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Re: Upon Furthur Review... and something to look for
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lugnet.starwars
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Tue, 25 May 1999 04:10:02 GMT
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On Mon, 24 May 1999 14:36:40 GMT, "David Thomas Jr."
<davejr@thomas-superwheel.com> wrote:
> The Pod Race sequence and the final saber duel are the most impressive scenes in
> all of starwars, even topping the hoth scene in Ep V. I love the way Obi Wan was
> able to predict when the energy field barriers were going to open up, he had his
> saber lit and ready first (using his jedi forsight). Both me and my friend had
> the same idea though, when Maul's saber was broken in half, he should have held on
> to both halves and fought with one in each hand, that would have been too
> awesome.
Maybe he hadn't trained that way? Maybe the second half was damaged (what
are the chances of Obi-wan scoring a direct hit on the center joint?)
Maybe because it would have caused Obi-wan to sneer, pull out his gun, and
blow Darth Maul away. (Oops, wrong movie)
> The pod race scene was so good, it reminded me of the canyon race in
> Iron eagle, which is one of my favorite movies. They got the sound perfect for
> the pods, Sebulba's was jaw dropping.
During the pod race, Kristin leaned over and quietly asked me, "why don't
they just fly over everything [like the cliffs, etc]?" Right after that,
Anakin went over the edge of a cliff, and we saw why they didn't just go
over -- those racers have a limited-range on the lift.
Really cool effect -- must be scary the first time you drive off a drop.
But if they hadn't used that trick in the pod race, Darth Maul's cliff-jump
on his speeder/scooter would have been more impressive.
Steve
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