine stuff after the droids-only scenes bothers me, except that it later contributed to a lot of good EU stories/material. And shooting down like a thousand cameras and sensors and whoknowswhat in the detention block in ANH. 2 or 3 would have been more than enough. oh, this is going to end well.... -----signature----- We do what we must Because we can For the good of all of us Except the ones who are dead
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MisterVader Registered: Nov '06	Date Posted: 5/29/07 9:06am Subject: RE: Your least favourite bit of the OT
	The Sarlaac beak is the one thing that I find necessary to justify whenever it's criticized, mainly because the explanation is too good: http://gs.michaelhopcroft.com/motif/520 -----signature----- http://boards.theforce.net/prequel_trilogy/b10669/28134500/p1/?0
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Grand_Moff_Jawa Registered: May '01	Date Posted: 5/29/07 9:25am Subject: RE: Your least favourite bit of the OT
	Is this thread asking about the O-OT or the OT-SE's? Or both? If it's about the OT-SE's, I'd have to say the ending of ROTJ with Hayden. If it's about the O-OT, I'd say it's the change in Artoo's "voice" in ROTJ. -----signature----- "I can't abide those Jawas... disgusting creatures"! - C3PO This sig line is [FABULOUSO!] www.outerrimsieges.com "It is far better to grasp the universe as it really is than to persist in delusion, however satisfying and reassuring." -- Carl Sagan
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DarthMatter Registered: Jul '04	Date Posted: 5/29/07 10:32am Subject: RE: Your least favourite bit of the OT
	Well...these least fav bits can also be a list of hopeful crucial fixes in any "Ultimate" Edition...and no, I'm not a basher... ANH - Vader/Obi duel, which now is way out of place - Most DS attack run shots and over-the-top, distracting rocking of Luke's cockpit - Lack of connection to larger galaxy, Yoda/Sidious, etc TESB - Repetition of the Falcon's Lightspeed joke ROTJ - Retread of the whole DS plot and attack run - "Muppet Hour" Jabba's Palace section - Lack of credibility and utter campiness of the Ewok victory - Two different distances from the DS in the final ROTJ battle (close to the DS from outside, far away from inside - compare to the out-the-window shots of the rescue scene in ROTS) - Only 45 minutes or so of non-cringe-worthy movie is left (but that 45 minutes or so is awesome) These things make me cringe every time, even before the PT began. -----signature----- "It is clear to me now that the Republic no longer functions as a Democracy."
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_Sublime_Skywalker_ Registered: May '04	Date Posted: 5/29/07 4:02pm Subject: RE: Your least favourite bit of the OT
	I'm going to have to say the performance in Jabba's palace in ROTJ. Definatly definalty unneeded. I agree with the beak,and the banana jacket and I'm going to have to say the death of the Taun Taun in ESB. I mean, they've redone the movies how many times?! They could make the death and collapse of the Taun taun just a little more realistic and a little less pathetic. -----signature----- 'You don't know the Power of the Darkside!'-Darth Vader
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sith_rising Registered: Jan '04	Date Posted: 5/29/07 4:35pm Subject: RE: Your least favourite bit of the OT - Date Edited: 5/29/07 4:35pm (1 edits total) Edited By: sith_rising
	Some parts I usually fast-forward on the DVDs: Debriefing the Rebel pilots in ANH Trash compactor scene in ANH Hiding in the space slug in TESB Rancor battle in ROTJ Endor, until the bunker raid, in ROTJ I don't hate em', just watch them rarely. -----signature----- "My mentor taught me everything about the Force, even the nature of the Dark Side"
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Thegoat Registered: Jul '04	Date Posted: 5/29/07 4:43pm Subject: RE: Your least favourite bit of the OT
	Haha, I never thought about the jacket, but you have a point. The worst of the original trilogy has to be when the Imperials come out of the bunker in ROTJ and Han acts like he's going to hold up the whole infantry. Then the Ewoks pop out and he shrugs his shoulders with that dumb look on his face. I could almost hear the sitcom laugh track. The Ewok victory was lame, but that's been discussed to death. Ditto for the power converters. Jedi Rocks. The new scene was promising. Then Jabba said "Do that again," and the whole thing spiraled into a musical number of pain and misery. I like the part in the beginning of ESB where Vader yells "General Veers" and turns around. The camera turns with him to show Veers right up in Vader's face and Vader backs up a little bit. Look for it next time you watch if you haven't noticed it cause it's kind of funny. "Someone who loves you." As bad as the worst from AOTC. -----signature----- "TK-421, why aren't you at you're post? TK-421, do you copy? Dumb stormtrooper must've hit his head again . . .
