Hey all, I’ve just been watching some of the old and new Star Wars these last few days, and while I do enjoy the new ones for all their special effects, I felt that in a way, after you’ve seen them, going on to watch the old ones (meaning IV, V and VII) I got the feeling that the 2 worlds represented in the two trilogies are rather incongruous with each other…
It’s mainly the fact that the battles in the new new trilogy are so huge and epic, that when you go on to watch the old trilogy, directly after the new one, you find that all the battles look rather silly, because in the first 3 episodes there were so many more ships and fighters that it doesn’t make sense that the most you ever see are like 4 Star Destroyers, or 4 Walkers on the surface of Hoth when they attack the rebels… Like in Episode IV, only 30 fighters go up against the death star… and the death star isn’t even accompanied by any star destroyers. Don’t get me wrong, it was all very cool on its own, but in the context of the First Three episodes, it just doesn’t make sense anymore…
I like both sets of trilogies in their own way. I even think the old trilogy was much ‘better’ than the new one, but I do realise now how completely unrealistic the action of the old movies was. Of course they had no choice back then, and what they pulled of was amazing. It’s just that after seeing how its done in the new ones, it takes away (for me) a lot of the magic of the original trilogy. Of course, the new movies rely heavily on effects and action. Also I dislike the actors that they chose to play Anakin - both the young one and the adolescent one. I don’t think either of them were very good actors.
Anyway, I’m by no means a fanatic about Star Wars, but it’s just interesting to me, since I had the urge to watch the movies these last few days. It’s a pity I haven’t enjoyed the experience so much because of the discrepancies between the two trilogies. Wondering what you guys think of it all.