YOU DON'T FUCK WITH YODA

Originally Posted by BurningRanger

Yoda knew a technique of death that involved fading into the force, which he promised at the end of Episode III to teach Obi-Wan. Therefore, Obi-wan knew the technique during his death as well.

Yoda, and Obi-wan, were both at peace when they died, whereas the other jedis were in the heat of battle. Yeah, I know that Obi-wan was fighting Vader, but he completely stopped, put away his lightsaber, and accepted his fate. In EPIV-VI the only remaining Jedi were Yoda and Obi-wan, so we could assume they were extremely powerful Jedi to have survived the Clone Wars and everything. (Before EPI, I used to think they were saying 'Cologne' wars, like Cologne was a location lol!) It makes sense from that standpoint.

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My favorites are ROJT, ANH, ESB. RotJ was definitely the most efficient movie. Since they didn't need to spend time on "set-up," there was no wasted film. Scenes either moved the story forward, contained action, revealed important plot points, etc. ANH was obviously all about set-up, so any "dead space" could be forgiven. In ESB, I felt like the Hoth scenes before the battle were somewhat just dead space, plot-wise. Also, much of the Cloud City sequences felt like empty space (comparatively). By comparison, RotJ seemed much tighter.

I find the anti-Ewok-Emo-angst interesting. In ANH, we experience a mainly human world, except for the Cantina. (Think about it - the Cantina is the most memorable local from ANH by far.) Then, in ESB, we also experience a mostly human world. When Luke goes to Dagobah he experiences an alien land. However, the only "alien" he meets is Yoda. It isn't until RotJ, where our first major sequence deals with the alien culture of the Hutts, and ends immersed in the alien culture of the Ewoks, that a SW film truly deals with the idea that there whole civilizations out there besides humans. This is hinted at through shortcuts, such as the Cantina scene, where aliens are "seen but not heard," but RotJ is the first SW movie where aliens are truly "heard." Chewbacca is an "alien," true. Also, C3PO and R2D2 are also aliens. But I'm talking about portrayal on a large scale: portrayal of a civilization, a culture.

I find it interesting that the Star Wars fan culture had such a negative reaction to EP1 in light of this. EP1 was all about alien cultures. The Naboo, the Gungans, the Droids, the culmination of the Galactic civilization in the form of the Empirial Senate... It's almost like SW fans don't like aliens. Which is weird, since SW is set, obviously, in outer-space where there are supposed to be aliens.

That's the first I had really thought of things in that light, so these ideas aren't fleshed-out yet...

Jam it back in, in the dark.