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Since I'm in quarantine with notch much to do. I decided to get disney plus to watch the mandalorian. Well, it didn't take long before I ran out of episodes. I love it and can't wait for more. The mandalorian is what I wanted.
After I watched them all. I decided to watch all the movies. Starting with the phantom menace.
I'm going to review the movies in groups. Prequels, solo, rogue one, original then sequels
This is the first time I watched the prequels in years. So I was watching them with fresh eyes.
After starting it at episode one. I remember how much me and my family considered it the worst of all the movies. It was boring, jar jar was annoying and young skywalker.
But revisiting it after all these years. I was surprised that jar jar is no worst than C3P0 was in the sequel trilogy. Jake Loyd was just a kid doing his job. The truth is, after revisiting the phantom menace. It went from one of the lease favorite to one of my favorite star wars movies.
It had plenty of action. Starts off with everything trying to kill the lead characters. To a planetary invasion. Then to breaking a blockade. High risk pod race. Light saber duel.
Then got to the boring stuff. Most star wars fans criticis this movie because of all the politics involved. I will get back to the politics later.
The thing that got on my nerves is them dragging anakin skywalker everywhere. I would had kept him at the jedi temple.
Now the attack of the clones. This just became my lease favorite starwars movie.
This movie was extremely boring. But the whole point of this movie was to set anakin down the path to the dark side. Now listening to the horrible lines that hayden and Natalie had to say made me laugh out loud
.
You can see it in Hayden's face.
But this movie actually tells you to your face that the jedi is actually in decline. Mace windu says it. Ewen mcgregor and christopher lee are the best things in this movie. I do wish the used jango fett and obi wan jedi starfighter more.
I mean it. That red and white little starfighter has got to be the prettiest spaceship in all science fiction. George lucas knew what he was doing when he was writing anakin skywalker. Doctors actually use anakin as an example of personality disorder. That is pretty cool.
Revenge of the sith. This got to be the best of the prequel trilogy. I got to see this in theaters.
I love the opening. Those starships smacking each other around is awesome. Plenty of action. I wish the didn't kill count duku so early in the movie. Now I was 13 when this movie came out. I watched the star wars clone wars shorts on cartoon network. General greavus was an unstoppable killing machine in the shorts. Obi wan curb stomp him with ease in the revenge of the sith. I feel they mishandled Anakins fall. And the lines leave much to be desired. But it's still depressing to watch. Everyone did their best. The final duel between obi wan and anakin skywalker was epic.
Be honest with everyone. I think the clones would had killed the jedi sooner or later with out order 66 for being such terrible generals. I mean dang. The tactics are stupid, really stupid!
My final thoughts is yes. There is huge plot holes. But some of it can be explained. It was stated in the phantom menace that the republic was corrupt and in inefficient. So it's not that far fetch that the treasury missed the fact that billions of dollars was missing. To pay for the clones. Supreme chancellor was actually the sith lord pulling all the strings. The blockade in the phantom menace did not make sense. But the trade federation leadership actually said it didn't make sense. But that was to create tension that would had lead to war.
Yes, compared to the original trilogy. The prequels can be a little boring. But the whole point was the rise and fall of anakin skywalker.
And the rise of the empire. The truth is. The prequels are not quilty of any more sins than the original three. Also, the prequels may contradict the original. But within itself. The prequels contradict it self less than the original trilogy
Then I went straight to star wars solo. This movie got more flack than it should had. But it wasn't necessary. No one asked for this movie.
But I still found it entertaining. But there was nothing in the original trilogy that hints to han solo being a formal soldier of the empire. Other than he knew about the star destroyer dumping trash before jumping to light speed. I love Emilia clark. She is amazing. But her and everyone else was kinda flat. Instead of this movie being a character study of han solo. It was more of how he got his stuff.
Rouge one. This is my favorite of the stand alone movies. I love falicty jones. She is young, attractive. I like her british accent. That's funny because she actually slips into her native accent midway into the movie.
The problem is they reshoot the movie more than once. So the cast was burnt out in the final cut. So that's why the characters was flat. Other than the security droid. I wish the didn't death star everyone to death at the end. I want to see more of these characters.
I enjoyed seeing darth vader in action. And the huge space battle in the end was the best of all the starwars movies.
Now the original trilogy.
These movies aged well. But they are still aging. But that's a good thing. The used future look works. Less CGI. So everything looks real. Like you can walk up and touch them.
I know I'm going to upset some people. But I got to say it. Han Solo is the true hero of the original trilogy. There i said it.
The original star wars was just the hero journey in space. Luke skywalker was ready leave home. The empire came to his planet and killed his family. Obi wan set him on the path to become a jedi. Han held luke hands through out the movie. Obi wan dies. They rescue the princess. Then they blew up the death star at the end. Even after all these years. This movie is still amazing. I wish I saw it in theaters.
Empire strikes back is my favorite of all of them. The chase through the astroroid field with that music playing. Han solo trying his best to make that ship jump to light speed.
The giant space worm. The super star destroyer. Darth vader killing his incompetent officers. I can't blame him for that. Lol
"No, I'm am your father."
I don't really like the return of the jedi that much. I didn't like the reveal that leia is luke's sister. Apparently lucas ran out of time so had to cute everything short.
The ewoks was the worst thing about the movie.
The storm troopers have a bad rep to the fans. But they won every fight. The heroes had plot armor. That's how they survive against the storm troopers.
