The Official Episode III Reaction thread!!! [Spoilers]

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Originally Posted by Lief Erikson

Oh, I loved this movie . I agree that an extended edition would be nice. A lot of things happened very fast! We were going from one major death to another with a lot of speed. I was very surprised when Dooku was killed off in the first action sequence. R2 destroying those droids was fun . R2's various activities and fight sequences were very enjoyable in the movie. They kept tossing him around, though! It was rather surprising having Obi-Wan's ship toss him out as though from a trebuchet every time he wanted to dismount.

I know! That was pretty wierd. I was really expecting to see him damaged somewhat in the movie. That would have made A New Hope make more sense, because there he needs an elevator to get into Luke's fighter, and a vacuum on the top of his head to get him out. I thought he'd be shot in the rocket boosters or something.

Originally Posted by Lief Erikson

The Empire did indeed seem more fearsome to me in Episode 4 after having seen Episode 3. Darth Vader's shooting down all those pilots above the Death Star fitted beautifully to me having seen his history as a pilot. The destruction of Lars' homestead also worked well, and the successful stormtrooper action in the Blockade Runner. Those things all made a lot of sense, after seeing how powerful the Empire was.

I agree with this too. Vader in a tie fighter always bordered on corny in ep.4, but seeing his piloting skills and stubborn consequence-dismissing go-getter attitude in ep.3 again really justified it.