22nd May 2005, 12:33 AM
OB1 Wrote:You are given all of the information on Palpatine that you need in the OT, but yes Episode III does delve deeper into who he is and why he does what he does. But as I said before, this will most likely not be enough for you since your perspective on storytelling seems to be limited to the very narrow idea that good characters must have long backstories and unrealistically convoluted motives in order to be considered good enough.
My perspective on storytelling is that every major character needs some kind of motivation. And, in an epic saga such as Star Wars, backstory is a necessity. Palps has a basic, uninteresting back-story, and remarkably simplistic motives.
Your perspective on storytelling is that you prefer everything to fit standard cliches because don't like to think too much and prefer your characters simple and unchallenging. That any sort of information not of immediate importance is completely unnecessary. As long as they look cool, spit catchy one-liners and look badass, you're happy and satisfied.
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