Posted by Rizzo at host-216-77-219-33.fll.bellsouth.net on December 30, 1999 at 01:14:53:
In Reply to: But there was a reference to Star Wars in it! posted by thx3188 on December 29, 1999 at 17:49:29:
: In the audio commentary for the DVD, at the beginning of the credits,
: Kermit walks back in and says,"Hey, guys! I went out to get some popcorn and walked back into the wrong DVD! I spent an
hour and a half talking to Jar Jar Binks before I realized it!"
: Anywho, I thought it was funny, and the audio commentary gets pretty raunchy as it progresses, so it might be worth the
torturous film to hear it.
: thx3188
: Who thinks Darth Maul was the worst thing in Episode 1, not Jar Jar.
: Pathetic excuse for a Sith Lord.
One thing I've been wondering... How can Maul be a "Lord," yet still be Sidious' apprentice? The fomer seems to contradict the
latter.
Overall, he was a weak character, and an even more pathetic villain. Qui-Gon might as well have been run over by a landspeeder
for all that Maul's presence did for the story.
And regarding your previous post on the subject, don't count on seeing Vader get medieval on any Jedi ass in the next couple of
movies--TPM was the most blatant attempt at appealing to the widest possible audiernce that I've ever seen, and body parts don't
sell to the pre-adolescent demographic, I'm afraid. This is why I think ANH was the best of the three--it didn't look like it was
made with one eye on the toy-buying ma