Farside4 makes haiku upon the prequels and original trilogies; CaptainStarfire longs for the return of the CCG; Yoda’s Waiter attempts to retcon some minor prequel ‘errors’; Kidan9 maps out Anakin Solo’s hero’s journey.
The Dwarf looks like Harry Knowles!
64 reasons to watch Dungeons and Dragons. Because it makes TPM and AOTC look like The Godfather? I don’t know… I’m big on embracing the cheese, but I watched this movie on cable and it was awful. Maybe they ought to Rifftrax it.
That said, the reasons are pretty funny.
Speaking of Rifftrax, their mocking of The Phantom Menace is now available. Has it offended any uptight prequel fans yet? I want to know!
TPM to get MST3Ked
Sort of… Rifftrax commentary from Michael Nelson and Kevin Murphy on Episode I will be out tomorrow.
Don’t quit your day job?
Heroes‘ Masi Oka does consulting work for ILM three times a week, despite finding acting sucess. He worked on the prequels and Pirates of the Caribbean.
We’ve heard it all before
Mark Beall at Cinematical talks about the prequel trilogy, at length. Nothing new, really – the entertaining part is the commentary over at Big Dumb Object:
I’m so sick of this. No one seems to understand. Let me spell it out (hopefully for the last time).
When you saw the original Star Wars films you were a child. Children love the new Star Wars films. Your expectations of the prequel films are not that of a child.
A bit harsh, maybe – Beall isn’t all that obnoxious, on the grand scale of fanboy obnoxiousness. (It goes to eleven.) But true enough. And as a ‘hardcore’ fan, I really don’t see why it’s so hard to just shrug off the prequel films if you don’t adore them. I certainly didn’t enjoy them as much as the OT, but I don’t feel the need splooge over fandom because of it. They’re just… there. They were a good excuse to gather and do fun fannish stuff. And snark. Very, very good for snark. But why continue to dwell on the bitterness?
And can we please drop the ‘true fan’ crap already? You don’t have to adore everything about Star Wars to be a ‘real’ fan, otherwise most of CJ would have been disqualified the moment the notion of a burgerpult entered our heads. (Looong before TPM.) There is NO SUCH THING as a ‘true fan’ or ‘true fanboy.’ You like the movies? ANY of the movies? You’re a fan. It’s not an all or nothing situation. Star Wars is much too large, both as a franchise and a fandom, for such a mindset to be practical. So, yes: deal.
It’s a movie, people!
And we wonder why none of the bigger stars of the Prequels want to come to sci-fi conventions!
TheForce.Net points to this UPI article where some “fan” went up to Hayden Christensen to accuse him of ruining Star Wars.
Ohhhkay.
Review: Star Wars Chronicles: The Prequels
It’s that wonderful time of the year when Lucasfilm’s licensees try to give us as much as possible to offer our friends and families to get us for the holidays.
The latest offering from the holiday collection is Star Wars Chronicles: The Prequels, by our friends Stephen J. Sansweet and Pablo Hidalgo of Lucasfilm.
At a price tag of $150, this is probably an item for your more generous relatives. But it is certainly a fantastic book.
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From the Blogside
Inner Bitch watches the entire saga (in release order) and is more than a little surprised.
Halagard takes a look at what the Expanded Universe might look like if it started after the release of the prequels.
Meanwhile, Jeff Dillon of The Disembodied Brain picks up The Joiner King and The Unseen Queen. He’s not impressed.
Shoiryu slashes out for a bit, but calms down for a nice discussion of the Master and Padawan attachment.
A short thread on Padme as Anakin’s anima breeds an entire community devoted to the subject. Neat!
In the realm of blogs.starwars.com, there’s a new multiblog for Official Star Wars artists.
The Unbearable Lightness of Jar-Jar?
Aidan Wasley looks at the Saga as a postmodern art film. (Via kottke)
Make me cry, George. I dare you.
PVP has a very astute view of the prequels. Seems pretty much in line with my own experience…