Which Star Wars do you prefer?
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Topic: Which Star Wars do you prefer?
Posted By: Shakespeare
Subject: Which Star Wars do you prefer?
Date Posted: October 01 2007 at 15:21
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Vote away... ...rebel scum.  |
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Posted By: andu
Date Posted: October 01 2007 at 15:24
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I think The Empire Strikes Back is the best of them, I voted for it, but Episode 4 also has something very special, as it was the first.
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Posted By: The Doctor
Date Posted: October 01 2007 at 15:25
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Revenge of the Sith easily. AOTC and ESB are the runners-up. Overall, I found the prequels much more satisfying than the original trilogy. ------------- I can understand your anger at me, but what did the horse I rode in on ever do to you? |
Posted By: Shakespeare
Date Posted: October 01 2007 at 15:29
That's sacrilegious. |
The Doctor wrote:Posted By: dwill123
Date Posted: October 01 2007 at 15:30
| "The Empire Strikes Back" far and away the best IMO. |
Posted By: Shakespeare
Date Posted: October 01 2007 at 15:32
| All of the originals are amazing, but I think my favourite is episode VI. The end is phenomenal. |
Posted By: The Doctor
Date Posted: October 01 2007 at 15:57
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I'm a sacrilegious kind of guy. But I think that first of all, the characters in the original series were kind of stock characters, the farm boy turned hero, the roguish friend, the old wise man, the princess, etc. Also, there was no political intrigue, simply small rebel army vs. giant imperial army. The latter two were actually better than the first one, but IV I really don't care for much at all. Also, I think the whole jedi vs. sith storyline was too underplayed in the original trilogy. I find that whole thing much more interesting than space battles and blowing up giant superweapons. I wanted more lightsaber action.
The prequels on the other hand I thought had much more well-thought out characters. It had plenty of political intrigue and went in-depth into the jedi/sith storyline that was so missing from the original trilogy. Finally, and I know I'm probably alone here, but I find the acting in the prequels much better. Hayden could act circles around Mark Hammill. ------------- I can understand your anger at me, but what did the horse I rode in on ever do to you? |
Posted By: Shakespeare
Date Posted: October 01 2007 at 17:53
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Hayden is a dreadful actor. I'm told I look like him. But the originals were so much more genuine than the newer ones. |
Posted By: R o V e R
Date Posted: October 01 2007 at 18:10
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This is Progarchives and everybody loves " The Empire Strikes Back"
me too,.. |
Posted By: keith_emerson
Date Posted: October 01 2007 at 18:49
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Luke, I am your father. Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo |
Posted By: Slartibartfast
Date Posted: October 01 2007 at 18:54
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Aqua Teen Hunger Force
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Posted By: Bastille Dude
Date Posted: October 01 2007 at 19:18
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I like the one they call "Star Wars", It was the first and best. I don't care for the one they call "A new hope". 2nd choice TESB.
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Posted By: Shakespeare
Date Posted: October 01 2007 at 19:19
effu IMHO |
Posted By: stonebeard
Date Posted: October 01 2007 at 22:27
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I like all of the originals about the same. The prequels are OK but just not as good. ------------- http://soundcloud.com/drewagler" rel="nofollow - My soundcloud. Please give feedback if you want! |
Posted By: rileydog22
Date Posted: October 01 2007 at 22:29
I'm pretty sure you're talking about the same movie there. -------------   |
Posted By: Bastille Dude
Date Posted: October 01 2007 at 22:49
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Yeah except when I saw it as a kid in '77 it was just called Star Wars, In '77 we didn't need no new hopes.
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Posted By: Atavachron
Date Posted: October 01 2007 at 23:38
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love all six... taken as a whole it's an amazing series barring JarJar and a few horribly sappy moments, best individual films probably episodes 3 and 4. |
Posted By: TheProgtologist
Date Posted: October 02 2007 at 10:07
Have you ever seen Shattered Glass or especially Life as a House?
