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[yubsie]

Just got back from RotS. Wow... this totally redeems the PT.



I was literally bouncing when I heard the line "Lock S-foils in attack position." I wanted to know who was flying that ship. Even though it was a clone, I wanted to hear his story. In short, the magic was back.

The interactions between Anakin and Obi-Wan before everything goes to hell... WOW. I loved their dynamic, their banter. For the first time since the Prequels started, I actually CARED about these people.

I really enjoyed seeing Bail Organa in a big role.

When ANakin beheaded Dooku, I gasped.

The Jedi purge scene... watching them all be slaughtered one by one. I couldn't believe I was watching it.

I LOVED Padme's line about "So this is how democracy dies. To thunderous applause."

Chewie giving Yoda a piggyback was cute among all the carnage. He was definitely the only OT character they could have brought into this movie without it being STUPID.

Obi-Wan calling Anakin his brother... *whimper* And then the little moment where he picks up the lightsaber.

Yoda's duel with Palpatine was really snazzy. And then him realizing he has failed...

I'm glad Padme got to name the twins. Though I'm not sure how Leia can remember her real mother. :p

Padme's funeral was SO SAD. I really liked the scene where Bail, Yoda and Obi-Wan are all discussing what to do with the twins, and Bail says he'll take Leia because he and his wife wanted a baby girl.

It was cool seeing Anakin in the suit. Though his "NOooooooooooooooooooooooo!" was definitely the low point of the movie.

I absolutely adored the ending. The droids getting handed over to Captain Antilles (with the all important order to wipe Threepio's memory :p). Bail and Mrs. Bail sitting on Alderaan, holding Leia while her theme plays. And then it switches to Tatooine, with Beru carrying Luke up to the ridge where he'll stare at the sunset in 18 years, with the same music playing and standing by Owen to gaze out at the same sunset. Really powerful ending.

Didn't like the Death Star being started though. :p

Sometimes the dialogue was cheesy, but this prequel, I actually enjoyed. Even... loved.

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[chlorrel.livejournal.com]

Wheee! Of course there's crappy dialogue and acting at times, but overall, this movie so redeems the prequels. Third time today and still all OMG I CAN'T BELIEVE IT!

Though I'm not sure how Leia can remember her real mother.

Either she remembered vague feelings from Padme or thought Mrs. Organa was her real mom? That's been driving me nuts.

I need to see this movie again.

[yubsie]

Or we can write it off as "Lucas didn't think it through". :p

I totally do too. :p

[chlorrel.livejournal.com]

We could. Wouldn't be the first time.

[yubsie]

Probably won't be the last either, alas. :p

[i-paint-the-sky.livejournal.com]

Caring for characters is cool. Though I've really been left in confusion over how to feel about Anakin...it's so confusing, because I feel bad for him and all...but HE SLAUGHTERED LITTLE CHILDREN >:O

I love that Artoo's memory was not erased =P And the ending. Though the "NOOOOOOOO" thing was rather...odd...but then again, what would YOU do if you found out you caused the death of the person you loved most in the world?

The funeral was really sad though...that's where I actually did cry.

And I gasped too, when Dooku got beheaded. That was...@__@ Like so much of the movie.

They really did a good job. You see now why I think that this will change your perception of events in the OT, especially things like Vader and Obi-Wan's duel in ANH?

[yubsie]

I think the slaughtering of little children was where I stopped feeling bad for him. :p

Artoo is teh col.

It's not that he SAID "NOOOOOOOO!" that bothers me. It's just the way it SOUNDED that made me giggle.

Funeral. ;_;

@_@ sums it up pretty well.

Yeah, it would change perceptions of that duel. I still wouldn't start anyone off with the two really weak installments though.

[i-paint-the-sky.livejournal.com]

It did sound odd. So did the DV voice saying "Padme"...Mi and I were talking about that, we decided it's just too soft a name for the DV voice =P

Yeah, I can see that...though I don't think that TPM and AotC are THAT bad, really...they aren't good, but they aren't horrible either.

[yubsie]

It's just WEIRD hearing the DV voice being concerned.

I think since we were already fans, we're more willing to forgive things in the other two. SOmeone just coming in would be all "And WHY is this massively popular?"

[miana-dude.livejournal.com]

I think the best part of Dooku's beheading is the look of disbelief that he gives Palpatine. I was going, "Dude, Anakin, that's a bit hint right there."


This still brings up the question: Even though 3PO's memory was wiped, why doesn't Anakin recognize 3PO? :-p Or, in ESB, when Vader stops Boba Fett from shooting at Chewie, is he doing it to save 3PO? ;)


And I LOVE Bail. I honesly do. I wish Mon Mothma's part had not been cut. :(

[yubsie]

Anakin... not so swift when it comes to Palpy. :p

Maybe the lava damaged Anakin's memory? :p

Bail was AMAZING. Mon Mothma would have been cool. I'm so glad Bail got a big part though. Alderaan makes me really sad now.

