Just finished watching Despec (Off-Topic)

by Korny , Dalton, Ga. US. Earth, Sol System, Monday, December 21, 2015, 14:14 (3266 days ago) @ MrPadraig08

-removed yub nub from the final scene in Jedi and added the current beautiful score that is played now

Sammy enjoyed the original ending, I've yet to tell her about Hayden Christensen's cameo, though. Perhaps I never shall.

The saddest part of adding a great finale score to that scene is, of course, they had to add extraneous bullshit. The galaxy celebrating doesn't make a whole lot of sense, and don't get me started on the inclusion of hayden. Speaking of, it's a little strange to have older Anakin there all cleaned up and not disfigured considering he didn't really exist in adulthood without the suit.

I always took it as him being who he was on the inside at the end (a Jedi), rather than what he was externally (a... Sith?). Residual self-image?
:v
Made far more sense than becoming a teenage ghost...

Final takeaways:

Sammy loved C-3PO and R2 the most. It's funny to think that C-3PO was considered the Jar Jar of the time by some. He has a lot of charm in the first two films.

That is funny, showed my sister the OT in this past viewing run, and C3PO irked her throughout. But, unlike jar jar, she was worried for him when he got blown to bits. He's annoying, but ultimately charming.

Yeah, and exists for more than just comic relief. He was R2's counterpart and foil, in every sense.

I've been spoiled by Tartakovsky and Blur's takes on lightsaber battles. The duels in the films are much slower and simple. One of the few things that Return of the Jedi did better than the other films, though. I loved Luke's Lightsaber battle with Vader at the end there. The prequels had terrible super-choreographed fights that tended to drag on lifelessly (and don't get me started on Revenge of the Sith's stupid half-hour battle).

Yea, I do love the OT duels, mainly for what's at stake in each. I imagine the choreography of the PT would have more value to it if anything at all was at stake. I appreciate it a lot more now when someone gets involved in a fight completely or somewhat untrained. Wildly swinging and shooting, not really knowing what they are doing. (i.e. heroes in TFA)

Totally. The OT duels show those skilled in wielding a weapon that cuts and burns on contact, remaining mobile and evasive against an enemy that could kill them if they make a single mistake. As opposed to:

And part of why the final fight in RotJ is fantastic. Despite his training, Luke is coming from a place of anger, so he wails on Vader, wearing the old man down.
And that is paralleled in TFA, where Finn and Rey essentially wear down the wounded and otherwise frail Kylo. They have no training, just anger and reflexes.
I love that. I love when a fight has weight.

Sammy's first comment when the credits rolled on RotJ: "All of the old people died!" *cries*

They have a tendency to do that...

What'd you and Sammy think of TFA?

I posted below, and we got into it for a while afterwards about context, story beats, the nature of a planned trilogy, and other stuff, but my basic thoughts are in the post.