User:Path-x

Favorite SW Film
I prefer 1997 Special Edition release to original versions.
 * Original Trilogy. I love all three. Each of them is great in its own way. They are also my all time favorite films.

Favorite SW Games

 * Star Wars: Jedi Knight II: Jedi Outcast
 * Star Wars: Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy
 * Star Wars: Empire at War
 * Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic
 * Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords

Opinions and interpretations

 * I generally don't care about the changes in re-releases, I even like many but I absolutely hate the ghost scene change in ROTJ.
 * By far the most annoying and repulsive character of the prequels is not Jar Jar but it is Anakin. That is the main reason why I don't like prequels. It also explains the reason why I hate the ghost scene change in ROTJ.
 * I do not like nor accept much of the Expanded Universe. However, I accept most of the EU contributed by the major video games.
 * One thing that particularly bothers me about the Expanded Universe are the Unknown Regions. I would not mind it at all if its area was relative small and located at the edge of the galaxy far away from the core but the actual assumed location and size is just ridiculous.


 * Ghost scene change
 * The main reason and principle that Lucas gave us is that the ghost should have the appearence of the Anakin when he was last time a good man and was last time on the light side. The change according to that very reason/principle fails catastrophically. The last time Anakin was a good man was at the end of ROTJ when he saved Luke (Shaw). The last time he was on the light side was before his death at the end of ROTJ (Shaw). So Lucas actually contradicted and negated his own reason/principle by replacing Sebastian Shaw with Hayden Christensen.


 * The reason why prequels fail
 * It is not the alleged bad directing, bad acting, poor dialogue, miscast, Jar Jar or any other minor detail. The cinematographic quality is not the issue. I would even say that the cinematography was decent. The fundamental fault is in the storyline and Anakin's character. Contrary to popular belief, prequels have a lot of drama and characterization but the fact is that it is the kind of drama and characterization that is not enjoyable and is very annoying to watch. Lucas made Anakin a repulsive character with quick temper, lack of maturity, lack of self-control and childish behavior. It is impossible for audience to identify with this kind of character or feel compassion for him. Then the storyline constantly puts him into the difficult, unpleasant and conflicting situations where all his negative qualities are emphasized and then he whines, rages and is being an annoying prick. Now I understand that this is perfectly realistic under the given circumstances but let's face it, who on Earth would want to watch that? No one. Star Wars is supposed to be enjoyable and fun. Anakin's character should have been made as a lovable and exceptional character with good personality and good traits. And instead of storyline which constantly puts him trough annoying situations, he should be put on some fun adventures and in situations where his good qualities and personality could be emphasized. So obviously if the storyline and the main character are not enjoyable the the film ultimately fails and all other minor defects surface too.
 * In short: Star War Prequels - story about how Anakin Skywalker was an arrogant, childish, short-tempered, annoying and repulsive prick.


 * Imperial officer rank insignia in the films are confusing. It is relatively unimportant matter but I love the details. :D
 * Why didn't they make it easy and logical like this:
 * This is the way I interpret it. I don't really understand the way it is made in the movies since it is extremely confusing, inconsistent and illogical (whether due to the production difficulties or they just didn't care about it).
 * Instead of digitally replacing Shaw with Christensen they should rather digitally edit the imperial rank insignia and make it uniform and logical for all three films.


 * My interpretation of space Battle of Endor:
 * The Empire sent majority of the fighters and bombers from their fleet of ships to attack the Rebel fleet while the ships waited (Emperor's mistake).
 * The Imperial fighters and bombers then suffered heavy losses to the combined effort of Rebel fighters and gunboats.
 * After the super-laser surprise, Rebels engaged the imperial ships in close range so that the Death Star could not as easily target the Rebel ships (this is already established).
 * The Imperial ships without fighter protection were relative easy job for the Rebel bombers and fighters (same as ww2 carriers/ships without fighter protection).
 * Emperor never planed for his shield to be destroyed and therefor for his Death Star II to be destroyed. He thought he could sacrifice the entire complement of fighters from the Imperial fleet of ships (for the reason known - Luke) because at the end he could call the large amount of fighters and bombers from the Death Star to finish off the Rebel fleet.
 * Since the Death Star II, along with its complement of fighters and bombers, was destroyed then the rest of the Imperial ships had no choice but to retreat as they could not stand a chance against the Rebel bombers without sufficient number of TIE fighters left to provide an effective cover/protection.