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Why do most SW fans say ESB is the best film in the OT?
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<blockquote data-quote="Snaketibe" data-source="post: 486555" data-attributes="member: 7379"><p>ESB has always been my favourite. I am old enough to have seen all three OT films in the cinema on their first release, and I dearly love the original Star Wars. It was love at first sight, with action, adventure, a terrific story and fabulous characters... And toys! ;-) However, after a three year wait ESB came along and it looked even better in my young eyes! All my favourite characters were back, but this time with added Yoda and Lando! Plus the brilliant spectacle of the AT-ATs, Dagobah, bounty hunters, asteroids, space slugs, and Cloud City! Not to mention John Williams who managed to surpass himself by composing Vader's Imperial March! What a piece of music that is! The film wasn't a retread of the original Star Wars, but instead took our characters and the story in exciting new directions. The film had drama, suspense, humour, excitement, danger, shocks, even a little romance. The lighting and cinematography were flawless, the special effects dazzling (and years ahead of their time), the acting and dialogue perfect, and the astonishing revelation that the ultimate evil dark lord Darth Vader was really Luke's father!</p><p></p><p>It was certainly more than enough to make me fall in love with the franchise all over again (not that I had ever fallen out of love with it), as it elevated the story to new heights in the most exciting and spectacular ways possible. And as an 8 year old in 1980, I completely understood the ending; there was no confusion for me. I hated the fact that the story ended when it did as I simply didn't want the story to ever end, plus I knew I'd have to wait 3 years to find out the fate of Han Solo, but I was never confused about it.</p><p></p><p>When ROJ came out I loved that too of course, but I was slightly disappointed that another Death Star needed destroying, as we'd already seen that, plus whilst I've never been an ewok hater, I've never truly loved them either, and the fight on Endor remains the least convincing part of the OT for me. I forgive that of course as it's still a brilliant film and also the rescue of Han Solo is my favourite part of the entire Star Wars saga. Overall however, looking at each film as a whole, for me Empire rules. It's a film that's really stood the test of time too, with precious few films since coming anywhere near it in my eyes. Perhaps it's unfair to compare the prequels or the sequels to the OT, as George and the amazingly creative team of talented individuals he had around him at the time helped capture lightning in a bottle, and repeating that feat was never going to be an easy task. Rogue One has come the closest to doing that for me (and I actually just prefer it to ROJ), but my heart will always belong to Empire.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Snaketibe, post: 486555, member: 7379"] ESB has always been my favourite. I am old enough to have seen all three OT films in the cinema on their first release, and I dearly love the original Star Wars. It was love at first sight, with action, adventure, a terrific story and fabulous characters... And toys! ;-) However, after a three year wait ESB came along and it looked even better in my young eyes! All my favourite characters were back, but this time with added Yoda and Lando! Plus the brilliant spectacle of the AT-ATs, Dagobah, bounty hunters, asteroids, space slugs, and Cloud City! Not to mention John Williams who managed to surpass himself by composing Vader's Imperial March! What a piece of music that is! The film wasn't a retread of the original Star Wars, but instead took our characters and the story in exciting new directions. The film had drama, suspense, humour, excitement, danger, shocks, even a little romance. The lighting and cinematography were flawless, the special effects dazzling (and years ahead of their time), the acting and dialogue perfect, and the astonishing revelation that the ultimate evil dark lord Darth Vader was really Luke's father! It was certainly more than enough to make me fall in love with the franchise all over again (not that I had ever fallen out of love with it), as it elevated the story to new heights in the most exciting and spectacular ways possible. And as an 8 year old in 1980, I completely understood the ending; there was no confusion for me. I hated the fact that the story ended when it did as I simply didn't want the story to ever end, plus I knew I'd have to wait 3 years to find out the fate of Han Solo, but I was never confused about it. When ROJ came out I loved that too of course, but I was slightly disappointed that another Death Star needed destroying, as we'd already seen that, plus whilst I've never been an ewok hater, I've never truly loved them either, and the fight on Endor remains the least convincing part of the OT for me. I forgive that of course as it's still a brilliant film and also the rescue of Han Solo is my favourite part of the entire Star Wars saga. Overall however, looking at each film as a whole, for me Empire rules. It's a film that's really stood the test of time too, with precious few films since coming anywhere near it in my eyes. Perhaps it's unfair to compare the prequels or the sequels to the OT, as George and the amazingly creative team of talented individuals he had around him at the time helped capture lightning in a bottle, and repeating that feat was never going to be an easy task. Rogue One has come the closest to doing that for me (and I actually just prefer it to ROJ), but my heart will always belong to Empire. [/QUOTE]
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