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Kevin Smith Previews Revenge of the Sith

Posted by Zonk on from the do-or-do-not-there-is-no-try dept.

Eugenia writes "Kevin Smith, the well-known actor/director, was invited by George Lucas to a special advanced screening of the upcoming 'Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith' film and he wrote down his take on the movie. There are some serious spoilers in his article but it's interesting to see his reaction, as a director and Star Wars fan."

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  1. Biased review by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I get the gist that kevin loved ROTS...

    Isn't he slated in a production role for the upcoming TV series?

    I would take the review with a few grains...

  2. Here's where I play Devil's advocate. by game+kid · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I think Lucas really did aim it at said 13-year-olds. The Episodes were childish and mediocre, yes, but now that those 13-year-olds have seen Ep. I (at 10) and Ep. II (at, of course, 13) they are now about 16 and are a bit ready to see what finally happens to the little blond kid just before he went all James Earl Jones on us.

    I think Ep. III will profit from a nice convergence of the older fans (of the originals) with the younger guys who haven't seen Eps. IV-VI.

    That is why (IMO) Lucas put in Jar Jar and started from Anakin's little-boy days. Not to appease the adults who wanted to know about Vader's past, but to attract new, much younger fans. Now that he's attracted an extra demographic and they have grown, he can tell all of us about the Anakin->Vader metamorphosis. He didn't aim Episode I or even II at you or anyone remotely similar. He wanted an extra fanbase/profit source. This time, I think, us older fans shall be pleased, since we have lower expectations from I and II. He'd better; it's his last decent chance to. That's what I see.

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  3. Your confusing "acting" with "story hole". by khasim · · Score: 5, Insightful
    He never says that he doesn't remember them, he says something to the effect of "I don't remember ever owning any droids." And that is technically true, as he never owned them (or any others as far as the films show).
    And that would be acceptable if the story somehow depended upon him hiding the facts in a technical truth.

    But it doesn't.

    Ben (Annie's old MENTOR) rescues Annie's SON who is accompanied by the droid that Annie BUILT and another droid from Ben's past when he fought and almost KILLED Annie.

    And the only reaction Ben shows is ... none.

    No interest in HOW that particular droid got there.

    No concern that a droid built by a planet destroying maniac with a personal grudge against him just showed up on his doorstep.

    Seeing the kid isn't something new. Ben knew that Luke was there and why.

    Seeing C3PO AND R2D2 show up SHOULD have caused a reaction.

    EVERY
    JEDI
    KILLED (except 2)

    Yet no reaction. None at all.

    Here, let me give you a movie scenario and you can fill in the emotion.

    Back in our hero's past, he had fought against the bad guy and the bad guy had killed all of our hero's family. Our hero knows the car the bad guy drives. Our hero rescued the bad guy's kid and hid him away in another city.

    Then, one day, the kid shows up at our hero's apartment in the city. Our hero looks outside and sees ... THAT VERY SAME CAR ...

    Our hero says ....

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    Right. The ENTIRE dialogue sequence is wrong in ep#4 when you've seen ep #1-3.

    That's just like the old "parsec" non-explanation.