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StJohn  ·  3307 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Star Wars Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back - Discussion Thread

Oh come on, I love that thing! It's just what you want for a super-camp nightclub scene in Jabba's palace. And as far as alien design goes, I think it looks pretty good — yeah it looks silly, but then what's it supposed to look like? It's an alien, it's the product of a completely different evolutionary history. Also, it's wearing lipstick, so it's a little bit fabulous.





kleinbl00  ·  3307 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Yeah...

...but that was the Ewok prototype.

George Lucas wanted to fill a forest full of those things... running around, smashing AT-ATs, singing little coconut songs... but he didn't have the money.

Now you know why the prequels look like shit.

StJohn  ·  3307 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Oh. Oh dear. You're right, it's had to imagine them running around Endor.

Is the only thing that made the original movies so good the fact that Lucas wasn't able to make the movies he really wanted? Because relevant, I give you Meow Skywalker.

kleinbl00  ·  3307 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Having read the first draft of the script...

...yeah. The only thing that made the original movies so good is people restraining George Lucas.