I will write about the sequel trilogy later. What's y'all's thoughts.
After I watched them all. I decided to watch all the movies. Starting with the phantom menace.
I'm going to review the movies in groups. Prequels, solo, rogue one, original then sequels
This is the first time I watched the prequels in years. So I was watching them with fresh eyes.
After starting it at episode one. I remember how much me and my family considered it the worst of all the movies. It was boring, jar jar was annoying and young skywalker.
But revisiting it after all these years. I was surprised that jar jar is no worst than C3P0 was in the sequel trilogy. Jake Loyd was just a kid doing his job. The truth is, after revisiting the phantom menace. It went from one of the lease favorite to one of my favorite star wars movies.
It had plenty of action. Starts off with everything trying to kill the lead characters. To a planetary invasion. Then to breaking a blockade. High risk pod race. Light saber duel.
Then got to the boring stuff. Most star wars fans criticis this movie because of all the politics involved. I will get back to the politics later.
The thing that got on my nerves is them dragging anakin skywalker everywhere. I would had kept him at the jedi temple.
Now the attack of the clones. This just became my lease favorite starwars movie.
This movie was extremely boring. But the whole point of this movie was to set anakin down the path to the dark side. Now listening to the horrible lines that hayden and Natalie had to say made me laugh out loud
. You can see it in Hayden's face.
But this movie actually tells you to your face that the jedi is actually in decline. Mace windu says it. Ewen mcgregor and christopher lee are the best things in this movie. I do wish the used jango fett and obi wan jedi starfighter more.
I mean it. That red and white little starfighter has got to be the prettiest spaceship in all science fiction. George lucas knew what he was doing when he was writing anakin skywalker. Doctors actually use anakin as an example of personality disorder. That is pretty cool.
Revenge of the sith. This got to be the best of the prequel trilogy. I got to see this in theaters.
I love the opening. Those starships smacking each other around is awesome. Plenty of action. I wish the didn't kill count duku so early in the movie. Now I was 13 when this movie came out. I watched the star wars clone wars shorts on cartoon network. General greavus was an unstoppable killing machine in the shorts. Obi wan curb stomp him with ease in the revenge of the sith. I feel they mishandled Anakins fall. And the lines leave much to be desired. But it's still depressing to watch. Everyone did their best. The final duel between obi wan and anakin skywalker was epic.
Be honest with everyone. I think the clones would had killed the jedi sooner or later with out order 66 for being such terrible generals. I mean dang. The tactics are stupid, really stupid!
My final thoughts is yes. There is huge plot holes. But some of it can be explained. It was stated in the phantom menace that the republic was corrupt and in inefficient. So it's not that far fetch that the treasury missed the fact that billions of dollars was missing. To pay for the clones. Supreme chancellor was actually the sith lord pulling all the strings. The blockade in the phantom menace did not make sense. But the trade federation leadership actually said it didn't make sense. But that was to create tension that would had lead to war.
Yes, compared to the original trilogy. The prequels can be a little boring. But the whole point was the rise and fall of anakin skywalker.
And the rise of the empire. The truth is. The prequels are not quilty of any more sins than the original three. Also, the prequels may contradict the original. But within itself. The prequels contradict it self less than the original trilogy
Then I went straight to star wars solo. This movie got more flack than it should had. But it wasn't necessary. No one asked for this movie.
But I still found it entertaining. But there was nothing in the original trilogy that hints to han solo being a formal soldier of the empire. Other than he knew about the star destroyer dumping trash before jumping to light speed. I love Emilia clark. She is amazing. But her and everyone else was kinda flat. Instead of this movie being a character study of han solo. It was more of how he got his stuff.
Rouge one. This is my favorite of the stand alone movies. I love falicty jones. She is young, attractive. I like her british accent. That's funny because she actually slips into her native accent midway into the movie.
The problem is they reshoot the movie more than once. So the cast was burnt out in the final cut. So that's why the characters was flat. Other than the security droid. I wish the didn't death star everyone to death at the end. I want to see more of these characters.
I enjoyed seeing darth vader in action. And the huge space battle in the end was the best of all the starwars movies.
Now the original trilogy.
These movies aged well. But they are still aging. But that's a good thing. The used future look works. Less CGI. So everything looks real. Like you can walk up and touch them.
I know I'm going to upset some people. But I got to say it. Han Solo is the true hero of the original trilogy. There i said it.
The original star wars was just the hero journey in space. Luke skywalker was ready leave home. The empire came to his planet and killed his family. Obi wan set him on the path to become a jedi. Han held luke hands through out the movie. Obi wan dies. They rescue the princess. Then they blew up the death star at the end. Even after all these years. This movie is still amazing. I wish I saw it in theaters.
Empire strikes back is my favorite of all of them. The chase through the astroroid field with that music playing. Han solo trying his best to make that ship jump to light speed.
The giant space worm. The super star destroyer. Darth vader killing his incompetent officers. I can't blame him for that. Lol
"No, I'm am your father."
I don't really like the return of the jedi that much. I didn't like the reveal that leia is luke's sister. Apparently lucas ran out of time so had to cute everything short.
The ewoks was the worst thing about the movie.
The storm troopers have a bad rep to the fans. But they won every fight. The heroes had plot armor. That's how they survive against the storm troopers.
I will write about the sequel trilogy later. What's y'all's thoughts.
