I feel Luke's story was essential in all three as he grew in each film. I do agree that Han and Leia's story progressed in Empire and Vader's did in Jedi, but bother were on an equal plane with Luke. Luke is the one main character who had a full arc over all three movies.
And if I had a sawbuck for every fan who is gonna ask if they will be the original versions... :D :popcorn:
I'll probably see Empire, maybe Revenge of the Sith. But the "maclunkey" in ANH and the added "nooo!" in Jedi were really a step too far.
Yeah it's tough because they couldn't share the same screen space due to the passage of years. Thankfully, they didn't think to add "Star Warsy" dewbacks in the same scene instead.
I just finished a three night viewing of the original trilogy. And I mean original. 35mm prints from a few sources; Star Wars 4K77, Harmy's "Grindhouse" ROTJ and a beat to hell Empire print.
I haven't seen the films like this since they were released.
Star Wars: **** Amazing experience. Some...
To be fair, I always felt ROTJ was a major step downwards after Empire. And I only saw it in a better light after 1) the Special Editions actually improved it in a few spots (until Lucas couldn't stop and added the "noooo!") and 2) The Phantom Menace made it look genius.
As for TPM, I wamred to...
I did a rewatch of the prequels and had a thoroughly good time. Here are a few brief thoughts.
First, I settled into the mindset that the original trilogy was about Luke Skywalker while this trilogy is about Star Wars. With that in mind, let's plow through.
The Phantom Menace: a kid's movie...