tim@nmtvax.UUCP (07/23/83)
Other flame:
In response to the latest article on the net concerning whether Lea
is the other or not, I must agree that if she is the other absolutely no
use of it was made in the entire movie. This was a great disappointment
for me since I expected that the 'Other' would probably be the one who
would supprise Vader and turn the tables on the Empire when he/she showed
up in ROTJ. A unknown Jedi suddenly on the scene would have really given
the Emp and Vader a heart attack. They didn't kill off all the Jedi for
no reason before they took over the galaxy you know. Look what one well
placed Jedi can accomplish in the case of Darth Vader.
Vader vs. Skywalker:
By far I thought the best part of the movie was the play between
Vader and Son and the Emporer. The Emporer was well played and came across
like the prince of darkness incarnate. I felt that the scene were Luke is
captured and he and Vader talk was not well played though. It just didn't
seem real to put Vader in any other character frame than his normal mean
and nasty side. Two, I wish they had never unmasked Vader. Maybe they
could have gotten round this by having Vader and the Emporer destroy each
other. The whole time the Emporer was shooting the bolts into Luke and
Vader was looking so confused I kept waiting for Luke's light saber to
suddenly appear in Vader's other hand and for him to take care of the Emp
then and there. Vader had been planning on killing the Emporer and taking
the galaxy for himself and that would have seemed like a really good time.
What would have happened between Vader and Luke after that while the Death
Star II was being blown to little pieces all around them would have been
interesting!
General flames:
I was disappointed that Han was little more than background scenery
in this movie and I thought he would have grown more after
what we saw in Empire. There were far too many muppets and I almost get the
impression that the movie was changed quite a bit after it was finalized
that it was going to be made. Seems to deviate from the norm so much that
its like the studio exectutives had a little too much to say about the
story line. The special effects were very bad and rushed. Maybe they
should have delayed the release date and given the guys the time they
needed to get the effects put together well. Every one would have gone
to see the movie even if it opened in the worst time of the year, whenever
that is.
All in all I liked the movie, but I don't think it lived up to the
hints they tried to throw around too well.
Tim Tucker
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