Star Wars, Nothing But Star Wars…
Published by Toni May 18th, 2005 in Uncategorized.
This will be a day, long remembered…
So, who is insane enough to watch Episode III tommorow, on opening day?
But my bf and I *are* insane enough to watch in on Friday at noon!
I pre-purchased our tickets this morning. Do you have yours yet?
Although Rotten Tomatoes so far rates Revenge of the Sith an 83%, and though it’s PG-13, I still have my reservations about the film, especially after seeing the first two.
But I’ll find out on Friday.
A few days ago, MSN had a listing for the Top 10 Star Wars scenes of all time. I agreed with most of their choices, but I strongly, vehemently disagree with their #9 choice: The pod race scene in Episode 1. What are you kidding me?!?! Everyone HATED that scene. It was boring as hell. I fell asleep watching it.
However, some of the scenes I did agree with were:
* The Qui-Gon, Obi-Wan, and Darth Maul fight
* Han and Leia’s declaration of love to each other before he gets frozen
* The battle of Hoth
* Yoda vs. Count Dooku
* “Luke: I am your father”
My list would go like this:
10. “Apology accepted, Captain Needa”.
9. Han and Leia kiss in the Milennium Falcon
8. Yoda’s death *sob!*
7. Battle of Hoth
6. Lando’s Betrayal
5. Attack on the second Death Star
4. Attack on the first Death Star
3. Luke and Vader battle in “Return of the Jedi”
2. Qui-Gon, Obi-Wan, Darth Maul battle
1. Yoda vs. Count Dooku battle
I notice a pattern here…I mostly like the lightsaber / spaceship battles 
Now, as for my Top 10 most hated Star Wars scenes…
10. The boring diner scene between Obi-Wan and Dex
9. The Gungan/ droid army battle.
8. The whole midichlorians idea. WTF?
7. Jango Fett’s craptastic death
6. Boba Fett’s craptastic death
5. Anakin whining to Padme: “It’s all Obi-Wan’s fault!”
4. Luke whining about going to Toshi Station to pick up some power converters
3. Every scene regarding the courtship between Anakin and Padme
2. Every scene with Jar Jar
1. POD RACE
So, if you can rate your best and worst Top 10 Star Wars scenes (from the 5 movies), what would they be?
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i’m afraid nothing stands out so much for me that i could list it. but i do read that lightsaber fight fans will get their fill in episode 3 AND that it is the best of the prequel trilogy (with some “ugh” moments in dialogue but can you really ditch those?) so don’t keep in mind too much the horrible moments in eps 1&2 other than for their plot. =D enjoy =) i’m not getting around to watching it until the weekend or next week
Couldn’t get tickets for 12:01, but keeping the kids home and we are going at 9:30 am. lol
Best:
1- Luke, I am your father (biased as son’s name is Luke and Daddy likes to say this to him. lol)
2- Hans and Leia declare their love (yeah, totally agree with that one)
3- Ewok celebration party (love those little furballs)
4- blowing up the death star the first time
5- Obi-wan, Qui-gon, and darth Maul battle (so cool)
Worst:
1- All the “love” scenes in #2 when Anakin was guarding her.
2- Anakin tells Padme that he killed all the raiders for killing his Mom (way over acted it)
3-5, k, my #1 bummed me out too much and I don’t want to think about anymore bad scenes.
I wish I could get into this Star Wars thing..
Not as insane as waiting from 9:00 to midnight to watch the movie last night. But it was well worth it. Will be going again to first showing on Saturday. I really need other hobbies. Maybe I can scrapbook about Star Wars…
Wyn- Very smart of you to wait at least a week to watch it. But I’m just too impatient. It’s bad enough that I’m waiting until this Friday morning to watch it.
Val- I reckon that your son rolls his eyes when your husband says that to him for the 8 millionth time
Linda- mayhaps it’s good that you’re not!
Thao- last night when my bf and I went for our nightly walk, we passed by our local movie theater, and there was a LOOOOONG line outside…and this was at around 7pm! And who knows how long those people have been waiting in line. Probably since early yesterday morning.
