What I've learned from Star Wars

May 20, 2005 00:48


  • The Ultimate Battle between good and evil, Jedi and Sith is King of the Hill
  • There are two ways to gain the upper hand on a Jedi:
    1. A Jedi is powerless if he is hanging off a ledge. All his ability to use the force is gone, as he holds on for dear life. (That nifty little super jump is nowhere to be seen, and forget levitating an object.). However, the Jedi still has one defense in this situation: A Sith lord is powerless but to monologue if a Jedi is hanging off a cliff. The Jedi may use this delay as a moment to locate his light saber, which in turn allows him to use the force again.
    2. The ultimate way to defeat a Jedi or Sith lord is to cut off their hands. As evidenced in Episode III (with a grand total of 4 arms cut of - Mace Windu, 2 from Duku and Anakin losing the other. This does not include the 2 by the Droid general and any other non major arm removal scene in the movie.) once their hands are gone, all their powers are gone as well.
  • Even though a Jedi channels through the force and is able to see where attacks are coming from even when wearing a helmet over their head, if it is ally fire this doesn't work.

Ok, and now to things that just bug me:
  • The way Padme named her kids. It was almost like she was just yelling the first name that came to her head. Seriously, was this scene needed at all? We all know who the hell they were.
  • So if the Droid General was part Organic, how was he able to jump out into outer space in his first fight scene with Kenobi? He was outside for a while.
  • Seriously, couldn't the Jedi being massacred put up a better fight? I mean, the weird greenish chick didn't even try! She just fell down a hole and was shot. There were some seriously lame Jedi. Even that one kid put up a better fight then some of these supposed "masters".
  • Did anyone else find themselves going, "Oh... it's over?" with the fight scene between Yoda and Palpantine?

    Now, overall the movie was better then its two predecessors... but that's not saying much. It was a nice way to wrap everything up, but all in all I felt more like "Well... ok, so that's how it happened.... anyways" instead of "OMG! That was amazing! Who would have thought things would have gone like that!?"

    I mean, the most amazing moment in all of Star Wars occurs in Empire Strikes Back. That moment when you learn that Darth Vader is Luke's father... wow. Even after that, learning that Luke and Leigh are siblings is a pretty shocking moment. But with these 3, nothing came close. The only thing I can think of is "Darth Vader built C3PO"... that's it. I mean, yeah, it's cool to know how the senate fell, and how the Empire came to rise, and how the Emperor fooled Skywalker into becoming his apprentice, but there was nothing that really surprised me.

    Anyways, the movie wasn't as bad as I'm complaining about it being, but I just had to get these off my chest. At least it's over now.
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