TV Thread

[Chocolate Lab]

Return of the Jedi? I thought that was the worst of the original trilogy.

Seriously? I thought it was the best. Easily the best.

 

[NoDak]

Seriously? I thought it was the best. Easily the best.

Prepare yourself...

 

[Chocolate Lab]

Prepare yourself...

Not sure what you mean, but it made me laugh.

 

[NoDak]

Not sure what you mean, but it made me laugh.

Just messing with ya. There has been 'discussions' before about this. Empire is usually thought of as the best of the Star Wars movies.

 

[shoop]

Also I realize I put this in the wrong thread should be in movies.
I liked Jedi because it showed Luke as the first powerful Jedi to fight the sith. It was the real hope moving forward. I wish the movies had followed the previous lore that had been written by Timothy Zahn and others. They did it well.

 

[bbgun]

I liked Jedi because of the gold bikini.

fixed

 

[shoop]

Just messing with ya. There has been 'discussions' before about this. Empire is usually thought of as the best of the Star Wars movies.

Empire was the most “artsy” and it ended on a cliffhanger that for people watching real time would last for four years. It was one of the first mainstream films that left the antagonist winning at the end. I think the preference may depend on world view to some extent.

 

[shoop]

fixed

I was a little young for that.

 

[Chocolate Lab]

Empire was the most “artsy” and it ended on a cliffhanger that for people watching real time would last for four years. It was one of the first mainstream films that left the antagonist winning at the end. I think the preference may depend on world view to some extent.

@NoDak @Irving Cowboy I just realized I'm an idiot and got my movies backwards.

Yep, I liked that Empire wasn't all happy. You had the cool Hoth stuff at the beginning and Yoda training Luke, but mostly you had the shocking bits of Lando opening the door and Vader standing there, plus of course the father reveal and Han in Carbonite.

The first one was really good, too, especially for being so groundbreaking. Return with the yorkie planet was too stupid and juvenile.

Edit to add I'm a little disappointed in NoDak for not bitchslapping me hard on that. Don't go soft on us, man.

 

[bbgun]

Jedi would have a better reputation without the living teddy bears

 

[Irving Cowboy]

Lucas got caught up in the merchandising craze with the Ewoks. That and there was the story that Solo was supposed to die but Lucas overrode that idea because nobody would want to buy action figures of a dead character.

 

[Chocolate Lab]

That and there was the story that Solo was supposed to die

Seriously? I hadn't heard that.

 

[Irving Cowboy]

There was a special on Reelz a few months ag where they talked about it

 

[NoDak]

Seriously? I hadn't heard that.

Yeah, he was supposed to die. Harrison Ford wanted him to die. That was actually a stipulation of his when he agreed to come back in the new movies.

The 13 yr old kid in me cheered like a MFer when they first showed Han and Chewbacca in that movie. And I was actually shook when Kylo Ren/Ben Solo ran him thru with his light saber. I wasn’t expecting it at all. And as shocking as that was, you could actually feel Chewie’s pain as he watched it happen.

 

[Irving Cowboy]

Why Harrison Ford Wanted Han Solo to Die

Harrison Ford famously wanted Han Solo to die in the original trilogy. Let's see what his reasons were and how he got his way in The Force Awakens.

movieweb.com

 

[NoDak]

Why Harrison Ford Wanted Han Solo to Die

Harrison Ford famously wanted Han Solo to die in the original trilogy. Let's see what his reasons were and how he got his way in The Force Awakens.

movieweb.com

This would be more relatable if it was actually in the thread with the discussion.

 

[bbgun]

and yet he did that weird "beyond the grave" scene with Kylo in the final movie

 

[Rev]

 

[Cotton]

This would be more relatable if it was actually in the thread with the discussion.

I moved it.

 

[Rev]

I moved it.

And still needs to be moved to Movies thread.