Earlier this week, I rewatched the three Star Wars prequel films — Episode I: The Phantom Menace, Episode II: Attack of the Clones, and Episode III: Revenge of the Sith — and live-tweeted some reactions. (See also my live-tweet of a rewatch of the original trilogy.) Here’s how it went down on Twitter:
Just a reminder: ~10pmGMT I’ll start live tweeting a rewatch of #StarWars prequels. See my TL for last night’s original trilogy rewatch.
— MaryAnn Johanson (@maryannjohanson) January 6, 2016
@maryannjohanson Will you be doing this sober?
— Mark Cogan (@marqcogan) January 6, 2016
@marqcogan Yup.
— MaryAnn Johanson (@maryannjohanson) January 6, 2016
@maryannjohanson A bold choice!
— Mark Cogan (@marqcogan) January 6, 2016
@marqcogan I’m a bit sleep-deprived drunk after being up until 5:30am last night with the original trilogy, so I might be protected.
— MaryAnn Johanson (@maryannjohanson) January 6, 2016
@maryannjohanson Ideally you would have the high ground, which apparently gives you unbeatable protection.
— Mark Cogan (@marqcogan) January 6, 2016
Last night I live-tweeted a #StarWarsRewatch of the original trilogy. Now begins a live-tweet of the prequels. #EpIPM
— MaryAnn Johanson (@maryannjohanson) January 6, 2016
@maryannjohanson I use Phantom Menace as a cure for insomnia so good luck with this one
— Bon G. Water (@MisterBongwater) January 6, 2016
“The taxation of trade routes…” *facepalm* #StarWarsRewatch #EpIPM
— MaryAnn Johanson (@maryannjohanson) January 6, 2016
We should be glad Lucas only had Greedo shooting first. He could have CGI’d in Han doing Greedo’s taxes. #StarWarsRewatch #EpIPM
— MaryAnn Johanson (@maryannjohanson) January 6, 2016
@maryannjohanson I suspect Greedo is strictly cash in hand and pays no tax, def part of the shadow economy (or even the phantom economy…)
— David (@Bluebookballoon) January 6, 2016
@maryannjohanson I snorted.
I downloaded the Despecialized versions that take out all the glop Lucas added .mkvs are not for everyone tho.
— 2018 Model Pasnak (@dougpasnak) January 7, 2016
Jar Jar Binks. Worse movie character ever. #StarWarsRewatch #EpIPM
— MaryAnn Johanson (@maryannjohanson) January 6, 2016
@maryannjohanson Oh, I think Anakin gives Jar Jar some serious competition for that …
— Mark Cogan (@marqcogan) January 6, 2016
@marqcogan No, even Anakin isn’t as bad as Jar Jar.
— MaryAnn Johanson (@maryannjohanson) January 6, 2016
@maryannjohanson I’m wondering if you will still feel that way in 5-6 hours.
— Mark Cogan (@marqcogan) January 6, 2016
@marqcogan We’ll see!
— MaryAnn Johanson (@maryannjohanson) January 6, 2016
Qui-Gon thinks Jar Jar is idiot then wants his help. Only 1st instance of Qui-Gon’s shocking lack of Jedi wisdom. #StarWarsRewatch #EpIPM
— MaryAnn Johanson (@maryannjohanson) January 6, 2016
I hope The Great Gungan Underwater Escape isn’t one of the rides Disney is planning for Disneyland… #StarWarsRewatch #EpIPM
— MaryAnn Johanson (@maryannjohanson) January 6, 2016
@maryannjohanson haha The Neimoidian Trade Blockade Negotiation Adventure
— Bon G. Water (@MisterBongwater) January 6, 2016
Amadala’s space yacht *is* supercool, though. #StarWarsRewatch #EpIPM
— MaryAnn Johanson (@maryannjohanson) January 6, 2016
R2-D2! Darth Maul! #StarWarsRewatch #EpIPM
— MaryAnn Johanson (@maryannjohanson) January 6, 2016
Jar Jar just stepped in bantha shit. Somehow, this is an appropriate metaphor for the movie. #StarWarsRewatch #EpIPM
— MaryAnn Johanson (@maryannjohanson) January 6, 2016
So, the glorious Old Republic includes planets run by gangsters who own sentients as slaves. The good ol’ days, eh? #StarWarsRewatch #EpIPM
— MaryAnn Johanson (@maryannjohanson) January 6, 2016
@maryannjohanson I always thought the prequels were the Republic in terminal decline, as in fall of the Roman Empire.
