I'm going to have to re-watch the OT now! I think I will see things a little differently after watching ROTS. I will especially have to pay attention to the "there is another" scene - I remember it as being surprise on the part of Obi-wan too, but maybe that's just selective memory at work.
Here's some holes I would like filled (unfortunately, it was the last movie, so fat chance, eh? :bang ):
1) Why does Leia talk about remembering her mother in ROTJ? There is NO WAY she would have remembered her mom, as she dies so quick after childbirth.
2) Why does C3PO have to have his memory erased exactly? And what's to keep R2 from telling him the whole story afterwards?
3) If Luke is supposed to be kept hidden from Vader, why oh why do they send him to live with Anakin's "family" (which is not even really his family after all) and have him keep his last name? WTF??
4) And that leads me to another question - why do they have to be split up and hidden anyway? I can understand why Obi-wan and Yoda have to hide, seeing as Vader and Palpy know they are still alive. But neither Vader nor Palpy know that Anakin's children have lived through childbirth... it just seems a little unnecessary to me to split them up and hide them. I guess better safe than sorry though...
5) We never found out who ordered the Clones to be made in the first place? I mean, I guess we are led to believe it was Palpatine, but was it??
6) Why has no one ever told Lucas that his dialogue sucks? Or, to be more specific, if he's such a great filmmaker, why doesn't he REALIZE that his dialogue sucks?? I would feel horrible if I were Hayden or Natalie and were in the audience when people laughed at my passionate love speech. It's not their fault...
Anyway, I pretty much enjoyed the movie, but it's definitely not better than anything in the OT, even ROTJ (IMO).
And yes, I also had a problem with R2 having all kinds of tricks in this one that make no appearance in any of the OT... although I will always love his character. Who needs obvious comedy that slaps you in the face (aka Jar Jar) when you've got good 'ole R2?
Oh, and if you want to read something that will bring tears to your eyes and make you really FEEL the Star Wars experience, read Darth Vader's last post in his blog:
darthside.blogspot.com/