who directed episode II?

And all that, the Force and stuff, flying space ships, talking apes and all that is all believable?

Originally posted by Emperor Helmet

That just shows how little you understand. If that 9 year old boy is the chosen one yes. If that boy has the ability to be the only human pod racer in the universe, yes. If that boy can build anything and understand flying like he does, yes!. Any more questions?

It's not that. It's those yippiis that are just too annoying.

You mean the yippee's right. You are contradicting yourself. If you thought he was just a 9 year old kid who shouldn't be able to blow up control ships, than he should be acting like a normal 9 year old. And they say things like yippee!

You can't lose grasp of that. And him being nine years old make Episode II and III more dramatic.

You will see why Episode I was a great set up film for the other 5.

There was peace in the galaxy at this time, everything was very structured. That is something we don't see in any of the other films. You have to show this so you know what they are fighting to get back in the OT.

And Jar Jar is all about that peaceful side.

The Battle of Hoth is simply amazing. I think it is only bettered by Yavin. I can't believe anyone would think the soulless Naboo battle is better. And what the heck is the problem with the Rebels not being able to beat the Walkers? If they were THAT well-armed, they wouldn't be a small band of rebels, they'd be winning the war! In ESB, for once, the Empire was acting with some comptetence, and the film was all the better for it. Their forces were not flawed, unlike the Death Star.

Kershner is also responsible for lines like "I know" when Leia says she loves Han- Kershner and Ford worked closely together to dramatically increase the quality of the characterisation in that film. Ford's interviews about Kershner will leave you in no doubt about that man's contribution towards ESB.

Thanks, queeq, for putting me right about the original writer.

I heard that Ford was tired of saying 'I love you too' whenever him and Fisher were doing that scene so he finally just said 'I know' and they ended up keeping that one. But then again I think the place I heard this from was full of stinky brown stuff.

Ford hated it, Kershner hated it. They came up with the new line together. They were a great team.

Yeah the line would have sucked if it was 'I love you too'

I love the cockiness of Han

Helmet. From what I know, episode 1 is a great set for other movies. I know it is. But it's not that good by itself. Not as good as the others.

I know a nine year old could say yippii when blowing up that ship, but it's still annoying because a nine year old shouldn't be able to flight/fight with a starfighter that well! And he did it by accident (or that's atleast what it looks like.)! It would have been much better if Anakin destroyd the ship along with the other pilots and not by accident.

And yes, I do understand why Jar Jar is there. It's supposed to be a happy movie, before the things go bad. So Jar Jar brigs happines for some people (mostly kids). But Jar Jar is so damn annoying. If Jar Jar wouldn't be that dumb, episode 1 would be a better movie and the ground battle wouldn't be just a big joke. Jar Jar would be good if it was less clumsy and annoying.

Still I think TPM was and is a great movie. But it's not perfect.

But then again, that's just my opinion and you can like Jar Jar if you want to, you can like little Annie if you want to, and you can even like the damned Pokemon if you want to.

You tell him!

I believe He-man said enough that I'll just let his nice explanation set in.....

nah... Jar Jar is a sidecharacter, the only big scene he's in is the endbattle, get a grip! movie is been made

Get a grip, huh....yes we know the movie has already been made...what's your point?

you can't change it with nagging

Originally posted by Emperor Helmet

That just shows how little you understand. If that 9 year old boy is the chosen one yes. If that boy has the ability to be the only human pod racer in the universe, yes. If that boy can build anything and understand flying like he does, yes!. Any more questions?

And this only proves that you have bad taste in movies.

It would have been cool if Anakin purposefully destroyed the control ship, but he didn't.. It was all a mistake. He didn't even know how to fly the fighter--he was along for the ride.

It would have been much more interesting if Anakin had done it all on purpose, after figuring out how to fly the fighter he was in. And if he could fly a pod racer, then it would have been believable that he could fly a fighter, the problem is that he didn't.

And the ground battle was nothing more than bad slapstick comedy. Nobody in the theater laughed, because it sucked.

Overall it was a poor effort at humor, and Lucas fell flat on his face. It was abominable. And we must be weary of AOTC, because Lucas might have ruined it with the same stupid slapstick comedy attempts. AOTC may very well suck as hard as TPM, or even worse!

I'm not wasting my money on it until I know for a fact that it is worth $7. Until then, Lucas can go beat off.

stop being so negative! post other things than negative comments about TPM!

