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Originally Posted by alferret
Have you read or listened to any books from the SW extended universe? There are some cracking books that should be made into films.
The latest books are the "Fate of the Jedi" series but I suppose book talk is for another thread  |
Yup, I used to have a whole load of the SW Expanded Universe novels, starting with Timothy Zahn's "Thrawn Trilogy" / "Empire Trilogy" (which kickstarted the SW novel/EU resurgence).
Despite all the ones which came afterwards, I still think Zahn's were by far the best (although Kevin J Anderson's "Jedi Academy Trilogy" was very good). The X-Wing series of novels was very good too, and there were some other good ones, but there were also a lot of stinkers (such as, IIRC & IMO, "The Crystal Star" & "Children of the Jedi").
I got bored with the EU at some point during the "New Jedi Order" (the books with the "Yuuzhan Vong") & just stopped reading them...
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Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope
The original classic. 10/10.
Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back
One of those rare sequels that’s at least on a par with the original. 10/10
Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi
Weakest of the three, but still great. Battle of Endor & Luke vs. Vader = Epic. 9/10
Those scores are all ignoring the “Special Edition” aspect of the Originals, although that’s obviously what I watched, given that you can’t actually get a
decent quality version of the Originals on DVD.
I love the improved SFX of the SEs, especially the way the battles have more ships, and the Alderaan & Death Star explosions no longer look crap (Praxis Effect FTW), but…
ANH
Han & Greedo: WRONG! OK, better on the DVD release than the original version of the SE, but still WRONG.
Jabba: WRONG! It just looks really bloody stupid due to Han walking on Jabba’s tail. Wouldn’t be too bad, if it wasn’t for that.
ROTJ
Additional muppet song and dance at Jabba’s Palace: WRONG! Looks and feels stupid and out of place. Utterly unnecessary.
Galactic celebrations at the end: WRONG! WTF? So as soon as the Emperor is killed and the Death Star II is destroyed there is instant celebration across the galaxy, complete with fireworks? Get stuffed.
Anakin’s Force Ghost being that of Young Anakin (Hayden Christensen) rather than that of Old Anakin (Sebastian Shaw): WRONG! Alec Guinness’ Obi-Wan Force Ghost wasn’t replaced with Ewan McGregor, so why was Shaw replaced with Christensen? Stupid, stupid, stupid. Was he Young Anakin when he died? No! Was he Young Anakin when he redeemed himself and turned away from the Dark Side? No!
Oh, George, why did you mess with them?…
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The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
Awesome. 9/10
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