Is it really? The original trilogy does nothing to address the very obvious issue of what happens to the Galactic Empire after Palpatine's death, what the Rebel Alliance does from there, etc. Indeed, one of the issues with the originals is that the actual war and circumstances behind it are never gone into - it's just a tool to get the main characters to do stuff.
1) Where did the Sith come from? If they had been absent for thousands of years, how did Plaguis and Sidius suddenly appear?
2) What are Sith exactly and where do they get their powers? How do they do forced lightning but Jedi can't?
3) What are the Jedi Trials? And why is Vader so impressed when Luke appears with his own Lightsaber? Is there a challenge to make them?
4) With Luke being the last Jedi, what will happen to that ancient religion after episode 6? Will he start training others? Did other Jedi hide during the purge?
5) What happens to the Empire? We see they still have an armada of ships around the forest moon when the Death Star II is destroyed. Did they survive? Do they become the new rebellion against the New Republic?
6) If Luke or Leia have children will they be powerful with the force, and if so are they susceptible to the Dark Side influence as their grandfather was?
7) In the PT we see there were other non-Sith bad guys like Grievous and Dooku, were there any other power hungry leaders in the Empire to take control after Palpatine's death?
Any of these questions could be foundations of a new trilogy, or at least new stories. Many questions yet unanswered in the canon universe.
sidious actually did refer to him as 'lord tyranus' once in AOTC
though in your defense, i can understand how it's easy to forget since it was spoken toward the very end of an exhaustingly tedious and forgettable movie.
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Yeah, though I think I see why he prefers dooku, would you be happy if your sith name had anus in it? :P. But yeah I forgot about that scene. Unfortunatly I couldn't forget about the scenes that came before it
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And there was nothing tyrannical about him. We see him do exactly one bad thing in the movies: ... ummm... that time when he--no...
He led a secessionist movement, but didn't attack or invade anyone. Yoda and the clones did that.
He presided over the legal executions of three spies and infiltrators who arrived illegally and without permission. One of whom just whipped out his lightsaber and started killing people who were rightfully defending their catacombs.
He asked Mace and the Jedi to stand down, offering to spare their lives if they did so, even after they stormed and invaded his ally's home world.
He defended himself when said Jedi brazenly pursued and attacked him.
He didn't even bother to attack Yoda when he was distracted.
He fought a war that the Jedi started on a whim, without even congressional authorization. They just up and left.
Why is Dooku considered a bad guy again?
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It will interesting to see the sequel. With regards to the Star Wars legacy, i doubt it will live up to the Originals, but when comparing to the prequels, JJ Adrams and Michael Arnts have very little to lose.
The prequels were so horribly written and directed! And now after 30 years, Star Wars movies have again a director and writer who know what works in their production roles, and will use their time to the best of their abilities.
I also hear they are looking for a good balance between real things (Locations and characters) and CGI in the sequel.
One of the things that sucked the humanity out of the prequels was George Lucas's obsession to shove as much CGI on the screen as possible, which didnt follow the laws of physics and brought very little tension to the scenes
The orginals felt real in many ways with characters we could relate to and locations and action scenes where we knew what was going on.
Then we'll have even more bad Star Wars movies to b*tch about.
__________________ Recently Produced and Distributed Young but High-Ranking Political Figure of Royal Ancestry within the Modern American Town Affectionately Referred To as Bel-Air.
Absolutely! Red is the color of meanies and big smelly willies. - Lord Lucien
Aug 30th, 2013 11:16 AM
