-=> Mike Powell wrote to Jimmy Anderson <=-

 MP> I also enjoyed the original re-issues with the enhanced effects.  What
 MP> I don't like is when they keep going back without adding any
 MP> enhancement.  If they wanted to show Anakin when he was young and NOT a
 MP> jerk, they should have at least used the little kid from I or the
 MP> cartoon character from Clone Wars.

 MP> Anakin in II and III was a spoiled brat... it was like they knew we
 MP> already knew he was going to become Vader so they did not even try to
 MP> make him likeable, even though Obi-Wan talked him up like he was a big
 MP> hero in the original series.  Darth Vader is more likeable than II/III
 MP> Anakin.

That's a common complaint I have heard. Have you heard of the Ring Theory?
It actually talks about the fact that the good guys turn out to be the
bad guys, so it is 'jarring' to us on a deeper level.

As for 'as if we already knew' - of course we knew he would become Vader!
The prequels are NOT to be watched "first" but in release order, so of
COURSE we know what he is to become.

As for their friendship - I think that is explored more in the Clone Wars
animated series.

 MP> They've since sworn they would not add a computerized Carrie to IX, but
 MP> that does not mean they won't go backwards and replace her somewhere.

And if they do they do. I won't become a hater because of it. :-)


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