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I finally saw it last saturday. :D

It was great. Made me want to instantly see 4-6 again. An almost perfect link between the trilogies.

Did you see the Millennium Falcon? I did, tried to show it to my g/f but I was too late. It's flying in when another ship comes to a planet.
Didn't notice George Lucas though.

What did you think of the opening scene? I thought it was perhaps a bit too intense. I had this feeling that it wasn't real, as if they would suddenly wake up and it was a dream. Probably had to do with the dialogs, which were also there very poor.
R2-D2 was cool, but a bit over the top? Suddenly he could use a cell phone ( :rolleyes: ), defeat robots, catch things, jump.. oh well.

Very cool film.

The way Anakin turned evil was pretty good, but how he SUDDENLY did everything Sidious asked was a bit fast.

Some people don't think that Storm Troopers are clones, but I think it's pretty obvious now.

Edit: I didn't like all the jokes by the droids. "Run for your life!" Yeah right.

I loved the lizard thing, he was cute. At first I thought he was pretty stupid, but then I loved him. :p

I can finally appreciate Haiden in the last scene of RotJ. At first I hated it, but now I've gotten used to Anakin in this form. I liked him in RotS.

I don't think Palpatine suddenly ages and became ugly, but he lost his ability to mask himself. Remember that you see the ugly Sidious in Ep. 1 and 2. Palpatine was just a form to hide his true identity. I think.

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Stormtroopers aren't clones. At least not all or even most of them (or even a large minority). What happened was that as the Empire spread, it became unnecessary to pay for all those expensive clones. So the Empire slowly began to replace their Clone Troopers with colunteers and conscripted soldiers.

The clones are just where they originated.


/me shrugs and walks away

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Ooooooooooh ok. And how do you know this?

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Because Han Solo was enlisted as a Stormtrooper before he became a smuggler.

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No, I think he was an Imperial pilot... I could be wrong, though. As to how I know it (the Clone/Storm Trooper thing)... I read it. TheForce.net (or from a link at TheForce.net). I think it was from an interview with George Lucas so...



/me shrugs and walks away

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I read the Han Solo trilogy when I was in elementary school.

Don't remember the Imperial pilot thing but it rings a bell.

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From Star Wars: The New Essential Guide to Characters:


And that is Han Solo's career in the Imperial Navy... And his first meeting with Chewbacca. If anyone was interested... And pretty much nobody has ever been able to cover Han's and Chewie's meeting in detail since George wants to keep for himself, I guess. That's why you wouldn't really remember it much in either Han Solo trilogy...


/me shrugs and walks away

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I remember it now! Mako's name jogged my memory.

And the Han Solo books completely cover Han's and Chewie's meeting.

Chewbacca was gambling in a seedy bar and I believe he was accused of cheating. One of the guys he was playing against was going to shoot him but Han shot the guy first. Chewbacca then began following Han and when Han told him to go away, Chewbacca told him that he now owed him a life debt and would follow him wherever he went.

I should reread those books.

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Really? I haven't read the books, but I was told it was only covered in a small flashback... Ah well. Guess I was told wrong.


/me shrugs and walks away

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Well the trilogy starts with Han as a child so it follows his life pretty extensively right up to his meeting with Obi-Wan Kenobi in the bar on Tatooine.

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What do you think about Palpatine's shapeshift?

Thanks for the Han Solo info! :D

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Question: Why does using Force Lightning deform and age Palpatine?

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Yes, you asked that and I anwered, now I want response! Please understand, people. :(

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I thought that Episode III was really good overall. I think that it tied in very well to ANH, but I do agree with Link1130 in that they should have split this one up and showed more of Anakin as Darth Vader. I also thought that Anakin kneeled down before Palpatine way too quickly, even as it was happening....I was just like...wait...just a second ago you were against him..and now you're kneeling to him. Too bad he didn't see Palpatine battaling with Mace Windu, with lightsaber, because when he came onto the scene, Windu had Palpatine cornered, making him seem weak..and in trouble..and making Windu seem like the bad guy.

Also, I thought that the part where Palpatine put on that Act 66...well I know that's not the correct name, but when he put that into effect..it was really...REALLY emotional. It was really awful seeing all of the Jedi go down like that, and whoever mentioned John Williams going overboard was right, because without that music the effect would not have been as strong. And then..the younglings...even I said...."oh my god, the children?" I was really shocked..and that just showed how dark Anakin had become. It was sad and very powerful. It was weird when only Yoda and Obi-Wan were the only two Jedi left...even though that's how it always was in IV - VI..I just wasn't used to there only being two Jedi. Revenge of the Sith really put into perspective what the true situation in IV - VI was. When I watch the original trilogy from now on, I will see how great the conflict truly is, and I know that the second Death Star being blown up will be even more powerful, and when Darth Vader leaves the dark side in the end. I was very pleased with Revenge of the Sith.

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I'm probably wrong but I thought it happened because Windu reflected the lightning off of his lightsaber.

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I'll say it again: I thought he lost his 'faked shape'. The ugly man was his true shape (as you could already see in ep. 1 and 2). Palpatine was just some mask thingy.

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Found a humourous cartoon.
Anakin Loves Padme

EDIT: Found another sweet one, rather long though.
Star Wars: ROTS

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Anyway, it seems that my theory wasn't true. :( Other pointed to the fact that Sidious isn't as ugly in ep1&2.

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Is his Lightsaber on?

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I think it's one of those plastic ones that stay in all that well.

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Darth Vader is being replaced by the new man in black..



Though I do find it odd that two of summer's biggest movies stars heroes who witness the death or are around the death of their loved one. They go thrugh some suffering. And don black costumes to exact revenge and well scare the heck out of people.

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Finally saw the movie last night...

...and I really liked it. Ewan McGregor was REALLY good...his exchange with Anakin near the end of the movie was really well done.

'You were the CHOSEN one!!!'

His reaction to finding out that it was Anakin who betrayed the Jedi was pulled off amazingly well. Him saving Padme and fighting Anakin, it just sets up the original Obi Wan Kenobi and Darth Vader characters perfectly.

Sidius was super evil...and that's what I wanted. He seemed snake-like in persuading Anakin to join him...almost like he had him under a spell. I loved how he enjoyed watching Anakin kill Dooku...he was like "yes, kill this pathetic bastard and REPLACE HIM!"

The movie revolved around the transformation of Anakin Skywalker, probably the most crucial and important aspect of the Star Wars universe...so Episode III was an important one. And it ended being the best of the first 3 episodes by FAR...I would consider it the 3rd best of all of the 6...behind ESB and ANH.

:)

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Finally saw the movie in my school theatre this afternoon, free ticket couldn't pass it up.

Anyhow I thought the movie was decent, nothing realy special but not the biggest fan of the series in general.

I thought the action was great, but the pacing just felt weird and the movie was all over the place. The acting was ok but eh.

And honestly, I felt that Anakin was a friggin idiot in the movie, but thats just me.