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voodoopuuduu Title: Classic Trilogy Trivia Host Registered: Mar '04	Date Posted: 5/29/07 7:54pm Subject: RE: Your least favourite bit of the OT
	The non-blinking eyes of the teddy bear Ewoks always annoys me. -----signature----- Winner CT Trivia Challenge 44, 54 Winner PT Trivia Challenge 10 , 13, 14, 17 Joint-Winner CT Challenge 49 and 50, PT Challange 18
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E107_Theta Registered: Apr '05	Date Posted: 5/29/07 9:02pm Subject: RE: Your least favourite bit of the OT - Date Edited: 5/29/07 9:05pm (1 edits total) Edited By: E107_Theta
	I think the thing that bugs me the most about the OT is that Leia is Luke's sister. It makes the twins relationship REALLY awkward. ROTJ should have been two or more movies, but George wanted to call it quits and making Leia Luke's sister feels like the ultimate cop-out. I really wish that the OT was four movies instead of three. In Episode VI, Luke and the gang would rescue Han from Jabba, as in ROTJ. After that, Yoda and Obi-Wan tell him of his sister, and Luke goes off to search for her, and he later finds her. Then, Episode VII would more or less be the second half of ROTJ, with Luke (and possibly sister?) confronting Vader and the Emperor. Also yeah, the Ewoks were pretty silly, I would have loved it had the final battle taken place on Kashyyk with Wookies instead. I'm sure people would have loved the battle of Endor if it had Wookies instead of Ewoks. I think the saga as a whole would have been MUCH better had Lucas went for what he originally intended. Nine episodes a little much, but seven would have made it mesh more nicely.
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voodoopuuduu Title: Classic Trilogy Trivia Host Registered: Mar '04	Date Posted: 5/29/07 9:22pm Subject: RE: Your least favourite bit of the OT - Date Edited: 5/29/07 9:24pm (1 edits total) Edited By: voodoopuuduu
	I think the saga as a whole would have been MUCH better had Lucas went for what he originally intended. Nine episodes a little much, but seven would have made it mesh more nicely. No, nine films will do fine (waves hand). 4 for the Classic Trilogy, and 5 for the Prequels. Remember, we didnt get to see a whole lot of Anakin between conception and 9 and between 9 and 19. There could have been a lot of good stuff put in those time frames. -----signature----- Winner CT Trivia Challenge 44, 54 Winner PT Trivia Challenge 10 , 13, 14, 17 Joint-Winner CT Challenge 49 and 50, PT Challange 18
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Jango10 Registered: Sep '02	Date Posted: 5/29/07 9:34pm Subject: RE: Your least favourite bit of the OT
	If it is going to be 9 films, it should be like this: TPM Episode II AOTC Episode IV ROTS ANH Episode VII ESB ROTJ My least favorite bit: The pacing of the first 3rd of ROTJ, it is very hard to get through Tatooine. The first 3rd of ANH is almost as bad, the saving grace being Alex Guiness and Obi-Wan's exposition. I guess I really don't like Tatooine much as a planet. Very boring, very desolate. -----signature----- "I love the smell of Napalm in the morning." McCain/Palin '08
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DeakSkywalker Registered: Feb '06	Date Posted: 5/29/07 9:38pm Subject: RE: Your least favourite bit of the OT
	The whole Jabba's palace dance sequence. Just ugh...but it doesnt ruin ROTJ for me (IMO tied with ESB for best SW movie). -----signature----- "Anakin wasn't what he was supposed to become. But the son could become that." -George Lucas
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BobaFrank Registered: Jul '01	Date Posted: 5/29/07 9:48pm Subject: RE: Your least favourite bit of the OT
	The speeder bike scene for me. For some reason I just don't like it. -----signature----- "Fear leads to anger, anger leads to hate, hate leads to suffering." -Yoda TPM "May the Force Be with You." "One Nation Under GOD." "I want to come with you to Alderaan and become a Jedi like my father." "I am a Jedi. Like my father before me."
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