Favorite Star Wars Movie

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Empire:

Best direction (because it wasn’t George Lucas), most character development, best use of real drama and storytelling. You could tell that Empire had the least involvement from Lucas, because it is the movie most capable of standing on it’s own merits. It was well written, well staged and had the most story of the first three movies (which means it had the most story of any of them since the prequels are about as deep as a puddle in my shower). Die hard fans always point to Empire as the pinnacle of the series.

I’m kind of bummed that someone mentioned the holiday special before I could. Now that was a prelude of things to come from the mind of George Lucas. shudder
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As an adult I have to agree with you a bit here, but as a kid who loved Star Wars, Return of the Jedi was more kid friendly. I recently had a Star Wars Marathon with my kids, with popcorn and all, and was most impressed, as an adult, with Empire Strikes Back… but Jedi holds a special place in my childhood memories, so it is the best to me!

You are right, though, the character development was best in Empire. My husband and I enjoyed Return of the Sith, but were disappointed with Anakins turn to evil. We just don’t think there was enough intensity to CAUSE him to do the horrible things he did. It didn’t show enough in his descent to evil. The story line was ok, but they didn’t make it convincing enough. We just didn’t see enough of a transformation before he starting killiing younglings. It didn’t fit well enough. We had the rushed feeling that they were simply trying to hurry and tie up the loose ends of the story. If you compare the Return of the Slithand Empire Strikes back you will see what I mean.
 
Was the holiday special the tv. special about the little kids with the ewoks? A little curly blonde girl with an 80’s leather woven sweat band on her head? I can remember being so excited to watch that when I was in about 4th grade and being very disappointed… was that the holiday special?
 
Ok, I have more time so let me expain what I meant about REturn of the Sith. I do love the creatures in Return of the Sith. The lizard that OB rides is so cool. I thought the fight scense and special effects were terrific, but I wish they had made it longer. It is slightly disappointing that Sith is the only Star Wars movie that I feel is too intense for my children (the oldest is 8, and very tender hearted) but I acutally think they could have gone a little deeper into Anakins’s transformation. It *had *to be violent and evil,in order to fit in with the story line, I am not complaining that it isn’t young kid friendly (definitely not youngling friendly) but I honestly think they didn’t go far enough to show his transformation. I did think the final fight scene was effective with how his body was destroyed etc. But the part where he killed the younglings really bothered us because they didnt’ set up enough for that scene. They could have made a scene where the younglings witnessed him fighting with a Jedi and then tried to fight him so he killed them all. Was anyone else annyed by the *sudden *onslaught of younglings with no buildup or was it just my husband and I?
 
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Peace-bwu:
Was the holiday special the tv. special about the little kids with the ewoks? A little curly blonde girl with an 80’s leather woven sweat band on her head? I can remember being so excited to watch that when I was in about 4th grade and being very disappointed… was that the holiday special?
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No, it was more along the lines of A Very Wookiee Christmas :bigyikes: :rotfl:

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Peace-bwu:
Was anyone else annyed by the *sudden *onslaught of younglings with no buildup or was it just my husband and I?
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I was annoyed with the whole movie. The action scenes were some of the worst I’ve ever seen (and I’ve seen Musketeer). I mean, if you’re going to stage and choreograph light saber duels, why would you zoom in on the characters’ faces for 80% of the fight? And that final duel was just pathetic, I’ve seen better sword fights in Chinese movies from the 70s or even in Errol Flyn movies. It was like Lucas just decided to ignore the entire history of cinematic swordfighting (including one of his own heroes, Kurosawa, who staged brilliant sword fights with hardly any effects budget or stuntmen).

Episode 1 was the best for action sequences (thanks mostly to Ray Park’s Darth Maul), though it failed just about everywhere else.

Lucas wasted so much screen time on Anakin or Padme staring off into the horizon wistfully and then he tried cram as much story, action and gee-whiz effects into every other second of the film. Why does there have to be 18 star fighters on screen in every single solitary shot in space? Lucas used to know how to use minimal visual elements to great effect back when he couldn’t afford the directorial excesses that characterize his movies now (again, tying him to Kurosawa).

Most people say that Sith was bad but better than the last two movies. I think it’s the lowest point in the series because it epitomizes basically everything that is wrong about the prequels compared to the original movies – an incohesive and rambling plot, no character development, lousy dialogue (not even lousy in a funny way like some of the silly lines from the first movies), far too much emphasis on needless visual effects and a storyline that had the potential to be so much more.

