The only real buzz kill is the shock value of Vader being Lukes father.
Not to give George Lucas any ideas, but I'd like to see how Episodes 4-6 would be if they were made in order, starting with Phantom Menace.
In A New Hope, the battle between Obi and Vader would definately be more action packed. And Vader would be more evil, like he was in Empire.
There's no telling if the plots would even be the same for each movie.
One bummer is that Palpatine is gonna show off his Sithly powers big time against Yoda in ROTS...but gets thrown to his death so easily in ROTJ.
Plus Vader could say Padme's name from time to time. 😉
Well that was going to be the point if he made them in order...He would give you the idea that Anakin is really dead...and the only hope were his children so the suprise element that Vader is his father would still be there. That was George Lucas idea. Like I said the death star wouldn't be blown up, it would be destroyed in ep VI, that is why a second one was made. The battles would be bigger, especially the one from Hoth. He wasn't satisfied at all with that. There were lots of reshoots for ESB, but that is one of the few things he couldn't reshoot or make bigger.
The movies are ment to be seen 456123. It's the only way it makes sense to me. Otherwise, everything in the OT is ruined compleatly. The "I am your father" scene - gone. "Why do I have the feeling you're going to be the death of me someday?" - not quite as humorus, if you havn't seen ANH. You'll know from the onset that Obi's lying in ANH. So, if I ever have the pleasure of introducing someone to the entire saga, it will be in 456123 order.
Would i be considered in the old generation or the new, was was about 8 years old when i saw Epi 4,5,6 and that was probably 1994 or 1995 so i hit it at a really great time because the POTF figures where comming out and the SE would be out in the next few years. When i started collecting and being a huge fan i had NO idea they were going to make the prequils and may not have even known they where doing the SE at the time, so i guess you could consider me old generation, i mean i wasnt around when 4,5, and 6 first came out but i was a fan long before all the new stuff hit, in my oppinion, if it wasnt for Episodes 4, 5, and 6 Star Wars would have never been anything the way the prequils are after TPM if there was enough interest they MAY have made a 2nd but they would have just bored everyone to death with that, virtualy making every fan and movie goer think that Star Wars was one of those OK movies that made a normaly and expected bad sequel.
After we get EPIII on DVD I have two fantastic test subjects that have never seen ANY of the Star Wars films (27 years old or so.) The rest of my geeky Star Wars friends are going to watch them twice, one of them 1-6 and the other 4-1. They are relatively unspoilt, though one of them knows that "Dude's his dad". I'll probably use that test subject as the 1-6 as the big ESB surprise is known to him. The other knows the names "Amidala" and "Luke Skywalker" because that is how we refer to The Queen of Hearts and Jack of Clubs in a deck of cards.
Should be interesting. Of course, I'm somewhat old school. Born in 1977, so not THAT old school, but I grew up with the OT. My friends and I have been talking about another SW trilogy since 1992 (We actually thought they were going to make the Zahn trilogy for some reason.). I love the OT, but the PT is really growing on me too. I'd say in order I like ESB, AOTC, ANH, ROTJ, TPM. I've watched all of them more times than I'd like to admit, and I'm not ashamed to say that sometimes I even think AOTC is my favorite. Sometimes I would prefer to see TPM instead of ANH because besides it's obvious low points, Qui-Gon with apprentice Obi-Wan and our first glimpses of the Jedi council are awesome. I couldn't even imagine a galactic senate and it was great, even if the material is considered less than gripping. I enjoyed seeing a planet such as Naboo, which was probably far less beautiful by the time the empire came around, solely for the reason that it's like "Damn, Naboo society appears really cool." Coruscant, at the time of the PT looks like a place to hav e a great time. With the exception of possibly Bespin, you see NO nice places in the OT. It makes me look at the rebels in the OT, ragged and practically destroyed and realize "So THIS is what they are fighting for."
What I am trying to say is I try to view both the OT and PT together as a big saga, not two seperate entities. Sooo, I don't know if I'm new school or old school. 😉 I've even learned to deal with Jar-jar. There are always characters you like and some you hate in a saga this large. Granted he had less screen time, but seriously, Nein Numb as the MF's co pilot in the final battle. Pathetic. PATHETIC. I hardly found Lobot and the "Pig Men" in empire to be cool, not to mention the Ewoks..... Did they ruin the originals for me? Hell no.
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