QUOTE (jariten @ Aug 26 2007, 09:55 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Lucas needed that expository dialogue in SW4 simply because, with no Jedi kicking around to demonstrate the Jedis powers, he had no other way of getting that information across.
One of the things I liked about TPM was that he dealt with the exposition of who the Jedi were and what they could do in a way that wouldn't confuse new fans and wouldn't bore old fans who already knew.
One of the things I liked about TPM was that he dealt with the exposition of who the Jedi were and what they could do in a way that wouldn't confuse new fans and wouldn't bore old fans who already knew.
This is the thing. If the Jedi were as well known and plentiful as they appear in the prequels (actually having an office in Coruscant, being government involved, etc.) then it is absolutely preposterous that Luke doesn't know anything about the Jedi. This is something that only died out 18 years previously.
If someone came up to me with Nazi armband and started talking about the third reich and about the Aryan race. I wouldn't be like, "The third reich?" And then wait as Obi-Wan KaGoebbels tells me about the Nazis and how they came to power and what happened. Everyone knows about these people! And this happened a full 32 years before I was even born, not just 18.
Sorry for the Nazi/Jedi analogy but I couldn't think of any other group that vanished from the face of the Earth to use as a comparison.
It's also preposterous that Luke says, "The Force?" clearly never having heard of it considering it appears to be a fairly common expression to say, "May the Force be with you."
Wait, am I attacking the OT or the PT here?
The PT, of course, but more so the lack of clear thought between the two.