Christensen's performances in those movies are excellent. -------------  |
Posted By: TheProgtologist
Date Posted: October 02 2007 at 10:10
I hear you....I saw it many,many times as a 11 year old kid in 77 and it wasn't Episode 4:A New Hope.It was just Star Wars.
I personally like all the movies but from the OT I would definitely pick The Empire Strikes Back.From the PT it is without a doubt Revenge of The Sith.I love that movie,I waited a lonnnngggggggg time to see Anakin Skywalker turn to the Dark Side and honestly,the movie didn't disappoint. ------------- |
Posted By: 1800iareyay
Date Posted: October 02 2007 at 10:16
| Empire Strikes Back. See the movie Clerks for my reasoning. |
Posted By: Time Signature
Date Posted: October 02 2007 at 10:21
| ESB no doubt. |
Posted By: Dean
Date Posted: October 02 2007 at 10:24
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The Return of The Jedi. Didn't like ESB at all - with all those *cute* little furbies from Andora - yeusch! ------------- What? |
Posted By: TheProgtologist
Date Posted: October 02 2007 at 10:28
They are called Ewoks,they are on Endor,and they aren't in The Empire Strikes Back...they are in Return of the Jedi. ------------- |
Posted By: Time Signature
Date Posted: October 02 2007 at 10:31
Andora is Star Trek, dude.
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Posted By: Dean
Date Posted: October 02 2007 at 10:31
 ^that's exactly how much I am an expert on Star Wars. 
so what you're saying is I like Empire but not the other one. If Lucas had made them in th right order I wouldn't be quite so confused  ------------- What? |
Posted By: The Doctor
Date Posted: October 02 2007 at 10:31
Actually, Star Trek is Andoria.  ------------- I can understand your anger at me, but what did the horse I rode in on ever do to you? |
Posted By: TheProgtologist
Date Posted: October 02 2007 at 10:33
Don't worry Doc......me and you will set them straight!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Posted By: Slartibartfast
Date Posted: October 02 2007 at 10:33
Hmm, that's not the same as fu, is it? ------------- Released date are often when it it impacted you but recorded dates are when it really happened...
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Posted By: Dean
Date Posted: October 02 2007 at 10:41
I thought she was the Mother-in-law in Bewitched.  ------------- What? |
Posted By: Time Signature
Date Posted: October 02 2007 at 10:47
Wow... so, what the hell's Andora?
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Posted By: The Doctor
Date Posted: October 02 2007 at 10:48
No. No. That was Palpatine. ------------- I can understand your anger at me, but what did the horse I rode in on ever do to you? |
Posted By: Time Signature
Date Posted: October 02 2007 at 10:48
Isn't his mother-in-law called Palpatina? :-P
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Posted By: stonebeard
Date Posted: October 02 2007 at 11:02
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I like the think of the story as a whole, but I like the politics of the prequels, and generally the storyline of the prequels, even thought it all ties together. ------------- http://soundcloud.com/drewagler" rel="nofollow - My soundcloud. Please give feedback if you want! |
Posted By: Melomaniac
Date Posted: October 02 2007 at 11:12
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Episode V : The Empire Strikes Back, without a doubt. ------------- "One likes to believe in the freedom of Music" - Neil Peart, The Spirit of Radio |
Posted By: Time Signature
Date Posted: October 02 2007 at 11:21
I'm more of an OT guy, but I also like the political play. I especially like TPM, which I think is the best of the prequels... I often get bashed for it, but I don't care.
