ST Who's The Baddie?

That is true, yes, but my dislike is based purely on personal taste, without any "objective" arguments.
I simply find them damn ugly

 

On the surface those slick Naboo fighters represent everything I believe SW not to be. At the end of the day, though, I like them if only because they're so damn quirky and weird (rain slicker-yellow???), which is true to SW in spirit, I guess. And, yes, though I hate to admit it, thematically they make a lot of sense.

 

What I love about the ship designs in the prequels is that there's a mix of the aesthetically beautiful, the Naboo, which harken back to classic designs of our own history (art deco) the functional and militaristic vehicles of the Republic, that foreshadow the lines of the Empire... and the very organic designs of the Trade Federation and Geonosians.

 

I was disappointed Anakin didn't stick with the Naboo fighter throughout the trilogy just as Luke had the X-Wing. Beautiful design, and an icon of Star Wars for me despite having a big role in only one film.

 

They kind of kept the motif going with the yellow cab or whatever it was during the big chase sequence in AOTC and then the yellow Jedi fighter in ROTS.

 

I wish as well that there was a single starfighter used by the heroes in the PT with others popping up in the background. I was always engaged in the OT when the X-Wings and Tie-Fighters fought but the different ships for the good guys and the Droid ships did nothing for me. The Obi-Wan-Jango Fight was good though.

 

Anakin's Jedi fighter was better than Luke's X-Wing, which always seemed a little over-rated to me (basically a jet with two extra wings), but I hear you. A lot of it also had to do with the CGI, no? (which, though it has its own appeal, was never as convincing as the models in the OT).

 

I love the Eta-2 Interceptor the best but nothing can beat the X-Wing and the Tie-Fighter imo. The Naboo fighters are great imo. No problem with them. The Delta 7's are a bit bland imo.

 

The Delta 7's are a bit bland imo.[/quote]

I keep forgetting that Obi-wan uses different fighters in AOTC and in ROTS. =P Yeah, I definitely prefer the Eta-2 modifications on the Delta 7's. The Delta 7's are nice, but the design feels a little forced to me.

 

I keep forgetting that Obi-wan uses different fighters in AOTC and in ROTS. =P Yeah, I definitely prefer the Eta-2 modifications on the Delta 7's. The Delta 7's are nice, but the design feels a little forced to me.[/quote]
Starfighter rip-offs of the Star Destroyers? I don't know. I just don't care for them.

 

I think the point was to show the increasing militaristic progression of the Jedi/Republic... and to reflect the idea that these craft exist in the same universe (the Delta 7 resembling both a star destroyer and the A-Wings for example). My personal fave outside of the Naboo fighter was the Republic Gunship. They were realised very well IMHO. The Sith Infiltrator was pretty 'sexy' too. I think the ships of the OT are unarguably more iconic, but I've always thought that the designs of the prequels were actually on a par, if not better... and obviously very underrated.

P.S. there was much model work re. the ships in the prequels. It's not all CGI.

 

The baddie will be San Hill's daughter, who wants revenge on the Skywalkers for killing San.

 

I think the baddie will be new, and more than likely a Sith or the leader of whatever opposing body comes from the old Imperial Empire.

I doubt Palpatine was cloned (sounds like an EU rumor lol) nor did any OT enemy live. I wouldn't be surprised if one of the villains was a descendant of the Fett family, since that's kind of what Star Wars is about (different generations from the same line).

 

I'm not sure I want to see a Fett in this movie. I kinda feel like the prequels ruined that character.

 

I'd have to agree with you. However, it is in the realm of possibility character-wise.

 

If Palps comes back as a clone, lazy storytelling. If he comes back by any other reason, meh.

 

I'm pretty sure he'll be back, but only as a Sith holocron.

 

What if... the baddie in the new ones is Palpatine/Sidious's decoy? You know, the guy who had to take Sidious's calls, don the black cloak, and appear as a hologram when Palpatine was busy at some political function or other?

 

Darth Chiznuk

I like you idea; it sounds like a way to justify Plagueis' return while still confirming that he did indeed die. Although something about a Sith Lord achieving peace and accepting his death really bothers me; it is not the Sith way to accept death, and in doing so, he has embraced that tenet of the Jedi Code (incidentally, one that Palpatine agreed with): There is no death, there is the Force. But then again, if Plagueis could learn from his enemies and accept this, he would indeed be even more dangerous than ever...he has learned to overcome a weakness of the Sith way to achieve "true" immortality.

You mean like Palpatine's Senior Administrative Aide, Sly Moore? She was known to occasionally impersonate Sidious when communicating with his subordinates. Interestingly enough, she hasn't died in the EU, so it certainly wouldn't surprise me if she was still alive during the ST...

 

I wonder if they'll have holocrons in the ST.

Darth Bane learned patience from the Jedi.

 

They won't have holocrons, but they will have candycorns.

 

Ever notice that Vader is strong on the outside but weak on the inside while Palpatine is weak on the outside but strong on the inside?

 

Strange, I see it in completely the opposite way. Vader is weak on the outside, his breathing problems are plain to see. But he still carries himself with dignity and lives a life of duty, however misguided his beliefs may be. Palpatine on the other hand lets himself be controlled by greed and all kinds of petty emotions. Psychologically, he is like a petulant child that wants more and more icecream even when it already has eaten enough.