— Timothy Byrne (@TByrne75) January 6, 2016
@TByrne75 Yes, that’s true. It probably needed to be swept away.
— MaryAnn Johanson (@maryannjohanson) January 6, 2016
Capt Panaka is kind of a hottie. I love a man in uniform. #StarWarsRewatch #EpIPM
— MaryAnn Johanson (@maryannjohanson) January 6, 2016
Future Darth Vader built C-3PO when he was a kid. Of course he did. *facepalm* #StarWarsRewatch #EpIPM
— MaryAnn Johanson (@maryannjohanson) January 6, 2016
A Jedi immaculate conception. *facepalm* #StarWarsRewatch #EpIPM
— MaryAnn Johanson (@maryannjohanson) January 6, 2016
@maryannjohanson One of the BIGGEST pet peeves of mine regarding Anakin. I get it's "fantasy" but COME ON.
— Valerie Noble (@walelia) January 6, 2016
@walelia I’ve heard some fan speculation that there may be something scientific behind this.
— MaryAnn Johanson (@maryannjohanson) January 6, 2016
@maryannjohanson I want the scientific explanation! The Jedi immaculate conception just boggles me.
— Valerie Noble (@walelia) January 6, 2016
@walelia Something to do with cloning and experiments to create powerful Jedi, and maybe Rey is a product of this too
— MaryAnn Johanson (@maryannjohanson) January 6, 2016
@maryannjohanson I can go with cloning & experiments. It's creepy science but it sounds better than the immaculate conception…
— Valerie Noble (@walelia) January 6, 2016
@walelia Definitely.
— MaryAnn Johanson (@maryannjohanson) January 6, 2016
Midichlorians. *facepalm* #StarWarsRewatch #EpIPM
— MaryAnn Johanson (@maryannjohanson) January 6, 2016
The sound FX in the Star Wars movies has always been incredible. The roar of the pod racers is amazing. #StarWarsRewatch #EpIPM
— MaryAnn Johanson (@maryannjohanson) January 6, 2016
I think Qui-Gon has been flirting a little with Anakin’s mother… #StarWarsRewatch #EpIPM
— MaryAnn Johanson (@maryannjohanson) January 6, 2016
CGI Yoda is not as satisfying or believable as muppet Yoda. #StarWarsRewatch #EpIPM
— MaryAnn Johanson (@maryannjohanson) January 7, 2016
@maryannjohanson puppet yoda in episode 1 is horrible though.
— Sebastian Gonezalez (@MaxMaxfrederick) January 7, 2016
I always wonder, did Lucas *deliberately* create Qui-Gon as tragically reckless in choosing to train Anakin? #StarWarsRewatch #EpIPM
— MaryAnn Johanson (@maryannjohanson) January 7, 2016
Or is Qui-Gon just a tragically poorly written character? #StarWarsRewatch #EpIPM
— MaryAnn Johanson (@maryannjohanson) January 7, 2016
Far too many people say “yippee!!” here. It’s extremely disconcerting. #StarWarsRewatch #EpIPM
— MaryAnn Johanson (@maryannjohanson) January 7, 2016
Naboo does look like a beautiful planet. Would like to visit someday. #StarWarsRewatch #EpIPM
— MaryAnn Johanson (@maryannjohanson) January 7, 2016
Now robots are fighting rasta fish people. *facepalm* #StarWarsRewatch #EpIPM
— MaryAnn Johanson (@maryannjohanson) January 7, 2016
“Duel of the Fates” might be the freshest thing John Williams has composed in a while. #StarWarsRewatch #EpIPM
— MaryAnn Johanson (@maryannjohanson) January 7, 2016
@maryannjohanson Gave me chills when I first saw the movie in middle school.
