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bonelesspuppy

What Would Have Been a Very Different Movie

May 21, 2005 15:16

From this article:
According to Kurtz, the possibility of a third trilogy diminished when Lucas veered from his treatment to create Return of the Jedi. The original tale he mapped out didn't feature Ewoks or a second Death Star, and it culminated with the death of Han Solo. Princess Leia parts ways with Luke to lead those who survived her home ( Read more... )

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saymark2 May 21 2005, 14:26:24 UTC

"Oh, my God, Leia! You fed them after midnight! Only Wicket remains furry and non-evil!"

-Yet again you LOL me.

Even though I saw Jedi probably 2500 times more than the other films as a kid (and yes, I watched them in the order of Jedi, New Hope, Empire... which made Luke's story really hard to understand when I was six) and liked the Tedd---Ewoks, I think Jedi would have been better without them. Empire had cool lightsabers and hands being cut off, evil triumphing (for the moment) over good, and Boba Fett. Jedi had a huge puppet slug, a bunch of midgets in animal suits, and the same battlestation we saw in episode 4. Been there, done that. Sigh... it's all the fault of the independent contractors.

bonelesspuppy May 22 2005, 11:57:14 UTC

I didn't even like the Ewoks when I was a kid, not after my grandmother used the Ewok movies as rainy-day entertainment. The sole bright spot in those things comes when the Ewoks first find those wretched children and say something that sounds like "Num-num," which promises a much shorter and more interesting movie than is delivered.

And Jedi crashed and burned a bit after Empire, yeah. It's probably the weakest movie in the trilogy, but the final confrontation with Luke, Vader, and the Emperor is still undeniably awesome.

saymark2 May 22 2005, 15:19:00 UTC

I am glad I managed to avoid anything other than Jedi that featured the Ewoks.

In defense of Jedi, the beginning (Jabba) and confrontation with the Emperor are excellent. Its problem is the middle (Ewoks and Endor) which seem kiddified and the Secon Death Star run, which is much less interesting than the first. Now, if the Death Star could refract its laser beam to blow up multiple rebel ship at a time, it would have been much better. If Lucas had watched Macross, Jedi would have been much more exciting. :)