[i-paint-the-sky.livejournal.com]

Well, it had been 20 years and protocol droids do tend to look the same...maybe he never had the chance to hear Threepio's name =P After all, Owen never recognized him either.

[yubsie]

One shiney is like another. :p

[seryan.livejournal.com]

3P0 looks like any other protocol droid, and I don't think Vader ever actually hears his designation at any point. So...*shrug*

[akeyoftime.livejournal.com]

*pokes Teh Ewok*

Tell me darling. Where did you get your Fire Emblem games? As I spammed Vicki's journal about, he wants to play more of them, not just those commercially released in English.

[yubsie]

I get them from Kate. Because mooching= sharing the love. :p

[seryan.livejournal.com]

Though I'm not sure how Leia can remember her real mother.

I'm thinking the funeral at the end was staged in it's entirety, not just the she-died-while-preggers bit, and Padme got shipped off somewhere as well. (If you like that, I rec this fic (http://www.fanfiction.net/s/1823369/1/).)

I had to bite my lip to keep from audibly calling Palpatine bad names when he told Vader that HE'D killed Padme. I didn't like the NOoooooooo! either - if anything, it should have been a wordless howl - but I can kind of see that as the last breaking point, the point where he shuts off all emotion but hatred.

The sunset on Tatooine, tough...*kisses fingers* Nice! I wanna go see it again.

[yubsie]

Ooooooooh, I like the sound of that...

Palpatine is a BAD BAD MAN!

It's not the screaming of "Noooooooooooooooooo!" that bothered me, it was just that it sounded funny. :p

The sunset was SO MUCH LOVE!

[seryan.livejournal.com]

Specifically, I wanted to yell "Oh, you evil SON OF A BITCH!" but I'm just to goddamned polite. (I am, really. Even when I want to tell people off for being rude/stupid, I can't bring myself to.)

The snapping of the cuffs was a bit "...yeah..." too, I thought. I also thought Palpatine was OOC when they found Anakin on Mustafar, a bit too concerned. I can see his being concerned for his weapon - which IMO is all he wanted Anakin for - but he sounded concerned for Anakin-the-person, not Vader-the-weapon.

The sunset...Oooooh. *luvs the sunset* It almost made up for the crappy 'romantic' dialogue. Almost.

[yubsie]

You can yell it at the DVD when it comes out. :p

Maybe he was just sick of going through an apprentice per movie? :p

Sunset *melts*

[jaguarkitty83.livejournal.com]

It sounded funny because there was absolutely no inflection in his voice. It cracked me up. Hayden whatshisface cannot act. He DOES have the brooding evil glare type deal down to a T, though. I kept wanting to smack Obi-wan. "HOW CAN YOU NOT NOTICE HE'S EVIL! LOOK AT THE GLARE! THE GLARE!"

Oh yeah, the iguana thing Obi-wan is riding? I want it muchly. It's so cute!

[yubsie]

Well, he can act. But he had a bad director SO... :p

Is it bad that when Vader was being all concerned, all I could think was "OMG, Shin Earl Jones!"? :p

But if people noticed evil glares, where would we be? :p

It IS adorable! ^_^

[silent-chris.livejournal.com]

Hey! Just dropping in to comment.

The 'Nooooooo': Thing is, it's not just anger, it's disbelief, and shock and recognition of the horrific irony that the actions he took out of a desire to preserve Padme's life (at least initially) actually were the cause of her death. It raelly is the moment when the last few shreds of Anakin a swept away, and then there is only Vader.

3PO: One protocol droid looks pretty much like any other. Threepio's only distinguishing characteristic is a mismatched silver leg plate, and the only time Vader encountered post-wipe Threepio in ESB, his legs were missing. Also Vader's pretty much suppressed every aspect of his former personality right up to the closing scenes of ESB.

Leia's mother: It could be a flase memory, it could be a Force thing. It could just be that she was remembering an old nanny or relative who the Organa's claimed was her mother when they told her she was adopted. Actually I have no idea on this one, but I had to try.

[yubsie]

It's not that he SAID "Nooooooo", it was just the tone. There was something inherently WRONG with how he said it that made me giggle. :p

As for Leia, the problem with it being a false memory is that it's sloppy storytelling in that case. If they were going to have something about Leia remembering her REAL mother, it should actually be a memory of her real mother or there's no point to that bit of dialogue.

[jaguarkitty83.livejournal.com]

I put it down to a Lucas goofup. It's not like he hasn't made them before.

[yubsie]

This is true :p