— Daniel Walters (@danieltwalters) January 7, 2016
@danieltwalters I’m sorry that the prequels were your formative Star Wars films. :-/
— MaryAnn Johanson (@maryannjohanson) January 7, 2016
@maryannjohanson I literally wrote a 123-page parody of Phantom Menace set in my middle school. I turned out fine.
— Daniel Walters (@danieltwalters) January 7, 2016
@maryannjohanson I like Rey's Theme, although it has a bit of Harry Potter in it…
— Angry Moderate 2020 (@PaulWartenberg) January 7, 2016
@PaulWartenberg None of the music in Force Awakens stood out for me.
— MaryAnn Johanson (@maryannjohanson) January 7, 2016
@maryannjohanson hmm. The second I heard Rey's Theme I recognized it as a Hero leitmotif that Williams loves to use.
— Angry Moderate 2020 (@PaulWartenberg) January 7, 2016
@PaulWartenberg I’ll listen for that when I see it again tomorrow.
— MaryAnn Johanson (@maryannjohanson) January 7, 2016
@maryannjohanson when she slides downhill. that's when I recognized it.
— Angry Moderate 2020 (@PaulWartenberg) January 7, 2016
@maryannjohanson I do admit I did not pick up a leitmotif for Poe or Finn. Kylo had a deep horn theme.
— Angry Moderate 2020 (@PaulWartenberg) January 7, 2016
And the three-way Jedi-Sith duel is pretty spectacularly choreographed. Height of the film. #StarWarsRewatch #EpIPM
— MaryAnn Johanson (@maryannjohanson) January 7, 2016
@maryannjohanson The only barely redeeming thing in the entire film. #imho
— Paul Smith (@Haunt1013) January 7, 2016
Though the rotating cycling force fields in the duel do make me think of the chompers in Galaxy Quest… #StarWarsRewatch #EpIPM
— MaryAnn Johanson (@maryannjohanson) January 7, 2016
Little Anakin can fly anything & destroys droid control ship, saving the day, and *Rey* is the Mary Sue? Puh-leeze. #StarWarsRewatch #EpIPM
— MaryAnn Johanson (@maryannjohanson) January 7, 2016
Qui-Gon: Anakin will bring balance to Force?! W/Light Side in ascendence, bringing balance means more Dark Side! #StarWarsRewatch #EpIPM
— MaryAnn Johanson (@maryannjohanson) January 7, 2016
“I think you can kiss your trade franchise good-bye” = worst end-of-fight quip ever. #StarWarsRewatch #EpIPM
— MaryAnn Johanson (@maryannjohanson) January 7, 2016
And that’s Phantom Menace done. On to Attack of the Clones. #StarWarsRewatch
— MaryAnn Johanson (@maryannjohanson) January 7, 2016
Count Dooku? Poodoo. #StarWarsRewatch #EIIAoC
— MaryAnn Johanson (@maryannjohanson) January 7, 2016
@maryannjohanson Terribly immature. Two stars! (or hearts, now)
— Séra Jamais (@ibaiki) January 7, 2016
Poor Amidala, demoted from queen to senator. (At least her daughter gets to be princess & senator at same time.) #StarWarsRewatch #EIIAoC
— MaryAnn Johanson (@maryannjohanson) January 7, 2016
Damn, that’s Rose Byrne as one of Amidala’s entourage! #StarWarsRewatch #EIIAoC
— MaryAnn Johanson (@maryannjohanson) January 7, 2016
Wow, teenage Anakin is super creepy. He can sense everything going on in Amidala’s bedroom? Eww. #StarWarsRewatch #EIIAoC
— MaryAnn Johanson (@maryannjohanson) January 7, 2016
Oh dear. Coruscant Speeder Chase is definitely going to turn up at Disneyland, isn’t it? #StarWarsRewatch #EIIAoC
— MaryAnn Johanson (@maryannjohanson) January 7, 2016
All the sexy sci-fi alien ladies are checking out Anakin in the club, and *Rey* is the Mary Sue? #StarWarsRewatch #EIIAoC
— MaryAnn Johanson (@maryannjohanson) January 7, 2016
Hey, why does the Jedi Council think it has any authority over Amidala and can order her about? #StarWarsRewatch #EIIAoC
— MaryAnn Johanson (@maryannjohanson) January 7, 2016
Even Mace Windu thinks bringing balance to the Force at this point would be a good thing! #StarWarsRewatch #EIIAoC
— MaryAnn Johanson (@maryannjohanson) January 7, 2016
Space diner. *facepalm* #StarWarsRewatch #EIIAoC
— MaryAnn Johanson (@maryannjohanson) January 7, 2016
I do like how Ewan McGregor sounds more and more like Alec Guinness as the prequels go on. #StarWarsRewatch #EIIAoC
— MaryAnn Johanson (@maryannjohanson) January 7, 2016
Amidala, just tell Anakin you’ve got a boyfriend so he’ll stop creeping on you. #StarWarsRewatch #EIIAoC
— MaryAnn Johanson (@maryannjohanson) January 7, 2016
“I don’t like sand…” *facepalm* #StarWarsRewatch #EIIAoC
— MaryAnn Johanson (@maryannjohanson) January 7, 2016
@maryannjohanson The worst line in the prequel trilogy and that's saying something.
