Have you ever seen a Star Wars film?

[Arwen]

Ditto.

Rachael, though I haven't seen the fan film, I have read about Mara Jade, and I definately can see why you'd like her! (She DOES marry a good guy, though)

[Iverkid]

Until last year, I hadn't. Now I've seen all six. Apart from Ewan McGregor, I wish I still hadn't seen the "first" three.

Mandy

Yeah, the "first" three are just riddled with stupid lines and bad acting. Ewan is the best actor of those three. Despite the old effects of 4, 5 and 6, they are still better movies.

Iverkid

[ajamj]

The only one that I have seen in it's entirety was the first one, when it was first released. It is stuck in my memory because it was the first (of 2) time I saw a movie at the theater with my dad. I have seen just enough of the rest to ask annoying questions when they're on.

[Thursday Next]

There's really no getting around it in my house. My dad loves the movies. My younger sister is a Star Wars fanatic and would love to work for Lucas.

[Jennifer Doyle]

I don't know why people go on and on about how terrible the "first" three were. I liked them all right. *shrugs* I didn't see anything particularly terrible about any of the movies or that the "last" three were superior.

[jasodia]

I've seen them all.

[Catspaw]

I don't know why people go on and on about how terrible the "first" three were. I liked them all right. *shrugs* I didn't see anything particularly terrible about any of the movies or that the "last" three were superior.

Well, the older ones have the advantage of being nostalgic for some people. I started liking them far too late to claim that, but I think that it's part of the reason for some people. I do like them better, though - they seem better, more interesting, less self-aware, if that makes sense. They also have Harrison Ford which is, of course, a great point in their favour. I don't despise the newer three, probably partially because the first two were out before I started watching SW movies, and I didn't have decades of anticipation for how fantastic they should be, and then feel let down because of super high expectations, but I do prefer the original trilogy. They're just cooler.

[Shad Lexer]

Yes, I have. Many times... All of them...

[Carolita]

Yup, I've seen all of them except the one that just came out.

[Thursday Next]

I don't know why people go on and on about how terrible the "first" three were. I liked them all right. *shrugs* I didn't see anything particularly terrible about any of the movies or that the "last" three were superior.

For me the prequels didn't reach the full potential they could have. Lucas focused more on technology/special effects then he did story. I mean part of what made the original trilogy so great was Lucas had to improvise with the limited technology he had and had to rely more on the story to carry the movie. Concerning the story in the prequels he decided to ignore what he had already approved other authors to write about characters (like Boba Fett) and rewrite the story. The whole Anakin/Padme relationship just didn't seem believable.

Then when the original trilogy came out on DVD he decided to change some of the dialouge in the 'Empire Stikes Back' and destroy one of the greatest plot twist in cinimatic history.

[Laura Ingalls]

I just got the original 3 SW videos again....just finished watching the Empire Strikes Back last night.

I'm curious as to what part of that Lucas changed in the DVD, dawningoftime.

In the "first" 3, it almost seemed like they had more advanced technology than the original movies. It just seemed like not good continuity, to me at least.

[Catspaw]

I'm not sure which change bothered dawningoftime the most, but this link will show you a list of changes for the 2004 DVD release. Some scrolling will show you more stuff if you want! The list is on Wikipedia, and doesn't seem nearly complete, however. I know that I saw a larger list/rant somewhere, but I don't remember where anymore.