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The Romance of the Prequels is Good, Actually
Join me as I take a look at the romantic scenes between Anakin and Padme as well as behind the scenes info and the discourse surrounding them. A few other things I want to note:
In case anyone thinks I’m a sicko for thinking the Oedipus complex has a place in Star Wars, George Lucas has mentioned it and describes how it’s one of the many themes indirectly addressed throughout mythology which Star Wars is based on, so I might be onto something;
www.wired.com/2005/05/lucasqa/
ua-cam.com/video/BDjXJqdXD-I/v-deo.html
www.empireonline.com/movies/features/george-lucas-the-empire-strikes-back-interview/
The whole notion of Lucas being surrounded by “yes-men” is a hotly debated topic that could be explored a lot more than I did in the video, but I just wanted to briefly give some examples of his collaborative process. But don’t just take my word, there are the accounts of authors J. W. Rinzler and Paul Duncan who assert that the production of the original trilogy was very similar to the prequels. There are other authors who refute this but there are some major inconsistencies in their narrative;
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ua-cam.com/video/nD5FqAJf3T0/v-deo.html
LuisML345/status/1607141129174253571?cxt=HHwWhoDQxfGV280sAAAA
It may seem disingenuous of me to use a scripted encounter with Harrison Ford to paint him as grumpy but come on, they wouldn’t have written that if Ford didn’t already have that reputation due to actual comments he’s made akin to the other two I presented in the video.
I still haven’t found the origin of the claim that Christensen got the part because he looked good with Portman, but I found an article where Lucas attributes Anakin’s casting to his young daughter’s assessment of his looks. I think he’s just making a point about how his children weren’t fully aware of the cultural phenomenon that Star Wars is and how innocent they were about the whole thing, he’s not going in depth about the actual casting process or anything. As mentioned in the video, other interviews and bts material confirm there were lots of factors like his James Dean edge, and chemistry with Portman. So, he didn’t get the part (just) because he was cute.
mg.co.za/article/2002-06-20-im-sure-this-one-will-do-fine/
Also, around the 37 minute mark I may be mistaken in saying the Star Wars Archives (of which I now own both volumes) contains a 2020 interview of Lucas, it may have been earlier (December 2017, I believe).
00:00:00 - Just for the celibate
00:01:26 - How Star Wars was saved in the Oedipus
00:04:18 - Oh no he’s hot
00:09:30 - Don’t let the bedbu- kouhuns bite
00:11:22 - You got that James Dean, daydream look in your eye
00:14:29 - Ani's dream girl
00:16:49 - You don’t undersand this scene
00:27:00 - “Why would you send Anakin on basically the most romantic mission ever?”
00:29:40 - Paul Skywalker
00:34:34 - A couple in pearidise
00:36:25 - Pretty corny
00:40:18 - Fireplace
00:42:37 - “She is asking for it”
00:44:13 - Mum's the word
00:50:07 - Moment we’ve all been waiting for
00:52:59 - “You can’t marry a man you just met.”
00:55:31 - Welcome back to the bonus round
00:59:56 - Lucas's final remarks
01:01:22 - Brain-washing minus the brain
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  • @fauzanabdulkahfi957
    @fauzanabdulkahfi957 22 дні тому

    Born to be attack of the clones anaking skywalker Forced to be darth vader reveng of the sith

  • @happytrails151
    @happytrails151 Місяць тому

    The symbolism is on point but the literal reasoning is still weak af

  • @officialthomasjames
    @officialthomasjames 2 місяці тому

    Monk celibate priest guy trying to talk to a girl for the first time, of course it’s going to be awkward.

  • @austinzizzi1142
    @austinzizzi1142 2 місяці тому

    People say it’s cheese but every line Lucas wrote between them has deeper levels of depth and foreshadowing and metaphors

  • @yayo3879
    @yayo3879 2 місяці тому

    Where did the other videos go

  • @ricardorivas5955
    @ricardorivas5955 3 місяці тому

    its like, other peoples love is awkward to see, people love to see those shows of people dating and having weird moments,

  • @evajaspe8314
    @evajaspe8314 3 місяці тому

    😢 Your video is so good man ...I'm sad that it has been a year since you last uploaded

  • @barkley8285
    @barkley8285 3 місяці тому

    If I was my age now and read this I’d be pissed.

