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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Chris Maddison writes:
> > > Star Wars in supposed to be an incredible epic, which it is. Now, you take
> > > something that's sole purpose is a marketing symbol for the kiddies and toss
> > > it into an epic, you're bound to have problems.
> >
> > What about Darth Maul?
>
> Maul is also a marketing tool, yes. But, I mean, c'mon...he's just plain
> cool.
I agree that he was cool, but if you compare the number of times we saw him to
the times we saw the other characters before the movie came out, you would
think that he was the star. As it turns out he said something, what twice? He
is obviously a marketing ploy. Unfortunate.
> He embodies a different quality...he is Star Wars, where Jar Jar
> isn't.
I think the range of bugs (er..aliens...sorry that's probably only local
vernacular, right?) in the Star Wars universe is sufficient that Gungans fit in
(though I do with their local weapons technology wasn't just magic balls) and
the race was sufficiently broad that JJB fit as a Gungan geek. I just think he
occupied too much screen time.
> A true bad guy for an epic. At least, IMO.
Here I disagree. Darth Vader and Emperor Palpatine were bad guys. Wait, I
mean BAD guys. Actually, let's go with evil. Like cosmic evil forces. Darth
Maul was kind of a bad-ass, but not an epic villain. Like Grand Moff Tarkin,
who was a bad guy, but seemed more like someone with a particular political
faction allegience that we happen to disagree with. Darth Maul just happened
to be a bad guy. I had hoped for a most excellent bad guy.
Chris
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| (...) Ahhh, I know what you mean! We don't know how Darth Maul thinks -- we don't hear him talking much and when we do, he doesn't say anything profound or revealing. He doesn't interact with anyone else except to fight. Whereas we know that Darth (...) (24 years ago, 5-Nov-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, lugnet.starwars)
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