Originally posted by supremacy
Terrible script, mediocre acting, and cheesy crap like R2-D2 taking out two super battle droids aside, my biggest problem with the movie was how Jedi were portrayed. There's no way Ki Adi Mundi (I think that's how you spell it) - a Jedi master would get taken down by a handful of clone troopers, even if they were using uber blasters. Plo Koon doesn't even get a single kill before he dies, a random clone trooper blows him away from behind. Look at episode two: it takes a HECK of a lot of droids to start taking out Jedi and as far as gun handling goes, I would imagine droids are almost as good as clones. And don't clone troopers eventually become Storm Troopers? In the original trilogy, a dozen storms couldn't even come close to taking out Han and Chewie let alone a JEDI MASTER! The brief scene in the movie where Yoda and Obi Wan were taking back the Jedi Temple was badass. When Yoda threw his lightsaber at a clone trooper and impaled him I almost died. THAT'S the way it all should have been, Jedi raping clones but eventually being overwhelmed by superiour numbers. And there was definitely a lack of force usage. When the buzz droids landed on Obi Wan's ship at the beginning of the movie, he should have just picked them up with the force and thrown them at something. Jedi are almost portrayed as weak little guys with a few cheap magic tricks, not the incredibly powerful good guys that keep the galaxy at peace. Well, I suppose my rant is done, but I I'll probably think of more reasons why I hated the movie later. Just my take on things.
Edit: The part where Palpatine takes out 3 Jedi Knights/Masters? in the span of like 2 seconds is probably one of the most obvious example of Jedi crappiness in the movie. I don't care if he's the Dark Lord of the Sith; there is NO way ANYONE is that good with a lightsaber.
I was wondering about the same points that you mention in your post. I did not find Jedi weak generally, until Palpatine reveals himself being the Dark Lord. Remember how Anakin and Obi-wan slaughtered the battle droids on the Confederacy flagship? That is a true example how Jedi should be shown.
The scene where Ki-Adi-Mundi was killed did not gain my liking. Flaser rationalised the clone troopers who accompanied Ki-Adi were elites, which I don't know how should affect the shots they fire at Ki-Adi. I don't think this is a good reason why he should fall so quickly.
The scene where !Three! Jedi get slaughtered by two parries by Palpatine was the weakest part of the film, I dare. At least Kit Fisto(who is a good combatant) should have been able to survive for longer. I would have loved a scene where Mace Windu and Kit Fisto attack Palpatine and Anakin just arrives, enters the battle on Palpatine's side, knowing that is the only he can save his love, slaughter Kit Fisto and then they attack Windu together.
Ok, this is a bit abstract, becasue Anakin doesn't turn to the Dark Side so suddenly, it's only a better way to make the BATTLE. Plotwise, it does not fit, I know.
I trust there will be a canon explanation why Palpatine was able to kill three Jedi so quickly. I know that Windu is almost as much better with the sabre as much longer he has survived, but that does not mean those poor Jedi could not have fended off a single parry.
To whom it may concern:It's
stormtrooper, not written individually as
Storm trooper.
And I think cloning was stopped for some reason after the declaration of the Empire and humans were trained instead of them. I don't know what purpose it should have, clones are more trained and are cheaper to train/create, but I do know that in the Original trilogy, stormtroopers were non-clone humans.
