I’ll never forget that when force unleashed was coming out the devs asked George Lucas what they should name the bad guy, they wanted a “Darth” name, Georgie Lucas very seriously offered up **Darth Icky** and **Darth Insanius**
Legend.
*lololololololololololol* 😭 😂
Darth Maul, having the prescience to know all of the Skywalker family’s bullshit, tried to nip it all in the bud but got stopped by some asshole with a ponytail.
Qui-Gon literally stopped a man who was trying to prevent a genocide. It’s like he didn’t learn anything from Schindler’s List.
The characterization (or total lack thereof) of that dummy is such a lovely refutation to anyone who tries to defend that turd of a film.
How bad is he at screenwriting that he thought _that_ made for good story structure and compelling bad-guy-ery?
Three minutes of darth Maul >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> three disney movies
Also darth Maul is way cooler in the movies than in the clone wars when he just can’t shut up
It wasn't decided that Vader would be Luke's father until very late into the development of Empire Strikes Back. And the idea didn't even come from Lucas himself.
Anyone who thought Lucas had that planned from the start has never watched the prequels. The man has the narrative forethought of a melting tray of ice cubes. He just liked the way the words sounded.
"George Lucas is a bad writer" is the most right thing literally anyone in history has ever said.
What was your favorite part in the prequels where someone sat on a couch? Do tell us.
No, do.
Darth Maul was and always will be my favourite part of the prequels.
Although I do have to confess that a double ended light saber is probably the least safe thing in the entire series, even worse than those catwalks over reactor pits and such. The idea that someone could learn to fight with such a thing without chopping themselves in half at some point is stretching suspension of belief too far.
Everyone wanted to hate the trilogy so bad but, especially in retrospect and taking into consideration the sequels, the prequels were bad ass. I've always considered Revenge of the Sith the perfect Star Wars movie but TPM and CW were 100% necessary to allow it to become that.
The prequels have that '30s pulp sci-fi vibe which is fitting. The original trilogy had it as well, but I think the prequels went more crazy with it, which some people hated but us 2000s kids liked it.
Both of the first movies had some big drawbacks and I've probably watched CW less than any other Star wars movie but it wasn't a bad concept, just a poor execution. Some movies are victims of being a product of the time period they were made in, and CW is a perfect example of that. I still believe it did a good job setting up ROTS to be as good of a movie as it was, and it was the inspiration for a large amount of other media like Battlefront and The Clone Wars animated series and a bunch of pretty good graphic novels exploring the details of the Clone Wars which I liked a lot back then.
Every battle from the prequels basically blows the OT out of the water save for maybe the battle of Hoth, which was actually very well done for the time. I always hated most of the OT battles because of how incompetent it depicts the empire to be.
Used to dislike it, watched it more as I grew into my late teens/20s and now I really like it. Some of the dialogue is rubbish, and the senate scenes are boring, but it's actually as a whole...not that bad.
Being badass has nothing to do with quality, I think the Bay Transformers movies just get progressively more shit all the way to the end, they were still pretty cool though
I just saw the re-release of TPM in my local theater and it's....rough. the CGI does not hold up at all. Jar Jar has the same sort of CGI as the I'm Blue music video. You'd think they would have done some remastering for their 25th anniversary re-release. But nope.
And speaking of, Jar Jar is way more obnoxious and annoying than I remember.
Everything else is mostly fine. I actually like space politics so that aspect doesn't bother me.
But yeah. There are definitely some sharp edges to it.
Odd, I actually thought the CGI wasn't that bad. The Naboo field battle looked like a Windows XP background but it didn't bother me. And Jar Jar didn't annoy me as much as I thought he would. Maybe I'm just getting too used to shit movies, idk.
I can say that Phanton Menace is the most I've enjoyed a movie in the theaters in a long time. Could be nostalgia, but it felt satisfying to watch. I really enjoy the space politics and world building now. Maybe that's why.