And one more thing George Lucas: Han shot first!
 
I like Return of the Jedi the best because of the ending. Yes, the Rebels fight their way to glory as in the ending to most good vs. evil films but the Jedi does not do this. Luke decides not to fight. He overcomes his fear and anger and is ready to die for his beliefs. Good wins because it decides not to fight with weapons but with moral righteousness. This is the best end of a good vs. evil film that I’ve experienced.
 
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Maranatha:
I link Return of the Jedi the best because of the ending. Yes, the Rebels fight their way to glory as in the ending to most good vs. evil films but the Jedi does not do this. Luke decides not to fight. He overcomes his fear and anger and is ready to die for his beliefs. Good wins because it decides not to fight with weapons but with moral righteousness. This is the best end of a good vs. evil film that I’ve experienced.
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I like that point and would like to add that it’s also nice to see the redemption of Anakin. He turns away from the dark side at the end, just in time to save himself before he dies.
 
I liked Revenge of the Sith, to be honest. I thought the transformation of Anakin was well done because you have to understand that his fall didn’t just start in Episode III, it started in Episode II when he killed a bunch of Sand People. Then between Episodes II and III in the Clone Wars cartoon t.v. series (which I really haven’t seen, but I’ve heard that he really starts to go downhill here) and then his dream of Padme dieing just topped it all off. I thought the special effects were awesome and the last fight sequences (Obi-Wan/Vader and Yoda/Palpatine) were amazing. But that’s just my opinion. Too bad we didn’t get to see more of the fully armored Darth Vader, though. That would’ve been so awesome to see him in a lightsaber duel also.

But still, I gotta say Return of the Jedi is my favorite. It’s got Jabba’s Palace, the Forest Moon of Endor Battle, the Ewoks, Darth Vader and the Emperor, the attack on the second Death Star. I just love it!
 
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Peace-bwu:
Ok, I have more time so let me expain what I meant about REturn of the Sith. I do love the creatures in Return of the Sith. The lizard that OB rides is so cool. I thought the fight scense and special effects were terrific, but I wish they had made it longer. It is slightly disappointing that Sith is the only Star Wars movie that I feel is too intense for my children (the oldest is 8, and very tender hearted) but I acutally think they could have gone a little deeper into Anakins’s transformation. It *had *to be violent and evil,in order to fit in with the story line, I am not complaining that it isn’t young kid friendly (definitely not youngling friendly) but I honestly think they didn’t go far enough to show his transformation. I did think the final fight scene was effective with how his body was destroyed etc. But the part where he killed the younglings really bothered us because they didnt’ set up enough for that scene. They could have made a scene where the younglings witnessed him fighting with a Jedi and then tried to fight him so he killed them all. Was anyone else annyed by the *sudden *onslaught of younglings with no buildup or was it just my husband and I?
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I thought his turn was brilliant. It was a simple choice, something that could happen to any of us: do we do the right thing or the right now.

As far as the younglings go, Anakin’s slaughter of them fits in with what Obi Wan says later: “Only a Sith deals in absolutes.” Anakin was either purely evil or he was good.
 
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wabrams:
I thought his turn was brilliant. It was a simple choice, something that could happen to any of us: do we do the right thing or the right now.

As far as the younglings go, Anakin’s slaughter of them fits in with what Obi Wan says later: “Only a Sith deals in absolutes.” Anakin was either purely evil or he was good.
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What? I don’t follow you. What I liked about the film was the way in which it demonstrated the consequences of following one’s feelings rather than a set of objective principles. Anakin’s problem is that he ABANDONED objective principles (absolutes) in favor of his own emotional desires.

I also think Americans need to learn that nobody wakes up one morning and decides to become Vader (or Hitler, Stalin, etc). It happens as a process of bad decisions. And it can happen to any of us if we make decisions based on poor bases.
 
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manualman:
What? I don’t follow you.
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I guess what I mean was Anakin didn’t do the right thing by not interfering with Windu. It did want he wanted for the here and now: the supposed power to save Padme, thereby stopping Windu. Even in The Clone Wars when Anakin had a vision of what he would become, Obi Wan told him he could still change is destiny. With one decision, he threw that all out the window.
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manualman:
What I liked about the film was the way in which it demonstrated the consequences of following one’s feelings rather than a set of objective principles. Anakin’s problem is that he ABANDONED objective principles (absolutes) in favor of his own emotional desires.

