I agree with both these sections of your quotes as you discussed them.
I did find parts of Hayden/Anakin annoying - more immature and whiny. I thought Jake/Anakin was quite mature considering... and for a 9/10 year old. He seemed to have alot more potential 😂
But I am the newer fan (much like Lyn) and find Hayden/Anakin absolutely amazing (when he is not being annoyingly whiny, immature, arrogant or brat-ish). 😍
I wish we saw more of Anakin and Padme, and watch their relationship develop... have a better connection with them before... Ep III
I'm actually quite a new fan myself, I only started watching the films when ep2 came out, then i saw the others and loved em. I think Lyn, you feel the way about Hayden that I feel about Ewan. I think Hayden did a pretty good job, it's more about the character that irrates me you know? though i get its just the way he is, i still wanna bitchslap him! I take it both of ur favourite character are Padme yeh? I like her too though well obviously i like Leia more, though Padme's got prettier costumes. Well I love Obi the most anyway, then Leia, Han Solo, then probably Padme next.
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Hypernova, Jake does have potential. I mean he had to play the young Anakin Skywalker and he did an alright job. And he was mature huh?? He looked really cute and little at the end of Ep1, when Padme turns to look at him and he's got the Padawan look...awww...and I would have liked to have seen more of Anakin and Padme, they were so cute to watch and her clothes were incredibly beautiful. Hayden/Anakin....mmmm..... 😍
Leia, I think what you said about Me-Hayden, You-Ewan is a very accurate way of describing it. We both like the other actors/characters but prefer our own. Get me?? And I understand how you feel about the character he does have that whininess to him huh?! Oh and yeah Padme's my favourite character but Leia's closely second!!
Oh by the way, I'm not a totally NEW fan. I grew up kinda watching the OT and fell in love with the PT when they started coming out. I liked SW before but I absolutely LOVE it now!!
Yeh, that's true Lyn, I love Ewan/Obi, I think Hayden seems really sweet, I find Anakin an interesting character but I don't 'like' him, cause he really does whine! It's part of the character but i wanted more evilness than whinyness! I do agree, Padme's costumes were beautiful, I'm doing an art project in school and i'm doing it on Padme and Arwen's costumes cause I absolutely love them, my favourite is the Lake Retreat One, it's so pretty! and the picnic one is lovely too. and yeh, it would have been better to see more of the romance cause then it might be more believeable but i won't get into that again!
I do like Padme but I don't think she has the same thing Leia has, the whole 'mess with me and I'll kick ur arse!' thing which I loved, she was such a strong character. Padme's good but I felt they tried to make her too much 'Leia's mom' rather than just Padme as her own character. Like I do get they wanted similarities but I think they tried too hard to make them alike and Padme doesn't have that fire that Leia had and I think it might be down to Natalie, she just doesn't seem as into it as all the others you know? She's good but she's just not as passionate about it as say some others projects she might do that are more her thing if that makes sense. And I think to most people, when they think of star wars, they'll think of Princess Leia, sure everyone thinks Padme's hot but if u ask people who aren't fans of star wars they don't even know her name but they'll know the name Princess Leia. So I think Leia made more of an impact. Padme's had nicer costumes though! Did u hear what Carrie Fisher said about Natalie? She said that it sucks too have such a beautiful chick plying your mom and they fact she has to be associated with her in anyway is horrible. I'd agree cause if i was in her place i'd find hard being compared to this really pretty girl. I wonder what Mark Hamill thinks of Hayden? and I'd loved too have found out what Alec Guiness thought of Ewan but he sadly died during ep2's filming, he saw ep1 i'd say and i think i read something about him saying Ewan was very good. It woulda been better if he'd seen ep2 cause that is so Ewan's movie, I'd say Alec woulda been proud.
