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I finally caught up with the final episode on the big screen at a largish mall near Stamford. The audience actually applauded at the beginning and the end of the movie as if to signify the passing of an era. People have confessed that Star Wars changed their lives and although I too was born in the year Episode 4 released, I was much away from the dark side until recently. I downloaded a 5-sec clip on my ‘new’ Internet connection for my Vader fan friends; that was it – my entire connection to the Star Wars phenomenon. But now, I can understand the underlying passion of an otherwise underground filmmaker George Lucas who masterfully exploited the merchandising power of a then-exclusive genre of sci-fi. However Lucas separates his commercial interests from his passion for filmmaking, mostly evident through his contribution to Industrial Light and Magic. This FX company heralded the age of digital special effects and literally opened up the potential for human imagination. Movies like Star Wars, Abyss, Terminator 2, etc wouldn’t have been possible without ILM’s passion for perfection.
But as any loyal Star Wars fan will tell you, it is not always about the special effects. The original trilogy still commands respect in spite of the superior effects of Episode 1 and 2. Until Episode 3 came along, the earlier movies had passion and originality that the following movies lacked. Episode 3: Revenge of the Sith redeemed the second part of the trilogy set by giving us an amazing insight into Anakin Skywalker’s character and his subsequent tryst with the dark side. I am unqualified even to attempt a review but the movie underlines a truth that I have long believed – to assess a man’s character, give him power.
by Patrix | on Friday, May 27th, 2005 at 8:00 pm | 
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May 28th, 2005 at 3:40 am reply
Star Wars has always fascinated me to no end. I’m very passionate about it. Despite general comments that the ‘acting is stonefaced’ I think ROTS is a masterpiece.
The Dark Side attracts me too much. Throughout the Star Wars Trilogies I’ve always rooted for Darth Vader, Darth Sidious, “The Empire”, Darth Maul, and the newest addition General Greivous.
The Star Wars movies are just the tip of the ice-berg. The real fun lies in exploring the Star Wars lores in the Star Wars Extended Universe. Numberous Games that LucasArts released (Eg. Knights of The Old Republic) numerous Star Wars novels which delve into the psyche of each character, give you a much better insight into the Star Wars concept. And the ‘history of time’ in the Star Wars era.
The Sith Order before Darth Sidious, (Eg. Marka Ragnos, Exar Kun, Darth Revan, Darth Malak, Darth Bane) is very interesting to explore. The Intergalactic ‘politics’ doesn’t cease to fascinate you. The levels of heirarchy in the Jedi Order and the rules of progression, Sith ideologies, Trivia behind light-sabers, weaponry and vehicles, Trivia behind different styles of Light Saber Combat, The post Darth Vader era (Featuring Luke SKywalker as an advanced Jedi Master - Ep. 7, 8, 9) is also interesting.
Star Wars wasn’t just a set of 6 movies (or 9 movies, if they ever make the last 3 in the trilogy, or 10 if they make the Prequel to Episode 1). It is a much bigger phenomenon, which will never cease to fascinate
You might want to read the hugely popular, but short lived blog by Darth Vader (http://darthside.blogspot.com) a.k.a. Matthew Hemming - The author has taken the rather 2 dimensional “evil” lucas character and delved very deep into his psyche. Great stuff
May 28th, 2005 at 4:07 pm reply
Saket - Thatz deep analysis of the series. You seem to be a serious fan :)
May 29th, 2005 at 12:41 pm reply
The darthside guy is a genius.
May 29th, 2005 at 7:40 pm reply
Tarun - I loved his signoff post.