— John Scalzi (@scalzi) January 7, 2016
@scalzi It’s a tough competition but you may be right. Though anytime Anakin tries to be romantic is a close second.
— MaryAnn Johanson (@maryannjohanson) January 7, 2016
@scalzi @maryannjohanson SAND-LOVER
— AgitatedAboutSnakesHat (@Popehat) January 7, 2016
@Popehat I'VE NEVER DENIED MY AFFINITY FOR SAND, KEN @maryannjohanson
— John Scalzi (@scalzi) January 7, 2016
.@scalzi @Popehat @maryannjohanson It's Adam and Eve, not Adam and silicon dioxide.
— Pacanautomegalogolexkeha (@pacanukeha) January 7, 2016
@Popehat @scalzi @maryannjohanson pic.twitter.com/04fZQapNWI
— Porg-Loving Turbonerd (@overdesigned) January 7, 2016
@scalzi @Popehat @maryannjohanson Proof that Scalzi is not Darth Vader.
— ☠ Maggot welcome to the dystopia McFear ☠ (@tankgrrl) January 7, 2016
@tankgrrl Sure, that’s what he’d like us to think. @scalzi @Popehat
— MaryAnn Johanson (@maryannjohanson) January 7, 2016
@maryannjohanson @Popehat A young @scalzi -> ? https://t.co/SSgbM7afwd
— ☠ Maggot welcome to the dystopia McFear ☠ (@tankgrrl) January 7, 2016
@scalzi @maryannjohanson Worse than "Only a Sith deals in absolutes"?
— Missy Meyer (@themissy) January 7, 2016
@themissy @scalzi That one is pretty good, actually! Why don’t you like it?
— MaryAnn Johanson (@maryannjohanson) January 7, 2016
@maryannjohanson @scalzi Because with "only," he's saying an absolute.
— Missy Meyer (@themissy) January 7, 2016
@themissy Haha, good point! @scalzi
— MaryAnn Johanson (@maryannjohanson) January 7, 2016
This is the worst excuse ever for a love scene. “You’re in my very soul, tormenting me.” Ugh. #StarWarsRewatch #EIIAoC
— MaryAnn Johanson (@maryannjohanson) January 7, 2016
An Unusual Concentration of Federation Ships is my new band name. #StarWarsRewatch #EIIAoC
— MaryAnn Johanson (@maryannjohanson) January 7, 2016
Oh. Hey. Every time Threepio says “Thank the Maker!” he’s referring to Anakin. Darth Vader is his God. #StarWarsRewatch #EIIAoC
— MaryAnn Johanson (@maryannjohanson) January 7, 2016
Do I want to know what we’re supposed to presume the Sand People have been doing with Shmi? No, don’t answer that. #StarWarsRewatch #EIIAoC
— MaryAnn Johanson (@maryannjohanson) January 7, 2016
50 shades of Anakin. #StarWarsRewatch #EIIAoC
— MaryAnn Johanson (@maryannjohanson) January 7, 2016
Why doesn’t Threepio remember any of this? Maybe his memory has been wiped? #StarWarsRewatch #EIIAoC
— MaryAnn Johanson (@maryannjohanson) January 7, 2016
@maryannjohanson Why doesn't Obi Wan when he saw Artoo? "I don't recall owning a droid before." (Ep. IV)
— Jean-Luc's Owner (@PatrickDodds3) January 7, 2016
@PatrickDodds3 Artoo is never his, though.
