If we limit it to small things I had wished that:
In the Ep 1 during the podrace scene we actually see Anakin us the force to grab that loose power coupling. It would have made the kid just a bit more badsorrybarb.
Anakin crashlands the huge ship on Corusucant (sp?) taking out a control tower and likely killing many untold people, Obi Wan doesn’t follow it up with “another happy landing.”
Love it. Parallels with the original with reversal of roles.
The “Nooooooooo” isnt something I have a problem with, in theory.
Its the application.
It just felt flat.
I think they should have done it in a way so Anakin could of had his big no scene before the suit, so at least you could have some emotion.
Now whether Hayden could have delivered, I dont know.
The “No” is one of those tricky lines that, if done well, can tug on your heart strings, and if done poorly, makes you roll your eyes. In ROTS, it was sadly the latter.
Other than the “No”, I really think my only real complaint is the casting decisions on Anakin. For kid Anakin, eh, yeah I guess its hard to find good child actors, so Id let that slide. But cmon, even though it was Lucas dialogue, HC’s delivery just was awful in almost every scene where he needed to emote something other than crazy lava burning hatred.
I’ve just rewatched all 6 movies (with the Rifftrax, I highly recommend them, hillarious).
I don’t really have any significant plot changes, just a few visual things that should be quite easily fixed. Anyway one thing that has always bothered me is the projections of the Death Star in ANH have the super weapon on the equator for some reason. It’s a minor thing, but easily fixed.
Another thing is that Luke’s lightsaber in ANH has a light green tint to it. It’s such a minor thing, but such an easy fix. I reckon I could probably do it in a few hours. I think it’s only on the DVD editions, it looks white on the special edition VHS.
They really should give Chewbacca a medal at the end of ANH.
I’d insert small scene after R2D2 recieved a bit of damage. It could be easily fit in just after the Battle of Coruscant or even just after the trench run and have someone say ‘He’s took some damage and he’ll never fly again’ or words to that effect.
Magnus: You should watch Adywan’s edit of Star Wars, all the visual fixes you describe are fixed.
One thing I always thought was that the prequels really needed to pick a villain and just kinda stick with it. If you think about how much time and energy Lucas spent pushing Darth Maul for The Phantom Menace for him to only have something like 3 lines and one cool fight scene before his death really seems a waste. In all reality they made him THE face of the new star wars in nearly all their production and POOF! dead…
Then…Count Dooku. They develop his plot line sporadically though Attack of the Clones, one an half cool fight scene…dies right off in the next movie to make room for…
General Grevious. Yup. Cool cyborg/droid leader who is introduced in the beginning of Revenge of the Sith and is all but said to be the shiznit guiding the forces against the republic and scourge of the galaxy. Again…all the publicity and he gets a few scenes and…wait for it…one cool fight scene and is killed.
So, in my opinion, I would have picked any one of the above (Darth Maul would be my choice) and carried him through the films allowing for a consistent, obvious and serious threat much like Vader played in the OT.
well, the senator is the one constant villain, and everyone knows who he is from the beginning. but his power is just talk everyone to death.
Yeah Jar Jar was a constant presence.
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After Phantom Menace came out, I developed a prediction. Remember, this was before Attack of the Clones came out.
Jar Jar was, I felt, too over-the-top to be anything but a a deliberate device for highlighting Anakin’s descent to the dark side. They portrayed him as such an innocent character, I thought the following would have been an awesome explanation for his existence and extended middle finger to haters. Basically, Anakin’s descent into anger and hatred ends with him mutilating Jar Jar, cutting off his eye stalks, injuring him, etc. It would have been a shocking sequence to highlight how dark he had become.
Then Jar Jar, horribly scarred, would have acquired (perhaps Obi Wan would have helped) some old Mandalorian armor which had, among other things, a life support system and combat sensors that could have replaced his eyes.
A now jaded, angry Jar Jar would have become Boba Fett, a bounty hunter with a distrust for Jedi and someone who didn’t care anymore.
Lol. I dunno what this says about me, but I like Thunderscreech’s changes best. d:
awesome, though if you think fans were outraged over Jar Jar before, watch the riot when Jar Jar is revealed to be Boba Fett.
“Heesa no good to meesa dead.”
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The sad thing is that it would be a more interesting plot point than what George came up with.
It would surely explain his death…