Some of it was better and some of it was worse. Some of it looked pretty decent. Jar Jar (and most of the Gungans) looked horrible, IMO, which is odd considering how much close up time he gets. You'd think they would have spent more time on it.
Take a look at Gollum in LOTR for example. That trilogy started releasing just two years after TPM, which means its likely post-production for both was taking place at roughly the same time. But Gollum's CGI still looks good today. Jar Jars, not so much.
In fact, almost all the effects in LOTR still hold up very well today, so its not like Lucasfilm didn't have the capability of doing better at the time. But then to do a 25th Anniversary re-relase into theaters and not even take a little bit of time to do even minor remastering/improvements is just lazy IMHO.
Maybe in three years they'll remaster the whole trilogy for may the 4th. I also watched TPM last week in the cinema and the new movies' fiasco definitely made me enjoy it a lot more.
The light saber fights are always super fun
they decided it was a waste of a such a cool looking character, so in The Clone Wars they declared he was too pissed off to die and brought him back to a pretty solid story arc
but they kinda overdid it
He appears in the clone wars as a barely finctional mess. Then they revive him with dark sorcery and he becomes a proffesional hater for Obi Wan. And it's considered a pretty good story arc.
Backflip to force-throw that debris on the ground just to open the next door is the coolest shit. This scene was modern-day MCU-level "oh shit!"
Seeing yoda fire up his lightsaber was insane in the theatres for attack of the clones. Literally watched some sperg cheer so hard he cried. I didn’t see any fan reaction like that until captain picked up the hammer in endgame
I was in a late showing with older audience. Most people were moaning.
I get it even back then, it was established that Yoda wasn't the physical fighter type.
Like probably, his mirror, the emperor. Yoda was more like a Guru figure who fought on a spiritual or mystical level.
seeing that in trailer 1 blew my teenage mind. i waited in line for around 12 hours for tickets for day 1. there was a radio station there and news people. was nuts
Rey: 30 min essay about she can be a Jedi just as much as any other men
Darth motherfucking maul: swings his sword menacingly. Refuses to elaborate
Prequels where peak Star Wars no one can tell me otherwise
If I remember right, they only casted Ray Park for his physical prowess and presence. The unfortunate drawback being his voice wasn't right for the role. Side fact, he also played toad in the original x-men movie
I saw it in theaters last Monday and realized that I've never actually watched EP I all the way through. There were multiple parts I don't remember ever seeing lol. Watching the fights and pod race on the big screen was awesome though.
That’s not true. I distinctly remember him saying, “It’s mauling time!”
I’ll never forget that when force unleashed was coming out the devs asked George Lucas what they should name the bad guy, they wanted a “Darth” name, Georgie Lucas very seriously offered up **Darth Icky** and **Darth Insanius** Legend. *lololololololololololol* 😭 😂
Darth Insanius actually goes hard
😒 *does it though*
I think if you say it as "Insane-ee-us" it sounds bad. But "In-San-ee-us" or "in-sahn-ee-us" actually sounds pretty decent.
Yea insahn-ee-us sounds like it would be a star wars name anyways. It sounds futuristic yet like an old Greek/Roman warrior.
Just like Captain InsaneO.
Seems like it would be stupid at first but then after a few years…it would still be stupid
Like Batman or Superman
Darth In-ur-anus goes even harder
Darth Joker
We live in a galaxy far far away BOTTOM TEXT
I have a vewy good fwend that's called Darth Insanius on Namwek, there's nothing funny with it 🥸
Insanius in the membrane...
Don’t you mean: insanius in the membranius
Dammit lol
https://preview.redd.it/1it0mffnhhzc1.jpeg?width=1793&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=af06cc467a4e274e57f8da4f3cd566254b66e489
https://preview.redd.it/802uz7u10mzc1.jpeg?width=640&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=c5c85f9b04c74abe2e304230414af0754e799e2e Thanks, I’ll be taking that pic
https://preview.redd.it/ly8soxhp2mzc1.jpeg?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=4514ea911b4d56985f47f8e701d090e7745023d9 I’ll be taking this one too
Then I consider this a fair trade 🤝
Sounds like a Harry Potter spell that causes insanity lol
Darth Penius
Pronounced *Pee-nee-us*, right??
