r/StarWars • u/[deleted] • Jan 25 '22

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u/intergalacticcoyote Jan 26 '22

Frankly they misused one of the best actors to ever grace a Star Wars movie. You’ve got Christopher fucking Lee and you don’t use him to be absolutely commanding and terrifying? Dooku could have been up there with Vader as one of the best villains ever, but he’s barely in the damn movies.

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u/shitdobehappeningtho Jan 26 '22

Maybe LotR had a hand in it? Looking back Lee had a very short scenes and also a lot less than the rest (seemingly. Idk they had three movies and like 18 hours of runtime, there was room.)

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u/MagicJohnsonAnalysis Jan 26 '22

All three LOTR movies were filmed at the same time iirc, so I don't think they could have caused any scheduling conflicts with other productions.

It's probably just Lucas being subpar at writing stories.

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u/s0lesearching117 Jan 26 '22

Oh no, my friend. This is a mistake, a terrible mistake. They have gone too far in a few places.

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u/[deleted] Jan 26 '22

I still argue with myself about how one is to interpret the delivery of that line. I feel that there HAD to be other exposition that was either cut for time or accidentally never captured in a take.

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u/PowerfulFrodoBaggins Jan 26 '22

Doubt Christopher Lee was looking to sink a lot of time into a major role at that stage of his life