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Star Wars Episode III Spoiler Photos

XSSIV writes "Amazing new spoiler filled imagery from next year's Star Wars: Episode III can be found at the MovieWeb Star Wars III Detail Page. Here is the Gallery for Star Wars III Images" There are a couple of cool shots that cross into spoiler territory (although only if you don't know the Chewbacca is Luke's true biological mother).

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  1. Face it, Star Wars Three IS a spoiler. by Trigun · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Nobody's going to feel really bad about seeing those, as George Lucas has turned Star Wars into a franchise to hock his wares.

    At least with the original three, that just happened naturally.

    1. Re:Face it, Star Wars Three IS a spoiler. by TheLinuxSRC · · Score: 5, Insightful

      Yes, at least the original three weren't drivel written for little kids. There was a story there. The latest SW movies have been about nothing other than making George some bank.

    2. Re:Face it, Star Wars Three IS a spoiler. by AIX-Hood · · Score: 4, Insightful

      Huh? Ewoks are nothing but fury drivels.

    3. Re:Face it, Star Wars Three IS a spoiler. by hype7 · · Score: 4, Insightful
      Nobody's going to feel really bad about seeing those, as George Lucas has turned Star Wars into a franchise to hock his wares.


      It's such a shame. I remember when Lucas announced he was making the original three - back when, 1998? I thought it was going to be Eps IV - VI, but with awesome SFX.

      Instead, he candied and kiddied them down too much. Some people get edgier and better with age - Lucas, unfortunately, pretty much lost it. There are still flashes of brilliance, but the feel of the movies has been lost.

      I guess you could say if Lucas brought SFX to the mainstream with his original three movies, he over-commercialised it with the last three. Traditional space movies have almost fallen from favour since Ep I. On the other hand, these past few years haven't been a complete loss as far as cool movie genres and odysseys go.

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    4. Re:Face it, Star Wars Three IS a spoiler. by Neop2Lemus · · Score: 5, Funny
      No the Wachowskimacallit Brothers stole it.

      And they didn't know how to use it either.

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    5. Re:Face it, Star Wars Three IS a spoiler. by utahjazz · · Score: 4, Funny

      Some people get edgier and better with age - Lucas, unfortunately, pretty much lost it

      Err..lets not forget that Lucas wrote the Star Wars Holiday Special back in 1978. Try watching that before you watch eps I and II, they seem so you'll be sayin "My god Lucas has gotten so much better".

    6. Re:Face it, Star Wars Three IS a spoiler. by cbreaker · · Score: 4, Insightful

      Yes, the first three WERE written for kids.

      The story is simplistic, "evil versus good", the characters are goofy, etc..

      They made millions of lunchboxes, action figures, and other toys. Not for kids eh..

      I won't say that they were the worst movies ever, they weren't. I'm a scifi fan and it's decent scifi. I won't however pretend they are something that they are not, and they are not fantastic.

      In my humble opinion, they should have made the new movies (episode 1, 2) for adults rather then kids like the old ones. The kids that watched the old one and loved them growing up are all grown up now.

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    7. Re:Face it, Star Wars Three IS a spoiler. by Lonath · · Score: 4, Insightful

      Yes, at least the original three weren't drivel written for little kids.

      Have you watched the first three recently? I like the new movies, and I remember seeing the first ones as a kid, then again as an adult. I also realized upon re-seeing them as an adult that the dialogue and acting and the story in the first three weren't so hot, either. But they were fun movies.

      I like the new movies because I try to watch them as a child would, before I grew up and became cynical and bitter, and I really enjoy them. I didn't realize when I was watching the movies as a child that it was really Anakin's story, and I think the new movies are doing a good job of telling the earlier story of Anakin, even if I would change some things in some places.

      I especially enjoy the "Palpatine's rise to power pretending to be nice while he's really a mean nasty Sith Lord" plot, and how he manipulates everyone into doing what he wants. And how the Jedi can't tell he's a Sith lord. In fact, this plot point is apparently subtle enough that I remember going onto theforce.net after TPM came out and reading the boards where people were discussing whether or not Palpy==Sidious or not, and to this day, if you google "palpatine sidious" you will see lots of discussions on this issue. If people miss this point from the movies, then it's not surprising that so many people think the new movies are crap. (It's also interesting to me that without the existence of movies 4, 5, and 6 there actually could be a question about their relationship because you wouldn't know where the story is going...but that's clearly not the case here.)