— MaryAnn Johanson (@maryannjohanson) January 7, 2016
@maryannjohanson Doesn't Jimmy Smits order his memory wiped at the end of RotS?
— Timothy Byrne (@TByrne75) January 7, 2016
@TByrne75 I’ll b on the lookout for that.
— MaryAnn Johanson (@maryannjohanson) January 7, 2016
@maryannjohanson Maybe the prequels don’t make any sense as prequels?
— Mark Cogan (@marqcogan) January 7, 2016
@marqcogan Maybe they don’t.
— MaryAnn Johanson (@maryannjohanson) January 7, 2016
More Galaxy Quest chompers. This episode is badly written! #StarWarsRewatch #EIIAoC
— MaryAnn Johanson (@maryannjohanson) January 7, 2016
And suddenly Artoo can fly. *facepalm* #StarWarsRewatch #EIIAoC
— MaryAnn Johanson (@maryannjohanson) January 7, 2016
@maryannjohanson Hmmm – robot suddenly has the ability to fly… why does that sound familiar… OMG! Artoo is a Dalek!!
— Jens Blegaa (@palecreek) January 7, 2016
@palecreek I knew that little bastard was hiding something!
— MaryAnn Johanson (@maryannjohanson) January 7, 2016
I do hope the Geonosis Execution Pit Gladiator Fun Time is on the drawing boards for Disneyland. #StarWarsRewatch #EIIAoC
— MaryAnn Johanson (@maryannjohanson) January 7, 2016
Old Republic relationship advice: Surprise your partner, take a moment for flirty banter in the midst of battle. #StarWarsRewatch #EIIAoC
— MaryAnn Johanson (@maryannjohanson) January 7, 2016
So, Yoda commanding clone stormtroopers. “What did you do in the war, Master?” #StarWarsRewatch #EIIAoC
— MaryAnn Johanson (@maryannjohanson) January 7, 2016
The CGI battle orgies of the prequels are actually embarrassing. Like watching Lucas masturbate. #StarWarsRewatch #EIIAoC
— MaryAnn Johanson (@maryannjohanson) January 7, 2016
Troopers in full-body armour, Jedi in heavy robes… and Amidala’s midriff has been artfully bared by battle. Urgh. #StarWarsRewatch #EIIAoC
— MaryAnn Johanson (@maryannjohanson) January 7, 2016
“Begun the Clone War has.” Yoda says that as if it was already a thing. Like he’s narrating a Ken Burns doc. #StarWarsRewatch #EIIAoC
— MaryAnn Johanson (@maryannjohanson) January 7, 2016
And Attack of the Clones is over. Revenge of the Sith, here I come… #StarWarsRewatch
— MaryAnn Johanson (@maryannjohanson) January 7, 2016
WAR! Almost like that famous Onion headline: “WA- (headline continues on pg 2)”. #StarWarsRewatch #EIIIRoS
— MaryAnn Johanson (@maryannjohanson) January 7, 2016
Droid slapstick. You know, for kids! #StarWarsRewatch #EIIIRoS
— MaryAnn Johanson (@maryannjohanson) January 7, 2016
“Wait a minute! How did this happen? We’re smarter than this.”–Obi-Wan Kenobi. The prequels in a nutshell. #StarWarsRewatch #EIIIRoS
— MaryAnn Johanson (@maryannjohanson) January 7, 2016
Behold the power of this fully operational battle-@scalzi. He retweets something, and it explodes.
— MaryAnn Johanson (@maryannjohanson) January 7, 2016
@maryannjohanson @scalzi Also me after a night out.
