Ep III videogame and Fleshing out the story
Posted: 2005-06-05 08:43pm
I just finished the Ep III vidoegame on PSII last night. There were some really cool moments in the game that I think would have been awesome to see on screen - granted there was a strict time limit - and let me list some of these for you.
The Anakin Conversion scene has Anakin doing more than just cutting of Mace Windu's hand. They actually duel and it is Anakin who ends up killing Mace as he buys Palpatine's story of a Jedi uprising hook line and sinker. The betrayal that Mace feels and then his resolve to kill Anakin would have made for great drama in the movie and may have eased those who felt the conversion was 'off' somehow. This makes Anakin's conversion more dramatic than just him sitting there.
The Purge of the Jedi Tempe - here we have a full on assault starting off with Anakin killing the Librarian and then taking down a horde of young Padawans that come leaping out of the library stacks. Next we have Anakin laying the smackdown on some more powerful Jedi and finally taking on the Jedi saber instructor and his apprentice. Good stuff and there are some nice lines from the instructor. We also see neat little things like Anakin lifting a massive statue with the Force and using it like a battering ram to bring down the doors leading into the inner sanctum. As effective as the scenes of the purge were in the movie it still left a sense that the Jedi went out like bitches in the temple.
Mustafar - Anakin takes on the Separatists security forces and cuts a bloody swath through them as he makes his way to the leaders huddling behing their blast doors. I felt the fillm depicted it far better in the sense that Anakin shows up and just slaughters them before they can react but once again it was just cool watching Anakin cutting loose.
Many of these "Wouldn't it be cool." things all sort of stem from my gripe about Anakin after turning dark. There is no sense that he really is more powerful in the movie. Aside from yellow eyes and willingness to kill is there anything more we see from Anakin that we haven't seen from him as a lightsider? The videogame shows Anakin truly cutting loose and even gives him force lightning (it was fun toasting the saber master with my lightning and watching him writhe to his death) and I guess I would have liked to see more of that. When he says he can save Padme with his new powers all I could think was "What new powers? You're just Anakin with a hood and yellow eyes as far as this movie is concerned."
I recommend the game especially if you always imagined what it would be like to duel and cut people down but I would recommend renting it as it is rather short and not worth the current $49 price tag.
The Anakin Conversion scene has Anakin doing more than just cutting of Mace Windu's hand. They actually duel and it is Anakin who ends up killing Mace as he buys Palpatine's story of a Jedi uprising hook line and sinker. The betrayal that Mace feels and then his resolve to kill Anakin would have made for great drama in the movie and may have eased those who felt the conversion was 'off' somehow. This makes Anakin's conversion more dramatic than just him sitting there.
The Purge of the Jedi Tempe - here we have a full on assault starting off with Anakin killing the Librarian and then taking down a horde of young Padawans that come leaping out of the library stacks. Next we have Anakin laying the smackdown on some more powerful Jedi and finally taking on the Jedi saber instructor and his apprentice. Good stuff and there are some nice lines from the instructor. We also see neat little things like Anakin lifting a massive statue with the Force and using it like a battering ram to bring down the doors leading into the inner sanctum. As effective as the scenes of the purge were in the movie it still left a sense that the Jedi went out like bitches in the temple.
Mustafar - Anakin takes on the Separatists security forces and cuts a bloody swath through them as he makes his way to the leaders huddling behing their blast doors. I felt the fillm depicted it far better in the sense that Anakin shows up and just slaughters them before they can react but once again it was just cool watching Anakin cutting loose.
Many of these "Wouldn't it be cool." things all sort of stem from my gripe about Anakin after turning dark. There is no sense that he really is more powerful in the movie. Aside from yellow eyes and willingness to kill is there anything more we see from Anakin that we haven't seen from him as a lightsider? The videogame shows Anakin truly cutting loose and even gives him force lightning (it was fun toasting the saber master with my lightning and watching him writhe to his death) and I guess I would have liked to see more of that. When he says he can save Padme with his new powers all I could think was "What new powers? You're just Anakin with a hood and yellow eyes as far as this movie is concerned."
I recommend the game especially if you always imagined what it would be like to duel and cut people down but I would recommend renting it as it is rather short and not worth the current $49 price tag.
I told him he should wait, or at least rent it first, but Media Play was right next to the IMAX, and well...