      Oh well, but the movie industry still sucks so I won't be able to see the third till it comes out on TV. :(

    8. Re:Face it, Star Wars Three IS a spoiler. by thales · · Score: 4, Insightful

      Oh Please!

      I Was 20 when the first film came out so I had about the viewpoint as many posters have for the newer films. The Originals were campy space Operas that had every gimik from 1930s and 1940s Serials and B Movies redone done with what was state of the art effects at the time. They made for a fun night of escapist entertainment, but were never anything near good Sci-Fi. The biggest fault of the prequeals is they try take themselves too damn serious and fail at it instead of being the fun campy space flicks the older movies were.

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    9. Re:Face it, Star Wars Three IS a spoiler. by kaltkalt · · Score: 4, Informative

      yep, and remember, Lucas did not direct Empire. That's why it was good.

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    10. Re:Face it, Star Wars Three IS a spoiler. by Endive4Ever · · Score: 4, Insightful

      Well, I am a science fiction fan, and I know I am not alone in saying that the whole Star Wars phenomenon did unimaginable damage to the SF genre.

      I'm not speaking from an 'elitist' point of view, mind you. The good SF from the 70's isn't about elites, it's mostly a hopeful vision for the future.

      Star Wars dragged in the whole Space Western bullshit and crowded out and killed a lot of good stuff.

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    11. Re:Face it, Star Wars Three IS a spoiler. by geekoid · · Score: 4, Insightful

      " The good SF from the 70's isn't about elites, it's mostly a hopeful vision for the future."

      What? were you even alive?

      Omega man, Soylent green, Planet of the apes, Buck Rogers, etc . . . were all about the folly of man and our path to self destruction.

      Star Wars proved that even though Sci-Fi was expensive, it could make big dollars. Look at some of the sci-fi that came out in the next 10 years. some Realy Good Stuff. also a lot of crap, but that is to be expected.

      Star Wars was pretty much anything but a Space Western. Closer to a martial arts movie, or Space fantasy. There was no expansion(Star Trek) involved with Star Wars, no wagon train(Battle Star).

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    12. Re:Face it, Star Wars Three IS a spoiler. by WindowsTroll · · Score: 4, Informative

      >>It hadn't occurred to me that he needs the money.

      I am not sure if you were facetious or not, but old George rates up there as #159 on the worlds richest person list with a net worth of $3,000,000,000 U.S Dollars.

      http://www.forbes.com/maserati/billionaires2004/ LI RPNOV.html?passListId=10&passYear=2004&passListTyp e=Person&uniqueId=PNOV&datatype=Person

      (sorry about the url)

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  2. Chewbacca????? by TheLinuxSRC · · Score: 5, Funny

    although only if you don't know the Chewbacca is Luke's true biological mother

    Chebacca and Darth Vader... Nasty.

    1. Re:Chewbacca????? by good(k)night · · Score: 4, Funny

      ..and that's why they both speak funny?

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    2. Re:Chewbacca????? by Kjuib · · Score: 5, Funny

      But I thought Chewbacca and Han had a Love Child... Anyone ever hear of Alf - I think he had his own TV show once...

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    3. Re:Chewbacca????? by liloconf · · Score: 5, Funny

      Han's son?? I guess that would explain Alf's love for pussy....

  3. spoiler material? by poptix_work · · Score: 5, Informative

    I saw nothing that came anywhere near spoiler material, nice imagery though.

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    1. Re:spoiler material? by lwells-au · · Score: 5, Funny

      Neither did I. In fact, I didn't see anything.... wait a minute!

    2. Re:spoiler material? by dickiedoodles · · Score: 5, Funny

      I saw nothing that came anywhere near spoiler material, nice imagery though.

