Episode III too focused on Anakin's story

The nature of the Force is explained at a biological level, a physical, tangible level. God is only theorised at a spirtual, mental level.

What I said...

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How eloquent

sir eloquence

Ultimately God is what one makes out of Him, and lets just say it goes the same for the Force as well!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

But in the films we aren't given the choice; we are told that Force is determined by a genetic statistic. Only through the EU do we hear that there was some difference of opinion between certain Jedi.

"Anakin has turned to the dark side of the force"

Translation: He converted to another religion.

But there are only two: good and bad.

You're right Exanda, and to add to that: EU sucks. hehehehe

Some EU is alright of course, but the movies is really where the stories should shine (for example the OT). There is a hell of a lot of decent PT EU material around, some interesting characters, but not much that really shines out in the PT, with the exception of RotS in some ways.

I do feel now I'm repeating my anti-PT rant a little too much now

That's allright. I've enjoyed my share of EU, but it's no point of bringing it into a debate on canon SW.

Originally posted by Alliance
"Anakin has turned to the dark side of the force"

Translation: He converted to another religion.

Hmmm. Whats interesting is that in ANH, when Vader told Tarkin about him feeling the presence of Obi-Wan, Tarkin said, "Obi-Wan Kenobi?... You (Vader) is the only one left of their religion".

Note that Tarkin considers Vader to be still part of the jedi "ancient religion". So did anakin really converted to another religion, or was he merely in the perverted side of the Force. 😉

Does seem strange that Tarkin would be so casual about the way he referred to the Force and Jedi/Sith, after all he'd been in a high position for quite a few decades. Of course he could just be teasing Vader, you would expect the Grand Moff to know between Sith and Jedi.

Most people do see the Sith and the Jedi as the same group remember.

Just like Christians and Satanists... 😂

Exactl- huh...Oh sorry, phone call...carry on 😂

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Originally posted by Cybervader
I watched Star Wars all over again and realise that Episode III's focus on Anakin's story (as admitted by George Lucas himself) is actually not doing justice to the other elements of the saga, and on the contrary does not contribute to its holistic continuity.

[B]The Invisible Seeds of Rebellion
The original trilogy has an essential backdrop of the Rebel Alliance fighting against the Empire, with the story of Luke finding his destiny in redeeming his father and becoming a Jedi. The decision to remove Padme and the Rebel Alliance series from Episode III gives a loophole in the continuity of the saga, as it would be important to actually at least established that there were significant opposition to Palpatine's rule, they who would later rebel against the Empire. Episode IV would then makes more sense with its beginning reflecting this situation.

Yoda's Exile
Even the last shot of Yoda landing on Dagobah was removed for it would disrupt the focus on the thread of the children, as said by Lucas.

Backdrop Established even with Anakin's Story in EP I, II
Even if the prequel trilogy was to be the story of Anakin and the original trilogy that of Luke's, there is no reason to compromise other essentials of the saga in favour of Anakin's turn.

For one, Episode I does elaborate on the backdrop of the trade federation's aggression but still essentially include the re-emergence of the Sith and the founding of the alleged Chosen One. Episode II too details the inner workings of the Sith on the Republic's fate thru the separatist movement and still include Anakin's love and lost of his mother.

Padme and the Droids Compromised for Vader
Episode III while it explains the fall of the Republic and including Anakin's turn, becomes too exclusive in the latter, not only compromises the continuity of the saga as a whole by excluding the seeds of rebellion, it also does not do justice to Padme's character by cutting off her continuity. In the previous Episodes we see her as a respectable diplomat of influence in the Republic, but Episode III only focuses her as a wife and childbearer of the children. The supposed dark theme also virtually removed C3PO and R2D2 from the film, they who were so significantly portrayed in the OT.

Thus even if Episode III is supposed to focus on Anakin's turn to become the infamous Vader, the virtue of the original trilogy itself proves that the character of Vader was but one of the many essentials of the entire saga. [/B]

Episodes I and II were too much about Obi-Wan

Which kinda saved them....

Originally posted by exanda kane
Of course he could just be teasing Vader...
Most people do see the Sith and the Jedi as the same group remember.

Thru Tarkin's words its actually evident that he considers the Sith and jedi as 'one family', or religion for that matter. Imagine, given how anakin turned, vader would have strong views about the distinction between the Sith and Jedi. He would jolly well be offended if Tarkin was indeed teasing him. 😛

Most people really consider the sith and jedi the same? Really? I can only think of Palpatine, when he told Anakin "the Sith and Jedi are similar in a lot of ways". Then again he said that to seduce and confuse Anakin.

Indeed.