It was a terribly choreographed scene, but I don't think it was meant to make the Jedi Masters look crappy. It was made to make Sidious look really powerful.
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I concur with the assumption about showing how Strong sideous really was. (I'm smart, i said big words). But I think he could of dragged the seen on a little bit longer. In the second movie GL was making a point in the geonosis jedi vs. droid fight, when he showed the jedi get their asses kicked. He coud have chosen to make the fight last three or four minutes but didn't. He dragged it out for another ten minutes at least. He could have done the same thing in the 3rd movie. It would not have needed to be some long ass thirty minutes fight where he killed each guy one by one. but they could have all charged him at once or something. Then GL would have been able to show off Palps moves. It actuaully would have worked towards Gl's advantage. Because if the fight was longer palpatine would have had more time to pull off some really cool stuff. I was pretty disappointed really. But the movie itself was great
I think that one of the reasons he picked those Jedi was because all the other highly skilled Jedi were either dead or they were of some where else. I think that if he were to pick a group, to arrest a sith lord would be Obi-Wan(on utapau unfortuatly), Anakin(not trustworthy), Qui-Gon(deseased), and Yoda(on Kashykk). Sassiae Tin, from what I remember is a good piolot and could have been used on the battlefeids, he should have had Plo Koon instead. I thought that the other Jedi should have more screen time and their deaths were really quick. I think to tell you the truth, did it because of time constraints.
So the intention seems to be clear. Maybe the Jedi underestimated the Chancellor, but the first 2 "Master" died without even blocking his attack. Maybe the first one didn't want to fight and instead talk about everything and the second one joined him. Kit Fisto was even smart enough to put up his cover for like 2 seconds.
I was really disappointed but okay, at least the end-fight was amazing.
Agen Kolar(?) turned around to look at Palpatine when he was stabbed.
The Hell was so interesting behind him that he had to divert attention away from the evil Sith?
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D'yall think Windu coulda arrested Palpatine if it was Anakin, Obiwan, and Yoda who assisted him? I personally think he would shit his pants upon seein' those four.
I definetly agree with you. The four of them would have been a much better challenge to Palpatine. But hey! That's not how Lucas invisioned it. So only in the expanded universe world. It would work if they came out with a revenge of the sith:infinities.
Agen Kolar's death: Can't blame him. Pretty hard to dodge a very strong and maybe even unexpected STAB thrusted at you by a very, very quick Sith lord, don't you think?
That random loser's death: I forgot how he died
Kit Fisto's death: Now with this guy, I agree. He stood there for like seven seconds watching his allies being slaughtered, then gets killed.
And Kit Fisto fought pretty well, but the sith was better. I actually liked the way Dooku fought against Obi-Wan and Anakin, because he knocked one down, then quickly picked up Obi-Wan and threw him away, then continued to fight Anakin. Great move.
Now 4-to-1 is pretty good odds, but in the movies, how often have we seen 4 bad guys go up against 1 good guy? And how many times does the good guy win? How about all the time!
We think we know why, because the bad guys are stupid and can't shoot straight or the ninja's can't use a sword or karate-chop. But actually, most 4-1 fights, it's one-on-one, while the other 3 bad guys just stand around waiting their turn, leaning on their shovels and looking at their watches!
Thanks to home video we have the benefit of instant replay, and now we can break down the jedi-sith battle as if we were NFL linemen breaking down film on Monday afternoon. But in real time, as it happened on screen, Mace's posse's slaughter was still pretty shocking.
Oh sure, while Palpatine was slicing the Agen and Kit, Mace should have been slicing away at Paplatine's knees or back. But then we wouldn't have a story... we're all just monday-morning quarterbacking.
Jan 11th, 2006 08:13 PM
