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Quixote1818

(28,955 posts) Mon Dec 18, 2017, 11:17 AM Dec 2017

How Star Wars was saved in the edit

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How Star Wars was saved in the edit (Original Post) Quixote1818 Dec 2017 OP

Thanks. That was fascinating. dhol82 Dec 2017 #1

Truly excellent. Very clearly presented and insightful. Thanks! . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Dec 2017 #2

Well...the prequels could have stood some serious editing assistance...and writing! Moostache Dec 2017 #3

Thanks! Iggo Dec 2017 #4

dhol82

(9,353 posts)

1. Thanks. That was fascinating.

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Mon Dec 18, 2017, 11:52 AM

Dec 2017

Bernardo de La Paz

(49,029 posts)

2. Truly excellent. Very clearly presented and insightful. Thanks! . . . nt

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Mon Dec 18, 2017, 03:05 PM

Dec 2017

Moostache

(9,897 posts)

3. Well...the prequels could have stood some serious editing assistance...and writing!

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Mon Dec 18, 2017, 04:01 PM

Dec 2017

The dialogue of the prequels, in particular the "love" story of Anakin Skywalker and Padme Amidala, was as bad as writing gets. So wooden and yet so cliche at the same time...

"I truly, deeply love you"?
"I can't breathe."??
"I wish I could just wish my feelings away."???

Good god, anyone with an emotional age beyond 12 could write those lines better and with more genuine emotion for the actors to work with...

But that was an eye opening look at just how close the world came to a world without Star Wars as "STAR WARS!!!!" and how a generation like me very nearly came to having something other than action figures, bed sheets and lunchboxes festooned with Lucas images and making him billions in the process!!!

Iggo

(47,563 posts)

4. Thanks!

Reply to Quixote1818 (Original post)

Mon Dec 18, 2017, 05:51 PM

Dec 2017

I love the technical how-it-was-made stuff. (Especially way after the fact...lol.)

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