Revenge of the Sith, finally.

[hiyacynth]

Okay, I can finally converse intelligently (or at least semi-knowledgably) with the cool kids.

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[valmontheights]

And in closing, I admit to crying like a titty baby at that sunset shot on Tatooine.

Oh, that scene KILLED me. Especially with the music and Beru and Lars and knowing what will happen there just 18 years later...

Apparently, Obi-Wan chopped off both of Anakin's legs AND his human arm, leaving him with only his prosthetic arm to claw on the ground.

I was also a little jarred by Obi-Wan's departure. I was expecting him to be more conflicted and undecided about it. But I guess his concern for Padme also played a factor. Maybe from this point onward, he's always haunted by his decision--something he'll have plenty of time to ponder in the next 18 years on Tatooine.

But the whole: "You were my brother! I LOVED YOU!"? Perfect. Per-slashy-fucking-fect.

[hiyacynth]

Yeah, my heart was hurting for Obi Wan the whole way through. I think that's one of my three favorite things about the whole 6-story arc--here's this man we all want to think is perfect, and he just never is. He's just good. I loved that about him in Star Wars--his sense of melancholy and his own acknolwedgement of mistakes made. Sigh. And DAMN, does McGregor have the Alec Guinness voice down, or what.

*has no SW icon, continues to use Indy*

[writerj]

The eyes. The look on Anakin's face as the mask descended. That moment of panic. Guh

[hiyacynth]

That moment was the thing that made his redemption in Jedi believable for me. He's still so very human under there. And young. My brain is bending a little bit that by the time of his death/redemption, Vadar is only in his mid fifties, at the most.

[cunien]

Sooo glad you saw it!

you're looking to destroy the guy who's the rising power for the Big Bad forces of darkness, then freaking finish the job.

Lol! Obi-wan returns to Bail Organa and Yoday -

"You killed him then?"
"It is done."
"But...um....you actually killed him?"
"Well....technically..."
"You actually saw him die then?"
"Well......uh..."
*yoda whacks Obi-wan about the head*

Hee hee. Would have been a great addition to the film, I think!

I cried at the "I hate yooou!" - "You were like my brother! I loved you!" bit too. And I cried with the little baby padawans all "What are we to do ?" and getting Anakin's lightsaber as an answer. So sad. Can't believe he killed the babies too. Must have been even more awful for Padme when she found out, considering he is to be a father any day now. Urgh

[hiyacynth]

There were tears threatening at various points all through the last half hour, but the sunset was the thing that pushed me over the edge. Poor Obi Wan.

I seem to be among the few women out here who was not actively turned on by Evil!Anakin. Good looking man, yes, nice nice body, but I dunno... Just didn't do it for me.

[hiyacynth]

I think Obi Wan must, at the beginning of Jedi say something about Vadar crawling, twisted and eeev0l, out of the lava, more machine than man. But Obi Wan is given to broad interpretations of history, as we well know.

[timfromcali]

I hear that in the next "newly remastered and digitally enhanced re-re-re-release" When Luke asks Leia about her memories about their mother, she will now reply "I remember her being unconscious, um, and without a will to live for about 3 seconds...*aside to camera*...ick, I tongue kissed my brother". Oh, and the sand people will be digitally replaced with punk rock Ewoks.

[hiyacynth]

Yep, that would make a good revision. I'm still sort of mentally tripping on the idea of cleverly hiding the boy child with his known relatives bearing the same name back in that same old place where the Big Bad used to live. What was Movie!Pippin's rationale for heading toward Isengard? The closer you go to danger, the farther you are from it? Can't remember the exact wording, but something along the lines of hiding in plain sight.