03-13-2024, 10:08 PM
(This post was last modified: 03-13-2024, 10:11 PM by Drunk Monk.)
Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace (1999)
After our visit to Galaxy’s Edge, Ive embarked on a mission to rewatch all the live action Star Wars movies in their chronological story order.
We are all of the original generation. We got to experience the birth of the franchise and got to see Empire before ‘spoilers’ was even in the vernacular. It’s become clear to me that despite our attachment to that ultimate ‘I’m your father’ reveal, that’s not how it plays out over the generations. Tara is of the 2nd trilogy gen. Even though she saw them in the release order, her gen views the overarching tale in its chronological order. Seeing Galaxy’s Edge, it’s designed for the new gen - those who are growing up with trilogy 3. It’s set on Batuu, Rey’s world. Perhaps it’s a side effect of parenthood but seeing generational distinctions fascinates me more than ever now.
Just like I’m adjusting to a generation of deadheads who never saw Jerry, I’m seeing this new gen of fans who are raised on this last trilogy. And in all fairness, I never saw Pigpen with the dead.
I don’t know how many times I’ve seen the original trilogy. I’ve seen the prequel trilogy a few times in spurts and bits. I’ve only seen the third trilogy once or twice. We’ll see how it plays out in chronological order. Disney+ has it set up nicely already in their Star Wars channel.
Time has softened my view of E1. The cgi is more acceptable because it’s all cgi now. It was groundbreaking when it came out but I remember longing for the muppet Yoda and the in-camera effects of the original. It just felt more solid.
Qui-gon is so flawed. He’s kind of a prick. It’s all really his fault. He should’ve listened to Yoda. Liam has a great voice and was awesome for a while until he fell into this post-Taken action rut.
Padme remains captivating. The handmaiden swap is well done. Star Wars has a tradition of great female leads so at least the prequels got that right - and Natalie has gone on to show us what a talent she is.
In contrast, Jake (Ani) had a psychotic break irl. Ani and Jar Jar still don’t work for me. The whole Gungan thing remains unacceptable, even in the wake of Lego Bombad Bounty. The Gungan subtitles are amusing because they spell out the patois and all this time I didn’t realize it’s actually ‘How wude’. It also references Bombad.
I didn’t buy Ewan as Obi-wan for years. Hard to follow Alec. But the series was good and having seen him speak in person, his take on Kenobi has grown on me.
And then there’s Darth Maul, who is barely in the film - like less than 15 mins of screen time - and he kicks ass. That lightsaber fight is great.
Overall, the good parts shine more now for me and the bad parts just dangle but don’t seem nearly as annoying as they once were.
After our visit to Galaxy’s Edge, Ive embarked on a mission to rewatch all the live action Star Wars movies in their chronological story order.
We are all of the original generation. We got to experience the birth of the franchise and got to see Empire before ‘spoilers’ was even in the vernacular. It’s become clear to me that despite our attachment to that ultimate ‘I’m your father’ reveal, that’s not how it plays out over the generations. Tara is of the 2nd trilogy gen. Even though she saw them in the release order, her gen views the overarching tale in its chronological order. Seeing Galaxy’s Edge, it’s designed for the new gen - those who are growing up with trilogy 3. It’s set on Batuu, Rey’s world. Perhaps it’s a side effect of parenthood but seeing generational distinctions fascinates me more than ever now.
Just like I’m adjusting to a generation of deadheads who never saw Jerry, I’m seeing this new gen of fans who are raised on this last trilogy. And in all fairness, I never saw Pigpen with the dead.
I don’t know how many times I’ve seen the original trilogy. I’ve seen the prequel trilogy a few times in spurts and bits. I’ve only seen the third trilogy once or twice. We’ll see how it plays out in chronological order. Disney+ has it set up nicely already in their Star Wars channel.
Time has softened my view of E1. The cgi is more acceptable because it’s all cgi now. It was groundbreaking when it came out but I remember longing for the muppet Yoda and the in-camera effects of the original. It just felt more solid.
Qui-gon is so flawed. He’s kind of a prick. It’s all really his fault. He should’ve listened to Yoda. Liam has a great voice and was awesome for a while until he fell into this post-Taken action rut.
Padme remains captivating. The handmaiden swap is well done. Star Wars has a tradition of great female leads so at least the prequels got that right - and Natalie has gone on to show us what a talent she is.
In contrast, Jake (Ani) had a psychotic break irl. Ani and Jar Jar still don’t work for me. The whole Gungan thing remains unacceptable, even in the wake of Lego Bombad Bounty. The Gungan subtitles are amusing because they spell out the patois and all this time I didn’t realize it’s actually ‘How wude’. It also references Bombad.
I didn’t buy Ewan as Obi-wan for years. Hard to follow Alec. But the series was good and having seen him speak in person, his take on Kenobi has grown on me.
And then there’s Darth Maul, who is barely in the film - like less than 15 mins of screen time - and he kicks ass. That lightsaber fight is great.
Overall, the good parts shine more now for me and the bad parts just dangle but don’t seem nearly as annoying as they once were.
Shadow boxing the apocalypse