Post by Xanth on May 22, 2005 21:47:22 GMT -5
Well, if you haven't watched the movie you may not want to read any further. This is my view on the new trilogy and what I would have done differently. I liked the third movie, but I feel this triology could have been so much more. George Lucas did what he excels at with this movie; visual effects. It's hard to castigate someone such as him, that is why I believe the trilogy has fallen short what it could have been. I believe either Lucas cared more for making money than putting together a coherent well written story, or he believes he is above letting others re-write his script when obviously it fell short of the original Star Wars Trilogy.
Bear with me as I decant on the changes I would have made. The first is the whole trilogy would have had a darker beginning. Anakin's life as a slave would not have been a well kept boy. It would have been hard and rough with a lot of internal and external scarring. I would have started the movie with Obi Wan, landing on Tatooine and finding a young boy strong in the force who has killed his master after much abuse, and after losing his mom. The background plot of the Palpatine moving the pieces to assume control would still be there, but during the first movie Anakin would have grown to a teenager, and developed powers beyond others of his age. During the first movie Anakin would have come to love Palpatine's daughter, and Palpatine would have schemed to have her killed to propel Anakin one step closer to the dark side, but only after she secretly had two children of Anakins. This would show how evil Palpatine is, and give another step to the dark side. The second step would have been a series of steps to push Anakin to Palpatine and it would have been a show down with Obi Wan by the end of the second movie, with Anakin about to destory Obi Wan, but some timely assistance saved Obi Wan and knocked Anakin into the lava pit. He used the force to hold most of the lava back, and pull himself to land. Then Darth Vader is born. The third would have had Darth Vader hunting down the Jedi with the assistance of the Storm Troopers. I feel that would have been a more satisfying story line. This is just a quick ranting, obviously with some brainstorming, and some tweaks this could have been a story line most original Star Wars fans would have loved to see. Please comment.
Bear with me as I decant on the changes I would have made. The first is the whole trilogy would have had a darker beginning. Anakin's life as a slave would not have been a well kept boy. It would have been hard and rough with a lot of internal and external scarring. I would have started the movie with Obi Wan, landing on Tatooine and finding a young boy strong in the force who has killed his master after much abuse, and after losing his mom. The background plot of the Palpatine moving the pieces to assume control would still be there, but during the first movie Anakin would have grown to a teenager, and developed powers beyond others of his age. During the first movie Anakin would have come to love Palpatine's daughter, and Palpatine would have schemed to have her killed to propel Anakin one step closer to the dark side, but only after she secretly had two children of Anakins. This would show how evil Palpatine is, and give another step to the dark side. The second step would have been a series of steps to push Anakin to Palpatine and it would have been a show down with Obi Wan by the end of the second movie, with Anakin about to destory Obi Wan, but some timely assistance saved Obi Wan and knocked Anakin into the lava pit. He used the force to hold most of the lava back, and pull himself to land. Then Darth Vader is born. The third would have had Darth Vader hunting down the Jedi with the assistance of the Storm Troopers. I feel that would have been a more satisfying story line. This is just a quick ranting, obviously with some brainstorming, and some tweaks this could have been a story line most original Star Wars fans would have loved to see. Please comment.
