OBD Convo #13: Return to Crab
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"You are a fool you’re seeking in this place what only faith can provide"
Capeshit fan? Smh, I thought you we're better.
now i want 2 watch morb
IT'S GOING DOWN RIGHT NOW IN NEW YORK CITY!
Keep in mind that Power canonically does not wipe her ass.
I think people said the Patreon pics show the smear
I have now finished the Complete Saga of Star Wars. My thoughts on Return of the Jedi...
I've heard it often said that Return of the Jedi is of an inferior quality to the other Originals. The people who say this are of an inferior quality. Return of the Jedi was my favourite as a kid, and it's my favourite still. Everything good about the movies just kept getting better. The entire sequence on Tatooine is great; we see how there's a plan going on that involves all our heroes to save Han, which is the accumulation of Hans story with Jabba over the trilogy. The Empire rules with fear from above while Jabba rules the smily underbelly of the galaxy. Luke walking into Jabba's Palace and revealing he's a Jedi, how far he's gone from being reckless to totally in his element. But after all that's done and Jabba is killed, Luke's still got the same sense of humour as he did in the other movies, showing how far he's come, but he's still our Luke. Infact, every character gets a chance to shine; Han, Leia, Chewie, Lando, R2, 3PO all have their moments.
The Star Wars humour has also really been perfected in this movie. The Ewoks wanting to cook our heroes, the Stormtrooper crashing into the tree, Ewoks killing Stormtroopers, the things that we can interpret R2 says, Chewie hugging Han... It's not just about the jokes, the characters playing off each other is funny, and adds to them. As well as the humour, we can also see this through the emotional moments how much the characters have grown, but retained what makes them so endeering.
The main issues I take with the movie are some of the changes George Lucas made with the movie. Seeing Hayden Christian at the end is fine, but kind of strange seeing. Although I'm more used to that version, the original version of Anakin's Force Ghost was more fatherly. Both Victory Celebration and Yub Nub are good songs (and people seem to think Yub Nub is annoying, but it too has emotional cartharsis of the galaxy being saved), so I'm good with either one. However, the biggest issue I have is with Jedi Rock being included. The scene is so bizzare and absurd and does not at all fit with the energy of Jabba's Palace. It's not that I dislike it, it's just so absurd that it's hilarious. Also as a kid I thought the Sarlacc with the beak was way less scary than just a gapping hole in the desert, but as a big boy I prefer the original.
None of this takes away from the experience though, as this film perfectly brings together everything (A New Hope was a macro threat to the Rebellion, The Empire Strikes Back was a personal threat to our heroes and this movie is both a macro threat to the Rebellion and makes it personal with Lukes temptation to the Dark Side). And Vader's own redemption (which was set up already very subtlely in Empire) shows that no matter how evil you may be, you can still change for the better).
I don't want to sound like one of those "born in the wrong generation" types, but I do wonder what it would have been like to see the Original Trilogy as they came out on the big screen as a kid. Seeing Darth Vader being Luke's father, meeting Jabba after Han feared him the entire trilogy, just seeing the Star Destroyers on screen for the first time. At the same time though, what makes the Original Trilogy so endeering is that it's not just a story for one generation; it's timeless. I heard it said that if you took Star Wars, and released it 1000 years in the past or in the future, people would still connect with it, because it's a timeless story.
The Star Wars humour has also really been perfected in this movie. The Ewoks wanting to cook our heroes, the Stormtrooper crashing into the tree, Ewoks killing Stormtroopers, the things that we can interpret R2 says, Chewie hugging Han... It's not just about the jokes, the characters playing off each other is funny, and adds to them. As well as the humour, we can also see this through the emotional moments how much the characters have grown, but retained what makes them so endeering.
The main issues I take with the movie are some of the changes George Lucas made with the movie. Seeing Hayden Christian at the end is fine, but kind of strange seeing. Although I'm more used to that version, the original version of Anakin's Force Ghost was more fatherly. Both Victory Celebration and Yub Nub are good songs (and people seem to think Yub Nub is annoying, but it too has emotional cartharsis of the galaxy being saved), so I'm good with either one. However, the biggest issue I have is with Jedi Rock being included. The scene is so bizzare and absurd and does not at all fit with the energy of Jabba's Palace. It's not that I dislike it, it's just so absurd that it's hilarious. Also as a kid I thought the Sarlacc with the beak was way less scary than just a gapping hole in the desert, but as a big boy I prefer the original.
None of this takes away from the experience though, as this film perfectly brings together everything (A New Hope was a macro threat to the Rebellion, The Empire Strikes Back was a personal threat to our heroes and this movie is both a macro threat to the Rebellion and makes it personal with Lukes temptation to the Dark Side). And Vader's own redemption (which was set up already very subtlely in Empire) shows that no matter how evil you may be, you can still change for the better).
I don't want to sound like one of those "born in the wrong generation" types, but I do wonder what it would have been like to see the Original Trilogy as they came out on the big screen as a kid. Seeing Darth Vader being Luke's father, meeting Jabba after Han feared him the entire trilogy, just seeing the Star Destroyers on screen for the first time. At the same time though, what makes the Original Trilogy so endeering is that it's not just a story for one generation; it's timeless. I heard it said that if you took Star Wars, and released it 1000 years in the past or in the future, people would still connect with it, because it's a timeless story.
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