re: Most Powerful Jedi?

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There was a stigma in the Jedi Order prior to Windu that practitioners of the "ferocity form" were sure to turn to the dark side. It takes a greater amount of mental discipline than any of the other forms to wield without forsaking the Jedi code.

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In your opinion, was Mace Windu (or his ferocity form) portrayed properly in the prequels? I haven't seen the films in a while, so I don't remember much about the char other than the purple lightsaber. Also, I haven't read any SW literature, so I don't know how well MW's form was explained.

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In your opinion, was Mace Windu (or his ferocity form) portrayed properly in the prequels?

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frick no! Unless he was going to be a hot headed rival to Anakin, then Samuel Jackson is extremely miscast as him. Jackson is not known for playing wise and reserved characters, he's known for playing extremely impulsive foul mouthed mother frickers who can snap at any second. Does that sound like the type of guy who should be a Jedi?

I didn't get the sense that Mace Windu was even portrayed at all... he was a horribly wasted character in the prequels, with very few traits at all beyond being consistently surly and distant. Jackson's wooden delivery didn't help the matter.

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Let me rephrase this: I guarentee George Lucas has no idea what you're talking about. Plus why would they allow Mace Windu to master an art that makes everyone turn to the dark side, him being the first and only exception. They don't allow Jedi to marry, frick, and love for fear that they'll turn evil (you know something the vast majority of people don't do when they commit these acts), but they are fine with him learning an art that has made people go evil without fail? This may be the dumbest thing I've ever heard of.

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To be more clear, the style of the seventh form had been around for millennia, but Windu adjusted it so that it may be wielded according to the Jedi Code. The Jedi do not reject the notions of anger or aggression - it would be naive to wish them away. Instead, they seek to channel them and contain them to the proper contexts through rigorous disciplinary training. Darth Maul used a variation of the same form without regard for any of that Zen bullshite.

Wedge Antilles is still the coolest character.

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I don't think he did honestly. I think it was all a ploy by Sidious to twist Anakin.

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Compare the Windu fight and the Yoda fight.

Sidious seems to be moving slow and deliberately whereas against Yoda he is going all out, yelling in frustration when even his best can't get through Yoda's defense.

And Sidious didn't straight up beat Yoda. That was some bullshite thing IMO. Yeah, he is smaller so he got thrown further, but whats with the tricks of editing with the disappearing and reappearing railing that Sidious uses to get back on.

Digressions aside, Sidious won that one more from luck than skill...as evidenced by the fear he shows when Yoda counters his lightening attack.

Are we talking straight lightsaber to lightsaber combat or the total sum of what makes up a Jedi? In either case if you read any of the Expanded Universe after approximately 11 ABY all those Jedi would completely destroy any Jedi previous to that time. They are much, much, much more powerful because Luke gives them a much more loose framework to discover their abilities. That is a moot point however because the most powerful Jedi of all time was Luke Skywalker, hands down.

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I'm of the opinion that Episode I should have been condensed to about 40 minutes, eliminate the death of Maul, show a training montage of Anakin, and have the last half of the movie with Anakin as a younger Jedi who eventually has to avenge Qui-Gon's death by defeating Maul.

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I don't think Qui Gon should have really been in the series at all. The way I think the prequels should have gone is have Obi Wan as a recently promoted Jedi Master. Have him get into some sort of situation where he is nearly killed, but Anakin (a grown Anakin) comes to save him. Have Anakin already surprisingly knowledgable in the ways of the force, ones that he uses mostly for extortion and manipulation, like Jedi mind tricks and Force Chokes.

After escaping from a certain planet controlled by the Sith and witnessing Anakin's piloting skills and Force potential, he takes it on himself to train Anakin to use his Force power for the good of mankind and vows to make him into a Jedi Knight. They actually bond and we see them doing so. Maybe towards the end have Anakin and Obi Wan save a Queen or a Princess from Darth Maul and his army of clones (which should be Uruk Hai like beasts). The Clone Wars should begin in the first film, and Obi Wan announces to the Jedi that Anakin (someone only slightly younger than Obi Wan) will be his pupil, despite the protests of many of the members of the Jedi consule being against it.

of all the reboots and remakes why can't someone just redo the prequals and act like they never happened? Sort of like the hulk remake.

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of all the reboots and remakes why can't someone just redo the prequals and act like they never happened? Sort of like the hulk remake.

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+1, i'd be so down with that