Personally, I was rooting for Palpatine to win, because everyone else was too stupid to be even remotely sympathetic, and the fight between him and Yoda as they tear apart the Senate was pretty neat (and almost poetic – if it hadn’t been so ham handed).
Until Yoda slinks off...fate of teh galaxy? Eh, hide I will.
I think -- or did Meraviglia think of this first -- I can't remember, that Lucas had Padme die of grief for two reasons: one, he thought it was sad, Titanic in Space after all, and two, and more insidiously, he wanted to suggest that there was still some "good" in Vader. And what better way to show it than to not have him kill his wife?
Nevermind what that does to the plot, or to her character. It's that kind of flagrant disregard for logic or hmm, womenkind that makes me wonder if George isn't a bit...creepy. I mean, when you think about it, Schmi gets a pretty raw deal too. I was never that impressed with Leia, but compared to every other woman in the canonical Star Wars universe, yeah, she does have some spine.
My husband suggested that a far cooler ending would have been for Padme to put her children in hiding, and for her to go and find Darth Vader, and try to talk some sense into him (similar to the Carth DSF ending). Of course, Darth Vader would have killed her, but at least she would have shown some spine - and that might have actually been tragic.
Hell, a random stormtrooper could have accidentally shot her as she made her way to Vader. Or, Palaptine could have killed her and lied about it later. Put all the blame on the actual villian if you must. That would have been workable.
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Personally, I was rooting for Palpatine to win, because everyone else was too stupid to be even remotely sympathetic, and the fight between him and Yoda as they tear apart the Senate was pretty neat (and almost poetic – if it hadn’t been so ham handed).
Until Yoda slinks off...fate of teh galaxy? Eh, hide I will.
I think -- or did Meraviglia think of this first -- I can't remember, that Lucas had Padme die of grief for two reasons: one, he thought it was sad, Titanic in Space after all, and two, and more insidiously, he wanted to suggest that there was still some "good" in Vader. And what better way to show it than to not have him kill his wife?
Nevermind what that does to the plot, or to her character. It's that kind of flagrant disregard for logic or hmm, womenkind that makes me wonder if George isn't a bit...creepy. I mean, when you think about it, Schmi gets a pretty raw deal too. I was never that impressed with Leia, but compared to every other woman in the canonical Star Wars universe, yeah, she does have some spine.
My husband suggested that a far cooler ending would have been for Padme to put her children in hiding, and for her to go and find Darth Vader, and try to talk some sense into him (similar to the Carth DSF ending). Of course, Darth Vader would have killed her, but at least she would have shown some spine - and that might have actually been tragic.
Hell, a random stormtrooper could have accidentally shot her as she made her way to Vader. Or, Palaptine could have killed her and lied about it later. Put all the blame on the actual villian if you must. That would have been workable.