3rd November 2003, 5:37 PM
The OT characters definitely spoke this way, it's just that there wasn't as much dialogue in the OT as there is in the PT, and it doesn't touch upon some of the themes that the PT does. The dialogue style of Star Wars is neccessary to deliver the feeling and mood of a space opera. You have to understand that Star Wars was inspired by old saturday morning sci-fi serials and jidaigeki (Samurai drama), so it follows certain themes of these genres. The dialogue certainly does pack a lot of emotion, in fact most people say that there's too much emotion there, but that it is delivered in a "stiff and lifeless manner". The people that make these kinds of criticisms want Star Wars to be unrealistic in every way but the dialogue, which doesn't make any sense. Star Wars is the only popular space opera of the past.. three or so decades, so I suppose that people simply aren't used to it anymore. Everyone wants realism in their dialogue even when it's not needed. I really don't get that. Law & Order needs realism, Star Wars does not.