Forum adverts like this one are shown to any user who is not logged in. Join us by filling out a tiny 3 field form and you will get your own, free, dakka user account which gives a good range of benefits to you: No adverts like this in the forums anymore. Times and dates in your local timezone. Full tracking of what you have read so you can skip to your first unread post, easily see what has changed since you last logged in, and easily see what is new at a glance. Email notifications for threads you want to watch closely. Being a part of the oldest wargaming community on the net. If you are already a member then feel free to login now.

 Manchu wrote:
I always envisioned Obi-Wan having squared off against Anakin on a lava planet. Looking back, I think this was because I pored over the old Ralph McQaurrie art book and there was a concept of Luke fighting Vader before the Emperor in a lava-lit setting. That and I think somewhere (in the novelizations?) there was mention of Obi-Wan leaving Anakin for dead in a lava pit.

I think that was the novelization for ESB.

 KalashnikovMarine wrote:
When it comes to the love story in the Prequels I believe it was famous whit and critic/character assassin Yahtzee Croshaw who described Anakin and Padme's chemistry as "Two chairs stacked together" and frankly comparing them to inanimate objects is being generous.

When you read the novelization of Attack of the Clones, Salvatore did a much better job of making them fall in love believable. It wasn't that stupid "Get away from me you creepy stalker, oh who am I kidding, I love you." crap.


Automatically Appended Next Post:
I never really had a preconception of the prequels. Even so I was still hugely dissapointed by them.

djones520 wrote:
"Get away from me you creepy stalker, oh who am I kidding, I love you."

That is a perfect description of it.

Now, I do think you need a tragic love story in the prequels. We all should have seen that one coming although to be honest I never gave it much thought at all.

I always thought the clones would be of the Jedi themselves but turned evil. So when Obi-wan tells Luke that Darth Vader murdered Anakin, it would actually be true as Darth would have been Anakin's evil clone. How 'bout that, George Lucas? In one fell swoop we could have made Obi-wan's lie in Episode 4 the truth!

Perhaps that is the case -- we'll have to wait for the Extra Special Edition in three years or so.



All a matter of perspective, as they say.

 Manchu wrote:
I also expected that the clones of these mysterious Clone Wars would be the bad guys. Making them protagonists led by Jedi indicates to me that George Lucas is a lot more imaginative and smart than it's currently fashionable to say.

I'm not so sure. It was all tied up in a plot that was too murky, and had the good guys acting against their own best interests for most of the trilogy. Something which can be interesting in the right context, but really doesn't work with the pulp sensibilities of Star Wars.


Automatically Appended Next Post:

djones520 wrote:
When you read the novelization of Attack of the Clones, Salvatore did a much better job of making them fall in love believable. It wasn't that stupid "Get away from me you creepy stalker, oh who am I kidding, I love you." crap.

You should watch some of the fan edits on youtube. All they do is tighten the editing to make it look like two people talking to each other. It doesn't make it good, but it makes it good enough.

What I find really sad is that Lucas pretty much has left his universe's expansion in the hands of tons of fanfic writers and as long as the dough rolls in for all the product he's happy.

Its almost opposite the problem GW has with their IP. Getting a license from GW is like prying $1 away from Ebenezer Scrooge. Getting one from Lucas is like a cheap hooker, toss money in his direction and he'll gladly you.