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Posted By: Tapfret
Date Posted: October 02 2007 at 11:40
Palpatine comes from the latin root 'palp' which means to gently stroke or touch. That's frickin' deep man. ------------- https://www.last.fm/user/Tapfret" rel="nofollow">  https://bandcamp.com/tapfret" rel="nofollow - Bandcamp |
Posted By: Shakespeare
Date Posted: October 02 2007 at 17:54
No, but I almost did. I've heard he did a much better job in those films. And also, he was in a television series (whose name I forget) and he did well there, too. Also, I was told AGAIN today that I look like him. |
Posted By: Zargus
Date Posted: October 02 2007 at 23:56
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Episode VI: The Return of the Jedi was the first one i saw when i was yust a kid and its still my favorite i seen it prorobly over 1000 times i hade it on VHS and watched it every weekend over and over, i seen the others too but VI gets my vote. ------------- 
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Posted By: Forgotten Son
Date Posted: October 03 2007 at 07:27
| A New Hope. I've never understood why Empire Strikes Back seems to be so many peoples' favourite. It really drags in the middle, IMO. |
Posted By: Visitor13
Date Posted: October 03 2007 at 08:14
Andora is the Pyrenees
Return of the Jedi for me. Even though the space battle at the beginning of Episode III was larger, it wasn't as dynamic as in RotJ. |
Posted By: Time Signature
Date Posted: October 03 2007 at 08:20
I didn't know they had Ewoks there.
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Posted By: Visitor13
Date Posted: October 03 2007 at 08:39
Basque Ewoks ftw 
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Posted By: Dean
Date Posted: October 03 2007 at 08:59
Don't you mean the Pleiades.
what does everyone think of the extra scenes in the rehashes of IV V & VI? worth the effort? adds to the plot? Waste of celuloid? ------------- What? |
Posted By: Visitor13
Date Posted: October 03 2007 at 09:12
Do not mock the Basque Ewoks 
Extra scenes? Good cosmetics, nice touch. |
Posted By: Tapfret
Date Posted: October 04 2007 at 11:38
I was cool with all the extra scenes until the very last seen where they plugged in the young Anakin. Being as a can't stand the actor that they chose for him, I was appalled. At least they didn't kick Guiness for MacGrego. ------------- https://www.last.fm/user/Tapfret" rel="nofollow"> https://bandcamp.com/tapfret" rel="nofollow - Bandcamp |
Posted By: Time Signature
Date Posted: October 04 2007 at 11:43
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I didn't really like that they replaced Sebastian Shaw with Hayden "Emokin Skywalker" Christensen either. |
Posted By: steve j
Date Posted: October 04 2007 at 12:38
| I love them all, but...............wait for it...........I love Episode 1 best. I thought I was the only one who loved the prequels best. I'm a big fan of Liam Neeson, and I loved his role as Qui - gon - Ginn . |
Posted By: Time Signature
Date Posted: October 04 2007 at 15:35
As mentioned above, it's my favortie PT episode, too, and mainly for the same reasons as yours.
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Posted By: The Doctor
Date Posted: October 04 2007 at 15:43
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I'd personally love to see episodes IV-VI completely redone, with new (better) actors, and a better story line which links it with I-III more. Things that were left out of IV-VI which I think would make the story more interesting (Anakin/Vader as the Chosen One, more focus on Darth Sidious/Emperor Palpatine - in the original trilogy, Yoda and Ben act like defeating Vader is all Luke has to do to bring down Palpatine and they both should know better than that, eliminate plot errors such as "I don't remember ever owning a droid", have more on the force ghost thingy and why Anakin is able to perform such a feat and so on). In other words, focus more on the things that make the star wars prequels so great and less on the things that make the original trilogy not so great (giant superweapons and lots of space battles - boring!). ------------- I can understand your anger at me, but what did the horse I rode in on ever do to you? |
Posted By: Time Signature
Date Posted: October 04 2007 at 15:45
| Okay, well, I'm one of those people who think OT shouldn't be tampered with anymore. Most of the changes made were okay, with some exceptions, but in the end Lucas is the boss. |
Posted By: Floydian42
Date Posted: October 04 2007 at 17:27
Isn't Andorra a country in Europe? (The Empire Strikes back is Where it's at!) |
Posted By: Moogtron III
Date Posted: October 05 2007 at 05:02
| I was 15 years old when I saw The Empire Strikes Back. I was in Chicago and my English wasn't that good, so I missed a lot of what it was all about. I liked the movie, I liked the robots and the laser fights and all, but when I saw the Return Of The Jedi in the Netherlands I really got into the Star Wars thing. Other Star Wars movies never had that much of an impact on me, though part 4 (Star Wars) and The Empire Strikes Back come close. |
Posted By: Atavachron
Date Posted: October 05 2007 at 05:22
| some of the new scenes were OK, the little things, but the new Greedo/Han scene sucks.. he's Han Solo, if he wanted to shoot someone he did it... and the new Jaba scene was absolutely moronic with Han 'stepping over' the tail... no, I don't think so |
Posted By: Shakespeare
Date Posted: October 05 2007 at 11:17
I only know them with the new scenes...I mean, I've seen the originals, but that was so long ago and I don't remember. I've come to embrace and cherish the stupitidy of those scenes  But seriously, they're not bad. |
Posted By: cookieacquired
Date Posted: October 06 2007 at 10:25
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ooo this poll is sweet as it signals PA is only one step away from a "favorite HP Lovecraft novel poll"!
