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The first fewStar Warsfilms provided a seminal filmmaking experience for people who grew up in the 70s and 80s. The original trilogy changed movies and how people saw blockbuster filmmaking. George Lucas created something original and unique that audiences had never seen before. The writer/director went on to direct the prequel trilogy in the late 90s and early 2000s.
The prequel trilogy majorly focused on Anakin Skywalker’s gradual evolution and acceptance of the dark side of the Force, through Palpatine’s calculative temptations. The result was a deadly event that would be forever remembered in the history of the franchise. Through the devastating event, Lucas perfectly set up the original trilogy.
George Lucas Traumatized Audiences Way BeforeGame of ThronesWith The Order 66 Event
George Lucas attempted to explore the origins of Anakin Skywalker and the complex aspects of the Force with the prequel trilogy. Through Palpatine, who orchestrates the eventual dark turn of Anakin into Darth Vader, theprequel trilogywent deeper and darker into the franchise’s lore, set in a galaxy that was soon going to collapse into chaos.
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InRevenge of the Sith, Palpatine finally gets Darth Vader by his side and executes his master plan, which is to issueOrder 66. This order commands all the clone troopers across the galaxy to see every Jedi as traitors and they start killing every Jedi generals and masters. The effect of the order was devastating and horrifying as many significant Jedi master met their end including Stass Allie, Ayala Secura, Ki-Adi Mundi, and Plo Koon.
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The great Jedi Purge did not even spare the younglings at the Jedi Temple who were massacred by Anakin and his troops. Fans who saw the horrifying event in theaters were left shocked, emotional, and sobbing. On a subreddit thread about their experiences watching the infamous event, one fan fishmister7 wrote (onReddit),
I was 11 and I was f**king sobbing in the theater. Ki-Adi-Mundi was probably the hardest to watch.
Another fan DaikonEffective1105 wrote,“Breaks my heart every time I see it. Even growing up with the OT, this hit hard”. This kind of cathartic response was similarly evoked when people saw the Red Wedding in season 3 ofGame of Thrones. But it was Lucas who first proved that popular IPs can also go dark and be emotionally devastating with its narrative.
George Lucas Believes The ModernStar WarsProjects Got Its Ideas Muddled and Convoluted
George Lucashas always championed hisStar Warsfilms and also defended the criticism that some of them got. However, no one knows the franchise’s lore better than him and the writer/director spoke about how the ones making the modern projects in the franchise do not fully get the intention and lore he created with the original films.
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Lucas revealed at the recent Cannes Film Festival that when he started making theStar Warsfilms, no one understood what the force was and what it tried to represent. He also pointed out that the ideas he put in the original films got lost in the modern films in the franchise. Lucas said (viaThe Hollywood Reporter),
I was the one who really knew what Star Wars was … who actually knew this world because there’s a lot to it. The Force, for example, nobody understood the Force. When they started other ones after I sold the company, a lot of the ideas that were in [the original] sort of got lost. But that’s the way it is.
Despite his prequel trilogy getting a lot of flak when it was released back in the day, the films are not getting a reappraisal and newfound appreciation from fans. Actors like Ahmed Best and Hayden Christensen who received backlash for their ‘poor acting’ in the prequel films are now being welcomed with open hands into the franchise. Thus, Lucas always knew that he was creating something special with these films.
Fans can watchStar Wars: Revenge of the Sithon Disney+.
Rahul Thokchom
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Rahul Thokchom is a senior content writer at Fandomwire who is passionate about covering the world of pop culture and entertainment. He has a Masters Degree in English that contributes to the richness and creativity in his works.
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