K so we're agreed, Obi-Wan/Ewan is really cool and funny and Hayden is cool, Anakin is too but he whines and isn't everyone's favourite person. Good stuff 👆
What a MAD art project, you're so lucky!! Both those characters have amazing costumes. I LUV the Lake Retreat one and the Meadow Picnic one too, plus showing more of their romance would've been better, nice to know we agree on that!! 😊
I loved that "mess with me and I'll kick your arse" quality about Leia it always inspired me. Girls kicking butt, rock on!! I do understand what you mean about Padme. They do try to make her like Leia and you're right it's because Leia was such a memorable character with such a great attitude. That point you made about the names, and the character Leia being associated with SW, totally true. If only the PT was as popular as the OT 🙁
Did Carrie Fischer really say that?? That's a little odd... but I guess having your mum played by a younger, prettier girl must be hard. Bet she's jealous of all the great costumes 😛
The great Sir Alec Guiness would most definitley be proud 😊
I don't think Carrie said it in a mean way you know? cause I read something Natalie said about meeting Carrie at some event and she introduced people to Natalie as her mom! So i think she meant it but not in a bad way u know? I'd love too know what Carrie thought about the prequels cause I've never heard what she actually thought. I'd be jealous too of the costumes but the movies were set at different times, like Leia was in a war and Padme wasn't so Leia didn't have the chance to wear all these cool costumes but I know I'd be pretty damn pissed of if I was Carrie but Leia will always be remembered I'd say whereas people like Padme now but I don't think she'll 'last' the same way Leia has if you get what I mean. I think Leia is just as pretty but I think it's not only her looks but it's her personality that makes her attractive. Padme's really pretty too but I think well Natalie is very pretty in her own right, she's not quite as pretty as when she's Padme you know? So I think the costumes and the hair and the settings really helped if u get me. She is pretty but she's really 'girl next door' type (which isn't bad or anything). I just think with Padme she just doesn't have that thing that characters like Luke, Han and Leia had to make them last. I think the only people who will 'last' from the prequels will be Obi-Wan and Yoda (hopefully cause i think they deserve it).
🙂 . I read in a magazine, they had this poll about top 100 sci-fi characters and Darth Vader came in 4th but it said underneath that loads of people who voted had said 'Darth Vader is cool but not that Anakin Skywalker imposter!' so again i dunno if Anakin's quite as memorable as he needs to be to 'last'. Cause I know a lot of people weren't impressed with him and Natalie so it's hard to know. Anyway after all that waffle I was justing trying to say that I don't really think Padme will be a name remembered by everyone the way Leia has.
And yeh I'm really excited about my art project, I've already done a drawing of the Lake Retreat dress. The next one I'm doing is an Arwen dress, it wasn't in the movie but its so goregous, it's low cut and blue and has really long sleaves, i dunno if u know which one i mean but it's lovely anyway! I might do the picnic one after that.
I get what you mean with Leia and Padme. Carrie Fischer is pretty and her attitude adds to what makes her attractive. And yeah they were set in different times, but Leia's gold bikini is the most memorable SW costume and her hairdo!! I know exactly what you mean. Characters from the OT will last forever. 😊
Natalie is pretty wothout the makeup and everything, I agree there. She doesn't need all of it but it just helps to create the atmosphere. Carrie had that same thing-she was pretty regardless. GL just likes to vamp it up and because of that we get to see all these mad new costumes.
Darth Vader, Yoda, R2-D2, C-3PO will ALWAYS be remembered.
Luke, Han and Leia will have that same long-lasting thing, as will Obi-Wan and Chewie and stuff like the Ewoks.
Arwen's costumes are gorgeous too!! I can't remember them as much as I remember Padme's because I've only seen LOTR 1&2 once. But from what I can remember they were extremely beautiful.
Thank God for SW & LOTR!!
So have I... but not until Ep II did I become so smitten with a character 😂
I've seen it few times but it was not until recently did I watch all three Ep IV-VI one after the other followed byt Ep I and Ep II...
I think I appreciate the movies more because of my Ep I & II experience 🪩
Lyn - probably a case where he does become king in which ever planet/world he comes from... maybe the same way Padme was the Queen of Naboo? What do you think?
Yes he was in Ep II esp in the early scenes when Palpatine suggests to have the jedi's protect Padme.
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