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Attack of the Clones: Less Plastic Crap, More Story?

Posted by chrisd on from the jar-jar-is-raj-raj-spelled-backwards dept.

Newsweek has an article in which George Lucas states that there were parts of Episode One that were damaging to the Star Wars franchise. (shocker, I know) "The last movie did not live up to expectations." They'll cut the merchandise by two thirds, as they still have tons of unsold Episode One merchandise. Yahoo is also running an AOTC story. Mild spoilers in the linked stories, by the way.

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  1. Re:Tough Problem by Stonehand · · Score: 5, Informative

    I think this Lucas quote says it best:


    "There's only one issue for a filmmaker," he says. "Will this make its money back so I can make the next one?"

    From a Time Magazine article.

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  2. Re:but what about...? by Stonehand · · Score: 3, Informative

    That's Senator Jar-Jar Binks, at least according to IMDB and other sources.

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  3. Maxim Magazine... by Razor+Sex · · Score: 3, Informative

    The current edition of Maxim has a pretty cool interview with George Lucas that covers a couple pages. Not too many spilers, and it also covers the general direction Lucas is taking it in (as a director and as a story). Some of us might find some cool stuff to look at in the magazine as well...

  4. Re:Whew! by dimator · · Score: 3, Informative

    If you really must know....

    MAJOR SPOILERS!!
    http://www.aaronmccray.com/entertainment/episode2p lot.html

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  5. Re:I won't see Episode 2 by Dragoness+Eclectic · · Score: 3, Informative

    One thing I really like is that, according to the Time article (and written SW publications?) the Empire doesn't come and attack the Republic. The Empire IS the Republic.
    As an American trudging through 2002 I seriously like the idea that Lucas is using the mass media to put forth THIS idea for people to think about: that the well intentioned Republic can turn into the Empire through expansion, greed and expediency.

    And here I thought he was just translating the history of the Roman Republic/Empire into space opera... considering that the politics in TPM look just like late Roman Republic politics, and that they've got the exact same corruption and abuses that led to the fall of the Roman Republic. Unfortunately, I don't think Palpatine is going to be a Julius Caesar... more like a Tiberius or Diocletian.

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