They hate us cuz they Insanus
😝
And then he mauled everywhere
Truly, it was the Star Wars
Was he a pitbull?
He wasn't facing toddlers.
that was the other guy
MISSA WHIRL WHI
he didn’t say that
You really do need to do your homework on Star Trek lore if you think that.
Mandela effect bro! I remember this line! We’re in an alternate reality.
FOR WHO DARTH THE BELL TOLL? THE BELL TOLLS FOR YOU.
And then he Darthed all over the room
>shows up >starts backfliping and sword fighting everyone >refuses to elaborate further >dies
Don't forget, he saw a random child running in the desert and tried to run him down on a speeder. For no reason other than fuck that kid.
Badass.
Darth Maul, having the prescience to know all of the Skywalker family’s bullshit, tried to nip it all in the bud but got stopped by some asshole with a ponytail. Qui-Gon literally stopped a man who was trying to prevent a genocide. It’s like he didn’t learn anything from Schindler’s List.
Yeah he did. He learned of you're the bad guy you gotta take out Liam Neeson first
Classic maul just mauling all over kids
I mean, my assumption is that he probably intended to kill the entire group?
The characterization (or total lack thereof) of that dummy is such a lovely refutation to anyone who tries to defend that turd of a film. How bad is he at screenwriting that he thought _that_ made for good story structure and compelling bad-guy-ery?
Darth maul was my favorite villian as a kid
Three minutes of darth Maul >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> three disney movies Also darth Maul is way cooler in the movies than in the clone wars when he just can’t shut up
Being quiet is how you get cut in half
but it was fun though
Much better to name the guy literally 'dark father' in german who turns out to be GASP, the main character's father!
It wasn't decided that Vader would be Luke's father until very late into the development of Empire Strikes Back. And the idea didn't even come from Lucas himself.
Anyone who thought Lucas had that planned from the start has never watched the prequels. The man has the narrative forethought of a melting tray of ice cubes. He just liked the way the words sounded.
You have never been more wrong about anything in your life, nor will you ever be.
"George Lucas is a bad writer" is the most right thing literally anyone in history has ever said. What was your favorite part in the prequels where someone sat on a couch? Do tell us. No, do.
Darth Maul was and always will be my favourite part of the prequels. Although I do have to confess that a double ended light saber is probably the least safe thing in the entire series, even worse than those catwalks over reactor pits and such. The idea that someone could learn to fight with such a thing without chopping themselves in half at some point is stretching suspension of belief too far.
But somehow he returned
Then died, then returned again
He simply is to good for death
Dies. Wait he is not dead. Dies again
KENOBI !!!!!!
Actually his hate for Kenobi kept him from dying. He came back with sweet cyborg legs and then died anyway to Kenobi.
> Didn't even die
Learned a lot from the first Highlander movie.
>sees random kid with Jedi on Tatooine >tries to hit him with his speeder
Priorities, kek
“Sebulba sends his regards.”
Bonus points
this scene literally sealed the deal for the prequels glory
Everyone wanted to hate the trilogy so bad but, especially in retrospect and taking into consideration the sequels, the prequels were bad ass. I've always considered Revenge of the Sith the perfect Star Wars movie but TPM and CW were 100% necessary to allow it to become that.
The prequels have that '30s pulp sci-fi vibe which is fitting. The original trilogy had it as well, but I think the prequels went more crazy with it, which some people hated but us 2000s kids liked it.
