Star Wars Marathon
Nov. 12th, 2006 02:21 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
emmagrant01I spent more than 12 hours yesterday doing something I'd meant to do for a long time, but somehow had never done: watching all six Star Wars movies on the same day. Cinemax has been playing them on a loop all weekend, so I started yesterday morning with ROTJ, and ended after midnight with ESB. And then got up again this morning and put the TV back on Cinemax to keep watching.
And wow, it was really, really interesting. There are so many things I now see in the OT films that look different after watching the prequels. For example: Vader's search for Luke in ESB. Why does he go after Luke's friends to lure him into a trap? He knows Luke was being trained by Obi-Wan, and for all he knows, Luke was raised by Obi in the old traditions and wouldn't have attachments to others. I'd like to think Vader was thinking of himself there -- the best way for someone to lure him into a trap would have been to go after Padme. And that's why he tortures Han, because he knows Luke will respond to seeing his friends suffer. That was exactly how Palpatine seduced Anakin, after all -- by tormenting him with fears that Padme would suffer and die. It worked for Anakin, so it seems to be a reasonable assumption that it would work for Luke. (And more than a little slashy, even though I've never really been into Han/Luke so much.)
It's also interesting how emo I get watching these films. There are so many moments that make me cry, even though I know them well enough to recite the dialogue along with the actors. When Anakin slaughters the children at the Temple, when Order 66 starts, and when Luke reaches out to Leia through the Force (in ESB), I get choked up. I get chills when Yoda says, "Your father he is" in ROTJ, and when Obi-Wan says, "Anakin is the father, isn't he?" in ROTS. I'm on the edge of my seat during all the lightsaber battles (especially in the prequels because they're so damn good), and I cheer every time the good guys win the battle. And I think ROTS is my favorite of the six, I really do. Maybe it's because it brings the whole story together, or maybe because it's so fucking angsty -- but I love it. I love how it shows us that Anakin really did become a Jedi, and that he wasn't easy to turn, but that in the end he did it for what he thought were the right reasons. And knowing that it will be Luke who redeems him someday, who will truly be the "chosen one" who will fulfill that prophecy that Anakin never could -- that makes it an amazing story. Edit: Just watched the scene at the end of ROTJ where Vader kills Palpatine, and wow -- that scene is SO much more powerful now, after knowing Anakin's story. It's somehow all the more meaningful now.
And you know, I can no longer watch that scene at the end of ROTJ, where Vader/Anakin dies, without thinking of this scene from Chasing Amy.
And while I'm at it, here's a hilarious video of Kevin Smith at Comic-Con. In the first few minutes, he slashes Spiderman, and it gets better from there. "Are you willing to suck cock for your dreams? We all gotta start somewhere. You could start on your knees."
And wow, it was really, really interesting. There are so many things I now see in the OT films that look different after watching the prequels. For example: Vader's search for Luke in ESB. Why does he go after Luke's friends to lure him into a trap? He knows Luke was being trained by Obi-Wan, and for all he knows, Luke was raised by Obi in the old traditions and wouldn't have attachments to others. I'd like to think Vader was thinking of himself there -- the best way for someone to lure him into a trap would have been to go after Padme. And that's why he tortures Han, because he knows Luke will respond to seeing his friends suffer. That was exactly how Palpatine seduced Anakin, after all -- by tormenting him with fears that Padme would suffer and die. It worked for Anakin, so it seems to be a reasonable assumption that it would work for Luke. (And more than a little slashy, even though I've never really been into Han/Luke so much.)
It's also interesting how emo I get watching these films. There are so many moments that make me cry, even though I know them well enough to recite the dialogue along with the actors. When Anakin slaughters the children at the Temple, when Order 66 starts, and when Luke reaches out to Leia through the Force (in ESB), I get choked up. I get chills when Yoda says, "Your father he is" in ROTJ, and when Obi-Wan says, "Anakin is the father, isn't he?" in ROTS. I'm on the edge of my seat during all the lightsaber battles (especially in the prequels because they're so damn good), and I cheer every time the good guys win the battle. And I think ROTS is my favorite of the six, I really do. Maybe it's because it brings the whole story together, or maybe because it's so fucking angsty -- but I love it. I love how it shows us that Anakin really did become a Jedi, and that he wasn't easy to turn, but that in the end he did it for what he thought were the right reasons. And knowing that it will be Luke who redeems him someday, who will truly be the "chosen one" who will fulfill that prophecy that Anakin never could -- that makes it an amazing story. Edit: Just watched the scene at the end of ROTJ where Vader kills Palpatine, and wow -- that scene is SO much more powerful now, after knowing Anakin's story. It's somehow all the more meaningful now.
