Although a lot of people like to point to the original ‘Star Wars’ trilogy as a time when right and wrong, good and evil were clear black and white, I think your discussion reveals just how grey it could actually be - albeit more subtly than in the prequels, perhaps. I’ve always sympathised with him and his situation. Anakin in ‘Revenge of the Sith’.įinally, I really appreciated the conversation about Lando. Although, my favourite light-sabre battle of the prequels (and possibly of the entire ‘Star Wars’ saga to date) is Obi-Wan vs. If you took the music out of any film that has an original score, like ‘The Lord of the Rings’, like ‘Star Wars’, like ‘Indiana Jones’, I really do think that it would diminish the film substantially - and not just beautifully choreographed fight scenes like ‘Duel of the Fates’. That scene, unlike any other scene in film, has a serious emotional resonance with me, and I do believe that Howard Shore’s score is a big part of it. For example, my absolute favourite action sequence in any film to date is the charge of the Rohirrim in the Battle of Pelennor Fields in ‘The Return of the King’. But the music is a big part of it, and I think the music used is integral to a lot of dramatic moments in film. I’m mostly on board with the other listener (whom I apologise to, but I’ve quite forgotten his name) in thinking that that particular fight is pretty cool - with or without the music. I’ve already addressed my disagreement with you guys vis-a-vis the prequel trilogy, but not specifically concerning the ‘Duel of the Fates’ light-sabre fight in the Theed power plant. I imagine that could land them in a lot of trouble with the authorities, however, because surely you need some kind of authorisation to use lights and sirens that way?Īnyways, moving onto ‘Star Wars’. However, in the rear view mirror, I imagine the Ecto-1 looks enough like an ambulance that most motorists would pull over anyway, if the lights and sirens are blaring the way they do. My thoughts concerning the Ecto-1 are that, as the Ghostbusters are not a municipal emergency service, they will not have the recognition of the state needed for other motorists to have to pull over to let them pass. I really enjoyed the latest micro episode.