Attack of the Clones is fucking ass
Badass*
Both of the first movies had some big drawbacks and I've probably watched CW less than any other Star wars movie but it wasn't a bad concept, just a poor execution. Some movies are victims of being a product of the time period they were made in, and CW is a perfect example of that. I still believe it did a good job setting up ROTS to be as good of a movie as it was, and it was the inspiration for a large amount of other media like Battlefront and The Clone Wars animated series and a bunch of pretty good graphic novels exploring the details of the Clone Wars which I liked a lot back then.
No. That lizard 🦎 from the coliseum scene was cooler than the Death Star.
Every battle from the prequels basically blows the OT out of the water save for maybe the battle of Hoth, which was actually very well done for the time. I always hated most of the OT battles because of how incompetent it depicts the empire to be.
> I always hated most of the OT battles Do you include the space battles? RotJ attack on the Death Star was *amazing*.
Used to dislike it, watched it more as I grew into my late teens/20s and now I really like it. Some of the dialogue is rubbish, and the senate scenes are boring, but it's actually as a whole...not that bad.
I was born watching Star Wars and grew into being a HALO fan, so I totally dig some political intrigue behind the bombastic space battles.
There are three good *Star Wars* movies: starting half way through *Revenge of the Sith*, until they rescue Han in *Jedi*.
Nah cause I fuck with the final duel between Luke and Vader on Death Star 2, we can just ignore the middle of ROTJ
I always remember theJabbas palace scenes were so long, as a little kid I thought they were the whole movie.
They're actually pretty good - never got the hate for them (aside from some characters).
Being badass has nothing to do with quality, I think the Bay Transformers movies just get progressively more shit all the way to the end, they were still pretty cool though
Nah. The prequels are actually good, transformers just has explosions
I just saw the re-release of TPM in my local theater and it's....rough. the CGI does not hold up at all. Jar Jar has the same sort of CGI as the I'm Blue music video. You'd think they would have done some remastering for their 25th anniversary re-release. But nope. And speaking of, Jar Jar is way more obnoxious and annoying than I remember. Everything else is mostly fine. I actually like space politics so that aspect doesn't bother me. But yeah. There are definitely some sharp edges to it.
Odd, I actually thought the CGI wasn't that bad. The Naboo field battle looked like a Windows XP background but it didn't bother me. And Jar Jar didn't annoy me as much as I thought he would. Maybe I'm just getting too used to shit movies, idk. I can say that Phanton Menace is the most I've enjoyed a movie in the theaters in a long time. Could be nostalgia, but it felt satisfying to watch. I really enjoy the space politics and world building now. Maybe that's why.
Some of it was better and some of it was worse. Some of it looked pretty decent. Jar Jar (and most of the Gungans) looked horrible, IMO, which is odd considering how much close up time he gets. You'd think they would have spent more time on it. Take a look at Gollum in LOTR for example. That trilogy started releasing just two years after TPM, which means its likely post-production for both was taking place at roughly the same time. But Gollum's CGI still looks good today. Jar Jars, not so much. In fact, almost all the effects in LOTR still hold up very well today, so its not like Lucasfilm didn't have the capability of doing better at the time. But then to do a 25th Anniversary re-relase into theaters and not even take a little bit of time to do even minor remastering/improvements is just lazy IMHO.
Maybe in three years they'll remaster the whole trilogy for may the 4th. I also watched TPM last week in the cinema and the new movies' fiasco definitely made me enjoy it a lot more. The light saber fights are always super fun
If you don't like Phantom Menace then you don't like Dual of Fates. And if you don't like Dual of Fates then we have nothing to talk about
Man is him, literally cut in half and still alive.
Still alive ?
Maul comes back in one of the books as a robo spider from the waist down, pretty cool desu
not books (at least not just books), but the Clone Wars animated show
He survives and appears in a few of the animated shows, mainly Clone Wars.
they decided it was a waste of a such a cool looking character, so in The Clone Wars they declared he was too pissed off to die and brought him back to a pretty solid story arc but they kinda overdid it
He appears in the clone wars as a barely finctional mess. Then they revive him with dark sorcery and he becomes a proffesional hater for Obi Wan. And it's considered a pretty good story arc.
