star wars: episode three — revenge of the script
- The Editing Room: “Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith: The Abridged Script” (via Screenhead)
YODA
Oh, that reminds me! Speaking of
justifying obvious dialogue blunders
created by the fact that George
Lucas didn’t actually have all six
films firmly in his mind when he was
making any given one, I need to
train you how to be a force ghost so
you can explain to Luke how Vader
killed his father.EWAN MCGREGOR
Where should we keep him in the
mean time?YODA
Take him to his family on Tatooine.EWAN MCGREGOR
Wait, really? You mean, to hide him
from Hayden and Ian, we’re going to
allow him to keep the last name
Skywalker, bring him to Hayden’s
birth planet, and put him in the
care of his actual relatives? It
would take like an hour of research
to track him down if the Empire
wanted him.YODA
Well, go watch over him from really
far away to make sure he’s safe.
For those that don’t know, I thought Revenge of the Sith was ass. And thereby depressing because of its assness. That assness hurts, because the original trilogy was so important to me as a kid. (Hell, as an adult too.)
I remember where I was the first time I saw each of the movies (1977 — Middleton, 1980 — Casino in Halifax, 1983 — Scotia Square in Halifax). I remember getting my very first Luke Skywalker action figure, with the lightsaber that slid into the arm. I remember collecting the trading cards. I remember getting the Hildebrandt poster. I remember getting the Death Star action set for Christmas in ‘77. I remember the Boba Fett poster and the snow speeder my Nana got me for Christmas in 1980.
I freaking well remember seeing the Star Wars Holiday Special! On TV! When it first came on!
So the abridged script makes me happy. Because it knows it’s ass. Which is what Revenge of the Sith, and the rest of the stupid prequels, are.
Ass*.
* “ass” quota — met
