Anakin's Arm...

I think Gl wants to show a difference. PLUS in the PT it's new, in the OT it's getting old. Personally I didn't quite get that though. I didn't get the perfect pristine look. GL sometimes makes these silly remarks about documentary style in the PT (e.g. by placing JarJar a tad out of frame when they leave Coruscant) which I understand in the OT, but definately not in the PT. There's very little docu flavour. Esepcially in the pristine look.
I prefer the look of the OT myself, the sense of realism is great. That sure beat all sci-fi of the time. And even of this time.

not everything in the pt is pristine,that ship that takes qui-gon and obi-wan to the trade fed is OT style,the ship that took padme and anakin to naboo was OT,were cloud city had the pristine look,along with the B-wings,i thought they looked pretty pristine......

it's not so much that everything is to look "pristine". Quite the opposite, in the features on the Ep 1 and I think on the ep 2 dvd as well, the art dept. talks about things are supposed to look hand made and artistic. Things are supposed to look like they were made with design aesthetics in mind, rather than functionality--as in the OT, where everything is made in the heat of war. Everything just needs to meet certain qualifications of use rather than being visually appealing. Lucas has pointed this out as well. When he's speaking in generality, he says that the look of the PT is "high technology" but he's not clarifying what that means. The tech is so much more visually appealing. LIke the royal naboo cruiser is far more visually appealing than the falcon or an x-wing, but which ship would you rather take into battle? that's the design difference. I believe the people in the war time would be more interested in medical tech, since the galaxy as a whole became much more hostile. Bounty Hunters became more prevalent and violent. The criminal element became useful to the emperor, like the Hutts and other gangsters who actually profited from the war, either on the side of the Empire, or from dealings against the Empire, like helping smuggle for the rebellion. Now most of that is done by non-clones, non-clones care about lost limbs, and looking the way they did before their injury. That's why I think that change was made. But yeah, I think the PT is supposed to look less industrial. the Empire is all about mechanics, efficiency. The galaxy changes with Anakin to a more industrial mode, where design is sacrificed for functionality. That's the major difference that George simplifies to "the PT has better looking technology".

and again, that comes from the Sith vs Jedi force use theme. The Sith control the force which is unnatural, the Jedi live in harmony with the natural flow of things. Just as the Empire tries to control everything which changes the natural flow of things, because the Empire is led by a Sith. The design reflects this negative change.

Indeed, the Sith want to control life which is unnatural.....

if that was sarcasm, I was using Lucas' words from the AOTC dvd commentary. They want to control the FORCE, like I wrote, as opposed to LIFE which you wrote, instead of living in harmony with the Force like the jedi. The Force is supposed to be like chi in asian cultures, a life force that is the natural flow of the universe. The Sith want to control the force, abusing its power and making it do things it isn't really meant to do, i.e. for aggression and the hostile take over of the galaxy. Yes, not allowing others to think and act on their own free will is unnatural.

if that was not sarcasm, then take my post to be further clarification and nothing more.

I got the impression the golden hand was a "make-do" hand when I first saw it.

I also got the impression Anakin made the arm himself (don't ask me how) and that's why it looked so primitive. It reminded me of C3PO, and even though 3PO has different looking arms, it's still gold. Who else has gold limbs? The fact that Anakin built 3PO made this connection (in my mind) stronger, so I kept on thinking Anakin built the arm himself, as a makeshift arm until the republic tax payers money built him a "luke-style" hand.

Then I saw the Clone Wars cartoon - and all that went to sh*t because I heard the Clone Wars cartoon is in fact CANON!

Could someone please clear this up - I'm sure Lucas said it was going to be a real part of the story.

dude that is a cool idea...anakins hand gold-c3po gold,i think that is totally an awesome possibility,and since the republic has not seen a war since the formation of the republic,they wouldnt know how to fix limbs and stuff becouse there would be no need to since there is no war,and at the end of AOTC c3po was all gold the exact same color of anakins hand,so i see what you are saying anakin used the exact same metal to make his hand that he did to cover c3po's "parts",like i said very cool idea.......

Uggghh.... cool idea... You gotta be kidding me.

hehehehehe

Looks like I'm not the only one.

yeah c'mon, like he had time to sit and whip one up? I mean, sure he can just lift things with the force and build it through levitation, which might make a cool scene of him improving it, but I don't think he had time. I think it was a rush job that he probably never goes back to improve because Anakin's the kinda guy who wears a scar as a medal, so he sees the arm as a reminder of his failure (in his mind) to motivate him to be better. But I seriously doubt he built it.

i think chaos is a COOL IDEA too....and being as interesting as a WET PUSSY CAT is a cool idea too.... 💃