— Travis Ghent (@travisghent) January 7, 2016
@maryannjohanson @scalzi pic.twitter.com/dNxz1Xb06N
— 🍐NovaSilisko🍐 (@NovaSilisko) January 7, 2016
adam loyal
@sputniksrevenge @maryannjohanson @scalzi
The Force Awakens makes episodes 1 – 6 are now prequels 0_o!
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@sputniksrevenge No, because the new film comes *after* all the previous films. Rogue One will throw off the numbering, maybe.
— MaryAnn Johanson (@maryannjohanson) January 7, 2016
adam loyal
@sputniksrevenge @maryannjohanson
exactly.
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Oh dear. Amidala has Leia buns in her hair and Anakin’s buns in her oven. I’ve got a bad feeling about this. #StarWarsRewatch #EIIIRoS
— MaryAnn Johanson (@maryannjohanson) January 7, 2016
Palpatine, you slimy git. #StarWarsRewatch #EIIIRoS
— MaryAnn Johanson (@maryannjohanson) January 7, 2016
I feel extra bad now for Kylo Ren, that he never had a chance to witness Anakin’s whiny pouting with his own eyes. #StarWarsRewatch #EIIIRoS
— MaryAnn Johanson (@maryannjohanson) January 7, 2016
@maryannjohanson Kylo was a better tormented youth in one five minute scene than Anakin was in three movies.
— Mark Cogan (@marqcogan) January 7, 2016
@marqcogan Absolutely. Adam Driver > Hayden Christensen
— MaryAnn Johanson (@maryannjohanson) January 7, 2016
@maryannjohanson If you swapped the actors, I think Driver’s greater talent couldn’t overcome the prequels’ scripts any more than HC could.
— Mark Cogan (@marqcogan) January 7, 2016
@marqcogan True, the prequels are atrociously written.
— MaryAnn Johanson (@maryannjohanson) January 7, 2016
A Chosen One prophecy “that misread could have been.” NOW you tell us this, Yoda?! #StarWarsRewatch #EIIIRoS
— MaryAnn Johanson (@maryannjohanson) January 7, 2016
@maryannjohanson Thought this through, Lucas did not.
— Mark Cogan (@marqcogan) January 7, 2016
I can’t wait for Anakin and Palpatine Go to the Bubble Opera at Disneyland! #StarWarsRewatch #EIIIRoS
— MaryAnn Johanson (@maryannjohanson) January 7, 2016
@maryannjohanson you are giving me bad flashbacks
— AgitatedAboutSnakesHat (@Popehat) January 7, 2016
Memo to Maintenance: lightsaber-proof glass in the Galactic Senate building. #StarWarsRewatch #EIIIRoS
— MaryAnn Johanson (@maryannjohanson) January 7, 2016
@maryannjohanson nothing is Beatleproof!
— Angry Moderate 2020 (@PaulWartenberg) January 7, 2016
Anakin is officially now Sith Lord Darth Vader, and he’s *still* not happy. These kids today… #StarWarsRewatch #EIIIRoS
— MaryAnn Johanson (@maryannjohanson) January 7, 2016
Padme has literally nothing to do in this movie but cry and be pregnant. From queen to senator to plot point. #StarWarsRewatch #EIIIRoS
— MaryAnn Johanson (@maryannjohanson) January 7, 2016
@maryannjohanson She also gets to die at the end, apparently from all of the crying while pregnant.
— Mark Cogan (@marqcogan) January 7, 2016
@marqcogan SPOILERS!
— MaryAnn Johanson (@maryannjohanson) January 7, 2016
@maryannjohanson OBVIOUSLY she’s going to die! We all know how fragile women are with their weird pregnant bodies and emotions and stuff!
— Mark Cogan (@marqcogan) January 7, 2016
@marqcogan And for how they’re good only for motivating men to do stuff and have manly feels.
— MaryAnn Johanson (@maryannjohanson) January 7, 2016
@maryannjohanson Such a waste of a great character.
— Valerie Noble (@walelia) January 7, 2016
@maryannjohanson yeah. It's a really shitty NARRATIVE to show young kids. I was really glad my niece got to see TFA after she watched epIII.
— Ide Cyan (@ide_cyan) January 7, 2016
@maryannjohanson oops, random all caps.
