Any time things ever get heated in here, we just need to post Father Roderick reaction videos, and all will be as it should...
Brian Earl Spilner said:
I always get a kick out of this guy.
Brian Earl Spilner said:
I agree. This has always felt like a staple of Star Wars to me, going back to A New Hope.
You're thrown into the middle of the action, and hear references to things like the Old Republic, the Senate, the Emperor, the Clone Wars... things you never see.
But it gives the whole saga a real feel of history. Of things actually happening before and after just the movie we're watching now. It's a great way to make it feel like a real world.
Brian Earl Spilner said:
Wouldn't that feel like a retread of ROTS? (As opposed to ANH.)
Brian Earl Spilner said:
That's true. ROTS is pretty perfect.
Plenty happened off screen between ANH and TESB ... maybe less stuff happening between TESB and ROTJ but that was probably due to the shorter time frame story-wise between those movies.TCTTS said:Brian Earl Spilner said:
I agree. This has always felt like a staple of Star Wars to me, going back to A New Hope.
You're thrown into the middle of the action, and hear references to things like the Old Republic, the Senate, the Emperor, the Clone Wars... things you never see.
But it gives the whole saga a real feel of history. Of things actually happening before and after just the movie we're watching now. It's a great way to make it feel like a real world.
A New Hope was really the only one that did that, though, and the only reason they got away with it was because there had been no other movies prior. So being thrown in the middle of the action worked to its advantage. But being thrown into the middle of the action after SIX movies just didn't make a whole lot of since, IMO. Gaps needed to have been bridged better. I actually think that's a huge reason why people don't connect to the sequel trilogy as much.
Brian Earl Spilner said:
TPM and AOTC definitely win in this category. Both are great. TPM is simply iconic. One of the best posters ever.