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Re: Another one of those 'what's wrong with TPM' posts
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Thu, 1 Jun 2000 18:52:14 GMT
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> If 20-25+ years ago George Lucas planned to offer his audience modest lightsaber
> battles (in ANH & TESB), so that he could wow his future fans (the same fans
> that he was sure would in fact be hooked) with a phenomenal lightsaber battles
> in his at-the-time unscripted prequels, then I ineed give him credit for his
> admirable foresight, patience, and astounding subtelty.
I too don't but the "awesome powers of foresight" explanations. I may not think
much of Lucas as a writer, but he is one. Part of creativity is re-interpreting
your own work. Especially when you have to work yourself out of a plot jam.
When the truth about Luke's father comes out, us fans had to do the same kind of
back-tracking and apologizing. Did Lucas foresee that revelation when trimming
the first movie's contents? I've never seen any statement that it was planned
that far back. So, it stands to reason that as the mastermind behind it all,
Lucas tackles the problems left for himself, and what we see finally is the best
he came up with. The Lucasfilm PR machine then leads us to believe it was
"foresight."
As for the change in lightsaber style, the "old men" stance was a new one to me.
I figured that in Episode 4 it was supposed to look ritualized, because it was
based on Kendo.
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Message has 2 Replies:
 | | Re: Another one of those 'what's wrong with TPM' posts
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| (...) I didn't say that he planned it that far in advance, nor do I beleive that. I was merely repeating what Lucas said. I *do* think it was a bit of a retcon. I do like it because it lets him have more exciting lightsaber battles now. (...) Err, (...) (24 years ago, 1-Jun-00, to lugnet.starwars)
| | | Re: Another one of those 'what's wrong with TPM' posts
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| Just a bunch of disjointed thoughts about this thread: C3P0 in TPM - I thought it was hokey and severely contrived that Anakin built him. If it was necessary to introduce C3P0 in this movie, I think it should have been in a more reasonable way. C3P0 (...) (24 years ago, 1-Jun-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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| (...) If 20-25+ years ago George Lucas planned to offer his audience modest lightsaber battles (in ANH & TESB), so that he could wow his future fans (the same fans that he was sure would in fact be hooked) with a phenomenal lightsaber battles in his (...) (24 years ago, 1-Jun-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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