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7/9/13

13

I did not see Starwars when I was a kid.  As such I did not develop a love for it at an early age, and so I do not look at the series through the rose colored glasses of nostalgia.  I saw the movies in order, meaning I went and saw episodes one through three in the theater.  I then rented the original three (episodes 4, 5, and 6) and watched them in order.  I would submit that the series is not very good.  The primary problem I think it suffers from is a compelling villain.  Darth Vader in the original three movies was an imposing figure shrouded in secrecy.  He was intimidating, unpredictable, and seemed to be a terrifying persona.  If you (like me) are not familiar with this persona, however, from the original three and watch the movies the movies in the order I did, Darth Vader is not a tough-guy villain.  Instead, from episodes one, two, and three you see that he is just an angry kid.  He is angry about things that teenagers are angry about.  This then fuels him to be a complete jerk to everybody he comes into contact with.  This is not the mark of a respectable super villain, this is the mark of a schoolyard bully.  I personally don’t find the story of a punk bully to be all that interesting.  Every time I see Vader in the later episodes, I wonder if he is crying behind his mask.  My view on this is not  a popular one, but I stand my ground that people would agree with me if they weren’t living in nostalgia land, and could instead objectively review the movies.  I think George Lucas is a genius, for turning out the cash cow that he has, but I don’t think it’s actually good content.