  • @hekilled16czechslovakians
    @hekilled16czechslovakians 3 місяці тому

    Prequel haters when the dialogue isn't the exact same as s1-4 of game of thrones: 😠 😠 😠 😠

  • @skullwarrior13
    @skullwarrior13 4 місяці тому

    This ain't 66 seconds

  • @UrBoiEthanMikl
    @UrBoiEthanMikl 4 місяці тому

    Gotta love how sensitive Twitter is...

  • @misanthropicservitorofmars2116
    @misanthropicservitorofmars2116 5 місяців тому

    “They booed him, for he spoke the truth”

  • @esrblgn
    @esrblgn 5 місяців тому

    i remember being like 14 watching aotc and falling in love with anakin lol. star wars guys would never understand but (regardless of hayden’s amazing looks) anakin is incredibly attractive primarily because of how he isn’t afraid to show emotion. very honest, very confident, very attentive and caring. not to mention his power and charm. guys see hayden’s awkward acting (i’m sorry we have to admit to that) and think thats how padme sees her but those “creepy” looks and conversations would pull any girl in i’m telling you.

  • @noobmaster69426
    @noobmaster69426 6 місяців тому

    Ik the acting wasn’t that good in AOTC… Lucas himself admitted that he finds dialogue writing to be a hard task. He’s not bad, he just has a weakness of writing dialogue. But Anakin was supposed to say those lines because he never experienced love. He was resisting and trying to show his love feelings at the same time.

    • @nestorsifuentesaguirre2722
      @nestorsifuentesaguirre2722 6 місяців тому

      Some say that even kids would do romantic dialogue much better than Lucas and Kennedy combined. Not sure if I should believe that but with a buttload of fanmade what ifs that statement may not be empty anymore

  • @miamicool666
    @miamicool666 7 місяців тому

    Regarding the "cheesy" romance between Anakin and Padmé, some stupidly narrow-minded people will never understand that in the Star Wars films, the approach techniques for flirting are absolutely not the same as in our current world!

    • @nestorsifuentesaguirre2722
      @nestorsifuentesaguirre2722 6 місяців тому

      Too late. The world decided that children are better off with the dialogues instead of Lucas. FOR BETTER OR WORSE

    • @miamicool666
      @miamicool666 6 місяців тому

      @@nestorsifuentesaguirre2722 Alas, only stupidity is stupid.

  • @jamesq5831
    @jamesq5831 7 місяців тому

    stop brushing your damn mic sounds like i’m on facetime with someone

  • @magnorecinos6510
    @magnorecinos6510 7 місяців тому

    Yeah, it's pretty good.

  • @CloveCoast
    @CloveCoast 8 місяців тому

    *W H E R E D I D U GO ?*

  • @CloveCoast
    @CloveCoast 8 місяців тому

    It’s so fkn weird how he’s always mentioned his desire to show that scene lol, like obviously Episode III couldn’t show that in detail..??!!

  • @trevorwinn5012
    @trevorwinn5012 8 місяців тому

    Its actually very likely that a young, very attractive , Naive, girl would fall for an attractive, young bad ass who's also got Magic powers , then given the fact they're are spending every day together , she's in danger and he's protecting her that's huge folks , the thrill of what's going on , they are Naive , and he tells her how beautiful she is all the time , of course this Romance happens

  • @DeltaDemon1
    @DeltaDemon1 8 місяців тому

    There are many reasons to dislike Episode 1,2,3...This isn't one of them.

  • @djuzi4514
    @djuzi4514 8 місяців тому

    Hoping you make a new video

  • @gcronnelly
    @gcronnelly 8 місяців тому

    Or…maybe… just hear me out. Lucas was just trying to sell more toys.