      These aren't the spoilers you're looking for

      You can go about you business

      Move along

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    3. Re:spoiler material? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

      I saw nothing

      That is the spoiler.

  4. Spoilers? by Ephemeriis · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Just took a look over there and I didn't see anything I'd call a spoiler. Some concept sketches and the like for various machines...maybe a baby AT-ST? A couple city-scapes... A picture of (I'm assuming) Annakin looking fairly unhealthy... Nothing terribly spoiling or surprising over there. Did I miss something?

    yrs,
    Ephemeriis

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  5. Ewan McGreagor? by Mitleid · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Is that Ewan McGreagor with all the "burn" makeup on? When the hell did Obi-Won get burned?

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    1. Re:Ewan McGreagor? by lwells-au · · Score: 5, Insightful

      No. I imagine its a young Anakin come Darth Vader. Obviously something had to happen to him to require the suit.

    2. Re:Ewan McGreagor? by Fishstick · · Score: 5, Informative

      Well, the story, as I remember it from the novelizations, has always been that Anakin and Obi-Wan have a battle in which Anakin is defeated and is horribly burned in some lava pit or something (his lungs are scortched and that is why he needs the ventilator).

      I bet that's Hayden with all the burn makeup. I don't recall that Obi-Wan suffered any major injuries duing his duel with Anakin.

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  6. Great by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    DAMNIT, First someone ruined Passion of The Christ for me, now this!

    1. Re:Great by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

      DAMNIT, First someone ruined Passion of The Christ for me, now this!

      Ehh, it's ok, the book is better anyway.

    2. Re:Great by xanadu-xtroot.com · · Score: 5, Funny
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    3. Re:Great by El · · Score: 4, Funny

      Ehh, it's ok, the book is better anyway. What, it's been turned into a book so soon after the movie release?!? What's the book called?

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  7. star wars by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Interesting

    what's with all the star wars hype? I mean sure, it was one of the first big budget science fantasy movie productions, but let's face it, it's really really bad, and the only reason you think it's good is because you've been spoon fed crappy movies all your lives.

    why don't you go to the library and pick up some good sci-fi? I mean, possibly any sci-fi book is at least 34 times better than STAR WARS. pick up Night's Dawn, Hyperion, heck, even the Foundation series and read some books. pretty soon you'll begin to notice that STAR WARS is a really crappy third grade movie.

    just my 2 dollars.

  8. Re:star wars by Gyan · · Score: 5, Funny

    I mean, possibly any sci-fi book is at least 34 times better than STAR WARS.

    34? Damn, I had my money on 19.5

  9. Re:Star Wars or Hellraiser by Yorrike · · Score: 5, Funny
    Wait, wait, how do you know Anakin needs a respirator? He's not going to turn into Darth Vader is he? But that would mean that Vader was Luke's... oh thank-you very much mr spoil the entire trilogy!

    Excuse me while I sulk in front of my Happy Days tapes which I've never got around to watching. At least Fonzie will always be cool.

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  10. Comic Book Guy by Luigi30 · · Score: 4, Funny

    *going through a box of very rare film things*
    Star Wars alternate ending, Luke's father is CHEWBACCA!? OOH! I'll give you $5 for it.

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  11. Such a shame about the design... by thatguywhoiam · · Score: 5, Insightful
    For myself, I regard the new SW films as just pure exercises in fantastic design. It's a real shame I think.. not just that the movies are not very well written, but the flip side of that coin: they are fantastically, stupendously well done in terms of art direction and technical prowess.

    Be like me: if you regard Ep.3 as a kind of CG coffee-table-book, you'll get more enjoyment out of it. Set expectations of plot to zero and you can't be disappointed, right?

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  12. You are not a Jedi yet. by ATAMAH · · Score: 5, Funny

    movieweb.com sysadmin (waves hand): you will not slashdot my webservers.

    1. Re:You are not a Jedi yet. by artemis67 · · Score: 4, Funny

      As you can see, my young apprentice, your friends have failed. Now witness the firepower of this fully armed and operational ball of Perl and MySQL!

  13. Bastard by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    I have no interest in these pictures, but I went there anyway to make sure the slashdotting was complete.