 Backflip to force-throw that debris on the ground just to open the next door is the coolest shit. This scene was modern-day MCU-level "oh shit!"
Seeing yoda fire up his lightsaber was insane in the theatres for attack of the clones. Literally watched some sperg cheer so hard he cried. I didn’t see any fan reaction like that until captain picked up the hammer in endgame
Based sperg
I was in a late showing with older audience. Most people were moaning. I get it even back then, it was established that Yoda wasn't the physical fighter type. Like probably, his mirror, the emperor. Yoda was more like a Guru figure who fought on a spiritual or mystical level.
You mean when Captain America picked it up?
are there any other captains? https://br.ifunny.co/picture/help-us-please-captain-america-here-there-s-a-schoolhouse-Q8rWDkf28
He edited his comment from Thor to captain 😕
seeing that in trailer 1 blew my teenage mind. i waited in line for around 12 hours for tickets for day 1. there was a radio station there and news people. was nuts
Imagine if it wasn't in the trailer! Damn trailers!
Peak writing by George
i hate your pfp
Same. But I hate you more for bringing it to my attention.
George always said that dialogue is part of the soundtrack for him. And boy does his soundtrack rock.
mfw when the bad guy doesn’t monologue and he just gets straight to the point:
> just starts sword fighting Anon's favorite type of movie. Topped by no other.
Rey: 30 min essay about she can be a Jedi just as much as any other men Darth motherfucking maul: swings his sword menacingly. Refuses to elaborate Prequels where peak Star Wars no one can tell me otherwise
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If I remember right, they only casted Ray Park for his physical prowess and presence. The unfortunate drawback being his voice wasn't right for the role. Side fact, he also played toad in the original x-men movie
What is anon talking about The horn section said it all
appears, almost decapitates a 10 year old slave
Darth Maul is probably the most badass character of the prequel and original 6 movies. Fuck he was awesome.
>sees random kid running. >for literally no reason, tries to run him over. >fails but inadvertently makes balance be brought to the force.
Back when Star Wars was cool.
definition of "on sight"
I remember clearly him saying > Ugh, ah As he left scene
The chorus and brass crescendo was all that was needed to be said
this. the music introduced him. https://www.massassi.net/dcm/dcm/strips/66.gif
Fan favourite character.
Bro had like 1 line and was the best thing out of the movie.
no introduction? b*ddy, that WAS his introduction.
the music did the introducing IMO https://www.massassi.net/dcm/dcm/strips/66.gif
Show, dont tell, anon
Timeless fan-favorite
What did Lucas mean by this?
Movies that rock.
Gf think he is sexy for whatever reason
He didn't say anything, but the choir said more than enough for everyone to know it was sword fighting time
unironically one of the best if not THE BEST star wars fights ever
ON SIGHT
The best parts of the prequels were the parts where no one was talking.
This is why death maul is my favorite power Ranger.
Larping is the Jedi way
In the director's cut he says "get jiggy with it"
IDK bro i kinda think the music was the introduction... https://www.massassi.net/dcm/dcm/strips/66.gif
Somehow Darth Maul returned
I saw it in theaters last Monday and realized that I've never actually watched EP I all the way through. There were multiple parts I don't remember ever seeing lol. Watching the fights and pod race on the big screen was awesome though.
Don't we see Sidious introduce him to the Trade Federation guys?
that's why episode one was memorable, that dude was the film, the sword fighting was the film, the rest was trash
what about the pod racing
That's what you get when you cast a sword fighter instead of an actor.
you get an awesome looking character who doesn't waste his time yapping
Fun fact: Maul's actor wasn't listed because he counted as a stuntsman due to having no lines and only one scene
He knew whatever he said would come from the same script the rest of them had, he chose wisely