| Khuutra said: I would have liked Revenge of the Sith better if they had just handled Padme's death a little differently. As it is: she dies because she has nothing left to live for even though she's giving birth. What? Screw you, lady! You are now the most unsympathetic mother ever! Now, take the same scene. Anakin Force Chokes the Hell out of Padme, maybe even worse - and of course she's mortally wounded, perhaps internally, and she's taken away after Anakin leaves. Now we have her at a point of injury where even Star Wars tech shouldn't be able to realistically save her - she's way, waaaay past the point of no return. But there's an inversion of what's in the movie: they talk about how she should already be dead, but she continues to live as she goes into labor. She gives birth to them, remarking that these children are the last symbols of the love that she and Anakin shared, and naming them accordingly. She dies only after giving birth because, until that point, she just would not allow herself to die. It wouldn't have been great cinema but it would have been a much better tear-jerker than what we actually got Also I like Empire Strikes back best. When I was young I liked Return of the Jedi for the battle over Endor - not Endor itself. |
That's a great example of what failed with the prequels. Lucas had locked himself in with stuff that had to happen. Luke and Leia had to be seperated, their mother had to die or exit stage left somehow, Anakin had to turn... but sadly, Lucas failed to take all these pre-set events and produce a story where they made sense. Anakin's turning made no sense as presented, until very late in RTOS, Padme dying beacuse she'd 'lost the will to live' during childbirth is simply terrible. Women rarely lose the will to live during childbirth, although i can tell you from experience they gain the desire to blame you for their predicament!
What struck me when TPM released was how wide of the mark Lucas seemed with his own material. There had been hints for years about what happened, many from Lucas himself, then somehow he went completely left field and delivered a set of films that literally felt like they were set in another Universe with no connection to the first.
I mean, I'm sure it was difficult to get in all the preset events and create films that retained the fun of the originals, but I also didn't expect Lucas to fail so miserably either.
Try to be reasonable... its easier than you think...
