Okay, I know I'm a bit late in boarding this ship, but at least I'm on it now. I get all those Star Wars references. I can finally laugh comfortably when anyone's pulling a Yoda or an Obi-Wan, I finally know what's going on whenever Sheldon's quoting a line from the movie. I get that all now.
First of all, I have to sarcastically thank Aisha, for spoiling the entire movie saga during Physics. I sarcastically appreciate all that with all my heart. Seriously, I was being very excited for doing a Star Wars marathon, and she was all in my face saying Anakin Skywalker's Darth Vader, and he's Luke Skywalker's father. Way to go to spoiling the surprise.
Of course I know Darth Vader's Luke's father, I just never knew Anakin's Darth Vader. There weren't much reference on that to begin with. I started off with IV and I couldn't help imagining Anakin under that Darth Vader suit which is very distracting.
On with the movie. Before I tell my perspective towards this fandom, I'll have to say one thing: The sequels and the prequels are partially different trilogies combined to become a whole saga. To be honest, the prequels felt more of a spin-off than actual prequel events occuring in the same movie. And I think, it was a wise choice of George Lucas to produce IV, V,VI first, before I, II, III. Basically, the the first three parts focused on the life of Anakin Skywalker and his journey to the dark side, while the last three parts focused on the adventure of Luke Skywalker and his journey in discovering his father's true identity, and of course the occasional political plotline in the background for all 6 movies.
I think I prefer the prequels. I've looked it up, and I've discovered that a lot of people prefer the sequels rather than the prequels, but that's just because the format and the whole premise of the movies are really different in both trilogies. The sequels looked very old-fashioned and lack futuristic setting. The hairstyles was very 70's, the clothes were quite tacky, the script a bit cheesy, and the whole plot seemed very forced and unnatural.
The prequels on the other hand, had a lot of aliens, and convincing inter-galactical setting. The clothes was admirably very odd and unique, as well as the hairstyles. It's like they pulled off quite a possible galaxy if it existed in the 17th century. The cinematography was more bearable, the script was better, and there were more emotions involved. It kind of emphasized on how humane Darth Vader was before he became Darth Vader.
Based on what I see, I can conclude that the moral I got from the story, is how vulnerable and eager a teenager can be in trying to be a help in anything. I mean, one of the things that are obvious in the prequels is how young Anakin Skywalker was. He was very young, but he was eager to have a better system for the galaxy, in which his opinion suggests dictatorship. And when he was offered the power, he was hesitant at first questioning his principles and morals, but ended up taking it, throwing away his family, his friends and his only chance in living a normal life. He chose power, but was it worth it?
Sometimes we don't know if something that we think is beneficial, is actually worth all the risk, especially when we're still young and has much more to learn from wiser old people.( In this case Yoda, or Obi Wan). Although we might be right, it could cost a lot more than we bargained for. At the end of the day, we're humans, we make mistakes, the only question is, how big are the consequences?
Overall, decent movie. I can't say I'm obsessed or deeply effected by the sheer brilliance of George Lucas, Star Wars isn't Harry Potter or Grey's Anatomy, but I can say it was a really good watch, and all Star Wars references seem very clear now.