  14. True? by Melvin+Daniels · · Score: 5, Interesting

    You know, I've been a fan of star wars for a long time, mostly my whole life, but over the past year or two, it's started to wane.

    I basically did what this guy says to do, albeit with different books, and more and more, I don't like Star Wars as much. In fact, I'm starting to really hate it.

    On the other hand, I'm finding some really amazing books that keep me hooked, and I'm starting to even read non-scifi books, which is pretty suprising for me.

    So, even though it looks like a blatant troll, it has real insight.

  15. SPOILER by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny



    i think we just spoiled their server, unless its a site about "connection timed out"

  16. here's a mirror by Pidder · · Score: 5, Informative

    In case the page is slashdotted I've put up the pictures on: http://fredrik.kalmar.lu.se. It's on a 10 mbit univeristy connection in Sweden. It should stay up for a while atleast.

    1. Re:here's a mirror by Pidder · · Score: 4, Funny

      I think I've been /.ed :D

    2. Re:here's a mirror by Pidder · · Score: 4, Funny

      note to self: do not post half a meg of pictures on slashdot.

  17. Land shark gun? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    Is it just me or does that bottom image mean the land shark gun will be making an appearance?

  18. Spoiler alert by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    He dies, then returns as Jesus the White.

  19. starwars kid by potpie · · Score: 4, Funny

    The real question is: will Gyslain make an appearance? C'est possible, non?

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  20. Movie tie-ins by MisanthropicProggram · · Score: 4, Funny
    You would have found out when the movie comes out and you see all those movie tie-in fast food meals:
    Now, for a short time only! The Darth Vader, Luke's Father, crispy chicken meal!

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  21. Direct Links by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative
    Ease the load on his server and access them directly, nothing like a dynamic PHP script to bring a site to its knees ;)

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    1. Re:Direct Links by kantai · · Score: 5, Funny

      Awesome! Now that Mozilla has tabbed browsing, I can open all twelve pictures at once...

      And this is better for his server, right?

  22. This doesn't make any sense by utahjazz · · Score: 4, Funny

    although only if you don't know the Chewbacca is Luke's true biological mother

    None of this makes any sense.

    1. Re:This doesn't make any sense by unknown_host · · Score: 4, Funny

      Here's some popular Open Source code you can use to test who's the "true biological mother"..

      /* HUMAN_DNA.H
      *
      * Human Genome
      * Version 2.1
      *
      * (C) The Omnipotent Creator
      */

      /* Revision history:
      *
      * 0000-00-01 00:00 1.0 Adam.
      * 0000-00-02 10:00 1.1 Eve.
      * 0000-00-03 02:11 1.2 Added penis code to male version. A bit messy --
      * will require a rewrite later on to make it neater.
      * 0017-03-12 03:14 1.3 Added extra sex drive to male.h; took code from
      * elephant-dna.c
      * 0145-10-03 16:33 1.4 Removed tail.
      * 1115-00-31 17:20 1.5 Shortened forearms, expanded brain case.
      * 2091-08-20 13:56 1.6 Opposable thumbs added to hand() routine.
      * 2501-04-09 14:04 1.7 Minor cosmetic improvements -- skin colour made
      * darker to match my own image.
      * 2909-07-12 02:21 1.8 Dentition inadequate; added extra 'wisdom' teeth.
      * Must remember to make mouth bigger to compensate.
      * 4501-12-31 14:18 1.9 Increase average height.
      * 5533-02-12 17:09 2.0 Added gay option, triggered by high population
      * density, to try and slow the overpopulation problem
      * 6004-11-04 16:11 2.1 Made forefinger narrower to fit hole in centre of
      * CD.
      */

      /* Standard definitions
      */

      #define SEX male
      #define HEIGHT 1.84
      #define MASS 68
      #define RACE caucasian

      /* Include inherited traits from parent DNA files.
      *
      * Files must be pre-processed with MENDEL program to provide proper
      * inheritance features.
      */

      #include "mother.h"
      #include "father.h"

      #ifndef FATHER
      #warn("Father unknown -- guessing\n")
      #include "bastard.h"
      #endif

