Star Wars - Classic or Dud?

I saw an ad for that on a bus yesterday and boggled.

I seriously thought you said 'blogged' at first.

he was going to but he sneezed

re Star Wars In Concert, I actually wish I'd got to this when it was playing in the UK. About the only thing that has not been sullied by the prequels and Lucas's revisionism is the music from the originals, and the music composed for the prequels was great in parts too. I'd imagine hearing it played by a full orchestra with suitable visual accompaniment would be pretty spectacular (oh yeah, as stevie confirms a few x-posts back).

/lol i might be going to this http://www.starwarsinconcert.com//

I saw an ad for that on a bus yesterday and boggled. Guess you can always find new ways to bilk fanboys.
--Nuyorican oatmeal (jaymc)

Yeah because who likes to go see a full symphony orchestra play awesome movie scores with a giant movie screen?

you can always find new ways to trick people into doing things they enjoy!

was totally tricked into eating a cheeseburger tonight.

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About the only thing that has not been sullied by the prequels and Lucas's revisionism is the music from the originals,

Except that he changed the Ewok song in the end of RotJ to some generic soundtrack music! That was one of the worst changes in the "special editions", the Ewok song kicked ass! If this "Star Wars in Concert" has a choir performing that song, I'd totally pay for the ticket.

totally.

cannot remember whether or not the 'jub jub' song was performed.

lucas should've left 'lap ti nek' in rtj too.

oh dear, Tuomas, you are right of course. iirc the padded out "new" ending song for rotj allowed for more scenes of celebrations on other cgi planets? so bland I cannot bring it to mind, whereas I have been humming that ewok song since reading yr post.

Yeah, I got it stuck in my head too after I mentioned it, whereas I can barely remember what the new ending was like. I think you're right that there was some bland scenes about celebration on other planets. I can't imagine why Lucas wanted to change such a catchy song, and a scene every kid who ever saw it remembers.

Btw, what's "Lap Ti Nek"?

the song sung by the group in jabba's palace

Was that what the Max Rebo Band played before it got replaced by that horrific ersatz "soul" number? Man, Lucas sure knew how to fuck up the music in Jedi in a way that my faulty memory must have blanked out. Poor Max Rebo.

When I introduced my kid to ROTJ last year, he ate the Special Edition musical number up. I'm pretty sure that that scene is entirely responsible for me teaching him how to press Rewind on the remote.

Monte Williams has a nice write-up about the Star Wars series in popmatters. He makes a good point for the Phantom Menace actually being the best of the prequels, and points out flaws in the remaining two that show just how much Lucas mangled the overarching mythology.

Palpatine is a cunning conniver, and some of his speeches to the malleable Anakin Skywalker are creepy in their cold persuasiveness. But while the first stirrings of Anakin‘s turn to the dark side are convincing, things escalate too quickly; he essentially kills “younglings” as his opening chore for Palpatine.

Admittedly, it’s a powerful scene. When the young child Jedi asks Anakin, “What are we going to do?” and then steps backward, eyes widening in horrible understanding, it‘s easily the most chilling and terrible moment in the six-film saga. But does it ring true? Darth Vader later attempts to bring Luke to the dark side in Return of the Jedi; had he succeeded, would Luke have so quickly killed kids, just because it was asked of him? I do not believe that he would have. For that matter, I do not believe that Anakin would have; his turn to the dark side, the axis on which all six films tilt, feels false.

Now that we know that Vader murdered children, it’s clear that his redemption in Return of the Jedi comes too easily; he killed kids and oversaw the destruction of the Jedi, and yet Luke and the ghosts of Yoda and Obi-Wan are so quickly chummy with him. I am reminded of an amusing recap of The Rock‘s long-ago Wrestlemania feud with Hulk Hogan, in which Scott Keith provided imaginary dialogue for the wrestlers when they suddenly became buddies after their match: “Hogan and Rock make nice-nice, as presumably Hogan is all ‘Sorry about the attempted murder, brother’ and Rock is all, ‘It‘s cool, I didn‘t sell the injury anyway.’”

http://www.popmatters.com/pm/column/116083-what-if-were-all-mythtaken-about-star-wars/

An alternative cut should have for Force ghosts of Obi-Wan and Qui-Gon beating Anakin with sticks. That's some Lucas CGI editing dickery that I could get behind.

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i cannot help but read that stupid article in simpsons comic book guy voice in my head

"Consider Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back, pretty much unanimously held aloft as the most triumphant entry in the entire Star Wars series. Here you have a movie which admittedly boasts wildly imaginative creatures, vehicles and set designs, but which offers not a single memorable line of dialogue."

wow

but which offers not a single memorable line of dialogue

BULLSHIT.

"I love you."
"I know."

that's two lines for you

"ROWR"

Vader: "Obi Wan never told you what happened to your <SPOILER>"
Luke: "He told me enough! He told me <SPOILER>"
Vader: "No. <MASSIVE SPOILER>"

Adventure? Excitement? Jedi craves not these things. You are reckless!

L: I'm not afraid
Y: You will be!

"That boy is our last hope"

"What about Leia you fucking tard?"

LOL, Fuzzball

L: I'm not afraid
Y: You will be!

This is the best part of any of these movies.

I thought they smelled bad on the outside.

best bits of the film where no-one is talking

- AT-AT tumble
- Yoda moving the X-Wing out of and across the swamp
- shot of the bald dude with those coms devices on his ears staring towards camera
- Vader's silent rage as the MF jumps to hyperspace at the end

-Luke looks out at twin suns
-lights going over Yoda after he says "There is another"

with with Star Wars and strangulation anyway?

what's with

Trouble with your droid?

Lando has so many cool lines...

Lando: "I'm sorry, but I've got problems of my own."
Han: "Oh, you're a real hero..."

Also some of the worst pick up lines...

Lando (to Leia): "you truly belong with us here above the clouds"

...I guess that they don't have Colt 45 in the SW universe.

Lando's not a system he's a man.

This is no cave.

Never tell me the odds.

okay just this one since i'm already here

It's not my fault

^^^ I love that line, since it's said by both Han and Lando at different points in Empire.

the Han one is better. Ford just runs the whole show.

THEN I'LL SEE YOU IN HELL!

he is clumsy as he is stupid

ooh and of course,
"Apology accepted, Captain Needa."

could go on all night with vadar..

Asteroids do not concern me, Admiral. I want that ship, not excuses.

I'm realizing I can just about quote the entire movie, so I'm gonna stop now, except:

"My hands are dirty."
"My hands are dirty too. What are you afraid of?"

the dialog is so much better in this movie than either Star Wars or ROTJ!