When the critic John Simon wrote in New York magazine that Mr. Ford had performed “adequately,” Mr. Hamill “uninspiredly” and Ms. Fisher “wretchedly,” Mr. Hamill said, “We had T-shirts made: ‘adequate, uninspired and wretched.’ I said, ‘Harrison, adequate’s practically a rave compared to what we got.’”
Mr. Ford said that during this time, “the three of us were like a very small tribe in the wilderness. We really were figuring this out as we went along.” Mr. Hamill struck him as “a very bright, sincere young actor,” who Mr. Ford said “seemed probably the most clear on what he was doing.” (x)
I’m rlly frustrated bc I’m watching return of the Jedi and I just saw the scene where they’re talking about the sarlacc and I can’t stop thinking abt this one Tumblr post that’s something about how it wouldn’t be for that long bc he’d starve to death and Luke is like “tell him that r2. Tell him that he’s a dumbass r2. Tell him” and I’ve been googling for a billion years but I can’t find it and I rlly wanna find this post so if any of u have it plsssssss add the link and I’d die for u
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Rereading
“The Mariner’s Wife” – I vaguely remembered the letter Gil-Galad sends to
Tar-Meneldur asking for Numenorean aid, but I forgot how prescient it was about
the threat of Sauron’s growing influence.
A new shadow arises in the East. It is no tyranny
of evil Men, as your son believes; but a servant of Morgoth is stirring, and
evil things wake again. Each year it gains in strength, for most Men are ripe
to its purpose. Not far off is the day, I judge, when it will become too great
for the Eldar unaided to withstand.
This is the late ninth
century SA, more than three hundred years before Annatar first shows up in
Eregion, but here’s Gil-Galad already aware that the “shadow in the East” is
one of Morgoth’s former servants, and anticipating a potential invasion. It
kind of forces me to shift my whole understanding of the Second Age timeline. I
assumed Sauron had been subtly laying the foundations for his rule in the East –
whispering in the ears of local leaders, encouraging consolidation, leaving
behind a half-remembered personality cult wherever he went – the kind of
behind-the-scenes maneuvering that wouldn’t draw much attention. But here it
seems like he’d already become a full-blown tyrant by the second millennium of the
Second Age, and the Elves were aware of
it.
Which has plenty of
implications, but I’m most confused (and amused) by the thought that Sauron was
forging rings with the Elves in Eregion and trying to rule a Dark Empire at the same
time. Like, what were the logistics of this? You can’t leave a bunch of mortals
alone for three hundred years and expect their descendants to still be loyal to
you when you get back. Even with highly competent, trusted lieutenants, he’d
still need to show his face every once in a while. But it couldn’t have helped Annatar’s
shady reputation with everyone except the Mírdain if he kept disappearing with
no good explanation for long stretches of time.
(Galadriel: I’m glad to see
you’ve finally stopped associating with that sketchy Maia.
Celebrimbor: Oh, no, he’s
coming back, he just went to survey some mithril deposits.
Update: Sauron is not afraid of hobbits. He was unaware that hobbits existed up until very recently. he literally did not have time to be afraid of them, they went from a 0 to 100 threat level in twenty seconds. There he was, minding his own business worrying about the usual Elves and Men when suddenly these kids are on his lawn and now he’s dead, like just;
What did— who–
did I just get one-shotted by an infant how is this occurring
Honestly I have to love this whole thought process that the Fellowship must have cultivated in Sauron, like…
“These children have found the Ring! But they’re taking it to the elves, of course. I will simply have to catch them on the way.”
“Well, the elves are still not to be trifled with, it seems. It looks as though they have a group of intrepid heroes, how cute! Wait, who’s leading them? Aw, hell.”
“OKAY! Olorin’s out of the way, and now I can finally kill them all and reclaim the- OH DAMMIT, IT’S IN LOTHLORIEN.”
“Well, okay. They’ve taken it onward. Curunir says one of the halflings is still carrying the ring, so he’s going to capture them and we’ll see how this develops. Thankfully Olorin’s still out of the picture and their little group just shattered into pieces, so that’s one less thing to worry about.”
“Aaaaaand Curunir shat the bed. Excellent. Trees, who would have thought? Okay, so we’re back to plan A: conquer Gondor, because if the Ring’s going to be anywhere, it’ll be there.”
“Wait, who’s on the– Isildur’s WHAT? Ohhhh. Ohohoho. Oh now everything makes sense. Isildur’s Heir is back, and he’s here being all prideful again. That’s fine. Really. I’ll just crush him and his kingdom, and then nobody can stop me!”
“WHAT? FUCKING WHAT? THEY SENT HIM BACK? Ugh, alright, alright, I’m cool, I’m fine. He’s still got that stupid wizard costume on, and I’m still stronger than he ever was. It’s not like he can come toe to toe with me, even if he does have an army behind him. This’ll be fine.”
“They’re… actually marching on the Black Gate? Sweet lord, I didn’t think they’d actually do it! This is perfect, everyone’s right here! Olorin, the human princeling, most of the remaining fighting forces of Men, all I have to do is kill them now and– Wait. Someone just put on the Ring. Someone just– That’s a halfling. They’re inside the mouNTAIN OH GOD NAZGUL GO GO G–”
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