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I dare John Williams to put "lapti nek" in there
Somewhere Sabastian Shaw is listening to Lapti Nek watching Han shoot first.
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"Jar Jar's the key to all of it because he's a funnier character than we've ever had before."
Watching that Episode 1 documentary after all these years is really eye-opening. Especially the moment after they all see the first rough assembly and Lucas says, "I may have gone too far this time."
Good thing it was a rough cut because the finished film was awesome.I saw it at the cinema 5 times that summer of '89.Absolutley loved it.Looks like i wasnt the only one given that it was the biggest film of the year at the box office.
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May 1, 2014 - 1:43 PM
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Good thing it was a rough cut because the finished film was awesome.I saw it at the cinema 5 times that summer of '89.Absolutley loved it.Looks like i wasnt the only one given that it was the biggest film of the year at the box office.
Wow, must have been a VERY rough cut if you saw it 10 years before it came out. 
Just kidding with you....
But seriously, I liked it too. It's sad to me that so many others didn't. (But, I'm sure *they* were just as sad that the movie disappointed them.) To be sure, there are things I would have done differently as well if I were making the film, but I did enjoy it, and saw it numerous times during the Summer of 1999. The audiences I saw it with seemed to enjoy it as well, which is why I was so surprised to find *such* a level of hatred for it on the various websites I visited at the time. I mean, some people acted like it was worse than anything made by Ed Wood.
Anyway, I'm happy Maestro Williams is onboard for "Episode VII: The Public Beheading of Jar Jar", and hope that we all can be satisfied with what we see in 2015. Surely, the score will be great!!
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May 1, 2014 - 5:20 PM
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Since it’s the internet, I’ll argue with you.  I think as used when Luke talks to Han on his comlink (at the beginning of ESB), when the Falcon detaches from the Star Destroyer, and of course The Asteroid Field totally sum up the awesomeness that is Han Solo.
But sure, a new theme for a man thirty some years older would be appropriate.
I can't ever imagine arguing the lack of or presence of a theme for Han with anyone in person^^.
I just long for a specific theme for Han as iconic and memorable as Williams' themes for Darth, Luke, Indiana, and Superman, etc. I know there's a parallel universe out there where such a theme exists. If I ever invent a parallel universe machine, that's the first universe I'll visit, and I'll probably never leave. And I'll take you with me.
I'll try and write Hans Theme before you have to go to the trouble!
There's something else that's lacking too- A concert arrangement of Ben's Theme.....
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Anybody else binging on the Star Wars scores right now in preparation for May the Fourth Be With You?
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Good thing it was a rough cut because the finished film was awesome.I saw it at the cinema 5 times that summer of '89.Absolutley loved it.Looks like i wasnt the only one given that it was the biggest film of the year at the box office.
Wow, must have been a VERY rough cut if you saw it 10 years before it came out.
Just kidding with you....
But seriously, I liked it too. It's sad to me that so many others didn't. (But, I'm sure *they* were just as sad that the movie disappointed them.) To be sure, there are things I would have done differently as well if I were making the film, but I did enjoy it, and saw it numerous times during the Summer of 1999. The audiences I saw it with seemed to enjoy it as well, which is why I was so surprised to find *such* a level of hatred for it on the various websites I visited at the time. I mean, some people acted like it was worse than anything made by Ed Wood.
I think if THE PHANTOM MENACE had truly been the first STAR WARS film, it would be looked on with more kindness now. The negative reaction was most definitely tied inextricably to the level of anticipation, 16 years worth for many people. Here in the UK it came out a couple of months after the US, and so when I finally saw it I was expecting the worse after the bad word of mouth coming from the US, but I actually really liked it. On the other hand, my initial reaction to ATTACK OF THE CLONES (which came out simultaneously with the US) was much more negative, though I started to like it a lot more as I rewatched (I went to see it a couple more times the first week). I still think PHANTOM MENACE is my least favourite STAR WARS film (Jar-Jar actually doesn't bother me that much, though there is too much of him, but there are some weird pacing issues in the first part of the film, the film only really settling down when it gets to Tatooine, and I still think having Anakin being so young when we first meet him was a major mistep), while I think CLONES has some of the worst stuff in any of the films (the romance is terrible, the scene of Anakin waking up from a dream in which he has a premonition of his mother's death is the single worst scene in the entire saga, and the stuff with Anakin's mother and the Tusken Raiders is too rushed), but it also has lots that I really love and count as some of my favourite parts of the series (Obi-Wan's investigation, Jango and the clones, anything involving Christopher Lee).
I'd actually make an argument that the key person from the original trilogy who was most missed on the prequel trilogy was Fred Roos, who was the casting director for FIVE EASY PIECES, THE GODFATHER and AMERICAN GRAFFITI (amongst others), and although he had moved onto working as a producer (mostly with Coppola) by the time STAR WARS came around, he did work on the film as a casting consultant, and was heavily involved in the casting calls for the film. You can certainly thank him for having Harrison Ford play Han Solo. If only he had come back in the same position for the prequels, we might have had better actors playing Anakin. Sadly, the casting for this role (at both ages portrayed) was majorly botched.
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I must be like one of two people who are not only not excited at all about new movies, but just don't care at all about a new Williams score for it.
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I must be like one of two people who are not only not excited at all about new movies, but just don't care at all about a new Williams score for it.
Make that one of three people.
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Same here - I can´t wait to see the new Star Wars film and hear a new John Williams score to that! I never would have thought, as a teenager, that that cast would do another Star Wars sequel ever again. Now, as a middle-aged nerd I am just grateful for more.
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