[rhino]

Yes, I have now finished the prequel trilogy. And yes, I have nitpicks about Episode III that I didn't see in Chefelf's 91 Reasons. Once again, I'm afraid I'm repeating things that have already been said. And fear leads to anger, anger leads to hatred, and hatred leads to me posting on this forum.....

(1) Yoda, wherefore art thou Yoda? Has anyone else considered that a root of many of the bad Jedi lines and plot points was George's idea that Yoda be so wonderful? It all started with the painful line that "even master Yoda doesn't have midichlorian count that high!" Yoda's made out to be so wise, but that only raises questions of how he couldn't see that Palpatine was a Sith, or the Clone treachery, or Annikin's unreadiness to properly protect Amidala by himself, etc. So then George comes up with the "hard to see, the dark side is" or "clouded, the future is" crap. Yoda's also made out to be a master fighter, which results in the awkward scene of him leading the clone troops in battle and, worse, raises the final question of why he had to go into exile when he had held his own against Palpitine by himself (how about trying again Yoda, this time with Obi-Wan?). Not only would the Degobah exile have made more sense if Yoda was just a regular Jedi who truly could not defeat the Sith, but ESB would have become more meaningful, in that a humble Jedi trains Luke, and even though he was not the greatest of Jedis, he still lifts the X-Wing from the swamp.

(2) Nice work, C3PO While nothing could have made me glad that C3PO was in any of the prequel trilogy movies, wouldn't it have been nice if he provided a language interpretation just once? I bet it pissed him off that everyone understood each other's languages without needing a translator.

(3) Call my stylist, Annikin has broken my heart Not sure exactly, but I think the last couple days of Amidala's life went something like this: telepathically realize Annikin is in spiritual crisis, change hair and outfit, ask Annikin what happened at Jedi temple, change hair and outfit, attend special Senate meeting to lament death of liberty, change hair and outfit, learn from Obi-Wan that Annikin is evil and must die, change hair and outfit, fly to lava planet to get heart broken by Annikin, change hair, have babies and die. Maybe she wouldn't have "lost her will to live" if someone had offered her a free makeover.

(4) What? Luke is raised by Owen and Beru?! It was perfectly fitting that the prequel trilogy ends with unnecessary scenes. Does anyone need to see Luke and Leia delivered to their respective planets in order to figure out that they were delivered there? Thanks for the spoon feeding, George. Seems to me that the only questions needing answers were "how did Darth Vader turn evil?" and "to whom did he make sweet, sweet love?" Instead, the trilogy treated us to answers to such questions as what were Greedo's toddler years like?, did Jabba the Hutt ever attend sporting events?, were Yoda and Chewbacca ever buddies?, and how many Siths does it take to change a lightbulb? (two, always two it takes)

[Despondent]

That wasn't Greedo, it was Wald. Meaningless post.


Just kidding. Amusing stuff. Thanks for the wrap up.

[Bond]

Seems to me that the only questions needing answers were "how did Darth Vader turn evil?" and "to whom did he make sweet, sweet love?"

Watch the trilogy again. In AOTC, he goes wakka-wakka-wakka on the Tuskens, and in ROTS, he becomes paranoid for Padme, gets lured by Palpy, and becomes a child-killer. One question down, one to go...

In Clone Wars, Anakin (not Annikin, you illiterate rube ) and Padme meet after his scarring. They go into her quarters, where we get an outside view of the lights going out. Ooh, that must've been the hottest night on Coruscant...

Questions answered; you're free to go...

[Despondent]

No name calling, please. It gets tougher to acheive perfect spelling when a post contains paragraphs. And George's Annie character? Spell it however you want, it's not going to add a whisper of depth.

You are free to go.

[Bond]

Sorry; didn't mean to offend you, Des.