TPM.....was good....happy, Mah?

Well there's no sign of episode 2 battle beeing like episode ones Bantha Fodder. There's no humor in the battle of geonosis. Well I haven't heard there would be anyway.

But anyway...one thing that made the battle of Hoth especially cool was those incredible lines:

LUKE: Echo station Five-Seven. We're on our way.
LUKE: Steady, Dack. Attack pattern delta. Go now!
VEERS: Yes, Lord Vader. I've reached the main power generator. The shield will be down in moments. You may start your landing (in a very cool voice).
HAN: No, no! No! This one goes there, that one goes there. right?
VEERS: All troops will debark for ground assault. Prepare to target the main generator.
And here's the best one:
VEERS: Distance to power generators?
PILOT: One-seven, decimal two-eight.
VEERS: Target. Maximum fire power.

Ain't it cool?

Compare those to episode ones ones like:

Anakin: Where's the trigger? Oops, wrong one. Maybe this one. Oops.
Anakin: Boy! This is tense! Oops. Artoo, get us off this autopilot, or it's gonna get us both killed! You did it Artoo! Okay, lets go left! Go back? QuiGon told me to stay in this cockpit and thats what I'm gonna do. Now come on! Whoa! I'll try spinning, that's a good trick. I know we're in trouble, just hang on!
Anakin: Take this! and this! Now, this is Podracing! Whoopee!!!
Jar Jar: Hups...Oh no.

These lines don't ruin the movie. They just make the battle feel like it's nothing serious.

Luckily there's nothing like that in episode 2.

Without the crappy humor, Episode 1 would be a very good movie! Now it's just good.

i can see that Starwars´quality is controversial even for fans.

When I first saw TPM i loved it but i thought only coz all my expectations to it. And I had to admit it didn´t feel much like a starwars film to me at all.I thought " if there were no lightsabres no r2d2 no obiwan no c3-po and no yoda it wouldn´t be starwars at all". it felt like a movie for kids, with no seriousness and deepness we love like in ESB, on the other hand it had more goofyness and stupid lines.

after i watched it over 3 or 4 times I realized I actually liked it ..I mean why would i watch it so many times...so I figured out that maybe it did have that starwars feeling I first thought it didn´t have. and it does.

I see now TPM as an operture to the starwars saga, instead of lots of action and serious stuff, it just sets up everything so you can enjoy the other movies even more. like GL said: "thats the story, it begins with a 9-year-old anakin and thats it, i cant change that, i have to start telling the story from there" (or something like that).
ive read also that AOTC will make TPM a better movie and if it does, then after EPISODE III and tha OT and PT connected we´ll forget about all that anti-jar jar propaganda and we´ll look at TPM as a great movie.

so you all quit wasting your time and forget about TPM.

Originally posted by He-Man
Well there's no sign of episode 2 battle beeing like episode ones Bantha Fodder. There's no humor in the battle of geonosis. Well I haven't heard there would be anyway.

But anyway...one thing that made the battle of Hoth especially cool was those incredible lines:

LUKE: Echo station Five-Seven. We're on our way.
LUKE: Steady, Dack. Attack pattern delta. Go now!
VEERS: Yes, Lord Vader. I've reached the main power generator. The shield will be down in moments. You may start your landing (in a very cool voice).
HAN: No, no! No! This one goes there, that one goes there. right?
VEERS: All troops will debark for ground assault. Prepare to target the main generator.
And here's the best one:
VEERS: Distance to power generators?
PILOT: One-seven, decimal two-eight.
VEERS: Target. Maximum fire power.

Ain't it cool?

Compare those to episode ones ones like:

Anakin: Where's the trigger? Oops, wrong one. Maybe this one. Oops.
Anakin: Boy! This is tense! Oops. Artoo, get us off this autopilot, or it's gonna get us both killed! You did it Artoo! Okay, lets go left! Go back? QuiGon told me to stay in this cockpit and thats what I'm gonna do. Now come on! Whoa! I'll try spinning, that's a good trick. I know we're in trouble, just hang on!
Anakin: Take this! and this! Now, this is Podracing! Whoopee!!!
Jar Jar: Hups...Oh no.

These lines don't ruin the movie. They just make the battle feel like it's nothing serious.

Luckily there's nothing like that in episode 2.

Wonderful! 😂

Excellent analysis, He-Man.