Friday, February 25, 2011

STAR WARS!

Yes this post is exactly how it sounds. All about star wars! One of my larger obsessions.

How to begin? I have loved Star Wars most of my entire life. The obsession never fully leaves, it only hibernates temporarily then releases itself monstrously once again. Recently I have been re watching them. And this time in order! (I can do this owing to the fact that I own them all.)

I sat down the other day to watch one that I hadn't seen in quite some time. "Revenge of the Sith." Now of course I know the old ones by heart-- as those are obviously my favorites considering they are just all around in a different league than the new ones. But personally I am not one to say "Ugh I hate the new star wars. The old ones are the only ones worth watching." In a way this is true, but I think I would consider the new star wars to be well above par (storywise) than much of other action movies that are released in this decade. Of course Hayden Christensen would not have been my choice to play the epitome of evil itself--the great beginnings of Darth Vader, but he doesn't do a terrible job. In my opinion he improves greatly in Revenge of the Sith and does a fairly good portrayal of the prideful fear ridden Jedi curious about the dark side and wooed by Senator Palpatine's smooth talk about saving loved ones from death. Although I will admit in Attack of the Clones, some of his acting makes you cringe a little bit--especially in the overly sappy love scenes between himself and Padme. What we all wanted was another love/hate relationship like Han and Leia but we can't always get everything.

Actually I had forgotten how much I really did enjoy Revenge of the Sith. As I sat down to watch it I found myself completely sucked into the storyline and after it was over, immediately began A New Hope. One thing that really struck me from Revenge of the Sith to A New Hope, was how great of a job Ewan McGregor does as Obi Wan. I really believed he and Alec Guinness were the same person amazingly enough! I'm convinced that when Ewan was chosen for the part, he studied the way the original Obi Wan talked and what his mannerisms were. He was spot on--from the first time he played the young Obi Wan in The Phantom Menace, to the older more wise Jedi Master in Revenge of the Sith.

I could honestly go on for hours about everything that I love in star wars--but I will just comment on one thing that I noticed that I loved from the new to the old movies. George Lucas--in The Empire Strikes Back (which I happened to watch last night)--had Luke sitting in Yoda's cave trying to convince him that he was ready to train. Luke says a few things then finally--"I'm not afraid." After this comment Yoda's ears perk up and you realize that is the moment when Yoda decides he must teach Luke. What I found interesting was that in the Phantom Menace, when Qui-Gon (don't even get me started on how good Liam Neeson plays him) brings Anakin to the Jedi council, Yoda notices he is shaking. He realizes that young Anakin is very afraid (understandably but for the sake of the story he shouldn't be) he then says "Fear leads to anger, anger leads to  hate, hate leads to sufferrrring." This whole turn of evens is the perfect segway into Luke being the chosen one to bring balance to the force--not Anakin as they thought. Even though Anakin was more powerful, he chose wrong and at the end of the day, it's the choice that made Luke the chosen one. Gotta love it!

                                             Just thought I'd put this in here cause--he's sexy.


Thanks!- Rockwell

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