Book one of lok is flawed but watchable, book two is an absolute slog, but book three? Goes so hard. Zaheer is still the scariest villain in the entire franchise, far more than Ozai. Ozai is a mustache twirling cartoon villain, but Zaheer is a very real kind of terrorist, with real beliefs that he would die for. And they're beliefs that have a kernel of sense to them. He has a moral code but he's not afraid to bend it. He respects Korra and feels nothing about killing her. He has loved ones yet no capacity to stop and reflect when they die for the cause.
That's much more frightening than some big bad megalomaniac like Ozai
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MATCHING LAYOUT
Hayden Christensen as Anakin Skywalker, Ewan McGregor as Obi-Wan Kenobi in Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith (2005).
Carrie Fisher as Princess Leia, Harrison Ford as Han Solo and Mark Hamill as Luke Skywalker in Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1997).
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I feel safe to express my love for the beginning of the ROTJ throne room scene here. I really adore Luke's uncertain look at the beginning, and the way he careens into the canisters from the first blast of lightning and leans upon them. His feeble attempt to defend against the second as it easily stuns him, and then the third blast capitalizing upon his inability to defend. And the desperate clinging for dear life with little sparks. The rest of the scene is great, but the opening entrances me.
You have come to the right place anon! This is a very safe space for all manner of Luke Skywalker appreciation, and you are right. Mark Hamill doesn't get enough props for being a great actor, and I really think he does an amazing job in all of the OT, but the nuance required in the throne room is perhaps the most under-appreciated of his work. We have seen him just exude confidence at the beginning of the film...
Stay cool as a cucumber facing down the rancor and Sarlacc, etc.
And look damn good doing it...
So that's what makes this moment even better, the shaken confidence and trust in himself, the Force, upon realizing things are definitely not as anticipated...How he loses his cool upon inadvertently betraying Leia's status to Vader, and then, as you mention, the holy crap what is this lightning flying out of the evil dude's fingers moment. No one ever was electrocuted quite so sexily...
I've said before and I'll say it again, Mark Hamill looked incredible in the throne room, acted his ass off, and is the main reason the triumph of love and Vader's redemption work. We love Luke, his kindness, his goodness, his confidence and the wavering of it, and that's why we can believe his father came back to the Light, why love conquered evil that day. Luke Skywalker is a hero. And heroes are sexy, by the way.
Just...let's just look at him here...just like...soooo freaking handsome.
Thank you for giving me an excuse to rewatch this and appreciate the ending of ROTJ again my friend. All OT appreciation is welcome here! 🥰😘
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