    • @vykuntapufangtxpreet9546
      @vykuntapufangtxpreet9546 7 місяців тому

      Yeah, That Didn’t Happened During *ORIGINAL* Trilogy.

    • @gcronnelly
      @gcronnelly 7 місяців тому

      I can’t tell if you’re joking or a Lucas fanboy

  • @BennysGamingAttic
    @BennysGamingAttic 8 місяців тому

    Before that shitty Disney slop where a lightsaber to the gut is just a flesh wound, Padme was under incredible amounts of stress. In like a day, the Republic she fought her whole life to preserve was taken from her. She trusted Palpatine and he has played her the entire time. Her husband murdered kids and tried to kill her. In context, losing the will to live makes sense.

  • @GageEakins
    @GageEakins 9 місяців тому

    Ok the Prequel's were good actually is getting out of hand. The romance was very poorly done. It can work on paper, but the dialogue was horrible and George Lucas is not a good character and never has been. He does not have the ability to give his actor insights into what he wants the scenes to convey and it is why good actors give rather poor performances throughout the Prequels.

  • @theducksarecoming
    @theducksarecoming 9 місяців тому

    this is not 66 seconds you liar

  • @Kayakasaurus
    @Kayakasaurus 9 місяців тому

    I’m ready for a new video!

  • @SciFiGuru
    @SciFiGuru 9 місяців тому

    Great video on this topic!

  • @princesseuphemia1007
    @princesseuphemia1007 9 місяців тому

    Another thing worth mentioning here is how often the prequel haters say it's so 'obvious' that sending Padme and Anakin to be alone together after Anakin was prophesized to 'bring great danger' was a bad idea and they all should have seen Vader coming based on that BUT it only seems obvious to us because we know he's going to become Vader in retrospect. We've seen the OT. But ask anyone who didn't see the OT or know anything about Star Wars first and they are always shocked when they find out that Anakin is Vader. For anyone who doesn't already know the story it isn't obvious at all. So why would it be obvious to the Jedi? It wouldn't.

  • @DavidJohnson-mv2cy
    @DavidJohnson-mv2cy 9 місяців тому

    Not sure which is funnier; this video or all the prequel apologists in the comments. Nothing in this video or the comments section has won me over. Don't give me the whole "he's a monk who's not given adequate tools to not be socially awkward". Plenty of jedi in the prequels can string words into a sentence when around members of the opposite gender. He talks like he's reading lines off a cue card one word at a time. These are the movies you show people when you want to teach them how to spot sociopaths.

    • @alih122
      @alih122 8 місяців тому

      It's a different OPINION than yours. It amazes me that prequel detractors have had narcissistic obsessions with controlling the narrative. You people are truly miserable

  • @emreoral3473
    @emreoral3473 9 місяців тому

    I would love to hear your thoughts about many more SW subjects. I think at some point people stopped cheering the good that came from SW and only focused on the negative. Although Disney ruined the franchise as much as they could. SW's legacy will not be defined by that.

  • @adamesposito3662
    @adamesposito3662 9 місяців тому

    It could be debated that the entire Skywalker story is told from the memories of R2 & 3PO. They were always split and present when some major event was happening, except the Jedi Temple Massacre. That's why they are there.

  • @Pocketkid2
    @Pocketkid2 9 місяців тому

    What's the deal with the changing edge fade in this video?

  • @Horse.dog4cats
    @Horse.dog4cats 9 місяців тому

    your channel is really good, can we have more? and are you familiar with rick worley's channel?

