TESB is best SW episode because.....
Posted: Thu Sep 04, 2008 9:51 am
To me, this is the BEST Star Wars Episode ever in the sextet.
Revenge Of The Sith is the latest feature and arguably the best in the prequel trilogy but overall comparison(to me at least) of the double trilogies it ranks only 3rd, behind TESB and ANH.
Surely this will be a bone of contention among SW fans?
But my ranking TESB as first does not go without justification. There are several factors that make it stand out head above the others. Here are the reasons:
1. It is directed by Irwin Kershner, who is not only British but is also used to be George Lucas' mentor or teacher. Or in SW lingo, Jedi Master
2. Kershner in his interview with the press, likens the sequel to a second movement of a symphony orchestra where the ending is still unresolved until the third movement
3. It is much darker thematically and in terms of lighting, like The Godfather II.....I think it is like a dark bittersweet chocolate(my fav)
4. The concept of The Force is delved into much deeply with the introduction of most fans' fav Jedi Master Yoda, who with Luke Skywalker, explored it and its Dark Side
5. Who can forget the shock of Darth Vader proclaiming to Luke, "No.....I AM YOUR FATHER!"
6. Our hero gets his hand lopped off by the villain and is on the verge of losing. Either being killed or turned to the Dark Side
7. AT-AT walkers attacking the rebel outpost on ice planet Hoth, and the counterattack by the snow speeders
8. That Empire music score by John Williams. It conveys a sense of grandeur and dread, fear
9. The heartstopping chase through the asteroid field. The Millenium Falcon survives and is able to 'fool' Vader and his Empire fleet into thinking it has gone lightspeed travel
10. Hans Solo's contempt for droids especially C3PO. One instance is when they were making their escape from storm troopers on Hoth, he shouted at the lagging droid, "Hurry up Ramrod! You're going to be a permanent resident!"
11. The ironic and humourous interchanges between Han Solo, Princess Leia and C3PO
12. The romantic moment when HS kisses PL is inadvertently interrupted by C3PO. HS ironically thanks him for the info and the droid is unaware of this, sincerely remarked 'you're welcome, sir'(makes me chuckle everytime)
13. The lightsaber duel between father and his unaware son. Sure, ROTS duel is more climactic and dramatically kinetic but that is between friends, or between Master and Padawan. A son fighting his father is more tragic, even more so as the son is not aware he is duelling his father. A Freudian tragedy perhaps?
14. Another tragedy when Han Solo is carbon freezed. Our dashing intelligent hero is being 'crippled' by Darth Vader and betrayed by Lando Calrissian
15. The introduction of an adult Boba Fett, the bounty hunter who is last seen in Attack Of The Clones holding his father's helmet to his head
I'm sure I will come up with more points later
Revenge Of The Sith is the latest feature and arguably the best in the prequel trilogy but overall comparison(to me at least) of the double trilogies it ranks only 3rd, behind TESB and ANH.
Surely this will be a bone of contention among SW fans?
But my ranking TESB as first does not go without justification. There are several factors that make it stand out head above the others. Here are the reasons:
1. It is directed by Irwin Kershner, who is not only British but is also used to be George Lucas' mentor or teacher. Or in SW lingo, Jedi Master
2. Kershner in his interview with the press, likens the sequel to a second movement of a symphony orchestra where the ending is still unresolved until the third movement
3. It is much darker thematically and in terms of lighting, like The Godfather II.....I think it is like a dark bittersweet chocolate(my fav)
4. The concept of The Force is delved into much deeply with the introduction of most fans' fav Jedi Master Yoda, who with Luke Skywalker, explored it and its Dark Side
5. Who can forget the shock of Darth Vader proclaiming to Luke, "No.....I AM YOUR FATHER!"
6. Our hero gets his hand lopped off by the villain and is on the verge of losing. Either being killed or turned to the Dark Side
7. AT-AT walkers attacking the rebel outpost on ice planet Hoth, and the counterattack by the snow speeders
8. That Empire music score by John Williams. It conveys a sense of grandeur and dread, fear
9. The heartstopping chase through the asteroid field. The Millenium Falcon survives and is able to 'fool' Vader and his Empire fleet into thinking it has gone lightspeed travel
10. Hans Solo's contempt for droids especially C3PO. One instance is when they were making their escape from storm troopers on Hoth, he shouted at the lagging droid, "Hurry up Ramrod! You're going to be a permanent resident!"
11. The ironic and humourous interchanges between Han Solo, Princess Leia and C3PO
12. The romantic moment when HS kisses PL is inadvertently interrupted by C3PO. HS ironically thanks him for the info and the droid is unaware of this, sincerely remarked 'you're welcome, sir'(makes me chuckle everytime)
13. The lightsaber duel between father and his unaware son. Sure, ROTS duel is more climactic and dramatically kinetic but that is between friends, or between Master and Padawan. A son fighting his father is more tragic, even more so as the son is not aware he is duelling his father. A Freudian tragedy perhaps?
14. Another tragedy when Han Solo is carbon freezed. Our dashing intelligent hero is being 'crippled' by Darth Vader and betrayed by Lando Calrissian
15. The introduction of an adult Boba Fett, the bounty hunter who is last seen in Attack Of The Clones holding his father's helmet to his head
I'm sure I will come up with more points later