      /* Set up sex-specific functions and variables
      */
      #include

      /* Kludged code -- I'll re-design this lot and re-write it as a proper
      * library sometime soon.
      */
      struct genitals
      {
      #ifdef MALE
      Penis *jt;
      #endif
      /* G_spot *g; Removed for debugging purposes */
      #ifdef FEMALE
      Vagina *p;
      #endif
      }

      /* Initialization bootstrap routine -- called before DNA duplication.
      * Allocates buffers and sets up protein file pointers
      */
      DNA *zygote_initialize(Sperm *, Ovum *);

      /* MAIN INITIALIZATION CODE
      *
      * Returns structures containing pre-processed phenotypes for the organism
      * to display at birth.
      *
      * Will be improved later to make output less ugly.
      */
      Characteristic *lookup_phenotype(Identifier *i);

  23. How can a prequel have spoilers by hillct · · Score: 4, Insightful

    I still don't understand how there could be spoilers for movies which are prequels. There were three movies made over 20 years ago, which established a plot arc to which these new prequels must match up. This is not to say we don't know the ending. We know the ending vary well. The question is, will the middle of the star wars mythos do justice to the end? Will it honor the spirit of the ending with which we are so familiar or will the release of this movie, which defines the middle of the story arc, simply serve to cheapen the experience of those of us who so enjoyed the original three movies? Only time will tell. While we wait though, we can still enjoy the originals and simply hope beyond hope that George Lucas won't further damage the mythos and cheapen the great work he produced early in his career.

    --CTH

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    1. Re:How can a prequel have spoilers by lokedhs · · Score: 5, Funny
      How can (x || !x) be false?

      Oh, and if you don't get the tounge-in-cheek part of the above, don't spend the mod points.

  24. Re:Um, advertisements? by Fragmented_Datagram · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Seems if i try to view an image all i get is some damned pop-up ad

    You need to go here first then: mozilla.org

  25. Titanic by bsDaemon · · Score: 4, Funny

    I bet your were surprised when the boat hit the iceburg, too

  26. Yet another mirror! by EyelessFade · · Score: 5, Informative

    Lets see it the University of Bergen can take the load of an /.

    http://www.student.uib.no/~st09155/SW/jd1.jpg
    http://www.student.uib.no/~st09155/SW/jd2.jpg
    http://www.student.uib.no/~st09155/SW/jd3.jpg
    http://www.student.uib.no/~st09155/SW/jd4.jpg
    http://www.student.uib.no/~st09155/SW/jd5.jpg
    http://www.student.uib.no/~st09155/SW/jd6.jpg
    http://www.student.uib.no/~st09155/SW/jd7.jpg
    http://www.student.uib.no/~st09155/SW/jd8.jpg
    http://www.student.uib.no/~st09155/SW/jd9.jpg
    http://www.student.uib.no/~st09155/SW/jd10.jpg
    http://www.student.uib.no/~st09155/SW/jd11.jpg
    http://www.student.uib.no/~st09155/SW/jd12.jpg

  27. Re:Star Wars or Hellraiser by Navius+Eurisko · · Score: 4, Informative

    Well the burned man concept pic does provide evidence that Anakin becomes Vadar because of severe buring. It has been hinted through novelizations and Lucus' early script drafts that Anakin fell into a pool of lava fighting Obi-Wan and was horribly burned. The other theory from early drafts was that Anakin fell into a nuclear core and was subjected to massive amounts of radiation. This pic certainly offers evidence that burns (and not radiation) are what made Anakin don the mask.

  28. It would have been nice... by Zakabog · · Score: 5, Funny

    ...if the admin put up a nice message that said "These are not the images you are looking for." Much better than a connection refused.

  29. The best thing about episode 3... by Anonymous+Cowabunga · · Score: 5, Insightful

    is that this sorry series will be over, at least the George Lucas part of it. Here's hoping 7-9 will be given to someone with some real edge, like Stephen Spielberg (whose AI or Minority Report films shows how to do intelligent and thought provoking Sci-Fi), or Peter Jackson, who singlehandedly blew away the Star Wars franchise, by revealing the richness and origins of the Star Wars mythology with LOTR. Instead of working on the depth of the mythos, which is what the fans are after, Lucas instead overwhelms us with superficial details--pod racers, giant fighting robots, wookies, talking lizards. By the time the film comes out, why bother? You've already seen it before, only louder and bigger.

