One of the cable stations was running a Star Wars marathon here a few weeks ago and I caught bits and pieces of the prequels.
I'M SO SORRY! *clings to you*
Anakin accidentally destroying a huge ass trade federation ship while highly trained pilots can barely save themselves is insulting on so many levels.
I just...if he really is supposed to be a great pilot, with actual skills, as...weird as that is in a 10 year old, why not have him use his podracing skills to run some kind of Death Star trenchlike scenario on purpose? What POSSIBLE REASON is there to have him do it by accident other than to make EVERYONE look incompetent? Or, you know, play the whole thing for laughs.
Oh ho ho, Luke just ACCIDENTALLY blew up the Death Star. WHAT A LUCKY BOY HE IS. *facepalm*
Though an argument could be made that George just has no clue how to create romance and therefore should, by law, be prohibited from ever writing it.
I could get on board with this. Or, you know, we could just prohibit him from writing anything, especially Star Wars-related.
This is the man who allowed a brother and sister to makeout in order to make her future husband jealous.
BWAHAHAHA. Okay. I have to admit it, I love that that happened. It's so hilariously random and weird. Also I'm pretty sure it kind of proves that Lucas is bullshitting when he says that he always intended them to be siblings. I LIKE that they are. But no way did George Lucas have that planned out during Empire.
I never felt a brother vibe. Qui Gon died and Obi Wan stepped in as mentor and (sort of) father figure. To be brothers there would have had to been some equal footing and there never was.
Again, unsurprisingly, I agree.
And actually I also would have been okay with that, had it at least been shows as an important relationship? I mean, the guy basically raised Anakin from the age of 9, he really is like his father, and I think, even though it's in the movie I hate most, Anakin himself says this on more than one occasion. But either way, there was an epic lack of emotion in that moment that should have been full of it.
And can someone explain to me how Padme and Anakin's marriage could have been a secret? When not doing their jobs, they were together. At night. And no one ever questioned who knocked her up? Was the empire gossip free? Did a room full of Jedis fail to sense Anakin's impure thoughts???
Yeeaaaah. I mean, okay, he's a Jedi Knight, I guess he's probably well-enough trained that he can sneak into her apartment with no one noticing. And maybe Padme even started other rumours so that Anakin was distant speculation in the minds of most. But...really. It's kind of dumb. I mean, there's a whole scene in ROTS where Anakin's at Padme's and he's all, "Obi Wan's been here, hasn't he?!" and she's like, "Yes, he came by this morning, he's worried about you, says you're under a lot of pressure..." And I'm like...he KNOWS Anakin's just chilling at her house all the time? Oy.
I guess that since the Jedi are allowed friends they can be trying to pass it off as just that? But then, I'm sorry, she ends up pregnant and there's no dad on the scene and a room full of the most powerful psychics in the universe don't put two and two together? HA.
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I'M SO SORRY! *clings to you*
Anakin accidentally destroying a huge ass trade federation ship while highly trained pilots can barely save themselves is insulting on so many levels.
I just...if he really is supposed to be a great pilot, with actual skills, as...weird as that is in a 10 year old, why not have him use his podracing skills to run some kind of Death Star trenchlike scenario on purpose? What POSSIBLE REASON is there to have him do it by accident other than to make EVERYONE look incompetent? Or, you know, play the whole thing for laughs.
Oh ho ho, Luke just ACCIDENTALLY blew up the Death Star. WHAT A LUCKY BOY HE IS. *facepalm*
Though an argument could be made that George just has no clue how to create romance and therefore should, by law, be prohibited from ever writing it.
I could get on board with this. Or, you know, we could just prohibit him from writing anything, especially Star Wars-related.
This is the man who allowed a brother and sister to makeout in order to make her future husband jealous.
BWAHAHAHA. Okay. I have to admit it, I love that that happened. It's so hilariously random and weird. Also I'm pretty sure it kind of proves that Lucas is bullshitting when he says that he always intended them to be siblings. I LIKE that they are. But no way did George Lucas have that planned out during Empire.
I never felt a brother vibe. Qui Gon died and Obi Wan stepped in as mentor and (sort of) father figure. To be brothers there would have had to been some equal footing and there never was.
Again, unsurprisingly, I agree.
And actually I also would have been okay with that, had it at least been shows as an important relationship? I mean, the guy basically raised Anakin from the age of 9, he really is like his father, and I think, even though it's in the movie I hate most, Anakin himself says this on more than one occasion. But either way, there was an epic lack of emotion in that moment that should have been full of it.
And can someone explain to me how Padme and Anakin's marriage could have been a secret? When not doing their jobs, they were together. At night. And no one ever questioned who knocked her up? Was the empire gossip free? Did a room full of Jedis fail to sense Anakin's impure thoughts???
Yeeaaaah. I mean, okay, he's a Jedi Knight, I guess he's probably well-enough trained that he can sneak into her apartment with no one noticing. And maybe Padme even started other rumours so that Anakin was distant speculation in the minds of most. But...really. It's kind of dumb. I mean, there's a whole scene in ROTS where Anakin's at Padme's and he's all, "Obi Wan's been here, hasn't he?!" and she's like, "Yes, he came by this morning, he's worried about you, says you're under a lot of pressure..." And I'm like...he KNOWS Anakin's just chilling at her house all the time? Oy.
I guess that since the Jedi are allowed friends they can be trying to pass it off as just that? But then, I'm sorry, she ends up pregnant and there's no dad on the scene and a room full of the most powerful psychics in the universe don't put two and two together? HA.
WHY ARE YOU MAKING ME THINK ABOUT THIS?!?!!?!
BECAUSE YOU MUST SHARE MY PAIN!!1!1!!