Star Wars Movie Marathon...

Dahak · Post by **Dahak** » 2006-01-07 09:18pm

I just had an all-day Star Wars movie marathon with friends. We watched it in the "intended" order, from Ep. 1 to 6, and I must say that even though I still think Ep. 1 is a piece of shit, it gets bearable if its put into its place.
Another observation is that Darth Vader isn't just as über-evil as I originally saw him, but you really have some sort of compassion for him, knowing who's really behind that mask and what brought him there.

Though the "old" trilogy still didn't take itself as serious as the new movies do, though it may just be a personal opinion.

As a funny side-note, the Magical Mystery Wonder Button Amidala uses in her Nubian in AotC to first patch the call from Obi-Wan through to Coruscant, and then directly afterwards to start? They use the same button in the Nubian in RotS. Did miss that earlier. Was a funny moment in our little group (apart from the numerous bottomless pits of doom)

Anguirus · Post by **Anguirus** » 2006-01-07 09:22pm

Hey, I did that myself over winter break? Only me and one other girl actually made it through all of them, though, out of 12 or so people...

Still, great fun.

LongVin · Post by **LongVin** » 2006-01-07 10:11pm

Truly a noble goal. Once I obtain the RoTS DvD I will definately devote 14 of my waking hours to Star Wars

Post by **Vympel** » 2006-01-07 10:13pm

Look at the screen on Padme's skiff in RotS when she uses The Button. An image of Anakin's fighter appears. It's obviously set to track on his fighters signal.

Anguirus · Post by **Anguirus** » 2006-01-07 10:38pm

That's neat. Makes sense, since Mustafar's a big place. She winds up parking right underneath the platform where he landed, so I guess R2 saw the altercation and headed down to Padme.

Civil War Man · Post by **Civil War Man** » 2006-01-07 10:56pm

Welcome to the club. I rang in the New Year with that, as I posted in testing.

I also noticed your observation about Darth Vader, particularly during the lightsaber fight in ESB. Even though it wasn't changed at all, it seemed as though there was more desperation in Vader's voice than before Episodes 1-3 came out.

AK_Jedi · Post by **AK_Jedi** » 2006-01-07 10:57pm

We did that just before christmas. Several people came and went, and only 3 of us made it through the whole day.

I salute everyone who completes this task. It is truly a mark of greatness.

President Sharky · Post by **President Sharky** » 2006-01-07 11:14pm

I am slowly mentally preparing myself for this. I will undertake the marathon endeavour sometime at the beginning of February, after my exams are done with. This is going to be even more trying than the Lord of the Rings marathon, which I just had its 2nd annual run in my house on Wednsday. With some short breaks, LOTR clocked in at 11:30 hours. How long did your SWT marathons take?

Darth Cronos the Proud · Post by **Darth Cronos the Proud** » 2006-01-07 11:19pm

I did that about a week ago. I got the impression that you really didn't need to watch Episode I to get the story and understand the tragic fall. Did anyone else get that impression?

Tychu · Post by **Tychu** » 2006-01-07 11:20pm

the last time someone posted this i had still yet tried to do it,

since then i attempted it. I woke up at 9am put TPM watched the podrace then fell asleep, woke up at 2pm and said eh nevermind
The day before i was telling everyone what i was planning on doing, they laughed

This coming Monday im attempting it again

Dahak · Post by **Dahak** » 2006-01-08 05:14am

President Sharky wrote:I am slowly mentally preparing myself for this. I will undertake the marathon endeavour sometime at the beginning of February, after my exams are done with. This is going to be even more trying than the Lord of the Rings marathon, which I just had its 2nd annual run in my house on Wednsday. With some short breaks, LOTR clocked in at 11:30 hours. How long did your SWT marathons take?

Uh...
We started around noon, and it was just a few minutes before 2 in the morning when we finished it (with some time for eating and such

).

2000AD · Post by **2000AD** » 2006-01-08 06:32am

President Sharky wrote:How long did your SWT marathons take?

My house's got delayed and started at 5 in the afternoon, we took a break between 2 and 3 to get some more booze and munchies (and watch some Match of the Day) and we finished at 7 in the morning.

My advice is stock up first and start early.

Pint0 Xtreme · Post by **Pint0 Xtreme** » 2006-01-08 06:53am

When I plan to have my own Star Wars marathon, I'm going to include the Clone Wars cartoon series. It's my own personal preference but I think Anakin's trial was an important part and adds its own distinctive piece to the entire saga.

Anguirus · Post by **Anguirus** » 2006-01-08 11:31am

I started at 9 am, expecting breaks, but we really didn't break that often. I think we were done by a little after 10.

JME2 · Post by **JME2** » 2006-01-08 11:47am

As I've said before, my friends and I did it the week the ROTS DVD came out. Started at 10:30 in the morning with 10 minute breaks between each film and 45 minutes for dinner after III. Due to player delays, we finished about 1:30 AM. But it was worth it.

Grand Admiral Mango · Post by **Grand Admiral Mango** » 2006-01-08 01:06pm

Pint0 Xtreme wrote:When I plan to have my own Star Wars marathon, I'm going to include the Clone Wars cartoon series. It's my own personal preference but I think Anakin's trial was an important part and adds its own distinctive piece to the entire saga.

