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"Loaded" how? I wasn't offending you, simply happen to interpret Anakin's words and actions in a different way.

 

Ventress is a boring villain, both in old multimedia project and in TCW.

 

I was born in '94 and so I probably grew up alternating between the original 1983 version and the '97 special edition... I have always preferred Yub Nub over Victory Celebration. It just works for me.

 

Owen Lars was brought up in the underrated characters thread which got me thinking. Looking back, I wish he would have gotten a slightly bigger supporting role in the Prequels. It would have been nice to see how the Clone Wars directly affected the lives of regular everyday people, perhaps setting up Owen's bitter attitude toward the Jedi and the Luke's desire for adventure in ANH.

 

I like to think that, when the pressures of both war & government were too much to bear, Ani & Padme would visit Owen & Beru occasionally. I think they'd get along pretty well, since the farmers pretty much have no connection to the conflict, so Ani & Padme can talk to them openly, letting down their guard. Hearing about the pressure they were under would give Owen an understandable desire to shield his nephew from that reality and keep him safe at home.

 

I’m just coming to terms with the realization that Revenge of the Sith is the only one of the first six movies I don’t really enjoy watching. It has a few great moments in it, but it’s mostly kind of a chore.

 

it's the one that people call "the good one" in the PT. And I'm like....really?

- Anakin's sudden turn from "what have I done" to "ok, whatever you say sith dude" is too jarring
- The whole Mustafar sequence too video game like (standing that close to a bonfire is enough to give you heat rash, let alone standing right on a river of lava)
- Padme reduced to a weeping willow with no character...

I much prefer the previous two films personally.

 

I've grown to like it much more in the years since, but it was admittedly my first experience of disappointment with a Star Wars movie. I was around 10 when it came out, and it was the first time the veil was lifted and I realised that the prequel movies were, at best, somewhat flawed lol. Up til that point I'd really enjoyed TPM and AOTC with a totally carefree, childish mindset. I always had a soft spot for TPM though, even all through that edgy conformist period of being kind of standoffish with the prequel movies. Nowadays I'm back to liking them, and Sith has become palatable enough for me that I have it tied with TPM for my favourite prequel. I'm totally aghast at anyone who would rank it alongside any of the original trilogy though.

 

I feel like a lot of people simply embraced it with the mindset that dark=good. It was kind of the anti-TPM after all, which had been somewhat ironically rejected for being too kid-friendly.

I’m mostly ok with Anakin’s turn. Lucas wove it pretty well throughout the tapestry of the PT, although it probably could have withstood another layer or two of complexity or nuance.

I have to agree. For me it’s too much spectacle for such an emotionally charged duel, when the environment alone provided ample atmosphere already.

Sadly too much of her character ended up on the cutting room floor throughout the trilogy, but in Revenge of the Sith in particular I do think it really kind of did her a disservice

 

LOL, I guess fair response but seems nitpicky. I think the visuals were good but not great but I really love the particularly elemental planets Tatooine, Hoth, Kamino, Mustafar to a lesser extent, and the films have always been pretty fantasy.

Could have been better but I think she is still, in addition to improved chemistry with Anakin, pretty effective both reacting to and as part of the tragedy.

 

I think it did have what I and a lot of people had been waiting for, in particular Palpatine owning the show, how he pretty much convincingly won, both appealing/winning over of Anakin and really wicked, also Anakin being more appealing than before, his dilemma being compelling and Lucas generally not backing down from him going really bad.

 

I liked Anakin's turn, the duel, and Padmé in RotS. They all make sense and serve the tone and purpose of the film.

Though if I were to pick one of those things that could've used more work, or be done differently, it would probably be the duel. Or at least the opening dialogue before the duel.

 

Watching ANY Star Wars movie is kind of a chore.

 

Ok I’ll admit that these days I have a lot of difficulty staying with the story when I watch them. It becomes almost a total sensory experience. Often I have to get through them all once before I’m dialed in enough to watch them again and stay engaged.

I was probably a bit too dismissive in how I expressed that. Lucas definitely delivered on the promise of the previous prequels in abstract terms. I just find the whole build up to his turn in Revenge of the Sith to be such a slog to get through. So I guess I take back what I said about it being handled well.

 

I disagree with it being a chore. SW and ESB have both aged gracefully, especially SW.

 

I’ve actually found myself thinking at times lately that I’d be fine with there never having been any sequels to the original film; for instance in some ways they all serve to dilute the whole fairy tale aspect of it, with all its talk of knights, princesses, wizards, and sorcerers. I know that stuff never really went away, but it was never as potent again as it was in that initial singular experience.

 

I don't get that.

 

These days, I usually don't have the patience to sit through a movie I've seen before, unless I have company - and I've seen these ones more times than I can count.

 

Episodes I and II are the only Star Wars films I can watch any and every time. I appreciate some other installments too but for those I have to be in the right mood.

 

I don’t enjoy Rogue One or TFA. Their release window is the low point of my fandom.

 

Yeah I’ve noticed Rogue One seems to be thought of more highly than the other Disney films by a lot of people around here, and I get why, but it really doesn’t do anything for me either. I mainly see it as an uncanny companion to A New Hope that detracts from it more than it adds to it.

That said, at least the continuity errors are minor and the retcons don’t prevent me from taking it seriously.