Attack of the Blinth

[dougo]

I finally saw Revenge of the Sith today. Not much to say about it; it wasn't a totally terrible conclusion to the franchise (although Darth Vader's final line is almost unforgivably bad). Lots of eye candy, and some neat glimpses into various worlds and civilizations in the Star Wars universe. And it wrapped up most of the loose ends of the story, with some nice connections to Episode IV. (Although they didn't show Yoda landing on Dagobah, unless I missed it.)

One thing I hadn't noticed but read about on Wikipedia is that Obi-Wan picks up Anakin's lightsaber after fighting him, which he eventually gives to Luke in Episode IV. Is this how Darth Vader figures out that Luke is his son, because he recognizes his lightsaber in the duel in Episode V? I couldn't find any other references to when exactly Vader figures out Luke's identity.

Comments

[mshonle.livejournal.com]

The same last name would have been a big clue, too.

[dougo.livejournal.com]

D'oh, good point. Although maybe "Skywalker" is the "Smith" of Tattooine. Or maybe he had a lot of cousins.

[mshonle.livejournal.com]

Not that any single Star Wars movie is consistent with the other five, though.

I highly doubt it was planned to be a trilogy. At least not in the sense of "here is my plot arc for the whole thing and how things will develop." Perhaps in the sense of "gee, I have so many characters and backstory, this could probably even make three movies." Just like the Matrix... the low quality of the sequels showed that it was never planned to be anything that great.

On the lighter side, I think J.K. Rowling planned the whole Harry Potter arcs before even writing the first one, so it would be nice for a change to see deep foreshadowing and real development.

[memegarden.livejournal.com]

It was planned from the start as a series. Note that the first movie has always been Episode 4, confusing its first viewers.

[mshonle.livejournal.com]

That depends on what you mean by "planned as a series." For example, in no way when the first movie was being filmed did Lucas "know" that there'd be a Yoda, or that Luke and Leia would be siblings, or that Vader would be Luke's father. That stuff was all added later.

Anyway, the three prequels should be sufficient evidence for you that nothing was planned. Right... as if a clone-relative of Boba Fett was "the clone" in the clone wars. When Lucas wrote that line in Star Wars it was just meant as a throw away... there was probably no specific idea what "the clone wars" were.

[memegarden.livejournal.com]

In the rough drafts, Luke and Leia weren't even different people. :)

[mshonle.livejournal.com]

And there aren't any concrete plans for three sequels after 1-6.

[chrismwage.livejournal.com]

Dude, he used the force to SENSE that he was his son. Duh!

[dougo.livejournal.com]

Sure, but when?

[chrismwage.livejournal.com]

Hm. Well, in Episode VI at the beginning, there's that scene where Darth Vader says "I sense something.. a presence I haven't sensed since ..."

Now in retrospect I guess he was probably talking about Obi-Wan, but as a kid I had always assumed he was talking about Luke

Vader's line

[(Anonymous)]

"I sense something.. a presence I haven't sensed since ..."

Vader says that after the Millenium Falcon has been brought aboard the Death Star in Ep IV, which is about halfway through the movie.

- Brad Cook (Doug knows me)