A Girl With a Sword

not too treacherous

I don't want to overstay the Star Wars welcome. I realize I've already mentioned this once, but I think it deserves a fuller discussion, and my first blog post did not fully reflect my opinion on Revenge of the Sith.

First of all, I liked the new movie better than Episodes I and II. The major flaw seems to have been to base so much of the plot on Anakin's emotional instability. The political plot was interesting. It was quite amusing when Padme gained a brain for long enough to voice her opinion and try to show us why she was elected senator. In my opinion the political reflecting and strategizing was the best part after the bizarre new scenery and interior decoration. I didn't feel emotionally involved in the plot, so the politics were a nice break from the chiding voice of George Lucas in the back of my head, trying to get me to identify with two people with no brains. What caught me off guard was that part towards the end when some Jedi (I think it was Obi-Wan) said that they were fighting for democracy. I mean, if they were fighting for humanity, yes, I could understand that, fighting for good, more abstract, but probably more fun, but democracy? I mean, give me a break, why do we have to limit ourselves to systems of government? Is this all the Jedi are about, democracy? I thought they were into bringing the people of the world together in a great life Force. I felt rather betrayed there. It seems like there should be a greater good.

Oh, also, at the beginning Anakin kills Count Dooku, even though it is "not the Jedi way," but later the Jedi were killing people right and left. So are they just not supposed to kill important people? How does that work?

I'm not sure what to think of these new names, Grievous, Sidious. I rather prefer names that are more allusions (like Tarkin) than producers of gut-reactions (like Maul). But I think I do like the new names, in a way, especially Grievous and Sidious, they're words and parts of words that have fallen out of everyday use, but still have clear connotations connected with them. They're definately pointing toward a meaning, but the meaning doesn't get in the way of the name and I like that.