The thing that bothers me most is the inhumanity and the lack of compassion that Obi Wan shows even after telling Anakin that he loved him.
He walks away from him leaving him at the edge of a flowing river of magma.
He could have forced pulled him away from that. The combustion scene was not necessary. Just lying on volcanic ground would cause 3rd degree burns.
I read somewhere that George was really impressed with Masala the villain in Ben Hur. The most shocking thing in that movie was that Masala was trampled by the hooves of horses from the chariot race. He was taken for triage an emergency care afterwards and the scene looks a lot like the Vader surgery scene.
The flesh is raw and bloody like he has no skin left just like Anakin looked.
The Ben Hur Chariot race also must have influenced the pod race in TPM.
It must also have influenced the Sebulba cheating idea.
Masala whips Ben Hur and has a chariot with blades on it that starts to destroy Ben Hurs chariot when they get locked together. He also took out a few other opponents before that as well.
George wanted to make that same shocking impression.
It was just over the top.
He really needed test screenings or a writing comittee composed of StarWars experts to cover all the angles so as not to dissapoint.
This post has been edited by arius: 20 July 2005 - 09:46 PM