My favourite Star Wars movie is ...

[daacosta]

What about R2's acting? Huh?

Talk about the academy overlooking a great performance...

[ticklu2deth]

Well, I voted Revenge of the Sith, but it was really a toss up between it and all 3 original episodes (4-6). Those are the one I grew up with and I loved them all. The only reason I picked Revenge was that it answered all the questions and filled in the blanks. 1 and 2 were mediocre.

[DThor]

It's always tough to answer these polls that are your favourite *anything*, since I've found I rarely stay the same on anything, day to day. However, I was a hardcore movie watcher when the first movie came out, so at least I saw them all in the theatre at release time, which is it's intended venue(not that that makes my opinion more valid than anyone else's - I'm just snootier. ). The Empire Strikes Back(my fav) was darker than any of the rest(including the prequels - they were just so poorly written and directed it made me chuckle more than anything), and apart from the "let's end it here" ending, I was far more intrigued. Acting by all concerned was far better under Kershner than Lucas. The "I am your father" might have lost a lot of punch for younger audiences that saw it on DVD, but at the time, it was a real shocker - came completely out of left field.

I thought Return of the Jedi was the beginning of the "let's make it bigger, louder, faster", and those frickin' Ewoks predated bloody Jar Jar. Ech.

The first one will always hold a special place in my heart. I find it frankly somewhat embarrassing with the performances and the bagel hair, but it really, really did knock your socks clean off when it first came out. There had never, ever been anything like that before - I think it was more *wow* than King Kong must have been back in the 30's.

The last three, of course, horrible writing, directing, acting(even by some fine, fine actors - which points the finger at Lucas). Effects variable, some incredible, some sloppy. The last film was the best of the three, IMHO, but only because it connected up with A New Hope.

DT

[fingal]

The first one will always hold a special place in my heart. I find it frankly somewhat embarrassing with the performances and the bagel hair, but it really, really did knock your socks clean off when it first came out. There had never, ever been anything like that before - I think it was more *wow* than King Kong must have been back in the 30's.

I can really identify with that because I was there in the front row when it first came out. The build up to it was almost painful (so was my acne) ... and I was almost in tears when I tried to explain to my bemused parents how great this was. It seemed like the start of something, but I didn't know what.

In the front row the dog-fight scenes (X-fighters etc.) gave a genuine impression of speed on the big screen. The cinema I went to made it even more special, and the magic has never really gone away.

Are there plans to make any more Star Wars related films?

[DThor]

I distinctly remember looking at almost all other scifi films that had come before as crap after that. All the gleaming metal, clean look stuff was so clinical and *wrong*, but here was this dirty, lived-in universe that had all this obvious back-story. That, and as you say, the sense of speed. That dive into the trench - now I look at it and see the obvious jump cut between a matte painting and a small 3D model - but then...*whoosh*.

I got over it, and I can enjoy films like The Day The Earth Stood Still again.

AFAIK there's no plans to do any more. If it means Lucas directing, I'm fine with that.

DT