19th July 2006, 3:29 PM
Quote:Eh, we differ, but Luke, Leia, Solo, Yoda, they all are pretty much the same from beginning to end, also they rebuilt the death star because they couldn't figure out something cooler to do except recycle the first movie's plot.
Again, that's just completely wrong. Let's take one example, Yoda.
We first see Yoda in Episode I. He is the greatest living Jedi Master and is the head of the Jedi Council. He believes in the Jedi ways and traditions. He refuses Anakin as a normal student because he sees something dark in him and because he was too old (six or seven!) (and that he could not let go of his feelings for his mother). Obi-Wan becomes his teacher instead.
In Episodes II and III, Yoda continues on like this, but because of the war he is forced to fight...
After the destruction of the Jedi in Episode III, though, everything changes for him. He goes into hiding and seems to kind of lose it, as we see him in TESB (Episode V). However, he has changed from before -- the destruction of the Jedi (and revelation that the Sith still existed and were now in control) caused him to realize that his old beliefs were wrong. He decides to teach Luke despite his age and impulsiveness. True, Obi-Wan helps convince him to do it, but Obi-Wan tried that with Anakin too and went nowhere...
So no, Yoda is NOT the same from beginning to end. He has significant personal growth and ends up with the realization that Obi-Wan also came to -- that the Jedi ways as they were should not be reinstated in full after the Emperor was killed. Instead the new Jedis must change and become more open... which is exactly what Luke does in the books when he re-creates the Jedi Order.
Quote:And yes actually, there is a 3 book series which details the life of young Jack Sparrow. I don't plan on reading it, but apparently it fleshes out a lot.
Comparing that to the massive Star Wars book and comic universe is so silly it's comical...
Quote:also they rebuilt the death star because they couldn't figure out something cooler to do except recycle the first movie's plot.
Don't insult RotJ, it's my favorite Star Wars movie... :) (and why not build a new Death Star? They learned from the first one and were fixing its flaws (exhaust port... :D), and the Emperor knew that if he could get it finished he could crush the rebellion as an active fighting force (drive it underground?)... you could also take it as a sign of the Emperor's degradation -- the Emperor of the Original Trilogy is not like he was in the Prequel movies, that's for sure... he's lost a lot of his ability and intellect as a result of using the dark side too much (that also prematurely aged him, of course). He goes from a genius who manipulates the entire universe into doing his bidding and getting him onto its throne into a somewhat crazy megalomaniac who gets defeated by teddy bears... the Palpatine of EpIII would probably not have so lost, that's for sure. :)