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Hayden Christensen is. Legolas Send a noteboard - 12/08/2010 06:01:15 PM
The actors in the new trilogy aren't really any worse than the original. In fact, some are quite good. The problem is George Lucas had a lot more creative control this time around. He didn't even direct Empire Strikes Back or Return of the Jedi. And he wasn't such an icon that people couldn't question him back in the day. Harrison Ford could say "You may be able able to write this shit, but you can't say this shit" to Lucas thirty years ago, but no one would dare today. Let's not forget that if Lucas had directed and cut Empire Strikes Back, Leia would have said "I love you" and Han would have replied "I love you, too." The infamous "I know" only came about because of Harrison Ford and director Irvin Kershner.

But yeah, see the further replies to that, you're right, it had more to do with the writing (and directing, as you say).
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Oh really? - 08/08/2010 11:42:56 AM 734 Views
No! - 08/08/2010 11:45:12 AM 731 Views
I see. - 08/08/2010 11:48:05 AM 750 Views
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I take it you are among those wise people who deny the existence of the second trilogy? - 08/08/2010 11:40:16 AM 733 Views
what second trilogy? *NM* - 08/08/2010 11:44:26 AM 251 Views
The Hayden Christensen ghost kills me - 08/08/2010 12:06:16 PM 726 Views
LOL - 08/08/2010 01:00:19 PM 816 Views
Yeah I figured the reasoning - 08/08/2010 04:01:40 PM 860 Views
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Re: Not a big fan of Christensen either, don't get me wrong - 08/08/2010 11:16:41 PM 739 Views
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Re: Agreement - 08/08/2010 09:14:02 PM 698 Views
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You are so vain *NM* - 09/08/2010 02:01:23 AM 371 Views
lol - 09/08/2010 02:04:18 PM 612 Views
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I went nuts the first time I saw that. - 16/08/2010 11:46:20 PM 751 Views
Probably because it's the voice of his father/clone. Makes sense *shrugs* - 08/08/2010 12:56:00 PM 751 Views
Poppycock - 08/08/2010 12:59:52 PM 850 Views
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Re: Poppycock - 08/08/2010 01:07:11 PM 820 Views
AMEN - 09/08/2010 11:12:29 PM 885 Views
The voice can be explained logically, but it still sucks balls. (and not in the good way) - 08/08/2010 02:50:34 PM 785 Views
What's wrong with Greedo shooting first? - 08/08/2010 04:00:24 PM 704 Views
Re: What's wrong with Greedo shooting first? - 08/08/2010 09:29:55 PM 773 Views
Ah okay - 08/08/2010 11:17:00 PM 832 Views
What's wrong is Han shooting first said a lot about his character. - 16/08/2010 11:54:19 PM 817 Views
*NM* - 08/08/2010 08:30:24 PM 299 Views
Wait..they changed the movies? - 08/08/2010 03:54:48 PM 674 Views
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We can't be friends no more *NM* - 09/08/2010 08:03:20 AM 332 Views
Huh. *NM* - 09/08/2010 09:12:32 AM 372 Views
I agree - 09/08/2010 12:04:41 PM 678 Views
He got rescued in the Expanded Universe, so there *NM* - 09/08/2010 12:32:20 PM 361 Views
Indeed - 09/08/2010 12:41:39 PM 688 Views
I <3 Boba, and I'm not even sure why. - 09/08/2010 02:06:27 PM 787 Views
Damn you are old. *NM* - 09/08/2010 02:56:13 PM 382 Views
Yes, I am. - 09/08/2010 06:04:52 PM 598 Views
Re: Yes, I am. - 09/08/2010 06:05:48 PM 697 Views
<3 *NM* - 09/08/2010 07:49:36 PM 334 Views
heck, I actually remember Boba Fett from watching - 09/08/2010 11:16:43 PM 659 Views
Don't do it! - 09/08/2010 11:40:06 PM 811 Views
.... wait? this does not compute. - 10/08/2010 10:27:30 PM 736 Views
Same here - 11/08/2010 07:06:48 AM 694 Views
I answer that question with a statement... (NSFW!!!) - 12/08/2010 10:32:48 PM 775 Views
Right - 09/08/2010 02:23:35 PM 738 Views
Troopers - 09/08/2010 02:35:13 PM 758 Views
You know what I don't understand? - 09/08/2010 04:15:49 PM 721 Views
2nded. - 09/08/2010 05:07:25 PM 708 Views
And how exactly is Jens "wrong" about the films? - 09/08/2010 11:20:02 PM 730 Views
greebo? Boba Fett's voice - 09/08/2010 11:36:04 PM 633 Views
Plus the three films we don't talk about and shouldn't exist. *NM* - 10/08/2010 12:33:40 PM 293 Views
Episode III was as good as any of the originals. - 10/08/2010 06:37:28 PM 653 Views
It most certainly was not! - 10/08/2010 06:39:30 PM 568 Views
Yep, close to it, at least. - 10/08/2010 09:46:22 PM 669 Views
Agreed *NM* - 11/08/2010 05:27:49 AM 345 Views
I don't know about that. Fisher, Ford and Hamill could act. - 11/08/2010 03:00:26 PM 705 Views
To be fair - 11/08/2010 03:24:36 PM 815 Views
I think that is one of the biggest differences - 11/08/2010 04:28:56 PM 626 Views
Re: I think that is one of the biggest differences - 11/08/2010 04:32:21 PM 689 Views
Yes - 12/08/2010 05:02:17 PM 575 Views
Good point, that's perhaps an even more important difference... - 11/08/2010 04:29:34 PM 697 Views
Yes. Lucas should never write anything - 11/08/2010 04:33:05 PM 594 Views
he shouldn't direct either!!! *NM* - 12/08/2010 12:39:56 AM 346 Views
Completely agree - 12/08/2010 12:38:16 AM 818 Views
there ain't nothing wrong with JarJar - 12/08/2010 12:35:17 AM 765 Views
That's not quite the issue. - 12/08/2010 01:37:58 AM 688 Views
Hayden Christensen is. - 12/08/2010 06:01:15 PM 781 Views
The story was as good. - 17/08/2010 12:00:58 AM 781 Views
See, that's where personal taste comes into play to the degree that discussion is pointless - 17/08/2010 12:51:41 PM 920 Views
True. - 17/08/2010 07:18:43 PM 769 Views
"I'm here for business. Let's do business." *NM* - 17/08/2010 08:24:15 PM 358 Views

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