That's a great idea. Ep.3 does seem better with the Clone Wars before it.

Civil War Man · Post by **Civil War Man** » 2006-01-08 01:58pm

President Sharky wrote:I am slowly mentally preparing myself for this. I will undertake the marathon endeavour sometime at the beginning of February, after my exams are done with. This is going to be even more trying than the Lord of the Rings marathon, which I just had its 2nd annual run in my house on Wednsday. With some short breaks, LOTR clocked in at 11:30 hours. How long did your SWT marathons take?

With as few breaks as possible, the entire marathon will take 13 hours.

Dahak · Post by **Dahak** » 2006-01-08 03:58pm

Grand Admiral Mango wrote:
Pint0 Xtreme wrote:When I plan to have my own Star Wars marathon, I'm going to include the Clone Wars cartoon series. It's my own personal preference but I think Anakin's trial was an important part and adds its own distinctive piece to the entire saga.
That's a great idea. Ep.3 does seem better with the Clone Wars before it.

Well, with the Clone Wars thrown in, I daresay we'd have to use copious amounts of coffee to keep us alive through the day

But while we're at Clone Wars and Grievous... The girlfriend of a friend was watching Star Wars the very first time, and the whole "hissing Grievous" thing seemed laughable to her. Had to explain to her that there was a living thing somewhere inside him. And who Grievous was, and what he wanted, was totally oblivious to her. From that point of view, a better introduction of Grievous might've been in order, or use Dooku for this. He was, after all, introduced earlier...

Kurgan · Post by **Kurgan** » 2006-01-08 04:19pm

Grand Admiral Mango wrote:
Pint0 Xtreme wrote:When I plan to have my own Star Wars marathon, I'm going to include the Clone Wars cartoon series. It's my own personal preference but I think Anakin's trial was an important part and adds its own distinctive piece to the entire saga.
That's a great idea. Ep.3 does seem better with the Clone Wars before it.

I disagree. For me it felt much worse, what with all the Grievous/Jedi wanking that took place in Seasons 2 & 3. Episode I could pretty much be left out and ignored, except for a few moments like the Japper Snippet (sp?), Qui Gon, Midichlorians and who in heckfire that weird "ObiiiiiI!!!/'scuse me" alien is.

Watch the deleted scenes from AOTC to know who Padme's family is.

I haven't done my marathon with Episode III, but I have done it in bits and pieces since I saw it in theaters, so for me that's "close enough." I don't have time really, and little desire to sit through Episode I and the first part of Episode II again just to the good parts. Maybe some other time...

Grand Admiral Mango · Post by **Grand Admiral Mango** » 2006-01-09 07:49am

My marathon is pencilled in for February 4th. I had an LOTR marathon back in October(ish) and i managed to get through the whole thing quite comfortably, so i'll have to see if i can get through it all! 13 hours of Star Wars surely isn't that long?

LaCroix · Post by **LaCroix** » 2006-01-09 09:44am

I did the LOTR training this november to get in shape, started late at 16:00, and finished well after 5:00 (couldn't read the digits anymore) no breaks, late afternoon start, I did it...

I feel ready! Now, where did I put that ROTS DVD....

Doctor Doom · Post by **Doctor Doom** » 2006-01-09 04:38pm

Ah, but me and my friends are aspiring to a truly great goal. This is our game plan (postponed indefinitely until we all have the time ...)

Episode I (+ deleted scenes)
R2-D2: Beneath the Dome
Episode II (+ deleted scenes)
Clone Wars cartoons
Episode III (+ deleted scenes)
Star Wars: Revelations
Droids cartoons
Episode IV (special edition)
TROOPS
Star Wars Holiday Special
Episode V (special edition)
Caravan of Courage: An Ewok Adventure
Return of the Ewok
Ewoks cartoons
Episode VI (special edition)
Ewoks: The Battle of Endor

Spanky The Dolphin · Post by **Spanky The Dolphin** » 2006-01-09 05:21pm

The two Ewok films are actually after the Ewok cartoon, while both are before RotJ.

Srynerson · Post by **Srynerson** » 2006-01-09 09:26pm

Dahak wrote:But while we're at Clone Wars and Grievous... The girlfriend of a friend was watching Star Wars the very first time, and the whole "hissing Grievous" thing seemed laughable to her. Had to explain to her that there was a living thing somewhere inside him. And who Grievous was, and what he wanted, was totally oblivious to her. From that point of view, a better introduction of Grievous might've been in order, or use Dooku for this.

Yes, I wish they had gone with some of the more "organic" versions of Grevious proposed by the creative team. I get irritated having to explain to people that he's a cyborg, not a droid.

The Silence and I · Post by **The Silence and I** » 2006-01-09 09:49pm

Heh, nice. I just did that myself between Saturday and Sunday with some friends. Started roughly 10 pm Saturday and finished about 12 pm Sunday

Seeing all them in intended order was interesting, AOTC was much improved for me having seen ROTS (I hated AOTC before ROTS made it better for me) and of course Vader is a new personality entirely.