I agree that the creation of Jar-jar was nothing more than to insert a cutesy character for the kiddies as well as the mini-greedo that was a friend of Annie! TOMORROW TOMORROW!
That Lucas took what was ordinarily a well rounded series and geared it for kids to bug their parents at the toy shelves in the stores so that merchandizing (which Lucas made far more money at than all the films combined) can go full tilt boogie on our pocketbooks.
Jar-Jar must indeed DIE DIE DIE! As for doing an on the spot imitation... try saying : Mesa Horny and do it with a straight face.
The Ewoks were badly portrayed and the tv special worsened the effect. They're supposedly fierce fighters and unfortunately not given their due at the Battle of Endor Scene in ROTJ.
I recall reading an interview with Harrison Ford about his (SOLO) relationship with Chewbacca. Ford knew that the big hairy oaf could be intimidating to the wee ones that would watch the film thus he and (the late) Peter Mayhew decided as actors to show that Chewie was only dangerous to the bad-guys. Case in point: A.N.H. After Obi-wan Kenobi leaves Luke, Han and Chewie in the control room of the first death star alone the scene plays out like this
Chewie: Growls and grunts
Han walking over to Chewie and leaning against him like a lamp-post and saying: Boy you said it Chewie, Where did you dig up that old fossil?
Han was comfortable enough to do this with a trusted friend. They carried it further in the subsquent films later. A good acting decision from both of them.
My ire is also casting a ten year old boy as the young Anakin Skywalker.
Clearly in the original (first) film Obi-wan speaks of Anakin as an equal...as an adult when they first met, "...a good friend." In the Phantom Menace you can see that Obi-wan looks at him as a little kid because that's what he is. Then in the Attack of the Clones he's treating him exactly as a surly teenager/student... no close friendship there at all. How the hell are they going to develop that in the third (final???) installment is going to be a challenge...especially since Annie is supposed to go all bad and mean and work his way to being ole' Vader. I mean he is going to have to have screen time to kill every last Jedi before he confronts Kenobi. And oh please GOD do not have Anakin and Yoda fighting together... pluzzze!
This clearly shows to me... that Lucas DID NOT write the original story-line for the whole series. He bought it and bought the author's silence and ran with it. Ergo... Lucas must die because he screwed up a really rilly good thing!
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- bleeeeurk go away you hideous thingie!
