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Yeah that whole 5 minutes with Ray Park in the movie was great (actually got to meet him a couple of weeks ago). I brought this up because seeing Episode I and the buzz around the theater before the movie started was one of the most amazing theater experiences I've ever been a part of. The...

No one wants to do a new thread marking today (the 19th) is 10 years to the day that Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace hit theaters? I didn't even like the movie and you guys are going to make me do it if no one else does.

I look at the Phantom Menace sort of as a turning point in blockbusters, the last of the old sort of 80s/90s style blockbuster and with the beginning of the 2000s things like staggered international release dates went the way of the dinosaur for event pictures. 1999/2000 was probably fittingly...

Well there were lots of us at the time like I said who weren't even born when the first Star Wars was out. So the Zahn trilogy probably was big to existing fans, but to kids who were getting into their teens in the 1990s ... it was more of a grass roots resurgence, mostly based on watching the...

The thing about the Star Wars "return" in the 1990s was simply that it honestly happened naturally in a lot of ways. Lucasfilm/merchandising really didn't have much to do with it. The simple fact was the movies were still good, audience hunger for the source material was building, and you...

I'm part of the "Star Wars VHS generation" meaning I was born a couple of years after Star Wars hit theaters and basically missed the OT because I was toddler during those years. Indeed during the early 90s, a new upswing in Star Wars interest started. I dunno why but it just sorta became cool...

I could see it happening if the TMNT did $50 mill. One thing about Lucas is he's pretty spot on with a lot of his box office estimates. He pinned The Phantom Menace at $400 million even before its release IIRC. I'm not super excited to see it, which is odd for a Star Wars movie, but I'll see...

I saw that "One Man Star Wars" show a couple of years ago. That guy is absolutely amazing and it's a ton of fun.

Are those Tales Of The Republic shots the real deal? Wow, they look great if so. When I was 5/6 years old I though "Howard The Duck" was a good movie and enjoyed the more over-the-top "Superman III" over "Superman I". You can't really be that subjective to the tastes of kids. The fact is...

I'll be honest, while I think both films are dissapointments, looking back at them I enjoyed Episode I more than Episode II. Episode I just felt more like a Star Wars (adventure) movie. Had the movie given more for Qui-Gon (Liam Neeson) and Darth Maul to work with and scaled back Jar-Jar, it...

I love Star Wars, but AOTC IMO is quite possibly one of the worst big-budget summer films of the last 10 years. Batman & Robin takes the cake I think, but AOTC is up there. The "romance" between Anakin/Padme I remember had people laughing (unintentionally) at the screening I saw it with. Hands...

Maybe Spielberg can direct one of these? He's always wanted to do Star Wars.

I think Anakin (what's left of him anyway) is very much emotionally repressed and brainwashed by the Emperor almost fully by ROTJ (he scolds Luke for even bringing up the name Anakin Skywalker). Physical control is one thing, but the Emperor surely breaks down his apprentices...

The emphasis on attachment to things leading to Anakin's downfall is a pretty basic Buddhist prinicipal as well, so that might be what Lucas was drawing upon when deciding exactly why Anakin succumbs to the Dark Side.

The "NOOOOOOO!" should just be changed to Vader yelling in agony/rage. The way the line is delivered and how it sounds just doesn't work.

This might be a better question to ask in the DVD software section of the site. I believe some retailers may be doing a basic box set of Ep. I-III, which is really just the three standalone movies put together into a box. IIRC, you could buy Episode I + II together like this. But really...

The Palpy issue may be a little more complicated, because obviously his usage of the Force (dark side) is very, very advanced. He must have developed a power using his knowledge of the Sith arts to conceal himself. But by Episode II, the Jedi clearly feel the shadow of the Dark Side growing...

Well in real life you put 20 kids in a room, and you'll notice some kids are just naturally better at some things, while those who are weaker in one area end up being better in other areas. This also applies to untrained Jedi, I would imagine. Leia definitely seems to have a naturally...

There seem to be some "Force" rules from watching the movies that I picked up on. 1.) A Jedi/Sith cannot "sense" Force-ability from a person unless they are actively using the Force or have developed it to a certain point. This is supported several times in the OT/PT. When landing on Tatooine...

I think Lucas has even said that initially Leia was not intended to be Luke's sister, but Luke *was* supposed to have a sister anyway. It doesn't really cause any plot holes though. So he just streamlined that plot point and made Leia the sister rather than introducing an entirely new...

Why would Vader sense that Leia was "strong" in the Force though? She's never really used the Force in her life. She is not aware that Vader is her father. So there's nothing to "betray" her to Vader in that scene. From what I gather in Star Wars, some people are naturally born with higher...

Vader/Anakin doesn't sense that Padme is pregnant to begin with, so I don't think that's a plot hole really. Leia wasn't aware that she was Vader's daughter or even had Force ability so there's nothing there for Vader to pick up on. I don't know why you guys have the idea that you can do a...

My rankings are pretty much the same ... 1.) Empire Strikes Back 2.) Return of The Jedi 3.) A New Hope 4.) Revenge of the Sith . . . 5.) The Phantom Menace 6.) Attack of the Clones I really don't feel the second half of AOTC is "pure Star Wars" ... the film just degrades...

Well to be fair to Natalie, I don't think Hayden (or more likely the dialouge) did much to develop a sense of romance between the two in AOTC anyway. "I wish I could just wish my feelings away" and the infamous "sand" line (I think you gotta applaud Natalie for keeping a straight face) isn't...

Well I'm not going to say I didn't buy Anakin's turn in ROTS. I mean yeah it wasn't as drawn out as I wanted, but really I thought the first act of the film did a good job in creating some clever setups and conflicts wherein Anakin is caught in the middle. I thought Hayden's "brooding" was...

I felt more attached to Luke's story but that's just me. When Vader says what he says to Luke that sets him off, I know my reaction as a kid was "OH NO YOU DIDN'T!". I actually got mad myself, lol. And yeah, the Emperor's scenes in ROTJ ... oh man, you just want to grab a lightsaber and...

Not really a plot hole, more of Lucas taking dramatic license to make a point thematically. That line in ANH is not so much there for the sake of the characters or even the plot, but its meant for the audience. By the late 1970s a lot of people had become jaded, and Star Wars created a new...

I could be wrong, certainly I'm not expert, but most people we would deem to be "evil", like murderers or rapists often say they have an emotional reaction after their first major crime, they sometimes cry or whatever. But that obviously doesn't stop them from going on and commiting more...

Yeah I guess I agree that Anakin's ghost looks a bit too cocky (if I didn't know better, I'd almost think he's giving Leia the up and down look ... continuing some of those incestous Star Wars themes ... j/k) rather than the humbled look Sebastian Shaw had. But I still like the new ROTJ...

I think the ending to ROTJ with the SE additions and even the DVD additions are just flat out better than the original 1983 cut. I understand a lot of people like the older Ewok song, but honestly I think it's more for nostalgia's sake. As Harrison Ford called it, that was basically a "teddy...