  • @timewarpdrive77
    @timewarpdrive77 9 місяців тому

    There is a tiny bit of convience, but I think its reasonable to assume (as a retcon) that leia sent these two because of their connection to to her parents and subsequently obi-wan. I think swapping out some of the ROTS novelization dialog for whats in the movie might help reinforce this

  • @timewarpdrive77
    @timewarpdrive77 9 місяців тому

    I wish we had more hayden in the prequels; I think the trilogy would be much improved if we took some of the essential bits from episode 1 and added them to episode 2, had a middle chapter during the clone wars that centers around the siege of muunilist (perhaps) or the perhaps jabiim with some of the rots novelization mixed in, and an slightly altered version of rots

  • @billdestroyerofworlds
    @billdestroyerofworlds 10 місяців тому

    56:16 "Star Wars should have had contraceptives." Yes, because a married woman in a clandestine marriage would have no reason whatsoever to try and baby trap her husband. Or maybe a woman who has a husband who only has sex with her during shore leave and is very busy with her job in politics might not have birth control as a very high priority and forget to even take it.

  • @auriel8300
    @auriel8300 10 місяців тому

    No it is not. It's absolutely cringe.

    • @timewarpdrive77
      @timewarpdrive77 9 місяців тому

      ..and thats kinda the point

    • @auriel8300
      @auriel8300 9 місяців тому

      @@timewarpdrive77 You're delusional. I like the Prequels. But this part is a failure. Georges Lucas himself recognise it.

    • @timewarpdrive77
      @timewarpdrive77 9 місяців тому

      @@auriel8300 Did you even watch the video? I never said relationship was particularly entertaining or something i like about the movie. It being kinda cringy is kinda the point when you have an emotionally cut off jedi and someone raised from birth to be a politician. It makes sense and if you don't subjectively like it, that's a you problem.

    • @auriel8300
      @auriel8300 9 місяців тому

      @@timewarpdrive77 Of course I don't like it. Why do you think I'm here talking about it ? You can rationalize as much as you want but when even the director said he failed that part. I'm perfectly legitimate to say he failed that part. And If you don't like people give their opinion that's a you problem.

    • @timewarpdrive77
      @timewarpdrive77 9 місяців тому

      @@auriel8300 " I never said relationship was particularly entertaining or something i like about the movie." I clearly said I, and not you Rationalize? What do you mean use my brain? Where did Lucas even say this? Never said that you cannot express your opinion, but you asserted that your opinion was objective.

  • @hanumananky
    @hanumananky 10 місяців тому

    u bet its misunderstood, its not a love story, its an obsession story, a story of unhealthy possessive codependency, and its a very important and insightful story at that.

  • @BennysGamingAttic
    @BennysGamingAttic 10 місяців тому

    And when married Anakin and Padme were all "oooh I love you," and shit, I always assumed they were doing normal couple shit. I know a lot of married people that say super cringe shit to each other. In fact... most married couples are kinda cringe together

  • @BennysGamingAttic
    @BennysGamingAttic 10 місяців тому

    Haters: "How could a woman fall in love with a mass murderer?" Women: "OMG this true crime serial killer is soooooo cute!"

  • @heathyipp
    @heathyipp 10 місяців тому

    58:10 I guess Padme is part of the 27 Club now Also it's fairly common in romantic novels for the woman in the relationship to suffer from such a fate. Wuthering Hieghts (which i argue all of the 6 films are based on) has that exact same beat with Catherine

  • @heathyipp
    @heathyipp 10 місяців тому

    Hey man where's the Taylor Swift video?

  • @awsgeneral
    @awsgeneral 10 місяців тому

    Oh god

  • @markn866
    @markn866 10 місяців тому

    I'd rather have romance instead of the platonic representation of today.

  • @stone-desert8097
    @stone-desert8097 10 місяців тому

    Finally somebody calls all this bloody assholes that have been crying like babies about this movies. Good video, you made me laugh a lot with the scenes that had sitcom laughs in it.

  • @RenegadeAcre
    @RenegadeAcre 10 місяців тому

    Wow this is impressive. Subbed.

  • @MrAweeze
    @MrAweeze 10 місяців тому

    "ED-EH-PUS" complex.

  • @CrematedZebra
    @CrematedZebra 10 місяців тому

    Star Wars in 66 Minutes*

  • @lightningmonky7674
    @lightningmonky7674 11 місяців тому

    Goddamn this video was hilarious, thanks for making my last hour of work fly by