And you know, I can no longer watch that scene at the end of ROTJ, where Vader/Anakin dies, without thinking of this scene from Chasing Amy.
And while I'm at it, here's a hilarious video of Kevin Smith at Comic-Con. In the first few minutes, he slashes Spiderman, and it gets better from there. "Are you willing to suck cock for your dreams? We all gotta start somewhere. You could start on your knees."
![[identity profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/openid.png){kind=small}
no subject
Date: 2006-11-12 08:30 pm (UTC)Hm, I don't know about that. I mean, Luke was pretty much grown up when he met Obi-Wan for the first time - and was taught by him. He wasn't raised by Obi-Wan so whatever he told him at that age - Luke still grew up a normal boy, and would form attachments just like any other would.
no subject
Date: 2006-11-12 08:37 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-11-12 08:38 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-11-12 08:42 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-11-12 08:36 pm (UTC)Kevin Smith videos are amazing! The one about Tim Burton cracked me up.
no subject
Date: 2006-11-12 08:37 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-11-12 08:37 pm (UTC)I loved TPM, but I never could see the other two more than once. The second one, we fast forwarded through a lot of. And the last one was a nice tie-in, but really too sad to watch more than once.
no subject
Date: 2006-11-12 08:41 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-11-12 08:51 pm (UTC)But TPM was all about Obi-Wan and Qui-Gon for me. The rest of the movie...well, it was okay, too.
no subject
Date: 2006-11-12 08:42 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-11-12 08:45 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-11-12 09:38 pm (UTC)my friends and i have been meaning to do all 6 in a row since before ROTS came out (we were meant to watch TPM and AOTC, go see ROTS and then do the OT), and we still haven't *sigh*
no subject
Date: 2006-11-12 10:51 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-11-12 11:14 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-11-12 09:47 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-11-12 10:46 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-11-12 11:22 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-11-12 10:32 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-11-12 10:45 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-11-12 11:47 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-11-13 06:43 am (UTC)The final version of STG is waiting for my holiday exchange fics to get done. I've revised it and my betas have given me feedback, and the next thing to do is work in their comments. It's not changing a heck of a lot. A few scenes were extended, and some characterization issues were smoothed out. I plan to have it done by Christmas.
no subject
Date: 2006-11-13 12:40 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-11-13 06:40 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-11-13 02:41 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-11-13 06:39 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-11-13 02:58 am (UTC)I love Obi. I really need to watch all 6 movies in a row sometime;)
no subject
Date: 2006-11-13 06:38 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-11-13 03:00 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-11-13 06:37 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-11-13 05:09 am (UTC)I just remember having this revelation during The Clone Wars, when all the parts of the first 3 movies fell into place and it all made sense. It was a very Star Wars geek moment.
When the very first movie came out the debate amongst all the gay boys was who was hotter; Luke or Han.
no subject
Date: 2006-11-13 06:36 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-11-13 05:54 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-11-13 06:35 am (UTC)Oh, and Vader is constantly going on about the power and sanctity of the Force in ANH, something that really stands out to me now in a way it didn't before. I guess I see him as Anakin now, and every time I look at him, everything I know about Anakin is in my mind. He's not just an evil guy anymore; he's a character I have a lot of feeling for.
Gah. I could go on and on.
no subject
Date: 2006-11-13 06:39 am (UTC)On the other hand, damn if I don't love Kevin Smith something fierce. he's one of the people I started loving because my brother loved him, and when I was younger, I wanted to be like him, with the quick wit and the older...ness. Anyway, I still love the filthy smarmy bastard because he's just so real. A man who can rag on his own film as well as he can is amazing.
This is probably why my roommate thinks I am in love with half of Hollywood. Well, that and my intense appreciation for the pretty.
no subject
Date: 2006-11-13 06:44 am (UTC)Kevin Smith is fantastic. I especially love his obsession with dick jokes. ;-)
no subject
Date: 2006-11-13 06:49 am (UTC)Hee. With his wit, he'll never run out of them :D :D
no subject
Date: 2006-11-13 02:58 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-11-13 05:20 pm (UTC)What I want to know is--- what happens to the QAJ universe now? Y'know, I stole the Plo Koon from there and had him fall for Quinlan. Come back to the GFFA, Emma. You know you want to.
no subject
Date: 2006-11-13 07:36 pm (UTC)