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Cecil Terwilliger · 12-17-2017, 06:13 PM

Modern day reviewing of the original trilogy:

IV. Fun popcorn movie but it is paint by numbers good vs evil. All the best characters are left unexplained. They kill off the most interesting character and best actor in the first 45 mins. Predictable ending where the bad guys somehow are totally incompetent with the random hole that blows up their super weapon. How did they build this thing in the first place if they are so dumb?

V. Downer follow up with a cheap twist that totally undermines Obi Wan’s explanation to Luke about his father in the first movie, one of the few parts of that movie that had some gravitas. No real conclusion to the movie, just ends. Introduces mysterious emperor which also undercuts Vader as a villain that matters and then emperor is never explained. Luke gets like 5 minutes of training and now he’s a Jedi? Serisouly unless they were on cloud city for a month, how much training did he even get? Seemed like they were on cloud city for a few days tops. Is that even enough time for him to find yoda let alone become a Jedi? And how did the emperor even turn Vader in the first place? Obi wan just wasn’t paying attention or what? Why wasn’t the relationship between emperor and Obi wan explained? Way more interesting than the stupid twist about Luke’s father.

VI. Total sell out. Rehash of first movie. More of this random emperor guy who got no backstory and now they’ve tacked on these dwarf teddy bears to sell toys. Luke made out with his sister? How much retconning are they gonna do here to ruin this franchise? If this emperor is really In charge, why was he never given a back story? Isn’t he the real enemy, not Vader? And he can shoot lightning? Why didn’t we see this before? Isn’t Vader all powerful? If they make another sequel I’m not even gonna watch it. All the magic from the original has been stripped away and it wasn’t that good to begin with. The entire first half hour is pointless. Why wouldn’t Luke just use his newfound super Jedi powers to break in and just save Han? Total filler.

12-17-2017, 06:13 PM	#192
Cecil Terwilliger That Crazy Guy at the Bus Stop Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Springfield Penitentiary Exp:	Modern day reviewing of the original trilogy: IV. Fun popcorn movie but it is paint by numbers good vs evil. All the best characters are left unexplained. They kill off the most interesting character and best actor in the first 45 mins. Predictable ending where the bad guys somehow are totally incompetent with the random hole that blows up their super weapon. How did they build this thing in the first place if they are so dumb? V. Downer follow up with a cheap twist that totally undermines Obi Wan’s explanation to Luke about his father in the first movie, one of the few parts of that movie that had some gravitas. No real conclusion to the movie, just ends. Introduces mysterious emperor which also undercuts Vader as a villain that matters and then emperor is never explained. Luke gets like 5 minutes of training and now he’s a Jedi? Serisouly unless they were on cloud city for a month, how much training did he even get? Seemed like they were on cloud city for a few days tops. Is that even enough time for him to find yoda let alone become a Jedi? And how did the emperor even turn Vader in the first place? Obi wan just wasn’t paying attention or what? Why wasn’t the relationship between emperor and Obi wan explained? Way more interesting than the stupid twist about Luke’s father. VI. Total sell out. Rehash of first movie. More of this random emperor guy who got no backstory and now they’ve tacked on these dwarf teddy bears to sell toys. Luke made out with his sister? How much retconning are they gonna do here to ruin this franchise? If this emperor is really In charge, why was he never given a back story? Isn’t he the real enemy, not Vader? And he can shoot lightning? Why didn’t we see this before? Isn’t Vader all powerful? If they make another sequel I’m not even gonna watch it. All the magic from the original has been stripped away and it wasn’t that good to begin with. The entire first half hour is pointless. Why wouldn’t Luke just use his newfound super Jedi powers to break in and just save Han? Total filler. Last edited by Cecil Terwilliger; 12-17-2017 at 06:24 PM.