I saw it this morning. Totally awesome, cleans up everything nicely.
guilty as charged, saw the movie at 10:00 this morning…i loved the movie but i loved all of them…i can’t really think of anything i didn’t like…i enjoyed padme and anakin’s courtship and i suppose having a teen myself, i recognized anakin’s whining as dead on and fairly accurate, lol
I predict this movie will suck balls. Not just rank and file balls — Jabba balls.
A girl who knows Star Wars! Toni, if you didn’t have a boyfriend and I weren’t married, I’d be in love!
My 10 Favourite Star Wars Scenes/Lines:
10. LEIA: I’d rather kiss a wookie. HAN: I can arrange that!
9. Yoda vs. Dooku. The first time we get to see Yoda whip out a pint-sized can of Jedi whoop-ass had everyone in our theater on their feet.
8. The Clone War sequence in AOTC. Eye candy galore.
7. Obi-Wan vs. Anakin on Mustafar. Anakin ends up in the Vader suit. ‘Nuff said.
6. Darth Vader choking Admiral Ozzel through the video screen.
5. Any time Obi-Wan uses the Jedi Mind Trick. “These are not the droids you’re looking for.” “You do not want to sell me death sticks. You want to go home and rethink your life.” Don’t you wish you could use this in your daily life? “You don’t need that report for another two weeks.” “You will write off my mortgage.” “These pants to not make my ass look big.”
4. Leia in the slave girl outfit.
3. Yoda vs. Palpatine. You’ll see.
2. “Luke, I am your father.”
1. Luke blowing up the first Death Star. When I went back to see the Special Edition, I knew how the movie ended. I knew what was going to happen. There was no surprise. Still, I found myself cheering like everyone else and giving high-fives to people I didn’t even know.
My 10 Lamest Star Wars Scenes/Lines:
10. “Anakin, you’re breaking my heart.” I can’t believe Lucas can actually write crap like this, but it’s there on screen.
9. “I love you.” “I know.” Blech.
8. All of the bad villains who don’t really get to do anything. Darth Maul. General Grievious. Count Dooku in Revenge of the Sith. Villains need to be evil. None of these guys do anything that’s really evil and then they die.
7. Luke whining about anything.
6. Any scene involving Gungans.
5. Any scene involving Ewoks.
4. The Geonosis Arena Battle. Let’s say you’re Jedi Master Mace Windu. You’re going to a planet full of people who don’t like you to rescue two of your buds. You take 200 Jedi with you. You surprise the bad a nest full of bad guys and don’t have an egress plan. What the hell kind of military operation is that?
3. In the DVD of ROTJ, Lucas edited the final scene with ghost Yoda, ghost Kenobi and ghost Anakin and took out the older Anakin (played by Sebastian Shaw) with the younger Anakin (played by Hayden Christensen). I hate it when they change stuff like that.
2. In the Special Edition, Lucas edited the film to have Greedo shoot first. I hate it when they change stuff like that.
1. Any pick-up line Anakin uses on Padme. “Are you an angel?” “I don’t like sand. It’s coarse and rough and irritating, and it gets everywhere. Not like here. Here everything’s soft… and smooth… ” When I hear that crap, I feel like throwing up.
I have a full review of Revenge of the Sith on my blog. Enjoy the movie!
Oh my goodness! I absolutely despise Star Wars. I wanted to smash the telly whenever they had one of those Star Wars marathon session on! And it’s not like I’ve never watched it either… I just really really really abhor it with a passion! But I do think Yoda is adorable.
Alexa- I agree for the most part, that this movie wrapped things up…but as a nitpicky fangirl, I think there are some things that were unresolved. Like whatever happened to Master Sifo Dias from Episode 2, and why didn’t we hear about him again?
Donyell- yeah, as the sister of a teenage girl, I feel your pain
I know how they whine. EVERYTHING is drama to them.
Bug- Mayhaps you should watch the movie for yourself and see
Dave- I totally agree with your Top 10 except for #4. I am a girl, after all
As for your Top 10 lamest scenes, I totally agree with most of your choices, but again I am a girl…and I like Ewoks! Heehee. I thought though, that General Greivous put up a pretty good fight in this one. I wish they explained his asthmatic wheezing though. Not everyone watched the Clone Wars cartoons.
Oh, Haemi- how could you not like Star Wars? Ah, but not many girls do