Monstera Deliciosa wrote:
how exactly does "The Creeping Fear" fit?
Well, since you asked...
BOBAFETISH wrote:
The titles have all decribed a major plot point of the film. The Creeping Fear doesn't quite jibe.
(This post is gonna be irrelevant seeing as The Creeping Fear is not the title, but oh well)
I think everyone is missing just how perfect "The Creeping Fear" would be. It's an
extremely plot relevant title. Think about the titles so far (I don't entirely agree with your title assessments, BF).
The Phantom Menace, Attack of the Clones, A New Hope, The Empire Strikes Back, Return of the Jedi. Except for Return of the Jedi, all of the titles refer to the Empire. The Phantom Menace refers to Sidious and his plans to take over the Republic and make into his own Galactic Empire. Attack of the Clones has a deeper meaning than simply what happened on Geonosis: the introduction of the clones is quite literally an attack on the peace of the Galaxy. The Clone Wars rage for 3 years, and then Palpatine uses them as puppets to cement his place at the top of the Empire. A New Hope refers to the Rebellion's new hope to defeat the Empire. The Empire Strikes Back is obvious. So we've got Eps 1, 2, 4, and 5 that refer to the Empire and it's rise and fall.
Episode 6, Return of the Jedi, deals with the return to glory of the saga's star (yes, it could also refer to the return of the order due to Luke, but since the saga is Anakin's story it definitely refers mainly to Anakin). It is only fitting that the title of Episode 3 refer to the fall from glory of the saga's star. The Creeping Fear does that.
Yoda, in TPM:
Fear is the path to the dark side.
Through the entire prequels Anakin's being fearful. Afraid for his mother, for Padme, for his status as a Jedi and of his master's "jealousy." This fear has quite literally been creeping up on him; slowly pushing him and degrading his good self. In Episode III, it finally overtakes him, and he falls to the dark side.
I think "The Creeping Fear" is a brilliant sum of Anakin's character in the entire prequel trilogy, and I think that's important for the title pattern that currently exists. That's why I don't think "Rise of the Empire" has any chance of being the title (nevermind the fact that the word "Empire" has already been used in a title and George likes to refer to them as one word - (also the reason why "Fall of the Jedi" is out)). ROTE has nothing to do with Anakin's fall, and seeing as that IS the centerpiece of this movie, it would be a great injustice to deny it the title.
Anyways, like I said, this is moot as it won't be the title. But it's still damn cool. Certainly THE BEST title a fan ever came up with.