Posted on 07/25/2009 9:10:49 AM PDT by JoeProBono
The plucky kid with the pod racer from "Star Wars: Episode I" is not a kid anymore. And Jake Lloyd wants you to know that having a major role in a George Lucas film really put a damper on things when he was growing up. OK, fine: The guy doesn't really deserve our pity, but think of it from his point of view. Ten years old, getting blamed for ruining the Star Wars series. (Well, that was mainly the fault of George Lucas, but the kid was there, wasn't he?)
And people just won't let it go. The Sci-Fi Australia blog caught up with the glum "Star Wars" alum Down Under, who sounds more Eeyore than "Episode One." While every word drips with sarcasm (he is 20, after all) the Anakin actor also can still speak geek. On college: "You'll never find more intelligent, charming people than the drunk students of the college world." 'Nuff said.
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George Lucas is a lib and Jar Jar Binks wrecked the movie. Really it all became pretty crappy after Lucas ego became immense after the first film. Lucas is also the greediest bastard going. He got rid of human actors to cut salary costs and to sell more toys.
Obama is athe Jar Jar Binks of America. Wrecking America like Jar Jar wrecked the movie.
At least the actor who gave voice to Jar Jar can go out unrecognized in public.
Its not so much the kid as it was the bad screenplay and that unsufferable Ja Ja Binks!
Not my graphic, but it gets the point across.
I saw the thing in theater on opening day. And about halfway through it, my DDH leans over and hisses in my ear, “This is the sci fi version of a Thin Red Line, isn’t it?” (We both hated Thin Red Line-pretentious , beautifully filmed bore.)
No more outsourcing to aliens! Keep human jobs Human!
/soapbox
A kid who made a lot of money and is now bitter at 20.......................yawn.
Some aspects of the prequel were good. The computer animation was breathtaking, IMO.
Seems to be a lot more stable than most former child actors...
Aliens in Lucas films - doing jobs American actors will not do.
Lucas really is a creepy bastard. He just has extras in rubber masks so he can pay them peanuts. It is okay for liberals to be capitalists and then spew their libtard hate.
Episode 1 was made to sell a video racing game wasn’t it?
The duel between Obi-wan, Qui-Gon, and Darth Maul is still my favorite of the series. But Jarjar ruined everything else.
He was a cutie in that movie! lots of kids grow up to be teen/early 20 brats. It doesn’t take Hollywood to seal the deal!
ROTFLOL!
Crappy article - very misleading. I watched the video and he seems like a nice young man - he isn’t moody and isn’t rude - even says he wants to work and makes a funny comment about working anywhere “an unaimed arrow doesn’t miss” or something like that..... the author of this piece is showing a lot of personal bias I think.
That was definitely the highlight of that movie.
Who Dat?
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