A Thousand Stars: Episode V, Part 1

[matril]

A new Star Wars film. Lucas was determined that it would not be simply a rehash of the original, as so many sequels tended to be. And that included the visuals. So almost immediately, after we see the familiar image of a Star Destroyer, we are introduced to the very unfamiliar sight of Hoth. Episode IV had a desert world and a jungle world. This is an ice world.

In further contrast, this opening shows a crash landing of a probe droid. Unlike the escape pod landing on Tatooine, with friendly droids carrying vital plans for the Rebellion, this droid is insectoid, emotionless and hostile, seeking vital information about the Rebellion's location for the benefit of the Empire. Within these very few minutes, we already know we're in for something entirely different than the first film.

Next time, peril lurks around our heroes...

Comments

[krpalmer]

This latest comment about "Episode V had to look different from Episode IV" had me wondering how familiar I am with "sequels of the 1970s," and I even got to thinking that "James Bond movies kept going to different place"... contrasting the probe droid's arrival to Artoo and Threepio's escape in the previous film was something I'd never quite thought of before, though, and that's with having seen many examples of "Star Wars quoting itself" pointed out to me.

[matril]

The comparison of the probe and the escape pod literally occurred to me as I was writing the post, so it was new for me too!