Official STAR WARS Saga Discussion Thread: Part 5 (1 Viewer)

[Tino]

Great article Ben!

 

[benbess]

Believe it or not, I'm teaching a whole college course on the Star Wars saga next semester. Books we are using include: Star Wars and Philosophy: More Powerful than You can Possibly Imagine, Star Wars and History, and How Star Wars Conquered the Universe. We'll also have lots of books, like the Making of Star Wars Books, on reserve.


I'm a freak, in that I actually like the prequels. Sort of. Since I'm a teacher, here are my grades....


I Phantom Menace: B+

II Attack of the Clones: B

II Revenge of the Sith: B

IV A New Hope: A+

V Empire Strikes Back: A+

VI Return of the Jedi: A-

VII The Force Awakens: B (??) I loved the two new characters, Rey and Finn, but I had problems with a lot of the rest of it.


As a whole, is there grade inflation here? Yes. I'm not a terribly tough grader. And obviously a huge fan of the series.

 

[Tino]

So it's tied for last place?? Yikes. [emoji33]

 

[Robert Crawford]

So it's tied for last place?? Yikes. [emoji33]

Oh well, you can't please everybody.

 

[benbess]

So it's tied for last place?? Yikes. [emoji33]

A solid B means a very good movie! Maybe when I see it the second time my rating for it will go up....

 

[Robert Crawford]

A solid B means a very good movie! Maybe when I see it the second time my rating for it will go up....

My opinion of the film did and I liked it plenty the first time.

 

[Tino]

A solid B means a very good movie! Maybe when I see it the second time my rating for it will go up....

I agree. But by your ratings it's tied for last. [emoji12]

 

[TravisR]

Believe it or not, I'm teaching a whole college course on the Star Wars saga next semester. Books we are using include: Star Wars and Philosophy: More Powerful than You can Possibly Imagine, Star Wars and History, and How Star Wars Conquered the Universe. We'll also have lots of books, like the Making of Star Wars Books, on reserve.


I'm a freak, in that I actually like the prequels. Sort of. Since I'm a teacher, here are my grades....

If your class has an open mind with the prequels, they may actually end up enjoying them.

 

[Sam Favate]

This supports my theory that Return of the Jedi was made by people having way too much fun and/or taking too many drugs:


'Star Wars' animator says 'I took LSD' while working on 'Return of the Jedi'



http://www.businessinsider.com.au/star-wars-animator-high-during-return-of-the-jedi-2015-12?r=US&IR=T

 

[Oliver Ravencrest]

I would rank the series V, IV, VI, III, II, I, VII. I had such a bad reaction to TFA, similar to when I first saw Man of Steel but worse. I liked MOS better on repeat viewings, maybe the same thing will happen with this...

 

[Tino]

Wow. Dead last?[emoji15]

 

[Oliver Ravencrest]

Yup, that's how much I disliked it

 

[TonyD]

Has anyone wondered or answered how Leia ended up a princess and Luke ended up as a peasant working for his poor old aunt and uncle on a farm herding Nerf's or whatever the harck he was doing?

 

[Josh Steinberg]

Alderaan must've had a monarchy, so Leia was adopted by royalty.

Luke was adopted by peasants.

Bail Organa really wanted a girl, and Yoda decided the other baby should be raised by family.

 

[Adam Lenhardt]

Since a "Bail Antilles" was mentioned in The Phantom Menace, I've always assumed that "Bail" is an honorific rather than a first name. Perhaps there were a handful of hereditary lords on Alderaan from prominent families, and their immediate children were entitled to be called "Prince" or "Princess".


I always figured that the Captain Antilles of the ship at the beginning of Episode IV was a poor relation of the Bail Antilles from The Phantom Menace. Not sure where or if Wedge plays into that scenario.

 

[TravisR]

I've never seen it stated but I've always assumed that Bail is the John or Mike of the Star Wars universe.

 

[Tino]

This is hilarious!

Someone who never saw 'Star Wars' hilariously live-tweeted the original trilogy

http://mashable.com/2015/12/28/star-wars-first-time-space-voldemort/

 

[SilverWook]

Has anyone wondered or answered how Leia ended up a princess and Luke ended up as a peasant working for his poor old aunt and uncle on a farm herding Nerf's or whatever the harck he was doing?

I could have sworn the end of Revenge of The Sith explained all of that?

 

[Adam Lenhardt]

I'm about two-thirds of the way through my third complete listen of the Force Awakens score, though I've been sampling tracks here and there in between. Has there been any word yet whether John Williams will be back for Episode VIII? I'm sure Nathan Johnson would pay requisite homage to Williams's established themes, open the film with the Main Title theme and close with the End Credits theme. He'd likely even bring interesting new textures to the score that aren't in Williams's toolbox. But when a master at the top of his game is 7/9ths of the way through his magnum opus, you stay the course unless or until the finish line becomes impossible to cross.

 

[Wayne_j]

I would have to guess that he's on for VIII and IX.