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Great, great, GREAT movie.

I was expecting to be let down, as most 'closure' films tend to suck...but this one did well 8)

Although, someone needs to tell the Devs to go watch it, so my Veractyl can climb stuff and jump, dammit!

Saddest part for me was when Aayla Secura got waxed in that huge FlowerPot planet...

I had to restrain myself from jumping up and screaming NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!

Oh, and Wes, good to see you around 8) Tomo's been posting here more than you, you gonna let him take your top seat, huh??? /taunt /taunt /taunt

hehe.

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SmokingFrog wrote:
I was a little surprised that they didn't do a Chewbacca/Han tie-in, nor did any of the smuggler-esque characters make an appearance

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Its because Han is like less than 10yrs old....

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Boycarino wrote:

I'll confess this here...

I found myself literally fighting back tears. Yeah yeah..call me a sissy. I deserve it. But to see something that has had such a profound impact in my life play out so tragically was mesmerizing. It met all of my expectations. It was epic and even greek in proportion. I can't rave enough about it. It made Eps I and II make so much more sense. Almost like he had to go there to that idiotic realm of giddiness to contrast so wonderfully what was lost with the Republic falling. Ep I plays like a prequal to the prequals now. Ep II connects the dots...and Ep III is what we were waiting for all our lives (so to speak). Very good. Very very good.

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Me too man - that scene with the lava... the look on Obi-Wan's face - THAT myfriend is a truly gifted actor.

Cudos to you Ewan!

Well done, well done indeed.

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Yes man, that exchange was golden...especially the angst and anger on Annakin's face as he yelled " I hate you" as he began to burn...I didnt think Hayden had it in him, but for the first time I was truly convinced that he was Darth Vader.

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Yeah, I thought the acting was very nice on this one. I really never thought Hayden was going to make a good Anakin, but he changed my mind with this movie.

Ganan Fireraven
Master of Teräs Käsi
Smuggler in Illegal Goods
Colonel in the Rebel Army
Captain of the Smugglers' Pride
"The Teräs Käsi have formed their body into the ultimate weapon, we are never unarmed."

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XStarbracer wrote:

I just saw it tonight, it was incredible. I loved the Clone Troopers slaughtering jedi masters, haha. I almost felt sorry for the big chested twi'lek jedi girl. ALMOST now.

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I liked her. The rest needed to burn, though.

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WesBelden wrote:

Got back from seeing it about an hour ago. Absolutely loved it, from start to finish. There were the odd annoyances, but nothing's perfect. It played havoc with my emotions, got me entirely immersed and didn't once attempt to go all "Ah, children will be watching, so let's patronise them and annoy everyone else"™ once.

Loved it.

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dooku decaptiation, jedi purge, ah... it made me so happy

but /cry PADME!

I've been in a funk ever since i saw it. An emotional downer.

I need to watch Return of the Jedi for closure.

I think I was the only one who cheered when Palpatine announced the formation of the Empire in the Senate. Probably comes from my time here and my time playing TIE Fighter. I think the two best actors in this entire prequel trilogy have to be Ewan McGregor and Ian McDiarmid. Ewan's petty self-explanatory. But Ian had this wonderful way of making you think that maybe Palpatine wasn't the Emperor. Maybe something happens and he replaces Palpatine. I mean, you *knew* that he was playing on Anakin's love of the Republic and fear of losing Padme, but sometimes, like when he was talking about Darth Plagueis, you also got the feeling that maybe he thinks the Dark Side is the best thing for the galaxy, and not just for him.

Those people who want to know how some of us can play Imperials should look at this and consider it. We are not supporters of Nazism or racism or whatever (and yes, I've been called those because I play an Imperial in this game). We realize that most people would welcome law and order after years of very destructive and destabilizing conflict. And we would see Palpatine as a hero because we don't know what went on behind the scenes. We would see the Republic as weak because it couldn't contain the Separatists, not knowing that the man behind the threat was the one that had been elected to head the Republic Senate. Darth Vader would be a hero because he sacrificed so much to free us from Jedi oppression, having to live in a sealed life support suit for the rest of his life.

For Imperial smugglers, we all have different reasons for supporting the Empire. For me, it's a knowledge of history. The Republic failed. Why would a new Republic end up any differently? I am not blind to the oppression in the Empire, but it is better to support the devil you know than to take a chance with the devil you don't.

After having had a bit of time to digest it, the only line in the whole movie that annoyed me and took me out of things--but only for a moment--was when Anakin said to Obi-Wan "But from my perspective, the jedi are evil!" When I heard that, I dropped out of the movie to wonder whether Lucas had ever heard of a thing called subtext.. but then two seconds later the ass-whomping resumed, and I was hooked again.

Really, I'm not sure there were any significant flaws to this one. It was always good, often great, and sometimes stupendous, and the level of drama and tragedy brought on some shocking emotions. The only problem, really, is the other two movies weren't better--now I can see the importance of certain parts of them, but if they'd done a better job developing the characters and drawing us into them, Revenge of the Sith would have been even more powerful.

Taken by itself, though, this one's got more gravity and pathos and all that junk than any of the originals, and the really amazing thing is it all feels genuine. I'll have to see it a couple more times eventually, but for now, I'd put it as my second-favorite, and it just might end up challenging Empire.