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To: Darksheare
Will star wars ever be free of token cute/comedic relief characters like jar-jar Binks, ewoks, etc? Jar-jar wasn’t well received and George reacted as if people had insulted his first love.
Ewoks were introduced to appeal to children. Which got ridiculous. “Emperor’s best” elite troops defeated by bug eyed teddy ruxpin toys.

Good points. The series peaked, I think, with "Empire Strikes Back". From that point on, story line, dialog, and plot were sacrificed to marketable toys and special effects for the purpose of special effects. (What the heck was the point of that whole long-running pod race scene in Episode I?)

37 posted on 09/29/2013 6:39:41 AM PDT by Flick Lives (The U.S. is dead to me.)
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To: Flick Lives

Agreed! Don’t even get me started on the prequels. It’s my opinion that Star Wars fell apart with ROTJ. Leia is Luke’s sister-WHAT!!?? Cutesy furballs who can take on “elite” stormtroopers—WTH! Leia’s “I always knew.” Really!!? And you kissed your brother anyway in ESB? Ugh. Han Solo’s 90210 immature acting (”Well, if that’s the way you really feel about it, hmph”). Retreaded ideas—ANOTHER DEATH STAR!! And it’s BIGGER! Ooh. Yay.

Bad cinematography was it’s biggest downfall. The first two movies look gritty and real. ROTJ looks like someone took some Windex to everything and cleaned it up. I mean, even Jabba’s palace looked hokey.

Stupid. Just stupid.


39 posted on 09/29/2013 7:06:06 AM PDT by Thorliveshere (I wish I lived in Texas.)
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