Meh. Is this actually news or a rumor?
I haven't read them all yet, but I disagree with the first one, the Ewoks. The whole point of it being the Ewoks is that the Emperor foresaw everything that was going to happen in the battle, but the Ewoks were so seemingly insignificant that he could no perceive the threat they would pose. Yes, the battle is a little implausible, but it still works for me.
I never thought of it that way...but it could play...
They needed more than arrows and slingshots though...that still sucks
They were elsewhere doing "empire stuff"The ewoks were losing pretty badly until chewie took over the at-st. They had some surprise successes at the start (guerilla warfare can work) but if they didn't have that at-st they would have been wiped out.
Plus they did have a squad or two of rebels helping out.
I always thought the empire didn't have that many troops on the ground.
To add to this. I like discussing stuff like this with my rumor and news peeps. Not that the rest of the boards aren't cool, just I think you guys are coolerMore like a discussion point on a slow day...
...I'll play...since those that think "news" happens with Disney on a daily basis are usually not quite accurate.
They were elsewhere doing "empire stuff"
The ewoks were losing pretty badly until chewie took over the at-st. They had some surprise successes at the start (guerilla warfare can work) but if they didn't have that at-st they would have been wiped out.
Plus they did have a squad or two of rebels helping out.
I always thought the empire didn't have that many troops on the ground.
To add to this. I like discussing stuff like this with my rumor and news peeps. Not that the rest of the boards aren't cool, just I think you guys are cooler
Selling Star Wars franchise to Disney. This is what has become of the most feared super villan of all time.....
Very likely.
But they had pretty good security up top in space. They knew they were letting the rebels in (at least Vader and the empire knew) And they were overconfident. Probably didn't think they needed thousands of troops on the ground.
Lucas' showed that having all the money in the world and top notch talent (neeson, Samuel l Jackson, mcgregor) doesn't mean squat if your story sucks
The "story" was fine...it was the script and directing which sucked.
I'm unhappy to report that on Saturday my kids insisted on watching Episode II. It's still mostly unwatchable. Especially the pseudo love scenes between a teenage Annakin and what had to be a late 20s Padme. How did no one at Lucas Film tap George Lucas on the shoulder while reviewing the script for Episode I and point out that a love story between a 7 year old and a 16 year old just doesn't work. Even if you fast forward 10 years to a petulant Padawan and a supposedly worldly leader of the Galactic Senate...
The only good thing about Episode II is the Jedi are truly skilled. All that stuff that we dreamed Luke could really do, even though he never did it in Episode VI, come out. To the point of being a little silly at times like Annakin jumping out a speeder and falling about 200 stories before landing on the assassin's speeder, which is moving at plus or minus a few hundred miles an hour.
I think the barebones plot was ok but the story itself sucked. The Jedi look stupid throughout most of the movie, given the Sith Lord is right under their nose. The "conflict" anakin had could've been much deeper; the Jedi were corrupt and stuck in their ways, and the sith were obviously power hungry, but more open to ideas than the Jedi. There's an article somewhere about the internets on this, about how the prequels could've been a lot deeper and riveting, but George told a crap story with crap dialogueThe "story" was fine...it was the script and directing which sucked.