If we're going to continue that line of thinking, then why didn't Obi and Annie continue the pursuit when they saw Jango Fett take off? They had the speeder there! They could've tracked him! His jetpacks can't be any faster than a speeder! The inconsistencies continue to pile up!
(As an aside, it's really unfair to say, "The Jedi can't sense Sidious, therefore they can't sense anybody!" It was Xenduck, in fact, who suggested an answer to this issue in another thread -- Jedi can sense a person's "force signature," but only after they've had contact with that person. Since no Jedi has ever encountered Darth Sidious, no Jedi can compare Palpatine's "force signature" to that of the dark lord. There are also several theories running around about clouding the force and the "veil of the dark side," but we'll not get into that now)
AOTC: Yoda says, "The dark side I sense in you, Dooku..." Still can't detect the "dark side" in Palpatine. Inconsistency.
2) Shapeshifting. Zam is a "changeling" and is an example of a new alien race that we encounter in the PT. Her abilities are useless in the situation she's in -- that is, when facing two Jedi Knights.
Then it was an unnecessary addition. No where else is it used--there is no POINT to this addition!! NONE!! Who gives a fig if she's facing Jedi or not. If you're going to have it in the movie, use it, otherwise people will question it... ipso facto, bad filmmaking.
3) Nowhere does anyone say at any time that there is only one exit to the club. Where did we get that idea from? (I consulted the script at imdb.com....I couldn't find any reference to the existence of only one exit)
Then Zam is the bigger idiot than I thought. Very well, I'll drop the more than one exit argument, but it still doesn't make Zam any more intelligent or clever.
4) Was it Xenduck who made the point in this thread that Sidious actually wants Zam to be caught and *intends* the Jedi to follow the trail of the bounty hunter and discover the clone army? I don't remember, but if so, you are correct!
What an exceedingly, unnecessary, complicated plot that hinges on so many little things to get what he wants! Bogus! I thought Lucas' stories were suppose to be simple to understand, and if you say they're complicated, then they're complicated to the point of creating misunderstanding in the audience members, and if that's the case then Lucas has failed! He has failed as a storyteller!
anything can potentially change a plot. shapeshifting could have vastly effected the outcome, except that in this scenario, it was useless.
It was useless ANYWHERE!!! At what point is it used to Zam's advantage!? NEVER! Again, a "detail" that causes only confusion in the viewers. Again, bad storytelling. It's like someone telling a joke and then telling all these other little details to "spice it up" then deliver the punchline and no one is sure what it was relating to.
And you may say, "Oh, all of your criticisms are only nit-picks," but I'm sorry, it's like a foundation for a house. If you start pulling out the little bricks, pretty soon you'll have so many holes that house isn't going to stand anymore!
And I'm a lover of the original Star Wars; the UNMOLESTED Star Wars. The PTs are betrayal to them.
Lucas needed to distill his ideas, he needed to bounce them off someone more competent, he needed to edit. He needed to rewrite, he needed to reference, cross reference---he failed!!! As a writer in general!
Stop giving Lucas a pass on these films. We critique plenty of other filmmakers. If you're going to give him a pass, you had better give them all a pass on their films as well, even the worse ones.
This post has been edited by CowboyCurtis: 13 July 2005 - 02:03 PM