— Ide Cyan (@ide_cyan) January 7, 2016
After Qui-Gon, Obi-Wan is the most to blame for this galaxy-wide debacle. Has a lousy teacher ever had a worse impact? #StarWarsRewatch…
— MaryAnn Johanson (@maryannjohanson) January 7, 2016
“Threepio will look after me” is not a sentence that has ever reassured anyone. #StarWarsRewatch #EIIIRoS
— MaryAnn Johanson (@maryannjohanson) January 7, 2016
These guys are hot! No, cuz there’s all this lava, see– oh, never mind. #StarWarsRewatch #EIIIRoS
— MaryAnn Johanson (@maryannjohanson) January 7, 2016
More disastrous weakness on Obi-Wan’s part: if only he’d killed Anakin, Palpatine would be down an apprentice. #StarWarsRewatch #EIIIRoS
— MaryAnn Johanson (@maryannjohanson) January 7, 2016
Prenatal care must be nonexistent on Coruscant if Padme doesn’t know she’s pregnant with twins. #StarWarsRewatch #EIIIRoS
— MaryAnn Johanson (@maryannjohanson) January 7, 2016
There’s real power in the reveal of the Vader suit and mask, but Anakin should be a lot more poignant than he is. #StarWarsRewatch #EIIIRoS
— MaryAnn Johanson (@maryannjohanson) January 7, 2016
@maryannjohanson That section of the novelization is awesome. #StarWarsRewatch
— Timothy Byrne (@TByrne75) January 7, 2016
@TByrne75 I might have to read that…
— MaryAnn Johanson (@maryannjohanson) January 7, 2016
@maryannjohanson agreed. Anakin wasn't just unlikeable in the prequels, he didnt do anything onscreen that was at 'the chosen one' level.
— Tony Richards (@2Dogs1Tone) January 8, 2016
@maryannjohanson I could go on and on but I think I'd be preaching to the choir.
— Tony Richards (@2Dogs1Tone) January 8, 2016
And Revenge of the Sith is done, now we’re back where we started. Tomorrow I see #ForceAwakens again and will have more to say about it….
— MaryAnn Johanson (@maryannjohanson) January 7, 2016
@maryannjohanson Is it wrong that, in introducing young nephews to Star Wars, I said it was fine to just skip Episodes I-III?
— Library Heather (@heatherelia) January 7, 2016
@heatherelia Not at all.
— MaryAnn Johanson (@maryannjohanson) January 7, 2016
@maryannjohanson I feel it's a responsibility I owe to the younger generation. Also, that Han shot first.
— Library Heather (@heatherelia) January 7, 2016
(and then I responded to this earlier tweet, which I’m repeating here for clarity)
@maryannjohanson Doesn't Jimmy Smits order his memory wiped at the end of RotS?
— Timothy Byrne (@TByrne75) January 7, 2016
@TByrne75 He does! So that explains it. Artoo could have said something, though…
— MaryAnn Johanson (@maryannjohanson) January 7, 2016
@maryannjohanson and you got a refresher on how the emperor rose to power.
— Ide Cyan (@ide_cyan) January 7, 2016
@ide_cyan What I was getting at earlier was details: Why an empire? Was there one previously that Palpatine longed for? Stuff like that.
— MaryAnn Johanson (@maryannjohanson) January 7, 2016
@ide_cyan But none of those details are here. It’s just, "Hey, I’m the emperor now why not?"
— MaryAnn Johanson (@maryannjohanson) January 7, 2016
@maryannjohanson yeah. That's pretty much all left up to EU and fanfic to fill in.
— Ide Cyan (@ide_cyan) January 7, 2016
@ide_cyan Nothing wrong with that.
— MaryAnn Johanson (@maryannjohanson) January 7, 2016
Have you heard of the Anti-Cheese Edits? Phantom Menace got a good 30 minutes shaved off its runtime.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QPiuUiMdQWw
Losing Marcia Lucas as an editor is surely one of the major problems with the prequels.
I was noticing during the recent rewatch that Anakin/Vader is responsible for killing off both the light side AND the dark side of the force. It turns out what the prophecy really meant is that there were too many humans using the force and they needed to be killed off…