Revenge of the Sith [R] comments

[SoccerPrime]

I thought the first few scenes with Portman made her look horrible. Like they were trying to make her look older, but failed.

[Scilaci]

Originally Posted by rabble-rabble

Jar-Jar (thankfully) didn’t speak once.

Not to ruin it for you but I think that he says 'mesa-excuse me' or something like that when Ani ( 😲 ) gets back from the Senate near the beginning... uber-geek detail, I know, but he did speak and it did make me angry. :p

[Aerick]

Originally Posted by rabble-rabble

I too noted the continuity problem that Leia remembered her mother in Episode VI. It makes sense that Padme died that way (of a broken heart) though and if she hadn’t died in this movie, the conditions of her death would have been left hanging.

I think it's one of those things where Leia wanted to show off to her brother that she actually got to be with their mom when Luke didn't - you know, sibling rivlary and all that - even though she never really did. I think the actual script was something like this:

Luke: "Did you ever know your mother?"

Leia, sensing where the conversation is heading: "Uhhh, [pause] yeah, sure."

Luke: "What was she like?"

Leia: "She was really cool! Too bad you never got to meet her [snicker]." (I can't write the actual word because it blocks out part of it)

Originally Posted by rabble-rabble

Natalie Portman is turning into a hottie. (Especially when she lets her hair down.)

To quote SoccerMan: "Where have you been?"

Originally Posted by rabble-rabble

Jar-Jar (thankfully) didn’t speak once.

I was disappointed that they didn't show him dying or some such thing. We can only guess at his final demise. I like to think that after Palpatine dissolved the senate, that he tracked down all of the Senators and killed each one - taking special care in the destruction of Jar Jar, using various methods and devices of torture, perhaps prolonging the process for several days while Jar Jar's screams of "Meesa Owieee!!!" echoed throughout the halls of the partially completed Death Star. :evil grin:

Perhaps some author will write another installment of the penned Star Wars saga entitled "The death of Jar Jar" for all of us to enjoy. :D

[SoccerPrime]

I just finished the book. It is very good and gave me the same depressing feeling the movie did. Good job Lucas, good job Stover.

Just one bit of trivia, according to the novel, Mace Windu was a padawan learner to Yoda. So both Dooku and Windu were Yoda's apprentices, Dooku taught Qui-jon and then Qui-Jon taught Kenobi. Round that out with Kenobi taught Anakin and both Yoda/Kenobi taught Luke....*breathe* man thats quite the genealogy of Jedi learning.

[Deuce]

Originally Posted by SoccerPrime

I just finished the book. It is very good and gave me the same depressing feeling the movie did. Good job Lucas, good job Stover.

Just one bit of trivia, according to the novel, Mace Windu was a padawan learner to Yoda. So both Dooku and Windu were Yoda's apprentices, Dooku taught Qui-jon and then Qui-Jon taught Kenobi. Round that out with Kenobi taught Anakin and both Yoda/Kenobi taught Luke....*breathe* man thats quite the genealogy of Jedi learning.

But in the Empire Strikes Back did Obi Wan Kenobi not say to Yoda, when referring to Luke, something, I cannot remember the exact words but basically Ben was Yoda's padowan. It was something like "Was I not a difficult student when you taught me?" or something to that effect!

It was a continuity issue that I still have not seen addressed.

[SpiffCoug]

Obi-Wan's line was, "Was I any different when you taught me?"

I'm with you Obi-Wan never hinted at Qui-Gonn. But we do see Yoda training the "younglings" (was there a worse word in Ep II or III than that one, it was ALWAYS out of place) so if Obi-Wan was a "youngling" then he would/could have been trained by Yoda, without being trained by Yoda.

[Aerick]

Originally Posted by SpiffCoug

Obi-Wan's line was, "Was I any different when you taught me?"

I'm with you Obi-Wan never hinted at Qui-Gonn. But we do see Yoda training the "younglings" (was there a worse word in Ep II or III than that one, it was ALWAYS out of place) so if Obi-Wan was a "youngling" then he would/could have been trained by Yoda, without being trained by Yoda.

Plus, at the end of Ep III, Yoda informed Obi Wan that he would teach him to converse with the dead Jedi's. Perhaps that's what Obi Wan was referring to?

[SoccerPrime]

I agree that Ben made it seem as though he was trained by Yoda in ESB. Ben told Luke that he needed to go to Dagobah, because there he will be trained by Yoda, who trained him.
But I also must say that in the RotS novel, Yoda makes it abundantly clear that he feels "all" of the Jedi are his. He trained many of the leading Jedi at the time of the RotS and is by far the oldest and wisest Jedi alive. Its almost like saying your grandparent "taught" you even though you had parents that raised you.
IMHO

[DadOf8]

I like this passage out of the book:

This is how it feels to be Anakin Skywalker, forever:

...You killed her because, finally, when you could have saved her, when you could have gone away with her, when you could have been thinking about her, you were thinking about yourself...It is in this blazing moment that you finally understand the trap of the dark side, the final cruelty of the Sith--

Because now your self is all you will ever have.

[SoccerPrime]

Agreed. At first I didn't like Stover's use of these metaphoric introspections. But by the end of the novel, I liked them.

Kenobi had a good one right before he took on Grievous.
Dooku had a good one too right before he made his last appearance.