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Re: Ep1 peeves (includes spoilers)
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Date: 
Fri, 28 May 1999 22:46:13 GMT
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On Sun, 23 May 1999 23:56:03 GMT, Todd Lehman uttered the following
profundities...







































1.  Jar-Jar and his doofus voice nearly ruin the movie!  The only thing
    he added to the movie was a couple minutes of cuss-bonding for 3P0
    & R2. JJB is far, far, far, more annoying than any Ewok ever was...
X^o  In fact, none of the Gungans in the battle at the end added
    anything to the story...it was Anakin alone who destroyed all of the
    battle droids (albeit indirectly and somewhat fortuitously).  :-I

Isn't Star Wars supposed to have some humor in it??

Yeah, it is, and GL has the final word, of course, but I thought it was
disappointing that GL resorted to cheap cartoon and slapstick humor with JJB
rather than the more cerebral/subtle humor in Ep4.  I suppose it was a
marketing decision.

Remember, GL wrote the third Indiana Jones film, and ruined some of the
characters in that, too. It is his style, a bit of slapstick, and amusing
characters.
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(...) When DM attacked QGJ on Tatooine, QCJ exhibited a believable sense of urgency as well as a fear for Anakin's life. And after DM impales QCJ in the final battle, OWK is extremely upset; he bounces in place, extremely agitated, waiting for the (...) (25 years ago, 23-May-99, to lugnet.starwars)

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