Not the PT. 😉
I always LOVED the 'used future' approach in the OT, it made it a real wordl sprung entirely from imagination. Well, Lucas did get his inspiration from Flash Gordon, Buck ROgers, Dune etc... but it was a credible world. And because the greatest space vehicles looked like crap from all the usage, it made it real (also inspired by Stanley Kubrick I am sure). Plus it had a simple and great story.
Originally posted by AllianceIt's that transition I don't like, chronology or not.
Yeah...it was totally abandoned. 😐No it wasn't It was still in use... it wasn't as grungy...but it wasn't supposed to be. It was the end of a golden age and we were hanging out with realy rich and foamous people...not farmboys, smugglers, and fugitives.
This was supposed to be the waning days of the Republic, the only shiny things I felt were appropriate were Palpatine's office, the Senate, most of the Coruscant scenes. Naboo looked like a paradise, and the only "roughness" about it were the stones Theed was made out of. Even Geonosis looked polished, the dust was the only thing really dirty about it. Tatooine was the closest resemblence to the OT in terms of "usage."
Remember, in the 20 years between the 2 trilogies is when everything went to hell, so i don't mind the PT looking "newer" or "more polished" than the OT.
What makes Star Wars special to me is how immersive it is. I mean here you have complete strangers discussing things from why the PT looked cleaner than the OT to the effect of literature and games have on the chronollogy of a movie series. It's never going to go out of style to say a Star Wars quote or to wear a shirt with some SW stuff on it. It's timeless and exclusive to the fans who made it the phenomenon it is today.