Comments on: Star Wars ‘Revenge of the Sith’: ‘Titanic’ in Space

By: The Sundries Shack

The Sundries Shack — Tue, 22 Mar 2005 16:08:44 +0000

Why, George? Why?
A few days ago, I noted that George Lucas has decided, after bending over backwards to "kiddie-fy" his last two Star Wars movies, to go an entirely opposite direction with Episode III.

Now, thanks to James Joyner, we see that he's also going to ...

By: The Blog of the Century of the Week

The Blog of the Century of the Week — Mon, 21 Mar 2005 23:23:11 +0000

Star Wars: Not just dark, but maudlin? This doesn't scare me the way it does Bill. Amidala is going to die, and I'd expect them to milk that for all it's worth. Hopefully Portman and Christensen have learned (or relearned) how to act since the last installment....

By: MeThere

MeThere — Sun, 20 Mar 2005 02:12:33 +0000

Just to help denise, the scenario she spins cannot occur. In Return of the Jedi, Leia tells Luke about their real mom, the one he never met. This means she survives far past the birth of the twins. And remember, the fact that there were twins is something Vader does not know about until Return as well. So their birth has to occur after he has turned evil. As such, the only version of denise's scenario which could be possible is if Amidala's death is faked. Given the latest trailer, which shows Anakin being seduced by the Emperor to the Dark Side, and Anakin's growing interest in 'that which he cant learn from a jedi', I suspect the turn is going to occur because of his allegience with the Emperor and in response to the 'treasonous' actions of the jedi.

By: aTypical Joe: A gay New Yorker living in the rural south.

aTypical Joe: A gay New Yorker living in the rural south. — Fri, 18 Mar 2005 21:32:15 +0000

'Attack of the Clones' made me cry From Outside the Beltway: Star Wars creator George Lucas, foreshadowing his plan to suck the last bit of life out of the franchise, announced that the final film in the series will be a "tearjerker" -- a "'Titanic' in space."...

By: Attila Girl

Attila Girl — Fri, 18 Mar 2005 21:05:13 +0000

James, you really should see the second half of Titanic: the special effects are great. It's the definitive sinking of that ship.

By: Chrees

Chrees — Fri, 18 Mar 2005 20:45:16 +0000

""It's not like the first one. It's more emotional" My keyboard is more emotional than the first one.

By: denise

denise — Fri, 18 Mar 2005 19:35:52 +0000

Well, presumably this means Amidala gets a nice death scene.

We saw what the death of Anakin's mother did to him in Ep. II; I figure the death of Amidala will plunge him further into despair and evil.

This could tie into Lucas' description of Anakin making a deal with the devil. It could be that he makes his deal in an attempt to save Amidala's life, but he is tricked, and she dies anyway.

I do agree with the talk about how the lifeblood of Star Wars has been drained by these movies. However, I feel like I have to see it through, having come this far.

By: Just Me

Just Me — Fri, 18 Mar 2005 18:57:39 +0000

I really think Lucas should let somebody else actually write his scripts, the movies would probably have been much better.

About the only thing better about the current spat of Star Wars movies is that the light saber fights are more exciting. The writing however sucks. I also think there is almost no way around me skipping this one, since my son will be determined to go.

By: Anderson

Anderson — Fri, 18 Mar 2005 18:29:58 +0000

Well, I cried after Episode I because it sucked so bad, so I may well sob after III as well. (On the other hand, I *still* get genuinely weepy-eyed when Leia and Han exchange their "I love you" / "I know" before he goes into the carbon-freeze in "Empire." I would not expect any normal person to share this response.)

By: Steve

Steve — Fri, 18 Mar 2005 16:58:18 +0000

While I have not seen (and never intend to see) 'Titanic,' that's not my impression of that movie.

You are a smart man James, very smart. You'd be better off watching Robot Monster.

By: Mikey

Mikey — Fri, 18 Mar 2005 15:44:43 +0000

It may resemble the real Titanic more than the movie, if the last few installments were anything to go by.