re: 'The Acolyte' Megathread: The Grand Finale is now streaming

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Anakin Skywalker was born “ultimately has no relationship to how he dies,

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Because choice in Star Wars is a variable that prophecy and fate can't overwhelm.

Being born to a prophecy doesn't mean you will fulfill it. It means you will have the opportunity to fulfill it.

Where did anyone say that?

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You said a dark side vergeance may have created Anakin, evidenced by his becoming Vader.

I said that isn't true because of SW canon

You now claim canon is wrong because George said it is up to the audience if Ani fulfilled the prophecy in the end, after fulfilling part of it with his birth?

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I said dark side vergence MAY have created Anakin as a response to the other dude talking about the light side vergence planet being full of life and Tatooine being a barren desert, that was me being facetious.

The truth is we dont know how Anakin was created by the force because there is no concrete answer.

George has literally said it's up to the audience to determine how he was created. If there was a Canon method, it wouldn't be left up to the audience, it would be on screen.

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What are you even talking about, Mr. Super Extreme Star Wars Fan #1?

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I love how Corinthians uses the ole "I was only pretending to be retarded" excuse while at the same time maintaining and pushing his asinine argument.

How embarrassing

Did I wver bring up that George Lucus wrote the prophecy and decided to say “Balance to the Force” and then have to explain to everyone that doesn’t actually mean balance.

Another unforced prequels error.

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Keep in mind, I am talking about specifically ANH and RotS.

The acting was average at best in ANH, but pretty solid for RotS (barring the Nooooooo stupidity). All told the overall acting was better in the OT than the prequels.

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That's a fair opinion, but a bit of cherry-picking.

I don't know if Lucas ever said so, but I think in Star Wars (I don't call it ANH), they played up the archetypes to make the story more accessible and familiar, "normal" in such a fantastic setting. Luke, the stereotypical teenager, bored to tears stuck on Tatooine, starting to feel his oats and think he can do anything. Leia, putting up the classic arrogant rich girl princess demeanor. Wise old Ben, brash cocky Han, Tarkin and the Imperial generals cold and disdainful, even the 2 stormtroopers chatting about the latest model of speeder coming out (just normal dudes who got drafted).
They did overplay Vader as the menacing, monologuing heavy at times, but again I think they wanted to establish no doubt about him.

Leia's tough front cracks a bit when confronted with the Alderaan situation, but she keeps the role going afterwards. Luke gets caught not knowing how to act- a nervous kid out of his element- in the cantina, which is what draws the outlaws to mess with him.

Luke's desire for Leia, and Han fricking with him about it;
"I dunno kid, do you think a princess and a guy like me-"
"NO"
Han smiles and glances at him
I thought they did that pretty well. Again, it makes both of them seem relatable and normal, despite them being in such an alien situation.

ROTS in contrast was the 3rd movie of the prequels, there should have been progression and development by that point, subtle details about each character coming to light. Anakin's fumbling with Palpatine as he learns he's the Sith, none of that ever carries any serious weight. I don't catch the confusion and indecision that indicates he could flip. They show us he dreams of Padme dying, and walk us through his anxiety about preventing that, but when Palpatine drops that nugget about preventing death, we never see Anakin processing or wrestling with that vs his duties. He just stops Mace, then goes off and kills children.

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ROTS wasn't bad but it's crazy to put it over ANG or ESB or even R1.

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im trying to catch up in this thread and whole Corethiens is a loon and i dont agree with much of what Sammy says...... ROTS wasnt near the best Lucas films produced.

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I said dark side vergence MAY have created Anakin

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Here we go again. your ignorance is shocking.

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RotS was actually well acted almost across the board. The villains were great and iconic in both ANH and RotS, but Sith had more great villains than Hope.

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I would still take Hamill in ANH over Christensen in ROTS. But it’s close.

I don’t thjnk you can argue Ford and Fisher aren’t as good as McGregor and Portman.

As to the Villians…Vader is better than any of the Villians in RTOS even the parts of ROTS when we see Vader.