A confession

[quesarah]

Okay, I know that I've guffawed, criticized, and generally pooh-poohed the last two Star Wars movies. But god help me, I'm actually excited about Revenge of the Sith. I've ooohed and ahhed over the advance reviews, watched the trailer, and secretly been just been giddy about its release. I haven't had a rational explanation for it until now:

It's Darth Vader.

The 7 year old in me who was wide-eyed over the first movie back in '77 is breathless with the anticipation of seeing The Villain of my childhood back onscreen. I want to see Anakin's final fall to the Dark Side and his transformation into Vader. The sight of that suit of armor, the helmet, and James Earl Jones' voice. Dooooode.

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[madenglishbloke.livejournal.com]

finally, we get the film ive been waiting since - 1984?? - to see - the fall and rise of darth vader...
although i was disapointed with the first 2 parts of the prequel trilogy, they arent too bad if you go into them with an open mind - well, apart from the midichlorians, and jar jar fucking binks!! - but ive a horrible feeling that too many vital plotlines will be left undealt with - for instance, will they show c3po having his memory wiped??
and re: the rumours about GL editing james earl jones out of the original trilogy - i seem to recall george actually edited empire to include JEJs voice, due to him not being availible for the original version - his voice was added to the re-release.
last i heard, george is planning to go back to the original triology to re-do them in 3d - there wont be any re-filming done, just using a new process to produce a 3d image using lightweight glasses.
theres also a rumour been flying around for a long time that the lightsaber combat scenes in the original trilogy (especially ben vs vader in a new hope) will be re-created on computer, to match up with the high-flying, fast-moving combat from the prequels.
geek??
me??
noooo...

[biogeekgrrl.livejournal.com]

I could deal with re-making the duel scenes to match Episode I-III. In New Hope, the Jedi seem remarkably quaint fighting with their sabers. The technology just wasn't there to create the kind of superhuman combat ability the Jedi were supposed to possess.

I suspect there will be a lot of loose ends. As I mentioned above, I'd love to see when exactly Padme knew she was pregnant, and when she decided to hide it from Anakin. Was it after he became Vader? Or, was it before, hinting that even she had her doubts about him. And of course, a scene where Luke is sent back to Tatooine and Leia's entrusted to Bail Organa. Will we see it? Doubtful.

finally, we get the film ive been waiting since - 1984?? - to see - the fall and rise of darth vader...

You got it. Exactly.

[juanitadark.livejournal.com]

for instance, will they show c3po having his memory wiped??

As far as I know, yes.