Long-Delayed Destruction of Phantom Menace in Seven Parts
Remember years ago leaving the theater after seeing Episode One: The Phantom Menace you thought “I know it was bad but I don’t feel like expending too many cycles analyzing why”? Well the myriad answers why are are contained in the clips on this page at Slashfilm.com: Strong language and content warning.
You also left the theater that day with no desire to see it again, and yet you have seen “Empire Strikes Back” nearly annually since your first screening. The gentleman in these clips explains why that might be, and in the process of deconstructing dismantling the Episode I, also conveys a good basic lesson in storytelling/scriptwriting.
Personally my own Star Wars orbit began to decay with Return of the Jedi. Besides the accursed Ewoks, I came away with the distinct impression that Lucas didn’t actually re-screen or review his own previous films for any “the-story-up-to-now” before scribbling the script for the next one. At the End of Empires Yoda states: “There is another.” Leia, I’d guessed. Made sense. But I never found out.
Star Wars, Storytelling, movies | bshears December 21, 2009