    1. Re:The best thing about episode 3... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

      AI was a good movie - a Stanley Kubrick movie. Up to the point where the movie _should_ have ended (with the robot kid in the car underwater) - instead, we get some lame ass candy coated hollyweird ending all thanks to Steven Speilberg.

      He's made some decent movies in the past (Saving Private Ryan) but he has no idea how to make a sci-fi movie.
      AI wasn't really a Sci Fi movie anyways....

  30. Re:I'm surprised by lxs · · Score: 4, Funny

    There is an episode 7? why was I not told about this? I bet it's called "The Ewoks Take Manhattan"

    sing along everybody: "Someday we'll find out, the Jedi connection, Chewbacca, Han Solo and meeeeeee!!!!"

  31. A theory I heard was it was Lucas's ex-wife by JasonUCF · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Apparently Lucas was married/on his way to divorce in the middle of Eps IV - VI and it was her input on the editorial and post in the film that helped make them good. Apparently Lucas wanted to suck at those too but at every step there was her persistent "Uh, dear.." that got him to change his mind. I've never read up enough bio on the man to validate this gossip but it would seem to fit. Lucas channeled by others producing greatness, Lucas left to own devices slinging steaming turds.

    1. Re:A theory I heard was it was Lucas's ex-wife by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Informative

      Pardon my anonymousity...

      I worked on a short film with several guys from ILM, and they confirm the ex-wife theory (before I'd even heard of it). She was apparently the driving force behind the quality of those films (and the divorce itself had no small part to play in the dark qualities of Indy 2, but you can hear that from Lucas himself on the DVD).

      Don't forget the creative input of Kasdan on Empire, either. Lucas even let someone else direct the feature, which I think we all wish he would have done for the new ones.

  32. You want spoilers? Here's a spoiler by MinorHeadWound · · Score: 5, Funny

    You will die alone. :)

  33. its just a shame by Dr.Knackerator · · Score: 5, Insightful

    SW is a nice idea just apallingly badly done most of the time. The only reason we get so excited is that the sci-fi film genre is *so* badly served with horrible derivative works it makes SW seem ok.

    kudos for Lucas for originally having the sage storyline and hiring some damn talented designers to put a unique feel on the films and superb effects for the time. And great music. But if he gets too far involved, it just sucks. Sorry George.

    quick summary:

    Ep4: poor directing, awful script, okish film
    Ep5: good! somebody else writes and directs (take the hint please)
    Ep6: Ok film, somebody else directs. bad dialogue is back thanks to georgey boy working on the screenplay again. story rear ended for commerical gain by adding the ewoks

    Ep1: Atrocious. Hes back writing on his own and DIRECTING. Dammit george you were not very good to start with and its been 22 YEARS since you last directed anything. story again rammed in the chocolate starfish with the commericalisation of the pod racing scene (which takes up about 50% of the film it seems). pick a totally appaling actor for annakin. Take some of the best acting talent and turn them into cardboard with bloody awful directing and bad script. Hell I can't even remember what happens in this film apart from the pod race.

    Ep2: A bit better, i.e. watchable. Script a bit better as hes working with somebody again for the screenplay. again choose an awful annakin. Whats now odd about this is that I can't think of a single point without music in the film. probably why the film seems better as the great music can actually make you feel the emotions that the script and directing cannot.

    I don't know why he returned to the writing/directing roles, surely he realised that 5&6 were better than 3? Why couldn't he have turfed the directing/screenplay over to better people? He could have kept his repuation as a god, and become a benevolant god at that. What possessed him to do it?

    To leave on a positive note, at least nothing else looks like star wars, it's too 'in your face' to copy. Unlike Alien which although a great film, every spacecraft interior now looks like it's out of Alien and unfortunately it seems a hell of a lot of stories just copy it as well...