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Topic | Anagram Ranks Anything Star Wars-related with a Write-Up (spoilers) |
Anagram 10/11/20 1:04:48 PM #13: | The Tragedy of Darth Plagueis the Wise Oh god, why would you do this to me? Giving Palpatine a backstory is... I don't know. I don't know. He's great in RotJ, as this just completely evil person with no redeeming qualities, who just laughs a lot and acts silly. The more you know about him, the less interesting he becomes. To Lucas' enormous credit, I think he realized that? Because Palpatine relates his backstory in a very nebulous way that leaves everything open to interpretation. I can imagine a more hack director having Palpatine sit at a desk and explain this all via flashback, where a younger actor plays 17 year-old Palpatine killing some dumb CGI alien. Even the structure of the way Palpatine explains his backstory in the movie leaves open the possibility that he's just full of bull****, which is good. If you're going to give Palpatine any kind of backstory beyond "I am Sith Master," this is the way to do it. This is the only way it could possibly be done without being completely stupid, and it's still pretty stupid. As for the tragedy itself, yes, okay. It's not subtle, Lucas. I get it -- Plagueis has an apprentice who kills him, his apprentice is taking an apprentice here who will one day kill him. It's like poetry, it rhymes. That's another thing I'll give Lucas over Disney -- he at least attempts to have like thematic logic to what happens. He's not good at it, but he makes a genuine effort. This scene could have happened at a desk, instead Lucas sets it at an alien opera where there's like a giant holographic sperm inseminating an egg? Very imaginative, even if it's dumb. Midichlorians After I just complimented Lucas twice, it's good to be able to talk about something completely stupid. Lucas is a man with ideas, some good, some bad, and some... midichlorians. Like, I get that Qui-Gon needs a way to know that Anakin is important, but holy ****, this may be the actual worst idea in all of Star Wars. Unlike most of Lucas' terrible ideas, which are terrible for one reason each, midichlorians are terrible for three separate reasons.
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