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acroyearMy general thought when asked about what I thought of Star Wars 2 was that it was ok, but the best thing about it was the music.
I'll probably say the same thing about Star Wars 3, but already its better -- I just bought the soundtrack and cranked it out last nite and it is amazing. A lot more action sequences (since the movie itself has more) and some of Williams's best "battle music" since Empire.
Since Luke and Leia are effectively the key to the movie's ending, he's able to pull in more of their themes from A New Hope which is nice, and in being able to play with themes from all 6 films (there are battle moments that follow exactly the same rhythm as the ewok battle, just with completely different notes), he avoids (perhaps accidentally) ripping off some of his works from other movies (the Trade Federation theme from Phantom Menace is almost indistinguishable from his "Nazi" theme from the first and third Indiana Jones films).
So, I'm groovin' today.
back to work...
I'll probably say the same thing about Star Wars 3, but already its better -- I just bought the soundtrack and cranked it out last nite and it is amazing. A lot more action sequences (since the movie itself has more) and some of Williams's best "battle music" since Empire.
Since Luke and Leia are effectively the key to the movie's ending, he's able to pull in more of their themes from A New Hope which is nice, and in being able to play with themes from all 6 films (there are battle moments that follow exactly the same rhythm as the ewok battle, just with completely different notes), he avoids (perhaps accidentally) ripping off some of his works from other movies (the Trade Federation theme from Phantom Menace is almost indistinguishable from his "Nazi" theme from the first and third Indiana Jones films).
So, I'm groovin' today.
back to work...
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Date: 2005-05-05 02:34 pm (UTC)as for the 9? that was the original plan, and was his plan well through the completion of Jedi in '83. At the time, he wanted to take a break from effects films 'til the technology could catch up to his vision. after the experiments of the special edition films (most of the changes I have no problem with, myself) he decided it was time and did the first three.
Sometime in the early 90s when saying he was starting the new trilogy he said he'd stop with just those. He's waffled a little bit on that in interviews over the recent years, but I think this is it. His latest is that he's going to produce TV stuff again, with expectations that i'll be better than those 2 ewok specials (much less the dreadful Holiday special of 1978), and closer to the Young Indiana Jones series in quality (which I thought was pretty good at the time).
both series he's sketching supposedly will take place in between episodes 3 and 4 and building up on secondary characters. one may be all CGI.
some day, he may write down enough of his original vision for films 7-8-9 for someone to novelize, otherwise they'll just be locked in his head 'til he's gone.
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Date: 2005-05-05 02:41 pm (UTC)I did not realize the final three had never been *written*!! I do hope he puts it down in writing! I've enjoyed the movies enuf that i never felt inclined to read the books, but i'd surely be willing to read the final three *especially* if he's not going to turn them into film!!