That being said, all the movies were better than most movies ever. I'd probably say the 5th (2nd?) whatever it be called, ESB.
again with the that being said, the cantina scene is one of the coolest scenes ever (music is still stuck in my head as I speak) ------------- 
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Posted By: Shakespeare
Date Posted: October 06 2007 at 11:24
| That was the first lightsaber chop the world ever saw! |
Posted By: Bastille Dude
Date Posted: October 06 2007 at 18:15
Dude totally, Han Solo was a Mercenary and that's what they do. I refuse to ever watch a new hope again because of this. South Park totally hit the nail on the head with the episode where they try to stop Lucas and Spielberg from ruining Raiders Of The Lost Arc. Man if Indiana in the new movie doesn't pull a gun out and shoot someone...... Oh, I still have my old VHS copy of Star Wars that I bought before they new hoped it up, I'll never part with it. To me, that was, is and always will be Star Wars. ------------- DEATH TO FALSE PROG! |
Posted By: Mikerinos
Date Posted: October 06 2007 at 18:23
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5 > 6 = 4 > 3 > 2 > 1 Yeah, I'm not going to go nuts debating 4 or 6. I know most people prefer 1 to 2, but I don't for some reason. ------------- 
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Posted By: Mikerinos
Date Posted: October 06 2007 at 18:24
Because, clearly, if any other actor was picked for the part, they would have had a totally different personality... -------------
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Posted By: Dim
Date Posted: October 06 2007 at 18:34
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Easily the return of the Jedi! The most progressiveStar wars episode, filled with epic battles and a complex plot.
Episode one is pretty bad, two is better, I liked three a lot, 4 is kinda slow, 5 is really good too. ------------- 
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Posted By: Atavachron
Date Posted: October 06 2007 at 18:44
you find 4 slow? It seems the most economic and briskly paced to me |
Posted By: Dim
Date Posted: October 06 2007 at 18:49
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Pretty much just the beginning, but I feel it lacks the epicness of 5 and 6. -------------
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Posted By: SoundsofSeasons
Date Posted: October 06 2007 at 19:05
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The Empire Strikes Back is my favorite. I love the Icy frontier fighting in the beginning. ------------- 1 Chronicles 13:7-9 Then David and all Israel played music before God with all their might, with singing, on harps, on stringed instruments, on tambourines, on cymbals, and with trumpets. |
Posted By: Atavachron
Date Posted: October 06 2007 at 19:11
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^ and that asteroid chase... though i think I like the Ben/Jango chase in 2 with the sound mines even more.. great scene |
Posted By: Shakespeare
Date Posted: October 07 2007 at 00:28
| He didn't go by Ben at that point, though. |
Posted By: Shakespeare
Date Posted: October 07 2007 at 00:32
The end of 4 is extremely epic, Schizoid!!! The tiny rebellion blowing up a massive space station with miniscule one-man fighters? With a time-limit, to boot? And the kid who pulls it off was just a simple farmerboy? If that's not epic, what is? |