I also think Americans need to learn that nobody wakes up one morning and decides to become Vader (or Hitler, Stalin, etc). It happens as a process of bad decisions. And it can happen to any of us if we make decisions based on poor bases.
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Not just that, but with any evil person at some point they have to make a decision: do this heinous or illiegal act or do what I know is the right thing.
 
We can learn a lot from Star Wars. It is a great series that teaches us about the consquences of our actions.
 
I also found it to be a refreshing break from the usual Hollywood villain pattern in action movies.

Typical:
  1. Introduce villain.
  2. Demonstrate that he is a totally inhuman beast with no redeeming qualities.
  3. Intro Hero.
  4. Set hero against villain.
  5. Hero sends villain straight to hell via 39 bullets, 12# of TNT or similar measure.
IMO, this Hollywood formula has a LOT to do with American death penalty attitudes.
 
Growing up, I hated Star Wars because my older brother and one of my older sisters use to tell me that if I did not behave, Darth Vader was going to come and get me. Here I am, 27 years old and about to Marry a huge Star Wars fan. She would always talk about it and try to get me to watch the movies with her, but I always refused.

May 19th was her 26th birthday and the release of Episode III. She bought tickets for the midnight showing and told me that I was going with her. (I said I would do anything for her birthday.) We get to the movie about an hour and a half early and the place is packed. I was already having a bad time and I had no interest in seeing this movie.

For some reason, after about 20 minutes into the movie, something clicked. I was actually interested and I couldn’t wait to see Anakin turn into this Vader, the guy I was terrorfied of when I was a child. After the movie was over, I started asking all sorts of questions. Why did this happen, why did that happen. The only thing my fiance told me was to watch the other movies. So, I watched Episode I and II, we went to the drive in a week later and watched Episode III again, then I watched IV, V and VI. Since then, I have watched each movie at least four times and I am trying to take in as much information as possible about them.
 
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Willdecided:
Growing up, I hated Star Wars because my older brother and one of my older sisters use to tell me that if I did not behave, Darth Vader was going to come and get me. Here I am, 27 years old and about to Marry a huge Star Wars fan. She would always talk about it and try to get me to watch the movies with her, but I always refused.

May 19th was her 26th birthday and the release of Episode III. She bought tickets for the midnight showing and told me that I was going with her. (I said I would do anything for her birthday.) We get to the movie about an hour and a half early and the place is packed. I was already having a bad time and I had no interest in seeing this movie.

For some reason, after about 20 minutes into the movie, something clicked. I was actually interested and I couldn’t wait to see Anakin turn into this Vader, the guy I was terrorfied of when I was a child. After the movie was over, I started asking all sorts of questions. Why did this happen, why did that happen. The only thing my fiance told me was to watch the other movies. So, I watched Episode I and II, we went to the drive in a week later and watched Episode III again, then I watched IV, V and VI. Since then, I have watched each movie at least four times and I am trying to take in as much information as possible about them.
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Awesome! Glad to see that you became interested! Star Wars is IMHO the greatest saga of movies ever created in all of history. It is just so awesome in my eyes. I could not ask for a better set of movies. The story is so intriguing as well. For as long as I can remember (literally), I have been a Star Wars fan!🙂

Btw, which movie is your favorite?
 
The very first one, episode 4. I was disappointed when Darth Vader ended up being Luke’s father, made it seems like an intergalactic soap opera. It made it seems more of a destiny thing rather than a fun adventure that could happen to anyone.
 
I only saw The Revenge of the Sith once and partially! 😦
I voted The Return of the Jedi but the other two movies of the first trilogy are also very cool! 👍 As far as the second trilogy is concerned (of which I only saw well the first two episodes) I think that The Attack of the Clones is better than The Phantom Menace.
 
For me, it is always and forever Star Wars (aka Episode IV).

The others in the trilogy are about equal for me, but the prequels … goodness–seems like he knew what wickets he had to drive through, but the story was SO contrived that it just sprang my willing suspension of disbelief past the breaking point. I just could NOT buy the whole romance between Padmé and Anakin. And if the whole romance depends on stuff that happens outside the movies, that’s a problem, too, IMO–I’m not going to read umpteen dozen novels and watch an animated series (the kids watched it) just so a MAJOR plot point will make sense (if that even does it). Yes, I believe he’d fall for her, I don’t buy the reverse. Then when you get to what happens to Padmé in Ep. III … take a good female character and reduce her to a hand-wringing, weepy shadow of herself … bleah.
 
With the Holy Father. :rolleyes:

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